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Pontage Rates 12 to 1$ pages. 1 cent; 18 to 32 pages, 2 cents; 34 to 48 pages. cents; CO to 60 paces. 4 cents; 62 to 78 pases. 6 cents; TS to 82 pases. 6 cents. Foreisn postage. doubl rates. Eastern Business Office Verree Conk lin, Brunswick building. New York; Verre & Conklln, steger building; Chicago. Ban Vrancisco representative. K. J. Bidwell, 72 Market street. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, ACGrST 4. 1916. THE THllEATKXED B.ULROAD STRIKE. Because the railroad companies have failed to agree with, the. brother hoods of their employes on terms of employment asked by the latter, the American people are threatened with total paralysis of their interior trans portation system. By a vast majority the employes nave given their officials authority to call a strike If no agree ment can be reached. That Is the sit uation which confronts the country. There is absolutely no excuse for such disastrous consequences from such a quarrel. If both parties de sire justice, means can be found of ascertaining what is Just without stopping a wheel on any railroad. The companies have expressed willingness to submit the question to arbitration under the Newlands law, but they have made demands on their own side which the brotherhoods refuse to In clude in any case submitted to arbitra tion. The brotherhoods object to- ar bitration under the Newlands act be cause in, former cases they have been awarded something' short of their de mands. The United States Chamber of Commerce has proposed submission to the Interstate Commerce Commis sion, but the brotherhoods object that an award In their favor by that body would be made the occasion of a de mand for an advance in rates and that thus the odium of increased cost -of railroad service to the public would be placed upon them. If it be true that the means now provided for Judicial adjustment of railroad disputes are not satisfactory to both the companies and their em ployes, it is Incumbent upon Congress to provide means that are satisfactory. The parties to th dispute should in dicate tn what respect tbe present law fails to Insure just awards and Con gress should so amend the law as to remove the defects. Having provided a tribunal in the justice of whose de cisions both parties can place confi dence, Congress should then require that all disputes between railroads and their employes which they fail to ad just themselves shall be submitted to that tribunal. It will havo the right to do so, having Insured just awards, As the representative of the public, which is the third party to the con troversy and the party which would suffer most by a strike, it is the duty of Congress to guard agasjnst the tying up of the railroads. When the law had been so amended as to meet the objections of both parties to Its present provisions, the railroad companies would have no pretext for an attempt to supplant their employes with new men, and the employes would have no pretext for even considering a strike. Such con duct on either side would be a resort to the barbarous doctrine that might is right. It would be in effect admis sion that their demands would not stand the test of impartial inquiry. There is an evident failure at Wash ington to appreciate the graviWr of the situation. Acting Secretary of La bor Post "had not decided whether action by the Department would be necessary" and the Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation said that "nothing could be done at present." These agencies of the Government should be at work before a labor dis pute reaches the point of a strike vote. Their function should be to prevent rather- than to settle strikes. Their activity should begin as soon as a definite disagreement is reached; It should not await the eve of break. Should all other efforts fail in pre venting a suspension of railroad oper ation the President would be justified in stepping In as did President Roose velt in the case of the anthracite coal strike, with a threat to take charge of the railroads and operate them until an agreement had been reached. The in ere threat that the War Department would operate the coal mines sufficed to coerce the operators Into accepting arbitration. A like threat should prove as effective with the railroads and the brotherhoods. Even were It necessary to carry out the threat, the United States Government would do no more than the British, government has done with conspicuous success to meet the necessities of war. When It is possible by energy, cour- ge and sound judgment to avert a disaster of such magnitude as a gen eral suspension of railroad traffic without doing injustice to any person, failure of the Government to prevent it would be inexcusable. FRENCH-CANADIANS IN THE WAR. Statistics of enlistments in Canada for service overseas show a surprising condition with respect to the French Canadians of the Dominion. The call for half a million men as Canada's share of the imperial defenses was is sued a little more than six months ago and in June a statement was issued showing that 334,209 had answered the call. One hundred thousand, in round numbers, were in France; as many more were In England, about 0,000 were engaged in the home de fense, and 110,000 were in various Canadian training camps. It is estimated that the French- Canadian population has contributed less than 10 per cent of the whole number, whereas It represents more than 30 per cent of the population of the country. If French-Canadians had responded as freely as their Brit ish fellow citizens, Canada would al ready have raised 450,000 men and would have been well on the way to completing Its self-set quota of half & million. , The hyphen issue in Canada is peculiar one. The French-speaking population is as well-rooted to the soil of Canada as those who own English as their mother tongue, and France, s one of the allies, has as much at stake in the war as England. The facts, as seen by the English-speaking Canadian newspapers, seem to be that the French-Canadians -long ago severed their ties with France, with out forming an equivalent bond with the English, so that they have become virtually a. people to themselves. Many of their traditions are French and their literature, such as it is, is French, although their daily speech has under gone'some modifications, in which the early historical relations of their pio neers with the Indians has played an important part. - . The oneness of the French and English people in this war has been duly emphasized, but without marked results, so far as the body of the French-Canadian population is con cerned. Blllngualism has played an important part. It is one of the se rious questions with which Canada will be confronted anew In the recon struction period that is certain to fol low the establishment of peace. MISTREATING A WORTHY, SERVANT. Mr. Hughes' unanswerable indict ment of the Wilson Administration for its muddle of Mexican affairs is not to be met with the sneering, evasive Inquiry "What would you have done ?" But some things are clear enough as to what any President, confronted by disorder and anarchy in a neighboring state, ought to have done. For example. President Wilson ought to have kept Henry Lah Wil son on the job as Ambassador, and he ought not to have adopted the fu tile and extraordinary expedient of negotiating with Mexico through a private agent, John Lind. Instead of approval for courageous. efficient, intelligent and patriotic serv ice during a grave crisis, and despite a telegram of commendation sent through some kind of inadvertence by Secretary Bryan, Ambassador Wilson was sidetracked and American affairs In Mexico precipitated into irretrieva ble disorder. Tet Ambassador Wilson's conduct and performance were so discreet and serviceable that he had the expressed support of the entire American colony in Mexico City, including clergymen of every denomination. But he was demoted out of the service by the poli tician who was then Secretary of State. For service in Mexico during the Huerta crisis, the German - Minister was decorated and promoted, the Brit, ish Minister was knighted and pro moted, the Spanish Minister was deco rated and retired on a pension, the Austrian representative was decorated and promoted, and every other diplo matic representative of every other nation but the United States received signal marks of his government's ap proval and confidence. The story of the United States and Ambassador Wilson, a trained diplo mat of many years' experience, illus trates the chaos into which our rela tions with Mexico have fallen. MOKE TRUST. The form of Manitoba's initiative and referendum, recently adopted, seems to have been devised with a lesser degree of distrust of Legislature and public officials than has been in dicated by Oregon and other states. A quite generally admitted defect In the Oregon system is the absence of opportunity to amend Initiated meas ures with respect to oversights, am biguity and indeflnlteness. In Man! toba the initiative petition goes first to the" Legislature when signed by 8 per cent of the registered voters. The Legislature may pass the law and make changes that do not alter the meaning of the law. The authority that rules upon the character of amendments made by the Legislature is the Speaker. If he certifies that the law has been passed with amend ments that do not alter its meaning it is not submitted to the electorate. If the Legislature does not pass it in such form the bill goes to vote of the people at the next regular election, unless a special election is petitioned for. But before the law Is finally sub mitted to the people the Attorney General must pass upon what we call its constitutionality. If he rules that the Legislature has not the power to pass the bill, then It is not submitted to the people. Here are features which will pre vent in Manitoba some of the plain defects that have appeared in the Ore gon system. That they have not been considered here or in any other state that we know of Is probably due to the persistent demagogic traducing of public officials. With direct primary, corrupt practices act, secret ballot and recall, one would think Oregon could elect . Just as trustworthy legislators and other officials as Manitoba. THE MOUNT HOOD I.OOP. One provision of the new Federal road law provides for expenditure of certain sums on construction of high ways in the National forests. To ob tain Us allotment of the fund it is assumed that it will not be necessary ror Oregon to contribute. But the law gives considerable latitude to Govern ment officials in exacting requirements from the state before money is ex pended on roads in the National for ests. Under another section of the law another fund is created for ap portionment among the states for con struction of post roads. To obtain the latter allotment the state makes an equivalent appropriation. It Is doubtless a correct presumption that the Government will not build a foTest road unless the state provides acceptable connecting highways. It Is certainly to Oregon's Interests to en courage construction of highways in the National forests located within the state. The forests make attractive recreation grounds for the autoist, the hunter, the fisherman and camper. Once accessible, they will attract touri ists from other states. The Mount Hood loop would become a celebrated highway, and it is reasonable to sup pose that the Government, now that money has been appropriated, will build it if suitable connections are made. If the State Highway Commission can obtain an allotment for the Mount Hood loop by expending a compara tively small sum in improvement of the upper Columbia Highway, it will be a good Investment and a commend able enterprise.- It is not to be sup posed that the Commission will tie up its future resources in the one place er that the Government will devote its sole attention to the Mount Hood loop Crater Lake and other scenic points reached over forest roads must not be overlooked. The National forests, so long as they are kept in their virgin state, can at least be made National playgrounds. Conceding all that has been said in behalf of their retention as an invest ment and heritage of future genera tions, they are still available for this sort of present utility. Oregon has every sound reason for encouraging this use of them. The Canadian province of Ontario is soon to be added to prohibition ter ritory. Hotelkeepers will be forbidden to sell intoxicating beverages, and may find it necessary to raise their rates in order to compensate for the loss of profit on liquor. War has lm- pressed on the Canadians the neces sity of economy, and the impairment of efficiency by use of alcohol. TBE DECTSCIILAJSD'S VOYAGE. The submarine Deutschland having submerged and reached the open ocean, its escape from the- pursuing cruisers of the allies depends on its ability to pass beyond their range of vision while still beneath the surface and on their failure to detect it un der the watery cloak. Unless Captain Koenlg shaped a course before sub merging which he could follow beyond the hostile patrol he would find it necessary to emerge soon to-take his bearings, for the conditions of sub marine navigation are the same as those in a fog and it is difficult to esti. mate distance. Should the allied cruisers spread out along the coast north and south of Chesapeake Bay so as to keep under close observation a long stretch of water through which the Deutschland must pass, they will have a chance of catching her after she emerges. This she must do after a time In order to renew the air supply and to recharge the accumulators by running the dyna mos. This is done at night, when the impossibility of seeing through the periscopes compels emergence. The boat would then betray her presence by the throbbing of the air com pressors, which can be heard for many miles. It would attract hostile ships; if so distant that she would have time to submerge before being rammed, they could shell her and break her thin skin. If the allied ships have aeroplanes on board, as is probably the case, and if the water should be clear and calm, the airmen might detect the vessel If not too deep ly submerged. The shadow is visible through the water at any height less than 1000 feet.- Rough water and gray sky would make detection by airmen very difficult. Should the Deutschland evade her pursuers all the way across the At lantic, her danger would begin again on entering the English Channel. British patrol boats in pairs would sweep the water with steel nets to trap her and the chances of her pass ing beneath the nets would be smallest in the shallow Straits of Dover. Air craft will also be on the lookout and on sighting her, would signal to de stroyers, which would trail her and capture her as soon as she emerged, Captain Koenig's success in evading these dangers and in navigating the whole length of the channel under water on his westward voyage war rants bis confidence in his ability to repeat the feat, though the allies, be ing forewarned, will certainly keep a sharper watch for him. Although remarkable for Its length the Deutschland's trans-Atlantic voy age is not the longest made by a sub marine. The Australian submersibles AE-1 and AE-2 made the voyage of 12,000 miles from England to Aus tralia under their .own power in the Spring of 1914 and ten British subma rines crossed the Atlantic from Can ada last Summer. The Deutschland's voyage is unique as the first use of a submarine in merchant service and in successful running of a blockade. PEESCRXPTIONS IX KNGLISII. Summer with its usual run of con ventions of medical societies has brought a revival oi' discussion of the question whether prescriptions should be written in English or In Latin. This question is raised every year by some of the medical bodies; it acquires new Interest this season because of the modified stand taken by one of the official committees of the American Medical Association and because of the more than usually vigorous discussion which has followed it. It is note worthy, also, that ' the official pro nouncement of the committee on med ical curriculum does not this year in sist that the prescription should be written in- Latin throughout. The re port Bays that the committee regards Latin as "desirable" for the names of ingredients; that it Is Indifferent as to directions to the dispenser, and that it holds Latin as wholly objectionable as to directions to the patient. - Tbe stock arguments in favor of the use of Latin in prescriptions are more or less familiar. proponents hold that the Latin names for drugs are more definite and less subject to change, that a Latin prescription can be compounded in any part of the civilized world, that Latin is used in international medical and scientific literature, and that the patient is pre vented from acquiring information that might be prejudicial to his re covery. That is to say, these physicians hold that it is often better for the patient not to know the physician's! real intention, lest he be unduly alarmed, and also that he should not be in possession of knowledge that would enable him too easily to be come a prescriber for himself. It is due to the medical profession to ex plain that the latter ground Is not dictated so much by fear of losing a profitable patient as by real concern lest self -medication based on insuffi cient knowledge be attended by se rious results. It has remained for another scien tist. Dr. Bernard Fantus, one of the leaders in pharmaceutical thought in America, to dissect these arguments. He does not see much real basis for them. Taking them up one by one, he finds all of them insufficient. In the first place, he says that the Eng lish official names for drugs are Just as definite ejid Just as unchangeable at the Latin names. This presupposes the proper distinction between ' the official" name and the folk-syno nyms, by which, drugs are variously known in different parts of the coun try. As to the second contention, that Latin prescriptions can be compounded in any country in the civilized world he does not believe it desirable thuti a patient, in the event of his traveling abroad, should have a prescription re filled without medical supervision. So many conditions may have intervened that it is regarded as desirable in any event that the patient should consult a physician in the country in which he happens to be sojourning. It would not be asking too much, it is argued, that the one prescription in a million that is carried into a foreign coifitry be both translated and revised under competent supervision. International use of Latin in scien tific literature. It is contended. Is not so extensive as Is supposed. General ly, whenever medicines are mentioned in German, French or English litera ture, dosage and methods of adminis tration are discussed in the language in which the article is written and not in Latin. Last, it is urged that it is high time that the medical profession take ac tion to antagonize the popular idea that doctors uso Latin in their pre scriptions to keep the laity in igno rance as to their selfish ends. This can be done only' by a policy of per fect candor, and English is the natural tongue of candor in an English-speaking country. Furthermore, Latin names do not add a great deal to the secrecy of the prescription, even if secrecy were desired. Latin and Eng lish names are often identical and generally similar. It would make lit tle difference, in the case of a patient of average information and intelli gence, whether the physician, wrote "tincture of opium" or "tine OplL" while there Is far mors concealment in the use of the plain English "Fow ler's solution" than there would be in the Latin name, which gives a plain clow to the arsenio content. The Idea of using Latin for purposes of conceal ment is swept aside with little cere mony, and as It Is the last stand of many of the advocates of the use of Latin, the whole structure seems to fall to the ground If It is admitted that concealment Is not desirable. Other arguments against the use of Latin are more technical and do not seriously concern the -public. They relate to the length of time required for its mastery in colleges of medicine and pharmacy, and similar questions. As for -Che argument that the use of Latin contributes to a more scholarly standard, to better form, almost any prescription clerk knows better. Rela. tively few physicians, write perfect iAun, ana a recent examination oi 10,000 prescriptions showed that about 20 per cent were written In execrable Latin, the remainder being divided be tween fair Latin, good Latin and varia ble English. The fact that 36 per cent were written In plain English In Itself seems to show that the drift is in that direction. In view of the possibility that we may yet have real Summer on th Pacific Coast, it is well to bear in mind that those who - have suffered least from the excessive heat of the East this season, generally speaking, have followed simple rules of health, which have not varied as to locality, but are applicable to all sections where the weather Is warm. "Don t hurry" and "don't worry" are chief amopg these rules, and they are Important as tending to maintain a proper bal ance between the mental and the physical constitutions. Warning is given against extremes in the matter of light diet. It Is considered highly desirable not to overeat and not to eat too much, meat, but on the other hand, the body needs nourishment to stand the strain. - Common sense and avoidance of untried or half-tried fads will go a long way in this direction. Iced water should be avoided, but plenty of pure, cool water is desirable Keeping interested in other subjects is one of the most important and sim plest rules of all and the one least likely to be observed. Talking about the weather Is one of our real luxuries and we shall probably insist on 'our rights as long as time runs on. Those who like pimento will be gladdened by the prospect that the United States is about to acquire an Inexhaustible supply with the Danish West Indies. The pimento tree is one of the beautiful sights of the tropics. Growing to a height of thirty feet, it branches chiefly at the top, has ex ceedingly Bmooth bark and dense and ever-verdant foliage and always looks cool and refreshing, making of the forests in which it grows a veritable paradise for the picnicker. . The tree exhales an agreeable aromatic fra grance, which is intensified in the Summer, when it is In flower. The fruit is better known to us as allspice, and we have in the past bought more than half our supply of this condi ment from Jamaica, which may be ex pected to lose that trade if we buy the Danish islands. It is good to know that in acquiring a formidable naval base, we also come into possession of ideal picnic grounds. The American farmer "catches them acomin and agoin'." When the wheat crop is big, the volume of his sales compensates for low prices. When it is short, the high price compensates for the small quantity. It Is Tils Euro pean customer who suffers by short crops and who may eat war bread next Winter. Agitation in the Navy against aboli tion of the seniority rule would prob ably be much less did not appointment by selection open the way to favorit ism which would give full preference over merit. Open-air concerts in parks are planned for entertainment of the com mon people who go afoot to hear them How many get through the cordons of automobiles to within easy hear ing? It seems to be necessary for th Mayor to urge people to arise when the "Star-Spangled Banner" Is played Everybody waits for his neighbor. A London barber was hired specially to hang Casement and received J 25 An American barber would not serve as hangman a any price. The woman who orders a sack of onions and cooks them Is not both ered to call the doctor for her chil dren. Great Britain Is determined not to recognize the Deutschland as a mer chantman. She would better snub her.- Another McBride in the. campaign ing has a familiar sound. The Mc- Brides always were good stuff. When Captain Koenig and the Deutschland fellows reach home, "they won't do a thing to them." When the Oregon boys on the bor der think of Oregon August weather, do you blame them? Having suffered the lifting of her roof, Jersey City will not allow more explosives in store. Oftimes in newspaper pictures the prisoner is a better-looking man than his Jailer. The allies discuss restoration of Bel gium and Serbia as if peace was as sured. The Bremen will be welcome, but the Deutschland skimmed the cream. The convicts from the flax camp eloped in a stolen auto. Classy birds! A shark at Newport! Horrors! But the Game Warden was on the spot. Has anybody suggested averting the strike by speeding up the trains? Hughes will speak in Portland Aug. UEt 16 and say something. Flour is going up. tatoes. Eat more po- Corn on the cob is ripe in the dining places, . How to Keep Well. By Dr. W. A. Etsss. Questions pertlnsnt to hyglena, sanitation nd prevention of disease. If matters of gen eral interest, will b answered in this col umn. Where space wlil not permit or th ubject Is not suitable, letter will e per onally answered, subject to proper limita tions and where stamped addressed envelop lrlnclosed. Dr. Evans will not make diagnosis or prescribe for Individual diseases. Ke- uests for such service cannot be answered. CoDvric-ht llk by Ir. W. A- Evans. Published by arrangement with th Chicago Tribune.) Cleaning; Fleers A CORRESPONDENT wants to know the best method of cleaning floors and especially hospital floors. As the correspondent indicates in his inquiry, the answer depends on the floor and in oma measure npen some other circum stances to be noted presently. An unvarnished wooden floor should be swept as often as required and washed with soap and water at longer intervals.' Scrubbing roughens the surface and splinters the wood, espe cially if strong lye soaps are used. Tepid water, light soap and a rag will clean well enough fcr ordinary scrub bings, while lye soap and a brush at long Intervals will not roughen the wood enough to make it difficult to keep clean. Putnam, in her book on school sanl tat ion, advises sweeping with a hair broom covered with a piece of cloth from an ingrain carpet. m This cloth should be moistened with a mixture of linseed oil, turpentine and a little par affin. Ehe tells of a Janitor who swept satisfactorily with a hair broom in the wooden crossplece of which there was mall receptacle which held a spoon ful of kerosene, this dripping on the hairs of the broom. The objection to sweeping afteiwduat- Ins a floor with wet sawdust is that fine splinters float up in the dust. Saw dust evenly impregnated with oil in which there is a little turpentine is better. A. varnished wooden floor should not be scrubbed. Homsby, of the Modern Hospital, says "scrubbing kills var nish. Tepid water, light soapsuds and rag will clean, and not attack the surface." s Vacuum cleaners are not satisfactory for bare floors. Linoleum should not be cleaned with a moist cloth or with a hair broom mctened with oil. The cracks in linoleum should oe nued witn a "hard filler" as often as is necessary. Cement, stone and mosaic flooring should be cleaned with tepid water and light soapsuda From time to time they should be scrubbed. For this purpose a mechanical scrubber Is best if the amount of floor to be scrubbed is large. Rugs and carpets are to be cleaned with a vacuum cleaner. One that shakes or beats as it sucks is best. Assuming that the hospital in ques tion has a cement or stone floor cov ered with rugs. It should be cleaned with tepid water, soapsuds and a cloth At Intervals It should be scrubbed. If it is swept, oiled sawdust should first be sprinkled and then the sweeping done with a broom covered with an oiled cloth. The rugs should be cleaned with a vacuum cleaner. In this connection It is worth while recalling that Hill holds that when the medical wards of a hospital are kept as clean as the surgical wards diseases will become milder. Caffs on Baby. L. A. S. writes:-"A friend of mine in sists on putting pasteboard cuffs on the arms of her baby. The cuffs ar about three or four inches long and are to keep him from sucking his fingers. She keeps these cuffs on most of the time, even at night, which makes him very restless and cross. It also seems to me that it is making his arms and An gers abnormally long from the constant reaching up to touch his head. Is there any danger tn the elbow Joint becom ing stiff? Do you not think there is more harm than virtue In this practice, as it seems to worry the child much? "She also thinks she will put cuffs on his legs to keep him frem getting bowlegged. He is between 4 and 5 months old." REPLY. There Is no danger In th practice. It does not take long to break a toabv of th habit of sucking his thumb. Vsually a few days of contlnoous wear followed by a few hours of wear each day suffices. Cuffs on his legs will not prevent bowlegs. I guess gh Is "kidding" you. Low Blood Presssre B. G. writes: "I am 36 years old. pulse 72, weight ITS pounds, height 6 feet 9 inches, blood pressure 108. Had a severe illness last year this time auto-Intoxication from which I seem to have fully recovered. Should my low blood pressure be a matter of concern? If so. what should I do to In crease It? I am a teacher." REPLY. If yon are feeling well, do not let your low blood pressure disturb you. Uflicaclou. Reader writes: "1. Will you please tell me if cacodylate of sodium is any good for tbe treatment of syphilis? My doctor tells me that 12 shots of this is as effective as one of 606. 2. Would it be safe to marry after one negative Wasserman test or would you advise waiting for a second blood test? If so, how long? REPLY. t. It I very good. Tn fact. It Is closely related to SOS chemically. However, satis factory American made strong arsenic prep aratlons similar to SOS are now available. 2. Do not accept on negatlv Wssscr man as final. Kiln School and Wagta PORTLAND, Aug. 3. (To the Kd ltor.) 1) Give Information concerning Oresron ilm Producing Company. C) Is this a school of acting, if so what are the fees? (3) Does the Qregon minimum wage law for women make it necessary to pay an apprentice? hUBSCJUBtR. (1) and (2) The rompany has a studio at S37 Upshur street. Apply direct for information. (S) The. law provides that no inex perienced woman (adult) ahall be em ployed at less than a set wage 6). but by making a request to the Industrial Welfare Commission a permit to em ploy an apprentice without wage for s reasonable time may be granted. Bearding School la Portland. PORTLAND, Aug. I. (To the Ed itor.) Please publish th names of Protestant boarding school In or near Portland for girls about II year of age. SUBSCRIBER. Trotestant schools are St. Helen's Hall and Miss Ruth Catlln's School for Girls. The Sisters of th Holy Child Jesus and St. Mary's Academy and Col lee are Catholic school, but ar open to Protestants a well a Catholic. All the schools ar In Portland. SnDIl LfXIHIKS TO THE FRONT Stagers) ion Ottered That Parents Are Keally Showing; SelOshwes. PORTLANT. Aug. J. (To the F.d- Itor.) 1 should like to make a few In quiries through the columns of The Oreronian. I ice by the papera that the parent f the high school boys who went to the front, much to the chagrin of the parents and also much to the satisfaction of these same boys, who were manly enough to be willing to share sot only the benefits but th responsibilities of their enlistment, are endeavoring to rale a subscription of 1250 a month to provide luxuries for the special company in which their boy are enlisted. As I understand, thUi subscription la to b raised by general solicitation. also understand these parents are all In comfortable, some of them in affluent, circumstances. I can understand the spirit that would hava kept these boys home. would have them sent homo now. if possible, for we are all guilty of more w tcras jinienisi sen isn nesa. 1 can understand that spirit, but cannot con done th selfishness that would save our own to sacrifice others. But I cannot understand the srilrit that would lead respectable, well-to-do cltlsen publicly to solicit funds for the benefit of a few, mostly their own. who are receiving the same care as all the other Oregon boys on the border. Tn selfishness that would send deli cacies to these few while the wives and babes of many are in actual need at noma The more I think of It the mora I am appalled at the monumental selfishness of it. Th T. M". C. A. sends out cll tnr funds to provide comforts for all the soldiers on the border. Have these parents contributed anything to that? f,,?d?Ctte?lt1iLhaT,! b'en ,m;18 for runds to aid needy wives and depend- I ent of absent soldier. Have they contributed anything to that If the truth were known! I think these boyg would greatly resent being recipients of such selfish charity that many of them would gladly share their ow .'n pay with married companions to I d to meager funds sent home to wife add and babe. INQUIRER. MERE ASSERTION'S STOT OF VALVE Socialist Bays Critic of Marx Offers N I Artromeat or Evidence. PORTLAND. Anr x To th. -xta. Itor.) Your contributor. X. w Fruei- srug-grests that scientific Socialism has I been exploded. It followa that the theory of value must be false, if Marx" theoretical system is unsound. To dls- This explanation is made to clear him prove the theory of value, one must be of the possible implication of illiteracy able to show the absurdity of the mate- in "blending La Creole into Rlckreall." riallst conception of history. To rush He aoon learned to speak Chinook, a into print and make assertions that conglomerate Jargon used by the Hud Marx is exploded, and that th theorv son Bay Company in trafficking with of value has been discredited, la not th Indiana of the Pacific Northwest, to prove It. Mr. Ford was curloua to learn the In Wi are the political economists rH- riinn names of the mountains and crediting Marx?- All. I admit, attack jiari, out none nave been able to show the unsoundness of the Marxian avs- tern. Perhaps th Inability of those who have already criticised Marx, will be effectively supplemented by T. W. Fraser. I am exceedingly anxious to take up the defense of Marx In everv particular. If T. W. Fraser will only present nis evidence Kon of ilarx' critics settled the question by asser tions. They, at least, presented some opposition, wise and otherwise. As to Socialists being born and not made. I at least am one out of many who became a Socialist by reading Marx and his critics. I have read al- most every published work tnat has ap-I peared upon Marxism. I was convinced by the Interpretation of history as laid down by Marx. It Is the knowledge of the anachronism of social production ana capitalist class ownership In so cieiy tnat mar.ea me socialist. Meanwhile, I notice the criminal and cowardly silence of the so-called So- cialist party of Oregon, in reply to my challenge. MOSE3 BARITZ. THE CALL TO CHARLES E. HCOHKS LMy country needs a steady hand. Iirm one at the wheel. To guide her o'er the billowy deep with ataia and even keel: An admiral to lead the line of barks twn score, and eis-ht -Cnlted. indivisable, one mighty ship of state. Come Captain, thou didst well direct the largest of them all: Now take command of all the band at this, thy comrades' calL We've wandered far too long upon To Europe and it aorv fieida. to M TO burop, ' "d It, i gory fields, to Mex- Come take the helm, we'll man the 4i wooDiy, zig-zag track. "m muu win uui icaa amiss ; "Wlio knoweth whether thou art called for such a. time as th.1" - Reliance in the, Prlnrsf of We, th.t keep, the Tnowde? dv Keeps me powder dry. A heart that beats for all mankind. yet still preserves its own: 1 wUm I. i.t.i. ..... v... make the bandit groan. Ben others In the balances are welshed and wanttnx found. You'll heed the call, steer from the1 rocks, with gaze on duty bound. When God a giant strength required at this our Nation birth. He looked around until he found limb of matchless worth: when she again travailed in pain. from frontier sturdy tree. He took a branch no storm could blanch and set the bondman free. Has there another crisis coma, and needs He now the third A great triumvirate to fill? That sum mons too is heard. Then lead us on. till In the van, the stars and stripes unfurled. Shall be a bright and glorious light illuminating th world; Till over Earth's remotest rare beauteous peace ahall ehine: A benediction and a calm unlik unto the Divine; A wondrous light foretelling when from out the hidden springs Shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wine;. C C. HAMMEKLY. 1014 Union avenue. Qneesi of the Mrtt. Bride of th sun, true and steadfast. We welcome thee at close of day. Before repose 'tis sweet to l-ask In splendor of reflected day. Here, "in the hush of evenlnie." To call our thought together ' And think what this day' work of ours lias done fcr friend or brother. Sweet orb of niclit, as thy full fac In modest allv'ry beauty glows. We look on thee with thoughts apace From busy fields, from cares and woes; And we gaze, transfixed, nt thee. We think of blessings given; And, as through the rifted clouds we look. Our thoughts mount up to heaven. Lamp o' the sable goddess art thou. Whose ebon throne thy rays illume; Please condescend to teach us how With Christ, our Savior, to commune. Receive his light, rellect hla rays On men with lov ao tender. So unassumingly like thee. And then shine on forever. As we behold thy sacred light. Sweet moon, w love the mor to know. 'Twas thee who lit the path at night Of patriarchs long ago. Wilt thou tell us what far-off friends Now behold tny sacred light? And O. a messag bear for us! bay: Cod bless you and good-night! T. P. KENDALL, 411 East Elvota straet. City In Kher Days, . Half a Crslurr Asst. ro-n The Oreernian of Aurust 4. 1W. Sheriff Stltxel's office is now I i .ly opened at th now Courthouse. Dr. I. A. Davenport has liberally do nated to the Portland Library Associa tion alx volumes of a rare work, en titled. "Mineral. Vegetable, and Animal Cnemietry." K. M. Burton has the work well started on the brick block of Messrs. Ainsworta, Reed. Kamm and other ad jacent to the wharf of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. The build ing will be -0 by SO feet. The largest lump of ge'.d we have ever heard of being found in the north ern mines was taken out a lew aays ano at Olive Creek. The Mountaineer say that it welshed Sj pounds and con- ,i in .mu nf nurs cold. tixteen Snake Indians were recently captured by the soldier at rort Klamath and confined in me guara- hou.se. Their women and children, numbering about 0 have been placed on the reservation. IT IS ORfGIXAt, 'INDIA NAMK Mr. Kord Defend Orljrla of F IcWrea 11 " With Historical Fact. DALLAS. Or.. Aug. 2. To the Kd- itor.) Recently in The Oregonlan Mr. Macmahon Inquired as to the "history and etymology of the word Rlckreall." Your correspondent said he had "al ways understood the name was orig inally French and was written La Cre- ole. but afterwards bl . ., . . reaU by tho8 wtlo did ended into Rlck- not speak or un- derstand the French laniruase. He also sald tnat Colonel Xesmita had made a similar statement, etc. Tha writer la not in a position to know what the archives of the Oregon niatoricai dw-kij testimony of distinguished pioneers In this partclular, but he begs to say that he has in his possession certain docu mentaxT and other reliable evidence which clearly establishes, in his opin ion, the Indian origin or the nam Rlckreall. The facts are as follows: Colonel Nathaniel Ford and his son. Mark A. Ford, located on the Rlckreall in December. 184-4. Young Mr. Ford was a college graduate and understood th French lansuate. which he could read, write and sueak quite fluently. streams of the Willamette Valley, and. especially the names or tne streams in his immediate vicinity. Each stream wa the hunting and fishing grounds, the "llllhee." of some petty tribe. The little tribe inhabiting the environs of the stream upon which the Fords had located wa.a called the "Rickrealls," the Indians themselves so designating their tribal affinity. In order to make himself mor fully understood the writer will say that Mark A. Ford was his father, ana nt will also drop the noun in the second person for th more direct personal pronoun. Sly father died in laovJ. ana t was too young to have any recollection of him. but the statements I shall make wer cither facts of common knowledge In the pioneer days, or documentary evi dence in my possession, or matters within the memory of early se.tlers still living. But my principal witness I shall ba mv own father, supplemented I with the verbal testimony of his sister, I Mrs. Josephine Boyle, recently de- censed. Amour the Rickrealls was an inaian familiarly known to the pioneers as Steve. an old fellow or more man average native intelligence, ana wiwi whom my father had many curious ana interesting "wshwah." Old Steve said that Rlckreall was the Indian name of the little stream which his tribe claimed 5 ,ts 'HHhee.'' and that the name meant "hiac chuck, hlac chuck," and he would motion with his arms In im itation of running water. "Hiac chuck" Is Jaruon for 'runnln or riowing water," which is a marked character istic of the Rickreall. it being a spark ling and rlpplmsr atresia from tue point where It enters the valley on th 't to within a mile of Its confluence w(th the wnlametle niver. henc. the significance of its Indian name. No 'tT"m a Cou"Jed" this characteristic in so marltea m. . V - -- t vnu m thvr ree- indeedi0 far RS L ila stream on the west aide can compar Theucl'ut1,1 s hut I do not know its meaning. J til ls ,s a Polk County stream runnin parallel with the Rlckreall some seve Thl a en or eight miles to the south. There Is or ,""-"'"'" ,.1 " , ;.;i P"n.V? "". Th lion oeiween tuwe i Tnriinna nronounced "Rlckreall' with guttural accent on the nrst syllabi, just as they did "Luckiamule." It la an etymological fact that tno inaians usu ally give to the mountains and streams some significant name. a. name char acteristic or symbolical of th moun tain or stream Itself. Furthermore. I bav In my posses sion a letter written by my lamer to Colonel Nesmith. dated "Vale of th Rickreall, June 15. 1$.S." Thl letter was kindly given to me by the Colonel himself. I am also informea oy uwr H. Himes that th name "Rickreall" often occur in tbe Oregon Spectator, an early pioneer newapaper. now on file among the archives oi in um,uu Historical Society.- My Grandfather Ford one remarKea to Dr. John McLousrhlin that "certain. busybodlea up In his section or tno country were trying to chance the name Rickreall to La Creole, and he didn't know any reason for maklnil the ehanne." The oulck-wlttea old ooc tor replied. "Well. I don't know why they should change the nam to La Creole unless it is because a airiy oia French Canadian trapper was drowned In the Rickreall aom time In th early 80s." I presume that out of the warp and woof of this legend was coined the name La Creole, and periiapa lias ex plains why so ridiculous a sobriquet (if I may use the word in tills connec tion) as "tti Creole" was officially given to this beautiful little mountain stream. Rut Rickreall. like Eanqtio's Bhost." will not down, and it is today more familiarly known to the pi-oil of Polk County than la th nam of ita parvenu successor. A correspondent In The Oresronian todav claims that Rickreall cannot be an Indian name for the alleged reason that "an Indian could not my Rlckreall to savo his life." Thin is nonsense. Whv. when a small boy 1 have often heard the Indians tprak the name. Of coux.-e they didn't articulate as we do, but it was "Rlck-re-all" Just the same. friend says that an India cannot r-ronouncw ma -sparkling! Well, tnis Is going tn limit. J. T. FORD. What One Thin Man Did. World's Work. One of our niot distinsuished eiil lens is tl e best example of what a thin man can do if ha sets himself d termlnedlv to hi task. Th example enterd Harvard in 1ST6, "thin of chest, hspBCtaoled, nervous, weighing only pounds." By regular, sys tematic exercise h" built himself ut In four years to 131; then went West and lived In the r-p.-n until he wa r.ormal for his height and had mimclcs which even a prise fiphter rould re spect. Today he is, if anything, tend ing toward stoutness, sr.d n.ry bo ob served at dinner ulng saccharine In hi coffe instead of sugar. His nam 1 Theodora Roosevelt.
