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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1917.
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,TOBTX.AVSa, SATURDAY, JTOiE S3, 1817.
MAKE AN END OF ANARCHY.
Tpien the anti-governmental agita
tion of Emma Goldman and Alexander
Berkman, the anarchists, took the
iform of obstruction to effective prose
fctrtion of war against Germany, the
extreme limit of American patience
faras passed, and the Government prop
erly treated the entire anarchist or
ganization as a treasonable conspiracy.
Arrest of the two leaders was quick
ly followed by a raid on their head
quarters in New Tork, where a card
Index of subscribers to the anarchists'
Newspaper was seized, and by another
i-ald on the Russian group of Anar
chists in that city, where thirty men,
all of them aliens and several of
whom could not speak a word of Eng
lish, were captured. Several of them
yere in the act of printing a handbill
Announcing a meeting to denounce the
fetate military census but actually to
protest against the draft. The an
nouncement was couched in the usual
Inflammatory language, and on the
wall was a crude painting of an anar
chist throwing a lighted bomb at a
building. The close affinity between
the anarchists and the I. W. W. was
ehown by the presence of a red I. W.
."W. banner.
If there had been any truth in the
anarchists' lurid denunciations of the
Government, they would not have been
permitted to establish an organ, cir
culated through the mails, which has
10,000 subscribers in the United States
ana Canada, nor openly to maintain an
office in the metropolis. Berkman's
snarling boast that he is a "citizen
of the world," not of the United States,
Is eloquent of their determination to
accept none of the responsibilities of
citizenship but to use American lib
erty for destruction of American in
stitutions. In ordinary times it may be well
enough not to molest them, but only
to watch them, and to pounce on them
whenever they attempt an overt act
of destruction. When the country is
at war, however, their open obstruc
tion to organization of the Nation
should be treated as" treasonable
acts In aid of the enemy, and
capture of their membership list
should be made the opportunity for
gathering the whole organization into
a place where they can talk treason
only to each other or to stone walls
and iron bars. They have abused our
hospitality, and by their present con
duct have forfeited all claim on our
consideration. "Safety first" should
be the Government's motto in dealing
with them.
" There is little to choose between
the avowed anarchists and their first
cousins, the I. W. W. and the pro
German Socialists, whose sentiments
(and - acts are equally treasonable,
though they do not advocate the same
extremes of violence. The I. W. W.
long ago branded Itself as a conspiracy
against the law, and the latest phase
of its activity marks it as an enemy
of the United States in the war with
Germany. By continuing their agita
tion against .war and conscription,
after' war and conscription have be
come the law of the land, the anti
war Socialists are traitors in doing
that which was formerly lawful, how
ever mischievous.
Agitation against war no longer has
p. legal status in the United States.
AT THE SAME OLD GAME.
Some persons may imagine that.
when the Government is borrowing
billions and taxing everything taxable
in order to raise war funds, the pork
grabbers would cease their demands,
but that is because they do not know
the predatory politician. They have
introduced a river and harbor bill In
t'ongress which they call an economy
bill, because it appropriates only $37,
000,000. They say that it is needed
for war purposes, but it provides for
over 400 projects, over thirty of which
are new ones. Some items are defended
on the ground that they are needed
to preserve and continue uncompleted
work, but all of the items are cun
ningly grouped so that the big ones,
which have some merit, may pull
through the bad, little ones. The old
same is being played of syndicating
the predatory interests of a majority
of the -members and of silencing any
who have conscientious scruples by
gagging them with a piece of pork.
. As usual, the scheme has been ex
posed by Representative Frear, of Wis
consin. He has shown that, while
hundreds of millions have been poured
into the great waterways, their traffic
has steadily diminished. That is not
because they are unworthy of im
provement, but it is because the money
has been unwisely expended and be
cause Congress refuses to adopt and
follow a consistent policy which will
revive water transportation as well as
make waterways navigable. He dis
posed of the plea of war needs as to
new projects by saying that "there is
not a possibility of fastening prepared
ness on one-quarter" of them; in fact,
he doubted if "the actual number will
reach more than three or four out of
between thirty and forty." As to the
remaining 400-odd projects, he said:
"They are not remotely connected with
preparedness measures."
There is enough money in the Treas
ury already appropriated by former
laws to carry on work that is really
necessary, if Congress would divert it
. from its original purposes to such
work. The total of these unexpended
balances on March 1 was about $32,
000,000. If the Board of Engineers
were given authority to redistribute It
among unfinished projects, no new ap
propriation would be required.
Former protests from Mr. Frear and
his associates in House and Senate
have not been vain, for he showed
that they have effected a saving to
the taxpayers of over $100,000,000
by defeat or reduction of the last four
bills as Introduced in the House. But
the pork grabbers are not discouraged.
They return to the attack session after
session, in war time as in peace time,
with the persistence of the German
legions at Verdun. They seem inca
pable of learning that the old game is
played out.
SMALL WORRIES.
Dear, dear, what a time we do have
every election over observance of the
corrupt practices act. Some folks sim
ply will not accept it as the most
pious and perfect legal document ever
written.
For years and years The Oregonian
insisted, as it had a right to do, on
publishing election news and election
advice on election day. It was held
by an inflammatory evening newspa
per to be a violation of the law. Every
body else who took the trouble to ex
amine the law could see that it was
not. Finally the courts held that news
papers were not censored by the cor
rupt practices act and the loudest
evening declaimer against election day
publication of campaign material be
gan printing It several times on elec
tion day.
This year something else must there
fore do the customary shocking. The
candidates or their supporters are not
reporting promptly enough on cam
paign expenditures. Perhaps they
ought to file their statements. But
who reads them, other than to note
that John Smith spent $316.17 and Jim
Jones $265.14, and so on down the
list?
The corrupt practices act Is full of
useful provisions, but some of its in
tended safeguards have turned out to
be no safeguards at all. That section
which requires the filing of expense
accounts is intended to be an enforce
ment of the more important provisions
limiting amounts expended and re
stricting use of money in campaigns.
The candidate may expend only an
amount equivalent to a certain per
centage of his salary in his own be
half, but his friends may expend as
much as they please, provided they
file a statement if such expenditures
run over $50.
Yet all these 'profound and particu
lar provisions Intended to make the
race for office an equal one between
rich man and poor man have not made
it so. The rich candidate spends as
much as he likes, crediting so much
as may be necessary to the wonderful
generosity of friends and relatives.
The poor candidate spends more than
he can afford and everybody wonders
where it came from until the mortgage
is foreclosed.
But according to the financial state
ments formally filed according to law.
nobody- spends much of anything, and
whatever is spent goes to perfectly
legitimate ends. Such statements are
small things over which to worry one's
Lself into a passion. '
MOBILIZING THE TRACTORS.
It is admitted that there Is suffi
cient arable land in the United States
for the production of an immensely
increased quantity of foodstuffs. The
really serious problem is not that of
land, but of men and farm power. To
employ our resources to the maxi
mum we must increase the productiv
ity of the available men and find a
substitute for the horses and mules
that are being taken from the farms
by the demands of war. The Society
of Automotive Engineers has made a
valuable contribution to the cause of
food preparedness by taking a census
of the tractors available for use and
by furnishing figures as to- the coun
try's needs. The society's officers be
lieve that mobilization of our tractors
will be necessary If we are to meet the
situation.
The number of . tractors in the
United States now ready for use is
close to 35,000. The manufacturing
equipment of the country is equal to
the task of producing about 75,000
tractors a year, with Government aid.
Seventy-five thousand tractors would
enable the farmers to cultivate land
sufficient to produce a billion addi
tional .bushels of small grains. One
man with a tractor can produce more
than two men with horses. Thus the
human-labor problem would be great
ly simplified at the same time.
This question will call for serious
consideration 1. connection with as
signment of men to duty under the
operation of the selective draft. There
will be need for many skilled men,
both in connection with the manu
facture of tractors and the Imple
ments to go with them and with the
operation of the machines themselves.
It is said that Government aid will
be required, at least to the extent of
assigning raw materials and suitable
help for the manufacturers. Some
other industries may be relegated to
the background for a time. The tractor
and vehicle and implement manufac
turers are making an effort to mobil
ize themselves with this end in view.
The problem is simple in terms but
not so easy of solution. It calls for
foresight and for present work. It is
too late to turn out new traction ma
chinery for increasing the present
acreage, but time to begin to increase
our capacity for handling the coming
harvest. The tractor of the future is
to be so far as possible an all-purpose
affair. It will be too slow for
hauling produce to market, perhaps,
but it will be fitted for nearly all
other farm work. It will be stan
dardized and have plenty of replace
able parts. But it will require a
small army for its manufacture and
another small army to operate it and
these facts must be taken into con
sideration in making up the lists of
those who shall go to the front and
those who shall stay at home.
CONSCRIPTION IN" CANADA.
Brilliant as is the record of Canada's
loyal aid to the British empire, it has
one flaw the practical neutrality of
the province of Quebec. While the
men of other provinces have volun
teered by tens of thousands, a mere
handful of French from Quebec, com
paratively speaking, have joined the
colors. The French-Canadians regard
themselves as a people apart. They
have forgotten the tie of blood with
France and, being devoutly Catholic,
look upon the tribulations of the
mother country as Just punishment for
Its treatment of the church. They are
loyal subjects of Britain, so long as
they are left to themselves and are
not called upon to go abroad and fight.
Canada has enlisted all the men
that can be obtained by the voluntary
system and the haphazard character
of enlistments has seriously depleted
the farming population, which is as
necessary at home as are soldiers
abroad, but the army Is still 69,000
short of the 600,000 promised by Pre
mier Borden when he attended the
meeting of the Imperial War Cabinet.
Opportunely, as he thought, the United
States adopted conscription soon after
his return to Ottawa, pointing the way
for Canada to 'do likewise. He pro
posed the measure In the Dominion
Cabinet, and the Liberals who control
the prairie provinces at first indorsed
it, but rumblings of revolt were heard
in Quebec. He tried to head off trou
ble by inviting Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the
aged Liberal leader, to Join him in a
coalition cabinet, but Laurier, with
his eye on the French vote, declined
and now openly opposes the bill. Que
bec is aflame with protests, and there
is even talk of secession from the Do
minion. The truth is that party feeling is
so strong- in Canada that not even
war can stifle it. Quebec is the Lib
eral stronghold, and Laurier dare not
alienate it by helping to force its un
willing people into the army, 'for that
would be to add power to his polit
ical opponents by destroying his own
power. Since he declared against con
scription many of the Western Liberal
papers have veered around to his posi
tion, and it is becoming a hotly con
tested party issue. Laurier demands
& referendum or the election of a new
Parliament on that issue, and there is
no prospect of so easy a settlement of
the question as was had in the United
States
WORTH-WHILE EVENT.
The Oregonian has an enthusiastic
letter from a public-spirited citizen
who has been giving of his time and
money to promotion of the forthcom
ing Music Festival, sollc!tlng a more
pronounced Interest in the event and
declaring that it will be the most im
portant and most interesting affair of
the kind in the history of the Pacific
Northwest.
"One by one," says our ardent mu
sical friend, "our difficulties have
cleared away, and what in the begin
ning seemed a rather nebulous propo
sition approaches a most successful
fruition. If you could hear the re
hearsal held every Wednesday at the
Unitarian chapel you would be amazed
and pleased. The writer believes that
the people have no conception of the
great treat which is in store for them,
nor can they fully appreciate the un
selfish devotion of the great body of
men who are giving of their energies
and talents to make the festival a
crowning event in our community mu
sical life. The occasion marks the
dedication of the Auditorium, and be
yond that the 'dedication of our com
munity to the development of a love
of music of the highest class, in a
truly educative and uplifting sense."
There has been a doubt in the minds
of many people as to the wisdom of
building a great auditorium when the
city had many too many theaters.
If the Festival Association will jus
tify the auditorium, it will have done
a great service. Its plans are made
on an adequate scale. Many voices
are to Join in giving a magnificent
oratorio or two of them "Elijah"
and "The Golden Legend." The Port
land Symphony Orchestra, made up
of seventy firrt-class" musicians, is to
appear in the oratorios, and in a pro
gramme of its own, and in a concert
with the visiting soloists, who are
artists of National repute. Altogether,
it will be a popular affair, with music
pleasing to the multitude, yet of stand
ard quality and with an ensemble of
vocalists and instrumentalists such as
were never before gathered together
in the Northwest.
The Auditorium has been under way
in Portland for six or seven years.
There is nothing else like it within
many hundred miles of Portland. It is
to be hoped and expected that, with
the Auditorium as a setting, there may
be an annual festival here comparable
with the brilliant musical seasons of
Cincinnati and Worcester.
NEW CITY PLANNING PROBLEMS.
City planning ideas have been great
ly changed, if not revolutionized, by
the war. Aeroplanes and the added
needs, of transportation and distribu
tion have been partly responsible for
thts, and there Is a note of inspira
tion in the statement, made by George
B. Ford in an article in the American
City, that France, for example. Is go
ing ahead, despite the war, with an
extensive programme of reconstruc
tion against the coming time of peace.
Ruined cities are being rebuilt along
modern lines, and older cities are be
ing made over. The French hope for
lasting peace, but they propose to
profit by the lessons of the recent past
and to bo ready for any emergency.
It is now seen that the city of the
future will require provision for avia
tion. We may be slow to realize the
fact here in the United States, but it
will be Impressed upon us later, for
we propose to take a prominent part
in the coming air campaign, and it is
Inevitable that when we are more fa
miliar with this means of locomotion
we will not return to the old ways.
Thousands of aeroplanes will be fly
ing in this country within a few years,
Mr. Ford predicts, and the Postoffice
Department already, 'in conjunction
with the Aero Club -of America, is
planning to select appropriate places
for landings in or near every impor
tant center. In France, aviators, from
a standing start, go ' only about 150
yards before leaving the ground, and
then shoot up at a surprisingly sharp
angle, but they require a field of about
thirty acres on which to make a safe
landing. Not many cities in the United
States are well provided with open
spaces suitable for such landings.
The importance of moving large
numbers of people quickly from one
place to another is accentuated by
war, but it is nevertheless not to be
disregarded in peace time, while the
necessity for extending terminal fa
cllities of every kind is especially rm
pressed upon us by the National crisis.
Not only railroads but watercraft re
quire more room for taking on and
discharging freight. This fact has
been so realized by the French that
the Important ports are being recon
structed on a large scale. Facilities
are being - doubled, and in some
instances even quadrupled, in size.
"Hardly a city in America," remarks
Mr. Ford, "is prepared to meet emer
gency conditions In like fashion." And
It is probable that our emergency in
this regard will come not because of
the war but as the result of peace,
when every forward-looking man be
lieves that our trade in materials for
the reconstruction of Europe will be
Increased enormously.
It Is not a time for supposing that
we shall be under the necessity of
"making work for more men" by
clinging to antiquated methods. There
will be plenty for all to do, and labor
saving devices will more than justify
themselves at every point. France
knows this now, and is deepening and
broadening its canals and rivers, ex
tending its wharves and particularly
is installing handling machinery. The
country is dotted with cranes. Even
the small villages are; equipped with
them. Nothing that can be handled
by machinery is lifted by hand. This
course in war time releases more men
for duty at the front; in peace time it
increases the capacity of the people
for reconstruction. The lesson for
America is plain enough. What the
French can do with their whole ener
gies in the war ought to be done with
out much difficulty by a country in
the full flush of its military and eco
nomic vigor. There is no talk of sus
pending road building or any other
work of permanent value in France
because of the war and France is
perhaps the most deeply involved of
any nation in the world.
War has emphasized the need of
city planning along intelligent lines.
It has exposed shortcomings here and
suggested Improvements there; Even
the need of suitable recreation has
been emphasized. But greatest stress,
if we except the problem of the aero
plane landing, has been laid on the
high importance of docks and railroad
terminals, of roads connecting cities,
of warehouse facilities and of labor
saving devices for loading and dis
charging cars and ships. Of these, it
would seem, there Is no danger of hav
ing too much; and American cities,
still in a comparative beginning of
their growth, can save billions of dol
lars by taking the lesson to heart In
time.
Although It is the policy of the War
Department not to enlist separate
military organizations in the Army, it
Is asserted by Free Poland that there
is one company. In the First Infantry
Regiment of the Wisconsin National
Guard, that is made up exclusively of
Poles. Every member is an American
citizen and all are fired with
devotion for their adopted coun
try, which they are prepared to serve
on any battlefield. The company is
called the Kosciuszko Guard, after the
famous Polish patriot who served on
the staff of Washington and who dis
tinguished himself afterward in the
defense of his own land against the
Russians, by whose side, but under
vastly different conditions, the Kos
ciuszko Guard is likely to be fight.
ing before this war is over. The Poles,
however, are not satisfied with a sin
gle company, and are now recruiting
an entire battalion, which they hope
will be accepted. They proved them
selves good soldiers in the Spanish
War and more recently on the Mex
ican border.
The Chehalls Bee-Nugget has just
passed its thirty-fourth birthday, and
In looking back over those years one
must admit the paper has kept up
with the advance of Chehalls and
Lewis County. That is a splendid am
bition and its realization shows co
operation and appreciation by the peo
ple in the Bee-Nugget's field of en
deavor.
The day-old loaf, illogically called
stale" by people of pampered palates.
is far more healthful than newly
baked bread. The ends, that now are
wasted, are excellent material for the
kind of . pudding that was in request
at least once a week in the years be
fore this Nation became uncomfort
ably wealthy. -
The substance of Mr. Hoover's re
marks seems to be that the middleman
has got to show adequate service ren
dered for the profit he takes, in order
to Justify his existence. The kind that
simply buy and hold on until the price
goes up would better be preparing
against the day of wrath.
In leaving his responsible place as
head of the Port of Portland's actlv
ities, Edgar W. Wright is exercising
his privilege and it Is the Port's loss.
It is gratifying, however, to know he
is going into something that will be
a factor In advancing interests of a
National character.
It is more than coincidence that.
when there is merely talk of Govern
ment control over prices of anything,
prices drop. It has been so with wheat
and now it promises to be so with
ocean freights. Talk of price control
causes the boosters to scurry from
under.
The wonder is that, if the Germans
took as many Roumanian prisoners as
they claim and if as many Rou
manians were killed and wounded as
have been reported, there can still be
600.000 left to fight. Possibly, the
retreat was more strategic than other
wise.
When Constantino reads of the trial
of Nicholas Romanoff and recalls
what happened to Charles I of Eng
land and Louis XVI of France, he may
consider himself fortunate in having
been allowed to escape to Switzerland
Insurance Commissioner Wells ad
vises restriction of fireworks this year
and the idea should appeal to all
How would it do to wait until the
Fourth after the war?
Count Clam-Martinlc, the Austrian
Premier, has a name that sounds like
the first two courses of a cabaret ban
quet, and all by himself seems to be
about as satisfying.
Oregon City police beat the Coroner
to. a man who had been drinking bay
rum, lemon extract and Jamaica gin
ger. The pesky cops get officious oc
casionally. In marking up the price of cord-
wood, any old excuse is good. Now
it is the cost of horse feed. The wood
yard that uses a motor must be re
sourceful. Englishwomen who d i s t i nguish
themselves are to receive orders. The
"Garter" would be too conspicuous,
but they will have something Just as
good.
As wasvsuspected, that $30,000 coin
robbery of an express car at Chicago
was an "inside Job." Metallic money
is too heavy for a successful getaway.
Ordinarily this Is early cherry time,
but the late strawberries are just as
good.
Funny vacation time for boys and
not a green apple big enough to cause
an ache.
It Is hard to keep cool In the face
of the constantly rising price of fuel.
Portland needs one of those 24-hour
clocks to record Its Red Cross fund.
Most any boy would whistle all day
for $5.80 a day.
' In a few weeks the drafted man
will know his fate.
Last days to see a big river this
year.
That Red Cross haircut has a classy
look.
Our Independence Day.
By James Barton Adam.
Now soon will come the day of days:
twill set the whole broad land ablase
with patriotic fire; 'twll roll as f lam-
ng billows through the aoul. Our
starry - flag, so wondrous fair, will
switch its red-streaked tail In air. and
bands will play Red. White and Blue
and Tankee Doodle Doodle Doo, and
other thrilling airs 'twill start swift
palpitation of the heart. The Summer
thirst will be allayed with cold, pink-
tinted lemonade and vacant peanut
shells bestrewn where rustic lovers sit
and spoon. In vari-colored shirts we'll
pose with other necessary clothes or
stroll about with listless, air with not
a thought of worldly care until we're
summoned by the band to rally 'round
the speakers' stand. The Declaration
will be read before our waiting ears
are fed on oratory from the lungs and
lively automatic .tongues of orators.
who'll only pause when we butt in with
wild applause. They 11 tell us how the
flag was bought with patriot blood
mid shell and shot, when muskets
cracked and cannons roared and John
ny Bull backed off the board; when
wild cheers stabbed the air on high for
he who never told a lie, and how in
other wars we brought Old Glory
through without a blot. And In the
peroration they will quit the earth and
soar away on spreading: oratoric wings
among the planets, stara and thing's;
pump eloquence up through the throat
twould get the Ciceronian goat, cause
Webster's oratoric fame to pale as tal
low candle flame. Get ready for the
jubilee, lock trouble up and lose the
key, and if dull care should snoop
around the flag-emblazoned pleasure
ground and try to turn a trouble trick
Indent its panties with a kick, and give
your Jollity full play on our great In
dependence day.
Trust the. Exemption Board.
rTRT?ST the Exemption Board. It Is
A there to take care of your case,
whatever it may be. "Selective draft"
does not mean the mere selection of
the physically fit. the weeding out of
the ablest for war service. It means
that for the first time In history com
mon sense and knowledge of our com
mon needs will be brought to bear in
conscription.
The land must not lose Its laborers.
the factory must not lose its skilled
mechanics in such numbers that Its
output will be crippled. The home
must not be depleted, dependents must
not become public charges.
Trust the Board of Exemption.
While they are thinking of the indi
vidual they are also thinking of the
country at large. There will be many
an ardent lad bitterly disappointed be
cause he will be bidden to stay De
hind while others go to the front, but
be will know and understand the rea
son. He is bent serving . his country
by remaining. The war means service
for all. To each his allotted place
Wisdom must direct whether we shall
go or stay. It is for us to accept the
place allotted and do with all our
miKht that task we are adjudged.
America expects today everyone to ao
his duty. Duty has many forms, loy
alty but one. Be loyal to your duty.
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BOY NEEDS A "BIO BROTHER'
Plea Made for Yoangster Who Hay
' Be Victim of Wrong Associations.
PORTLAND. June 22. (To the Edi
tor.) I am much interested in a 16
year-old boy who has broken his parole
and mav be sent to the Reform School
because he has no one to De a dis
brother to him. The boy has a fine
brain and an affectionate disposition
but has had the wrong associations and
environment, and the spirit of youth
ha led him Into trouble. The nelRh
bors" version of the situation is that
the bov has been "made the goat.
Now. If you could put me In touch
with some bisr-hearted man who would
be willing to be a big brother to this
bov and srive him a chance to learn
something: that will enable him to
make his own living and make a man
of himself by the time he is 21 years
old. it will be pleasing, for I fear
term In the Reform School will be
means only to a worse end. This boy
will have a hearlnpr next week, and If
T can en to the Judge and assure him
that a responsible man will "big
brother"' him and give him a chance to
learn to make a man of himself I be
lieve it can be arranged, and I shall be
very grateful to hear from anyone in
teresteri in the case.
What the boy needs most Is home
environment and a chance to work and
learn something. Arrangements can
be made to provide his clothing Until
he can earn enough to clothe himseir,
but I believe he should earn nis Doara.
My telephone number Is Woodlawn
2285. MRS. DEUSTER,
792 Melrose Drive.
HOW TO KILL. GRAIN ELEVATORS
Oregon Farmers Ml a-kit Insist on Ship
ment Through Orea-on Porta.
PORTLAND, June 22. (To the Edi
tor.) On June 4, 1917. the election sepa
rator machine was In action upon ballot
measures. When the process oi oiowing
through the chaff was over, there re-
mauieu uiiiuub 1 " K,vwv-v .
wheat, the $3,000,000 grain elevator
scheme for Portland. There still re
mains the question how to mi tne
elevators If built and it Is of vast Im
portance to taxpayers. It is the financ
ing part.
The Government, in the past, has In
serted In its contracts a provision for
the eight-hour day and enforced it. In
line with this, it might be practicable
and possible for the farmers of Ore
gon to be so organized that they will
insert in their bills of sale for wheat a
provision that all which Is shipped off
shore from the Pacific shall be shipped
only through an Oregon port. A penalty
clause could be framed to enforce this.
It means that the whole state shall pull
together and that the prosperity of
Portland Is part and parcel of the
whole. ' It Is, of course, assumed that
the farmers shall get the same price
for wheat, with such contracts, as they
would if shipped from any other Pa
cific ports. It is a call for state com
munity square dealing and support
This subject is worthy of profound
consideration by the Chamber of Com
merce and all others interested. If the
plan Is adopted, suitable bill of sale
forms should be prepared and the or
ganization begun at once.
ROBERT C. WRIGHT.
Sale of Butter.
SHERWOOD, Or.. June 21. To the
Editor.) Please tell me to whom one
must apply to get license number to
ell butter, and how much It is.
MRS. F. M. BRYAN.
The manufacture and sals of dairy
or farm butter requires nd license or
fee, but the words "dairy butter" roust
be stamped on the wrapper with the
name and address of the manufacturer
and the net weight. The milk must be
pasteurized unless the cows have been
tuberculin tested.
Victory nnd Defeat.
Farm and Home.
Pat and Mike were discussing the
war. "Well, now," says Pat, "I'll set
vou a Question. Do you know what.
saya he. "there'll be no horticulture or
agriculture if the German nation is
Deaten.
"Fhy is that?" Bays Mike."
"Arrah. begorra," says Pat, "because
there'll be no germln-a-tlon."
REITNTOW STIRS OLD MEMORIES j
Former Stmdent of Old Uanpnna Wanld
Revive Early Friends Ins.
WAITS BURG. Wash, June 20. (To
the Editor.) In looking over The Sun
day Oregonian June 10. I read an ar
ticle giving an account of the reunion
of the former students of the old U nip
qua Academy at Wilbur. As It was my
old "alma mater," I was more than
interested In its perusal. As I read
over the familiar names of those who
attended that run ion my mind went
back to these old times to the old
days and scenes of my boyhood. But
I saw only two names of my own class,
who graduated with me inrjuna, 1871
Miss Ellen D. Chapman. Miss Ada
Cllnkenbeard. Q. A. Grubbe. L. R.
Stearns, Marian Parker and your hum-
Die writer.
My mind reverts to that brlcht June
day, when we each received our papers
and went forth into the world to try
out the realities of our future, Uvea.
From that day, nearly 46 years ago.
nave only seen or heard of one or
two of them during these long years.
Their positions in life I know but lit
tle of.
One. my cousin. Q. A. Grubbe. has
long since passed to the beyond, and
the rest or our class are fast going
down the other side of the hill of life.
As I look over the list of names. I
can recall some that do not appear
In the list some as atudents, some as
teachers. 'Some of them. too. may see
the description of that reunion. Others
have gone to try the realties of that
unseeen world, waiting for the last
grand reunion.
Looking back now to those pioneer
daya, when we went to school at the
time the academy was located on the
hill east of town, the intervening time
seems as a dream. How vividly I re
call those old school days, the names
of those . pioneer teachers. Father T.
F. Royal. Clark Smith, J. II. Skidmore.
J. G. Deardorff, Professors Jackson and
rierren, the last of whom signed his
name to my old diploma, which, with
my Army discharge. I prize among the
cherished relics of my life.
How well I remember those times of
the '60s, when on April 5, 1865, the re
cruiting officer came to the old school-
house on the hill, announced a meeting
for that evening and called for volun
ters. W. II. Byars, a former teacher,
was his clerk. He and 16 others of
us boys, put down our names as sol
diers of Uncle Sam. How the patriotic
blood In our veins throbbed. Just as
It does today in our youiiK A..e.icu
manhood.
If any of my old friends see this, I
would be glad to receive a personal let
ter from them, thus bringing back the
remembered days of
When you were girls, and we were
boys.
Some forty years or more."
HORACE V. QRUBBE.
Positions In Shipyard.
MEDFORD, Or., June 21. To the
Editor.) tl) Where should one apply
for a position as helper to a driller In
shipyards In Portland, Or.?
(2) Are thev In need of r-ien st the
shipyards now? A SUPSCRIBER.
(1) At Korthwest Steel Company.
Columbia River Shipbuilding Corpora
tion or Albina Engine & Machine
Works.
(2) Forces at all yards are well filled
now, but more will be required Imme
diately on Government work being
started. Probably the best method
would be to write to the superinten
dent of a yard, giving experience and
branch of work sought.
Hindus Give to Red Cross.
ASTORIA, Or., June 21. (To the Ed
itor.) Kindly give the following pub
lication :
The local branch of the "Hindustan
Gadar" party, of Astoria, has donated
$200 for the benefit of the Red Cross
funds. The party loves the United
States more than It hates the tyrant
England, which has bled India white.
THE "HINDUSTAN GADAR" PARTY.
Error In Doty Fimires.
DOTY. Wash.. June 21. (To the Ed
itor.) In The Sunday Oregonian It Is
stated that the town of Doty. Wash.,
contributed to liberty bonds $9800. The
correct amount Is $12,700. Would it be
too ' much trouble to correct the mis
take? MRS. H. L ME R SERE AIT.
An Unexcelled Standard of News
and News Features Is
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN
HOW THE AIR HAS DEVELOPED THE "SUPERMAN" Like hunt
ing: hawks against the glow of sunrise, the airplano squadrons
swing out to battle miles above the tiny places of earth. In those
sharp conflicts, emergencies are met that never before have fallen
to the lot of man. They meet them, those knights of the sky lists
or they reel to the long plunge that spells death. Those who
survive sense unguessed faculties. Read Royal Dixon's story in
the Sunday paper.
HERBERT KAUFMAN'S TILT AT FOLLY He's a persistent sower
of dragon's teeth, is Kaufman to rear in the souls of his readers
great hosts of spiritual warriors and baffle the darkness of defeat. '
His "Vim, Vigor, Victory" verses, his sane and scathing editorials
are remarkable contributions to courage. Always in The Sunday
Oregonian.
WHERE WE GET OUR SULPHUR Sulphur? O, certainly, sul
phur? Where do we get it? U-m-m-m. You don't know. But
Frank G. Carpenter, who is feeling the sinews of Uncle Sam's war
strength in economic and industrial resources, has found out
Sulphur is needed to strafe Germany. At the mouth of the Brazos
River they have tapped the infernal regions for an illimitable sup
ply. Advise yourself.
PORTLAND'S MANY CHURCHES Throughout the city and all
Oregon July 1 will be known as "Patriotic Sunday." Pastors are
preparing sermons with a message in them the clear call to
service for the homeland. Announcements for that day and to
morrow will be found in The Sunday Oregonian, also a splendid
sermon by Rev. John D. Rice, general missionary of the Episcopal
Diocese of Oregon. .
CAUGHT WITH THE CAMERA Fijians -who serve with France,
American munition works, the Atlantic fleet steaming out to sea
these and other pictures were taken for The Sunday Oregonian by
camera-reporters in the near and distant parts of earth. A page
feature of weekly recurrence, with explanatory paragraphs.
THOSE OLD POEMS Steadily they come, those poems of yester
year, until the Old Poems editor counts his letters and requests by
the thousands. This week's selection must have come from" scrap
books yellowed with time, and at the lead is that old Scottish
favorite "We'd Better Bide a Wee."
NATIONAL EDUCATION CONVENTION This foremost gathering
of American educators will meet in Portland during the week be
ginning July 9. A synopsis of the important and extensive pro
gramme, with photographs of leaders, appears in the Sunday
issue.
NEW FURNITURE FEATURE Tomorrow's issue presents the first
of a series on household, furniture, and describes the charm and
utility of wickerwork. It will be followed by others, equally in
structive for the furnishing of the home.
IS THAT ALL? Of course not. The Sunday Oregonian covers the
news of the world, at home and abroad, with metropolitan thor
oughness and a reliability not to be questioned. There are addi
tional features for every member of the family, however versatile
the home circle may be.
A Nickel and a Nod to Your Newsie Buys
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN.
In Other Days.
Twenty-Ftve Years A(o.
From The Oreronian of June S3. 189X
Chicago 5 Grover Cleveland was
nominated by the Democratic National
Convention for the Presidency yester
day on the first ballot. Votes for nine
candidates were cast and New York
stood by HilL
The platform Is a cleverly-worded
document in which the tariff is strad
dled and silver cautiously handled.
The famous Maxwell will a. one
of the most Important ever tried in
Lane County, has bean decided in favor
of the defendant
Governor Pennoyer is left alone.
While he was up In the mountain writ
ing the laws on tablets of silver the
whole Democratic party moved off Into
the wilderness, worshiping the golden
calf.
Dr. C. C Strong was elected president
of the Portland Medical Society last
night.
"Fanchon the Cricket." the play In
which Maggie Mitchell became famous,
will be produced at Cord ray's next
Monday.
The John F. Cordray Company filed
articles of Incorporation yesterday. In
corporators beside Mr. Cordray are: I.
L. Hawkins, J. M. Strowbrldge, R. H.
Thompson, William O. Allen, Jacob
Kamm. L. B. Magoon. D. Mackay and
C. A. Wass. The company will operate .
a dramatic stock company. Capital
stock is fixed at 1400.000.
XOT RIGHT TO BELL THE CAT
Rata Then Freer te Spread Disease
Throughout the City.
PORTLAND. June 22. (To the Ed
itor.) I was reading about the cat
question this morning and I think wa
should be considered before the birds.
The robins ate our peas and corn out
of the ground and we had to plant
them again; the birds take their choice
of our lettuce and wo can have the bal
ance, with leaves all picked. We can
have, no strawberries, currants or ber
ries of any kind and everyone knows
how they damage the cherries. I al
ways feed the birds in the Winter, but
now they can get plenty of food. They
eat all my chicken feed and wheat is
too high to buy for birds.
I do not believe in killing birds, but
I certainly do not think it right to put
bells on the cats. Think cf all the
rats and mice in Portland. Sickness
comes from them and their only ef
fective enemy is the cat; but how can
a cat catch them with a bell on? What
few birds the cat catohes are nothing
compared to the damage the birds do
and the disease the rats and mica
spread.
Don't think the rats are only In South
Portland. We have lots of them on
the East Side. They are all over the
city, and we must leave the cats free
to help exterminate them.
MRS. C. A. M.
V hen Aaparaams la Small.
INDEPENDENCE. Or.. June 21. (To
the Editor.) Please tell me how to
raise asparagus. I have a nice bed. but
the sprouts that come up are too small
and spindling for use. What kind of
fertilizer shall I use? M
In order to Increase the size of as
paragus it is usually necessary that the
beds be heavily manured during the
Fall and the manure should lie on the
plantation during the Fall and Winter
months, which fertilization will have a
tendency to Increase the size of the
stock the following year.
Press Carried Dock Bonds.
PORTLAND. June 22. (To the Ed- '
ltor.) The Commission of Public Docks
wishes to express to you its apprecia
tion of your hearty Indorsement, dur
ing the recent campaign, of the charter
amendment providing for the issuance
of $3,000,000 municipal elevator bonds.
To the generous support of the press
and the great amount of educational
work done by It in so fully acquaint
ing the people as to the needs of this
port to meet the waterfront situation
at competitive ports was due the large
favorable vote by which this bond
measure carried.
CHARLES B. MOORES. Chairman.
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