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ocr cascai.tt list.
News that an American destroyer
has been torpedoed, with the loss of
one man killed and with five men
wounded, brings the war appreciably
nearer to our people. Yet the accom
jianyinir statement that the American
Navy has lost a total of one officer
and sixteen men killed since the be-lrinnin-r
of the war will come as a sur
prise to many. Ve have realized in
a dim sort of way that our warships
were helping: to patrol the seas, but
liow many have really appreciated" the
deadly seriousness of the work? It is
true that the previous victims were
naval funners aboard merchant ves
sels, but they lost their lives In the
performance of a definite war duty,
Just the same.
By ones and twos the casualty re
ports drift in. But in the ordinary
course of events, they will not always
t ome by ones and twos. Some day,
unless the now unexpected comes to
pasF, we shall play our part in a major
nragrement, on sea or land. And
then there will be a shock for us;
there is little doubt of that. We are
"not yet mentally or spiritually pre
pared to receive the news of a heavy
leath roll.
Every man of woman who has
buffered a bereavement knows that
the most harrowing- of all experiences
is realization, too late, that something
was left undone that would, or might,
"have prevented the fatal outcome.
Vnnecessary sacrifices are doubly
tragric. A. war unnecessarily pro
longed; a battle fought after peace
Sirs been declared, as at New Orleans;
the killing of men to grain no end, are
filled with the bitterness of vain re
grets. There is only one way for us to
phorten our prospective death roll,
and that is so to act as to convince our
enemies quickly of the utter hopeless
ness of their cause. While we contend
unions: ourselves, the enemy hopes
nd fiphts on. When wo fail to
buy liberty bonds, he takes courage
for another encounter. When we de
Jay the building of ships, he finds
new reason for believinp that his
XT-boat campaign will ultimately suc
ceed. Kvery act short of complete
loyalty which wo perform, or permit,
gives heart to the foe.
It would be an ideal consummation
if we could put so much vim into our
preparations that the war would end
lieforo we sent our troops "over the
top" In one of those glorious but peril
ous drives. Next to that, wo would
like to end the war In as few drives
js possible. We show no faltering
spirit In our desirt to prevent waste.
We stHl are ready to pay the price.
If. presumably, we are staggered by
R long Jist of killed nnd wounded, we
lire not going to be able to escape the
reflections that attend it. Germany
has been beaten ever since we entered
the' war; and when her leaders are
convinced, as we are. pence will come.
It is our duty here at home, as well as
the duty of the soldiers In the field,
so to conduct affairs as to force reali
zation of the truth upon tho enemy.
ThBt is the way to save American
lives. It ought not to tako a dispatch
containing the names of thousands of
lead to awaken the people to so plain
A fact.
! Tlllt POSITION OF ARGENTINA.
Continuance of nominally friendly
relations by Argentina toward tier
many, in face of the great provocation
riven by sinking of Arg-cntino ships
nnd by Count von l.uxburg's "sink
without a trace" dispatch, and in
spite of the popular demand and of
the vote of the Argentine Congress in
favor of severance of relations, is a
striking example of the power held by
Oerman commercial penetration and
German propaganda. Unless Presi
dent Irigoyen is so violently pro-German
that he is willing to ignore all
other considerations for the sake of
Germany, his action in running coun
ter to the opinion of Congress and of
the majority in the capital must be
ascribed to reasons of statecraft.
These reasons may be found in the
fact that Germany is second in the
list of Argentina's customers. Great
Uritain being first and the United
states third: also in the mixed popu
lation of the republic. The pro-ally
crowds which clamored for war would
be made up of Italians. French and
liritish immigrants, the Italians being
most numerous, while the Germans
nnd Spaniards espouse the cause of
Germany. German commercial houses
have made large investments in the
country anil doubtless wield much in
fluence. The railroad strike which
threw the country into chaos may
.have been due to them.
Although Argentina has a good
army, organized under compulsory
service, and has a small navy which
could help in patroling the Atlantic,
Jts chief aid in case of its accession to
the ranks of the allies would consist
in further excluding food imports
from Germany. It is the last great
neutral, food-producing nation, and
may attempt to keep alive its trade
with Germany by way of Holland and
Scandinavia. Friction with the allies
may ensue, but would be avoided if
Argentina joined them. That republic
would not lose commercially, for the
allies offer a market for all that it
can export.
The trend of South American senti
ment is clearly toward the allies, as
Is indicated by the action of Peru and
Vr-imay in hreak'nrr relations with
Germany. Four of the twelve repub
lics of the southern contingent have
now expressed their moral condemna
tion of the Kaiser, and Chile inclines
less toward the Teutons than was the
case last Aprils A struggle beneath
the surface between American and
British sympathizers on the one hand
and Germans and Spaniards oa the
other hand may be in progress.
SOLDIER MORALS.
The Mayor of Seattle has been con
vinced, apparently, that moral condi
tions in that alluring city are not all
they should be, and has promised im
provement. He has been led to this
conviction, evidently, by the threat of
General Greene to prohibit all soldiers
at Camp Lewis from visiting Mayor
Gill's town. That would be a calamity,
from Seattle's point of view.
So indeed it -would be a calamity
from the point of view of any city lo
cated near a cantonment. Portland is
not a spotless town, and it is promised
by Mayor Baker that 'something will
be done here. It must be done.
But how much can be done, if the
soldiers are to be turned loose in a
strange place, far from the restraints
of home and the teachings of parents,
in search of entertainment, and pe
culiarly susceptible to the allurements
of the other sex? A uniform borne by
a bright and manly youth is an open
sesame to acquaintance anywhere and
everywhere. How many invitations,
open or covert, to engage in a flirta
tious adventure has such a young
man in the course of a day or night in
Portland, or Tacoma, or Seattle, or
any city?
Let us not blame the boys, nor the
girls, for anything, but let us under
stand that the situation is serious and
that the perils of war begin long be
fore the enemy's helmets or bayonets
are in sight? Let every father and
mother understand it, too; but above
everything let every young man in his
country's uniform understand it.
The health and morals of the Ameri
can soldier must be safeguarded, at
any cost. It is vital not only to him,
but to his country. The best way to
clean up the slums of any city, so far
as the Army desires them cleaned up,
is to keep individual soldiers away. Let
the commander of any camp issue an
order strictly defining the conditions
under which a soldier may visit a city.
Let them go in squads or companies,
under command of an officer. If such
a plan were to be tried for a while,
we should see a complete and imme
diate cleaning up of every large place
near an encampment.
These are war times and the United
States has no duty to fatten the
purses of landlords or landladies any
where through patronage by its sol
diers and no obligation to provide
companions for the women who in
fest the streets hunting down soldier
acquaintances.
NO "GOLD BRICK" I'EACE.
Chancellor Michaelis' speech to the
lieichstag shows that, despite the
crushing defeats which the central
powers have suffered before Ypres, at
Verdun, on the Aisne and on the
Isonzo and despite the mutiny in tho
German navy, militarism is still su
preme in Germany. He declares that
"peace is impossible so long as Ger
many's enemies demand any German
soil or endeavor to drive a wedge be
tween tho German people nnd their
Emperor." What he means by "Ger
man soil" was made plain by Foreign
Minister von Kuehlmann when he said
in reply to the demand for the restora
tion of Alsace-Lorraine to France:
That answer is no. So long as one Ger
man hand ran hold a gun, the intrarlly
of the territory handed down to ub, a
glorious Inheritance, by our forefathers can
never lo the object of negotiations or con
cession.
Some over-sanguine persons believe
that the German government has ac
cepted the principle of no annexations
and no indemnities adopted by the
lteichstag majority, and that therefore
peace is near. Germany has not sic
cepted the principle, for her govern
ment has repudiated even those ru
mored offers of Belgian independence,
with guaranties which would make
Independence a sham. But if that
principle were adopted, it would be no
proper basis for peace, and the United
States and our allies would have
abandoned the purpose with which
they have made war.
Germany may be likened to a
burglar who, grown strong on the
profits of past crimes, breaks into a
man's house, commits nameless crimes
on his family and gathers together
his valuables. The head of the family
appears and after a desperate struggle
begins to get the better of the burglar.
The latter says: "I will give up the
goods if you will let mo go."
The other man's duty, as a good
citizen and as a faithful husband and
father, is to continue the struggle
until the burglar is overpowered and
bound, then to hand him over to the
polite. If he were to accept the
burglar's offer, lie would obtain no
redress for the injury done to his
family and his house, and he would
set the burglar free to commit more
such crimes. The burglar would not
have renounced his criminal trade.
As soon as his wounds were healed,
he would renew It, with a resolution
to be more careful next time. That
would. be the character and effect of
a peace without annexations or in
demnities. It would be, as Mayor
Mitchel, of New York, has expressed
it, "a gold brick peace."
President Wilson has well defined
the aim of the allies. It is, as the
German Chancellor says, to "drive a
wedge between the German people
and their Emperor," for the Emperor
is the leader of a band of criminals
who have enriched themselves with
the profits of former crimes and who,
foreseeing failure of their master
crime, beg the allies to compound the
felonies they have committed without
reparation for the wrongs done and
without restitution of the proceeds of
former crimes, and then to set them
free to plot further crimes. The war
must go on until Prussian militarism
Is defeated, either on the battlefield
or through its renunciation by the
CJprman people, and until Germany
has liberated all the people on whom
she and her allies have forced their
yoke, not only in this war, but in the
past. To accept the Reichstag's terms
would be to set the criminals free
upon restitution of the fruits of their
present crime and, agairt quoting
Mayor Mitchel, "to permit our enemy
to gather his resources and become
strong in order to strike us again."
Men who talk of peace - on such
terms deceive themselves and, un
wittingly perhaps, play the German
game by favoring a German peace,
which would be only a breathing spell
before another war. This Is a war
against war, and the only way to gain
Its end is to go on until the militarists:)
of the central, empires are made pow
erless, either by victory for the allies
or by the act of the German and Aus
trian peoples.
A Mrs. Creighton, writini? in the
Loiidoa Daily Telegraph, warns Eu-
lish -women that much, of the success
of the movement to improve the in
dustrial condition of their sex, to
which a decided impetus has been
given by the war, will depend upon
their tact and common sense while
the issues are unsettled. Kmployment
of women in the war emergency is not
regarded as a finality. There will
come a time when the men will be
returning from the field, and in the
period of readjustment there may be
heart-burnings and the feeling here
and there that the women are keeping
the men from employment to which,
having served their country, they will
feel that they are entitled. Mrs.
Creighton tells her sisters to use every
effort to forestall hostility and retain
their femininity and the charm that
disarms criticism. Particularly she
urges them trot to "ape the ways of
men," as some are doing. "Sham
men," she says, are unattractive everywhere.
STRIKE FEEDS ON KCMOR3.
It becomes evident from testimony
elicited by the Wage Adjustment Board
that prolongation of the shipyard
strike has been due in part to circula
tion among the workers of incredible
rumors.
There is one that the Chamber of
Commerce had threatened to ruin the
business of one employer if he signed
the union agreement. That rumor has
now been vigorously denied by the
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce and by the firm said to have
been intimidated. Yet it had appar
ently gained wide circulation among
the strikers and was quite generally
believed by them.
How it started is not known, but it
had from the beginning of its circu
lation every mark of pernicious gossip
and nothing more. Xo attempt by the
Chamber of Commerce to tear down
any legitimate business would be tol
erated by its large and fairly demo
cratic membership. Every employer
knows that, and none would heed a
threat of that nature made by anyone
professing to speak for the organiza
tion. The Chamber of Commerce is in
the building-up, not the tearing-down
business. It might, if such an emer
gency arose, use reasonable and
proper persuasion with an institution
that was unquestionably conducting
its business In such a manner as to
injure trade in general and the stand
ing of the community. But as for
promoting a boycott over an issue not
unanimously supported by its mem
bers, that is a preposterous thing to
suspect of the intelligent and con
scientious men at its head.
CONSERVING MATCHES.
Perhaps we shall yet come to the
point of conserving our matches. The
value placed upon these little articles
of necessity, so inconsequential while
there are plenty of them but so im
portant when they are gone, is demon
strated in England, where it was of
ficially stated recently that "hoard
ing" of matches had become so com
mon that it was really serious. Peo
ple have taken alarm at the threat of
famine, and are putting matches away
In quantities against tho day and the
night of famine.
One match dors not amount to
much. A mere splinter of wood, with
a trifle of nitre, or sulphur, or potas
sium chlorate or other chemical daubed
on the end is not calculated to make a
text for a sermon on thrift. Only a
prospector or castaway sailor on a
desert island can be expected to com
prehend what it Is really worth. But
it is difficult to predict what we would
do without it. We might givo up
smoking, and sit in the dark, but we
are not quite ready to eat uncooked
food. And it would be asking too
much, of the modern housekeeper to
keep burning an everlasting fire of
red-hot coals.
Yet. one by one. the things we have
been taking for granted as plentiful
are becoming scarce. It is not the
cost of the match that makes it im
portant, hut consideration of the fix
we would be in if the supply were
exhausted. This is likely further to
revolutionize our notions of economy.
It may evon admlnster a jolt to the
superstition that ill-fortunn attends
the trio that ignites its cigarettes with
a single match.
r.tcrs aboi't liberty bonds.
Government bonds are a new form
of investment for the average man.
Here are a few plain facts about lib
erty bonds:
A liberty bond is a bond of the
United States Government a promise
to pay a stated sum of money on a
certain date and to pay interest on
that sum every half year at tho rate
of 4 per rent a year.
It is called a liberty bond because
the money borrowed on It is to be used
in destroying Prussian tyranny, which
threatens to destroy the liberty of this
country as well as that of the coun
tries of Europe.
Every good citizen should buy a
liberty bond, both because it is the
best investment in the world and be
cause it will help the United States to
defeat Germany, which Is ruled by the
Prussians.
The money thus Invested is not
given, but lent. It is a loan to a
Government which has never failed to
pay a debt.
Repayment of the money is surer
than that of money invested in any
other way, for it is insured by the
power of the Government to levy taxes
on all' property in the United States
to any amount and for any period of
time necessary to pay the debt.
The Government has never refused
to pay off its bonds. It paid off the
Revolutionary War debt, the debt of
the War of 1812 and the debt of the
Mexican War. It paid off two-thirds
of the Civil War debt, and the only
reason why it did not pay off the other
third is that bonds were used as se
curity for National bank currency.
Government bonds never sold for
less than par after the Civil War.
Two years after that war was over
they rose four points above par, while
railroad bonds were falling far below
par.
Money invested in liberty bonds is
not locked up. Any bank will make
a loan on them, nearer their face
value than on any other security. They
can be sold in no more time than it
takes to buy a postage stamp.
Liberty bonds are the soundest in
vestment in the world, because they
are backed by all the wealth of the
richest Nation In the world $240,
000.000,000 which is equal to the
combined wealth of all the nations
allied with the United States in this
war.
Payment of the interest is sure, both
because the United States always pays
its debts and because it is well able
to pay. The annual income of the
American people Is $40,000,000,000, or
333 times the amount of the annual
interest.
The farm crops alone are worth
four times as much as this liberty
loan. The corn crop alone Is worth
much more.
Behind these bonds there is 35 per
cent of all the gold coin and bullion
in the world, more than is held by
the Bank of England, the Bank of
France and the Imperial Bank of Ger
many combined. t
Even with the large additions now
being made to our National debt, it
will not be one-tenth of our National
wealth next April, when we shall have
been at war for a year. The British
debt is already one-fifth, the French
more than one-third and the German
one-fourth of the National wealth, and
they are still borrowing:.
If National debts were divided
among all the inhabitants of each
country, each Briton would have to
pay 1400, each German J 350, each
Frenchman $500, but at the beginning
of the war each American would only
have had to pay $10, and. if we should
Increase our debt to $20,000,000,000
in our first year of war, each of us
would only have to pay $200.
Liberty bonds are a much better
investment for a poor man than for a
rich man. A poor man has so little
that he wants it to be absolutely safe;
a rich man can risk loss of part of
his wealth on the chance of large
profit. The interest on liberty bonds
held by a poor man is free from in
come tax; the rich man must pay war
income tax and war profits tax on his
interest. The poor man may want his
money in a. hurry, and he can -sell his
bond at its cost at any time.
Bonds of the first liberty loan at 3
per cent interest may be exchanged
for those of the second liberty loan at
4 per cent. If the Government should
later issue bonds at a higher rate of
interest, those of the second loan may
be exchanged for them. Thus every
bond-buyer will fare as well as any
other.
No fees or commissions are charged
forellingr bonds to the public. Bank
ers 'and brokers .give their time, their
brains and their money to the coun
try, just as many of them have given
their sons, to fight for the defeat of
the Prussians. They are all volun
teers. It is up to every person to help by
saving and buying bonds with what
he saves. Saving laid the foundation
of every great fortune, and accumu
lated the money which has built hos
pitals, libraries, colleges and every
great public work. By saving this
country has been developed and has
grown rich. By saving we shall help
to win the war.
Not to criticise a judge, but to
effervesce, one is led to ask the sense
in giving ten years to an automobile
thief and annulling the penalty with
a parole. A judge never did that to a
horse thief, and an automobile, even
of the rankest growth, is of more
worth than a few horses.
But for food sent from America,
American prisoners in Germany would
starve. The best-way to save them is
to rescue them. That can be done
only by force of arms. The sooner the
liberty loan is raised, the sooner will
our Army be able to force its way into
Germany.
Two members of the I. W. W.. a
Chilean and a Spaniard, says a news
dispatch, have been trying to incite
the crew of an American steamship to
mutiny. It is still noticeable that the
word "American" does not often ap
pear in these descriptions of I. W. W.
If there ever was any excuse for
highway robbery, there Is none now.
There is work for every man who is
strong enough to go out on the street
with a revolver, nnd the courts will
make a mistake if they show mercy
to those convicted of this crime.
Propaganda against liberty bonds
has been most prevalent in the states
whence come the anti-war Senators.
The seed they sowed fell on fertile
soil.
Tho $4 a day man can buy a bond
and not feel a pressure. If his wife
were the money-earner she could show
him. Being the money-saver, she will
help.
Sign multiply that Chile is drawing
closer to the allies and may follow the
example of other litln-Amerlcan re
publics in breaking off relations.
A telephone strike is shocking: to
Contemplate until you think of the
other party (a woman of course) who
persists in holding the wire.
It isn't size that counts, though
largeness has its obligations. North
Bend is first to come across with its
quota of $45,000.
The meatless day and the tlpless
day are still two different things, as
the diner-out will already have ob
served. Enforcement of curfew must be
based on the length of the skirt.
There is a heap of 'camouflage extant.
Members of Congress now on their
way to the battle front may hope to
escape some of the hot shot at home.
Conserve sugar by using honey.
Costs more, of course, but what is a
trifle in the grand plan?
The widow's cruse of oil of long
ago was not in it as a container with
a bootlegger's mink.
San Francisco solves a Jury problem
by rejecting union men and those who
will not hire them.
The wedge in the German line
would drive ahead faster if it were not
stuck in the mud.
Little wonder Adam hated to leave
Eden. Fall weather there was as
beautiful as here.
No doubt music can soothe the
savage breast, but it shocks the neigh
bor tenant.
The evader is now a deserter, and
will get a jail sentence and not be
shot.
As change from liberty bond per
siflage, does a barn burn up or down?
The railroads want more pay, but a
railroa'd cannot strike or walk out.
Eastern Oregon Is getting" the wea
ther that swats the flies.
Are you going to let pro-Germans
defeat this second loan?
Picketing is bullish. Ball that was
$10 has Jumped to $500.
Judge RMsmnn can help by fining
Epsedere & Ubarly. bond.
How to Keep Well.
By Dr. W. A, Erau,
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of diseases. If matters of gen
eral interest, win be answered in tnis col
umn. Where space will not permit or the
subject Is not suitable, letters will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed envelope
is Inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make diag
nosis or prescribe for Individual dlseaeea. Ke-
questa for such services cannot Da answereu.
tCopyright. 1918. by Dr. W. A. Evana.
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
Tribune.)
KLY-S WATTING SEASON HERE.
THIS is .the season for a profitable
fly campaign. Flies cannot live
out of. doors now. . The cool nigUts
numb and chill them and myriads of
them die off. If the females lay. the
eggs either do not hatch or else they
are slow In doing so. Few flies are bred
in the' cooler season and of the adults
few survive outside of those that get
into the houses.
Fly swatting In hot weather is dis
couraging work because all outdoors
is swarming with flies. Small house
campaigns ito not get anywhere because
this outside host is an inexhaustible
reservoir. When one runs a home fly
swatting campaign in October he
knows that he does not have this out
side host to contend with. Every fly
livtng in the open tiles to get Into
the house, tries to get where the wide
awake housekeeper can swat conveni
ently and effectively.
A further reason for fly killinar at
this season is the fact that the females
that are to prevent extermination of
the race are laylnp: up In the warm
places for the Winter. A little while
ago when the weather was warmer
they were out of doori. A little while
later than now. when the weather is
colder, they will be In dark, inac
cessible corners. Now is the accepted
time.
Fly swatting gets one somewhere
now that the flies are fewer. Fly traps
are only fairly successful. They work
best where flies are numerous. It
sef ms that flies do not care to patron
ize traps except under the enthusiasm,
example, and contagion of the mob
spirit. Sticky fly paper works fairly
well.
Formalin water Is a safe fly catcher.
To use It add 3 per cent of formalin to
tweetened milk. Expose the mixture
in a soup plate in the center of which
Is a small piece of bread. Formalin
water will not attract flies if any other
water is exposed in a room.
In placing sticky fly paper, traps and
formalin it is well to know that In cold
weather flies are disposed to keep
away from windows. At night they
like to sleep on cords or other objects
hung from the ceiling.
At tho beginning of the anti-fly
movement there was not much proof
that flies sppead disease. They were
rewarded as a nuisance, health officers
condemned them and the people took
their word for it. Now there is ex
cellent proof that files spread typhoid.
The proof stands the closest scientific
scrutiny.
In addition, it seems reasonably cer
tain that files spread Summer diar
rhoea in babies. And now tho Army
sanitarians are accusing; flies of spread
ing ameba, which causes camp dysen
tery and perhaps even other diseases.
As to these the verdict must probably
rest "guilty, but not proven."
Eat Before Yon Sleep.
T. A. ID. writes: "I was bothered with
insomnia and I tried different ways to
overcome it. I tried lying In various
positions, but to no avail. One night I
aiose and ate a slice of homemade
bread and went btck to bed. In a short
time I was sound asleep. 1 have tried
tliln. several times and it has never
failei me. This may be a simple thing
to do, but its results satisfied me."
ItErLV.
This method of inducing; sleep proves ef
fective with a few people.
Swellln-c on Eyelid.
Miss IT. M. writes: "I am In my 40s
and lately a little, white swelling has
come on my eyelid. I have tried to
squeeze It out and think I did reduce
It a little, but not much, and It is get
ting larger. What in the cause and
how can It be removed permanently,
if at all?"
KEPLT.
I think you had better let these small
harmless growths alone. if you must get
rid of them, have them cut out. Io not
squeeze them or otherwlKe irritate them a
good rule to follow with all growth except
pimples.
Treatment for Cancer.
Mrs. J. C B. writes "1 will -..a
1-
Cines cure a cancer np 1. th. tnlrA ,.
only remedy? 2. Will Infection be liabl
to people or tn nousenold who use th
same towel as a ttfrsnn u hn ii -i
small cancer on the lip?"
REPLY.
1 Vnlftn.a ".-111 n ....... -V ....... a i
cautery and plasters cure a certain pe
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ble
X. No.
PLATIM Jl FOISD IV EARLY DAYS
Captain Gray Tells of Dlarardlne It ia
Rrltlah Columbia DlcClnaa.
PASCO, Wash., Oct. 17. (To the Edi
tor.) Several articles lately as to the
scarcity of platinum remind me that
in June. I860, my father and I crossed
the mountains trom Fort Hope, B. C
on the Fraser Itiver, and began min
lng with rockers on the south fork
of the Similkameen about three miles
above its mouth. The gold was mostly
about the size of kernels of wheat
and we made from $7 to $10 a day to
the rocker.
There was about half as much plati
num as gold in the "clean-ups." Many
pieces Of the platinum were about half
the size of the gold pellets and the
yield about the same. The platinum
was of no use to us and was thrown
away.
This field may have been examined
by Canadians. If so. Its source and
quantity may be known. Our claim was
on the right bank of the stream.
About six inches of gravel and sand
covered a bed of white sticky clay.
In washing the clay shoveled in with
the dirt would pick up the gold and
It was tedious work to dissolve the
clay.
I heard several years later that gome
Chinamen had worked the same ground
and from our clay tailings which the
gun had slacked made $20 a day.
W. P. GRAY.
l
"Were" or "Was."
VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 17. (To
the Editor.) Several forward passes
were tried, but none of them were suc
cessful. A says wss" Is the proper phrase
o1ok", B and his friends cannot see
it so. Please settle the dispute.
J. FREDERICK MEAGHER.
As a subject, "none" commonly takes
the plural form of verb, but either
insular or plura-1 -U rmi&sibU
LIV1XQ COST JUSTIFIES DEMANDS
Worker'! Wife Sees Disloyalty In High
Frlre of Family Necessity.
PORTLAND, Oct. 14. (To the Edi-tor-
I have been reading all the
letters from mothers and fathers of
our "soldier boys," and while I think
they are right, in the main, would like
to ask a few questions regarding the
strikes of the "stay-at-homes" In the
shipyards.
I think they are loyal and ready to
"do their bit." but why not make the
man who has a corner on the food
stuffs do his bit also by putting the
prices where a working man can reach
them? If thia WerA rinn t V. T '
not think there would be any strikes,
for I think everyone of those that are
out now are true patriots at heart,
jut they must live, and the only thing
i working-man has to sell is his labor,
f the farmer and the capitalist can get
hree prices for everything that they
laVe tO Fell- whv pnnnnt th. lnhnine-
man get at least a bare living wage
so as to meet the hiali cost of livinir?
Someone has nut im th nriee of
living from 30 per cent to i0 per cent
r the past two years, but it hasn't
een the labnrin man but wtion he
wants enouirh wirpq to meet thi, Hfch.
cost then the whole world seems to
come down on him and brand him as
i "traitor. Is It fair that a few
ihould have it all and the man who
produces get nothing? Some ot these
"mothers and fathers" should put the
blame where It belongs.
A WORKING MAN'S WIFE.
Hoarding of and, profiteering In
foodstuffs and fuel is unlawful. The
Government has fixed prices on some
important commodities ofter Investiga
tion as to their cost of production.
But the cost of living will remain un
avoidably high. Nobody has blamed
the strikers for asking for more pay.
It is the manner In which they have
attempted to enforce their demands
that Is criticised. They quit work
when they had the promise of Presi
dent Wilson that they would receive
justice, and when they had every rea
son to expect that the wage adjust
ment board would fulfill that promise
and also make the wage adjustment
date back to the time when the first
demand for more wages was made.
XOT MICH MOXEY VOW IV HOGS
Grower Finds That Present High Prices
Are Not Very Kemnneratlvr.
CORBETT, Or.. Oct. 17. (To the Edi
tor.) Being a small grower of hogs,
may I be permitted space for a few
words concerning the proposition to
reduce price of hogs by Government
edict to $10 per hundred?
I have 12 young hogs that will aver-
agii about 100 pounds each. These pigs
have been raised on feed that makes
their feed cost about $16 a piece, to
say nothing of labor, service of sire,
feed of sow from time bred till sow
farrowed, which may be reckoned at
$2 each.
This makes the cost of these pigs $18
per hundred weight tho price best
hogs are bringing at the stockyards
today.
For the Government by edict to re
duce the price of hoes to $10 per hun
dred is simply to take SH per head on
each ot these hogs from me. For
what purpose? To give these people
that are striking in logging camps, saw
mills and shipyards cheaper food. In
other words, it Is proposed hy Oovern
ment edict to take $: from a farmer
who is on tho Job IS hours a ilav on
om- small bunch of pigs and give it to
a lot of strikers, eight-hour men and
others.
How is it that the Government sets a
limit on price of farm nroducts. vet
leaves farm help free to demand what
ever waae It sees fit and to work or
nut work at all?
SYLVESTER K. EVANS.
AMKItICA SPEAKS.
By William T. Perkins, of Portland. Or.
The following poem has been adopted
by the Oregon headquarters of the lib
erty loan campaign In Oregon. It is to
be recited at patriotic rallies and on
public occasions durings tho campaign:
Te son of Freedom, brlnp to me.
VVtth flatnlnjc hearts and bended knee,
lour offering to Liberty!
Te are my sons; my bounteous breaj-t
Ilatli notiriffhetl you. and on you pre?t
Its richest gift; nor aoucht I reel.
tTaxe new upon thy golden flM";
Mark how the earth its fruitaice yield
Beneath the star-strewn flag that Mi Id. Is.
Behold thy cities, proud nnd stronit;
Behold thy homes, where evenf.oner
Asccnd3 to heaven, free from wrong.
My noble sons! awake! arise!
Behold sad Kurope'M amokinc ekte:
tiirtt ye my llmbd ere Freedom dies.
Think now of Belgium's fields of red;
Behold -a here stricken France hath bled;
Remember Lusllania's dead.
My sons! my sons! yonr hearts I kno-v;
BrlnK. then, thy gifts and let me Rn
With blaaiii: aword. to meet the fve.
Rescind Ina a Reaolnllon.
PORTLAND. Oct. 17. (To th Edi
tor.) -Kindly Inform a reader the cor
rect proreedinsrs to remove a resolu
tion that has heen placed on record hy
a majority vote at a resrular meeting
of a Grand Army of the Republic Post.
Will a majority vote suffice when the
motion is made by a member who voted
in the negative on the resolution.
M. F. JACOB.
Some organizations have their own
rules of procedure. If there is nothing
to the contrary, probably Roberts" Rules
of Order would prevail. Under those
rules any vote taken by an assembly,
with some exceptions which will be
mentioned, may be rescinded by a
majority vote, provided notice of the
motion has been given at a previous
meeting or in the call for this meet
ing; or it may be rescinded without
notice by a two-thirds vote, or by a
vote of a majority of the entire mem
bership. It is a main motion without
any privilege and therefore can be In
troduced only when nothing else is be
fore the assembly.
Votes cannot be rescinded after pome
thing has been done as a result of that
vote that the assembly cannot undo; or
where it is in the nature of a contract
and the other party is informed of the
fact; or where a resignation has been
acted upon, or one has been elected to
or expelled from membership or office
and was present and has been officially
notified. The rriotion may be made by
any member. A motion to rescind is
distinguished from a motion to recon
sider, which may be made only by one
who voted with the prevailing side. If
a motion to reconsider has been pre
viously made and may be called up, a
motion to rescind is not in order.
Freight Five Dart on Way.
COBURG, Or., Oct. 17. (To the Edi
tor.) We hear a lot from the rail
road company about the shippers getting-
cars loaded and unloaded. To
show that the shipper Is not always
to blame. I will give one Instance,
On October 8 1 had a ear of feed
loaded and billed out of Portland and
it arrived in Coburg, October la, only
a 112-mile haul.
It seems to me it the railroad com
pany would move cars as they are
loaded that the car shortage could be
decreased aura Hum half,
yv X. BETTIS.
In Other Days.
Twenty-Five Iran Afco.
From The Oreronian October 19. 1S92.
"White! aw Re id. Republican carudidate
for the Vice-Presidency-, has made pub
lic hi? letter of acceptance and it is a
masterly summing up. The Democrats
will certainly have to hunt for arsu-.
ments to meet his plain, statements
backed up by figures.
New York. The lonrest telephone
line in the world, that between C'hica
sro and New York, was completed yes
terday and- the service formally inaug
urated. Mayor Grant, of New York,
spoke to Mayor Washburn, at Chicago,
and President Hudson also talked over
the Ions wire. The conversation- was
distinctly heard.
Boise. The Supreme Court has ruled
that the Mormons cannot vote in Idaho.
It is a reversal of the first decision.
The contract for buildinsr the founda-
tion of the new terminal depot was let
yeBterday to Robert Wakefield.
Colonel W. W. Chapman, lone one of
the foremost men in the Pacific North
west died yesterday a t'ternoon at the
ase of Mr. Chapman was one of the
men who went to San Francisco shortly
after the dawn of 1850 and interested
Mr. Dryer In cominsr to Portland with
his newspaper plant and establishing
The Oresronian. Orepon City and Mil
waukie had taken a step in advance of
Portland ii a journalistic way and each
had new spa pers. This was not to bs
endured and Mr. Chapman and Mr. Cof
fin interested Mr. Dryer in tho enter
prise here. After Mr. Dryer came
Colonel Chapman did all that a non
typo could to aid the paper. He was
one of the first "newsboys of Port-
land, delivering the first copies.
Half a Century Arc
From The Orcp-onian October 3S. 1S7.
Queen Victoria made her willful
Princess Royal pick up the handker
chief the other day when the lass
dropped it after flirtinp with several
younsr officers against the wishes of
the Queen. The Queen had '"winked"
at her daughter in an effort to halt her
coquetry, but the cirl continued ant
dropped her h nd kerchief, not acci
dentally. When the several officers
rushed to pick it "up the Queen in com
mandinff voice bade them let it lie, and
then in, the hearing of all, ordered th
Princess to alicrht from the carriae-a
and rescue the dainty cambric from tho
dust.
Henry A. Wise, in- a speech at Rich-
moml the other day. ured all youngj
men to no to farmings
The Ions-, narrow boat whose namft
we have foraroiten landed here a few
weeks aso by H. M. Nice & Co., will
figure in a rowing: race nxt Christmas
at San Francisco Hay. If. M. Nice, J.
Dowlinsr, J. J. Holland and P. N. Kear
ney wilL be in the match.
Johnny Graham, formerly nf ths
Tanner troupe, has- returned! to this
city from Victoria and says he will re
open tho Willamette Theater soon.
The new steamer Rainier has arrived
at Vaughn-street dock. She is to bo
captained by T. .1. Kerns.
LKTS MAlvlC IT KSY TO HO HIGHT
Mother Writes of Tom pint Inn Ttoat Re
net Sold lent Awnr From Home.
PORTLAND, Oct. IS. (To, the Edi
tor.) As an American mother I want
to express my thanks to The Oregonian
for what it is doinj to help better th
moral and sanitary conditions of ouf
soldiers' camps. Our V. M. C A. and
chaplains nr dointr a, noble work, but
anyone familiar with fncts know that
at tho very best Army life carries with,
it an inorraste of temptations of va
rious kind . Tlicpr are d"Mibld often
by the physioa I d i scorn f orts. the s b-M-nrfi
of loving homo restraints, the
tendency to fe-nl that "no one cares," if
home letters do not come promptly.
While we do our titmost to make onp
boys comfort able, the in toll isrMi t
mothPrhond of o ir country is concerned
that the moral strength of this Nation
bo conserved in every possible wsy.
If this is not done what inevitable
heart bra ks re com in sr. and what of
tho future of the Nation aflcr tho war!
While our boys have laid thoir lives
on tho altar, lot us make them fool that
above all we honor pure, true man
hood, clean in thought, word and deed.
Let is make it as easy as possibly to
do right ; as hard :s possible to go.
wrong. Place the premium upon noble
living and frown upon the feilows who
only d' right as far as military neces
sity co m pe Is it.
For tho strongest of mature men
there is something of a strnggl al-
wavs to live four-square. v nat of tim
boys under or barely reaching major
ity? While our hoys protect us with
their lives let us uphold those who
a f cgna rd- them. This means proteo
tlon to our girls in the last snslysi3
also. A FRIEND.
if AMiivr,A.cn iRivi:ns striciv
Shipyard Trouble Likened in Supposl-
1 tonal nc on the Battlefield.
BAKER, Or., Oct. 17. (To the Edi
torsSuppose that a. group tC ambu
lance drivers at the front should,
while returning from vthe f ront-1 i n
trenches with loads of wounded men
our own sons, brothers and husbands .
rise up and refuse to drive any further5
owing to a real or imaginary griev
ance. Suppose a number of men instantly1
volunteered to drive the machines'" and
were immediately beaten up for doing
it by the dissatisfied drivers. What
would happen? They'd be shot dead as
mackerel.
There is little difference between th
suppositional case, and the actual fact
of a group of men beating up another
man simply because he wanted to work;
on the ships which our government srr
badly needs to carry food to the men.
who are really fighting.
Why can't the moving-picture com
panies who record news events get &
film of one of these groups of men who
are the Kaiser's best allies so that we
can see them and make a mental noto
of their faces.
I'm a union man have been for
years. I want and believe in demand
ing a good wage, eight hours and
good working conditions, - hut this
"closed shop" proposition at this time
is traitorous. R, B.
Dok Haa Ecaeraa.
BEAVERTO.V, Or., Oct. 17. (To the
Editor.) I write you for a little ad
vice concerning my dog. He scratches
and digs all the time until he bleeds
and becomes raw. It is not vermin;
of that I feel sure. Do you think it Is
a skin disease or in his blood, and in
either case can you advise me what
to do?
He Is a very valuable English setter
and I would like to do something for
him. SUBSCRIBER,
The dog has eczema. He should be
put on a diet of potatoes, gravy, bread
and milk. Allow him one bone with
very little meat on it twice a week.
This will remove the source of thft
Irritation. To soothe it for the present
bathe affected parts only with sheep
dip threo times a week. The best for
mula. Is seven parts water to one part
sheep dip.
The animal should be entirely cured
ia a month's time. Do not bathe him
or allow him to Bwlm under any cir
cumstance &a water spreads the dis
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