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THE MOKXIXG OREGOXIAST, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1918.
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cost to the country of illiteracy is
It.OOO.OOO a year. Tan per cant of
residents of the rural districts are
Illiterate. Ho far aa they are unable
to read a farm paper, a bulletin on
agriculture, a food pledge card or a
liberty loan appeal, the quality of their
economic eervtre to the country, as
well as of their citizenship, ts below
par.
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rOBTt-OD. Tl IMltT. MARCH ff. ISIS.
or JOB.
' Tha armies of the allies may t times
fee defeated la battle, but tha allies are
not dWktel. Not now, nor ever.
A aoMier of Krance has Juat said
that there, is somethlnc between th
Kataer's irrar armies and I 'aria some
thing- besides runs, trenches, tank.
f.rtlfl.-atlona and fichtlnr men. It
tha unconquerable soul of France, the
unconquerable soul of Ureat Ilrttatn.
tha unconquerable soul of America.
A million ITuwuans may crush ha!
a million ralUnt Urttona, renchmen,
and Americans and hew their bloody
way to iarls. and than on to tha sea-
ro4t, overrunning France and niakintr
ready to InTa.le F.ngUnd. Tct the
war will not ba lost. It will not be
lost until Great Krltaln. France and
America are beaten; and they will not
ba beaten until they are ready to ac
cept Orman dominion of the world,
lias any one In America any such
craven ijaar Incredible and incon
ce'vable.
Tha Orerc-ntan does not think that
tha (errmans will take ran, and it La
ronltdent that tha allies will stem the
tide, and strike at tha nrht time.
There Is no panic, no demoralisation,
no failure, no misunderstanding, no
I oi of morale. All Is. or will b. well,
doubtless. But let us face the jrlm
farts.
Mora than aver It 1 clear that the
lob of defeating Germany crows
larr-r. Instead of smaller; and that It
t our Job. no leas than Great Krltaln',
France's and Italy's. Wo shall not
filter.
Tha German advance and Its san
rulnary results coma at a food time
tor the Third Liberty Loan. It will
help materially.
Yet there are some Americans who
think tha work of raisins; money to
support the war i not for them. It Is
for them. It Is for everybody. It can
not bo delegated to one's Government
or to Ms neighbor. When every
American reaches the point where he
recards the war as hts war, and not
merely the Government's war. nor the
people's war. It will be half won. The
re-t will be as a matter of course.
The captain of the various sub
divisions for the Third liberty Loan
in I'ortland and Orecon are asklns;
for volunteer aid.. It Is a call to
duty. It cannot be lrnored. It Is
patriotic service, for America's cause.
and no excuses of private business or
obi.sutiona are valid.
A MISTAKE.
Tha Fortland Board of Censors has
(ranted a permit to the motion pic
ture "Ilirth of a Nation" on the
sround that a film production which
had twice before been licensed In the
city could not now be objectionable.
The lode of the censors Is perfect,
quite perfect, considered In Its aspect
of total Indifference ato all considera
tions of public policy and world his
tory of the past year. Tha same Im
peccable reason ina; would lead the
board to Insist that tha German pic
tures, presented here a year or more
aro. under the auspices of some Ger
manic onranlxation. showlns; the hlrh
prowess of Prussian arms, and. doubt
less, the Impeccable Integrity of Ger
man purposes, should alao ba prtvl
lered to appear.
The "Mirth of a Nation" Is !i
tlnrtly offensive to a larre proportion
of American people free cltlsena, but
black. Just now Is, or ouicht to be.
the period of complete concord among
all Americans of every birth, race,
creed and color, and there Is. or ought
to be. a distinct duty of suppression
or forgetful ness of all Issues, opinions.
prejudices and barriers which have
heretofore divided them. Anything
which tends to revive them and to
promote domestic discord Is. to put It
mildly, an error.
than to get out In the open air of the
country and enjoy tha beauties of
nature. The fact seems to be that
tha soldier Is getting- about all the
"open air" he needs, with his drills
and bis practical exercises and his
cross-country hikes, but tha business
of sitting on a bench or on the edge
of a bunk grows monotonous, and
there is a dead-level of sameness about
the Interior of a tent or a barracks
that palls on one after a time. So
the host who Is really concerned with
the comfort of his guests will be serv,
ing the highest purpose If he simply
furnishes them with comfortable
chairs with backs to them and leaves
them to their own resources, and does
not expect them to be Interested in the
fields and barns.
AnriT ii.i.rrTK.trT.
The full extent of adult Illiteracy In
the lotted Slates, which boasted, in
DM. an enrollment In all Its schools,
public ami private, of :3.Si.M0. Is
only begmninr to be ImpresseJ upon
u. by certain httrhly significant occur
rences in the uitl.tary cantonments.
Secretary I-ane. of the Interior I-e-partment.
ha summarized the sta
t!t:r of adult illiteracy In a letter to
the ITest.lcnt In advocacy of a modest
appropriation for the Federal Ilureau
f Fiiuratton. The figures will amaze
those who have not previously given
thought to the subject.
There were in the country, when the
census of 1)10 was taken, more than
.00.00t Illiterates 20 years old and
over. This was eual to the total
population of tho twelve states of
'.iI;forni.. Oregon. Washington. Mon
tana. I'laho, Wyoming, t'olorado. L'tah.
Nevada. Arizona. New Mrxlro and
Is-Iaware. There are nearly 700.000
men of draft age. and who. preaum
aMy. are registered, who cannot read
or write i-iijUsh or any other lan
guage.
I'ntil the selective service act was
passed the I'nitcd fates Army did not
enlist Illiterate. Itut the first draft
oiled to the colors between 30.000 and
40. 0e Illiterates and approximately
an equal number of near-illiterates.
The Illiterates cannot sign their names,
or read the manual of arms or tha
orders posted on the bulletin board,
and cannot understand signals or fol
low the signal corps tn time of battle.
Presl-lent Flnley. of the Cnlversity
of tha Mate of New Tork. told In a
recent speech what had Impressed him
most In the course of a visit to one of
the great cantonments of the National
Army. A group of soldiers In one of
the evening schools were practicing
the challenge when on sentry duty.
K.irh pupil shouldered In turn a long-l.andle-l
stove shovel whtrh did duty
a a rir. and aimed It at the instruc
tor, calling out In broken speech.
-!ta!t: Who goes there?" Th an
swer came froc the teacher. "Friend."
Tliere followed a struggle to voire the
word, "Advance and give tha coun
tersign." f tha desperate earnest
r. of the pupils there was no ques
tion, but It was hard, uphill work.
These men have a long road to travel
before they will ba able to read the
history, the Constitution and the laws
of the United States) with understand
ing. Nor Is the problem, as has been
assumed by some? entirely one of for
eign Immigration. (f the entire num
ber of Illiterates tn the country. l.iOO.-
00 are native-born whites and more
than 40 per cent are negroes, chirflv
of the Southern states. If the adult
Illiterate of the country were formed
in double ltne. at Intervals of three
f-et. It would take them, marching
twenty-five miles a day. nearly two
months to pass a given point.
Aside from the desirability of lit
eracy as a factor In promoting under
..indiDg of our National aims, which
rfovelop patriotism, the economic side
is Important. Fifty rents a day ts
probably a conservative estimate of
tha decreased labor value of an Illiter
ate person. Tct this Indicates thai the
TTIt? DITT OF WlVOsrj.
Wisconsin la railed upon to vindi
cate Its loyalty before tha American
people, for tha action of Senator I .a
Follette, tha heavy vota cast at the
Senatorial primary for the openly dis
loyal Merger and tho close vote of the
Republicans between Lenroot and the
pro-1 at Follette Thompson have placed
Its loyally in doubt. These farts give
every other state an Interest In the
election, and give every other state a
right to tell Wisconsin Its duty.
Although 1 ai root has been held out
as the loyal candidate, ha la not any
too loyal. If a summary of his war
record In Congress by the Chicago
Kvenlng Post be correct. He flirted
with pro-Germanism by publicly urg
ing an embargo on experts of arms.
He voted for tha Mcl-eniore resolution
warning Americans off the seas. Last
March he opposed a declaration of
war against Germany.
I-enroot's platform Is denounced by
he loyal Milwaukee Journal as "cold
nd bloodless," with "no direct con
emnatlnn of pro-Germanism, do ring
ing word upholding tha righteousness
f America's causa In the war." It
avoids being specific, and. therefore.
cannot offend even tha most radical
pro-German."
Though Lenroot's Americanism Is
thus not by any means 100 per rent.
he heavy vote cast in the Republican
rimanes Indicates thajt tha disloyal
I emocrats Invaded tha other party for
he purpose of nominating his rival.
Thompson. Many of these men may
ransfer their votes to Merger at the
lection and Increase danger of his
election in a close, three-cornered eon-
test.
In these circumstances there Is but
one plain course for the loyal Ilepub-
icans to pursue. Davies. the Demo
cratlc nominee, has proved himself to
be 100 per rent American. There Is
o doubt of hts loyalty. Republican
hould forget party and vote for
Ia vies. The occasion demands some
thing much better than a close vote
ith a small majority for American
Ism; nothing will suffice but an over
whelming majority which will smother
pro-Germanism. By helping to bring
about this result. Republicans will
render a service due their country
and their state, and. Incidentally, they
will render a service to their party
by taking tha most effective means to
purge tt of the taint of pro-Ger
manism.
Wisconsin owes this to the country.
If It should fail, the Union will in
spirit consist of only forty-seven states
with an Island of Kaiserism In their
midst- To our allies, who are shedding
their blood In torrents for democracy,
the Nation owes the heartening spec
tncle of forty-eight states presenting
a solid front to the common enemy
and defying all his efforts to divide us.
a 7-mile cry.
Tha marvel of a gun that will cast
a projectile a distance of seventy-six
miles may not be fully realized by
(hose who merely read the figures. If
we Imagine a gun of that capability
located In Portland the full effect of
Its power may be better understood.
But wa are In the habit of judging
distances by the route traveled be
tween places by rail or highway. A
statement of tha real facts, when one
considers straight-dine distances, makes
its prowess seem all the more incon
ceivable. Fuch a gun. located In Portland,
could overshoot Astoria and Seaside
on the west and land projectiles in or
near Fort Stevens. It could overshoot
The Ialles on the east. Its shells
could ba mad to fall in the Warm
ftpiings Indian reservation or In the
wheat fields of Wasco County. It
could bombard Albany and Corvallis
on the south and still not attain its
maximum range of seventy-six miles.
I'ortland would be within the range
of a similar gun placed on the top of
Mount Jefferson.
There are many elements that enter
Into range calculations. Even if
science and mathematics could over
come them with exactness they would
necessarily fall short of accomplishing
maximum results unless observance
of hits and reports back to the gun
ners were possible. The difficulties of
observation and report by airplane
at such distances are apparent and by
ny other means Insurmountable.
Probably the gun can be effectively
used at such distances only against a
very large target where Its shells
would do soma damage, no matter
where they hit.
The new German weapon has been
termed a "political gun." The term
seems to carry with It a reasonable
explanation of Its purpose. That pur
pose Is to shatter the morale of the
enemy and to enable the Germans to
encourage their own people with re
ports that Paris la being bombarded
by our guns."
emulation of future generations. But
for their deeds the efforts of tha men
who conducted tha controversies cul
minating in war might have been bar.
ren of result. A compromise with
King George to avoid war might have
continued the present United States
as struggling, discontented but cowed
colonies, having no attraction for the
millions of immigrants who have
come. Submission to British arro
gance at sea might have dwarfed our
growth, and failure to annex Cali
fornia would have doomed us to one
sided growth with a long. Inland fron
tier towards a turbulent neighbor.
Our wars have, been necessary to
our National development and the
chief actors in them should be given
the rank to which that fact entitles
them, and should not be relegated to
a place 'with the military chiefs of
predatory kings. The schools should
be supplied with new, well-balanced
histories, which place our wars in
their true relation to our National
life, which relate their course In the
detail which their Importance de
crrr is treasure store of art
Works" la Venice la Danger (
Dtftractlai by Hows.
ALBANT, Or., March 24. (To the Ed
itor.) I noticed a few days ago that
the "four bronzed horses" had been suc
cessfully removed from Venice to Home
for safety against the bomb attacks of
the Germans. The four bronzed horses
once adorned Nero's golden chariot of
the sun at Rome, and were taken from
the ".Eternal City" to Constantinople.
They were afterwards taken from Con
stantinople by the conquering Doges
of Venice, and from Venice, Napoleon I
took them to Paris. After the battle of
Waterloo they were once more taken to I ..,,j, j v i i
erraced the doorways of the iamous
FALSE PROPHETS ARE SCORED
Proa-Bowrieatioa of Revelator Not Ap
plicable to War.
PORTLAND. March 24. (To the Ed
itor.) I have noted several letters from
your readers referring to the "43
month" prophecy of the Revelator. In
The Oregonian March 12 "Widow Farm
er" goes to some length to show the
period of time covered by this prophecy.
However, we need go no farther than
the Revelator himself to see the exact
lengths of these months. Too many of
us develop Into "prophets" rather than
church of St. Marks. Now Venice, the
beautiful city, being practically de
fenseless. Is being bombed, u appears,
for no other purpose than to destroy
tho magnificent works of art, so dear
to the Italians, and. so prized by the
lovers of art thai world over.
Venice, with its CSrand Canal, which
is its princely avenue bordered ori either
sid? by marb.e palaces, and lamoui
churches, attesting the magnificence of
mands and which nicture our military bygone days, so beautiful, like a vision
and naval leaders, not as glorified ln some happy dreams! Venice. r.sre
pugilists, but as men whoso lives and
abilities were given to their country.
STAMPS AND BONDS.
Experience of Great Britain, where
the thrift-stamp Idea originated early
in the war. has indicated that there is
no conflict between the war-savings
certificate and the sale of bonds of
larger denominations. In that coun
try it has been discovered that the m."b."'.?d or'
the traveler may view the place in
which Byron lived; the house of the
Doge Dandalo, conqueror of Constanti
nople; the palace of Marino Falieri; the
piazxa of Ban Marco, and close by ".lie
Piazetta! Here in this Plazetta stand
the ncble granite columns brought from
the Greek Islands as a trophy of the
Venetian conquest of 1127.
Close by is the magnificent palace of
the Doges; and here, too, is the famous
Rialto bridge, b
appeal of the two forms of security
ourselves ln absurdities, and to ; pply
the prophecy ln question to the pres
ent war would require some stretch
of the imagination. Let us first read
the passage, and to get the full details
we take the Greek text Rev. xiii:5-7.
"And there was given him a mouth."
speaking great and blasphemous things,
and authority was given him to act
forty-two months, and he opened his
mouth in blasphemies against God to
blaspheme his name and bis tabernacle,
and those who tabernacle in heaven,
and It was given him to make war with
the saints, and to overcome them, and
authority was given him over every
tribe and people and language and na
tion." Now to apply this to the present war
we must have on one side "saints" and
the other side warring against the
"saints." Now, "hands up," everybody
that believes the Kaiser and his army
are saints! What, not a one that will
uilt entirely of white fBr".' " . ""'
isting of a slnjle aich have they not proven themselves most
..k unsaintly? 1 also fear that there are
In Other Days.
,. 1 158 feet In length. Near this orwge
was the first bank of deposit the wend
m 10 iwo umereni classes or people. h.rt known for Vr. e then h.l.t in h..r
inere is. indeed, notning incompatible control the conr.melal businesa of tne
between Investment in stamps and in civilized world. Hera on the Rialto
bonds by the same Individual. The I bridge was sold the first newspaper
bond offers opportunity for saving on9Vcr BO''1 'n the world, bartered for a
a rather larirer acala .nd for invest, coin called Gazetta, from which has
mcnt ln units of fifty dollars and up
wards, while thrift stamps, merging
into the war savings certificate, take
care of the nickels, dimes and quar
ters.
grown the word Gazette. Here Is the
church of St. Mark, which has stood for
over 800 years, with its famous mosaic
art; here is the Bridge of Sighs, de
scribed by. Dickens in his pictures of
Italy, recalled also by the immortal
TIIR MORAL Or THE BIG BRIDGE.
Tha financial returns on the Bret
year's operations of the Interstate
bridge present a powerful argument
for Improved means of transportation.
When the bridge was planned It was
not expected that tha Income from
tolls would be sufficient to pay IntereM
on bond. In addition to operation and
maintenance expenses, until several
years after It had been opened. While
it was being financed and built traflic
grew, and existence of I he bridge de
veloped a vast Increase of traffic whlrh
not only took up the slack between
expected Income and outgo, but left
a profit of 143. S00 after paying Inter
est on bonds. Tha doubt was so seri
ous whether the bridge would earn
interest that tha state of Oregon was
called upon to guarantee Interest, but
this proves to aavg been utterly un
necessary. Kxperlenca with this bridgo la true
of any really useful public Improve
ment. Its very presence develops
traClc or business for It and thereby
provide money to pay Interest on Its
cost. This Is true of paved highways.
as California has abundantly proved.
They reduce tha cost of transportation
on farm products, adding to the farm
er's profit and creating a margin for
reduced cost to the consumer when
ever production Increases. They lower
the coat of what tha farmer buys, and
oukkt him. to a degree Independent of
railroads. They Increase travel, thus
bringing business to the country towns,
which in turn buy more from the
farmer. All of these factors are re
flected In Increased production and
profit on the farm, consequently In
higher value of farm land, which
quickly absorbs any additional tag to
build and maintain good mads.
The conclusion is plain that the only
economical roads for everybody are
good road, and the only extravagant
roads are bad roads. Any man who
votes against good roads ln the belief
that they will cost more money than
bad roads actually votes against his
own Interest, for ha votes to take
money out of hts pocket.
Tha spirit of American hospitality
has nowhere been better demonstrated
than by the farmers in the vicinity of
cantonments and Army posts, who ln
Increasing numbers are providing for
the entertainment of tha men during
tha rest periods afforded to the latter.
Hut it has developed a curious fact.
which Is that tha men welcome theae-
excurslons mora for the opportunity
to sit in a real chair ln a real house
UlSTORT AS IT SHOri.D BK WRITTEN
Discussion of tha American histories
now used In tha schools has grow
ut of the reaction from the old
style history, which dealt with kings,
dynasties, and their wars and de
creea. paying slight attention to th
condition of the people and their so
ial. economic and Industrial progres:
This reaction produced books
which "Green's Short History of th
Knglish People ' Is the most strikin
example. In which kings and wurs are
subordinated and in which the peopl
are the chief consideration. War ha
caused another reaction, a demand
now being made that prominence be
given to past wars, to the story
battles qnd to the great Generals an
deeds of personal heroism which they
developed.
One of tha best examples of th
non-military typo of history is that
of Charles Manfred Thompson, a pro
fessor at the University of Illinois
Unlike Muzzeys work. It does not
purport to be a general history, fo
its sub-title. "Political, Industrial, So
cial." conveys that it is designed to
deal mora particularly with those
phases of National life. For this rea
son It devotes even less space to wars
than does Murrey's, briefly summar
ixing them ln order to link them up
and to show their influence on the
peaceful phases of our history. The
progress of occupation of the conti
nent "is admirably shown, and each
topic, such as migration to the West,
immigration, land, irrigation, slavery,
finance, tariff and so on. Is treated
without bias, each side of a contro
versy being fairly explained. For the
purpose with which It Is written, the
book has great value, and presents a
welcome contrast to Aluzzey's travesty
on history.
But the times call for a history
which will strike the happy mean be
tween the two extremes. Anti-mill
tarlsts have fallen into the. error of
confusing the wars which mark
stages in the progress of a democratic
nation with tha wars which merely
marked the territorial greed and dy
nastic quarrels of despotic monarchs.
The Revolutionary War left an Im
press on the life of mankind far
deeper thkn did the wars of I.ouls
XIV, for It put In successful opera
tion the democratic system of gov
ernment, which has since spread to all
continents. The Nation which it
brought Into being promises to be the
deciding factor In the present death
struggle between democracy and au
tocracy, and to be the arbiter In the
settlement which will follow. Hence
George Washington was a much
greater character ln world history
han Marshal Turenne, and the slight
ncldents by which the tide of battle
was turned ln America have a direct
hearing on the course of that hts to re
viewed In this light. Paul Revere is
much more than a daring, adventur
ous young man: he Is the man whote
rtdo to Lexington put the match to
ha powder train which has set the
fires of democracy consuming tyranny
the world over.
The war of 1811 then appears, not
aa a contest over maritime rights, but
as the conflict by which the young
Nation compelled recognition of its
full and equal status as a Nation. The
Mexican War figures not as a contest
for a patch of territory in the South
west, but as the final, forcible spread
ing out of a vigorous, growing people
which could find elbow room only ln
tha breadth of a continent. In the
same light we may view the Civil ,
War as the decision to cut out the
last Institution which contradicted
democratic Ideals and to remove the
last doubt that we are a Nation,
rather than a loosely joined bundle of
states.
The new historians Incline to treat
wars as Interruptions in the orderly
course of political, industrial and so
cial progress, which should be passed
over lightly aa rather discreditable
episodes. In fact, they are the cli
max to which the events of the pre
ceding epoch lead up, and they mark
great leaps forward after removal of
obstacles from the path. Then the
men of genius, daring and self-sacrifice
whom these wars brought to the
front are worthy of all the homage
they have received, and their deeds
are worthy to be recorded for the
One of the amazing phases of the "nes of Byron, In his third Canto of
st.-imn ramnaicm in th. initeri stateM Chllde Harold. Here is the Ducal Pal
has been the bold it has taken upon fc" frn,!n? on 5a. ,,Pla"tta' TU5 ,'-ts.
.,,. . . j bronsed fixtures of Venetian art of 250
the children. "1 oungsters of tender year, ago , , th, dutance the mar.
years have contributed very largely to b ,tep, of th. Giant's Staircase, with
tho success of the stamp campaign, the Colossal statues of Mars and Nep-
We were a little slow ln getting under tune decorating It, and here the Doges
way, but now that the boys and girls of Venice were crowned. Byron refers
have taken hold real progress is be- lo tnls Palace in nis tragedy or "MaTlno
ino- ,.nrt. T.ni it i. rn Falieri. Here also is tire "Golden Stair
,,. ,..' ! I way" and scores of other famous works
money has been pouring into the ' , . . . M , , . ,
"r"u" l" o-.uuu.uuu a tribution grows wearisome
day. This sum, large as it la, is not it is to be hoped that Venice, the
tne ultimate to De a eM red. it was beautiful, may be spared from its at
hoped that the total yield for the year I tempted wanton and inexcusaole de
would be S2.000.000.000. And In an- "ruction.
other month. If rtr.inu Increase, in OUKUJU W1U.1AM WRIGHT.
the ratio maintained in the past, the
two-billion pace will have been set. DANDELION HAS MAX V VIRTUES
Two million dollars a day Is a good
deal of money, but It Is only two cental Leave, Roots and Blossoms Serve Uae-
a day for each person ln the United fnl Purposes, Says Writer.
States. The total of two billions asked PORTLAND. March 25. (To the Edi
tor ln the entire year la only twenty tor.) Some editorial writer on The
dollars per capita. It is significant f Oregonian seems not to be at all in
that the average rate of small savings Iov with the dandelion, questions its
has mounted steadily while prepara- u1' " wouio oaman ii irom me
tions for the liberty loan drive have
been going on. This means that the
earth as a useless weed.
More than one futile crusade has
been organized against the dandelion
a
of
lesson of thrift Is taking hold. The based on ttu Tcomplaint that it
stamp movement snouia gain impetus nestiferous weed in lawns. This Is
from the larger drive. Both the course, a matter of Individual ODinion
nickels and the dollars are going to I but many persons hold that its masses
count ln the winning of the war. I of golden bloom In early Spring, when
there is a scarcity of other flowers,
Th. Ilnnlvnu mfc ,m cvmvi;iiic lor j uci.1 .-
for, and sometimes the corrector is to den8e turf or a rich BOj, wlll do mucn
blame ln errors that make for humor. , -radicate or exclude it. Contrary to
The latest issue of The Dalles Optimist general belief. It can be killed in moBt
bears testimony ln saying: "Circuit cases if it be cut off level with the
Judge Wilson, deceased, has announced I ground. If this is not effective a drop
hi candidacy. There will probably of kerosene applied with a springtop
be no opposition to him." Of course " can win ao iu
ih.n will imi fn- n. w ,nnnt.H xne aanaeuon nas Doin oeauiy ana
. mi th r t,.h w i k,h utlity and to exterminate it. were this
& I nnaal HI a. wtAii 1 si to. a asDva m i of Lr aa
oeceaaea. ana reaa ngm along Q( tne attractiveness of the bloom there
rivi't, ui,Ur.au.uu:,,s. -an be OUest on. Attent velr con
sidered it will be seen that it Is a
odel of symmetry.
worked six. hours a -day and spent " 01 no tJury ln lle nay ileitis
the rest of their time making speeches nd as pasture feed it increases the
,,- h ti-. . .ii, flow of milk and improves Its quality.
will not have so much time to talk
when working twelve hours a day for
Tons of the leaves are boiled as
"greens" and afford a most palatable
the Germans. It is to be hoped that and wholesome food to be had for the
they will "do a powerful sight of gathering. Large quantities are also
thinking," which may lead to the con- salted for Winter use.
elusion that their bourgeois employers
are not such bad fellows after all.
The roots serve as a tolerable sub
stitute for coffee and are reputed to be
of medicinal value In cases of disor
dered liver. The seeds are eaten by
poultry and even the flowers are oc
casionally utilized.
Coming as the bloom does in the
Attention of those persons who are
Circulating wild stories of Intemper
ance among American soldiers ln
France Is respectfully called to the! early Spring, preceding fruit bloom. It
statement of Mrs. J. Borden Harriman is a most valuable plant for bees. Al
on her return "I did not see a single though it yields but little honey. It
American soldier or officer who was arroros a large amount m poiien at a
intoxicated in my travels." The only tlme wnn reauiro a rich nltro-
pcople who can be pleased by such SUr, InTaVp' weather the
head closes so that there is but little
visible except a protecting whorl of
That long-range gun seems over- green bracts. The pollen and nectar
powering until we recall that the same are thus sheltered from dew and rain
mpression prevailed about the forty- I The pollen Is abundant, the grains are
two-centimeter howitzer until the Ger- large, many-sided and spinose ana so
mans wore beaten at the Mane, the 'irmly do they hold together that bees
some among the allies who would not
fall in the classification of "Baints of
the Most High God," but, still trying to
apply this prophecy to this war, try
putting the Kaiser -on the other ide
and the allies as "saints." Then the
saints (allies) are to be "overcome"
(by the Kaiser' and authority will be
given him (the Kaiaer) over every
tribe and people and language and na
tion. And, continuing the prophecy. It
would follow that they would "wor
ship" him. Now, how many believe
that that will ever be fulfilled? Not
one of us. We will admit that the
Kaiser has spoken blasphemous things
against the Most High God, by claiming
that God is a partner of his most atro
cious crimes, and that he has acted al
ready for 42 months, but this prophecy
does not have any application to this
war nor any other literal national
wars. It refers to exactly the same
events and the same period of time as
Revelation xii:6 and xii:4. The 42
months are Jewish months, as John
was a Jew and recognized the Jewish
lunar calender, also our Lord, by whom
the revelation was given, had been, as
a man, born under the Jewish law, and
therefore the 42 months equal 1260
days, there being 30 days in the Jewish
month. This is the period of time spe
cifically mentioned in Revelation xii:S,
while the 14th verse gives the. period
as "time, times and a dividing of
times." A time is a Jewish year of 12
months of 30 days or 360 days, there
fore time equals 360 days, times 2x360
equals 720 days, and dividing of time
one-half of 360, equals 180 days, a total
of 1260 days. Daniel xii:7 gives a pic
ture of the same period and the same
length of time is found there.
A little reflection on the matter shows
the absurdity of trying to force this
prophecy to fit the present situation.
and especially so wnen it nas already
been fulfilled in agreement with the
words spoken. READtK.
Tweaty-flve Years Ago.
From The Oregonian, March 26, 1893.
Washington. Emanuel Myers today
filed his application for appointment as
Collector of Customs at Portland, as
well as his indorsements, thus changing
the situation as to that position.
Charles It Gove shot and seriously
wounded Conrad J. Smith last night
and then shot and killed himself, be
cause of a woman.
Dr. J. S. Glltner has returned from a
trip to the Kast.
Rev. David Wentzel, pastor' of the
First Christian Church, has tendered
his resignation to accept a pastorate
elsewhere.
The orchestra music at Sunday
school. Centenary Church, is fine. ,
Half a Century Ago.
From Tho Oregonian, March 26, 1S6&
W. Baker and George Coggan & Co.,
have issued a prospectus for a new
paper to be published at La Grande, to
be called the Blue Mountain Times, the
first issue to be printed April 10. '
W. T. Newby, representing tha board
of directors of the West Central Rail
road, is here seeking an additional $25,
000 to survey through the passes south
of the city.
The Oregonian has only one growl at
the Salem papers they nearly always
arrive late these days.
J. It Stinson will talk at Oro Pino
Hall tonight on "The Downfall of the-Nation."
EN RAPPORT.
AJsne, Verdun, the Somme, Chemin
des Dames, Vlmy ridge, Messines
ridge, Ypres and Cambrai. The allies
came back then, and they can come
back again.
can carry large packets of them.
This plant has been called only a
pest, but it Is a most precious gift in
making poor, almost barren soil a
'land flowing with milk and honey
'and both at the samo time.
OB5EKV1SK.
In treating with the Chinese bandits!
for the American engineers, this Gov- I
rnment must go past the Chinese offi
cials and get the men. China after
ward can and will save its face byi
American Porta In France.
New Tork Times' Review of Books,
In his "Young France and New Amer
ica." Pierre de Lanux traces and insists
illlng the bandits, or others just as I upon the profound Influence which Walt
well. The main thing now is to get Whitman has nad upon tne meniai ien
the men at any cost. dencies and Inspirations of the young
people oi c t nun khu 1 1. .... j v..u.
rwr - tiUTnher nf noptn .whose
.nr. utraro excoriation oi me pro-i v n, ,lva warm welcome there.
Germans naturally prompts us to sug-He adds that ho Is Impatient for the
ge.-jt that they return to the Kaiser I day when he can try to give "to a few
hey love so well, until we recall that In Paris an Idea or the movement ana
no steamers, are nmnlne n Rinni nv I rhvthm of 'The Congo or General
and It is too far to swim. Booth' by vacnei ianaaay. L numy a
rouse. ne continue. oocnuwiy uo-
t a u,lnrflM Til nnt know Tin
The chairman of the state board of thr shores, but that is precisely why
an airs oi xouisiana, up mis way at- i we shall be glad to welcome ner, witn
rday to study taxation methods, came I her bright cheeks and well-Knit mus-
to the right place. Levying taxes la cles. and her surprise to find herself
science In Oregon, only equaled by I among us.
spending the money.
Mr. Hoover's Politics.
It Is not given to many men as it is LEBANON, Or.. March 24. (To the
to the Metschans, who, father and Editor.) fiease ten us air. noovers
son, have the same birthday. A date I pouuea.
.at . LI.J 1.. t 1... .J 1 I
KJL l J I is I, II 1 1 1 la Jk upci 1 y 13 UU3C1 tCU UJ I .. . twi 1 ttlflt Via
large family patherinjr. I
The first unit of 300,000 acres of b" !! politics for the
grant lands soon will be open for reason mat nis proiession ami .mSI
ing. Under the requirements much connections, untu no uecau.. r jia-
stampede for these lands Is not
I have staked me a claim where the
bright streams meet
In the country of Great Desire;
Where the flowers are white and tha
flowers are red
As red as a flame of fire;
And every tree is a lingered thing
That plays on a magic lyre.
I have found a place ln the dim blue
mist
Where the trails run clean and true;
Where the lips of love and life have
kissed
With lips that are clean as dew.
And the skies are clear as a woman's
eyes.
And the Dream Lakes all are blue.
And O! there are castles as white as
snow
Where the beings I fashion dwell;
And I meet with them on the opal cliffs
Of a wild heart's burning spell,
But what we may say or what we sing
No lip that is flesh can tell.
For the sun and the moon of a mighty
pain
Blend over that land of tears.
Where the cosmic griefs of the long
ago.
That lurk ln the flying years,
Have written a bantling rlgadoon
On the cold gray sand of fears.
For
the
of
to be expected.
minlstrator. required bis
abroad most of the time.
Collapse of the Calaveras dam may
be due to a Hun gopher the two-
legged animal. As an accident, it
seems unlikely.
Soldier Win Bet,
Pathfinder.
Two American soldiers were dis
cussing the Lord's Prayer. One of them
bet the other that he could not say it
through properly without stopping.
The line that bends and does not I The challenged one began:
break shows a tensile strength that
can be depended on to hold and win.
Hindenburg is pleased over the
"initial success, with never a thought
of the butchery-
Doesn't It make you proud to feel
the pump of the Anglo-Saxon blood
in your veins?
Too bad the Americans cannot cap
ture the big gun and bring- her home
for exhibition,"
"How I lay me down to sleep," and
finished the stanza successfully.
'By George, said the other, "here is
your "V. I aian t oeiieve you couia
do it."
War-PIe Bothersome.
Washington. D. C Star.
"Does the idea of war bread alarm
you?"
"Not at all. But I come from a sec
tion of the country where people insist
on having pie. And I must admit that
the Idea of war pie is a little disconcerting."
the things that were and
things that are.
And the things that ought to be.
The full round sum of the soul's own
soul.
The heart of the heart of me,
Unite and write with a burning pen
The creeds of my destiny.
The dreams of the dreamer gone to
dust.
The songs by the singer sung:
The secrets found in the chaptered
stars
And told by a flaming tongue.
Take form and live where the bright
streams meet
In a youth that is ever young.
I have found me a bride ln the clean
white spray
That leaps on the mountain flood;
And we dwell in a palace of ideal
things
Set far in a magic wood.
And clean ts the wisdom we two enjoy,
As clean as the face of God.
For the real and the true and tho Is of
things
Are plain as palmist's line.
And the things of the spirit are clear
as day.
And fully and all divine;
And they fall like mist which a god
has kissed
Cool over this heart of mine.
There the weavers weave and the spin
ners spin
The mantles which poets wear;
And Beauty fastens a magic lace
Light over her wondrous hair.
And she walks with Truth by the shores
of Hope,
Unspeakably bnight and fair. '
So I gather the slack of my heart
strings up
To a dancing and rhythmic rune.
And I speed I fly to the castles high
In the land of the sun and moon.
For the emerald earth like a Memnon
sings -At
the touch of my sandal shoon.
Ah! I have found a place in the dim
blue mist
Where the trails run clean and true
Where the lips of love and life have
kissed
With lips that are clean as dew;
And the skies are clear as a woman's
eyes.
And the Dream Lakes all are blue.
GUT FITCH PHELPS.
TOBACCO NOT ESSENTIAL CROP
Correspondent Would Force Land Into
Production of Food,
PORTLAND, March 25. (To the
Editor.) These ane days In which the
world is being turned upside down,
with a large percentage of the changes
"for the duration of the war." Abnor
mal conditions have made necessary
the putting forth of tremendous efforts
to increase food production in this
country, as well as elsewhere. Why
not look about and see if ground capa
ble of producing food is not being
used for products which could be dis
pensed with for the period of the war?
For instance, take the itjm of to
bacco. According to figures compiled
-by the bureau of crop estimates,
United States Department of Agricul
ture, last year in the United States
1,446, COO acres of land were used tor
the production of this commodity. Not
only that, but these acnes are among
the richest in. the country, principally
in the states of North Carolina, Ken
tucky, Virginia, Ohio and Tennessee.
It is hardly necessary to estimate
the number of bushels of wheat, corn
or potatoes this million and a half
acres of rich land would raise, to say
nothing of the vast army of workers
new employed in tobacco production
who would become available for pro
ducing food if these acres were so
planted.
it is also interesting to note that
the area planted to tobacco has been
Increasing for the past three years, the
1917 area exceeding that of 1916 by
33,200 acres, and exceeding that of 1915
by 76,700 acres.
The present time is Indeed mo
mentous and the crop productions to
which the energy of the country is ap
plied for the next two or three years
is a vital matter. If food will win
the war, as we believe it will, then
steps should be taken looking to the
reduction of the area planted to crops
not absolute necessities. Tobacco is
not an essential product so far as
winning the war is concerned, and its
cultivation should be discouraged for
the present at least.
1L V. LIVINGSTON,
606 Beck Building.
COTJSTRY HOTELS WASTING FOOD
Desire to Please Causes Service of Mora
Than Patron Can Eeat.
MEDFORD, Or., March 24. (To tha
Editor.) It is not often that a hotel
man arouses the displeasure of his
guests by giving them too much to
eat, but this very thing is happening
regularly.
There are several country hotels In
the territory tributary to Portland that
serve meals and charge a regular fixed
price. As a rule they are very anxious
to please their patrons and serve ex
cellent, abundant meals. In fact, they
are so abundant that the guests eat .
only from one-half to two-thirds of
what is served and that is too much
for their own health. Here is a sample
manu which is brought on for break
fast:
Mush, meat and eggs, potatoes, hot
cakes and coffee.
The quantities of each they serve
would be a big meal for a man doing
hard menial labor, but for the majority
of their patrons they are entirely out
of reason.
If these hotelmen would serve just
half the quantity of above named
dishes they would not only help this
dear country of ours in Its struggle
with the enemy, but they wcuild please
their patrons as well.
Incidentally they might thereby be
able to improve the quality if neces
sary. That these hotels waste such
enormous quantities of good food,
while our allies and friends "over
there" are starving, seems criminal
to me. T. WIGMAN, Sr.
Pronunciation of Name.
PORTLAND, March 25. (To the Edi
tor.) Kindly give me the correct pro
nunciation of "Marseillaise."
A READER.
Mar-se-laz. Final "a" as In cava ac
cent on last syllable.
KING SPRITE.
King Spruce, we've watched your gal
lant ruling.
In regions where the winds were
strong;
We've seen your form, so statelyi
swaying,
O'ertow'ring all the forest throng.
You've scented ocean breezes.
And shaded fern-clad trails;
From Freedom's mountain ranges.
You've sent your calls beseeching
walls.
Thou monarch of the timbered sec
tions,
We've heard your trunk and branches
plead.
Come, freely take my choicest king
dom, America Is now In need."
King Spruce, we've heard you calling
Accepted was your girt,
Ten thousand axes wielding.
Against your sovereignty we lift.
And when above the clouds you're
floating.
Arrayed in aviation etyle.
We'll send with you our greatest
blessing.
To guard and bless you all the while.
King Spruce, you'll be the monarch.
Who'll epeed the Prussians' fall; ,
For you our flag is waiting.
Go place it where our soldiers call.
Alyce Rosalyee Rustung.
Has Potatoes, Mnst Bny Floor Substi
tutes. CROW, Or., March 23. (To the Edi
tor.) We have been using one-half
(in bulk) potatoes with wheat 'flour
right along now for some time. I have
five or six tons potatoes rotting here
on the farm. Do I have to go and buy
potatoes or other substitutes and let
our own potatoes spoil? I mean to
be patriotic, but is It not better for the
Government, as well as myself, to use
what we have in place of letting It go
t ; -wW buy other substitutes?
' R. N. HENDRICKS.