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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, 3IAY 3, 1018.
1-OBTLAND. OKCCOX.
Eetantd at Portland (Orscoa) Peatofflc a
Mfldlui mail matter.
Imacripuaa raiaa invariably la advance:
(Br Mail.)
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Iai:r. Sunday Inciodsd. mix month. .... 4-2J
I'sl'r, Sunday Included, tbroa month. 25
T'3i:r, Sundav. Included, ana moftta
X:.y. without Sunday, on y-ear. COO
le. jr. mn hoot Sunday, alx months. a.2i
1'at.y. without bundar. aaa moo in
V. !y. on sear 100
Sunday. ana year. ..
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Cairy. Saadar Included, ana year. ...... a"
. I l.y. Sunday Included, ana month.
lai.y. aunday Int.uded. thro month. -3
iai.y. vitboul 8unday. ana year......
I,ei.V. Vllhaul Sua.la IKtm nAlthl..
lt:y. wlinoul buadar. aaa saaatb......
kept perfect time, but the chronome
ter must come as close to the Ideal
as possible, and Its variation must be
ascertained and taken Into account In
making observations for longitude, for
error has been responsible for many
shipwrecks, and a second a day Is con
sldered a wide variation for a good
instrument. The task of making
chronometers by thousands Is ono of
the little-vaunted ones now being
performed by men who, so doing, are
definitely helping in the work of win
ning the war.
OX af AB.QCAM HUX.
The medical school of the Unl
verslty of Oregon, on Ma.rrjua.rn hill.
T io a noble site. Is the development In its
Hi nra stage of the Idea, of Dr. Kenneth
Mackenzie. He has been well sup-
Maw t KaaaM Sana paotolTlc mooer I h . ..liMi
exsreee ar parsenal check aa T er I T. ' .. " '"72 -I - ..
local aaaa. stamaa. rata ar currency ara ell Mr. J. u. r arroil. or ID u.-n. n. J
awn. fa rtak. uio poatatfiaa adareaa la rail. I Company, but without the self -sacrt
lacludlng county and atate. flcln and Intelligent devotion and
rwataa- Bale 12 to i pare. 1 cant: 1. laborious service of Dr. Mackenzie.
id m a .t. u ta 7 mih. SI me greai meaicai center inerw. w
cms: T t i paia a coat, reraisa at-1 anywhere In Portland, would have
aoabia rat. a. i h.n aa vt nothing mora than
era Baeiaeae OtTVe Vai f aa at
fin. smwwick aulldlna. At lara. vorrw ae
t'ookuo, Mfaaor kul.dlo. Chicai-a; Varrwa I
It Is a fine conception. It Is more.
Can h In. Frn Preea bui.JIn. Detroit. Mich.; It Is the start or a weu-maturea plan
Sao. r render repreaeolaUT. R. J. iJiawen, I for a great medical ana surgical
la Market trt. I cantsr In Portland, with an elaborate
mfmbek or thc associated rUM. clinical and hospital equipment, and
Tha associate Pn i. ucimatYalv nl-1 wltn a starr or SKliiea men ana women
I .ad ta tb aaa tor republlcauea of all irlo will give indispensable ministra
aiaaatchee roditad ta It ar aat athrwiaa Oon. to tiara and who Will, besides.
teach young men and young women
bow to become competent doctors and
surgeons.
The new school la not to M s com
mercial institution: but a place for
useful and necessary service. Its
Ideals will be "high and Its standards
credited ta tut pa par. aaa a .so tha local
nowa published herein.
All nshts af republican af apodal ahy
patcaaa horaia ara alao I as Trad.
rOBTI4D, FKIOAT. MAT a, 1S1S.I
A rOLlCT or AMERICANIZATION.
TThUa the public uprising against th mm"-
German propaganda has gone so far
Some day, not far distant, the green
hill In South Portland will be aur-
that the German language has been mant,A hr .fractures which will reo-
baalshed from many schools and Gr-1 th, fmition of the-Mackenale
man books rrom tne uoranes or uuue d. There wUl ba none then to
are to ba burned In public, the Senate obJect or criticise; but all will testify
Ug so far behind that it proposes to that the .ffort wu worth tha time
exclude from the malls and from clr- ana thought and labors of avery one
cuimuoa tjy otner muni wmy mow who ia nad a ,hare In IU beginnings.
lierman newspapers ana otner puo
ltratlnfli whlrh a m ofMnlv dlalova.1
and whlrh fall to areomD&nv the Gr- THE Af-TERXATITB.
man text with an English translation. The McArthur campaign commlt-
Vmi it tin han nroved that oDlnlons tee prlnU as an advertisement t two
which are not openly pro-German but column address to the voter of the
have the effect of weakening the will xnira Oregon uunncc urging mo re
to fight and therefore of helping nomination at the Republican primary
Oormanv ara nronanted In German of Mr. McArthur. It contains a SUm-
lan-uaa newsDaoara bv the I. W. W. mary of the McArthur service in Con
and tha Russellites and other pa-lgress. It makes an Interesting and
eiflata. I Impressive showing, for it demon
The situation revealed by German st rates that In all National concerns
nraoaranda calls for the adoDtlon of tbe Oregon Kepresentauve nas naa
a reneral Dolicv of Americanlsinr the correct apprehension of his duty and
entire population of the United SUtes. has done It. and In all state or district
Extirpation of pro-Germanism from nairs ne nas Deen aierx ana emcienu
the schools and the press is only the The constituents or Kepresentauve
beginning. Preference of German to McArthur may well be satisfied with
nfriar fnr.im lanc-uaraa in the schools his record. He took advanced ground
of some states should be done away on war preparedness long before it
with. There is good cause to proscribe popular, for he vlsloned rightly
ue of German In Brintinr. writing tne approacning crisis, ana ne resisiea
and srch. for the duration of the t every turn in Congress the secret
war. This is both a protective meaa- nd skillful proposals of pro-German
ure and fair retaliation, since Ger- Influence. He saw that tha welfare of
man in Berlin soit In tha face of an the Nation and the Immediate Interest
American who la heard to speak or tne racirio t,oast wera laenunea
English. I witn rapia ana comprenensive ae-
But these are merrlv urrent war veiopment or a reaj navai programme,
measures. Thero should be a oerma- nd he secured a place on tne naval
neat National policy to make thorough committee. If there was any opinion
Americans out of forela-n-born cttl- tne time tnat ne was not entirely
sens. When an Immigrant declares right about It, the course of events
M. tntantion ta become a rltixen. ha I has abundantly Justified him. He has
ia left to his own devices until five given the President hearty and com
run have rassed. Bv answerina- a petent support in all war- measures.
few questions and showing a super- nd throughout the whole trying
flclal knowledge of American insti- period of pre-war agitation and war
tutlons. he then can become a cltixen preparation, he has measured up to
on full eoualltv with those who bv Al loyal expectations.
birth or education have acquired de-l Mr. McArthur by his vote opposed
votion to the country. Durlnr those I submission or tne .National problDition
fivo years he may have associated al- amendment. And we hear that there
moat antlrelr with seoDla of his owe I are citlsens who will vote against him
nationality, speaking and reading his on that account. It Is Incredible. We
nauva ton rue. following his native tning nis action tnere was a mistaKe,
customs and acquiring only a smat- though he construed the vote of his
tarlnr of English. He has not become district in tbe state prohibition cam-
an American In tha true sense of the Pin as an Instruction, and publicly
wrord. I announced in the campaign that he
The Knownothings sought a remedy would so act; but wnether ha was
for this condition In proposing twenty, ngni or wrongine voter who weigns
one years' residence as a requisite for that single vote against tha sum
citlsenshlp. But a man might live In total of Mr. McArthur-s achievements
this country for twentv-one vears and looks at public service and public
still remain a foreigner in all essential duty and their rewards from a crooked
respects. The aim should be to make angle, it is not vital mat a Kepre
him genuinely American as soon as sentative have this or that opinion on
possible. This might be accomplished a question of domestic legislation
bv treating his declaration of Inten- settled question, too but it Is vital
tloa as an introduction Into a school that he b straight and true In his
of Americanism. He might be re-1 Americanism. No one assails Mr. Mc
tulred to learn the English language. I Arthur there; none doubts him; there
the American system of government are no explanations, no quibbles, no
and tho points which distinguish It evasions, no squinting at the pacifist
from other svstema. and to learn I or pro-uerman vol.
American history at night schools pro-1 The alternative of Mr. McArthur
vided for the purpose. He would then ,n Republican primary Is Mr.
b equipped to associate with the na- Lafferty. It ought to be enough
tive population and to take an active merely to point out that If the people
tmrt in social and political affairs, or Oregon do not want AicArtnur tfiey
Tho habit of disparaging and treating t Lafferty,
the foreign-bora with contempt should
r ciscountenancea. aaa tney snouia 1 to block TBI mOA-O to dtdia.
b weicomea on equal terms to the Announcement that a Ttrhlth arm
Self-defense may then force the Turks I cent came true to seed. But among
to suspend their scheme of conquest. ' the 1.5 per cent were many which.
Surprise may be expressed that
Great Britain should expand part of
her forces in such a remote field when
Sir Douglas Halgs army Is called upon
to make so desperate a stand In de
fense of the channel ports. But the
Asiatic campaigns detain Turkish and
some German troops from the western
front and are conducted mainly by
Indian troops with only a seasoning of
Britons and colonials. Tho Asiatic
armies are not only drawn from India,
but are supplied thence and are not a
serious drain on British manpower,
shipping or supplies. If theiy should
reach Russian territory, they could
rally the remnant of the Armenians
and the Caucasians to their aid, close
the Central Asian gate to India and
form the nucleus for renewal of the
war by the many Russians who still
wish to fight.
The routes over which tha British
are traveling are historic ground.
They have been used by the conquerors
who have gone from east to west and
from west to east for many thousands
of years. They are lined with the
cities of the dead and with the graves
of extinct empires, which may be
given new life by the roar of the can
non and the whirr of the airplane.
Events ara happening which may
awaken a dead world.
society for which they show fitness. h afttAtt1 Turks at a point
If this plan were followed, the for- Nm. distance north of Bagdad and Is
grrer wouia on oeing unany natural- adraoclng on Mosul Implies that three
become a graduate from a school mrml are op-ratlng against Turkey
f Americanism. Immigrants 1 of all ln Aala Another force had pushed
nations woo d then meet each other northwest up the Euphrates River,
and the native-born on the common aft,r rouun.. th- Turks at Hit. to a
grouna 01 Amrncou-m ana wouia point .bout half way between Bagdad
use tne tnpua language as tne com- and Mtppo when last heard from, and
mon medium of Intercourse. They presumably continues IU march. The
would be weaned away from their army cf General AUenby seems now
foreign language newspapers, which to alm at .eurura of the Hedjaa Rail
would then dwindle Into unimportance. Qaar Es-salt. east of the River
instead 01 oetng a. .uiiumj owiai Jordan, as well as to push northward
to Americanism. between that river and the sea. Its
As a part of thl policy thera should obJMSt mty b to movm nortnwfcrd and
b studied effort to extinguish 11- to effect junction lth tha Eu-
liisrary among uis uu.i popuiauon. pnrmUs army, for the purposa of cap
tor an Illiterate man cannot appro- tur1nf: Aleppo, though the most moun
ciata the privileges and dutlea of Vinous part of Syria lies before its
CUjemnip or aitaun tun emc.ancy mm 1 c,ntr and left wing.
a euixen or a proancer. ine xexx- Tha MW ttlitun ct trie Asiatic cam-
bookJ and curricula f tha schools pm)Kn ia the march on Mosul, which Is
need, to bo brought under National on y,, Tigris about 150 miles south-
tipervlslon. at least to the extent of east of u,, Ust known terminus of the
insuring that they shall Instill pa- railroad, though the Turks may have
trtotm and historic truth and shall extended It from Nlsibln since maps
contain no seeds of disloyalty or class mad. The railroad Is the easiest
dash.
This policy would make tha United
Slates actually the melting pot which
It hts been hitherto only by a figure
of speech. The fire under the pot has
gone out because It was the business
of no person In particular to keep it
burning. We have learned by the ex
pertence of the last few years that
the feeding of that fire la necessary to
yvraaarve the life and Integrity of the
Nation. By undertaking the educa
tion of the immigrant and by taking a
hand In the education of the young.
the Federal Government can keep the
fire burning brightly.
The Intricate nature of the task of
creating and equipping a great Navy
and a merchant marine Is further
Illustrated by the problem, now con
fronting shipping men. of supplying
the Icrvlce with chronometers. Amer
icans have long excelled ln the manu
facture of watches and clocks, but a
hip's chronometer Is no ordinary
timepiece. Ordinarily It takes from
six months to a year and a half to
make and adjust one. because extreme
accuracy is Important and the mech
anism must be adapted to extremes
of heat aai cold. No clock ever has
route to Aleppo, and that city may be
the goal of tbe Mosul army, but there
Is some reason to believe that the
British Intend to continue their ad
vance northward into Armenia and
even to the Black Sea and the Russian
province of Transcaucasia,
When Russia made peace with the
central powers and ceded back to Tur
key the territory which she annexed
in 1878. the Pan-Germans announced
with great exultation that the way
through Persia, Afghanistan and Cen
tral Asia to India now lay open to
them. The British at the same time
showed much alarm lest an attack be
made on India by this route, to be ac
companied by an attempt at revolu
tion among the Hindus. Tbe Turks
have already overcome the forces of
Transcaucasia and captured Erzerum.
Treblsond. Ha turn and Kars. If not
checked, they may soon cross the
Caspian Sea and advance along the
Transcasplan Railroad to Herat, the
key of Afghanistan. Britain may con
sider it Imperatively necessary to head
them off. and this can best be done
by an offensive which cuts straight
across their path, while the armies of
the Euphrates and Palestine move
la lo tha heart cf Turkl&b. territory..
wirr free
There Is a practical question relative
to the merit of the proposed free
garbage collection system that re
mains unanswered, although an opti
mistic argument in Its favor is pre
sented In another column today.
It is not yet made clear that free
collection is necessary to accomplish
the salvage proposed at the incin
erator or elsewhere.
There la nothing ln the proffered
amendment that permits expenditure
of money for reduction plants, or ad
dltlons to the incinerator. While it
la said that St. Louis receives $100,000
from a private concern for the privl
lege of collecting and disposing . of
garbage, here the measure presented
seems to admit that there will be no
profit above the cost of collection.
but rather, that a tax aa high as 1
mill may be necessary to keep the
system going.
Such a tax Is authorised by the
amendment. In addition the revenues
from the collection system are re
quired to be placed ln the garbage
collection fund. This fund Is to be
used solely for the establ'uhment.
maintenance and operation of a "col
lection system." I
The measure goes solely to the mat
ter of collection. Wherein collection
under the present system interferes
with salvage surely it can be cor
rected by ordinance and without lm
position of a 1 mill tax.
DiscirLrxK.
The vital importance of discipline
In the Army was emphasized the other
day by a veteran instructor at one of
the Eastern officers' training camps
in an address to Harvard students. He
said In the course of his talk that he
had made especial observations as to
the value of college men, and had
found them lacking chiefly in amen
ability to discipline. Too strong em
phasis upon Individuality has had Its
drawbacks. "If'you teach the boys
nothing else." he said, pointedly,
"send them to the camps disciplined."
It is now revealed that the first
Canadian army, for all Its dash and
high initiative and undoubted bravery,
was sent back to England after a
trial, to acquire discipline. An Aus
tralian army on a memorable occasion
forgot Its discipline, dashed ahead of
its objective and was mowed down by
Its own artillery. It lost 600 men
in half an hour1 unnecessarily, too.
These men possessed unlimited cour
age, but. they would have served their
country better by obeying orders to
the letter.
Discipline has been defined aa the
reduction of common sense to a
formula. Idealists chafe under It, but
they must submit to it for their own
good. The disciplined soldier has an
immeasurably better chance for his
life, a
in the case of a useful grain, would
have been well worth further con
sideration. Two aberrant types which
he first observed more than thirty
years ago still survive and are in
creasing in numbers, while others
doubtless have been lost by hybridiza
tion which might have been prevented
No one but a botanist, perhaps, would
have watched a primrose for a gen
eration, but a new and promising
riety of food plant would have proved
Itself within three or four seasons.
Understanding of the laws of hered
lty will greatly add to the power of
man over nature. Undoubtedly we
know little by comparison with all
that there is to be known of this sub
ject. Nevertheless It Is a. fascinating
study, and properly directed it ought
to add interest to the otherwise pro
sale calling of agriculture.- Farmers
who already realise the value of prop
agating desirable strains for the pur
pose of increasing yield and perpetu.
ating drought-resistance and other
desirable qualities will add still fur
ther romance to their every-day lives
if they will keep their eyes open for
the "sports" of nature which also are
full of promise.
SEED SELECTION AND MCTATIOX.
Although it undoubtedly Is worth
while for agricultural purposes to
continue to encourage plant evolution
by the practice of seed selection, sci
entists are beginning to Impress upon
us the importance of close observa
tion of mutations, through which val
uable results may ' be accomplished.
The mutant, also called the "single
variation." or "sport." was not reject
ed by Darwin as a factor to be reck
oned with ln connection with the evo
lution of species, and evidence multi-
piles that there is profit in watching
for it. It is likely to appear In any
field. The wheat grower, the cotton
planter, the dry-land farmer and the
orchardlst alike will find new inter
est ln their labor If they will make
research work at least an incidental
feature of their employment.
There is a conspicuous example of
the results of mutation ln the new
cotton-growing district of Arizona,
When the United States Government
attempted to Introduce Egyptian cot
ton Into the United States it found
that the true seed was not adapted
to its new situation. The resulting
plant was scraggly and only sparsely
fruitful, and If persisted in would
have been commercially worthless.
But there appeared ln one of the Ari
zona fields a "sport," which matured
early, bore lavishly and produced a
staple as fine In every respect as the
famous Egyptian which tbe Govern
ment sought. This has been perpetu
ated and the descendants of the origi
nal mutant now cover more'' than a
hundred thousand acres. It would
be difficult to estimate in dollars and
cents the value of this discovery.
Probably It will run into hundreds of
millions of dollars. An unobservant
grower would have abandoned the
xperiment; a trained scientist was
able to turn what we now view as an
accident of nature to good account.
We are Indebted to a Dutch bot
anist for elaborating and popularizing
the mutation theory. It was Profes
sor Hugo de Vrlea who about the be
ginning of the present century pub
lished a plea for consideration of
heterogenesis" as a factor In evolu
tion. Others had advanced the theory,
but De Vrles supported it by a. series
of elaborate experiments. It was his
contention that there is a definite and
narrow limit to the process of nat
ural selection, but' that mutation
brings into existence something en
tirely new, and that if the mutant is
fit to survive it will remain as an en
tirely new species.
To the ordinary wayfarer all the
plants In a field of wheat look alike.
Tet there is a record of more than 200
heads having been produced from a
ingle grain, representing seed multi
plication by some 10.000-fold. De
rles found In experiments in a field
of primroses that 1.6 per cent of the
plant!, wera variants, while,. 58,5 j?er
MOON rLANTtXO.
Those who take pains to adjust their
plantings to the phases of the moon
will be Interested ln a novel and not
less fantastic notion advanced by a
Kansas City astrologer, who says that
farmers who do not get their seed into
the ground now will be out of luck
because they will mine tha opportunity
for rapid growth thich will follow
the receding of the planet Mercury-
It seems that Mercury was busy
forcing our earth away from the
warm sun during the three weeks
from April 7 to April 27, but that now
it has let up and is permitting the
ground to get warmed up again, so
that seeds are bound to sprout and
plants shoot upward with unbounded
exuberance.
Meanwhile tha efforts of farmers
to govern themselves by the moon's
"changes' are being handicapped - by
a shortage Of almanacs, resulting from
the paper famine aad the high cost of
printers' ink. Tha man who says that
making almanacs Is a non-essential
Industry should consult the moon
WHERE AMERICANS GOT SUPPLIES ARGUMENT FOR GARBAGE BILL
Eoropeaa Countries Combed for Total Statistics Offered to Show That Salvage
of 400 Shiploads. f W aste Would Be Large.
That thousands of tons of supplies PORTLAND, May 2. (To the Edi
are being purchased in France and tor.) Representatives from the follow
Great Britain for the American troops ing clubs, which represent the house
already on the firing line ia tha state- wives of Portland, have asked that the
ment of Herbert Corey, war correspond- measure for the municipal collection
ant In a communication tO the Na- orM aalvnira avaram nf rnrbne rnllec-
tional Geographic Society, a portion of Uon be put beforo the peopie jn the
In Other Days.
election May 17: Portland Women's
which the society issues as the follow-
i KnllnUn
"Four hundred shiploads of things Research Club. Progressive Women's
the American Army needs in Franca League, Parent-Teachers' Associations,
have been purchased in Europe. Alberta Improvement Club, Oregon
"The American Army is 3000 miles Congress of Mothers, Oregon Tubercu-
away from its home base, in a country losis Society, Women's Co-operative
which is Increasingly feeling the strain League, Monday Musical Club and the
of more than three years of war. The Patriotic Conservation League. The
number of Americans is added to each following statistics are presented:
week. With the growth of the Army Lut of laM rrom whlrh g.arbalt,
the daily needs for clothing and food should be collected compiled from
has grown ln proportion. statistic from tha Bell Teiephana
'"Everything was needed at . once. Company .... ... - ; 83,468
Cloth for uniforms was bought in Eng- aoov- Dre.ent rate 1448.409
land, along with shoes and hats and Value of garbage now burned at In
blankets. France furnished cannon and clnerator, if ealvas-ed. estimated
tents, and pots and pans, and food. The st : w y.. ...... ..... 2.9,975
rooky Army was billeted in peasants pD, K
cottages until material for huts could Dried bones 80
be found and the huts built. '1e.d rs BO
Paris was drained dry of all sorts of Z:.:,.n HWil , A
office material. I doubt if there is a
good desk or filing cabinet or revolving The city of St. Louis is now receiv-
chalr to be found there today. The Ing $109,600 per year rrom a private
American Armv reached France as bare concern for the privilege of collection
as a fish and it had to be provided for. and salvage of garbage. Portland will
Naturally enough, prices blew out of e the first city in the United States
the chimney in this forced draft of de- which will have a collection and sal
mand. Three times the peace value vago system whereby the municipality
was a fair price. will receive the benefits of the sal-
a a a i vage system instead oi a private con-
I must have tents and blankets and I cern. From the food waste alone it is
cots for 250 men by 6 o'clock.' was the estimated there will be a 20 per cent
telephone message that came to one interest paid on the cost of collection,
buyer at noon one day. I The present system is not only ex-
There isnt a tent nor a blanket nor I tremely expensive but Inefficient as
a cot in town," said the buyer. I welL lf the entire number of places.
"Usually that would have ended the as compiled from the above lists, are
conversation. But the man at the other 63,000 places where garbage should be!
ena oi tne teiepnone was in earnest. taken and these places were all re-
Then 250 men will eleep in the quired to maintain a collection, the
snow tonight and cover themselves with cost of such a collection at the rates
a ditch,' said he. "Don't tell me you now charged would mean an outlay of
can't get that stuff. You've got to more than 1567,000 per year. This is
get It. I as much as the city of Portland is ask-
H got the stuff, of course. That I ing to Care for the budget during; a
was General Pershing's standing order time of war. with the manv extra calls
ln those days. He did not attempt to I that a time like this brings. There is
save dollars at the cost of lives and no argument for a system like this
worry and days. If he had tried to which is not only robbing the house
save money that way, he would not wife but which fills the city with un
have been fit for his Job. Little by lit- sightly dumps where diseases are
tie. order came out Of oricrinal chana. snreart and which cnatn tha citv Minr.
The things that were needed before thelmous sums of money annually to clean
Army could set up shop In France be-1 up, when It is realized that if the en
fore it could even open the shop door I tire collection an salvage plan worked
were bought at the best Drices nossihle. 1 out under municipal management
Then began the work of organizing I would prevent such conditions and
Twenty-five Years Ago.''
From Tha Oregonlan of Hay 3, 1803.
London. Lady Biddulph, - leader of
the British Women's Temperance As
sociation, announces that she has no
knowledge of the presence of Mrs. J.
Ellen Foster in England or of her pro
posal to speak at . the temperance as
sociation's meetings. Lady Biddulph
said she would not be allowed to speak,
as the session is private and is to con
sider whether to allow Lady Henry
Somerset to introduce politics Into the
association. Mrs. Foster is an Ameri
can temperance worker.
Robert T. Lincoln, retiring American
Minister to London, will sail for home
May 6.
A mother-in-law ln New Whatcom,
Wash., is trying to rid her eyes of a
quantity of red pepper which in some
strange way came through the keyhole
of her daughter-in-law's room.
W. T. Mulr, City Attorney, has re
turned from Washington, where he
won a verdict before the Supreme
Court in the case of this city against
Paulson and others.
Charles Milton Ogden, formerly re
ceiver of publio moneys at Seattle and
a widely-known newspaper - man, is
dead ln New York.
e.,. . j . -i.j , vl. Degan xne worK or organizing would prevent such conditions and
farmers and be apprised of his error the business. The Army began to plan give everyone a collection at a far less
before it Is everlastingly too late. ahead and cut out waste. irate than now enjoyed by the few.
I-mw i,uivimaUi6 uuuru was createu. I ii is esumaiea mat one ion oi io
It is composed of the purchasing offi- waste will feed 100 hogs per day and
yesterday, cleared the docket of Hindu hf, v"us Army departments, produce so pounds of fat. At the pres-
ronsniracv ni bv civinar aentencea 1 w i A . -...--...e, v.wv.Cio un cm unit vu usu
CSl?7rJZZ,L??f . J; R.ed Cr.8 have a sort of hogs being fed from the city waste
-" - - - ;r"l 1 cuiiaierai reiaiionsnip to the board, and under proper conditions of collec
prlson and lia.000 fine lor rranx for both organizations are often in th.ltinn which ennnt ha maintained
Bopp. German Consul, down to a few j market for the things the Army needs. I under present conditions, there should
months ln tne countv mil lor tneinl meeting xne purchasing: off i. I be ennurh food waste easilv to care
Hindu tools. He regretted he could oer". po1 their discoveries and their for 4000 hogs per day. At a time like
I th's when the Government is asking
scouts nave ransacked France and its people not only to save but help
England and neutral Europe for de- production in every way possible, the
posits Of raw material. Tha list nflvlnr anil f.lnr nf fnnd-waata ta
This Is how it works: "Walter needs is made up in each department I hogs is as necessary as the conserving
Spreckels, nephew of the late Claus, lu,r wiree raonms anead." l of food in any other way.
born in Germany and never natural-1 . PATRIOTIC CONSERVATION LEAGUE.
lzed, has been manager of the sugar I PRICE BARS USE OF VEGETABLES
not make some of them heavier, and
he is not alone ln that.
factory at Yonkers. N. Y.. sixteen
years. He is an alien enemy and is Restaurant Advice to Eat Mere Ia De-
forbidden to enter his place of busi- I dared Offset by High Chararea.
ness, as it is on the waterfront.' That I PORTLAND, May 2. To the Editor
looks like a hardship, but it is simple I I think the people of the state of
justice,
MEANING OF K. V. A. ELABORATED
Sack Electrical Rating Includes Per
centage of W'attleaa Currcat.
PORTLAND, May 2. (To the Editor.)
Oregon are doing their best ln Drivate I On tha editorial nas-e we fined some
families to use potatoes and other interesting questions answered by The
EVERYDAY HEROES.
This grim old world is full of dauntless
heroes;
Sometimes one comes to view.
In deeds of breathless courage and of
daring
That startle me and you.
Perhaps it is some weather-beaten
sailor
Goes forth to challenge death
To save a human life in ghastly peril
Against the storm-wind's breath
He cringes not at furious, thundering
billows
The chasm behind the wave;
He only knows that he must save the
stranger
From yonder yawning grave.
A miner daring fire and gas and va
por Crawls through some passage dim
To find a brother man, perchance to
save him,
Or give up life for him.
How many a humble laborer Is a hero.
With none to speak his praise;
Live wires and smoke and flame all
dangers daring.
Through common round of days.
And many a lonely, sacrificing woman.
Or even a fragile child.
Has borne the brunt of life with pa
tient courage.
O'er which the angels smiled.
Life's heroes! Oh, they're everywhere
about us!
Perhaps you're one or I;
In some appalling, grand and crucial
moment "
For others we might die.
MRS. FRANK A. BRECK.
ANOTHER NAME FOR SAUERKRAUT
"Ensilage" Is Proposed aa War Alias
for Cabbage Prodnct.
PENDLETON, Or., May 1. (To the
Editor.) I noticed in The Oregonian a
Great Falls can use women to re- wheat substitutes, thereby saving white Oregonian's information bureau at nay a news Item from New
-i... mn itrlltura An marl wnrk hut I ' ""s i people I asmngion, ana among mem one in oii.nB iuo v. io
piace men Biriiters on roaa worn, out. i thmnk,i,i t .n I . . ... ... It,-.,,, ,..i jM,.n.j fmm xi; ne ha rr.i
all the sarne a fellow would hate to Portland, eat at the restaurants and it electrical terms. "K. W." and "K. V. A." to 114 per barrel on account of the
""" - " 1 " not iook to me as lr the better! Of course, a person versed ln elec- I merman origin oi ine name,
grandmother wielding a shovel. On class restaurants, especially the mora trlcal terms wonders wherein tha con- 1 am glad to know that people are
second thought, however, the fellow I expensive ones, were doing their part nectlon between kilometers, a measure differentiating between things German
who owned a car would not let the Old along this line. of distance and kilowatts, a measure of and things American, but I do not ex-
I went Into one of Portland's leading electrical quantity. Manufacturers of 'ne metnoa tney pursue in
restaurants the other dav and found i.m aitarnatina- currant a-eneratora tnlf ea,"- We are asked to live on sub-
I rrt tha tahla a ..l.1.i . . . I . . " . .... ,....1 at f 1 1 11 1 OB si f Wn llh f B hhfl ST A S 11 fl HR nrf.fi
If the figure of 11 cents Is flxed :rdr..,i that too often a certain yv Verv valuable as well as eco-
for the salmon fisherman, the price etabieV We should encourage the use
to the consumer ahould be made much this was very good advice until I . t.-.r.. W th. f,V thaf volt of this rather than boycott it.
lower than Is current In the markets, glanced at the' bfuf tare Ind foinl B?uiUdV Th' .Pr0dUCt W ? ?Urby that
The public will stand for a reasonable that a small order of boiled or baked meanffecfive Sw.tts "output clnnjure he GermaTsor
margin, but 150 or 200 per cent profit Potatoes, which probably cost the res- This applies only to alternating cur- hanc o sure"" by re
is too much to go with the request to auma,n,t one-fourth cent, was listed on rent and this condition arises when the t.l' -trim S t I admit the
eat more fish. he."".' " cen'- If e?4 power factor is other than unitly 100 offensive-. and let us therefore
in anv other .tvi. the ,!,.,.. k""" -..."j name is onensive, ana lei us in
cents A nnrticn f rSl,Wy. " 26 per cent- the volte and current belna. h th of en
cents. A portion of onions, which per- out of phase. Poor power factor may whiCh name I believe, is of Frer
B- haps cost one cent, listed at 25 cents; be caused by service load conditions or W. name oelleve'
Br cauliflower, lima lumi entnok , '".
silage,'
French ori-
The smoking out of German pro-
for atlll i,i r.ry and their nnmh L.V V . lie ambco u, i y .o
. . . o . - i touiiiiun ci. juiia, oeana. aninann o n fl , BvanwK I . .. ,,
explains the prevalence of pacifism beets listed at 25 cents, while nor. 'T c i'v V .i ... ..."""5" v. l..t.r,Zm:?,a.
in American colleges. It is cheaper to these vegetables would cost originally a fuU load at 90 K. W. on 90 per cent ,t la 0 worse than kale, which is used
scna n proiessor woo win tncu Amw u mr ma . amount power factor, the 10 per cent wattless on the table and is also one of our
leans the Inherent wickedness of war I se " f eac Patrn at the outside. current having the same heating ef- leading dairy feeds. Let us eat all the
than to send an army to fight them. I, r, ala not see any patrons near the rect in the coils of the generator as the cabbage and this cabbage product, but
uiui was seated ordering same amount of effective current at Met us refer to it under the name of
j .w -t j vegetables at these extravagant prices. ..niiv nnwer factor. Therefore, manu- ennllae-a instead of sauerkraut
xiecorua enow mo wuiiiu mat and it miarht nav restaurant nrn.H.i... 7""' L o cunnrv
i i . v. i a -a j . I . . ... vr. ,v.w, , Tacturers ngw specur a.iii-vtiit-niFi m i . . u....vv..
In VflHirlaavan triaM Kll That- JMenHo I Kil t Jl t.1 l, . T K. V. A. Which SlgnlfieS Certain
ov.ii.. -- , aivi ecivo aiuaiier portions 01 1 1 l- the cnfla nt the ceneratnr. r
....tllH W ., . I VAB-Atoht-a . rt 1 " " O '
uu lilt) tiuuiikjr iiic uijiicbb. UT.U I aw u,ce mi iu
cents per portion.
erally speaking, there was not
"drier" April ln a thousand years.
Cents Or even 15 ...null.. the nnnrer factor
a "r portion, counting overhead O I BENNETT.
u pchihj ol cooking ana serving,
they likelv Would not make mnh
then inn no. . . . . .. A VT1. IIT AMI RtTT.
Robber, should take warning by "V r, "I?, " . 7m
the fate of the man who bound and I tha Una of then wher .,,k.. That he srunrf he'd make some hay How can vou add these to the world's
gaggea nosaiine jjbo ana wuu was mat they would still be ahead ln the While the sun was shining Drigntiy distress r
BE BEAUTIFUL.
Tou have no right to force on others
uncouth way.
Crudities of manner or unsightly dress;
Vacant and idle minds left unimproved
each day
identified by his baggy trousers. They end and the public might learn to en- all around
should always press or change their Joy saving white flour, wbich is so I So he cached a lot of goods
trousers aftermaking a haul. I oaaiy needed by our own soldiers and I In the line of staple roods
The great Creator errs not in his won
drous work;
those of our allies on the battlefields
.
The guilt of speeders Is to be fixed 01 "P8- J. A. M.
by more or less elaborate machinery.
but there always will be objection to
the man who just Knows nis car can
not go that fast and who just knows
he's lying as well.
And he stored them where the thought In every bit of landscape, sky or sea
they'd not be found. I There Is a subtle Deauty sure 10 mm.
la flowers, in snruo, ana in eacn isrwu-
And every chance he gets he roars, I ing tree.
While he bellows on all fours,
And he verbalizes like a frenzied How dare you, men, regaraiess ot ino
mutt I Master a scneme.
Detract Irom wnac was meanc mr an
men's good.
CltUcashtp and Father's Alienage.
l-Al&Liar. or.. April 30. (To tha
Editor.) (1) Is a young man more
than 2t venra nlri wht wu- v. j . i
Unitfiri states, a cltixen f th- ii.h.j Sw he's not the least bit sore.
h8.V" ""Lblt." " h,'at rh: hoVhli'coTnVry'll win its And 0 neglect and ignorance
hstties but. 'twould seem,
rteruse to nurture ucauiy e-a yvu
should?
A farmer down Scannoose way I has never been naturalized anrf 1. .tin I And ne nopes mis country
shipped a veal to this city and was I a citizen of another country? (2) Does
fined because the meat was unfit for ln oung man owe allegiance to this ... . . lk..M
food, though he did not know It, Is 1" Jo country.
, "I"" man Decome na- ----fc---3 ,,1,. ,
turaiized to become a citizen of this
country? (4) Must he beoome natural
there need of argument for inspection 1
that the British should waste a really country? A subscriber.
H. A. BRATTAIN.
Says he'd like to give the wicked Be beautiful! perhaps you have not
Huns a birr, 1 . ...
Notwithstanding Mr. Talfa surprise LYd to r baeima a cltlaea Tol This xlihfr.- bt fiticlses here Tou iwnot nave auur.ng smwe nr
While he knows a way we'd win the """" """" --
conflict if. souls. Just now,
. And that is beauty all men recognize!
E'en the old-time red Apache
For the Hun was not a match he
Merely lifted up your scalp and then
he quit.
But the Boches barbarous devils-
good cruiser like the Brilliant on the
Zeebrugge raid, the bottling up of the
subs was worth the sacrifice.
'When the parents of the new Sena
tor from Missouri named him Xeno
phon it may be they had hopes and
aspirations, and. If so, here's con
gratulations.
(1) He is a citizen, and If he had at
talned the age of 21 on June 6, 1917,
he is subject to draft.
(2) To this country.
(3) No.
(4) It would depend upon the laws Find their way to lower levels
of that country.
GRACE E. HALL.
Passengers can help motormen
avoid speeding by lively movement.
The ordinary person need not wait for What does the letter "G'
the car to stop before arising.
Mnat Go Elsewhere, '
PORTLAND. May 2. (To the Edi
tor.) I note in the last number of the
Sunset Magazine, which I assume re-
Than old Satan ever dreamed were ln I fleets fairly the conditions prevailing
the pit. I in the Northwest, that many people
Letter- I. Clasalfleatlo.. -'" ".;,". th. Indi.
PORTLAND, May 2. (To the Editor.) And he loudly shouts that he's cated now and then in the daily press,
vi lorm 1 A ..... Johnnv on the 8D01 rorionrt the number enBTafred seems large
VTho is the first local man to
"match the President," and who will
be the last? Who will fill the places
of glory between.
1001-A or the local draft board number German gore; and the practice seems to meet with
4 mean? I am in class I, but in letter h, knows a better way no official objection.
.?'.,. want to knw,'ULJ.5mln And he's going to have his say. The Sunset edges quite close to
ia leiwr. jaouiij itmnuiAia, I ti,..i, h. hlmnlf 1 mi unrt U...,rlnHtir methnda. hut full de-
and a bore. 1 tails are lacking. Mignt 1 bsk you w
I publish the complete recipe for m
Ing five gallons"?
If all the franked matter paid selection for service.
second-class postal rates, they might
come pretty close to paying the cost I Ohlp Sinks to Bortesn.
of the business. ASTORIA. Or., May 1. (To the Edi
It indicates that no claim for deferred
cia.i.ii;,i.ioii was mini in your case. , t1,..m v,fii find a Fixlt
11 nas no Deanng on tne oraer 01 youriwho declares he'd like to mix it
In support of Uncle Sam against his
foes:
But he's sure to spill the beans.
And you find out where he leans
A VOICE CRYING IN THE WILDER-
NES&
Tes, you might ask, but we shall not
encourage law violations nor on our
If candidates erenerallv do not sneed las 25 miles, will it go clear to the bot-
im then last week nf thn nrimarv torn or will the density of the water
" ' I ,., L.U 1. t .
rsTunnrng? ' de"th7 HURST'
The ship would sink to the bottom;
tor.) If a ship sinks in water as deep When you see his stock is ifs and lwn part vIoiate the spirit of the law
buts and noes.
T. T. GEER.
A SOLDIER'S WIFE.
I have no "rendezvous with death,"
I cannot bear the battle s pain.
These young fellows who prefer there would be nothing crushed unless I cannot give my light of life
death to service ought first to marry.
Afterward the Army might be an
escape.
it were an air-tight compartment.
The telegrapher is the pulse throb
of the Nation, too loyal to strike and
all the more deserving.
Sweet Impresalona Stick.
Exchange.
"I knew a college fellow who was
hazed by having a lot of jam rubbed
ln his hair."
'I guess the other fellows wanted bis
,The mission of the cracker in the weet impressions to stick
soup is to disguise the noise, but let
it go.
From which of the old Irish Kings
did De Valera get his name?
Fog Saves Spy,
Life.
1 thought you said the foreign gink
was a spy and that he was to be shot
at sunrise?"
So he was, but a fog butted in, and
Being a ladies, day, ralfl lj possible. I they wa8n't no sunrise."
And never see my land again.
But I can plow and sow the fields.
And reap the grain at harvest time.
And call the cattle home each night
And gather fruit from off the vine.
And I can keep a smiling face
And sing a song to hide my pain.
And I can do your work and mine
Until you come back home again.
And I can keep the hearth fire lit
Until I hear 1-011 at my' door.
I cannot die, but I can live
So that the world may smile once
more.
-DOROTHY E. HALL.
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