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rvr r -Jajr modes. Sir. ShonU plan I thought that they ar worklnR to help
pos.r.a f-rrater Interest than tha or-
tlUMirT fashion note bacauso of the In-
fluence It la likely to hare upon the
rarb of working; women in every other
field wher they may be employed.'
J-nn-TI-A.VlX PATIBOAT. 1TB. 1.
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!rr.KINO OK THE Ht-TBE.
p fl effort of old Boreaa to
Inflict on Western Oreson a, Tlsitatlon
of mow has been abandoned, and the
aTraeta of Portland are aguln clear
and only the adjacent, hills show any
ira of the recent downfall. It began
Vnlnenday nlgliU and continued In
termittently for several hours; but by
n.Atnir. the deed ws done, and the
FCtm-chinook undertook its pleasant
ta.-k of restortne thtun to thcur nor.
ml rtiixe. Br nichtrAll tbe view
f rum a downtown window was of th
rrorntal Winter sky. misty atmosphere,
wet streets, numerous umbrellas, busy
harpers, hurrying vehicles.
. Nobody wants snow in Orepon no
body who ha webs on his feet and
a memory worth while; for snow
means cold houses, red-hot stoves or
furnaces, burning: chimneys, bad cold
and slush. Snow without the In
evitable slop would not be bad; bu
tlvore Is no such thinr In Western
Ortjron. A Middle West snow on
f rox-n frrund Is to be preferred, for
oh.-uUr reovsons. to muddy rotuls and
rd'Mfii fields, but In the Wtll.unatte
A'alley snow brings only trouble. The
rictitfu! place for snow is in the hill
aOt meunt&ins. so that abundan
water may be assured for the streams
ta t lakes during the Summer.
'All reports from the Kust anil Mid
die West are of the most severe Win
ter 'Jn a feneration or lonirer. There
hare beea five or six severe snow and
..e storms, and the fuel problem has
be-n critical; but In Oregon there has
bo-n a season of exceptional mildness
SO'I the only fuel problem Is to pay
trt- advanced prices on wood or coal
wl.Uh are In arronl with tbe rise In
ether commodities. LHirlng Iterember
tlwre was excesvlve rain, and I tut
means quite a lot of wetness: yet it Is
a surprise to discover that there was
a - deficiency of nearly one Inch In
tUa. five months from September 1
1717. te February 1. 19 It. There
he beea two occasions so which
rw has fallen, but It "has disap-
imtred each time ui about two days.
ZTTbe contrast with Eastern weather
renditions la notubtc. In New Tork
tiiy. for example, January was tbe
cKlft on record, following a coldest
Jrember day (the I0th when the
iwrrrury went to 13 below aero, paa
1 y the -rerVus extrrme reached by
7-ieTeeai The average -temperature
tot the month was 21 degrees, or 9 d
r-es below tbe aorrnal (30 decrees).
lS the month there were three days
wjen the thermometer registered
itaarks under sro. ami on every dy
t- lowest figure a as below freexlng.
.V. total of 13.C Inches of snow fell
fir the month. This was not a record.
taat it was bad enough.
tuning the same period In the Mid
t!s Weat. and eepevlally about Chl-
rmgo, there was even a worse situ.i
ttjn. The city was on more than one
extrusion burled In snow. The fall,
i!Z at least one storm, was so long
cemtinued, aad the depth on the level
great, that ordinary occupations
vre temporarily suspendetl. and the
ewtire population was railed on to
iilake tbe streets passable. It gives a
rtous sidelight on the life of a great
iilvtropaU. like Chicago, to note that
ofl that certain Sunday when the
rai was at its height, and locomo
tn was most difficult, places of pub-
Ite entertaJaaxent had their usual
crowd. for example, there was
r-md:ng room only at the appearance
fei. lirtfeta. the new violin luminary,
Zl the same at as afternoon ap
pearance of the Chicago Opera Cora
P4ny In "La Poheme." The popular'
1t of that beautiful opera, surmounts
ar test.
rat oo Xortbrup street. Tortland.
rrTnonth ao, an almond tree was In
foil bloom, aad doubt;s) there were
triers throughout the city. There
were other signs of . an Iruniiaent
spring lit the rapid advance el all
vwzetablea) aud the verdure of ail pas
Wth In the Interior, stock ha
totrtved In the open, and sheepmen
mm i calUoaoow are well off. Lown In
California. It Is said, there has been
I?tle or ao rain, and stork tw thin
Md evea lUrrloc. A favorite Juke of
tZ average Califoralaa la tbe rains ef
Oregon. It night be supposed that
la-ts a subject California would always
aSnid.
Altogether It tvaa been an agreeable
fteter. When th middle ef Kabro
gTy is reeehyed without severe eli-aaatk-
sal aha pa. it Is fairly certain
Laat the saune conditions will persist
rwroaghout the remainder of the see
aan. liut prophecy te dangerous. No
knows what the weather will
hw. and there Is frequently wide dis
sent as to what It u That Is what
tftuj.es the subject of perennial Inter-
WILL SKjr-STOr COME BACK?
That Interesting experiment of the
Portland Hallway. .Light Sc. Power
itmpany. known as tbe "skip-stop'
system of operating cars, has all but
been forgotten by the Portland public
It ui hailed as a means of giving
bettSit service. It was announced as
a way to faster transit and better ad
bereuce to time schedules and as a
move toward economy of operatloa.
But It appears to have failed In
Portland.
thejr country In overpowering the
most deadly and most powerful enemy
who ever attacked It.
We hear much, of morale In the ar-
mlee as a great Influence In deciding
battles; there la as much need to cul
tivate morale In the shipyards and in
evry other industry. It consists in a
conviction that we are fighting In a
Just cause, that we can win. and that
we roust win. If the work of. all be
governed by this conviction, we shall
win; If npt, the outcome will remain
In doubt.
Om SPECIALISTS IN WAR.
Where would the United States
have been In its war preparations
At least it has long been I without the regular Army? The pro-
abandoned. .Whether It served Its I fessional soldier baa been an object
theoretical purpose we are not in-1 of detraction by politicians and dema-
formed. But It elicited complaint goguea for years, but when war came
from car patrons who objected to I all turned to him as to a savior. Upon
walking an extra block. 'Probably him the Government reaed to Impart
ia aurll a mirplua of labor that tho produc
tion can be kept up regardless of tha houra
worked.
It Is not possible that such a condition
can come about In tula war where wo are
takinr Into active military operations prac
tirally every young man of good physical
condition, and no patriotic cllxen can con
template reducing our industrial output by
reducing tho hours that go to production.
A Rancher's Soldier Boy.
By James Bartow Adams.
I've been to the soldier camp, mother,
anr spent a whole day with our
Lumbermen are not opposed to the I v.. minlr -nMl.r,, unarm- emed
eirni-nour oay imeu. iucj vjipuw us my heart with lull measure o'
enforcement In this section while It ts I joy;
not enforced in other sections which He's changed a whole lot since he left
coronets in sale of lumber for ordl- I us nere on the ol farm fur to do
narv purposes as distinguished from 1 s on iur ine nag an- world ireedom,
competition of the Jitneys, which
would stop anywhere, really spelled
its defeat.
The experiment Is recajled at this
the military art to the millions o raw
material which wlil do the fighting-.
Including the new recruits enrolled
during the Mexican scare, there were
time because the Fuel Administration only about 100,000 regulars when the
baa under consideration the question
of requiring urban and interurban
electric roads to put the "skip-stop'
schedule into effect. The following is
the argument in Its favor, as printed
war began, and they became teachers
of the now Army and of new officers.
Tbe demand for them In this capacity
was so great that the first division
sent to Prance, though of the regular
In the Official Bulletin of the Com- I Army, included a larger proportion of
inittee on Public Information: I green nien than the divisions which
There are approximately S0.0OO.0O0 ear I followed.
stops made In tho l'aitd gtatoa earn day. I Trust la put la. specialists la every
Tha -akip-atop- acbodule would eliminate 1 other calling, but not until war is ac
tually upon us do wo turn to the spe-
on-thlr4 o( 1 ho. Th elimination
0.4 . oM.Ooe stop a year, totbor with th
resuiatioa of car boatine. wlil brine a ruol
sating ot aot less than l.oo.uoo tons of
I a roar, ajhlcb will snoat the fuel needs
of iiw' sverafa families.
The proposition is to limit stops to
eight per mile In urban districts, six
war purposes, which pay lower wages
for longer hours and which have a
decided advantage in being nearer
competitive markets, and, therefore.
in lower freight rates. The "predomi
nant war inipartance' given to the
forests of the Pacific Northwest by
the need of spruce for airplanes and
of fir for ships renders the more nec
essary the largest possible number
an' be'll do it if given a show.
I really wouldn't have known him
'mong all o' the troops at that
place
It he hadn't come Jumpln' to meet me
with a smile spread all over his
face.
An' his cheery "Hullo, daddy! howd'y!"
an' the grip of his soldierly hand
Made me proud, an' some prouder, I
reckon, than any biff gun in the
. land.
of hours' work per day, yet the media
tion board would limit that number to He ,sn.t th. CODntryfie(, laadt9 3.
eig-nt. out, oi unertMiuB iu 0. ociii.iu.ciii slouchy somewhat in his walk.
among the workmen which is maimyiHe was in his plowin" an' chorin' an'
Imaginary. The 85.000 members of I belpin' take care o' the stock,
the Loyal Legion do not entertain I But is straight as that pole that our
that sentiment, for they are actuated
by the contrary sentiment of patriot
ism, which prompts them to produce
the largest possible quantity of lum
ber without regard to hours of work.
With them the limit is the amount of
flag's on, an' powerful springy
in gait,
An' presented a manly appearance that
I surely regarded as great.
Looks like they've been makln' him
over in a new style o physical
lorm
work they can do in a day without J That sure Is a master Improvement -to
Impairing their efficiency for the next I his build when he worked on the
tliv'n work. Other men are actuated I farm
by. the desire to earn the largest I An' hl? fa,c ia mighty flue pictur o
amount of money in the smallest nura-
cialist in the art of war. although our
existence, as a Nation depends on suc
cessful, expert practice of that art.
At ' great expenoe the Ooverument
trains experts at West Point, which all
nations rpcard u the best militiirv
per mile In tho suburbs, and to four coiIetret th, world, but when its
per iiiiiv uu iimTurwiu iinvro. in ovuia
Portland districts tbe stops bow run
as hUh as 20 to the mile.
But apparently the Portland car
patron need not worry over a return
to a discarded hardship. So far we
graduates are placed in high positions
where their knowledge will beuefit
the Nation, there is growling because
they are preferred to beginner in th
science. Neglect to give the body of
our citizens military training in tim
have ecapd the fuclless days and the of peare and to pl0vlde a body ot of
lightless nights. Water power does
hrlng its blessings in war times. Tbe
only danger that confronts us la
Summer shortago of water and a con
sequent recourse to fueL Then we
might be caught. Who would ever
have thought that a row In tho Bal
kans could ultimately compel oven
one Portland citizen to walk an extra
2S0 feet to catch his morning car?
fleers for rapid expansion of the Army
has thrown a great burden of work
on the regular officers, and they have
assumed It with that uncomplaining
devotion which Is a tradition of the
service.
Tbe American people should rejoice
that Congress haa had the small modi
cum of sense to retain the skeleton
of an army with which they began.
To that skeleton they owe their ability
to send an army of respectable size to
France within a year after the decla
ration of war. for upon that skeleton
the new Army Is being built.
LAWS ARC TOO LAX.
The maximum penalty was Imposed
by Kederal Judge Howe on Franz von
Kintelen and bia fellow-consptrators
for placing explosives on board tbe
steamer Kirk Oswald, but that pen- I TTKKAINK,
any was oniy is mommr imprison- Th, TJkranlans. who have been
ment and $2000 fine. Yet If the plot moved by considerations of expedi-
naa succeeded, every mentner or tneienCy to start a movement for their
nip s crew would prooaDiy nave been I independence, are another neosle
auiea. judge now, iniormea IM who. like tha Bohemian, hava auf-
prlsoners that, if Congress had pro- I fcred from a ban uoon their lantruaire.
vtded a penalty adequate to such a The vital nower of tha laniruaire bond
i rmin. ii wouiu nave reen xar snore i has long been recognized by the rul
vere I in no war of Riiasia- an well as thoss
congress nas neen negligent in. not of Germany. Tha Ukranlans differ
providing adequate penalties for all f from the other two chief groups of
crimes of enemies and traitors within
the borders of the Cnlted States. It
has been parUcMarly lenient with
homlddee In Its various forms. It
has persistently refused to establish
Russians not only in the physical ap
pearance of the people, but in lan
guage, literature and folk-lore as well.
Ukrainians are proud of their culture.
It Is a testimony to their essential vi-
a Federal detective service, for other tality that the most drastic repressive
offenses than those against the revay
nue and currency laws. In "Nine
Months at War Raymond B. Price
says; ,
There aro In Washington at lst- tlshl
asrvtca or tnteilla-nca functions, oach
headed ap 10 a Cabinet ofilcor and ail unco
ordinated aavo throiss aarima'e
ieata and Individual oo-oparmtion.
Circumstances dictate that all these
agenelee should be combined and
strengthened, but official Jealousy
prevents, and only Congress by legis
lation can compel. For lack of a sin
gle agency to detect all forms of crime I Lkranlan, language, but
against Federal law. lives have been i high official suppressed
sacrificed, property has been do-1 oa- the ground that "the language is
measurea have not succeeded in ex
tinguishing tbe mother tongue,
It was in 10 that 'the Russian
government Issued its first ukase
against tbe printing ot Ukranlan
books, the giving of theatrical per
formances or holding of lectures in
that language, or the publication ot
muslo with L'kranlan words. The
Russian government consistently and
persistently exercised Its censorship
It was declared In 1863 that "there
never has been and never will be" a
in 1873 a
grammar
strayed, strikes have been instigated
nd production of war material has
tx'en hindered. The New York Cham.
ber of Commerce has pasned resolu
tions deploring "the apparent con ft
deuce with which agents of our ene
mies carry on the work of spivs, trans
mit Information and work damage or
destruction to property needed for
war work." and suggests that "no suf.
doomed to. extinction.' The philolog.
leal existence of Vkranian was here
i recognized, at any rate.
Ukraine means "borderland." This
la the name the people cling to, pre
ferring t to "little Russians." as they
are called by other Russians, or
'RutbcniauV as they are designated
In Austria. They want political and
economic Independence, b,ut also the
ficient punishment has been meted outrteTht to speak, and write In Vkranian
to spies and plotters. It calls on I ""J to preserve their legends and
Congress to provide sufficient penal- their songs as they were handed down
ties, to amend the rules of evidence, to them by their forefathers, who
to extend power of trying spies by wr mighty fighters and were aias-
rourtmartial and to centralise tho se- tered only after a desperate struggle.
cret service. The safety of tbe re- all the Russians, they probably
public Is of more consequence thad re the most deeply impressed with
the liberty of any enemy alien, and the example of the United States,
tbe law and Its administration should They ar said to want to reconstruct
be changed to meet the emergencies j the former empire into a federation
of the time.
SHrrwoausa also axe fight Eg s.
Although the war cannot be won
without ships and although three tons
of shipping were sunk for each ton
built In the year 1917, ship carpenters
TTThe cerMideration of "safety first'
promtsew to have a marked Influence
uson women's modes In the future, if
'"Toaea continue to replace men In In
reaitry. At the same time, there will
Li to the United Ftatee do lapse to the
naattracttv overalls which are the
habit of thousands ef Kngtirh women
wo have taken tbe places ot their
am bands and brothers. Theodore
SLnnt; head of the New York trans
portation s stern, arems to have
aited the problem in his selection of
C new uniform for the "ronddctor
r now being employed on the
traction lines. It consists of a knee
1'tii; to emi-mllitery coat, closely but
toned collar. easy-fitUng bloomers
and puttees. It combines utility with
a certain amount of artistic excellence
and It U said to have the added ad
vantage that it is reasonably becoming
to vatiou type of girls, which Is
lucre- than can be said of some elhcf
of states, with the difference that they
would permit each to retain its own
language and develop Itself wholly
according to Its own ideals.
7raM)A0A-DA, 'OT MEDIATTjOV.
Instead of performing the proper
strike In Eastern yards, and such I luncuoa wnicn Its name Implies, the
waste and delay hava noeurri in I President s special mediation board
construction of the International Cor-wh,co Baa been trying to adjust labor
PoraUon s yard at lioc's Island that &na.ixB in the t'aclEC Northwest lumber
doubt exists whether It will complete I ""dusury is trying by hook or crook
ny ships In 19 IS. If event should!10 rc adoption or tne eight-hour
confirm this doubt, the Government I aay on this section without regard to
would fall short of ita programme by I ,n conditions prevailing in any com-
ships of 915,000 deadweight tons. I Pung section, in so doing it does
Th workmen In the one case and I nt mediate but deliberately keeps
the capitalists In the other close their ',,v oytng agitation, and one argu
eye to th fact that building ships mnt la no sooner proved baseiuss
1th all their energy is as tmDora- i '"" it. resorts io anouier, orten con-
tively their duty as fighting the Ger- meting with the Brst. It should en
nuns wun au his energy is the sol- I "r lw nn smut mauatnu puce,
dlers duty. I DUt - fact. It Is conducting a pro pa -
The sHipbuilding record of the past 1 naa 'hich provokes discord.
year la not creditable to th United I 11 IS nal true, as la mediation
Flats w hoa compared with that of I hoard asserts, that there Is a shortage
Great Britain. This country pro-1 ot laboJ" lo the lumber industry of
urd only 01.II3 gross tons. torn. wu section au to rexusal of employ
pared with a British total of 1.1C3.474 I tn to adopt th eight-hour day. The
gross tons, thou ah IlriLiah lnduataar i I industry is now employing from 90 to
strained with all other kinds of war! 10 r rent ' ru force, and what-
work and 1U labor supply haa bvenver nortage ex lata is due to with-
epleted by the army's demands. Tho I Jirawai or men for military service
Shipping Board has under requisition I n1 or wrk in shipyards. The un-
nd contract S.zK.SOs deadwelrht I rMl wnicn, tn board says, threaten
tons of shipping, but this is equivalent I renewal In the Spring of the strike of
to only about ..Soa.ooo gross tons! ,ust Summer ts dylug down, and would
and to only 4,500.000 net tons. It I P"ooabIy die out but for the agitation
would about mako good th world's I or miscalled mediation board,
net loss of tonnage lo 1917, and If the I prctlc "conscious withdrawal of
loss In ItM should be only half thaf I "clency Is rapidly decreasing and
of 1917. the entire c&pcctcd new ton-I wor PProaches full efficiency. This
page ef Great Britain and of all other I a due ' '"rest and Indictment of
nations would not make It good. I ledera among th I. XV. W, to the tn-
Yet the necessities of the war re-l,lueIlc or the Loyal Legion of Log-
aulre that the aggregate tonnage ana Lumbermen and to public
available be made equal to that exist, opinion, which strongly condemns "do
ing at the beginning of last year, with ,Bjr ,n Producing tho materials of war,
the addition of enough more to trans. nd which condemns as untimely the
port and supply tbe American Army I ntroduMion of th eight-hour day
in Europe and to carry a larca Dart of "en every man should work to his
the American food and war material I tu 11 Prlty In order to produce war
to the allies. I material In th largest quantity.
All persons engaged In ahlnhulldinr. I T" boards recommendation is di-
hoth employers and workmen, mu.-t be I rectly PP0ed to that of Colono!
filled with the Idea that they are en-1 "i" " cnarge of the great
gaged tn military service, and that worK of producing aircraft spruce and
they should b as diligent In their wno Bald ln statement published In
work as ar Ui soldiers ln th train. Tho Oregon lan:
Ing camps and the trenches. They No matter what O'eWos w com to r-
niust get rid of the thought that they I sardine rcosOUK-n of tha baala ncht-hour
are working for themselves, and must I 2?' ,pI"""'pl,'1,n" government " never
. ....... I Bltnr. reducins th houra actually em-
havc ever-present In thClT aiiadj- UieJ nulU U aredacia, .ar auppli an? ! uT
ber of days, which leads them to work
in a ten-hour mill in preference to an
eight-hour mill paying 60 cents a day
less. The drain of men to tbe ship
yards has been checked by payment
of wages as high, often higher, in the.
sawmills arid logging camps.
The unhealthy social conditions
which prevailed in lumber and logging
camps have been voluntarily remedied
by many employers, who provide good
food, good sleeping quarters, a place
for men to dry clothes and clubrooms
in all new ramps, and are improving
old camps in the same way. Neces-
health an' his eyes has a light
I reckon you'd- f igrger as belrt & cross
between frolic an' fight.
He says it Is physical trainin' they drill
'em in every day
That gives every muscle an' sinew the
keenest activity play
An' fits 'em fur laughin' at hardships
when they git in their work with
guns.
In quellin' the flghtln' ambition of
Kaiser Bill's merciless Huns.
His Uncle bam uniform Ills him as
snug as the bark on a tree
An gives him a soldier appearance
'twould do your or eyes good t
see,
An", take him all "round as I seen him,
in loohin so manly and trun
sity is compelling the unwilling to do There wasn't a man at the barrack
likewise, for there is competition for
men, and men will go where they find
the best conditions of life, all other
things being equal. The most parsi?
monious employer will tear down a
dirty, old bunkhouse and build a clean.
commodious one rather than pay 25
cents a day. higher wages in order to
induce men to put up with poor
quarters.
Because these are the facts the
I. W. W. Is losing its grip. It has
been exposed aa a lawless, disloyal
organization, its leaders have prop
erly been indicted for their lawless
acts, it has fallen under the condem-
that looked any smarter than
Jim.
Right there ln ol' Vancouver Barrack
there 8 thousands o patriot lads
Like Jim that, when called on fur ac
tion '11 honor their mothers an
dads.
An" honor the flag they will fight fur.
-if ever they're given the chance
To play the excitin' gun music to which
the Hun fighters 11 dance,
I'm proud o' that boy of ours, mother,
an proud o the thousands I saw
That 8 there gittln ready fur action,
with plenty o sand in tbe craw,
An" when they git 'way over yonder in
them battle-torn, blood-sprinkled
lands,
nation of publio opinion, and the cause An' Bit into action, the Fritries '11 know
for its "groping fellowship" has been
removed by the conditions which now
prevail. If tha mediation board ts
determined to engage in a propaganda
for . improvement in conditions in the
lumber industry, it would better trans
fer Its activities to the South in order
they've a fight on their hands.
CONDITIO OP side: roads bad
Rural Resident Wants More for High
ways aad Lena (or Vista House.
CORBETT, Or., Feb. 14. (To the Ed
to bring that section up to the stand- itor.) On the rural route running out
ard prevailing in the Pacific North- from Corbett the mallcarrler comes
west. When it has done so and has only twice a week. On account of the
inspired Southern lumbermen with I poor condition of the road he cuts off
readiness to adopt the eight-hour day seven miles of his route. He says the
and to pay the scale of wages prevail- I road is impassable. We would like to
ing la this section, it will find the lum
bermen of the Pacific Northwest readj
to adopt the eight-hour day without
its Intervention. The reason why the
board carefully lets the South. alone
may be found ln the fact that the
chairmen of the most important com
mittees ef Congre&s come from that
section.
It Is twenty years ago that the ex
plosion of the Maine made the Ameri
can people resolve to fight Spain, but
where should we have been if the
British Ambassador had not balked at
the German-Austrian scheme of a Eu
ropean coalition against us? That
event should have shown who was our
true friend and who was our worst
enemy, but it has taken us twenty I should give better results
have the county do some work on it. as
it is a post road. There has been no
work done on it for four years.
The county road fund used to be
$250,000 each year. Then there was
some real work done. New roads were
built and also other roads graveled
and kept repaired.
Iiow there Is over 500,000 in the
road fund and no work done to speak
of. Roads are getting worse all the
time; the culverts are not even cleaned
out.
I see there is to be a maintenance
charge of $10,000 for the Vista House
or the Crown Point comfort station.
If we only could have $9000 for the
post roads and let the other $1000 be
used for the upkeep of the comfort
station at Crown Point that money
wouldn't be wasted. At least that
If it were
years to realize it.
Some editors are born lucky and
others have it spilled on them. Last
week the Union Scout announced in
glaring letters the death of Roosevelt.
This woek the Scout will not acknowl
edge Us error, for the editor of the
Republican has bought the Scout,
used to do some real work on the side
roads it would benefit all the tax
payers. A TAXPAXJSK.
They do things better In France.
Bo!o Pasha gets a death sentence for
plotting peace, but Franz von Rinte-
en got only IS months for trying to
blow up a. ship with all on board.
Von Hertling Is soon to make an
other speech, but the season for ver
bal artillery will soon pass, and tbe I mankind.
n inner License for Dogs.
PORTLAND, Feb. 15.-r(To the Edi
tor.) No doubt Mr. Geer and Mr. Mar
tin in their anti-doe correspondence
had in mind the awakening of the pub
lie conscience resulting in Justice and
mercy being impartially shown to dog
and man. At present the dog and its
owner have all the law on their side.
and their neighbor none, whatsoever.
As lawlessness and nuisance found
sanctuary behind the license of tbe sa
loon traffic, so now the paltry $3 per
annum paid by a dog owner accords
him full protection to abuse and
trample on the God-given rights of
real big guns will talk so loud as to
drown the voices of the orators.
Would it not be a partial solution of
this question if a license of $19 per
annum be granted the sheepowner and
city dweller, which he might stand be
hind, and on the strength of which he
might receive protection from the un
warranted trespass of his neighbor's
Vernon Castle, conscious of his abil
ity, took the chance t avoid collision
with a student, and lost his life. He
ied in the service, aa heroic as If In dog or other pests?
battle and perhaps more. I iany afflicted people would wuiingiy
pay sicn smam sum, ana as u s a poor
i-ii 1 that will nnr wnrlr holh WAV thA
i nero win us a larra-impiemem I oavmunt of said license would, at least.
week next month to order repairs for I accord the same degree of protection
machinery, and why not a shoe-soling I now wholly given the dog and other
week to make business for the cob
blers?
Chaplain Gilbert writes from France
that the old Third Oregon boys are
"crazy for dishcloths and tobacco.'"
That single appeal should be enough.
Those unregistered Germans who
declare themselves citizens of heaven
have mistaken the name of the king
dom over which Satan reigns.
Schneroff. a Bolshevik delegate at Nayy preferred?
the Brest-Litovsk conference, was an
elevator boy ln Ban Francisco. He
bas the "going up" habit.
pests. In some of the Southern states
a dop Is put on trial before a Jury, and
if convicted of sheep-kiiling. pays the
forfeit with its life. FAIRPLAY.
Enlistment by Haa of 42.
PORTLAND. Feb. 15. (To the Edi
tor.) Please tell me if a man of 4!
years, in Joining a branch of the Army
or Navy, can insure by the Government
plan. Also, where can information be
had where a person having had
thorough business training and of the
above age could best do his bit the
ALL DAYS SHOULD BE SMOKELESS
Nothing; In Favor of Tobacco Ualrft,
Says This Observer.
PORTLAND, Feb. 15. To the Ed
itor.) "Every wife knows she could
the more readily conserve it only her
husband would quit tobacco. Ko doubt
of it; but bow about the wives of the
men who make the 'smekes'?" audito
rial in Oregonian.
Thanks for the text.
The housewife is right. Tobacco,
viewed from the standpoint of an eco
nomic waste, is a menace to the coun
try right now. It Is a twin evil with
whisky. While the tobacco product
could not of itself be diverted to any
channel of merit to the human race, the
land on which it is-grown could be used
in the production of foodstuffs and the
labor and capital expended in the prep
aration of tobacco for the market could
be used to increase our efficiency as a
Nation la these perilous times.
If it shall be asked, "How about the
wives of the men who make the
'smokes'?" let us inquire how about the
wives of mea who sold whisky before
this and other staXes adopted prohibi
tion? From a medicinal standpoint ol
view there may be some argument for
the limited use of aleohol in the form
of whisky to quiet the breaking
nerves of the continued user of alco
holic drinks.
The writer never touches whisky and
believes the saloon was always a great,
source of evil to the people. But when
laws are passed and regulations are
made which make it impossible to get
an ounce, ot pure alcohol to bathe the
chafed limbs of a patient in a hospital
and it is required that rank poisons
like lyeol. f ol'maldeh y de, carbolic acid
and bichloride of mercury shall be
compounded with all alcoholic prescrip
tions, in the fear that some poos victim
of alcoholic drink shall get access to
the stuff that invites the kick from a
"white mule," why, even a prohibition
ist must, if he is honest, admit that it is
crowding the mourners just a little bit
too far. The picture Is not overdrawn.
Ask your druggist about it. Ask the
nurse with the blistered bands in the
hospital who administers the mixture.
But tobacco! It hasn't a leg to stand
on. It Is of no economic use what
ever. Tobacco could be put under the
ban -without any great harm to the
health of a single individual in the Na
tion. All people know this to be true.
Nearly all tobacco users will admit it.
We have the authority of a well-known
physician that cigarette smokers are
much more ready victims of pneumonia
than those who leave the coffin nails
alone. If it is of prime importance that
our soldier boys, many of thehi just out
of their teens, shall be rugged, steady
of nerve and strong- of lung, why send
cigarettes to them?
The use of tobacco should be dis
couraged In every way possible. No
pupil of a public school should be per
mitted to use it in any form. The rule
could and should be strictly enforced.
AU tobacco advertisemests in newspa
pers and other periodicals should be
prohibited. The ugly mug of old Joe
and his curling smoke rings and the
fat gent with the cob pipe, in tobacco
advertisements, would then cease to
offend the sight or entice the youth to
take on a habit that is sapping the
young manhood of tbe Nation.
The housewife is dead right. She
"could the more readily conserve" were
it not that ehe is required silently to
witness such a percentage of her ef-'
forts "go up in smoke."
McNATR JONES.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From Tho Oregonfan of February 1. IMS.
Three persons were Instantly killed
and IS were seriously injured In the
latent street railroad accident tn Port
land yesterday at 1:30 o'clock on the
City & Suburban Company electric line
in Upper Albina. The killed were John
and Bertrand Dennis and J. T. John-,
son. ,
Salem The J lan ley Albina bridge bill
veto and the veto of the Jull;xon bill
appropriating $40,000 for tbe mainte
nance, of the Oregon National Guard are
up for consideration. the Portland
charter bill has passed the House about
as H. H. Northup- originally framed it
and the Senate is expected to pass it.
Mr. Cleveland makes formal an
nouncement that Judge Gresham, who
was a member of Arthur's Cabinet and
Republican candidate for President In
1888, will be his Secretary of State. The
appointment stirred up a fuss among
the faithful.
Katherine E. Conway, recently ap .
pointed Public Commissioner of Mas
sachusetts, is one of the editors) of the .
Boston Pilot.
Work on the county bridge at Trout-
dale was resumed Monday and its com
pletion will be hurried.
Payment on Lost Note.
PORTLAND, Feb. 15 (To the Edi
tor.) Please tell me whether if A has
a note against B and A owes C a. bill
and C takqs this note for collection
to settle A s bill with C, C fails to col
lect note and claims to have lost it,
then comes back to collect bill, can A
in the state of -Washington, force C
to recover note or return its equivalent.
or will A lose note entirely and can C
force A to pay the bill before he re
turns the note. SUBSCR1BER.
If A can' prove that the note was
lost through C-s negligence, A can re
cover the value of the note from C. A
w-ill not lose the note, but can recover
from the maker, provided A can show
that the note was lost and can give
proof of its contents. Assuming C did
not accept the note in payment of debt.
C can force A to pay the debt. If A
indorsed the note to C in full payment
of A's debt, C cannot recover of A.
DUE CONSIDERATION I'OJt rrPILS
Not Always Exhibited by Teachers,
Says Father of Pupil.
PORTLAND, Feb. 15. (To the Edi
tor.) I have been olio wing the pro
ceedings of the controversy at Jeffer-.
son High School of the S. C. May and
Himple case and am in perfect accord
with the decision in the case, as it is
certainly a decision in favor of dis-.
cipline in the schools. Still I do not
think instructors use the besX. Judg-.
ment in some cases.
I was interested in the matter of the.
objection of the pupil to the use of the
surname as to addresaiug him in class.
While I do not think this is a. serious
objection for the male pupil. I do think,
it very objectionable in the case of a
girl pupil. .
I am the father of Three pupils going
to Washington Hifh School. A few
days ago my youugest girl, 14, was
graduated from the grammar school
and entered the high school. As in the
case in most instances, ehe was very
nervous the day of entrance. .She was
addressed in the manner stated and
asked to recite on a subject she was
totally in ignorance about, not being
prepared for it in the grammar echool.
She was made to stand for several min
utes before the class.
This shows no consideration or Judg
ment by the teacher for a pupil just
entering high school. This is not the
only case that I am personally aware
of. My daughter wished to discontinue
going, and we had to persuade her to
start the next morning. This method
of procedure in the schools certainly
should be corrected.
I am one of the fathers who do not
think the teachers in the high schools
are infallible and think tbe taxpayers
who pay their ealaries and the parent-
teacher associations should make ob
jection eo that this method may bs
corrected. G. C. TICHENOR.
Delay f Allotment).
EUGENE, Or., Feb. 14. (To the Edi
tor.) My son, who contributed regular
ly to my support before enlistment, has
had the usual $15 held by the Govern
ment from his pay since November for
my benefit.- When and by whom" will
this be paid? . A MOTHER.
The warrant hould have been mailed
to you from Washington ere this. Dis
patches disclose a congestion ln the
bureau having such matters in hand.
and further delays in many Instances
because of insufficient addresses. Write
to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance,
Treasury Department, Washington,
D. C stating fully the name ef your
on and his unit and branch of service.
With Tr. Morrow's derby In the
ring, other capdidates for Peraorratic
National Cpmmittee will peed sit up
and take nourishment.
CONSTANJ READER.
A man of 42 is eligible only for the
Naval or Army reserve. Send a resume
of your qualifications and experience
to the commandant. 13th Naval Dis
trict, Bremertoh, Wash... stating that
you wish to do your bit ln some niche
of tbe service open to you. Tou can In
sure If placed on duty.
Low Temperature in Valley. '
MARCOLA, Or.. Feb. 14. (To the
Editor.) (1) Jn order to settle a dis
pute will you publish in your columns
Many men must bo shaking In their I the lowest temperature on record for
shoes since the packers" card index of I the Willamette VaJley? (2) What is the
public men was seized by the Govern- rre" pronunciation me
Coquilla and Bolsheviki?
menu , I am r'r r, w; T D c r"j3 iDTrn
No doubt the Navy will be proud to
number a man who by enlisting avoids
punishment for treading in the eternal
triangle.
Fatalities in automobile collisions! (1) The lowest temperature on rec-
are o frequent as to become common-lord for the Willamette Valley is C de-
place news items.
edy.
It Is Seattle's turn for the fiendish
gloat. There is a ban on a hundred
miscellaneous shops of Tacoma.
Yet each is a trag- I grecs below zerq. It w as registered at
Salem soma time prior to 18??, in Feb
ruary.
t2) Coquille is pronounced Ko-Keel,
with the accent on lat syllable. Bolshe
viki is pronounced Ball-sh'-vee-ke.
Death is easy fate for Bolo Pasha.
He were better on Devil's Island, to
suffer long punishment.
There's example for California Re
publicans in Indiana.
Efficiency must reach right down, to
the tarbage man
Peeslon s Cited.
SEATTLE, Feb. 14. (To the Editor.)
Please cite me the decision of the
Oregon Supreme Court in which it was
decided that the market block could bs
used for the Auditorium.
S. B. STEWART.
Lang vs. FprtUnd (li7 Fas. J78) 75
Ore., p. 353, .
Ages In Naval Academy.
DALLAS, Or.. Feb. 14. (To the Edi
tor.) Pleu.se tell me where I can ob
tain information as to appointments to
the United States Naval Academy and
get pamphlets and circulars about life
in the Navy and different branches of
the service.
Is it possible for a boy of 15 who has
a freshman or first-year education in a
high school to enter the Naval Academy
provided he is able to obtain an ap .
pointment?
What are the chances for promotion
if he goes to the training school at
Goat Island? Or do they take boys
under 17? A STUDENT.
Tou can best obtain information re
garding Navy branches of service by
writing to the Commandant, 13th Naval
District, Bremerton, Wash. Informa
tion as to possible appointments to the
Naval Academy may be obtained from
your Congressman. You have no chance
at such an appointment until 17. By
enlisting as an apprentice seaman at;
the age of 18 you would have a chance
to take the examinations given every
year to such of these boys as wish to
try for entrance into the Naval
Academy. You cannot go to tha train
ing school until you become IS.
"Aere Square."
UNION, Or., Feb. 16. (To the Edi
tor.) To settle a dispule, please an
swer the following question: What Is
the difference between a square acre
and an acre square, or can an acre
be thrown into an absolute square?
MARTIN CONWAL
Acre Is not a linear measurement,
consequently there is no such thing as
an acre square. An acre is 43,560
square feet, and the square root of
this would represent the linear meas
ure of a pquare containing an acre.
BRAVE DEEDS OF AMERICAN FIGHTERS IN THE WOULD WAR
TOLD BY
The SUNDA Y OREGONIAN
Have the lads of America forgotten the dash and daring of Civil
War days, the gallant brayado and fighting spirit of the colonists?
Writing in The Sunday Oregonian, in a special contribution, Phillip.
Wayne answers this question with thrilling incidents .of battle in
the world war where American boys upheld the traditions of the
Nation, at sea, on No Man's Land, and in fights in the clouds. This
is a story to make you throw back your head, to set your heart racing,
and to make you proud of your birthright. Read it.
Famous "Aces' of the Air. In the argp, of the aviator, an "ace"
is a skyfighter who has brought down five enemy planes. Boys, for
the most part, are these daring birdmen who fight for democracy
in the cloud zones, where the earth has dwindled to a toy relief map.
In the Sunday issue, with photographs, is a story about eight "aces,"
who have given account for more than 200 Prussian planes.
As to War and Warriors It is Caesar and Bonaparte who hold
discourse in the House Boat on the Btyx, tomorrow in the Sunday
paper, concerning the ethics of modern warfare as exemplified by
Hindenburg, That they should clash with Frederick the Great lends
further cpice to this cleverest of satires.
Story pf Heroic Suzanne Silvercruys She is a Belgian girl, who
fled from the homeland to America, with the taunt of her Teuton tor
mentors ringing in her ears "You'll never see your mother and father
.again." Now she is helping Belgium from America knitting, sewing,
' packing clothes for the soldiers and the sorrowful. In an interview in
The Sunday Oregonian she discloses the truth about German "kultur"
as portrayed by the Kaiser's officers and men.
Mobilizing the Railways At a time when all America has been
thoroughly awakened to the brunt of battle that is borne by the rail
ways of America, this enlightening article from Frank G. Carpenter
is most timely. He tells how Uncle Sam has tackled the big job,
relates his progress and forecasts the result.
Have You Met Tom Sawyer? A week or so ago, Tom Sawyer, with
Huck Finn and their many pals of boyhood, entered the Sunday paper's
comic section. The success of the new feature has been instantaneous
with young and old. If you haven't met Tom Sawyer, that inimitable
boy of Mark Twain's, you should do bo tomorrow.
Church and School Two departments of the Sunday issue, each a
full page, are devoted to news of Portland's churches and schools and
to announcements.
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