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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY, 3IAY 13, 1918,
(Dwjpppittan
PORTLAND. ORECO!.
Catered at Portland lOr'(oi) roelofflca as
lMoailtM mail matter.
Cuoecnpuoa retaa Invariaory la advance:
(By Mall.) .
Pally, Sanday Included, ona year. . . .... OS
llir. Fualay tnclu1l. moatkl 4.22
lai.y. bunuay tnc.uucd. three months... 2.23
siiy. Sunday incioueu. eoe montb.
li.y. a Ithout unuar. ana y.ar. .
lal y. without unl.y. ail anontha...
UO
J
op In ne betterway than by building
roads over 'which long trains of trucks
can haul the freight that overflowj
from the railroads.
I'aliy. without Sunday, ooa mourn. .. . ..
TVs,ly. ena year...
feunay. ana yr -
auaday ana Weekly S-SV
By Carrler-i
Dal?y. Sunday Ineludad, ana yaar. ...... $9 CO
lai.y, Sunday Included, ana month. .... .73
jr. uoda le.u.i.d. three moathlM.. J 23
iseily. witaawt ealr. aaa year........ 7 so
l...y. artthout iuadr. tnrae months. ... l.WS
lrsiiy. without Sunday, a&a month S4
Maw la lUaaM Sand poatofflee nony
eruwr. axprvaa or personal chli oa your
local baa K. stamps, rola or curroary ara at
aara run. tle poatofflee addreae ta full.
including county and state,
' Faataao Bet 13 ta J pas. 1 coat: IS
to mi aaaaa. a caata: 4 ta Bases, a aaau
ta aecee. a caata; SI ta pagan,
caata: TS ta pagan, oeaia. Feraisa Boat
a . double rates.
EaaSsrn Itaalaaaa OfTVa Torre Ceak-
Irn, Hraaroira swtMlng. New Tark; Vcrraa at
Con kiln. Stager ealidtee. C a. tea so ; Vorraa d
C'oaklln. Frea Ftm banding. Wtrolt. MKh.;
Baj rraBCtaco npnmUUltft. K. J. Bid era 1 1,
14J alaxket etrael
MKMBEat OF TBI ASSOCIATED rMSS.
The Associated Pveas la eaelnatvely eetl
l!ad ta tba aaa for republication at a.l news
Siapatenes cradllad ta It ar a at otkarwlaa
credited ta thla papar. aad alee tba local
aeare puolleaed herein.
All ruata a republication of special aia
aatckoa Serein ara alao imii !.
NO JUIHtlAL WZATtTEHCOCKS. '
The Oregonlan makes an exception
of a long-established rule, today In
publishing the letter from Mr. Corliss.
That1 rule demands In general the re.
Jertlon of communication " offering
i personal, indorsement of or tribute to
III 1 'o I candidates. The cause for this rule
ought to be obvious. Every candidate
has many friends, each of whom
would be glad to avail himself of the
privilege of telling the public what he
knows about the good Qualities of the
candidate. The - contributions would
be- overwhelming.
The exception made In this case
need not be taken as an indorsement
by The Oregontan of any candidates,
but as an unqualified adherence to
the profound truth that the real test
of a Jdr or of a candidate for the
judiciary Is' not his inclination to bow
to public clamor, but his aiern '"deter
mination to Interpret the law aa he
finds it. . "
The man -who seeks to ride ' Into
Judicial office upon some such public
issue aa the f-cent fare, no matter
tlon of wheat and by thus Increasing
the quantity exported from' America
Instead of from other countries, we
shall increase the number of ships
available to carry troops, shall more
rapidly expand our Army in France
and shall hasten the downfall of the
Kaiser. . . '
. It is no exaggeration to say that
every grain of wheat saved in America
Is a bullet flired at the Germans. Food
economy is a long-range gun, which
can make Germany's monster seventy-five-mile
gun resemble a boy's BB
rifle. Americans should continue to
save food as the stay-at-homes' way
of fighting the Kaiser.
PORTLAND- A WOOL MARKET.
The economy, of scouring wool near
the field of production is so obvious
that it vcua ho sooner explained to
Chairman Bamch. of the War Indus
tries Board, than it was recognized
and acted- upon. That Is an inevitable
result of a war emergency which over
rules all sectional" and political in
fiuence. , Boston has long .'held su
premacy as -the) wool market of Amer
tea because it had the financial power
to buy .the clip, because it had scour
lug facilities) to place clean wool be
rORTLAXD, MOXDAT, MAT 13, ISIS.
fore the manufacturer and because it
toward which Am tia -nrafoasea t is near the consuming market.
lean, is unfit for the place. .Likewise, Portland is ' now in a position to
he who implies that he would favor supplant Boston partially in all these
labor as against capital or capital respects. It has enough capital to
against labor, or side with any other handle the clip, it has scouring mills
element as against another .element, and it has a steadily growing market
In his decisions, has a vain concep-1 among Oregon woolen manufacturers.
tlon of the duties of a court of the I The time hould not be remote when
solemnity of an oath of offlce. ' I Portland will' handle all the wool of
' Above all things we need a fearless the Northwest and ultimately all thai
Judiciary, a Judiciary that will not of the Southwest as well. Boston has
play politics, a Judiciary that wlllnot an advantage In being the market for
heed the -clamorous counsel of those imported wool, but Portland has no
who would have the courts knife the serious handicap in' distance by sea
law In order to reach that which the from foreign wool-growing countries
clamorers deem to be Justice. If laws and will offer a domestic market for
are wrong or laws are unjust, the I all classes or wool aa more branches
courts can do no more than construe (of the manufacturing industry become
them. Ther cannot ladxlala. Ther I established In Oregon. Saving, of
her own w!ns."
PARENTAL CO-OPERATIOX.
Expansion of parent-teacher organl
cations In connection with the public
schools. In which Portland has set a
HIGHWAY XrCT-MART POB WAR. ,
The present strain on the transpor
tation system of the United States may
be expected to become greater as our
Army grows, for movement of troops
and war material will grow with the
Army. The readiest means of taking
thla strain off the railroads Is con- j cannot read a better d different pur I freight charges on two pounds of
struct! on of permanent htchwars cap-1 nose Into them merely because atlgreafce and dirt for every pound of
able of bearing the weight of large, I some late day the public becomes dis- clean wool shipped East and the con
heavily loaded autotrucks. In a sin-1 satisfied with them. I sequent economy of transportation fa-
i gle season such roads can be built I Oregon now has a gifted and re-1 duties are arguments which must tell
parallel to railroads, of which thelspected Judiciary, one not afraid to I In the end
capacity could be enlarged only at steer straight Into the wind of public I These developments In the wool
several times the cost of building high-1 opinion if that course be laid by the I trade are another step In the emanci-
waya, while the work would occupy law aa It sees 1L There la no impli-1 nation of the Pacltlc coast rrom de
much mora time. For this reason I cation Intended herein that there are I pendence on' the Fast. They translate
bntldlnr of hlrhways Is a war measure I none but Dresent incumbents who can I into fact the motto, "She files with
f the first Importance. That fact has maintain that standard, but that plat
been recognised by many states, for forms and slogans provide some In
this year's expenditures of the states, vldloua comparisons. We want no
. including Federal aid. are estimated weathercocks,
at about three hundred million dollars. r
That which Is true of the country .
t. n.ral t. t. In r,rtW-r,l.r of TKM qCKSTIOXS STILL STAVD.
Oregon; In fact, of the entire Pacific 11 WM to pected that the men conspicuously effective example, and
Coast. The surest relief from car who are responsible for the aircraft the increasing part which parents are
shortage oa the railroads la to be fiasco would retaliate on their accusers destined to play in the choice of voca
roand la construction of mala trunk with counter charges of the character tlons made by their children are inter
hlghways running east and west from which Gutxon Borglum denounces as woven in the new educational scheme,
the Coast to the Interior, and north a frame-up. In considering these Society has passed beyond the stage
and south through the heart of the charges and counter charges It Is not In which the son commonly followed
state to connect with the highways necessary for the public to do more his father's calling, while the daugh
of Washington and California. That than suspend Judgment in the case be- ter received instruction In the f emi
ts the plan on which the Oregon High- tween Mr. Borglum and the men nine arts and accomplishments from
way Commission la working, for It whom he has Indicted. At the same her mother, and is entering upon an
propose to complete the Pacific High- time It should be remembered that era which demands complex technical
way from Portland up the Willamette Mr. Borglum demanded and still de- training. Specialists in teaching as
Valley and through Southern Oregon mands full investigation and publicity; well sni in industry are now needed,
to California, and the Columbia River that he must have foreseen exposure It is neither feasible nor advisable
Highway from Astoria through Por(- for himself from such an Investiga- that craftsmanship should pass from
land to The Dalles. A large propor- tlon If he had been engaged in any father to son, with the limitations
tion of these roads has been or will questionable transactions; and that the which such a policy Implies. Yet the
be paved thla year, and the rest will favorite resort of men accused of custom of sending youths to school
be macadamised, fit for motor t raffle wrongdoing Is to attempt .to discredit and there abandoning them to the
the year round. Other roads will be I the witnesses against them, especially I mercies of their teachers also has its
made In future years between the! by raising the familiar cry, "You're I drawbacks. It is the view of edu
Coast and the Willamette and thence I another." I cators that best results will be ob
to Eastern Oregon at Intervals through I But the case against the aircraft I tained from the hearty, co-operation
li a ercauin i me state, ana pinng tuuruui uoes not reel on me untie-1 01 tne scnooi ana the Home
of the entire system will be extended I ments of this one man. They might This Is particularly applicable Just
from year to year. I destroy Mr. Borglum's reputation for I now to the choice of vocation, which
On the Pacific Coast, however, high-1 veracity and disinterestedness, but they I is too commonly left to chance unde
ways will serve a more Important pur-1 would still be confronted with the de-1 the system, or lack of system, whic
pose even than helping to carry the mands he makes and the questions he I immediately followed the father-to
trade arising from the war In Europe; I asks In the statement published In I son method. Recent investigations i
they are necessary to defense of the I The Sunday Oregonlan wherein he I Eastern cities have disclosed that even
Coast states themselves. The first line says: I "vocational guides." working unde
of defense against an enemy approach-1 "The Nation demands to know why I direction of the school"" authorities,
. Ing from the west would be the battle I $1.000.000. 000 in eleven months has I have not been altogether successful
fleet, which would meet and ' attack I provided us with no planes. In turning the tide In the right direc
him in the ocean and for which ample 1 fext It demands to know who la I tlon. Their mission is to study th
bases on this Coast are urgently I responsible. I Individual pupil, to learn his fitness
needed. The second line would be I "Who is It that is so powerful, and I for this calling or that, and to giv
aircraft and submarines to prevent or I who are they that make it Impossible I counsel in accordance with deter
obstruct his approach to the Coast, land dangerous to the character and mined facts. But there are several
Th third line would be troop and honor of men to ask this question?" treasons why the plan has failed. Th
artillery near th shore, which would I Those are the demands and that is I task Is too big for an ordinary man,
enoeavor to anve away an enemy who I the question the answers to which I and the extraordinary man Is not al
attempted a landing. A modern high- I must b gtven to the Senate military I ways chosen as the vocational guide-
way sairung the snore from Cape I committee. I Incumbents may mean well, but at
flattery to the Mexican boundary! Nor is Outxon Borglum the only ac- best they work with Incomplete data.
wool a D indispensable to thla third I euser.' Others are the committee of The boy In his teens Is not an open
Im. la order to give requisite mobility I the Aeronautical Society, the majority I book. No set of rules is applicable to
to the guna, troops and supplies. That! of the Senate military committee, I his case. He may have a passing
is vne lesson rrom me successful de-1 which Included men of both parties; I fancy for drawing without being
Tens or th Ualllpoll peninsula by Independent Investigators for th New great artist In embryo. It does not
the Turks. They would have lost the Tork World, a stalwart supporter of follow that he will make a sculptor
Dardanelles and probably Constantl- the Administration; the New York because he has a certain aptitude for
nopia u ua reuea on stationary I Times, vMct also supports the Ad-1 whittling cute devices out of sticks.
guns, ror another days bombardment I ministration and Is cautious and con-I Taste for figures does not alwavs im
weuld have destroyed their forts and I servative, yet takes Mr. Borglum so ! ply exceptional mathematical ability.
not a good excuse for failure on the
other. The -movement to make the
next generation more efficient by edu
cating both the adults and the chil
dren of today extends both to natives
and foreign - born, and to the country
aa well as the city., - "
. The Ideal to be sought Is the edu
cated family in which there is full
co-operation between the parents and
the schools. This will embrace the
.foundations of education, as well as
special vocational training.- Parents
ought to exercise a dominating in
fluence in the choice of their chil
drens calling, and hold them" to a
definite purpose through discipline at
home. Bacon was wise in his genera
tion . when he urged that . parents
choose "betimes" tha vocations' and
courses they mean that their children
should take. "Let them not," he said,
"too much apply themselves to the
disposition of their children, as think- j
ing they will take best to that which I
they have most mind to." Bacon
makes an exception of those instances
In which the "affection or aptness of
the children Is extraordinary," but ne
assumes that upon the whole the
parent is the better Judge, and that
more is gained by continuity of pur
pose than by aimless casting about
for the easy, the novel and the sup
posedly "interesting" way. The edu
cation of adults is designed only in
part for their own benefit. It is by
making them competent to co-operate
with the schools in the training of
the tchildren that the .greatest good
will be obtained. .
A Line o' Type or Two.
Hew to the Uae, Let the Qulpa Fall
Where They May.
If it is advisable, that the Govern
ment fix the prices of copper, lead,
zinc and nickel ' as well as other
metals, they should not be excepted
merely for the reason given by Pope
Yeatman that "strong Interests would
oppose the measure." No Interests
should . be strong enough to prevent
adoption tf a necessary war measure,
and, perhaps, if the Interests In ques
tion, were named, they would prove
nob to be very strong after all.
(By B. I T. Published by arrange
ment with the Chicago Tribune.)
A sunny colleague refuses to be
lieve that the campaign band is as bad
as it blows. It is a charitable thought,
covering a multitude of ' dissonances,
but the campaign band is every bit as
bad aa it blows. It is bad collectively
because it is worse individually. One
horn may be bad. two are not so bad,
three become endurable, a dosen are a
mild affliction. . Band players are sel
dom lynched because they play in
groups. It is only when they practice
individually that ' they . invite destruc
tion. Yon Caat Kill It.
(From the Terre Haute Tribune.)
Miss May I. Knott, of Staunton. Is
Measures Are Analyzed.
The Orraconlaa Prints Conclusions
aa to City Acts Submitted ta Vote
t People. ,
Following its pre-election custom,
The Oregonlan herewith publishes Its
conclusions aa to the merits of the
measures submitted for,. vote of the peo
ple in the special city electlony May 17.
Only a portion, of the official title
sufficient to enable the voter to iden
tify each measure is given,, but the
measures are listed in the order , they
will appear on the ballot:
'Ordinance requiring any paraoa operating
a 'motor bus jovt a deflnlta route to take
ont llceaae. obtain bond.-.delne- route, etc.
This is a measure which would re
autre litneys to operate on a competl
tlve basis 'fair to established transpor
tation lines. ,. -4It provides a proper reg
ulationr but it 5s common knowledge
ElthfvanL Wilson. 1607 lte ,n faic eon.peut,: Tna meaBUre
I nfr.r. tin. mnr. tHriiirAm,nt in" lirnovs
A policeman on duty at a Socialist
gathering Is quoted as philosophically
than is found-in- present regulations
under which ther will not operate It
f eated.
Vote 101.
declarVn? thatH"thrwhoircrowd should iVfh"eror" and houli
do chased out into the sunshine. Here
Is a profound reflection. Our Social
ists, Bolshevik!, pacifist professors, and
our solmen Journals of opinion as well,
all need one thing aeration.
My Dear Sir, There Are Thlnars Which
Cannot Be Explained.
(From the Richmond, Va., Journal.) .
An act to. amend the Bnarter'by adding
a new -aectlon authorizing an additional levy
of 4 m!'l cover - lncreaaed expensee of
the city caused by the war. . 102 Yea; 103
Kft-
Theneed' for this measure exists In
the advancing.cost of Jiving and the
. We have been thinking the Bolshe-
vikl were the limit among Russian
revolutionists, but there is another
shade, redder than they, called anar
chists,, against - whom - the relatively
moderate Bolshevikl. have, been mak
ing war. It may yet prove that there
are reds redder than the anarchists,
who would be supremely disgusted on
learning that they were only moderate
after all.
To accuse the Alsatian, who only
learned German under compulsion, of
pro-Germ an Ism, is unjust, but that is
one of the consequences of the mix
ture of languages In border provinces
of Europe and of the mixture of races
in America. Opinions of people's loy
alty should be founded on their acts
To read in the Chicago Tribune' that impossibility of the city to retain neces-
Mrs. La Baron Loring- Austen, "daugh- sary employe, at. tne salaries n. can
ter-ln-law nt Jane A n.i ten. the novel- Provide under "present lax limitations,
1st." died last Saturday, at her home in Its purpose Is. to .increase the pay of
the Illinois metropolis, is a trifle dls- tne ran ana me or city entpo-. m-
turblng. " Her husband, we are told, eluding police rand firemen, but not
was "a son of the author," and died higher paid officials.- The tax will be
about five years ago. It is encumbent levied only during the period of the
upon B. L. T.. of the Tribune, to ex- war. It is a matter of simple Justice
plain this apparent anachronism and I and also one of necessity,
insidious attemot to project the bend Vote 103. Tea.
sinister across the Austen escutcheon.
J P"ar the Motorist In Japan.
(From the Japan Chronicle.)
You must drive your automobile at
the speed of eight knots per hour on
the city roads and at 12 knots per hour
on the country roads.
An act to amend the charter bo- as to
give the council discretion. In awarding
contracts, to accept blda of Oregon persons
when auch blda do not exceed the lowest
submitted -by more than 5 per cent. 104
Yea; 105 No.
This amendment would extend to city
contracts a law now applying to state
When von see the ooliceman throw-I contracts. It is intended to give home
ing up his hand you must not drive in industry a preferential or a per cent
front of him. in awards or contracts lor supplying
When you get ahead of the passen-I goods, materials or construction work.
srer on foot or the horse, you must I Vote 104. Yea.
rlnr the horn.
When you meet the cow or the horse I An act to amend tha charter by adding
speed slowly and take care to ring the a new section permitting the reorganization
h .nt hn frM of them. Bureau Into two platoons and
Drive slowly when you meet the horse
or the cattle, do not make them afraid
and carefully make the sound. If they
afraid the sound you must escape a
little while at the aide of the road till
they pass away.
106 Yea;
authorizing a four-tentba-mlll tax.
107 No.
This amendment authorizes the.two
platoon system without the dangerous
surrender of control and discipline pro
posed In the two-platoon measure de-
tsui
i-T- .i,.. ,k. wh. von feated in a preceding election.
get drunk and do not smoke on the firemen will benefit from the increases
rir, ,..( I in salaries prupvacu in aiutuv
unver seau I i v t h, a, a a tar
"What Is the Bolshevikl national las the city should go in present cir-
anthem referred to by a reporter?" In- I cumstancea. .Additional taxation at
oniro. a narnlexed reader. We don't mis time snouia De reservea iw
and words, not on the sound of their j know how the tune goes, but the text ters of vital need.
was written by Edward Lear, and be-
K'ns: ... . ...
"There was an old man witn a teara.
Who said. 'It is Just as I feared.'"
Vote 107. o.
The police found It necessary to
An act to amend aectlon 220 of tha charter
authorizing the refunding of water bonds.
108 Yea; 109 No.
Thla provides for the Issuance of new
bonds for the purpose of retiring old
The country Is to be congratulated
that Senator Hitchcock is the new
chairman of the committee on for
elgn relations. He is a Democrat of abate the xeal of a detachment of In- bonds of equivalent amount and is
the right kind, a staunch American diana vigilantes." There Is a disposl- made necessary by the failure to pro-
whrt nut pntmtrv artWA nartv an lion nuwauaya iu ien.u L. . ,j. .,,1. , fund tnv rut fpmftllt
who, therefore, does not hesitate to 1 "'"UM ' Df water bonds Issued some years ago.
express an opinion conflicting .with I T rw.f- Tn ih. viii.r. miriil u 18 a simple, grant of authority not
.. . ... .. .. I In Deerfleld. 111., the village marsnai, .m (hffmh In hnnded ln-
the constable, the deputy Sheriff, the debtedness and is necessary to preserve
Inan'Artnr of water mains, the reader I. , .,... ji.
If the United States' Is to assume I of water meters, the fire department,! . va-
exhaasted their ammunition. It was I seriously that It bases a demand for
.mobile artillery hauled along the high-1 grand Jury Inquiry on hla statements.
way ana posted on the heights which I If all or these should be disposed
held off the allies and finally com- ( of. the accuser who cannot be silenced
pclled them to retire. ta the fact that after blng at war for
IZ an enemy should effect a landing thirteen months our Army in France
In force aad the American Army lis still practically without fichUng
anemia oe driven mck to Lhe Coast I aircraft of American make and la de.
range of mountains, a main highway I pendent for aerial defense and recon
up the Willamette Valley with laterals I naUsance on the French the rescued
running westward would be Indlapen- going to the help of the rescuer,
sable to serve It. and that function -
hostile advance Into tha Wlllaznatta Favorable forecasts of the Winter
Valley, the Cascade Mountains would I wheat crop are no cause for relaxation
become the natural line of defense, I In economy of wheat. Tha Oovem
and the Army would need solid roads I ment estimates an Increase of 14 J.-
acroaa tneir passe and a main north 000.000 bushels over the Winter wheat
and south road along their eastern! crop of last year, but the latter was
base. This Is the system of military far below the average and left only a
signwaya propewea oyine racine coast small margin over normal domestic
Helena league, wmcn is to hold a I consumption. That margin was only
convention In Portland on May 24 and I Increased br the practice of aavlnar
SS. It would constitute an Integral and even then was not sufficient to
part or our aerenaca, would facilitate make good the deficiency of Our allies,
movement of the present war trafflc who are still on short rations of wheat
and would form the skeleton of a state We have no cause to expect a con-
neiwora oi nignways xor me usee 01 slderable Increase In the crop of
Pc- I Spring wheat, and many risks of
Then mgnway construction Is a war drought or wet weather. Insect pests
measure of the first importance and and labor shortage have to be safely
should be prosecuted with even greater passed before the larger crop for
energy ai me present time tnan oerore I which we hope will be harvested,
the war. Bonds for the purpose should I If our highest hopes ahould b real
have the favorable consideration of lxed by the harvesting of a bllllon
the War Finance Corporation, with- bushel crop In I18. several Items
out whose aid or Indorsement they must be set on the other side of the
a-annot be placed on the market. The account, and they prove that we shall
plans on which the Oregon Highway have none to waste. Our Army In
Commission is at work were adopted France la growing ranidlv and must
by a decisive majority of the voters be well fed. though the stay-at-homes
at an Initiative election. They are go short Food production of France
opposed oniy Dy tne agitators wno and Italy Is half to a third below nor
hav allied themselves with the dls- mal because the men of those nations
loyal Non-Partisan League and who are under arms and because rich see
have been repudiated by the Oranges tlons of their territory are occupied
of the most populous counties. An by the enemy or have been laid waste,
attempt to call an election on repeal British production Is Increased only
of the road-bonding law has met with by herculean effort, pastures and
so little encouragement that" Its fall- parka being plowed up and women
tire seems assured. . and boys being drafted; to the farms.
Road-building should go on because The allies are deprived of the supply
It is an Immediate and valuable con- which they formerly drew from Rus-
trl button to our war activities. The gla and Roomanla. Wheat could be
war dictates that It be confined almost shipped to Europe from Argentina,
entirely to mala highways, but that Australia and India, but the distance
It should be pushed with redoubled from those countries Is so" much
energy. Capital should be released for greater than that from the fnited
this purpose as readily as for the Ira- States that tonnage would be em-
provement of ra'lroada. building of ployed which could be better used In
ears and locomotives and construction shipping troops and munitions to
of ships. War work can be speeded j France. By reducing home consump-
It is true that the professional voca
tlonal guide Is presumed to know
these things and to make due allow
ances, but It Is also true that he often
falls.
Parents still occupy the favored po
si tlon in respect to educational guid
ance, notwithstanding the tendency In
some quarters to trust everything to
the schools. Their lack of special
pedagogical equipment is atoned for
by greater Interest In the Individual
pupil and by exceptional opportunities
for observation. It has been the ob
serration of schoolmen that nothing
quite takes the place of intelligent
home guidance not even the pater
nalism of a benevolent state. But not
all parents are as wise, or as well
Informed, as they ought to be, and It
Is for this reason that the schools.
with the welfare of the coming gener
ation rn mind, are seeking by methods
both direct and Indirect to Include
fathers snd mothers In the scope of
their work. The benefits of education
are cumulative. One need not sub.
scribe to any special theory of hered
ity to realise this. Men and women
who have tasted of educational oppor
tunities are usually keen to give their
children still better ones. It has been
said aptly that the father who has
been to college will send Jils son to
college If he can find a way and that
the college-bred mother will find the
way. It Is not this class of parents
with whom school authorities are con
cerned, but with those who are apa
thetlc either viewing the whole sys
tern with suspicion, or regarding it as
the duty of the teacher to assume the
whole responsibility.
Our habit of ascribing our educa
tional difficulties to foreign immigra
tion has suffered a shock as the re
sult of revelations in the training
camps under the draft Tbe percent
age of adult Illiteracy Is shown to
have been larger than had been indi
cated by statistics, and it also appears
that there are a good many native
Americans who can neither read nor
write. In proportion to population.
the country districts are as backward
as the "congested districts of the
cities." to which we also have been
accustomed to ascribe an undue share
of educational shortcomings. The
foreign population, in fact, has seemed
wider awake to its opportunities than
many of the home folks have been.
But s deficiency on the one hand is
the burden of building ships for the! the weed eradicator, and the Janitor of
allies as well as for itself, there will I the school has resigned, - we are try
An act to amend the charter by repealing
be PlentV of work not onlv for exist-1 Ing." writes M. W. R., "to find a man three sections and substituting therefor
, pI7nt or wora not OEiy lor exist- ; k M Diace " . . three new sections authorizing a levy of not
ing plants, but for aa, many ttiore as laKe nla exceed 1 mill for a free garbage collec-
can be added. It is time to turn Ore
gon loose as fast as new yards can be
manned.
Life.
tlon system. 110 Yes; 111 M
Increases In taxation at this time
In Other D7.
. Tweaty-Sve Years Age.
From Tha Oregonlan. May 13. 189S.
' Chicago. The gates of the World
Fair will be open Sunday, but the vexed
question of Sunday at the exposition-is
not yet settled. The buildings will remain-
closed. . .
. Washington. Herman Wise will be
appointed postmaster at Astoria in a
few days It is reasonably safe to an
nounce. ,- A wedding occurred the other night
at Yaquina Bay as the result of the re
cent meeting of the Legislature. Two
clerks, W. E. Baxter,, of Salem, and
Miss E. M. Lewis, of Yaquina, are the
contracting parties.
The W. , C. Noon Bag Company has
Just been Incorporated, . ,
Miss Helen Dun, daughter of the new
Minister to Japan, Is described as close
ly resembling her mother, the beauti
ful Japanese woman whom Dun mar-
Tied, while he was secretary of the le
gation in Toklo.
Dawn, and the day that follows after; lBh0urd be reserved for matters of vital
Time, and the hours bleak and slow;
f nnflpniiPTipfi. . Frea collection of c&r
Th. man ar-rr H ,.v. 1 lc"' w,l" ' ' " Oafre aoes noc seem now i " "
" " - s-ive. I a lul IDA nu In T n M T W I I I DHL eUIlAV. .I.olelnarlan
less driving, one result being a white Tork. 'and the simple Joy In doing; ,..
victim with a fractured skull. Is for- Hone, like a sons: that will not -cease; - .
tunate in residing in a Northern state, Dreams, that have mocked at your pur-I An act to amend the charter by adding
o-t.. o , i i, I ' I a new section providing an additional
sometimes mean, a war or two n Death, and the tender stars, and peace! method : of
. . . uimurni uu w . I -J " -
stir. - I - . 1112 Yea; 113 No.
This, in the long run. Is merely a re-
DOROTHY DOW.
"I do not drink, nor do I smoke.
I x aw 1 1 v i 1 1 iii., ... . ........... , . , M -
The President's proclamation call-1 writes Thomaw Burke In the esteemed funding proposition. The proceeds o
ing for real observance of Memorial Herald-Examiner. And so, naturally tne Donas win db nseu 10 "
day should be enough to bar the enough, the accompanying picture of erty for the amount "hlc h it is
,, it nHmaT, .hnvi him with a saeaar delinquent on street Improvement as-
apuru.o niia. cuotomnniy tnauigea Bessment. These assessments are now
by people with no reverance for the in hu mou"1
glorified dead. . . rmm .nd the Canine.
(Roanoke, III.. Item.)
represented by issuance of city bonds.
The result in the end will be to retire
the old bonds with the further merit
While driving in his Ford north of that resales or redemptions will ultl
town Bun Trantena ran into a dog matel, retire , the
a cunaay paper until next aay, now ana upset n can, "'" jl .,,if.rA in navlnsr in
think nothing of a more or less Joyous lTatl? ZTT otM:
ride on a fine SundavT Thev are none Uisnjured as ran IOr nu n, "U,"
the worse. tho tln can waa "21 to m" laM-
We shall have a united country when
When Lloyd George said the Amerl-1 everybody has invested In a liberty
can troops marching throujrh London I bond; for then everybody will reel
will not be increased.
Vote 112. Ye
had the same swing as the Welsh, he obliged to defend his coupons.
meant to compliment the Americans,
but he actually complimented the
Welsh.
Aa Embarraaameat of Rhea.
An mn a ,m,nri section 11)2 of tha char-
t.r an n. tn authorise transfer to the general
fund of balances left In special lunda no
longer needed. 114 Yea; 11 J ro.
A grant of power which will enable
Sir: When
I saw In the war news the city to use and conserve its re-
The most misguided of all men
that the British had improved their
position at Hinges, I didn't know
whether to "try to aret across with
sources.
Vote 114.
Yea.
wereHhose who assumed that all the something about the hinges of tall.
mothers of America were pacifists.
They want peace, but not a German
peace, for they know what It means.
or to ausrgest t,hat the action of the
British was perhaps preparatory to a
turning movement. Please take your
choice. . CAiXJiTKOSua.
An ordinance requiring operators of mo
tor veblclea to file bonds- 118 Yes; J.1T No.
A Harvard man named Frankfurter!
- This is a proposal to reduce the pres
ent adequate Jitney Bona to an mauo
ouate one and thereby permit irrespon-
ihl persons to engage in the jitney
Lord French, the new Lord Lleuten- business It ;U . a Propo-ai to
Is the gentleman wno ""-" . ..,;.::r. j . H
Himmel! has been made Adminls- "t of J- re?:'T JheVe terests of a few individuals and to de
trator or Labor Activities, but he Is all "Ported from the estern front "Tnre principle heretofore adopted by
right despite nomenclature. LSi.rheretnt0ffiaerdtUhen may nnS'a hint "m. ' """
America Is expected to build all the I
a 1 j ...... V..n -. iiifiimn I W ITC 111.
VI UBUCO, A amo s,sa,a ua, ss sa
' " " I . a. a. - A K a akka-ra h -Weftar f r) sT
shipping for the-European allies, and And Then the Kdller Had to Explain. (n tb councl, power to relieve transporta
will do so. Japan, however, will build From the Bushnell, I1L. Record.) tlon agenclea of bridge tolls, paving costs
her own. and a lot of It By request. Rev. Charlea Walters, a .d otb.r extraordinary chargea. US Yea.
arunaara miniBi.i, aimcu i
c,.tH vnitnn vemntion board in Lew- I Thla amendment authorises the city
The President has been offered $5 a I i-town to explain alleged utterances of I to sacrifice certain needed revenues
pound for his wool crpp from the I disloyal nature attributed to him. . now derived from the street railway
White House lawn flock, but he Is not I . company and offers an additional tax
profiteer. I wen. nv i k-"i to mtLlle' UP lne aeiictu " in o
on i in njviuu, . mv.w 'line old eupenitiai hdui..
th. Xf miner " and In Kouta Ind.. "Kuss, I , for the neoole bv
According to custom of little na- j the Butcher." Did you ever? L. B. P. I shifting taxes about but collecting them
Just the same.
Vote 119. Ac
tlnns tha nw TMttrianv fit Pnrtu tra I
has released all the nettr nrlsonera of "Heaven, help her pupils!" saysMon-
hls republic I ltor- referring to the fact that uetn
Damages by Government -rruesc
PORTLAND, May 11. (To the Edi
ts excess baggage by the wayside. The . "Vr- -rtni ataSt 0 mUes per
with your flngera" Doc Evans. Hour in inia cny, im -" "
M dear. If that doesn't reduce you, of the intersection and smashed into
The third liberty loan campaign offl- nothing- can. I my auto wmcn was iiamuos nn "
dally ended on May 4. but It ignores curb. How do i go aoout it to s
It is suggested oy x. a- r wno mwn i Qiinagu num " L T;
to give us half the prise, that tne own- i aoiaier saya x cannot u
era of the Bismarck translate the name iu. u. tAjtitiu.i.
into Mara lwain. rlni.e. or Adiutant- In
-HV.v.n mav protect the wolklng znruca production headquarters in
Battles teachea in Ferry Hail, Lake
Forest But we venture the hope that.
Pershing's Army does well to drop I jn this case, there is nix in a name.
Romans rightly named It Impediments.
The third liberty loan ca
clally ended on May 4. bt
dates and keeps tight on.
For his Impertinence General Mau
rice Is retired to the Club of Old Filers
with blank ammunition.
I . Half a Century Ago.
From The Oregonlan. May IS, 1888.
' R. V. Short has left with us, says
the Enterprise, a fine sample of almost
pure copper, which is found in this
county near Boone's Ferry. The sam
ple was given to Mr. Short by T. M.
Shaver, who found It about two feet
under tha surface of the ground in a
place where he was excavatlnar for
gravel to put in his dam near the river.
It is stated that the nruMant anil
ehlef engineer of the Oregon Central
itaiiroaa nave requested Philip Rita,
of Walla Walla, to make an examina
tion of Salmon River this season, with
a view to locating a road through that
way. All information from parties
who have been through that country,
if forwarded to Mr. Ritz, will be grate
fully received.
A challenge: Tha tlrat nln f tv.
Athletic B. B. Club has chnllenireH th.
first nine of the Spartan Club to play
a match game at the picnic grounds on
Ross Island next Saturday. The latter
club will hold a meeting this evening to
consider the challenge.
First Public Telea-ram Tiv Th. rt.Tt..
Line. The following dispatch from the
Cascades was received last evening:
" ic8iapn to tnis place and of
fice opened this da v Th. rnir.n.
River .is epanaed by two wires
stretched a distance of 1000 fet Th..
were , run by the atea.mer Ji,n.
tain Smith. - An excursion party com
posed of Army officers nri f.in..
and accompanied by a brass band visit
ed this place today from Vancouver
Barracks. The telegraph is constructed
five- miles beyond this point today "
FIRM AND FEARLESS JUDGES OtfLY
Mr. Cerllaa Deelarea Aaralnat Election
. Political WeatnercocKa.
PORTLAND, May 11. fTQ th. v.!.
tor.) The Republican voters of Mult
nomah County will soun be called upon
to mane their choice for the three Re
publican nominees for tha nffira f
Circuit Judge.
lhe importance or a wise choice can
irdly be overestimated. Th.
Judge is the exception, but it Is always
possible for the people to select a-onrt
Judges if they will only exercise intel
ligent judgment in voting.
One of the most vital Qualities of
Judge Is courage of a high order. Un-
lrss ne possess such courage there is
no real administration of iustlre. but
only the weak yielding to some un
worthy influence, oftentimes a popular
clamor.
It is because three of the candidates
for nomination, the present Circuit
Judges Morrow, Stapleton and Ganten-
Dein, have recently exhibited thi hiarh
order of courage that I feel that they
should receive the support of the voters
at the primary. I refer to their deci
sion in the recent rate case.
Their decision sustaining the power
of the Commission to raise the rate
would, they knew, be unpopular. Here
was the great test of the true Judge.
Will ne stand up and do his duty aa
he sees it under the law, or will he be
borne along by the current of public
opinion? These three Judges stood this
test. They rendered an unpopular de
cision. My opinion is of no importance to
any one; but it can do no harm for
me to say that I am in full accord
with their ruling and believe that the
Commission had the power to raise the
rate to six cents. These Judges were
not called upon to pass upon the rea
sonableness of the rate; but only to
decide whether the Commission acted
within its power. The courts are still
open to the investigation of the ques
tion whether the 6-cent rate Is a rea
sonable rate. In view of the rights of
the public and of the traction company
as well.
All attempt to mislead the' neonle
Into believing that these Circuit Judges
held that the 6-cent rate was a reason
able rate are dishonorable and should
ruact ujon the heads of those who are
making the attempt. And speaking for
myself. I wish to say that I regard it
as equally dishonorable to try to stir
up prejudice against judges because
of their rendering a decision that the
public may not like. If the people
allow themselves to be deceived by
such tactics the blow they aim at the
judges who had the courage of their
convictions will ultimately fall upon
their own heads.
I know of no greater political ca
lamity that can befall a people than
to place upon the bench a weathercock
ruetead of a fearless and high-minded
Judge; and weathercocks will come if
judges are to be punished for their
fearlessness in the discharge of their
duty.
On this one issue of courage alone I
believe that all three judges should
be renominated and re-elected.
GUY C. H CORLISS.
Star for American With Allies.
TROUTDALE. Or., May 11. To the
Editor.) My brother Joined the Cana
dian army In 1914 before the United
States entered the war. He was born
In this community and his folks still
live here.
Tbe high school Is making a service
flag and there Is a question as to
whether he has a right to a star in
the flag. Can you tell me about this?
A READER.
We see no objection to including a
star in his honor. There are no official
or fixed regulations governing tbe
matter.
a-oiL but in Edgewater they take no T.nn hiilldlna-.
In few day. now th. "agony" will SL. A.N.V"
be over, for some, but a little soreness
will continue.
The boy who this week " eats the
most potatoes la entitled, to the biggest
Af ni. '
'anu Offered for SoMlera.
Accordingly It 1 s nilptabaHoIFT HOOD RIVER, Or., May ll.-(To the
retaoinsh." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Editor.) The writer would respectfully
America Is stripping- for the dire submit the name of "War Kagies" or
Biennial elections are great times
for the man who wants his picture in
the paper.
The Coos delegation ' looks like i
million dollars "and keep the change.'
A Red Cross quota cannot be too
high, considering the object.
Who licks the thrift stamps that the
epers of Molokai buy?
Phlletalists will grab the new 24-
cent aviation stamp.
bUtaa on one ETht-.rI0ON7A9 eta-
oinn." Charleston Gazette.
PI the Kaiser!
When Germany begins a peace offen
sive' the civilized world reaches for gas
masks.
"THE lth German reserve division
has received a company of 258 boys
of the lH9-'20 class."
The Kaiser is beginning to rob the
cradles.
"Eagles" for our fighting men of the
United States. With us the eagle stands
for liberty and holds his place in the
sun against all despot foes. The writer
has composed a war song entitled
"American War Eagles," in which we
carry the fight up to the despot Huns
from start to nnisn.
WILSON ROSS WJJSiAINS.
Meaning of Wireless Term.
PORTLAND, May 11. (To the Edi
tor.) Can you tell me what is meant
AMONG those adhering tenaciously i py aerial leads in wireless teiegrapny
to their occupations is Charles uunxer, I . . Y. MATSUL
who works on the cinder pit of the Red
Plush line at Clinton. I The connecting- wires which received
' THE Shah of PerTa lsnf crasy about tBf, fJ""??1 'ro Us ,oufce a"
democracy, but he knows a good thing called the lead, and the ones through
when he sees it, so he has taken a hun- which It flows back are known as the
drcd thousand of the third loan. 1 "return."
Largest U. S. Cantonment.
SALEM, Or., May 11. fTo the Edi
tor.) For the purpose of eettling a
friendly dispute, will you kindly ad
vise which is the largest cantonment
in the United States, and which canton
ment has the largest number of sol
diers? H. C. B.
Writers on military matters state
that Camp Lewis is both largest in ca
pacity and In the average number of
men under training. Because of cen
sorship on such military Information
this is probably as close to conclusive
determination of the question as the
public can get.
Allowance to Drvereed Wife.
PORTLAND, May . (To the Editor.)
Please state how much the Govern
ment allows a divorced wife and child
of a soldier. She gets $16 a month ali
mony. A READER.
The Government allowance and sol
dier's compulsory allotment together
cannot exceed the alimony.