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r TTIE MOItXIXG OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1918. ttan PORTLAND. OBECOX. Entered at Portland (Ornon) Poatofflce as secondclaaa mail matter. Subscription rata Invariably in advance: I T Mail r(!r, Sondar Included, one year " 2? r.-a:iy. Sunday Included, six montni . Liai.jr. Sunday included, three months I-ai.y, tonday trcluued, oie month .. rei:y, wltnoul tnnday. ona year .... t'::y, without Sunday, aix months ret:y. withom Sunday, ona menu WeelcJy. one year f under, one year Bandar and weekly By Carrier.) Daily, Snndsy Include, one year .... Ia liy. Sunday Ineladed. one month .. 1 i.y. Sunday included, threa montna Caucasians iito the field, would ex- aggregate without their aid. Neces tend a hand to the militant Russians sity has been a powerful stimulant of or tne south, would stop Turko-eer- l ingenuity; in the past few months. man penetration "fof Central Asia and Many have been surprised to learn would give the allies control of the how much could be done by recourse Baku oil field. . to the most primitive methods. The The policy announced by the Pres ets 2.H 6 oo .60 1.00 2.60 ft.60 present Summer has been particularly favorable to the drying of small fruits In the sun. with, sometimes, slight as sistance from the kitchen stove. And ident of "bending all our energies to the resolute and confident purpose of winning on. the western front" will contribute to the success of these al- home drying outfits are neither mys lied enterprises in Russia. The grow- terious nor complicated. They can be lng American army will constitute fashioned by anyone who is "handy sucn an imminent aanger to uermany 1 with tools, at small expense. that it will compel the Kaiser to send I The pear crop of the Pacific North more of his forces to the west, thus I west is a bumper one this year, and it making easier the work of the allies should not be overlooked in this con and of regenerated Russia in the east. I nectlon. The considerable Quantities f-i-r. t?o tunoay. oney.ar B? Freed from the Insidious forces which of pears which ripen Just after the xai!y! without Sunday, on month 63 I betrayed them both under the Czar I prune season ends suggests that many VZm!9ih. ttnmil'Untolto advanuge on other fruits, as has iigm a. winning war mm uuey nave 1 ueen none in a lesser way in otner been, and they may experience such a years. It Is to be hoped also that no resurgence of martial ardor as will I apple will be permitted to go to waste astonish and overwhelm their ene- I because It is below grade. The importance of food conserva tlon cannot be overestimated, and In terest in the subject should net be per mitted to lag. .l.o .3 .. 1 25 7.80 r riik. GIto Doe toff Ice address in I oil. tn rltiditir muntr and atata. r-ostace Katoe 11 ta IS pas-ae. 1 cant: la t 32 patea, 3 cents; 34 to 4a pasee. S cents: to u parrs, 4 cants: 2 to "S pases, i cents: TS to 82 paea, cents. Foreign post- I mlea as, uousiv n(w rln Raala-aa OfflM Viml Conk ltn. Brunswick bulldlns. New York: Verrea Conk. In. Steaer bulldlns;. Chicago; Vsrrea f-Ankltn KrM Ptm. bulidlne. UelTdlt. Mich.: hen Francisco representative, R. J. BldweU. f2 Market street. A FATHER TO A DAUGHTER. A mother who Is anxious about economical but tasteful dress for har rhlldfAn. mm A vhfl haa decided ru-aa. r yir. ausrv -;- views ob luxury and extravagance. In The Associated Prass Is exclusively antl- I ,, . . -.,. PORTLAND THE FLOUR CENTER, Sales of the controlling Interest in thVnJ for renahiication of all news both war and peace times, has found the Portland Flouring Mills Company l:epatehea credited to it or not otherwise a, pointed homily on the subject from ana jtg allied corporations to Max H. wMIJrar "d Xh' V-' vee"6' 1 Houser Is an event of more than or- patchee herein ara also reeerved. with a ah nrhta of republication at special aia- nu , 7. I dlnary Importance in the commercial request ior re-puDiicnuon. " f Pi.n t t- lng and sound and 1 8 Oregonlan submits little essay herewith, with the ex I ansa 111 LRI an r am if, ac ailU DUUUU OUU KJKJ Ui lao . -. PORTLAND. MONDAY. AUGUST s. ma. I v. ... r,-.-ni. n,hmit. tv.a lana control or an enterprise which it on to The Oregonlan affairs of Portland. It fixes in Port In FlJ . 1 I bA? 'tThe "?1JL.!Sbm " had Its inception In this port and iituw essay w""' which, by being linked with Interior planatlon that It la a letter from Ben- .,. . ... Jamln Franklin. Uien (June 8, 1779 1 . ua A n . . - . m ' . In France, to his daughter Sara In ' ,A,(1,p.MI(,rtk . America: I t m Iywa va av avici5a vvuun ay. a io j.avv that some of the mills are In compet ed, a yard of common uia 1 24, and that I lng ports left the way open for the It now reoulrad a fortune t maintain a 1 center or oneratlona fn rm rpmnvpri Jzed his foreign policy. They seem to family in wry piain r.-I P"dvr. thither and for Portland to be reduced Ignore the patent facts that the only uid "0f?.d;.w3i5 J! iln.m hi ' t . n,,horninnta nnsttinn m r-n. semblance of government existing In Bn(1 'indurtrtons. and I could scarca beiiew trol passed Into outside hands. That residue Russia is in scarce conceaieo. my ayea in readinr in5?;, possibility has now been removed l lanp w lh ff-manv inn anmiiv to 1 " r - - . . - 1 r . , , on." and that you yourself wanted oisxk pins I mr. xxuuser uu pruTea jiiutseix loy and feathers from Franca, to appear, I sup- I aj to Portland on every occasion. By This leius m. to Imatlna that parh.ps removing, here from Pomeroy he It Is not so much that the goods ara grown I proved his conviction that this port Is dear aa that tha money haa crown cheap. I tvA mln oontar nf tf vaMtn Vnrili. force: that the Independent republic ",t? u" "L"", west, and by building up here the founded in Transcaucasia was eager I 'Vk.,. 'Vr.T.VTJ WT,', I tt Bxaln Mrt hnnl nMR In this ior aia from me aiiies out una ovea 1 p( (iovas mlt ht ba haa for half a crown. I section he proved both his own bus destroyed by Turkish and German Id. The t ' lness ability and the soundness of hi BZXP FOR BUSSL1 AT IASI. The plans announced by President XVUson for American-Japanese help to Russia are marked by that ever- scrupulous regard for the Integrity tf other nations, which has character- alliance with Germany and enmity to the allies; that the new governments which have been set up In Ukrainla and Finland are mere creatures of Germany, and were established by vaders; that the similar government p-bJV&pS? thwnr'm'.y his .ki.k ..A.u- v. . w-- I An n nn. ha nnn fnlrAn a. lnnmo- nnrr iounaea in suoeria ey win xiur- 1 maka our frugality necessary: and aa I am m every movement to establish Bteam- vath invites mUltary aid; that every way. vnmchto, that doetrina. I cannot la h, u fr the Columbia River, jiarty In Russia except the Bolshevik! by mW.mp"? "Tur1.ubi Z which is an earnest of his Intention to xaakes a like appeal and that that Tarty retains its hold only by terror- Ism. But the words "seem to Ignore" are used, because the President's carefully phrased announcement contains evl dence that he has taken cognizance of these facts, and has shaped his pol icy to produce from them develop ments favorable to the allies. He is so fully convinced of the right of the children with foolish modes and luxuries. L therefore, send all tha articles you de sire that ara useful and necessary, and omit 1 tha rest; for, as yon say, you should "have great pride la wearing anything I send, and showing It as your fathera taste." I must avoid giving yon an opportunity of doing that with either lace or feathers. If you will wsar your Cambria ruffles as 1 00, ana tage care not to mena tne noies. they wiu come in ume to be laoet ana reatn. era, my dear girl, mar ba had in America from every cock a tall. promote that end byxnaklng the bulk of his exports from here. "Flour will constitute such a heavy tonnage as to prove a strong attraction to ship owners. If importers and other ex porters follow his example by giving their business to this port as soon as shipping lines are established, no doubt need be entertained that ton nage will be offered. Assurance to that effect haa been given by the Fleet Franklin was not merely a phll- Czecho-Slovak army to make its way I osopher; he was an economist and a operating department of the xcrouga xiussia unmolested oj aus- i rather.' paternal iove is as 01a as Corporation. man ana uerman prisoners mat ne 1 time and SO is paternal advice, it is proposes to protect it. He studiously I rare that counsel more than one hun- refrains from mention of the Bol- dred years old has sucfa peculiar per- sheviki. but implies that their govern- tlnence to times so far apart. ment is not worthy of the name and is KILL OB CURE. It remains for the people of Port land to do their part. They have given abundant proof of their ability and willingness to give liberally for patriotic purposes which are national In scope: they have equal ability and should be equally willing to invest, in enterprises which appeal to their The Oregonlan seams to think that Gover- I nor Wlthrcombe. when the road bond bill I was pending, could do nothing mora nor I civic patriotism and Which also prom- leaa tnsa ne aia m m. auonussion 01 tne js proflt tO them. Shipping COm measure to tha people Just aa prepared by rf 7 " th. Portland bunch panies are the proper sequel to ship The Governor could have Insisted that tha I tfuildlng, and are the best means of a tool of the enemy, for he says his object is "the rendering of such aid as shall be acceptable to the Russian people in their endeavors to regain control of their own affairs, their own territory and their own destiny." He evidently expects the "few thousand" American and Japanese troops to measure carry a clause requlrins tha bonds fostering that Industry, which is the prove rallying Points for those Rus-I b "old at not leas than their par value. I . , - . , ,..,, wul ne uiun t. - Ha coald have Insisted that the measure They will attract transcontinental should carry a proviaion which would per- freight over the railroads, and will mlt tha people to elect whether they pre- . . f erred an annual tax for road purpoeea ' - -.v . .-- rather than bonds, but ha didn't. Scio I adjustment of railroad tariffs to which Tribune. I Justice entitles it. They will stimu- The Legislature, and not the Gov- late traffic on our inland waterways, AVI If fArmnlaf IliA waf AAAil Thill I vh ATI will nflVA f h A Aff AAt Af frtpf TItf " T. . . u. . n"11 .ubmitted it to the people. railroad rates down to the level de at. viaaivosioa. jucnanget ana Jioia i,. T.i.t,iM nnt Ra.. Immri hv ih vit mHt wmcn maysuosequenuy oe neeaea 07 naa the privilege and the pow- All 'of these things can be accom- Russian forces evidently the forces D.inTin I nii.h a.aai. Tnrtiar.A win pleased about sale at' par value of 1 pull loyally together to build up their the bonds. port by building up Its commerce and The Legislature, and not the Gov-1 manufactures. Mr. Housers acts as ernor, had the privilege and the pow-1 a public-spirited citizen and as a sue er to provide for an annual road tax: cessful business man mark him as a but it did not. I leader in this work, and the grain and If the Governor might have Insisted I flour traffic which he controls will on this, that or the other clause in prove sin Irresistible drawing card -to condition, so might the Tribune, or I other water traffic. elans who wish to take up arms against Bolshevik-German terrorism and to organize an orderly government which will exterminate the bands of murderers, brigands and traitors which masquerade as a military force under the name of Red Guards. The allied which the President expects to be or ganized against the Germans and Bol shevik!. The expectation seems to be that the Russians will rise up so rapidly against their oppressors that either they will invite further military help or that any further military help need only take the form of munitions. When 'a vveua n uveal vvvuvuaIV alCty he given by the proposed civil com mission In the shape of reconstruction and equipment of railroads, farm lm plements, industrial machinery, re-or ganization- of, industry and advice in forming local governments, without danger that these things will redound ta the profit of the enemy, as was the case with large quantities of the ma terial supplied to the Czar's govern ment. Thus the President brings his scruples about meddling In the inter nal affairs of another nation and against "merely making use of Rus sia" into harmony with the purpose to help Russia and again to, bring Russia into line with the allies against Germany. There are many good grounds for believing that these expectations will b'e fulfilled. Tha only pro-German parties In Russia are the Bolshevikl and the monarchists: all other parties are so disenchanted with a German peace that they prefer open war. Wherever an armed force hostile to Germany has appeared, the people have overthrown the local Soviet and BATIONAX, LIMITS FOB THE DRAFT. one. Tet the sole responsibility was with tKa T .AfHelcif iifA " I C , TTT "T- 1 . l 1 The Tribune goes far out of its way O1ov"u"' " " ,"; T7rfAr,tAHiw a- ia A,,itA whiiia Pl" 'r extension of the draft age- to stand by the record in the road ls -trooffest tesUmony n bond matter, since the policy of high- "9 favor; because he had previous, way construction under the bond plan demurred to It and had been granted ls being admirably vindicated. The "m,8 to prepare a plan of his own. In rw cat, i n t. iAA.t. A,ifi. V.A. designating 18 to 46 as the limits he cause the Incident illustrates strik-"Vl7 follows the feneral practice of ingly a phase of the referendum evo,J DJ?on .wl"a tnves umver- whlrn la lta mnt rnnnr.loiir.na rlAfart lrluuul' icomi. uk w be to place at the disposal of the Pres ident all the material likely to be available for soldiers and which might be needed, and to let him pick the best according to general rules. Then he may call Into the Army any age-class and may defer calling other classes so long as they pursue certain training or occupations in which men are needed. That would carry out the work-or-fight idea to perfection, and young loafers would disappear. Acceptance of the wide age-limits proposed, is gratifying evidence that the President's dictum about an army without limit is to be acted upon, if Congress consents. It permits regis tration and classification of the men within those limits once for all, leav ing no further work of that kind to be done except as more young men reach 18. It provides a grand muster roll of the Nation, from which the Army can draw until thetask which it has la hand is completed. It is no tice to Germany that the American people Intend to go through with that task, and as its effect is felt on the battle-line, the delusion of greatness will the sooner be knocked out of the German people's heads. ' ' WAY TO MAKE CITY SANITARY A Line o' Type or Two. Hew to the Line, Let the Qutpa Fall "Where They May. (By B. L. T. Published by Arrangement j With Chicago Tribune.) CONNING THB CONTRIB. Slim picking's today for tha Colyum, Contributors' stuff on tha wane: That etlll In our chair we may loll dumb. lis nsoatui tnis peaoe to profane. Information Given Confidentially Will . Bring Results, Mr. Hugrheon Saya. PORTLAND. Aug. 4. (To the Edi tor.) There ls much being written Just now on the subject of Portland's hous- In Other Day. Twenty-five Years Asro. FronS Tha Oregonlan. August 6, 189S. Bloomlngton, I1L Vice-President and in conditions, a large percentage of Mrs- Stevenson and party return from Extinction of the United States debt incurred in the Spanish war, which was accomplished by the payment of $(4,000,000, reminds us how the cost of war has increased In only two TJec- ades. This sum, regarded as huge in 1898, did not cause a ripple in the treasury when it was withdrawn. which it possibly were better If sub Jected to a rigid censoring, on the prln olple Involved in the old saying that. "It s an ill bird that fouls its own nest.' I have before me a running com ment on the resort of the Housing As sociation's investigation which lays great stress on 'bad smells," "putrid ity," etc, using these and other synon ymous expressions again and again. when as a matter of fact they do not occur in the report itself. Th, lnt.ITTl.ant lnn...laln.. nf ITlO . .1 ......... '.J VJA.fc ... T I.U bl.U LU. U V . ...u tne n.wi tne worm aeries cany, al- association being fully aware of the commission as Register of the Ore-ron tnougn tne tram traversed a wild fact that a bad smell ls not of neces-1 City Land Office and assumes charge country; weemy newspapers in tne I any unneaitny, tnat in an invesuga- or tne oince. email daces 'nnbllshed dallv artltlAna tion of .this character bad odors are a-nd anld tharr. at tha nib.. ...Hnn only valuable as they Indicate a con- Laying of brick has commenced on Thi lo.t wav mtia T, 1 ity. -1 dition and that perfume is often used the Grand Union Station. Despite the . " r to hide disease and is So here's for a twist In our grammar. Or city not mentioned arlKht: Then hoi tor the horde with tha hammer I My dear, tney re just crazy to bltel " . . Albuquerque. When the war., began we were In Winnipeg, coastward bound; but we got I Washington, D. O. Representative Bland, leader of the silver forces in the House, plans Introducing a bill provid ing for the free coinage of silver when Congress reconvenes. Portland business hbuses advertise they will accept county warrants at face value In exchange for dry eoods and clothing. Colonel Robert A Miller receives his news of the Franco-American advance. although on the edge of a popular Sum mer place on the east ehore of Luke I Michigan. Monday forenoon we lay in I wait for the mail carrier, but the best he could dig out of his cart was Grand Rapids paper dated Saturday. to that extent as prevailing financial stringency, the In terested railroad companies will nush the building to an early completion. Half a Century Ago. From Tha Oregonlan, August 6, 186S. Eastern states exrjerlenca a narlod of 23 days of unusually hot weather with Count Reventlow says that peace would be easy "merely a matter of Joining Grey and Wilson in the league of nations." But he seems to have overlooked the possibility that Ger many's performances might cause her to be blackballed. Mayor Thompson, of Chicago, has made a mistake In the body for which he ls candidate. ' He should be seek lng appointment to the Bundesrat from some petty German prince. He does notUtnow that this country is the United States. There are so many candidates for state offices in the three parties of Idaho that none can bank on the sore' heads of the other crowds, which is comforting to the plain people whose duty is to vote and not run for office, The Italians might revive the glor es of ancient Rome by compelling that German general to march through the city, dressed in his pink pajamas, as the barbarians marched, chained to the chariots of their conquerors. The Pacific Coast still carries the banner of shipbuilding, Portland win nlng one first and two third prizes out of a total of six, though the Fleet Cor poration still refuses to annex St Johns to the city. Perhaps boys who steal automobiles may be reformed by confinement on an "automobile farm," whatever that may be, but there is little sense in coddling a plain thief of any brand. Portland has a reputation for hospi tality to maintain. It must provide shelter for the Grand Army veterans when they visit us. The appeal for rooms must not go unanswered. Having a cabinet crisis, the Fillpl nos are introducing all the latest Im provements in constitutional rule, Twenty years ago they did not know what a cabinet was.. ' There will be nothing too good for the American prisoner in Germany when he gets back, and there will be nothing too fierce for the Hun who harasses him. It ls sad that the moral and pad fist precepts of Claude Kitchln have made so little impression on his ex partner that the latter has become a war profiteer. The Italians "made monkeys' of the German officers in , pink pajamas taken in the recent advance in Al bania; The Italian has a proper sense of humor. Spain being the harbor of refuge for Germans, ls an appropriate place for the ex-Czarina who caused her hus band to lose his throne and his head. It ls that the people must take as it ls given to them any measure sub mitted through the initiative or refer, endum. or reject it. There ls no opportunity for change or compromise or elimination or correction, after discussion, and after it may be made perience. Objection to lowering the draft age to 18 has come from those members of Congress who have not yet been able to reconcile themselves to the stern necessities of war. They talk tearful ly about sending "our boys" to be clear that any such measure, should ktUled- oonvanlenUy forgetting that ha .h.j va- it. imr,T.A-,.m.-,t Th. the soldier takes only about one bill submitted in response to outright chance in 15 or 20 of being killed, and unmistakable publlo demand -and Some men have to take that chance, designed to meet & public need ls "d the question for the legislator is likely to have features demonstrably who will go most wUlingly. who can detrimental' to the publlo Interest; flEh best th? best chance of yet the people have no alternative but coming out alive and who can best be t .lr rL'T rr.' mr. r" to accept them or to reject the good "Pa.rea- un au lno8B Points reason fav oecarea tor tne allies. ; . na lnaa l . , . : tar-Chamhr "1 experience point to the young been the case at Vladivostok. Arch- angol and on the Murman coast. The peasants of the Ukraine are up in arms against the Germans who have restored the great estates to the land- rrnnn rtf hurlcstalre nnlltlnlnna nnv I man Jaundiced and envious newspaper aien unaer zx nave xougnx neany au publisher may take advantage of the ar"' d composed three-fourths general recentlvitv toward anv nro. of the Union army in the Civil War. t . t. l That is nroof of their wlllinemess. for . .. ... uuwu Bum. i i r mniu ijim. hji t.i x i owners ana nave stolen tneir grain. I ' rlw-v la very large maiorRv of the Union sol une bociai revolutionary party meets I, t Km ., . , ' dlers were volunteers. They have en- terrorism wim terrorism, the work- . . , a. Mflnu mnBt TBV. thuslasm and idealism, which are con. men are deserting tne uoishevlki and , il,' trlbutors to victory. They are in the the latter hold control of the Soviets 7 , ... I formative stasre. and can most auicklv Alio imuauve ia icguiaugu vy urot I " ' in S Intention. If It cures, so much tha "-'"" "l uiawunuo .uu iiu better. If It kills, what are you going to do about It? , ' In Kansas City Saturday the tern. perature rose to 108, but Kansas City ls In' "wet" territory and people with long memories know what that means. The Ford "eagle" or submarine chaser can do 85 knots and ls being turned out at rate of one a day. Some thing will happen in a few months. These food-hoarding penalties on New Tork hotels are a terrible In fliction on the guzzlers who have not yet learned that there is a war. More than 300,000 Americans went overseas in July and that was a move ment 'the Huns expected to stop with their tin-can sinkers. Let the Government have all the big Oregon prunes. The small sizes being expensive, naturally will be bet ter than ever. objectionable as a bad smell. Suspicion of the health officer ls aroused by ex cessive perfume as quickly as by bad odors. If there is a body of men that should be authority on bad smells It ls the Master Plumbers' Association, which I notion. He was perfectly uninterested, order to be a menace to health. ad the m!iep s,"Jer n f.r?m 97 ! Perhaos we should be as aDathetio as onlnlrm med tn h that hd small m l" "aa8 . Mfy deaths he If we signed ourself "R. F. D." were not dangerous and were objeo- " reported oauy. ivualao ill biiat Lucy ncio uioaK I dchuid w,ihltitnn T . j, than th. T.wBnanr Th. fmnn- th.t th.v nft.n Inlpat. tn. r.-BAnr.A nt I . . vi W i. V& . mour ana uiair propose tormina a third disease germs and to this extent were I nartv with rhi n. n.-i i7.Y . - . v.. t . k.i.ii .i. . -::.... ": ........, u.Ui. , nmoy i lho icjj.uiooi laimuuuDo, sua uBiiiui in mi.di Muun mo buuiuq i candidates for President and Vice- lemaiaau -.utsiit lur a. L least, so .nours. I icai liuuuio. du 11. ia xiut m uau I xreslacnt- reBDectiVely Bells were rung and whistles blown, odors the Housing Association ls after, Nobody doubted the glad tidings. News-I but the conditions that give rise to I ' Mass meeting of the citizens of Uma papers are scoffed at as bearers of I them and absolutely nothing ls gained tllla County ls called to consider tha false witness; but a yarn that starts outside a newspaper office ls accepted without question. The Loves of Laura, Sir: . I thought you had done with Laura B. and her wooers, but since Aries has come belatedly to bat per mlt me to suggest that if said wooers should read a story of T. B. Aldrlch's, "Mademoiselle Olympe Zabrlskl." there would be a sudden and chagrined ehy lng away from the bewitching Laura. CALCITROSUS. The plot thickens. Laura, the charming waitress at Everett's, Eagle River, Wis., denleB, reports Q. F. L., the Blackburn appendage. by euch articles as the one before me. proposed relocation of the county seat. una arkiuie in question suggests mail possibly It would be wise to employ I Washington County farmer makes only healthy, normal, as well as intelli- first eala of year's wheat crop at 80 gent persons to Aandle matters of this pur ouanei. Ferdinand of Bulgaria has left home because of 111 health. It ls understood kind that the morbid and prude should keep away for the wrong deduotions and the publicity they produce are a distinct hlnderance and Injury rather than a real help. When the Mayor appointed me on the special housing committee to look Into conditions I asked him If he wanted reports or results, and he said: "Hop to it and If ' you find something that needs to be done, get It done." And pursuant thereto, there ls not a family in the city living in Insanitary quarters or unhealthy conditions due to any cause other than faulty, old-style construction, who may not obtain prompt relief by reporting confiden- James A. Waters, of The nn.. brings detailed report of stage hold up near Pelican Station In tha Blue Mountains, when four- masked high waymen obtained about 17000 in mnnav and valuables. Most of the monev waa taken from Wells Fargo & Co.'a treas ure box. TIME FOR THB STUDY OK PRISONS ' Systematic Plan Desirable If Real Re form Ia to Be Wrought. PORTLAND. Ausr. 2. ITn tha v.Al. tor.) I do not like to criticise the ad- that he Is taking the hot water at tiaiiv th. m with n th t.nt .-n,J.'(. tn Penitentiary; Inbad. In w'Pm,. B,ed bv tha cnmnTn.nVnt: I " " J.Utlc d fault The record I have already in my pos- I .,, ... )nrf)r.t whnt h AinZ . . tfl prison. itninK one is justified in maklnsr criticism I session indicates what can be done Sir: Over the hot sands at noon today without Dublicitv or embarassment to came an naaji to my oasis Dearing anybody the results speak for them parchments testamentary ana tne kiss selves. of peace from a brother Gnostio dwell- Also, if any of the pen-wielding city lng to the southeast at Al-Madlnah. I house cleaners know of a case that looked aslant at his scrip and scrip- ought to ba fixed up, due to bad plumb- page qui multum peregrmatur raro mg, or no plumblne. or broken sewers, sanctmcatu: the meam (no "St. Francis, only upon personal Investigation and in full' accord with the facts. From what I have heard and read of the present administration of the prison, I believe the officials to be very capable men. However, I have become acquainted with a good deal of the conditions at tur but flaccid of soul 'neath or any other cause except those defects the Penltentlarv thronVh naat erlo lentor of buzzing files that only the new housing code will tKfm&Z2l trancis, ,-to an ins nuia ; reciiiy ana will report same, saving t a . . . and sultry heatI bade him enter the full data duly signed by complainant, cerltv of "I"", "il" . , Ji " "ln kaabah, spread a fresh mat, and he told with address and telephone number, It mada of th ahAiihlr,-St cmiolsm his tale. ,As a representative citizen Is not going outside of our experience ToUniry contract wUh nrivat. indTvin" and prominent educator, my name was in "many cases to say that each such f j. Tln "LYiPA.1?": down for a paragraph in "VVho's Who case will be promptly cleaned up and people who are wt teourtt Into con- . ln the Buckeye State" revised ed. set right. tael. dir.,..iv . ij.,f '.T.V. .v.- 12,000 names cloth or genuwine leath- A test case is Invited.' A hearty co- prlson T inaustrai proble.u To them er pecial terms to priests and pun- operation on the part of our citizens lt ls DUt a matter of nonular dits first payment due on receipt of with our present machinery will work da a8 to tner8 bel a Drlson at all" book, and He went away after a wondars and give the Mayor what he Ther( deeo nSn?lJww-Aw. .1 n r m ...1,11. .l.a I . " - - - while leaving me to raise the Kantian wants results rather than reports. question: "How is nature possible?" And then, yielding to the soporous I allurement of the siesta, I sank Somewhat faint and fain ' To an immense complacent dreamery. When, lo, quickened by a eynthetic Imagination, my pla mater was straightway delivered of a little, Shin lng, winged thing an 1-dear (N. E. 1. c.). Why not a "W. W." for the Une7 As a rationalizing lntellectuallst. It would be easy for you, relying upon deduction O. O. HUGHSON, Manager Builders' Exchange. Oy OVERCHARGES TO SOLDIERS Enlisted Man Relates Experience Try. Ins; to Have Shirt Pressed. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 3. (To tha Editor.) In a recent issue of The Oregonlan a short editorial took a rap at the slackers, or "yellowbacks" (as ever, ln the successful tmmoaea of prison. For a 'wideawake citizen to visit the prison, see the Inside and out side workings, become interested In the causes of making or umnaking of manhood, the political policies In volved and the study of human nature ln its severest forms, lt requires very broadminded people to avoid narrow convictions as to right or wrong policies. Right at this time, when the world war ls of utmost concern to us all, is alone, to piece our ideographio pseudo- they are called by soldiers), that are difficult to make any great change In the state institutional programme. It ls well that plans should be worked cut for the future, however. This prin ciple should be always kept alive: There is always room for betterment and progressive policy. It ls not show ing much interest ln the solution of with the soldiers stationed around proDiems to sup along easily until Portland, and the main objection to it something happens. I would suggest was that it was scarcely strong thRt a .commission of representative enough. anc interested oitisens be appointed. When a man in uniform walks down " '" "l muuairy, iaDor ana the streets of the city of Portland. If lne Bla" ac '"ge, to try ana get nymity, revealing us ln the starkness of I allowed to roam the streets of Port our soul-life "There is a certain lm- land while hiding from the draft offl- plety," says John Addlngton symonas clals behind the title of shipyard work I quote bravely and accurately, for I've I er, while in reality only about 25 per Just looked lt up 'In formulating een-1 cent of the Broadway loafers are tences about the author or our Demg actually engaged in the yards of the and the molder of our character." city. The editorial made a great hit Peccavl, mea culpa. but may I, or may I not have the privilege of drawing the veils of Isls and venture, for a starter, mere hint, as lt were, of a partial psychograph of (yea, verily) the a. of nv h th. .v. nf nn. a ? Thi.B! R T . T Of Puritan descent, mingled with the he is unfortunate enough to be a trifle fair and systematlo proposition before blood of the Waltons of Staffordshire; bit bowlegged, carries a few pounds with Lamb and Dickens an ardent city I more weight than he ought, or if he dweller; dislikes sports and muslo, but happens to be decidedly skinny, the enloys listening to Brahms; favorite street-corner comedian, who naa re- fruit, the Tjarsnio: horticultural prefer- celved his education ln a basement ence. Viola alba, or the columbine; f a-1 billiard hall, ridicules the service man vorite beverage, lao caprlcomae hirsu- to his fellow street bums. tate; recreations, reading "Memoirs -oil wnen a woman is seen on tne siroeiB My Dead Life," and elmp. selling;. pub- with a soldier ln your fair city the the people and the Legislature, In b half of a new or Improved Institution. Oregon ls not going backward to tha old order of things, don't forget that, what we want ls united effort to no ahead. EDWARD O. BARGER. Ucations, compiler new ed. "Cauoerles du Lundl"; motto, "Let me punctuate It." - P. D. S. cigarette coupon clippers rise up on their toes and remark that the women of the country are "going to hell fast' CALL OF THB FIGinTJCO MAN. First call comes, and we all begin to move, Assembly blows, and we're out on the line; Opening for the first time Conrad's lleve me, Mr. Editor, it ls getting to 'A Personal Reoord." we lighted on the that stage in the game right in Port following paragraph in 'the prefaoe. It land where a woman almost needs the made us think of oertaln, very. Jour- protection of a soldier to get through nals of opinion whose editors oonfuee the Jam of alleged "yellowbacks," who their fountain pens with the fountain of spend the greater part of their time with all the soldiers running loose. Be-I Reveille sounds and the flag goes up, Then the day opens with a hop and truth: "He who wants to persuade should nut his trust not ln the right argument but ln the right word. The power ot sound has always been greater than the power of sense. I don't s.-y tuis by way . of disparagement. It Is better trying to start a flirtation with some soldiers wife. And then there is the man who en deavors to get rich over night off the boys from Vancouver. This type of man ls right ln the same class with the "yellowback. but there I for mankind to be impressionable than chance for the men to get bank at A woman is candidate for sheriff in a Nevada County and in this era of letting; the women work, why not? A movie star is lost in the Aviation Corps in the man who fell 1600 feet at Scott Field and escaped death- only by ousting or killing their oppo nents, by Tammanylzlng elections and by suppressing free speech and the free press all this in the name of lib erty. The Finns would donbtlesa wel come allied aid in overturning the aristocratic White Guard government to use arms. They have agility, which ls valuable ln war. They have endur ance, which ls a prime requisite, and they have power of quick recuper ation, which diminishes with age. Few DRTIXG AND CANXTNO. It will be a mistake for frultgrow- I have denendenta to becomn a. burden wnicn nas Deen sec up py uerman mil, I ers to overlook this year the posslbll- I on the Nation or their families. Few, nary iorce. , lues of dehydration in connection I If anv. have reached nositions of lm, It ls most significant that the Pres-1 with the preservation of their surplus. I portance. from which they can 111 be ldent says tne uovernment will make While there ls little doubt that the spared. The training, discipline and no "effort to restrict the actions or best product of the cannery carries a experience which they gain in the interfere with the Independent Judg- stronger appeal to the popular taste Army enhance their usefulness as clt- ment of the governments with which than the dried article, there will be lzens, and the Nation gains more by we are now associated ln the war." room for both, and. the drying pro- imparting these qualities to young men i ne statement implies tnat .Britain or cess possesses many economic advan France, or both, are disposed to ren- tages. der far more substantial military aid The saving of sugar ls not the least to Russia than the President proposes, of these. This ls particularly true of Being 2000 miles nearer the scene, home drying, where families have al they are in much better position to do ready exhausted their allowances of so. At the Invitation of the people sugar for canning purposes. It ls an cf Northern Russia, they might send earnest of the good intentions of a sufficient force to Kola and Arch- orchardists and owners of berry angel to occupy and defend the rail- plantations everywhere that more roads from Kola to Petrograd and fruit ls being dried this year than from Archangel to Vologda. When ever before ln the history at the conn the hungry people of the capital see try. The good work .should continue, their neighbors on the north getting There cannot be too much. Every food from abroad, they may turn from farmer .and every family who cul ti the party which has brought famine to vate a small garden should aim tc that which brings bread. Far td the save every pound of every commodity south the British army ln Mesopota- that ls grown. mia msy advance, when the hot sea- The bulletins of the Department of son ends, through Assyria and Ar- Agriculture upon dehydration are menla to the deliverance of Transcau- highly -Informative and lt would be casta. Thst would serve several ends, well for all to obtain them, but a great It would bring th Armenians and deal has been accomplished In- the than by imparting them to middle aged men. Under the bill as submitted to the committees of Congress, the War De partment would have discretion to de, fer calling out the youngest men If ex perience ln this war should dictate that older men can do better service. It ls proposed to classify the new men according to age, within the general classes already established, and If the Department should desire to call the men of 20 before those of 18, it would be free to do so. It would also have the opportunity to direct the educa tion of an 18-year-old Into channels useful in war by deferring draft on condition that such study should be followed. It might spread the train ing of the younger classes over two or more years so that their service ln the field would begin at 20 or 21. The mala effect of the bill should The ticket scalper ls put out of bus iness by Government control, yet he had his uses at times. The woman power of the country- 18 to 45 must not be overlooked. It ls busy ln the essentials. The man-power of the American Army will be ln the 18 to 45 draft, fighting and working. Wilson owes a visit to the Coast and to himself, to see Oregon go first" ln the next loan drive. An easy American way of pro nouncing Soissons would be: So soon? Ach, himmel! Foch s pressing establishment, on the Vesle ls doing a good business. There's nothing like a stiff breeze to put ginger in the step. Better Lewis than Thompson . about the Chicago idea. ls Only a losing enemy destroys his ammunition dump. "Coast shipyards lead Uv course! In output." Feels like weather. a regular Fall fair refleotive. Nothing humanely great g-reat, I mean, as affecting a whole mass of lives has come from reflec tion. On the other hand, you cannot fall to see the power of mere words; such words as g'ory. for Instance, or pity. I won't mention any more. They are not far to seek. Shouted with per severance, with ardor, with convlotlon. these two by their sound alone have set whole nations ln motion and upheaved him, for who knows, possibly if the old boy continues to boost prices every time he sees a soldier coming; he will have a nice little ban placed on the Rose City, much the same as Seattle experienced some time ago The writer, who ls a Portland boy, and has been for the past 10 years and was proud of the fact, wont over to the city the other day. Unfortunately, he had washed his shirt the day before 1 " . . : I I .. ...... kT. knti. I . np.aa.fi In . 1 J V. WwnTC nhl.h ..... IA11U V AO UUBUW jiaro .v Vi woowv ... our whole social fabric.' A Prussian deputy imagined Fred camp, the company tailor being busy. It was too warm to wear the regulation blouse, or coat, so he depended on An their flehtlng for them. We don't wonder now that they have troubles in their own country. ENLISTED MAN. erlok the Great as eaying to the faint of having his shirt pressed when he got heart: "Devil take you I You ought to to Portland. -The first tailor wanted be ashamed of yourselves!" But the 50 cents to run an iron over it; three ..j 1.1 a.. iik.w nn..,,. others refused to do it at all, while "DgsrwulTyouTlvefoTerr" the fifth did a lukewarm Job and said 6 a quarter. Strange to relate the first Beginning tomorrow, eays Mr. Hyde, four tailors were of a country that about 10.000 unskilled laborers will be has been calling on the PepP'e of the called from the non-essential Industries Unltea states rot- iooa aria clotn.K ana tr. manufacture materials for war use. asking the -soldiers of this country to Mr. Hyde does not know whether he will be summoned, and this department Is likewise unadvised. Speed hint to the Crown. Prince: Try I the skip-stop plan. The Tanks will not, to com sv phrase, I be denied. - 1 "Colonel Stanton said, Tjafayette Nous Somme la" " Columbia, S. C. State. The Colonel said something. Germany Is holding Belgium, says Von Hertling, as a pawn. "In hoc slgno vlnces 7 A Very Different Job. No. Clarlnda, you are confusing war with beverages. The occupation oil Kola is not the manufacture of Koks, College Training for Aviation. PORTLAND, Aug. 4 (To the Edi tor.) Please give information concern ing colleges ln which aviation training can be obtained In addition to tne reg ular course of studies. READER. University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. Names of others, if there are any, can be obtained by writing to the Educa tional service department of such pub lications as Review of Reviews, Mo dule's, .Cosmopolitan, etc A SO-VG. Like the song of a bird In the matin hour. Waking the golden bee Waking the flower. Is the song of my heart In sweet lasting hope, Floating to you, Eagh soft, silver note. Like " the shadows that fall In the still of the night. When the world is asleep. My soul takes its flight. It soars o'er the sea 'Neath star-studded skies. Guided by love of you Greater than I. , HELEN WAY-CRAWFORD. Eugene, Or. SEX OF AUTHOR. -BAKER, Or., Aug. $. (To the Edi tor.) (1) Is Zane Grey, author of "Desert Gold," "Riders of the Purple Sage," etc. a man or woman .' (2) How much training does a girl have to have before she will be sent to France as a nurse? READER. (1) Zane Grey ls a man. (2) It de pends upon her capability and the na ture of the training she has received. a Jump. You can't beat ua, 'cause we're feeling fine. And we'll listen for taps from over the Rhine. Soupy, soupy, soupy, without a single bean, ' That's mess call without a streak of lean; Come on and gat your pills and Iodine, The sick, lame and lazy fall Into line. Doctor up the wounded to cross the Rhine. And we'll blow taps for Berlin's crime. That's fatigue and we polloe up the eamp, Drill call sounds, fall in with a snap; Reoall comes and we stop with a cramp. For that is the end of a big, long tramp. i We're dismissed for the present time, And we'll listen for taps on Hlndan burg's line. . Stop and listen; retreat Is being blown. can you hear without being shown T The only time the flag comes down When to the colors the buglers sound. Stand at attention and salute the Na tion, And wait for taps on the Kaiser's station. Call to quarters, and we stop for the night. No more talking until broad day light: The mystery of all is tatto call, Then dreams of home and peace for all When we've saved the world for de mocracy, i. And taps ls blown on autoeracy. Hooverlalns; Fuel. PORTLAND. Aug. 4. (To the Edi tor.) In Hooverlzlng fuel, Mr. Holmes has forgotten one Important thing, which ls this: On the coldest Winter days the most of the tenants will leave their windows open and call for heat. Now if he will make a rule that all windows must be closed during the day, and maybe opened from 10 P. M. to 8 A M., this would not only save fuel but make us all happy, for which we will ever pray. LANDLORD. Adoption of War Orphan. SHERWOOD. Or., Aug. 3. (To the Editor.) Where can I find out how I could obtain a Belgian or French war orphan to adopt in my home? READER. Consult C. Henri Labbe, French and Belgian ConsuV Labbe building, Pa, land, -