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J OUT! AND. MONDAY, SEPIEJIBEB t. 1918
"LABOR IN WAR AND PEACE.
The dignity of labor never stood
higher In the estimation of the Ameri
can people than It stands this Labor
day. All are fully alive to tne truxn
that the Independence of this Isatlon,
the existence of civilization ana tu
. manitv In tha world at large, must bi
preserved by the effort of muscle and
brain. Without this effort at home
even superhuman valor on the part of
our soldiers and sailors abroad would
be vain and they would offer their
- lives as a useless sacrifice. .
Realization of that truth has added
new nobility to labor In the eyes of
alk We look upon the men who ton
In the shipyard, the logging camp, the
sawmill, the machine shop, the woolen
mill, the cannery, oh the farm or the
range as auxiliaries to that Army
which Is being; welcomed across the
Atlantic as the saviors of suffering,
auigulshed Europe. The ranks of those
workers have been swelled by many
men who never before sweated or
hardened their hands or strained their
muscles, and women have turned to
unwonted tasks. All, the new as well
as the former workmen and work
women, are proud to do their part In
supplying- that Army with the means
of victory. As the thousands of work.
ers march through the streets today
they will hold their heads higher In
consciousness that they work not only
for themselves and that their wages
are not their sole recompense. They
are working to guard their country
against those horrors which have over
whelmed Europe and to rescue Europe
from the barbarian.
Labor preserves Its dignity best by
doing this sacred duty. Only by doing
that duty to the full can It earn the
right to look In the eye the millions of
young Americans who will return arte
having faced death without fear and
after having overcome the enemy, or
the widows and children of those who
will never return. The presence of
each man In the parade today will be
a personal declaration that he Is doing
and will continue to do his duty, and
will have no cause to shun that meet
ing.
The American Nation Is engaged In
the greatest co-operative enterprise In
history one in which success depends
upon the doing of his part by each
citizen. Its highest self-interest con
alsts In service to others. By supply
ing the needs of the allied nations in
the way of food, clothing and arma
ment, America serves herself in serv-
lng them. American wheat, steel, coal
are the Instruments with which they
as well as our own Army fight. War
has become a contest in mechanics,
the Army operating machinery and
using material which are supplied by
an industrial army ten times its size.
Russia Is an example of the fate which
befalls a country whose army Is defi
cient In these things, and treatment
accorded to its people by the Germans,
among whom the working people suf
fer most, is a warning of what Is In
store for any other nation which thus
fails.
This reliance of our fighting army
on the working army at home has
given to labor opportunities which It
never before, enjoyed. The least of
these are the high wages, shorter
working day and better general condi
tions which now prevail. Means of
adjusting all disputes with employers
have been provided by the Government
which are so effective and so ready to
grant any Just claim that any pretext
for resort to the strike has been re.
moved, Wages are everywhere so
high and have been so generally fixed
at a uniform standard that there is
nothing to be gained by moving from
place to place in an effort to better
oneself. The one thing which the
Nation asks Is that men keep con
stantly at work. As the Government
has given every assurance of adequate
wages and fair treatment and as con
stant work Is necessary to our maxi
mum military effort, it has a right to
demand this, and In case of failure .to
put the delinquent in the ranks of the
Army.
The Imperative need of this un
remitting effort on the part of labor
and of making It contented by secur
ing just terms of employment as a
means to that end nave added to the
Importance of labor, not only in Its
own eyes but In those of the employer
and of statesmen. While settling their
differences and putting forth their
greatest energies in the service of the
Nation, both labor and capital have
realized that they profit themselves.
On both sides there should grow up a
desire to continue their common pros
perity by avoiding friction In the future
and by doing away with those prac
tices by which each party, in the at
tempt to prevent the other from get
ting too much, has lost much which
It might have gained. We may look
for a greater disposition on the part
of employers to recognize that they
are In effect partners with labor, to
take counsel with their employes, not
to look with a Jealous eye on the
amount of the payroll. On the other
hand, labor may recognize that some
of the restrictive rules which it has
adopted have the effect of keeping
money out of its pocket. Both parties
will recognize that they lose by the
migratory character of workmen, the
employer by the constant hiring and
training of new men, the workman by
the time and money spent In travel
and finding new Jobs. Each is apt to
seek so satisfactory an arrangement
that labor will become more station
ary and the wasteful turn-over will be
sensibly reduced. V .
These settlements are tha mora es
sential because we must now begin
to prepare for the .conditions which:
will prevail after the war. Not only
in this but In every other belligerent
country there will be wholesale con
version of Industries from production
for "war to production for peace. All
the manufacturing nations of Europe
have introduced American methods of
standardized production by machinery
In place of low-priced labor. All have
vastly increased the productive ca
pacity of labor, especially by training
of women, and all will be anxious to
put their demobilized soldiers to work
without delay. All will have an im
mense load of debt, and will strive to
expand their commerce in order to
earn means of paying interest on it.
The industrial output of this country
has grown far beyond its capacity to
consume, and It must find a market
for the surplus abroad, where it will
enter into competition with these other
nations. This country also will have
a great merchant marine, for which
It must find employment chiefly In
foreign commerce. Many new lands
will be opened and developed, which
have been held back by tyranny, bar
barism or neglect, and they will offer
great markets for the products of the
advanced nations. The United States,
at the head of the grand alliance of
democracy, will have the good will of
all free nations and will be regarded
as the leader and teacher of the eman
cipated peoples in the ways of democ
racy and industrial progress.
This great prospect opening before
the American people imposes an obli
gation on labor to rise to the occasion
in common with the rest of the Nation.
In order that the victories of peace
may be won in the World at large, the
American people must be organized
as an Industrial army for peace, as
they now are for war. They cannot
be so organized unless causes of in
ternal friction are done away with by
the meeting of labor and capital to
arrange a basis for division of their
joint earnings and for harmonious,
uninterrupted operation of the enter
prises in which they are partners.
their home drying outfits full time
The drying process requires no sugar.
and it produces substitutes for sugar,
together with other wholesome food
Those who cannot dry a ton of fruit
should strive at least to put away
few boxes for future use. There will
be a market for it later on.
THE DRAFT BOARD MEN.
President Wilson's new call for regis
tration under the selective service law
of some 13,000,000 Americans suggests
the propriety of a tribute, already too
long delayed, to the members of the
draft boards throughout the country
who have given their services patriotically-and
in greater part without
compensation. There are, in round
figures, some 4500 of these boards,
each having three members. They
were themselves "drafted" Into the
service In the most explicit sense of
the term. Their appointments were
accompanied by the statement that
nothing else than death or disability
would be regarded as an excuse foi
non-performance. It is eternally to
their credit that they have lived up
to the spirit as well as the letter of
the order.
To the duties already performed
will be added by the extension of the
ages of registration further duties even
more onerous and more Intricate. The
provision of the new law which re
lieves the selected man from making
formal claim for exemption Increases
the labor and the responsibilities of
every draft board member and makes
further exactions upon his conscience
The new draft reaches many men
whose relations to Society are com
plex; the questions of dependency, of
greatest value to the country In the
military as compared with other fields.
will recur constantly. That tlte boards
must decide these questions upon their
own motion will put them all the more
upon their mettle.
Nor will the public duties of the
draft board members, we think, be
ended by the war. Bo much of Inti
mate knowledge of the personalities
and the problems of their fellow citi
zens will have been acquired by them,
and they will have so far identified
themselves with the greatest mobiliza
tion of a Nation in all history, that It
will be Impossible for them to escape
playing a leading part In the demobili
zation. In the reconstruction, the re
sumption after the war. In this, as In
their present capacities, their reward
will consist In the consciousness ol
duty well performed. And It will be,
as it has been, well performed. There
is no doubt of that.
Cheers for the drafted men when
they go away! With how and then a
word for the thirteen and a half
thousand draft board members wha
are patriots, too. Both prove that
Uncle Sam can find men for any task
who will perform It well.
JfO BOOM FOR SUCKERS.
Prompted by- many sarcastic re-
marks about the number of swivel
chair or slicker soldiers and sailors
In uniform who were employed a
Washington, the House of Represen
tatives called upon the Secretaries o
War and the Navy for the names and
addresses of all such men of draft age
who had been given deferred classifi
cation for non-combatant service. Sec
retary Daniels responded with a list
of -7700 men, calling attention to the
fact that they constituted only l.S
per cent of the entire enlisted strength
of the Navy, and that a large number
of them were "engaged in inspection
work, required In the Interests of the
extensive building programme and in
the manufacture of arms and arma
ment for vessels, for clothing and for
all the munitions of war."
The percentage of these men to the
entire strength of the Navy is so small
as to dispose of the suspicion that any
serious abuse has arisen from use of
Influence to keep them at home for
safety first. Many of them no doubt
have special technical skill, but it is
probable that many others could well
be replaced by men above draft age
or physically unfit for active service
though fit for non-combatant service.
Now that the draft age has been ex
tended downward to 18 and upward
to 45, it Is more, than ever desirable
that there should be a periodical comb
out of these exempts in order that the
non-combatant service may not be used
as an ambuscade for slackers.
The number of suoh men may be
small, but the natural tendency is, on
seeing men in uniform in offices and
about the streets holding civilian jobs,
to suspect that It is large, and that
they are objects of special favor. The
effect of such suspicion on public
morale Is bad, when practically every
family gives up at least one man to
fight Public support of the draft is
Inspired by conviction of its inherent
fairness, and can only be, retained by
proof that it Is fairly administered.
SATE THE PEARS.
The pear crop of the Pacific North
west promises this year to surpass all
previous performances, but It seems
probable that we shall not gain the
full benefit of the large yield of this
Incidentally important food product.
Limitation of the sugar supply has
had the natural effect of curtailing
home canning. Grading standards
have been made more drastic by some
of the canneries. With these, it is a
question of obtaining help, and prefer-
ence Is quite logically being given to
the choicer grades of fruit. It Is hot
possible to estimate, for example, the
amount of fruit made unavailable by
increasing the minimum size from 2
to tVi Inches in diameter, but the
amount probably is very large. Our
dry Summer resulted In a large pro
portion of fruit which almost, but not
quite, reached the higher standard, al
though the quality of the fruit Is
otherwise excellent. Pears which were
good enough In past years are be
lng wasted this year, not because there
s no use for them, but because of the
labor scarcity. There Is reason for
believing that Govefnment orders alone
would absorb a large part of the crop
If It could be preserved.
The pear possesses high value as a
food product. Although it Is deficient
n muscle-building protein, and In fat.
is estimated to contain 12.7 per cent
f carbohydrates. In the fresh state,
which would be equivalent to. more
than 40 per cent in the dried fruit
The carbohydrates are peculiarly
available, and include sugar In a form
well adapted to digestion. The pear
superior even to the apple in this
regard, according to the food chemists.
The thousands of tons of Oregon and
Washington pears now going to waste
should be saved if possible. It would
be highly desirable If those which can
not be canned were dried. The process
of drying is not very technical and
requires no elaborate equipment.
Prune driers require no additional
machinery to handle them. While It
is true that the peeled pear is a
choicer product unpeeled pears prop
erly dried are likely to be welcome on
our tables before the Winter is over.
Already there are signs that wa shall
need every pound of food of every
kind that wa can produce.
Prevention of waste, in this as In
other Instances, will depend largely
upon the separate efforts of a multi
tude of individuals. Those who can
spare the time-to go to work in the
canneries will perform a publio serv
ice, and the jobs are open to them.
Housewives, particularly In tha coun
try, can dp their ahara by. operating
GROWTNO TSK OF FARM MA fHTXERT.
Increasing us of machinery on the
farm Is the answer of the farmer to
the farm labor shortage caused by the
war. There is no Intention on the
part of American farmers, it Is plain.
either to lay themselves open to the
charge that they are slackers, or to lag
behind other Industries in display of
ingenuity or resourcefulness. A "mes
sage to Garcia" was delivered to the
farmer when the call was issued for
more food; the question will not be
asked bow it can be done; the thing
Is being doneT The wheat harvest now
beginning furnishes an illustration.
While the official report for August 1
showed a slight reduction from the
previous estimate, It is now seen that
the entire crop will exceed that of last
year by at least 225,000,000 bushels,
owing to an increase of 28 per cent
In acreage. In the face of further in
roads upon the labor supply, the Gov
ernment Is asking for a further In
crease of 10 per cent in acreage next
year. In Kansas, Missouri and parts
of the Northwest plowing for the next
crop has already begun. We think It
is safe to predict that the farmer will
rise to the present emergency, as he
rose to the previous one.
It Is plain, however, that the thing
will not be done without employment
of every possible short-cut and every
practical labor-saving accessory. TheS
Interna) combifstion engine, which
made the automobile and the airplane
possible, also will furnish the answer
to war's food problem. Farm power
has now been perfected In a degree
which warrants every man in utilizing
it It does not require a finished ma
chinist to keep a modern farm engine
in running order. Improvements made
within a very few years have mar-
velously contributed to the efficacy of
the machine under all farm conditions.
It would be absurd not to make full
use of it -
We have at last come to the pass
where -a farmer's brains are worth a
good deal more than his unguided
muscle in most farm operations. The
all-purpose farm engine even does the
chores nowadays. The woodsaw, the
pump, the feedcutter, the cream sepa
rator and 'the indispensable grindstone,
running under power, reduce the back
breaking labor and beguile the tedium
of many tasks. That Is, they do so on
many farms. There are some who
have not kept up with the march of
progress, but they are falling into line.
The twentieth century Is the age of
the machine In Its highest develop
ment This extends to practically every de
partment of farm work. The dairy
man who Invested a substantial sum
in a kale-planter, which he psobablj
would use no more than four or five
days In the year, had a keen sense of
values, because he thereby rendered
himself independent of the vicissitudes
of seasons. When conditions were fa
vorable he was equipped to rush the
job at high speed, and he possessed
Insurance against failure to. plant to
the full heeds of his stock and the
capacity of his land. The idle acre Is
doing nothing for the soldier overseas.
Plowing and planting, and later the
harvest require up-to-date methods.
The farm tractor, latest among farm
machines to justify themselves, has In
comparatively recent years attained a
high state of efficiency. Made in a
variety of styles to meet varied con
ditions of soil and crop, It now not
only replaces horses, but makes it
possible to grow food for humans upon
the land formerly given over to grow
ing feed for farm animals. It is thus
a dual conservator. It does not con
sume fuel while not In operation, while
the horse is a boarder when not at
work. There are many other argu
ments In its favor, and not many ar
guments against it One of the im
portant things to be said in its favor
is . that it reduces the number or
"chores" In the off-seasons. The
chores, perhaps, have driven more
boys from the farm than any other
incident of farming. Increased acre
age in essential food products for
human beings made possible by the
tractor. In covering more land at the
right season, in dispensing with the
acreage required for forage crops and
in lengthening the farmer's produc
tive day by relieving him of labor at
the barn has never been authorita
tively estimated, but undoubtedly it is
very large.
The automobile, as well as the trac
tor and the stationary engine, has
become a piece of farm machinery.
The president of tha National War
Garden Commission, Charles Lathrop
Pack, Is probably right In his declara
tion that no other agency has done so
much to bring producer and consumer
together. "Tha motor truck and the
utility car," he says, "are now a full
lap ahead of the railroad in getting
good! from producer to consumer, and
are going so strong that it is unlikely
that the railroads will ever catch up."
It will be clear to any observer that
they have cemented the bond between
town and country, that they have
helped make the country attractive to
those who formerly dreaded Its isola
tion, and that they have popularized
again the .back-to-the-soil movement
The social value of the farm ma
chine ought not to be left out of the
account So 'far as it has made the
farmer's labor more productive, and
has Increased his net income, it has
given him both the means with which
to Improve his condition and the time
In which to enjoy Improvements.
Leisure does not mean idleness, but
all are entitled to a measure of It, and
somehow it has seemed that the farmer
has had the least of anyone. Leisure,
in this war year, will mean more time
in which to engage in patriotic service,
but It is nevertheless desirable. The
farm machine, from the pump to the
caterpillar tractor, deserves more con
sideration by farmers than it ever has
had before.
THE AMERICAN CIRCUS.
The circus of today Is a peculiarly
American institution, conceived, no
doubt in a tender regard for our chil
dren, and employed to this day by
grownups as a meansof renewing their
own youth. No country in the world
has done as much for its children as
America, which is the chief reason
why the circus survives,- practically
unchanged. The "wagon show" has
been relegated to the backwoods; the
modern 'circus travels on a procession
of railroad trains, but the essential
features are the same.
The same old band,' with the pe
culiarly brassy notes predominating,
still stirs the same old memories. .The
clowns still make the youngsters clap
their hands In glee. The elephants
perform much the same old tricks, the
trapeze performers bewilder us with
the risks they take, and men and
women turn somersaults upon the
broad backs of horses that have not
changed a hair since the first circus
took the1 road. Three rings count
em, three and a stage or two still
furnish rival attractions for the wan
dering eye. Did anyone ever see all
that was going on at a circus per
formance, we wonder? Probably not;
and yet there is no demand for less
amusement; always the call Is for
more and more.
In its main features, as has been
said, the circus of today does not
greatly differ from that of Rickets,
which George Washington Is said to
have seen and enjoyed, which was de
veloped upon a somewhat larger scale
when -Purdy and Van Amburgh en
tered the field almost a century ago,
and which began to gain grandeur
under the late P. T. Barnum, who
himself admitted that he was the
'greatest showman of them all." But
in one respect at least the circus has
kept in tune with the spirit of the age.
The twentieth century demands lavish-
ness and display, and insists upon
quantity as well as quality In its enter
tainment The clown is the same
clown, but there must be a dozen, or
a score, of him. Where one elephant
used to suffice, now there must be a
dozen of them. And so on, all along
the line. Perhaps our children do not
extract any more enjoyment from the
gorgeous spectacleof today than our
grandfathers did from their one ring
and one clown and one elephant but
it is the way of the world. We could
not if we would, turn back the clock.
Rome originated the circus and gave
It its name, but It was America that
added the menagerie and made it an
educational institution. Romans at
the circus indulged their appetites for
blood and peril of life; we are content
with a thriller or two, and enjoy most
those things which delighted our
grandfathers. It is a wholesome sign.
We are not Regenerating, as the
alarmist would have us believe. So
long as people continue to turn out on
circus day, and rub elbows and drink
red lemonade and eat popcorn and
hokey-pokey, the country is safe. Like
the town meeting and the primary,
the circus is a great democratic safety
valve. ,
A Line o' Type or Two.
Hew to the Line, Let tha 4uips Fall
Where) They Slay.
Conflicting stories about the Czar's
execution and the mystery which sur
rounds his burial place make a good
opportunity for the rise of a false
Czar, such as plunged Russia into war
before the accession of the Romanoffs,
but other circumstances are not 'en
couraging to monarchist impostors.
Popular Impression that a Mayor
does not work is upset in the case of
Portland's executive, who signed 250
bonds in a bit over half an hour. Any
body who thinks that is easy should
write has name as many times, and
undeceive himself.
BY B. L. T.
(Published by arrangement with the Chi
cago Tribune.
RE.M.VCIATIO.V.
(W. A. H. on the screen any film.)
Come, girl, farewell; this thine can
never be;
No wedding bells can chime for you
and me.
(His very posture registers despair)
You're safe at home, five reels of trou
ble past;
The patient lover wins you, girl, at
last '
(He turns away; deep resolution
there!)
Although life without you Is nix,
I go;
My God, I have to! (See scenario.)
(C 1 o e e- u p : a haggered - featured
male.)
So get along, ol' pony. Tep, it'3
tough:
But movie crowds go wild about such
stuff!
(A fade-out finsh down the dusty
trail.)
. ALBUQUERQUE.
.We keep measurably cool these ter
rific days by imaging the Shackleton
party banging around the Antarctio
Ocean in an open boat One should not
dwell too long on the picture,as a dan
gerous chill may result
Father Is, Perhaps, at Printer.
(from the Coldwater, Mich., Reporter.)
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Parsons and
daughter, Etaoin, of Chicago, are visit
ing at the French home, North Hanch
ett street.
Were It not for the nasty way they
mess up a country. It might be good
politics to encourage the Germans to
overrun the whole of the Russian em
pire, as they have a positive genius for
getting themselves detested by an In
vaded people. Mere talent could not
produce results so swiftly.
A Middle Meat Demosthenes.
(From the Dalles City. 111., Enterprise.)
Attorney Truman Plants, of Warsaw,
delivered a patriotic address, the meet
ing being very largely attended. Mr.
Plants is a great orator, and our com
munity truly appreciated his coming
here. While he was somewhat handi
capped in that he was "breaking in" a
set of new teeth, yet his speech was a
great one, and the patriotic ferver put
forth shall long be remembered.
The French now command the valley
of the Divette, and their guns are tak
ing turf with every shot
Touching: on This arad That.
Sir: Tour recent reproduction of a
want ad from' some paper or other. In
which a Jap's enumeration of his ac
complishments was set rbrth with a
modesty that amounted, as someone,
perhaps you, has said, almost to self
detestation pause here for second
breath reminds me of -the singularly
competent Nipponese who cooked sev
eral years ago at Fort Leavenworth for
General J. Franklin Bell, and who was
expanding his vocabulary by study of
the Unabridged. Mrs. Bell gave him a
rabbit to prepare for the table. Later,
when she returned home, she found tied
to her doorknob the following epistle,
evidently penned after study of Web
ster's natural history appendix: "Dear
Mrs. General: Excuse, but I forget how
to cook the leopard." This nifty sur
mounting of difficulties, however, is as
nothing compared to the ease with
wlrch I recently saw the soprano and
contralto of the Hadley Concert Com
pany repel an attack of a persistent
fly during a difficult four-part song in
a Chautauqua programme. They waved
him, or her, aside with hands that beat
in time perfectly adjusted to the music,
and when the soprano opened her
mouth wide on a swelling note it was
the contralto whose eyes and hands
grew increasingly vigilant and vice
versa. . W. S.
Pittsburg sends a warning to the Im
mortals that If Louis Iseman presents
himself as a candidate for curator of
the academy refrigerator he should be
rejected. Mr. Iseman has been fined
for charging a dollar for GO pounds of
ice. i
attention' of W. W. II.
Tour selfless plea and pretty wit
Are most engaging, I admit;
And if you mean Just what you say,
I could not bear to say you nay.
Then "live with me and be my love,"
And your digestion will Improve.
IRIS.
"Underneath that symbol of pomp
the Kaiser probably dressed the same
as us lesser mortals. Tne iaiser s
American dentist
This convinces Hal Berrl that the
Doc is writing his own stuff.
christian trxiojr is suggested
Writer Says Common People Have So
Time to Stndr Theology.
NAHCOTTA, Wash., Aug. 31. (To the
Editor.) If church people would dis
cuss" Christian union, instead of church
In Other Days.
Twenty-flT-e Years Ago.
From The Oregonlan of September I. ISM.
Washington, SeDt 1. The House bill
union, they, might more easily find ' reeal purchasing clause of the Sher
common ground. Christ and church are man act got fairly under way today
not synonymous terms at least as the in the Senate.
church Is today. If this be the period I
of the Laodicean church, Christ is
knocking for admittance.
If church people cannot love one an
other enough to worship in the same
building regardless of their differences
in Scriptural interpretation, there is
something radically wrong with the
heart Jesus and his apostles were so
clear In their teachings on how to live
that if one consults the Scriptures one
need not be very bright to learn how
to live right even, though he could not
solve problems In mathematics.
Truly "vXe need something more
than an expedient for war time." The
church must become practical or she
cannot be interesting. Common people
do not hava time to study theology.
God did not give a pattern for all the
different temperaments in Israel so
that each could be suited with a taber
nacle, and he is the same yesterday,
today and forever.
During the first century A. D. there
was but one church, but the pattern
was soon lost in sin, and so far as I
know It has been only partially found,
so if the church in Portland can find
the lost portions she will become a
blessing to her own city at least. Re
member, it was Joshua and Caleb who
returned with a good report Jesus
said: "I pray that they may be one, so
the world will believe." Therefore as
we are not one, is not the divided
church a monument against his di
vinity? When we trust God absolutely and
submit to his authority we will be
nearer one another and nearer him. If
leaders in our armies disobey orders,
how long do they remain such? And
if our soldiers should plead their hu
man natures, would they be excused on
this account for disobeying orders? Or,
how much would it help for them to
plead ignorance or-that authorities had
not been clear in their textbooks?
Church people are supposed to. become
transformed. Then why excuse sinful
ness? We all know that the church mili
tant Is composed of human beings. Let
us confess our faults to one, another If
we desire forgiveness. When the heart
is right equitable get-together plans
will be made and that too, without
sacrificing doctrine.
Oregon City. Sept 1. Tha suspen
sion bridge caught fire this evening
and but for the opportune discovery
of the fire before it had assumed any
great porportlons that handsome struc
ture might Lave liwu aeriousiy aatn
aged. Driver Bussey of engTne No. 1, who
was injured Thursday in still confined
to his bed, but is rapidly recovering.
Mayor Mason has appointed A B.
Manley superintendent or the street
cleaning department to succeed C.
Bombergcr, who has resigned.
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oregonlan of Septsmber t. 1S..
Captain Turnbull of the Fannla
Troup, says that if the smoky weather
continues there will be need for about
37 lighthouses or the same number of
fog bulls along the Willamette.
The Clackamas paper mills will be
gin the manufacture of paper regu
larly Thursday.
The Portland Academy and Female
Seminary will open the new quarter
September 7.
London, Aug. SO. The opinion is gen
erally expressed that Prussia, thouerh
ready for war really desires peace, but
that to Austria and Prussia Is lndes
pensable, that the French emperor (j
now undoubtedly prepared for a con
flict but that his policy is uncertain,
HUNS' ESTIMATE OF THEMSELVES
What Hnman Belnga Would Detest
Causes Them to Exnlt aa Germans.
PORTLAND, Sept 1. (To tha Edi
tor.) After discussing the awful car
nage caused by the brutal and savage
ambition of the Kaiser and his fol
lowers the Cologne Volks Zeitung
says, "Much as we detest it as human
beings and as Christians; yet we exult
in It as Germans."
There It is in a nutshell. The Dlain
difference between Christians, or
human beings, and the Germans who
support the Kaiser In his campaign
It is useless to submit nlans until of f rightfulness against civilization is
tney are wanted. But why not become
active, now that this good suggestion
has been made, and try to bring about
Christian union since divisions violate
divine law? A B. M.
Stefansson does not mention the
whale dairy in his scheme to make the
Aretic zone popular, although the
aquatic mammalia live around there.
Every member of organized labor
should assist Grand Marshal Home
in starting the parade sharp on the
appointed time, and make a record.
The day may come when Stefansson
will tie his musk cow to the Nortn
Pole while he milks her. It Is not safe
to deny the possibility in these days.
If Halg's army keeps up Its pace,
the boches may not be able to find
the Hindenburg line when they want it
It will be noted there are two di
vorces in the latest stabbing affray in
which a Chicago clubman lost his life,
Bugs that are not knocked out by
fumigation must grin when they see
the firemen overcome by the smoke.
That 2-2-year-old soldier who had
two wives is suspected of insanity
which Is stating It mildly.
They call the Americans "an au
tonomous Army." Tell the Tanks what
Is wanted and get results.
If anybody thinks Labor day a daj
of rest watch those at work and those
who have the day off.
The man continually in trouble with
his neighbors should move. His en
vironment Is too good.
When a butcher lose his fingers In
a grinder the neighbors go without
sausage for a while.
What Portland heeds is a war chest
for entertainment purposes, with a
minimum overhead.
This will be about the busiest day
of entertainment Portland has seen
since It gTew up.
The elephants, the lions and tha
wild kangaroos will be missed this
forenoon.
It's a long time between fountains
today, fellows, , , . . '
The Inspired Compositor. .
(From Sally Joy Brown's cosy corner.)
TIN FORD FOR SALE.
"Could you please tell me where 1
could sell tin and lead foil and how
much a pound for it?" E. G,
From a food conservation standpoint
what is the most patriotic town on the
continent? Canmore, Alberta?
Any Customer Declining a Shampoo
Singe. Massage and Shoe Shine
la a Slacker.
(From the Kathryn, N. D., Record.)
The entire sales of the day at the
Barber Shop, next Wednesday, will be
donated to the Red Cross by Barber
Halvorson. Tou are requested to come
to the barber shop on that day and get
a general clean-up.
"WANTED A nice bellbos. Apply at
Trempnt " HoteL" Oshkosh North
western. The gadding fraternity may be able
to define one.
Nobody Home.
Ah, Rlquarius, you are great!
Migosh! how you do scintillate!
I feel your glow, I rub my dome.
To find there ain't a soul at home.
For. all your dope I'm mighty keen,
Because it overshoots my bean!
D. W. A.
"FIVE rooms, modern, except fur
nace, bath, gas, electricity." Denver
Colo., ad.
This so Interested M. D. that he
made a visit to the cottage, and re
ports that it derives its modernity from
a weathervane.
Congrats All Round.
Sir: I was at first furious to note
that someone had butted into the
sacred precincts over my initials. This
soon gave way, to a feeling of gratlfi
cation that someone could get over a
fifteen-line communication without any
particular force or meaning with those
initials, while I have been mighty lucky
to get In two or three lines. May I not
extend eongrata to the other W. C. D.7
W. C D.
"Peronne Burned by Huns In Their
Flight Westward." The Journal.
Confusion worse confounded.
Home Industry In Saskatchewan.
(From the Broomhead News.)
Eric Fangstrom, south of town, has a
Scotch poodle dog, from which he
clipped enough wool last year to make
himself two pairs of socks, which he
wore all last Winter. His mother did
the spinning and knitting.
Also, it has been soma weeks since
the Germans have fined a Belgian city
a billion dollars.
Maiden Candor.
(From the Charlton, la., Leader.)
Miss Ima Fluke spent a few days last
week with her aunt , Mrs. James
Wishari. .
BERRIES ARE ABUTTING OWNER'S
Lawyer Cites Authorities on Title to
Crops Growing Along Highways.
LEBANON, Or, Aug. 31 (To the
Editor.) In vrew of the fact that thou
sands of dollars' worth of blackberries
grow along the highways in the Will
amette Valley, the question of who
owns and may pick the berries from
the public roads is of more than pass
ing Interest In my opinion your cor
respondent from St Paul, John J. Theo
dore B. Brentano, is correct in his
views:
Grass and herbage The abutting fee
owner has the title to the grass and herbage
growing in the highway and he has the
right to harvest the same. Volume 13, Rul
ing Case Law, Section 115.
Trees and shrubs The title to trees fol
low the fee ownership so that when the
abutter owns the fee to the highway he
owns the trees on the part thereof adjoin
ing his property, and also the shnibs. sub
ject to the public use for the purpose for
which the property was taken and Inci
dental purposes, and the right of the pub
lic authorities to remove them If they ob
struct the way or interfere with travel
thereon. Volume 13, Ruling Case Law, Sec
tion lltf.
This doctrine is cited and approved
in a long list of authorities, of which
I quote only a few: '
Wright vs. Austin. 143 Cat; 236-101, A. S.
R. 97.
Dubuque vs. Maloney, 9 Iowa; 74 Am.;
Dec. 3oS.
Stackpole vs. Healey, 16 Mass.; 33-8 Am.,
Dec 121.
People vs. Foss, 80 Mich.; 559-10. A. S. R.
582.
Cole vs. Drew, 44 VL; 49-S Am., Rep. 883.
Western Unlon Tel. Co. vs. Krueger, 30
Ind.; App. 28.
Deaton vs. Polk. County, 9 Iowa; "594.
Edsall vs. Howell, 33 N. T. ; 6upp. 892.
Phifer vs. Cox, 21 Ohio: St. 248.
In this state on practically all the
highways and county roads the fee is
In the abutting land owner and the
county and public have only an ease
ment or right of way for road purposes
and can use only such of the timber
and material as needed for road pur
poses, and the fruit and berries belong
to the abutter. N. M. NEWPORT,
City Attorney for Lebanon, Or.
SACKS FOR MOSS ARE. WELCOMED
Importance of Rnshlng Work Before
Rainy Season Enda Opportunity.
TILLAMOOK, Or., Aug. 31. (To the
Editor.) Many of your readers will
recall letters published in your col
umns from Mr. Coates of Tillamook,
asking for contributions of sacks for
the Red Cross of that place in' which
to gather sphagnum moss. My activi
ties in Oak Grove resulted rom these
letters and this morning I had the
pleasure of meeting Mr. Coates and
hearing first-hand of what is being
done.. Tillamook is certainly doing
her part in gathering the moss and
whoever reads this, let me ask him to
get busy and go a-sack gathering as I
did. Send them to the Red Cross, Till
amook, and you can rest, assured they
will not remain long unfilled.
Don't delay, for when, it rains moss
gathering Is practically over.
Fancy, last Sunday 2000 sacks were
leathered.
Help, everybody, and do not let the
good work lag for want of sacks.
ALEX G. OGILVIE,
distinctly recognized and declared by
one of the most prominent of the
German papers. It is this admitted
difference, manifested In destructive
form the day it began Its rape of Bel
gium's territory and people, and until
now, that the allied countries are sacri
ficing millions of men and incalculable
treasure to wipe from the earth, and
if any terms of peace are accepted
which do not provide for not only the
abdication of the Kaiser but for his
decapitation, as well as for that of his
lieutenants, then millions of our best
young men "will have died lrr vain."
T. T. GEEK. 0
PACIFIC COAST FAIR DATES.
STATE FAIRS. '
Oregon Salem, Sept. 28-23.
Washington Yakima, Sept. 16-21.
Idaho Boise. Sept. 23-28.
Montana Helena, Sept. 9-14.
California Sacramento, Aug. 81-Sept 8.
Royal Agricultural New Westminster,
Sept. 80-Ocu 5.
DIST.'KICT AND COCXTY FAIRS.
Oregon.
Malheur Ontario, Sept. 10-13.
Coos and Curry Myrtle Point, Sept. 10-14.
East Clackamas Estacada, Sept. 12-14.
Linn Sci3, Sept. 17-18.
Morrow Heppner, Sept- 17-19.
Polk Dallas, Sept. 17-19.
Multnomah Oresham, Sept. 17-21.
Wasco The Dalles, 6ept. 13-14.
Clackamas Canby, Sept. 17-20.
Jackson -Uedford. Sept. 19-20.
Wheeler Fossil. Sept. 19-20.
Southern Wasco Tygh Valley, Pept 19-21.
Columbia St. Helens, Sept. 18-20.
Lane Eugene, Sept. 18-21.
Washington Forest Grove, Sept, 19-20. '
Wheeler Fossil. Sept. 18-20.
Round-up Pend'eton. Sept. 19-21.
"Fan-'Em-All" Mitchell. Sept. 25-2T.
Grant John Day, Sept. 25-28.
Interstate Prlnevllle, Oct. 1-5.
Sherman Moro, Oct 9-12. '
Washington.
-Interstate Spokane, Sept. 2-7.
Local Fair- Castle Rock. Sept. 4.
Grays Harbor Kims, Sept. 4-5.
Walla Walla Walla Walla. Sept. 9-14.
Stevens Colvllle, Sept. 12-14.
Adams Rltzvllle, Sept. 26-23.
Western Washington Puyaltup, Oct 1-5,
Klickitat Goldendale, Oct. 2-5.
Whatcom Lynden. Oct 4-5.
Idaho.
Harvest Festival Nampa, Sept 17-2L
Twin Falls Filer, Oct. 1-5.
Hex Perce Lewiston. Nov, 7-13.
Montana.
Lewis and Clarke Gllman, Sept 2-4.
Gallatin Bozeman. Sept. 3-5.
Fergus Lewlstown, 6ept 11-13.
Yellowstone ept. 17-20. .
Rosebud Forsythe, Sept. 18-20.
Chouteau Fort Benton, Sept, 13-21,
Ravalli Hamilton, Oct. 2-5.
Why Not Isolate Germany?
TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 31. (To the
Editor.) Your editorial headed, "Plans
for After War Period," has veVy greatly
interested me.
Why, on conclusion of. hostilities,
not make an inland empire of Ger
many?
Where such a course was followed
It would effectually draw the claws
of the animal the term is used intel
ligently and once and for all time,
solve many problems in the commer
cial world that need not be spoken
of here.
Moreover by Imposing an import and
export duty on' all her manufactures
sent out and the raw materials sent
in, the war debt she has caused other
nations could be, little by little,
duced through the very divisions of
the duties so collected. '
I am not unmindful of the extreme
nature of this proposition, but at the
same time there is before me Marshall
Grant's book, "The Passing of the
Great Race," which, having been read
several times, has Impressed me in re
lation to acts of the .Germans. It will
surely take 250 years, if not a longer
time, so to educate the Germans that
4hey will no longer be the animals
which they plainly snow tney are De
cause of their lack of development
along rational lines. B. F.
Population of New York nnd London.
HILLSBORO, Or., Aug. 29. (To the
Editor.) PleaSC give the population of
New York and London, respectively.
M. E. F.
Kew York, 8,602,841; London, 4.B2J,-
964. These are pre-war figures. The
population of London may have been.
temporarily at least materially af
fected, by the war, , , ,
Classification of Sheepman.
PORTLAND, Aug. 31. (To the Ed
itor.) Is there any exemption for
sheepmen, especially for one who has
put his life Into sheep husbandry and
who has' owned sheep and sold both
mutton and wool on the market for 17
years, always complying with Govern
ment laws as to game killing and tres
pass on fonbidden forest land? If so,
what claa is he placed in? If not what
class is he placed in?
A SHEEPMAN'S WIFE.
You do not give data sufficient to
form basis for the answer you seek.
Unless this man Is now operating as a
sheep grower, with flocks of some size,
he cannot qualify as the neoessary
head of a necessary agricultural enter
prise, which would automatically place
him in class 4-C.
So far as pertains to deferred classi
fication based on the man's relation to
the sheep business, the showing Just
suggested would be his only hope, un-
less he Is employed as trusted man
ager of an Important sheep-growing
enterprise, in which case ha might be
put in class 3-J.
MY STAR OF BLUE.
Bright was the star, when he left me.
That I hung in my window at noon.
How smiling the sky, and I did not sigh
As I said: He will come uacK soon.
And I dreamed. In the aweet hour of
twilight.
As I eazed at my star of blue.
Of the time we would meet, with vici
tory complete,
And start on our journey anew.
How I hoped, as 1 sang rn the mornm
To mv star, in Its window place.
That there it might stay till that glori
ous day
Of peace, for each land and race.
But alas for the hopes, alas for . the
dreams;
Suddenly the world has grown old.
And my star of blue, so brave, so true,
Has changed to a star or goia.
P. O.
Epictetas Jr., Observes.
Lewis Allen In th August Forum.
And now the whirr of the Liberty
Motor is mingled with the scream of
the American Easle over in France.
This year's "Midsummer MadnesB' la
centered in Germany's War Office.
The race is always to the swift pro
viding the swift are sure.
Politics do not make nail aa strange
bedfellows as war.
In war it is never too early to mend.
Doc-days will soon be here, and es
pecially unhappy days for the dachs
hund, . .