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pa rt.-v Engines, electric machinery
and tanks were prepared in the same
way; literally, a boat launched at
Newark might actually have been built
at several points as far West as Chi
cago, and many boats were duplicated
in every detail, as are freight cars.
When the call for the- emergency
fleet arose the same system was ap
plied. Shipyards were changed into
assembling plants for material and
machinery, which were gathered from
all parts of the country. Much is said
of the yards for building snips or
fabricated steel on the Atlantic Coast,
but the same thing 4s being done in
some degree in Portland, as ,to both
steel and wooden ships, and the pros
pect is that Oregon alone will produce
as much tonnage in 1918 as was pro
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1917. This is the fruit of, the Amen
rOBTLAXD, FRIDAY JUNE 14, 1918.
War Department draft of the bill em
powering the President to establish
local and district tribunals with this
proviso:
A majority of the members of each
tribunal shall be citizens of the United
States not connected with the military es
tablishment. The Senate adopted a section of
fered by Senator Kellogg providing
that the local tribunals shall be "com
posed of the members of the local
civil government," and the section
finally adopted required that the Pres
ident appoint boards of three or more
members, "none of whom shall be
connected with the military establish
ment, to be chosen from among the
local authorities or from other citi
zens residing within the subdivision."
- Representatives Kahn and Greene,
anxious that General Crowder be
rnhhaH rt ne nn T-t nf tri orerlit which
can system. It is an example of Ameri- . .; norfe-crine- nnrl
can emciency urouBin. - '"" administering the law. reminded the
standard in less than two years. It I House that he had mada a special
compares well witn trerman eniuem.j, study of selective service from the
which is the attainment or more tnap dayg when he was a. Second Lieuten
forty years euori. it proves iH ftnt that he helped to perfect the law
superiority of democracy to autocracy . h valuabi0 suggestions, was in
l THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY.
' Tift orts of American women to dupli
cate the experience of the Women's
X-and Army of England, which found
expression in the organization last
jDecember of the Woman's Land Army
of America, will be watched with es
pecial interest because of Us probable
bearing upon the size of our crops
end the success of the harvest. The
Woman's Land Army in England num
bered 280,000 at the beginning of the
present year; the army in the United
tstates had enrolled some three thou
vand at last accounts, but was grow
ing: rapidly.
The new army has received the in
dorsement of a large number of pa
triotic societies, but it relies chiefly
(Upon the opinion of experienced ob
servers that women can be utilized
fedvantageously in the country's agri
(cultural crisis. . The British venture
Bias passed the experimental stage,
puccess of an organization which em
ployed more than seventy women at
3Mount Kisco, N. Y., last Summer and
Autumn demonstrated the capacity of
tromcn to do many kinds of farm
jwork heretofore reserved exclusively
for men. It was the judgment of en
thusiasts that women atoned by
fereater conscientiousness for their lack
cf physical strength.
The superintendent of a California
enterprise which has employed large
(lumbers of women for outdoor work
recently testified that they had set a
new pace of achievement and some
times excelled the men who were at
vork in the same fields. One woman
Bhowed deftness In the handling of
tomato plants which had never been
japproached by a male worker. Sev
eral were employed as teamsters and
anade good. Others were conspicu
pusly successful in dairying. This was
;worth comment only because they
were American women. In some parts
tof Europe dairying is regarded essen
tially as women's work. Americans
are demonstrating that without regard
to sex they are the equals of anyone.
Considerations of patriotic self-sacrifice
have prevailed in instilling en
thusiasm into the workers in the be
crlnning, but the experience of a sea-
ton has shown that with certain pro
visions for the welfare of women
porkers, they are likely to prove an
Important factor in the future. The
Mount Kisco experiment was highly
organized, although on a small scale
and it was made possible for women
to live In houses or in tent communi
ties, with adequate chaperonage, and
to conduct co-operative housekeeping
Iwhich insured good quality of food at
minimum cost. Contracts were made
with farmers by the organizations
themselves, either by the day, the hour
Or the piece, and the organizations
fcollected payment and distributed it.
!The best evidence of success is the
testimony of employers themselves.
who are desirous of renewing the ar
rangement for the coming year.
J. nere being no peasant class in
the United States, the new women's
army has been Intensely democratic.
It has drawn its recruits from almost
every department of feminine activity.
" Women used to intellectual effort,
taid one of the leaders recently, "find
farm work in congenial company a
rest and tonic to the nerves." "Con
genial company" Is rather broadly de
lined. Most of the workers have
found the company of others animated
xy tne same enthusiasm and the same
patriotic desire to perform and to be
congenial. The cheerful spirit which
has marked the new army has gone
lar toward lightening its tasks.
I ASSEMBLING PLANTS FOB SHIPS,
in the course of little more than
a year the United States has dis
icovcred the system by which an im
mense tonnage of ships can be pro
duced in a short time. That system
transforms the shipyard from a place
where every part of a ship is made
and then put together, and where each
vessel has a distinct individuality, be
lng unlike any other in some imoor
tant respects, into a mere assembling
piant ior materials which have been
made and fashioned at distant and
widely scattered points and where
many vessels follow the same standard
plans.
In the old days logs were hauled to
the shipyard, there to be cut into the
proper form, and sails and rigging
were made there to fit each ship. Each
hip was built to suit the particular
whims of each owner, just as a house
is built to please the housewife. When
eteam supplanted sail power, the en
trine and machine shop gradually sup
planted the sail loft, but things went
on as before until engine building de
veloped into a distinct craft. The work
of designing and drawing and cutting
material was duplicated for each ship,
and change came only by degrees
when steel took the place of wood.
All of these customs caused much
verhead expense and much labor
which was -saved in industries where
large numbers of identical articles are
made in quantity.
The war brought the change, and
our own present efficiency is the fruit
of experience gained while we were
till neutral. The British government
wanted hundreds of submarine chasers
riuilt quickly according to the same
design. Speed forbade that a vessel
remain on the ways while each par
ticular plate and other part was being
shaped and joined to Its neighbor. It
must be hurried into the water to
make room for another. Hence the
plates were cut and shaped at the steel
mill and as many of them were riveted
together there as could be transported
in one pieces So it was with other
as an incentive to co-ordinated, brain
and muscle of many men at widely
separated points. '
THE FLAG.
June 14 is set apart each year for
homage to the flag of the Union, in
pursuance of our custom of honoring
our revered institutions with special
anniversaries, and we shall profit by
devoting some moments today to re
flection upon what the flag means to
us in times like these.
communication with every state Gov
ernor before its passage and worked
unceasingly to put it . in successful
operation.
The summing up of the whole mat
ter is that Executive, legislators "and
soldiers -were, alike deeply imbued
with the spirit of democracy and that
each in his turn worked for perfec
tion of a compulsory service system
which would make the . Army the
product and servant, not the master,
of the people. They thus proved once
The Stars and Stripes is today the more that militarism consists not in
emblem of a united people, and in a I the fact of compulsory service, but In
special sense of a Nation battling" for
the rights of democracy. We have
won our own spurs, and we have set
tled our' minor issues at home, and
we have elected to throw our full
strength into the scales for the good
of all mankind. No flag ever had a
better cause, ' and no causo a better
flag. There is not a blot upon our
emblem. It is the duty of every
American to help keep it clean.
But we shall do well not to mini-
the spirit and manner of its applica
tion and in the use to which it is put.
A NATIONAL "HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
Co-ordination being the order of the
day, the resolution of the New Britain,
Conn., Chamber of Commerce is per
tinent. It urges on the Federal Gov
ernment and the several states "the
importance of adopting a programme
that will Insure adequate highway con-
RfrnrHnn that nnr hiphvavii mav
mize the task before us. In particular properiy caTry thein Bhare of the bur
it is important for us to bear in mind d f transportation." and proposes
that the flag Is the flag of the whole
people, and that it is the duty of the
whole people to sustain it at the front.
If the flag falls, we fall. There is
no half-way point.
The. thought was expressed in revo
lutionary days in the Massachusetts
"Liberty Song," which ran:
the 'creation of a centralized Federal
authority to determine, the highway
policy of our Government." Co-ordination,
of railroads with waterways
has long been urged in .vain, but is
now to be worked out under Govern
ment operation of railroads. The
scheme now needs expansion to in
clude highways.
Under the pressure of war traffic
we have come to realize that high
ways are an integral part of our trans
portation system. -Unable to get auto
mobiles hauled by railroad from the
Middle West-to the Atlantic ports for
export, manufacturers have sent them
over the highways by 1 their . own
power. In the same, predicament
Army officers have done . the same
By thrift, and by thing and have gone farther by load-
and by refraining I ing auto trucks with Army supplies.
from idle fault-finding, and by stamp- We have had a most dramatic illus-
ing out sedition, those at home can I tration of the use of motor transport
prove that they know what the flag lover solid highways in the daily train
would serve no good purpose if they
conducted the business perpetually at
a loss, and there will come a time
for the scrutiny of cost sheets, just
as there is such a time in tho his
tory of a rolling mill or a cracker
factory. It is to be hoped that they
will ultimately make a business suc
cess of their farming, and earn divi
dends on every dollar they have in
vested. Agriculture as a whole has
everything to gain and nothing to
lose by being shown that it is a busi
ness that ought to be run on busi
ness principles. ' ,
The trouble with a good deal of
farming in the past a trouble which
has been driving . the young men to
the cities has been that farmers
have not received adequate return
on the actual capital invested. They
have capitalized' the labor of their
wives and sons and daughters and
have made no charge against the
plant for interest on capital and have
been content if they "came out ahead"
at the end of a year, or of a series
of years. Our Wall street friends will
not thus deceive themselves. Every
dollar that goes into the pot will have
to give account of itself; every field
will have its profit and loss column
every expenditure will be carefully
studied. The wife of the president of
the corporation will not be compelled
to 'can the unsaleable produce to save
it and to run the family table on
culls. There will, perhaps, bo a bet
ter understanding of markets than
prevails with most farmers. In a
word, there will be efficiency, or else
the enterprise will presently be dis
continued. It will not be conducted
indefinitely at a loss.
The new venture will be a good
thing for everybody. In the begin
ning it is certain to produce a certain
amount of staple food, which we must
have, at whatever cost. It will fur
nish capital for a great demonstra
tion of the value of tractors and other
machinery. The fact that Maryland
has bought four American tractors
this "year, while France has taken
1600, shows that we at home need to
be waked up. The scheme is likely
to be worth while. The Wall street
investors can afford to lose, and all
farmers will profit by watching them,
whether they succeed or fail.
A Line o Type or Two.
Hew te the Line. Let the Quips Fall
Where They May.
On th Spree.
How dark and brown will be the taste.
The dawn how dull and gray.
What time the Prussians sober up
At Berlin on the Spree.
The katzenjammer they will have
Who now await with glee
The knockout drops we have prepared
For Berlin on the Spree, Pan.
"Coal is coal," a coal man writes us,
and adds, "If you can t get what you
want, take what you can get." We
have a better plan than that. Get what
you want, and If you can't pet it,
spend the Winter on the Equator.
Ia the Words of Paine
"These are the times that try men's
souls. The Summer soldier and the
sunshine patriot will. In this crisis,
shrink from the service of their coun
try; but he that stands it now deserves
the love and thanks of man and wom
an. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily
conquered; yet we have this consolation
with us, that the harder the conflict
the more glorious the triumph. What
we obtain too cheap we esteem too
lightly; It is dearness only that gives
everything its value."
"Recruits jam Navy offices; want re
venge on U-boats."
The certain result, since 1914, of
German f rightfulness.
song for our banner! Tho watchword
recall
Which save the republic her station:
United we stand, divided we fall!"
It made and preserved us a Nation:
The union of lakes, the union of land.
The union of states none can sever.
Tho union of hearts, the union of hands
And the flag of our Union forever.
There is no American who cannot
serve the flag this year. ' It is a mis
take to suppose that it is only a battle
standard. Service reaches far behind
the fighting line.
food conservation
really means. "United we stand, di
vided we fall!" is both the central
truth and the golden text for our Flag
day in 1918. -
ELIMINATING GERMAN NAMES.
It probably will not require enact
ment of a Federal law to change the
names of cities, towns, townships and
highways m the United States now
designated as "Germany" or "Berlin"
of 6000 trucks which were instrumen
tal in enabling the invincible French
to save Verdun. The machine gun
and then the cannon loaded on ar
mored trucks and then on tractors
have shown us the part which roads
play in actual battle. The highway is
not a subordinate but a prime factor
in both commerce and war.
This change has lifted it far above
the purely local Influence which has
controlled it until recently. The dis
trict road supervisor and the County
or some variant of either, but Repre
sentative Smith, of Michigan, proposes commissioners have given place, as to
main roads, to the state . highway en-
to take no chances. He has introduced
bill requiring that the changes be
made. No issue of state or local rights
is involved. . Provision is simply made
that mail addressed to towns so desig
nated shall not be transmitted, through
the mails and that ought to bring
about the reform with all speed.
We already have changed the name
of a Germantown road to "Liberty
Town road," and so are able to watch
the course of other communities with
a clear conscience. Portland has gone
further by eliminating Teutonism
from the names of its streets. But it
is perhaps not generally known that
there are twenty-eight places in the
United States in which "German" ap
pears, and thirty containing "Berlin.
Ohio, with nine appellations contain
ing one or the other, leads all the
states. Wisconsin, where we would
have expected more, has only three.
There is no doubt that the general
movement toward stamping out all
gineer and the state highway commis
sion. These have been drawn into
co-operation with the- Federal Gov
ernment under the Shackleford law.
Federal control of finance now de
cides which roads shall be built now,
as having military value, and which
shall be postponed. We are progress
ing toward full recognition of high
ways as an important part of our
transportation system.
A NEW . VENTURE r FARMING.
There is a certain time in the mid
die life of most men when they look
with longing to the soil, and,- if they
can afford it, proceed to. engage 'in
farming with a view of 'showing the
old-timers how the business "ought
to be run. They are all for "system
and "efficiency" and are- full of mod
ern ideas. Sometimes they succeed,
but often they fail: Horace Greeley
memories of German kultur is having is sf ld to have estimated that his
its effect. The Koelnische Volks Zei
tung caught the idea when it said that
the European victories of the Germans
were "in a measure balanced by the
losses we have suffered in America,
A German press has practically gone
out of existence; German, is being
eliminated from the schools; German
associations are finding new names. If
the Prussian leaders were thin
skinned, how they would suffer at the
thought of the embarrassment they
have broughtupon their own country
men.
Meanwhile, there are twelve towns
named Bismarck in the United State
which are not covered by the proposed
law. As an early exponent of "blood
In face, of the facts that wars are
won by adoption of new ideas and that
these new ideas are developed by free
discussion among men who have made
war their special study, the Navy De
partment has expressed disapproval of
the publication of articles on strategy
and tactics during the continuance of
the war. This rule is directly con
trary to the practice of Britain and
France, where the service journals
are full of such discussion. From that
source sprang tho tanks, which won
victory on the Somme, and explana
tion of the German advance on March
21 as due to new mobile guns used in
a new form of mass attack "a gun,"
says the Army and Navy Journal,
"that we are making for the use of
our own infantry in such attacks,
That paper advises preparation to re
pel German attacks by open discus
sion in. service magazines as "one of
the very best ways to encourage our
native ability along this line." But
Secretary Daniels seems to have put
on the lid through fear of criticism,
for which his aversion is well known.
It cannot be said that in consider.
ing military questions the military
committee of the Senate is a lot of
civilians talking about something they
do not understand. Senator Weeks is
a graduate of Annapolis and served
two years in the Navy, ten years in
the Massachusetts naval brigade and
was in the volunteer Navy duriug the
Spanish war. Senator Wadsworth
served as a private in the Porto Rican
campaign. Senators Mclveuar, New.
Beckham and other members have
served in the National Guard. They
can discuss machine guns and artillery
intelligently.
PIBLIC LACKS IN INFORMATION
Education In Flaar Etiquette mm A An
them Courtesy la Needed.
UTRTLE POINT. Or. June II. (To
the Editor.) In the editorial appear
ing In The Oregonian under the cap
tion, "Saluting the Flag," we are con
fronted with a supject most worthy of
consideration.
The complainant la nulte right In
his contention that we are patrlotlo in
all respects save the civilians proper
reverence toward the Nation's colors.
Lack of patriotism is not responsible
for the prevailing public neglect to
pay a proper respect to the flag. Over
night of schools and patriotic organi
sations to Institute a systematic form
of education In this line appears to be
the real fault. The Army and Navy
have been the only organisation to
educate members in the etiquette of
the flac Barrinar some instances the
civilian public his never been trained
to pay Its respect to the flag through
th use of a standard code of manners.
Wo must now depend upon educators
who realise the Importance of such
outward symbols and vce mart hope
that they will Inaugurate a system of
patriotic customs which will be event
ually adopted in our schools. The
Council of Xatlonal Defense could be
instrumental in securing immediate ac
tion through the medium of its state
organizations and other affiliated
bodies.
Last Winter the writer was a spec
tator at a military parade, viewing it
from a number of points along the
line of march. The people gathered in
groups at various places; lack of pro
per respect to the flag was noticeable.
each proup being affected by seemlng-
lv different phases of consideration,
In Other Days.
Twenty-Five Yearn Ac.
From The Oreconian. June 14. 1SS
Washington The President today
made the following appointments:
Henry C. Grady. United States Marshal,
for Oregon: .Daniel It. Murphy, U. TS.
Attorney, and Thomas J. Black. Collec
tor of Customs for this district.
J. T Cowan. Mayor of Albany,
tho St, Charles.
Is at
Every Zep raid was worth to England, I Not knowing the exact form of salute.
turnips cost him $16 apiece. It should
be said in his favor that they were
excellent turnips, but he did not make
a commercial success of farming. The
country is full of these, gentlemen
farmers; every community knows
them. The practical farBaers laugh
at them behind their backs but
they go on their ways serenely. For
farming is great sport when one can
hire the chores done.! and is not a
bond slave to "cow time," and can
motor to the city in the evening for
the opera. - i
Nevertheless,, -agriculture owes a
good deal to its idealists and its
dreamers. Thereis much to be said
in favor of efficiency. Tho city farm-
Heavy Browning guns are being
turned out in quantity, according to
manufacturers, who resent recent
statements that they have fallen be
hind. The Westinghouse Company
claims to have delivered many of them
and to be a month ahead of the
schedule arranged with the Govern
ment. The Colt Company has been
making Vickers machine guns at tle
rate of sixty a day until the Brown
ing was perfected, made 500 light and
250 heavy Brownings in May, and
promises to increase production of
heavies rapidly in June.
Bullfrogging is a growing industry
in the John Day country and is de
manding protection. It deserves it.
The man who puts his money in bull
frogs must not be the victim of every
sniper with a, 22 or a bit of red flan
nel.
The jury in the Oak Grove kissing
case did a wise thing in finding for
the defendant. No schoolteacher can
kiss the worth of $10,000 in a single
"bite." If the suit had been for a
dollar it would have been in reason.
as Kitchener said, a hundred thousand
volunteers. And similarly every U-boat
off the coast of the United States is
worth more than the Scotch clan lead
er's horn was able to summon.
The Camouflage Frock.
Dear Doc: Why don't you suggest to
the women's wear trade the Idea of the
camouflage frock? This shonlI be cut
for both high and low visibility, and
amidships it xhould render the- inmate
as nearly invisible as possible, givlnd
the effect of those pictures in which
the heroine's dress is the same color as
the background, so that all one can dis
tinguish are the upper and lower visi
bilities, where' tho dress ain't. This
would necessitate different frocks for
different streets and stimulate busi
ness. MERGETROID.
About half the time the Inspired com
positor sets "barely" bread for "barley"
bread; and one of these nights some
hungry proofreader will let it ride.
The Plpramoke Carry.
II.
"And the Spring comes slowly up this
way
When Summer is dead and the stream
is mute, and the snows lie deep across
the trail, or when the false Spring
pleasantly deludes us into thinking that
Winter Is over and gone one has only
to fill a briar bowl and wreathing Times
disclose the Pipesmoke Carry, which
flings uphill from the lake-edge and
downhill to the marfre of new waters.
Thistledown is not less ponderable than
canoe and pack, nor are town streets
smoother or more free of foot-snares
than this phantom trail.
There is not in all the wilderness a
fairer carry than the Pipesmoke one,
for it is a composite of many well
remembered roads. It winds through
breathless groves where "the pine tree
drops its dead" and sun-drenched opens
where the chorlc poppies sway and sing,
through cedar swamps and alder thicket
(strangely passable), and wild mea
dowland whereon the dwarf rose grows.
Now it breaks through the brush to
glimpse the brawlinr river, and now it
halts upon a hilltop for a long look into
the Valley of Silence. And all along
the way are flashes of fur and feathers,
catches of bird song, a scent of twin
flower, an endless tinkle of brook
water.
Tho while the pipesmoke wreaths
these pleasant pictures, one may tell
himself that he is in no haste for riches
and leisure and freedom to range the
forest whenever the gods may call; the
forest spell is not something that passes
with youth. Age modifies moxt opin
ions, one's pleasure in this or that may
wane, there are poets and music-makers
of our youth and there arc poets
and music-makers of our later years;
but the forest, like a certain magic
melody or phrase, is for all tim
never less wonderful than at the mo
ment when It made its first appeal.
The visions which the Lady Nicotine
vouchsafes to me contain the lyric note
never the epic. In tho plexus of my
pipesmoke trails there are no towering
mountains, no awesome passes; the few
hills' are low and fir-clad. One cannot
be intimate with a mountain, tor moun
tains are less companionable than the
stars; with a hill it is different. Even
the poets have not been drawn to close
communion with the peaks; Byron alone
seems to have exhibited energy in
mountaineering. To some natures the
mountains speak as nothing else, 'not
even the sea, can speak; but the poets
for the most part have found their in
spiratton in the murmuring wood, the
running brook, the wayside flower, the
homely countryside.
How Songs Are Made.
Tell you how my songs are born?
With pleasure, love, I will:
You smtiedVat me one wintry morn
And I am singing still!
Laura Blackburn.
timid about execution, or Indisposed
all seemed to be observant of what the
other follow would do and naturally
followed the majority. Where the sa
lute was given it was accomplished
in most instances only after the flag
had passed.
The complainant might nave in
cluded In his point of contention that
wo are also delinquent in regard to
extending proper courtesy toward our
National anthem. It must re recog
nized that universal adoption of a
cede of manners under a systematic
campaign of education is needed. Flag
and anthem courtesy Is quite essential
to American citizenship.
GEORGE E. TONNET.
Mark Bailey. Jr.. son of Professor
Bailey of the University of Oregon, has
been offered a position at tho Uni
versity of Idaho at J1S00 a year.
Pat- Ilolden. of Cascade Locks, came
to town Monday, bought some clothes
and supplies and had about COO llt
until some footpad relieved him of it
later.
The kidnaped Van Ostrnn children
have been found at The Dalles. Ben C
Lhlen took them away from their homo
on the East Side. They arc the chil
dren of Mrs. W. L. Van Ostran.
General W. P. Carlin has arrived to
take command at Port Vancouver.
D1RRCT rnlSART KEEDS CHANGE.
Selection of Candidates Now Subject tc
Evil Influences. Says Writer.
PORTLAND. June 13. (To the Edi
tor.) The letter appearing in The Ore
gonian June 10, from E. E. Ellsworth,
of Cascade Locks. In which he says.
referring to our primary election law
that a vast majority of our voters
clearly recognize the evil in the sys
tem which permits a politically vicious
element to influence the selection of
candidates of other political parties
certainly hits the nail squarely on the
head.
I see In the' Portland Journal, of this
same date, a sample or mis vicious
element." One Johnson asks the Jour
nal editor to advise him how to get out
of the Uepubltcan party after having
registered therein. It is a safe bet that
this fellow never voted a iteputjucan
ticket, except at a primary with
sabotage intent.
When the law allows an clement to
boost all the political quacks and
demagogues before the voters as candi
dates. It is no wonder that many people
are disgusted and ignore the primaries
and that honest and efficient officers
are few and hard to get.
The system should be fumigated and
corrected.
GEORGE H. HAMILTON.
174 Liberts- street.
CIVILIANS SWEATERS SHOULD GO
Writer Succeata That They Be Made
I'nfaahionable for Soldiers' Sake.
CATHLAMET, Wash.. June 12. (To
the Editor.) There is a serious, short
age of wool, wholesale houses notify
us that they will not agree to -deliver
any woolen underwear. It is im
possible to buy a woolen top shirt. A
suit of woolen underwear costs from
th to tS. a pair of wool stoi kings that
one used to buy for 25 cents now sells
for 75 cents. The Government has noti
fied manufacturers not to exceed SO
er cent wool in manufacturing anv
wool garment, yet one will find plenty
i yarn in saein for Knitters.
Nearly every patriotic woman Is
nitting for the Red Cross, but Little
Bobbie also has a sweater, so has
rother Leslie; sister Grace has a
khaki and a yellow, with caps to
match; Dad wears his and his wrist-
ets. sweating like a trooper. But
what else is one going to do? They
are all the go.
This coming Winter It will bo next
o Impossible for a laborer who works
ut in the weather to secure woolen
ndergarments. We receive letters
rom boys at the front asking for
heavy woolen underwear. Someone
who can lead, "start the ball rolling,"
and make it so that one will be
shamed to wear an Army sweater.
We used to get along without them
and wool should go into a more effi-
lent garment. Each sweater worn out
here robs the boys in the trenches of
hat much. Pass it along. It is an
other way of doing your bit.
A. B. MARTIN".
and iron," the famous chancellor de- er usually is, opeh-mlnded and' he is
serves also to have his name stricken
from the rolls. We look for some early
changes in this respect. It is up to
the capital of North Dakota, the most
populous of them all, to lead the way.
TO WHOM THE CREDIT 19 DCE.
There has been an interesting dis
cussion of the question how the selec
tive service law came to be adminis
tered by civilians. That feature of
the law distinguishes it from the con
scription laws of governments which
make military supreme over civil
power. In a country like Germany
the army takes a man for military
service, but lh the United States a
board of civilians composed of his
neighbors and fellow citizens sends
him to the Army. Thus our National
Army is a product of power exercised
by civilians and is relieved of the
worst feature of militarism through
the selection of soldiers by the local
boards instead of by some military
a voracious seeker after the latest
ideas. He is a liberal patron of the
agricultural colleges and a constant
reader of the scientific literatures. He
likes to potter and he can affdrd to
make experiments. If one venture in
a dozen succeeds, the world is that
much the better for it. He is too
vain of his achievements to have
trade secrets. He is willing to share
his successes with his neighbors.
So the country will haveaonly good
wishes to offer these financiers, de
scribed as members of "Wall street's
highest circles," who have organized
a corporation with the purpose of
cultivating the choice wheat land on
some 16,000,000 acres of Indian res
ervations. Out of their plenty they
have subscribed $2,000,000 for the
initial -needs of the undertaking. If
more is needed there is plenty where
the first came from. They are going
to put farming on a manufacturing
basis. Nothing will be done by hand
which can be done, with machinery.
There will be a tractor for every so
tribunal.
Some have given credit for originat- manv acres, and all the most modern
ing this scheme to President Wilson, implements and most efficient tools.
but ex-President Taft says that Pro
vost Marshal-General Crowder de
vised the mechanism of exemption
boards and district boards formed
We presume that there will be
model cottages for the workers, de
signed by architects who have made
a study or esthetic as wen as utill-
through the voluntary action of state, I tarian features. We have a picture of
county and city officials." Represen- farmhands dwelling in community
tative Hayden, in the interest of his- centers, being conveyed to their em.
torical accuracy, brought out the facts ployment in motor buses, working by
before the House. Quoting from the I a. carefullv planned schedule and
hearings before the House military
committee, he showed that the War
Department had not determined on a
plan when Secretary Baker testified
on April 9, 1917, but that Represen
tative Shallenberger. of Nebraska-
called attention to the fact that "Eng
land has a civil tribunal to administer
the law." This led Mr. Baker to lay
the British law before the committee
two days later. Mr. Shallenberger
then offered an amendment to 'the
kept' in good humor by the careful
attention to their welfare which
marks the conduct of the modern
factory.
It is said that the projectors .of the
enterprise are .not moved primarily
by desire for dividends. They are
patriots and have chosen this way to
increase food production. We believe
them when they say this, and have
no doubt that while the war continues
they will hold to tho faith. But they
In other times seizure of the Miller
estate for $6,000,000 taxes would be
astounding, but in time of war and bil
lions the affair and sums Involved are
trifling.
A local spinster of 28 is alleged in
sane because obsessed with a desire to
marry, but it that -is to be made a
test this is going to be a crazy world.
It is, possibly, easy to love a widow
with millions, but money is common
place to a director of a mint and we'll
give Cupid benefit of all the doubts.
Hezekiah Caples, 86, married Ella
Hanson, 2 2, his housekeeper, both Co
lumbia County people, and that's their
business, not that of the gossipers.
There is talk of giving Americans
greater part on the western front.
Long time it takes to learn the very
thing the Yanks want.
Wltls limit on sugar consumption in
the home, it is time something be done
with it in public places. The hog can
not be put on honor.
The village "hoss" doctor is a vet
erinarian at a state gathering of his
brethren, but everybody calls him
"Doc," nevertheless.
Though both parties want him,
Henry Ford will be foolish to run for
tho Senate. He is now bigger than
any Senator.
Eat more pork and save the beef,
eh? Popular, if it costs more. That's
the American way.
Following announcement of reduc
tion in ice the mercury fell.
KI y the flag today and wear one.
The a fit of Old Glory!
Speaking of words, why do so many
people pronounce Joan (in Joan of Arc)
in two syllables, "Jo-an 7 It Is Jone.
And she wrote it, not Jeanne "D'Arc,
but "Dare.
Mr. Hunn is the assistant editor of
the Advocate of Peace, published by
the American Peace Society. That ought
to help.
Ashes will wind the war. Sift them.
Unappreciated Genius.
Sir: The British police court which
fined a milkman 8 3s and costs for
selling adulterated milk when he had
testified under oath that It was shell
shock that weakened the cows that
gave the milk that court simply
showed a truly British lack of appre
ciation of genius. In the U. S. A. a
milkman of such ready talent would
have been put on the aviation board or
perhaps even made a director of pub
licity. M. D.
r
"FOR God's sake tell the truth about
Ireland," voxpops Captain of Police
Gallery. Well, Cap, if you insist, here
it is: No nation that devotes its en
tire existence to self-commiseration
will ever get anywhere. And the same
is true of an individual. As soon as
man bglns to feel sorry for himself
he's through.
SIGN In Englewood: Have your
shoes Hooverized here." You may, if
you please, add something about half-
starved soles.
"THE trouble lies In the Indiscrimi
nate sale of revolvers and liquor."
Crime expert.
ALL In favor of stopping the sale of
revolvers will rise.
Hlarher Mathematics.
From the Trib.
The fight took place 5S00 meters
(more than 3000 miles) in the air.
In Russia the relations between the
sexes are becoming aa confused as the
political relations. We can make noth
ing of them. Does anybody know, for
example, what would be the status of
a child whose mother was a I'kranian
and whose father was a soviet? Would
It be a duma?
"l-hoat Sinks Cork Steamer." Nor
folk. Va.. Pilot- How quaint the ways
of paradox!
THINGS I'D LIKE TO BE.
I'd like to be a little bird.
Perhaps a snow-white dove;
I'd tuck some letters neath my wings,
All weighed down with love.
And fly to where our soldier boys
Await in camps and forts
To hear the order. "All aboard."
And sail for "somewhere ports.
I'd like to be another bird.
This time the petrel kind.
With wings so tireless, strong and true,
I'd breast the roughest wind.
I'd follow where each transport goes,
And watch its course by day;
At night I'd perch beside the boys
And listen what they say.
And then I'd like to change again.
This time to the carrier breed;
I'd fly, and fly, and fly away.
With all my winged speed.
I'd fly above the censor's head:
Straight to each home I'd go.
And there I'd tell just everything
The loved ones long to know.
And then again I'd like to change.
And be a meadow-lark;
I'd sing "somewhere" in other lands
From morning dawn till dark.
Perhaps our boys would hear my voice.
And then they'd look above.
Beyond tho clouds to smiling skies,
And think of home and love.
An eagle bold I then would be;
I'd perch above the stars
That spangle all the azure fields
Beyond the crimson bars.
I'd cry above the battle roar,
"Oh, boys, be brave and true;
The weary eyes of this sad world
Are centered now on you."
I'd like to be a flock of birds.
And turn to aeroplanes;
I'd soar above the winds and clouds
And waves and storm-tossed mains
I'd mount beyond the battle-front.
And in one fierce-fought fray
I'd drop some bombs on Kaiserism,
And end the war today.
MRS. ELIZABETH SHERWOOD.
Washlnsrton Marriage Law.
PORTLAND, June 13. (To the Ed
itor.) Can a man and woman, both
nonresidents of the state of Washing
ton, procure a marriage license1 In that
state by simply applying to the proper
officer? What is the proper office
and do both parties have to appear i
person before such officer to procure
marriage license? What is the fee
Are there any other provisions of th
Washington marriage laws which on
should know before attempting to pro
cure a marriage license in that state
A DAILY READER.
A man and women, who are healthy,
not nearer than second cousins, an
neither one divorced within the pas
six months, can secure a marriage li
censo by applying to the County Au
ditor, in the County Courthouse,
Eleventh and Franklin. Vancouver,
Wash., if accompanied by a witness
who will take oath that he knows
them, and that there is no legal impedi
ment to their marriage. The fee is
l.50.
JIXV IN THE CORN BELT.
Days are sizzling, scorching hot.
Files are thick, but screens are not!
Potato bugs infest tho vino.
Parboiled babies wail and whine.
Cows In the meadow cannot cat.
Nor even chew, for the blistering heat
In "Illinoy!"
Thunder crashes and lightning glares;
Mother and children hide downstairs;
Chickens are cocking their beady eyes
To watch the signs in tho lowering
skies;
Then with a scamper they seek their
coop.
s the schoolboy lands with a fright
ened whoop.
In "Illinoy:"
The storm subsides and the air is fine.
A million drops on the bushes shine:
The half-cooked infants their breath
regain
As from' the doorway they smell the
rain.
And the swine are silent and cease to
tease.
As they wade in the wet grass to their
knees.
In "Illinoy:"
The farmer wears a contented look
As he takes his hoe from its well-worn
hook
And wends his way to the wavinc field
Of tender corn with its mammoth yield:
And he hunts for a weed Just here and
there.
For the fields are as clean as the skies
are fair.
And he smiles and says with a happy
sigh:
By George! them rows is as straight as
a die!"
In 'Illinoy!"
GRACE E. HALL
507 East Forty-ninth street North.
When Dealers Profiteer.
OLEX. Or.. June 12. (To the Ed
itor.) Having noticed tho inquiry in
The Oregonian May SO in regard to
"Prices Limited on Substitutes," by G.
F. Van Patten, 1 wish to say instead
of our getting our substitutes for 2i
per cent below the price of wheat flour
we pay 9 cents a pound for cornmeal
and oatmeal and other substitutes in
proportion. I wish you would give In
formation how this may be adjusted,
for we cannot stand this long.
G. L. CKUM.
If you read the statement carefully
you will have noticed that the limita
tions could be exceeded if the dealer
could justify his prices. That is to say
if he could show that because of high
freight rates, expense of handling, ini
tial cost and other factors, it was im
possible for him to sell at the fixed
limitation, higher prices would be per
mitted. Moreover, the Food Adminis
tration does not have direct control of
retailers and only indirect control of
prices through the licensing of whole
salers and millers. The latter will be
instructed to refuse to sell to retailers
who profiteer. If you are satisfied you
are being imposed upon the thing to
do is to complain to the State Food Ad
ministration, Portland.
McAdoo and Ford.
11 ALSEY, Or.. June 12. (To the Ed
itor.) (1) Please tell the religious
faith of Secretary McAdoo; (2) also the
age of Henry Ford and how long he
has been in the auto business.
A READER.
(1) Mr. McAdoo is an Episcopalian."
(2) Henry Ford was born July 30.
1863. He organised the Ford Motor
Company in 1505. He had previously
been connected with the Cadillac Com
pany afs an tmrloj'd engineer.
Cultivation of Street.
TOLEDO. Or.; June 12. (To the Ed
itor.) A has a berry patch above the
sidewalk on a strip of street which
teams cannot travel. For three years
A has cultivated the berries. B now
claims the right to pick the berries be
cause they are In the street. A claims
B's sole right is that of using the street
as a highway for travel. Who is mor
ally and legally right?
If B uproots the plants can he be
punished by law? A.
If this Is a public street, it has been
dedicated to the use of the public. No
one can acquire any legal rights In its
private use. In fact, the planting of
crops in the public street would con
stitute, technically, public trespass. A
question of moral right Is not involved
from tho fact that the use of tho pub
lic street for private gain is In the
first place legally wrong unless a per
mit or other legal authority is obtained
from the city authorities. To safe
guard his rights, A should apply to tho
city council for a permit.
Men In Exempt Class.
WESTON. Or.. June 12. (To the Ed
itor.) Is it true that the Government
exempta from military service certain
classes of men of draft age, such as
ministers, physicians, dentists, etc.?
A SUBSCRIBER.
Duly ordained ministers are put in
class V. which is not considered avail
able for military duty. There is no
general rule affecting dentists and
physicians.