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1 i 1 1 I. $ til; Sir, t n I I I'd m. JArKSO..; PnMWhCT; j "ubliaued every day. afternoon and Worning ' ' fftMpt BUnlWV aiMTOOODf. at low VVT Build; log, Broadway ana x annua ". v land, Or. f Batarad at U poetofflca at Portland. Or., tot I rraoemlssloii through the snails as aaoond e)se matter. liXgPHONKS Main T178; Home. A4NJG1. All dapertsnente reached by the nombera. j Tell the operator what dcpsrtroent yon wnt. -, Benjamla Kentnor Co.. Brunswick Bldg.. , 225 rifth Ave.. N.w Xk. 1218 Peopla'a ji' nidi., Chicago. 1'! Subscription tarma by nail or to any address 1 In the United gtate W Malawi 1 DAILf (MORNINO OB AFTERNOON) itt -On yaar. WOO Ona month 9 .00 ' ' SUNDAY. I1' baa yaar $2.W I Una month .25 V PAILI (MOBXI.NG OR AFTERNOON) AND SUNDAY. Ona year t7.50 I Ona month. .1 .OS 1 1 saTasaTsTM m hit w - vv m .' .!.. America asks nothing for nerseir nur wnai . '( aba liia a rlglit to auk for humanity itseii. :jr WOODUOW WILSON. ; " . . . r . .. Million. lor flereime. tmt not a rem iur ti tribute. I'll , CHAKLE9 C. FI.NCKNEV. The worn while soldiers In khaki dress, Who cat up their live at the Queen's rum ma ml. For the pride of their rac. and tha peace of the land. Kipling. MOUTH PATRIOTISM T HERE Is no such thing as pay ing for a soldier's service. There Is no measurement for that service. A price cannot Ijj be put on heroism. Patriotism can- j not be bought. tt!( iningB like these were saia oy ;! Bishop Sumner in a g'-eat Fourth i of July address at Multnomah field I yesterday. They are truths over which there can be no dispute. Yet.here in Portland, there Is a I wholly inadequate response to the call for funds with which to assist the families of Oregon guardsmen j' who have gone to the border. This fund is not charity. It Is near blasphemy to think of It as charity. As Bishop Sumner said, it is the price we pay that we may stay at home while others go In ! arms to defend our border. , We who are permitted to remain j at home by the great sacrifice made i by the guardsmen should pay this price. If there is anybody with whom we should be honest, it is .! those who leave home and family ' to march off under arms to defend ' the nation. I To such men and for such serv- i tee, our patriotism should not be ' with our mouths. It should not 1 lip service but pocketbook serv'"e. If you go about telling how Mexico ought to be restrained, show your good faith by helping pay those who have gone to the border to do it by adding to the fund for aid of the wives and children they have left behind. . If you profess treat indignation at chaotic conditions which you describe along the Mexican border, (make your words good by helping suBtaiu the dependents of those who nave len nome oenind to cor rect those conditions. , In spite of the splendid organl ration and of the calls sent out , for funds, but a mere fraction has teen provided t'ne D. A. R. of the amount required to meet the simplest needs of soldiers' families With Japan the biggest foreign buyer of American structural steel the Japanese invasion we have been told so much about has ma terialized. TEACHERS' PENSIONS T i HE Carnegie Foundation has found It expedient to make a radical change In its system of pensions for college teach ers. None of the pensions granted under the old method will be dis continued, but a new plan will be put In force for the future. The Old way was to give a free pension to college teachers who met the prescribed conditions upon their retirement at the age of 65 or over. Neither teachers nor colleges . made any contribution to the fund and the : ayments were generous A teacher whose salary had been f 13000 received $1900. The twelve I hundred dollar man received S thousand. 5 The Carnegie Foundation has 3 ' learned by experience that pay ments on this scale, if they are continued and new demands are properly met will make a serious drain on its income. Moreover the free gift system works out a sort or pauperization in the colleges It ; leads trustees to keep salaries down In expectation of the pension . and It seems to encourage un thrifty habits in the professors Knowing that the future is safe without any effort of their own they disregard the prospect of a rainy day. - The old plan had another draw back. In order to earn a disability pension the teacher's 25 or 30 2 years of service had al) to be in I the same college. This, of course 2 - hampered transfers from college to i .college, A weak college seeking to strengthen its force with a rood !' man from some other institution cuuju , , uut . b niui uvcBust) me transfer would 'blight his pension prospects. This Is a serious matter In the eyes of those who want to seo all our colleges advancing. . bo me roanaauon nas ceadea 4 to. change from ; the freo. penakm plan W the Inaurance and annuity plan. The teacher and hla college mast Jointly contribute to build up the pension fund, and annuitants are free to pass IroflT college to college as they may elect. The annuity right becomes a matter of eon tract which can be enforced in court. ,In short the Foundation, changes its benefits from a charity to a strict business enterprise. The change Is an excellent one. The old fashioned celebration of the- Fourth struck a popular chord. The eagerness of the people to hear the old truths as evidenced in the, great concourse of people at the patriotic exercises at Multnomah field are a new assurance of na tional preparedness. VERY PLAIN TRUTHS I T SHOULD begin to be clear to Portland that there is im-: mlnent probability that in rate making, distance, not water competition, may be adopted by the Interstate Commerce commis sion. It Is more than a mere possi bility. Congress in a recent test, lacked but one vote of amending the interstate commerce law rel ative to the short haul and apply ing tffe distance rule Th InrermorUatA ' znn cannot ' understand why a tidewater ter- minal should have lower transcon tinental rates in spite of the greater distance. They can never be persuaded or convinced that Buch a pla-i of rate making is just. They have always resisted It, and they will always resist it. Keeping that undeniable fact in mind, it is of exceeding importance to remember that the intermediate points (are far more numerous, and their influence in congress far more powerful than that of tide water cities. It is exceedingly probable that if the Interstate Commission had not made the late ruling relative to Panama water competition, the Issue would be carried ' into con gress. Since on a former occasion there wag but one vote to spare in the defeat of the move, there is abundant reason for alarm as to what might happen in another test. It is a situation that challenges serious consideration. The bpo kane fight has been going on since 1892. It is useless to expect that the conflict will end where It is rpW Jvar. ha n S now. That zone, can never be con vinced that it should pay a higher rate for a shorter haul than tide- .... ' water cities snouia pay on ireigm, i for instance, in which the haul ls;ilU6U "a" l" """DC" lu the same direction, over the ; same lines, and possiMy in the i Bamr Tn tim it mav reason- I .hlv artA that thA fiirht nf Spokane will be the fight of every intermediate terminal. There is one certain and depend able defense. We may hope and plead for restoration of things as they were formerly through inter state rulings. We may pin our faith to the old decisions, but it has been made very clear to us that in so doing we are depending upon a very tender reed. Our own water competition, maintained by ourselves; made real, not theoretical by ourselves; our own dependable lines of steam ships and steamboats on the ocean and in our Inland waterways, are a deliverance of Portland and a de fense of Portland and the Interior that cannot be taken away. The existing situation- and re cent events have placed before this people certain truths that are self evident and it is easy to realize what those truths are. George Caldwell Is such an ex cellent reader of the Declaration of Independence that it would be a good Investment in these times to salary him to read It all the time, on the street corners, in the highways and byways and at all meeting places. LIME FOR FARMERS N EXT to markets the great need of the Willamette val ley farmers is cheap lime. The "exhausted" valley soils contain enough plant food to pro duce good crops for centuries to come if it were accessible. But It is locked up in chemical combina tion- with other elements. The phosphates and potash which are necessary to make plants thrive, while they are abundant in the soil, are thus of no practical use. What lime does is to unlock these fertilizing constituents of the soil. It does not itself help a great deal to nourish vegetation, though I it is Dy no means useless in that particular. Its great value is that of an analyzer, breaking up the chemical combinations which lock away the fertilizing elements. Lime also neutralizes the soil acids and provides a suitable medium for the clover bacillus to develop in. Al falfa Would flourish in the Wil lamette valley if the fields were properly lined. The valley soils which have been cropped for half a century or more have lost most of their free potash and phosphates. They will' member that money spent for edu-'t'hh? plant, and there will be nothing j Tom in this underhanded deal, to de never become hlehlv nrni,i.i. ! i , n h...,ttfui in that live dtv. nude Portland of all its waterfront again until the loss has been re- k""--- - ma; ua uuiie dt an-' plying commercial phosphates and nntnch whtH : . r " .v ioij expensive Just now and likely to be more s, or the farmer may use his barn yard fertilizer as a partial res torative. But if he had cheap lime In ample quantities he would find It a wonderful help, no matter how much fertilizer he had available from the barnyard. It would re lease . from his own soil the ele- menu- for which, . It he buys them it the market, he must pay a high price. Oregon has lime deposits here and there, tome of which have been opened and worked, but thus far we hate no cheap lime for agriculture. The state of Illinois has made arrangements by which the farm ers obtain lime at 60 cents a ton to low on their Jields. This la a great boon to them. The state of Oregon might do something of the same sort if it would. The state has ' in hand ' a number of flashy enterprises which might very well b6 postponed until the question of supplying the farmers with cheap llnjhas been settled. - Few Fourth of"3uly addresses ever delivered in Portland take rank with that by BlshOD Sumner fon Multnomah field yesterday. It wag a case of the time, the place and '. the man. as evidenced in the tremendous demonstration Indulged in by the great audience at the conclusion of his address. HJE FIGHTS MIT HUGHES N OT all German - Americans 1 have the same view as Mr. Penners, whose attack on President Wilson appears on this page. . There are German citizens who are Ot supporters of Mr. Hughes. There are German citizens who be- lieve President Wilson's course in the submarine controversy was right and that he ought not to be punished for it. On the other hand, there are the "professional" German - Americans. By "professional" is meant agi tators who, for political and other purposes, seek to separate persons of German nativity or ancestry into a distinct group, acting to gether and directed by self appointed leaders, who claim to speak for all German - American citizens, but who In reality do not. These propagandists misrepre sent the facts and mislead such men as Mr. Penners, whose letter on this page is under discussion. They are going to cast a very large vote for Mr. Hughes. The day after Mr. Hughes was nominated, they claimed it as a victory for the ' German-Americans. A leading German newspaper of Philadelphia declared that Mr. Hughes' views were entirely satis- tf1" vluJau " Germs"1 language newspaper in the country immediately came out in support of Mr. Hughes. It is also positively asserted In well lnfnrmr1 anartfirs that Mr. " , " i,u vT. - I ol-o ueavuy ncyuunwu, auu tuai " nau " Sel vol la "rur w stand any show of success at the polls. Of course, if the German propa gandists can succeed in beating President Wllsosf, in Germany it will be regarded as a triumph. It will convince Berlin that Germany, through "professional" German i . j j ivi. a. l i j Ameiu-ans in ims cuuutrjr, uuius the balance of power In the United , States. It will be notice to the j world that Weodrow Wilson had been punished by German-Amerl-! can citizens ior iu vigoious course ; towards Germany over the sinking of the Lusitania and in the sub- marine controversy. It will-also be notice to all na- tion3 that no president of the j United States can oppose the wishes of the German imperial j government without being penal- lzed therefor by overthrow at the polls. It will be formal notice to all governments that the govern ment of the United States must be conducted in such a manner as to best serve the military or naval plan ' Of Germany. It Is In the desire to punish Mr, Wilson for standing up tn the sub marine controversy for American lives and property that the Na tional Council ,of Teutonic Sons of America has adopted resolutions calling upon "all American citizens of Teutonic extraction or sym pathy to give their voice and sup port to tbe cause of securing the election of Charles E. Hughes." It is to punish Mr. Wilson that the German-American Alliance has held mass meetings in various big cities to celebrate the nomination of Mr. Hughes. Carranza's new note is pacifica tory. There will be no war with Mexico if President Wilson can honorably prevent It. HELPING THE SCHOOLS T HERB Is much to say In favor of Mr. C. E. Fergu son's proposal at the state university educational con- ference. Mr. Ferguson believes that the State should bear part of the burden of educating children in the poorer counties. For this purpose he suggests a general tax to BUDDlement the somewhat meager resources of the school fund. ; New taxes rarely present an in viting aspect; to the public, but it j f i n n , . u spent. Some of It is squandered, But tint, nnariv an rmirn or it na or j that appropriated for other and more showy uses. It IS worth keeping in mind that, a boy or girl living in a pooritho Willamette r-i"iuS mui peopie. county is as valuable to the state 'But then , this convincing testimony I as one living in a rich county and 'can be had.ln every direction. There; deserves a good education just as i. arti.pUyed In everything of th. j much. It la not the fault of the pioneers In remote sections that they are poor, They are working under great hardships to build np the s- state.. It seems like . a very T ,'. . ' , ;..;, !'.",J1 moderate favor -to give them -good schools.- ' ; " The brilliant sunshine of y ester- day after the weeks of rain seems, omen of a Providential benediction on our national unity and destiny. SPEAKIXQ WITH TONGUES T HE federal bureau of foreign and domestic commerce has been looking for young men who have a speaking6 and writlne use of foreign languages. As we learn from the Chicago i Journal, it has not found a great many. Most of our young people who go through the high schools get a bowing acquaintance with French or German. Some of them acquire a genteel taste of Spanish. But actually learning to use the languages is another matter.' Our schools do not teach it. This is a little disappointing. If it were impossible for public schools to teach foreign languages nobody would complain. But it is not imposible. The German schools do it easily. So do those of Holland ' rntH o-ranafaa from thft rommon scnooia UBUauy know English thor- oughly. They can speak it fa miliarly and write it correctly. We have been so pauperized by exorbitant protective tariffs that we do not appreciate how much foreign trade depends on knowing foreign languages. Other nations do appreciate it and therefore they outdistance us in the race for trade. NOTHING THE MATTER WITH PORTLAND Tbls column Is assuredly a hire of lnrtui try today. With three establishment! busy with mUlwork, Mo. lbO of Tha Journal' a lu quh trial serlm la brimming. Tbeae work np huge quantities of Oregon woods, carry large payrolls and aend their products far afield, d aidaa anpplylog home wants to the full extent demanded by a liberal patronage. I T-WAS organized in 1909. It consumes 8,000,000 feet of lumber a year. Its output amounts to $125,000 a year. In normal times in round numbers it employs 60 workmen. It has a payroll of $40,000 a year larger In ordinary times. In a nutshell the story of the Ore gon Door company, foot of Spokane avenue, Sellwood addition, may be stated in the foregoing words. The business of the concern is mostly confined to Oregon, though it does occasionally reach out to as fa.- as Idaho and Utah. DOES GENERAL MILLWORK. Aside from doors the company does a general line of mlllwork. It makes windows, frames, finish lumber and moulding, and turns out oalc and mahogany finish. In its cabinet de partment V It manufactures all kinds . . , . "Stock doors are not usually made at a planing mill, and ordinarily are not in Us line ef work, but we make them In carload quantities and can ship them anywhere on short notice," says George C. Tichenor, secretary of the corporation. "Our business for the year," he adds, "is practically the sam M ,Mt Beason but prlc M conslderably better." Th6 0re(f0n Door company has a magnlflcent equipment. It would be dlfflcult to pr0cure a better. It is one of the cornerns which is "al wava on the lob." and Its emnloves do not hav(l to fear that they may lose. thoir positions at any time. And -there Is a bunch of comfort in that." one said to The Journal repre- sentative. compliments THE journal. Speaking of the industrial articles ! which have appeared in The Journal each day for several months, Mr. Tichenor said: "We have been much interested In your articles and think they are a big boost for the indusles of the city. We believe that this Is the proper get-together spirit, and if more newspapers would open their columns In the liberal way The Jour nal has, without cost to those writ ten of, we all would have a much better acquaintance with our city and our hearty approval of your articles." Willamette Planing Mill Company. The Willamette Planing Mill com pany was Incorporated in 1914. On an average it employs 30 men. and its annual payroll is $20,000. Its yearly sales are $76,000, and it consumes 1,000,000 feet of lumber. In its Shipments It covers Oregon, Washington, Northern California, Idaho and part of Montana. It is expert In millwork for fine residences as well as office buildings. It recently shipped to Klamath Fats all the mlllwork for the fine Elks' temple, nearlng completion In that city. It was a consignment which will be a rare decoration for the structure. It consisted of all the in- I terlor and exterior woodwork, and all j the mahogany lodge furniture for the association. OTHER handsome trimmings. i It has Just completed . fts contract I for the millwork for another Elks' I temple at pocateuo, iaano, consisting; or three carloads of Oregon, fir f Inisn an mahogany finishing lumber. The ano ui.uue, j . , .. millwork of the Masonic temple at - ... likewise fabricated at The decorations and mUlwork for the pretty residences of A. C. Ruby on the Base Line road, near Gresham, V, r r.ui r Murohv at Laurel- hurst evidence the skill and taste of kind this mill turns out. MAKING READI-CUT HOUSES. This mill la now also engaged in producing what tt has named "readl cut; lumber for homes," which It pre- pares ttn&r for the hammer and nails, and which anyone can put together without the aid of skilled mechanics. By this system a residence may be erected in a few day at much leaa expense than ordinarily entailed when the uncut material is purchased. All doors, windows, frames, hardware, paint absolutely everything required are included in these orders. - Its business in this line is growing' like . bay tree. In Portland the company reports Its sales at about a par with those of last season. The mill Is located at 608 Gideon street, near East Sixteenth, and Jacob Depenning is its president and manager, and Oscar Vanti vice presi dent. "Frank B. Schmitt Company. The Frank B. Schmitt Sash & Door factory. 181 East Eighth Street, cor ner of Bast Yamhill, works up 3,000, 000 feet of lumber in a year, is em ploying 30 men at this time, but when business is normal, SO to 75 hands. 'The trade of this concern extends to air parts of Oregon, over into southwestern Washington, and to western Idaho and Montana. The products of the institution are the same as those mentioned in the references to the mills already named. Its premises cover 100x206 feet, and there is not an inch of space to spare. In addition to workmen in the fac tory Mr. Schmitt employs two outside hustlers whose business it is . to look out for orders, and, being live ones, they have . acquired the v habit of "getting .things." This is one of the reasons the gentleman, as manager of the business, which he owns In dividual, consumes 3,000,000 feet of lumber every twelve months. He wouldn't do it if his men were "nap pers." Frank B. Schmitt is a pioneer of Oregon. He has seen Portland grow from a hamlet to a metropolis. He has witnessed the accumulation of great properties by the early settlers, and has a nice little bunch of it him self. And yet is as common and aproachable as any man in the fac tory, many of whom have been with him for years and years. Letters From the People Communication, sent to The Journal for publication in this department should be writ ten on only one side of tbe paper, phuuld nvt exceed 300 words In length, aad must be ac companied by the name and addresa of tha sender. If the writer does not desire to bava the name published he should ao state. ' "Discussion is the greatest of all reform era. It rationalizes everything It touches, it robs principles of all false sanctity and throws tbein back en their reasonableness. It tbey have no reaaonablenesA, it ruthlessly crushes them out of existence and sets up Its own cud elusions In their stead." Woodrow Wilson. Prom a Foe of Copperheads. Baker, Or., July 1. To the Editor of The Journal Your editorial appear ing in a recent issue of your paper, entitled "The Oregon Copperhead," de serves space and credit by every fair minded, unbiased newspaper or indi vidual throughout the land. The posi tion you have taken Is truly Ameri can, to say the least. It repudiates uncalled for slander upon the chief executive of a glorious nation even though he be of different party af filiations. This, In my Judgment, is no time to Indulge In petty political abuse, suoh as the Oregoaian persists In heaping upon President Wilson. By whom or how could this Mexi can muddle have been handled better and at' the same time retain the prin ciples that Americans have so long championed? As a reader of both papers, I am at a loss to understand the point the Oregonian wishes Its readers to see. It appears to me that If this abuse U actuated from a political standpoint, at" a time when our nation .is at the very brink of war, regardless of the cause, it is high time for the people to first ask the question, ' Can we de pend upon the press when our brave boys go to the front? Certainly such vile abuse of our president will not be accepted by the common people, even though they differ with him in their political views. In the crisis that is pending, we Americans should form a solid front behind Mr. Wilson, aad certainly we should not place any Impediment in his enderor for peace. A TRAVELJNQ MAN. He Is for Hughes. Hartland, Wash., July S. To the Ed itor of The Journal How lis It that the German-Americans are against Wilson 7 Here is the answer In short print of two American papers. And I have to say by your works and according to your doings, ye shall be Judged. Do you suppose German-American voters are fools? Wilson kicked them so often in their faces and gave Eng land free will in every way, should they pray on their knees for this lop sided man? jOh, no and if Hughes will be elected, don't howl ''so loud. Our plans will never be made in Berlin, but j tiere under the Stars and Stripes. Hjir rah for America. When that lopsided professor in Washington ordered the fleet out of Mexico, was it not a brave German captain that saved the poor Americans and took -them out of town to safety on his German warship? And you want to whitewash such a fellow? Oh, no; we Germans will do and vote as wa 'darned please. Haben ale ver staaden, Mr. Journal printer? P. M. PENNERS. Speaks for the Longshoremen. Portland, July 3. To the Editor of The Journal We notice that Tom Mc- Cusker Of the Employers' association is dictating to the Chamber of Com- j merce in regard to how the waterfront employers and- the longshoremen of this city should conduct their affairs. Strange to say, the Chamber of Com merce Is falling for this silly bunk. , cusker, and the first thing Portland and its citizens will "learn Is that. Me ! UU"er .ww mgni amraay to ai- vert what, little waterfront business . Portland has got to our nearest com- . i . tv.. .kaKv i ...u.t.- S hwS iSSi concerns located In a nearby seaport. , Permit me to say to Tom McCusker I and the Chamber of Commerce that ao jVYn Portland are concerned tbey ned not worry, because we art quite capable, in conjunction with our employers of ttatrt ' 5 nts-Troln our competing porta. The wages and Working rules of the Pacif le coast wil obtain in Portland In spite , of any thing that Mr. McCusker or tha Cham ber of Commerce may say to the con trary. .Incidentally, we want to point --.-"3?, fi-i r j---' - .' PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE When selecting your Americanism, beware of the counterfeit brand put out by shrewd partisans. mm All the world's wealth would be poor compensation to the average woman for dying uamourned by a friend. The mother of a son with his full allotment of fingers rather inclines, to ward the saXa and sana Fourth idea. A . Missouri professor says he can Produce grapefruit without bitterness, ut then it would be something else. It is reported thart 'hunger is driving men into the Mexican army, thus lead ing one to believe that the Mexican soldier eats occasionally. State Labor Commissioner Hoff re peats that Oregon women are paid bet ter wages than their eastern sisters. Well, what about it? Aren't they worth more? The government reports more quick stTver. Must be a typographical error. More silver is quick and getting quick er to leave you, is probably what was meant. -JOURNAL 65-The Trail to Huckleberry Mountain If you go up Into the district im mediately west of Mt. Hood In the neighborhood of Welches, Arrah Wanna and Rhododendron It would be a good idea to stay a week or two and become an explorer of trails. The forest reserve is near at hand, in any direction, and the forest ser vice has a delightful custom of build ing good trails which, though prima rily Intended to aid in' fighting forest fires, people are permitted to traverse as freely as though they were public roads. And every trail Is a route through wonderland. Soon after you have passed Bright wood you wjjl begin to observe on the South a mountain green to its very summit and dominating the ridged and tip-tilted landscape of this district It is Huckleberry mountain, elevation 4376 feet, and your immediate ambi tion to climb it may easily be granted. The trail up Huckleberry begins at Welches. For a few hundred yards It leads through - a level, heavily wooded and always moist, flat; then begins the climb upward. Huckleberry has three rounded summits, each suc cessively higher, and when you have reached the first it Is a safe bet you will think you are at the top until you look higher. You have been told of the marvel out to the busybodies of the Chamber of Commerce that if they are really anxious to do something for the Port of Portland commerce we can show them how they can eliminate a lot of extra and unnecessary commissions, rebates, drawbacks, etc. Of course, this will hurt some of the dear mem bers of the Chamber of Commerce, but it can't be helped. They have started this row; we will finish it, and by so doing give the public a look behind the curtains, which McCusker and the Chamber of Commerce are anxious to avoid. Hence their silly, frantio ef forts to divert attention from their real object and crooked politics by hol lering against the longshoremen. If the chamber and Mr. McCusker want reforms on the waterfront they win find plenty of work ahead of them, because, as before stated, we will fur nish them plenty of material for a starter, and if they refuse to use what we offer them in the way of reliable information, we shall be compelled to furnish it to the public, who are Sure to put a damper on this cheap cam paign inaugurated for the purpose Of selling Portland out to the highest bid der. A. E. BARNES. It Would Cost Less to Feed Than to Fight Them. Portland, Or., July 1. To the Edi tor of The Journal What the poor, starving Mexicans need is bread and not bullets. Why can not someone In authority take a lead and art art a movement along some such line of earnest endeavor in their behalf? Woujd it not be a proper, a noble thing for you and your paper to agi tate this matter in such a way that, either the whole country will help; or, far better still, the administration would take It up and administer a fund, to be supplied bytongress or other methods, in a practical way? There is not the least doubt In my mind that if we can find a practical way to feed these poor people and give them self-help, they will be our friends for all time. I am only a laboring man. but I will contribute my mite. While not knowing Just what or how to accomplish anything myself, I firmly believe it would be a mighty big investment for this country and for them. If congress and the adminis tration would send tralnloads of food, in place of soldiers and ammunition, to these downtrodden people. N. B. Our grand president Is all right E. S. PIPER. Why It Will Be Wilson. Dallas, Or., June 80. To the Ed itor of the Journal Yesterday a Republican friend asked me how I could be so confident that Wilson would again be president I answered him by saying that it was because I still had faith In the good sense of the American people and their ability to discriminate between right and wrong; that the sober and ma ture Judgment of the thinking voter would not allow him to be led astray after false gods, albeit one of such gods had long been a popular idol of many people; that the great bal ance of voting power is held in this country today by men and women who are not so partisan as to blindly fol low any leader or set of leaders, or to take their word as to all political matters, and that it was this class of voters who will reelect Mr. Wilson, knowing that In him they will have a safe and sane president a man who will do for all Americans the best that it is possible for mortal man to do, and one who looks to a higher power for guidance and counsel in every act I answered .that, also, before November many 'voters will have awakened to a full realization of the trick that has been played upon them by the old standpat gang in the nomination of Hughes; that It was not the people who really named him for president, but the old ring that Roosevelt made such a pretense of fighting, and then supinely laid down to, after wrecking the party of really honest men and women who believed In him and his advocacy of certain reforms, reforms by now enacted into laws by the greatest man of the age, Woodrow Wilson; that the voters of Oregon, especially. Will also begin to remember that : the Oregonian, Ralph Williams, Charley -jFulton, and others of the old guard, do not ad vocate the election of men unless they know they can handle them. They would prefer to go down to de feat bide their time and be sure of the ground on which they stand. That these and other eye-openers are bound to come, I assured my anx ious Inquirer, and so I remain con fident Jfi . the belief that right . will triumph In November, the wily pol AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGOX SIDELIGHTS The Canyon City Eagle is proud to number on its list of friends Barney Camnon, of Fox. who is bale and hear ty at the age of 83 and has been a constant, paid m advance reader of the Eagy5jgf 28 years. Discoursing of beverages, the Al bany Democrat Justly remarkasH'yater is a splendid thing and some people, can drink nothing else; but the masses like other things, things with special tastes to them, and It is doubtful if anything has been found that has more pep than the loganberry." Weather report in Grants Pass Cour ier of June 30: "While the Willam ette valley has been soaked wllh a heavy rainfall that has continued with out cessation for the , past weait. the Rogue has had alternating shower and sunshine. The weather is rather un seasonable, as it seems to be through out the entire country. Roads between Grants Pass and Portland are Bald to be getting heavy, the mud in parts of the Willamette being of winter depth The rainfall in the Rogue has not been sufficient to soften the roads." JOURNEYS ous view to be had from the top of Larch mountain that "grandstand of the Almighty." It in no w excels the view of Mt. Hood and of the Cas cade range to be had from Huckle berry mountain. Th trail forks a mile and a half or so southwest of the summit and if you' care to you may go down to Brlghtwood by way of Wildcat moun tain, from the ridge looking down into the canyou of Eagle Creek on your left. If you turn to the left, rather than the right, at the fork in the trail, you will be led past Stony and Coff man camps to Plaza ranger station, whence the trail leads by way of Squaw mountain down onto the Clack amas, while another trail will be your guide dear over to the headwaters of the Oak Orove fork of Clackamas river. Parties sometimes go from Welches over the ridge to Roaring river, a notable trout stream which Is a tributary of the Clackamas. Well, today's space has been nearly used up in telling a very little about one trail and - its forks. Who, not knowing, would dream of these narrow roads in the mountain highlands that lead as systematically to the wonder points as your valley highways guide to the crossroads groceries! So Instead of trying to tell about some of the other routes today, we will Walt until tomorrow. itical game of the interests and their servants come, to naught, and the God-fearing fathers and mothers of our goodly land awaken to the knowl edge that America is safent and beat under the guidance of Woodrow Wil son, the tried and true. A FATHER. The Sunday Rest Law. Sara, Wash., June 28. To the Edi tor of The Journal To the many read ers of The Journal in the great state of Oregon I wish to say a word In defense of the humane, righteous, civ ilized stand they are taking regarding the Sunday rest law, as it is the essen tial law of all civilized nations. 1 have never known a man td speak against it, no matter of what nation ality or creed, except for covetous, greedy self gala, and very few even of these. I note Vt article In The Journal last month by the baseball magnate, W. W. McCredie, in which he said that it looked very blue to him We feared it would take all the little comfort the public had and each man should choose his day He said it was re ligious legislation. He was afraid it would prejudice people against the church. He was always opposed to Sunday morning baseball. He wanted to put no obstacle in the way. of the church. He said the strongest churches try to save souls, Instead of making blue laws. He was sorry for the llttlo stores and bathing resorts-. Let Mr. McCredie attract the people as Barnum, Buffalo Bill and many other magnates, and he will get a large crowd of people any day In th week that will fork their money over to him, and the law and the. church won't look blue to him and he will stop trying to Influence the minds of free voters, who would. vote for the law next best to a temperance law, for your state. Have not your higher courts and men of brains and learning decided it was no religious legislation, but for the people and1 by the people, and fur the protection of employes, arid for the good of all? Will your voters stand by their decision, or by the baseball magnate? Which do you think moat Interested for you and the state? Be sides, the churches all support it, and. they never will support a law that is a detriment to your state. .People will have more pleasure, better enter tainment, more and better resorts of all kinds, than now, and will have many good cltlexns added to the popu lation. Let the long arm of the law reach out to rest day violators, tne same as other lawbreakers, with liberty and Justice to all and specLal privileges to none. C. D. HAMPTON. The Maine's Destruction. Lents, June 27. To the Editor of The Journal Please state through The Journal the result of the inquiry on the Maine disaster whether It was blown up from without or within. A CONSTANT READER. Following the raising of the Maine by the United States government, a commission, composed of four high of ficers of tbe navy and an engineer of ficer of the army, found, on Decem ber 1, 1911, as follows: "The injury to the bottom of the Maine was caused by the explosion of a charge of a low form of explosive exterior to the ship, between frames -3 and 21, strake B, port aide. This resulted in igniting and exploding the contents of the 6-inch reerve maga zine A-14-M, said contents including a large quantity of black powder. The more or less complete explosion of the contents of the remaining forward magazines followed. The magazine ex plosions resulted in the destruction of the vessel." Who Will Name These Birds? Ellsworth, Wash., June 26. To the Editor of The Journal Will you kind ly publish tbe names of some birds 1 will describe, if possible? The other day I caught a glimpse of a large, black and yellow bird with red feathers on its head, picking at some ripe cherries. It was the only cne I have ever seen. Then there is another, a very pretty little bird, that I have seen oftener. It has a white breast, gray back and a bright blue head. 'Whenever I see them they are nearly always picking at weed seeds. There are a lot of others I could men tion, but 1 shall be very thankful if I can find out Just the names of these two. MRS. WALTER X. MORGAN. After the Agony of Doubt, From the New York Evening Post ' "AdvertlsUflr Men Cheer the Flag." Once more the awful suspense over what attitude a body of Americans would take toward patriotism la ended. UP AT MULTNOMAH FIELD on ,tho Fourth J saw a greased, pig lying in a hollow that he had dug for himself waiting his torn to con tribute to the glory of our old fashioned celebration. ' because a greased pig is an. es sentlal to an old-fashioned Fourth. JThat is he's an essential that we stiU think is esNentlal. and ihat makes it essential. like firecrackers were as long as we thought wc had to have them. fBut rireferackers are gone like the dodo aad, the buffalo and the 1000 cords of wood that the city paid for last winter. ' aj And who knows that tii time I may come when we can get along j without a greased pig? and yet be patriotic and have a good time? j And after I saw the exercises at Multnomah field I went up to the Press club to get a little peace and quiet. because I knew Taul Feely and Fin McNiiughtoii and Jimmy Mc Cool wouldn't be there. r 51 But anyway 1 lay down on a couch, and got to thinking of the greased Pig. and the bright wise eye that he, rolled up at hie. JAnd he winked. JAnd I said "Hello piggy how goes it?" J "Pretty tough" ho said. sighing like Dad Whiting when he has failed to accomplish his purpose in a pi nochle game. V U "What's the matter?" I said. J"Oh" said the greased pig "this patriotism that's what. "and why do they have to pick on me? J"Why" he grunted "do you folks if you'll excuae my slang have to make a goat of met" arAnd I started to answer but ne kept right on talking. like Post master Myers telling about the Wilson administration. aj"lt seema to me" he said (that Is the pig not the p. m.) "if you want to connect pigs and patriotism you could do a better Job" -here his voice rose almost to a squeal "you could do a better Job If you'd get after min nf the piggish persons in this republic. "Instead of persecuting .me -a mere symbol of what,s the matter with you.' JAnd I asked what he meant. 'Give me some particulars" I a "Is it polble" he said "that you haven't ween the cartoons In the . papers showing the greiit corpora tions aa hogs eating the wealth of the country? J"And the worst of it isas you should kn iw It's true. J "Why" he aald "It makes ' me ashamed aim out that I'm a pig. "and I'd almoHt rather be pork. "although that'll getting a hard name too since the . Itcpubltcan have found out what a wi"ked thing It Is by being deprived of It." JAnd this remarkable greased pig Trent on to say that the Fourth of July it seemed to him is a good time for true patriots to do some thinking about tio welfare of their country. J'AiHl you might keep. It up through the year" be added Just be fore they took him out for his ordeal. JAnd of course I don't expect anyone to beilev this. aj But I believed it until I woke up- and then J LISTEN I found that what put me to sleep wag Joe Khancdling anj Art Caylur telllns; cnth olhT -us re porters will about Our i'laln Duty In Mexico. patriotism. (Circular Dlatrlbnted at Portland V. il. C.,A.) Pea( Fellow Dormitory Man: In bimiwtt of our forefathers, whs fmigbt for our liberty suj davlarad our freedom on July 4, 1776. w will show our paorlfltlsm lr riming the Tafetrrla at 2 p. is tomorrojr, Jaly 4. Brcskfut, 7 to 11 ; I.illich. 11 :0 lo 2. H. V. Dement. Mpr. Room ftM, Y. M. V. A. Open for business again as usual Wed seausy. Waw Diversion. There was a candy biting st la Brown's Ssturdsy nlrlit snd qulfa a Isrs-a rrowd attended. Tba 8 ions tVuoty, Ark., Keoord. Fifteen Minutes Itcft. By Uti Stewsrtt. Tha Journal's Office Bey. (Continued From Yasterdsy.) By this time it was a quarter to right, anal I made another trip orar to the pnstofftce for a paper mall. I rerclvi-d a basketful, took it over In a basket belonging to Uie gwvernment, sorted It Into piles containing personal tnslt, downstairs mall, P. N. 8. mall. U. V. mail, and papers f' the exchange lltor. When t had distributed ail the mall for the people In the editorial rooms and had glrra the P. N. 8. and th I,'. P. their sbsre, I took tbe rest downstairs, and ha basket fcsrk to tha ponl offlee. On the way back I went down Into the pressroom snd got if) Hunriay Journals and put there In offices on tbe editorial flnor. 1 went Into the local room when I had fin ished atul found a number of tllpiiiags on a book. Tuee 1' ifsre to tbe reporter. Hera I must state before It is too late tkat on tbe way or-r to the postofflce tha second time I stopped at the business office, got two-cent stamps for otis len letters which I bat picked up from s table In the lobby of tbe editorial floor, sod on art-lying at tba liostofflce inslled them with thre or four others which I hsd brought from bom. From aocnewbers during tba Bight, aome one had brought a lot of ph-tures Into U Svorgue and I seized a few minutes before nine o'clock to sort them snd place thwm above their re spective drawers into which I would file tbein later in tbe day. or at least I planned to fll tliera. About 10 minutes of ulna tba assistant city editor came and asked me If I wotfld be at leisure tn a few moments. When be wants ma to tin thing st wiee be slwsys ssks ma tbat question. I get tired of It. I don't care foe groiichlneas, but I wish MVe assistant city 4itor waa more like the city editor, who ia . brusque aad growllsh. However, speaking plainly. I have no love for either t them, one way or the other. .(CONTINUED .TOMORROW.) Stories or Unrepentant. ' . SHE had been naughty all " day. While playing in the sand pile she had deliberately upset her little ' fcenthsrr'a waaron and broken hia tor hoe handle. In her playhouse she 1 ' smashed three of her dolls best tea . cups, and she entered the kitchen- with uiny sum siiu mkm4 ui liis? vuukb -.; freshly scrubbed floor. Then to cap it all. she gave the cat's, tail a, I vicious little yank. So mother "'-: I 4Hsinrrr iiirn rurA tftr this rli a . i' distemper would te an nour in the clothes closet. Sobs and entreaties : fofr pardon issued forth for aom tlma '.'; after the confinement began, " TbetfK the entreaties - suddenly ceased, - j V Alice, called" mother suspiciously, : 5 WW (Ma."? J v avwass ..' "I'm 'pit tin'. came the sullen lit tle voice from thenar corneref the -closet, "I iplt on' your dresa and I 'pit on your ' shoes, and now I'm -makln' more 'pit.' N , - , V