THE 3IORXING OREGOXIAX, 3IOXDAT, JUNE 9, 1019.
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WILLAMETTE DIVERSITY.
Seventy-five years ago there was
founded at Salem "an institution de
signed to promote not only science, but
morality and piety." So it was declared
in the preamble of its constitution.
The primary object, it -was also stated,
was to ''educate the children of white
men." Clearly, the definition of edu
cation, as understood and practiced
by the good men and women who gave
to the northwest the old Oregon Insti
tute, was imperfect if it compassed
only science, but did not include moral
ity and piety.
Here in its essence is stated the
principle which guided the pioneer
academy of Oregon, later the influen
tial and historic Willamette University,
through the long three-quarters cen
tury of its beneficent career. It was
never, to. be sure, a theological semi
nary, and never intended to .be: it did
not seek to instill dogma nor propound
orthodoxy. What it sought to do at
the outset was to impart to secular in
struction the religious spirit, giving to
knowledge the background and foun
dation of character. It was natural
enough that men and women who were
the missionaries of a great church
should make of the new institution an
arm of the church. They had come,
many of them, into the wilderness
to evangelize the Indian; they remained
to rear families, and found a civiliza
tion. The obvious need was not then
so much the welfare of the savage as
the proper cultural and moral develop
ment of their own people.
The missionary idea of the Methodist
church, and the other churches which
sent their devoted evangels to the re
mote northwest, was never fully real
ized; but out of it grew the greater
and better conception of an American
state, with its many institutions for the
benefit of humanity, .including the
Indian.
After ten years of useful work for
the sons and daughters of pioneers,
the old Oregon Institute was merged
into Willamette Universify, and for
sixty-five years that great school has
turned out an unending" procession of
young men and young women to take
tt large and worthy place in the devel
opment of the commonwealth. The
university was incorporated by act of
the territorial legislature in 1S53. Its
scope was broadened so that it might
be "a general and efficient seminary
of learning." Upon that rock the
structure of a noble educational figure
has been reared. It has not at any
time, nor under any direction, departed
from the lofty ideals of its founders.
It has had its vicissitudes. It has seen
grow up around it other institutions
with the powerful patronage of the
state. It has had to answer the ques
tion as to whether a denominational
college had a place in the modern
scheme. It has had to accommodate
its own curriculum to the advancing
thought of general education with new
ideas, new men, new equipment and
new resources. But through it all it
has kept the faith, justified its. exist
ence, had the public confidence and
respect, and possessed and retained
always the pride and affection of a
great company of graduates and stu
dents. The celebration of its seventy-fifth
anniversary by the university is a
memorable event. At one angle or
another, Willamette University has
touched every phase of development in
the Pacific northwest; nil the time it
has had a largo place in the develop
ment of three sovereign states. For a
great part of that period it was the
dominating educational influence. It
has not, indeed, lost ground, but others,
too, have found a place. Withal, it
"has a rightful position at the center of
the educational and institutional circle
in the northwest, and there is no
thought of displacing it.
All hail, then, to the venerablo in
stitution, which keeps pace with the
march of ideas and the progress of
events. May its seventy-fifth anniver
sary be a joyous event, propitious of a
noble future, as it, is commemorative
of a glorious past.
BEWARE Or TH"E TEOPIE'S WRATH.
The position of the United States in
international affairs demands, above
all things, that a conciliatory attitude
be assumed toward each other by
President Wilson and the republican
majority of the senate. Harsh, tact
less things have been said on each side,
and each side is getting into a posi
tion where more is thought of main
taining its 'hostile stand toward the
other than of the interests of the na
tion and, through the nation, of hu
manity.
Mr. Wilson has declared adoption of
the covenant to be necessary to the
peace of the world and the safety of
free nations. He professes to work to
that end. Yet the United States can
not become a party to the covenant
without the consent of two-thirds of
the senate. Its consent is not to be
obtained by flouting it and belittling
its authority. By his course he in
creases danger that the senate will re
fuse to ratify. He thereby deeply in
jures his country and by diminishing
jiope of permanent peace he injures
all humanity.
Although the senate's constitutional
authority has been set at naught and
its dignity has been hurt, the interests
at stake are so great that the senate
should not salve its wounded pride by
instructive criticism of the covenant.
Men who are big enongh to be senators
should be big enough to set the good
of their country above their dignity.
They should have broad enough vision
to see that a league of nations is the
only alternative to an era, of big armies
tind navies in which this nation must
play a leading part, that the covenant
is the only concrete proposition by
which that evil may be avoided and
that the co-operation of the allies with
this nation is essential to its success.
The end which we have in common
with them cannot be attained by reviv
ing old causes of quarrel, by exploiting
their internal troubles and by spread
ing distrust of them. It can be at
tained by recognizing the ideals and
interests which they share With us and
by keeping fresh the spirit of comrade
ship which was strong while their
armies and ours fought shoulder to
shoulder against a common enemy.
These are the thoughts which are
most common in the minds of the
American people. They-want to 6ee
the league of nations a reality. If they
shall be cheated of their desire, they
will not be restrained by party con
siderations from distributing the -blame
with unerring justice. The president
and senators may think so much of
their parties that each will try to shift
the responsibility to the others'. The
American people value the interests of
their country so immeasurably higher
than those of either party that they
will blame both. Nor will the impas
sioned pleas of either the president or
the angry senators avert their wrath.
THE APOSTATE. '
Coos was one of the counties in which
a fairly representative vote was cast
in the last election. The people were
greatly interested in the Roosevelt
highway and they had before them a
proposed recall. More -than 60 per
cent of the voters turned out and the
recall carried by a vote of three to one.
Everybody will now be inexpressibly
shocked to learn from that redoubtable
champion of the reckless, limitless and
unrestricted recall principle thePort-
land Journal 'that the will of the
people has actually miscarried in Coos
county. It i a charge that must be as
painful to the maker as to those who
read it.
The county judge, it is related,
covered a conspiracy by which
treasury had been mulcted and
refused to pay a. balance claimed.
dis
the had
. The
conspirators, so the Journal's charges
go, engineered the recall and so be
fogged the minds of the voters with
false issues that they ousted the judge
from office.
We know nothing about the issues
in this family quarrel. We should like
to think that here, at last, there had
been an exception to the general run
of recalls in Oregon. The recall is not
confined to charges of total incom
petency or corruption not in Oregon.
It may be invoked on any pretext. As
such it may bo as freely used to
gratify personal animosity and fac
tional hatred as to gratify a proper
longing for good government. In the
past it.has been invoked almost exclu
sively for ulterior purposes.
But here is Coos county with a three-to-one
vote in favor of the recall of a
public official. Is it possible to befog
the minds of three-fourths of the
voters-tvith chicanery and false issues?
The champion of the unlimited recall
insists that it has been done. Does it
still insist that such-a recall is a safe
implement in the-hands of a people so
easily befuddled?
THE TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE.
A strike of telegraphers is threatened
because, for men of equal skill and
intelligence, they are the worst-paid
craft in the United States; because they
are denied the right of collective bar
gaining, which is an established cus
tom in almost every other business,
and because of the persistent hostility
of the telegraph companies to labor
unions. If the wire service of the
country should be paralyzed and the
public thereby inconvenienced, the peo
ple will endure it the more patiently
because the strike offers a prospect
that a flagrant wrong will be undone.
Hope was entertained when the gov
ernment took charge of the wires that
the telegraphers would receive fair
wages, proportionate to the nature of
their work, to the high degree of in
telligence which it requires and to the
present standard of wages, also that
they would be permitted to deal as a
body, not as powerless individuals,
with their employers. Those who cher
ished that hope knew not Burleson
and forgot the enmity to labor unions
which he had displayed in administer
ing the postal service. The telegraph
officials were men after his own heart
in that respect. When the government
took over the railroads, it promptly
gave all employes a substantial ad
vance in wages, then raised rates to
meet that and other increases in ex
pense. Mr. Burleson went after higher
rates first, dealt out increases in wages
with a slow and niggard hand and per
mitted the officials whom he continued
in office to pursue their policy of
enmity to unions. When he found that
a strike was an inevitable consequence,
he threw the undivided responsibility
on the operating officials and substi
tuted what he calls .supervision" for
control. He cannot shirk responsibility
by so transparent a trick.
Employes of the telegraph companies
should be secured by law the same
right to cdmbine and to arrange their
affairs with their employers as a unit
as is enjoyed by other crafts. They
should be paid as well as men of equal
capacity in other occupations. The
people will expect that when congress
legislates for return of the wires to
their owners and for their future regu
lation, it will provide protection for
the rights of an underpaid and op
pressed craft. If this requires higher
rates, the people will gladly pay them,
provided the additional revenue goes
to the employes, not to the. stockhold
ers, provided, also, that it is needed to
yield a fair return on actual invest
ment, not on obsolete plant or other
fictitious capital.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING.
The extent to which German and
other foreign languages shall be taught
in the schools would appear to be
determining itself automatically in
some quarters. In Wisconsin, for ex
ample, not long ago regarded as one
of the leading states in point of Ger
manic influence in the union, the state
association of modern language teach
ers has just made a report that tells
its own story.
German was taught in '2S5 schools
in Wisconsin in 1917-18. It is now
taught in forty-eight schools, of which
thirty-nine are public schools. Only
twenty of these now offer first-year
German. Diminishing popularity of
German is the result, not of prohibi
tory legislation, but of changed public
opinion.
It is with somewhat less of satisfac
tion that we read the" figures as to
French and Spanish. The former was
taught in twenty-one schools in Octo
ber, 1917, and is now taught in 104
schools. Two years of tbe language
are offered in thirty-five schools.
Spanish was taught in five high schools
and four private schools in 1917, and
is now taught in seventeen schools.
The total of 121 schools for French
and Spanish, and. of 153 schools for
the three languages, compared with
315 schools for the same three lan
guages in 1917 represents a falling off
In language study which can only be
regretted. It can hardly be- said to be
atoned for by the evident tendency to
lay German aside.
The practical as well as the cultural
values of foreign language teaching
in the higher institutions are quite
generally conceded. It was hoped nob
only that German classes would be
supplanted by others in French, Span
ish and, perhaps, some other lan
guages, such as Russian and Italiap,
but that the total number would be
lncre-ed under the stimulus of our
increasing intimacy with world affairs.
It is clearly shown by the figures that
this is not truo4n Wisconsin, and it is
suspected that a similar condition pre
vails elsewhere." But foreign languages
will not be- taught unless the patrons
of schools evince interest in them, and
they do not seem to be doing this now.
A definite educational campaign to
teach the value of foreign languages
would seem to be called for. if we are
not to lose ground in the laudable com
petition for world trade and influence.
THE SPORTSMAN'S E.MPTT BAG. '
The hearing on the fish and game
controversy was, as Governor Olcott
remarked, a good thing because it gave
opportunity for everyone to air his
views. The vieW9.v-ere many and
varied and the hearing doubtless re
lieved the minds of those who testified
and it brought out a frank statement
of policy from the governor, but it Is
an optimistic person who thinks the
general public has attained a. definite
opinion as to what is wrong, if any
thing. The fisherman knows, without being
told is formal testimony, that trout are
hard to get in a day's trip out of Port
land In any direction. The sportsman
knoves that birds are no more plentiful
than fish. Probably the reason for
this condition is that propagation and
protection" have not kept pace with
the growing accessibility of trout
streams and the resorts of birds. It is
a rare paradise of nature that cannot
be and is not constantly profaned by
the chug-chug of the automobile. En
terprising commonwealths have been
free with their road money and hos
pitable in their invitations to the fish
erman and the sportsman. -The feel
of the taut line and the song of the.
reel have been praised until everyone
must try his hand at the mountain
stream. And the fish that the expert
does not get the novice frightens to
the secrecy of the deepest pool. The
onslaught of the hunting season's open
ing, day is great enough to frighten
birds or deer to closest cover for
months.
Propagation that keeps pace with
field and stream enthusiasm is ob
viously somewhat difficult. It is made
more difficult by lax observance of
fish and game laws. Such laws are
held like prohibition laws. Every per
son Is strong for their strict observance
by the other fellow. Xhe state is
an empire, as was also remarked at
the hearing, and the game wardens
that could successfully enforce the fish
and game laws everywhere would form
an imposing army.
But there is testimony from some
quarters that game and fish are plen
tiful. They are, in places. The person
who is willing to rough it a bit can
get either or both. It is the man who
expects to drive up to the side of a
populated mountain stream in the
luxurious comfort of his motor or ride
out in an hour or two to woodland or
prairie haunts of birds who goes home
at night disappointed. Wh,erever there
is a passable road leading to a stream
within fifty or seventy-five miles of
Portland there the fisherman and his
automobile have been. Wherever there
is a field or lake frequented by birds
the auto-riding hunter has been there
in numbers, if roads permit.
It is not the purpose herein to pre
sent a remedy for this condition or to
say that one man has not as good a
right to fish and hunt as another, but
rather to point out the difficulties that
confront the fish and game commis
sion and Che wardens. Political activity
by the fish and game forces is another
matter. It has doubtless existed and
it is out of place. Now there must be
an end of it, or the governor will cud
the official life of him who engages
in politics. Appointments, minor and
major, have In the past been dispensed
at times on A purely political basis.
Therein the old system was followed
whereby it was considered the best
politics to give reward of office for
political service or make appointments
on the basis of the political influence
the appointees could bring to the ad
ministration. It is higher and better
politics, we think, to make appoint
ments upon merit and quality of serv
ice to the public. The administration
that functions fairly, economically and
efficiently in all departments needs no
wire pulling to make it popular with
the voters. Governor Olcott has made
a wise choice of two systems.
In his effort to eradicate politics the
governor will undoubtedly have the
support of the fish and game commis
sion as now constituted. The men now
composing that body are not politicians.
They are men of substance, standing
and Integrity whose inclinations are
toward solid business activity. There
need be no dismay over the accusation
that any of them or the game warden
or the fish warden spent much time
at Salem during the session of the
legislature. To advise the legislature
on fish and game legislation is one of
their functions. The record will dis
close the quality and character of their
efforts at tho capitol. If the fish and
game code has been improved then
their time was well spent.
The public, the sportsmen and the
officials are agreed that propagation
and protection of fish and game are
essentials. Now that everybody has
blown off maybe we can get co-operation
to that end, and that includes co
operation in observance of gime laws
and in seeing that others observe them.
A SOVIET ELECTION.
The soviet form of government has
been so highly praised as the most ad
vanced form of democracy that it is
interesting to see how it works. An
Insight has been given by a corre
spondent of tho London Times who
saw an election being held in Budapest
under the reign of Bela Kun and others
last April. The election committee
consisted of "one wild enthusiast, two
stolid men in stained clothes and sev
eral youths."
Each voter as he entered the room
was given a list of sixty names, "the
list warmly recommended by the
Soviets of Budapest." and the enthu
siast explained that'-"if you are satis
fied with the list offered, you sign it ;
if not, "you cross out any name or
names and write in others, any man or
woman who belongs to a recognized
soviet or tradesman." Then followed
this dialogue:
"Who are these people?" I asked. "Are
they f-om Budapest?"
No." said the enthusiast, "that is it noble
part of our institutions. They may come
from anywhere That man, is a German,
that is a Czech. Fo-an-so is Russian. We
have abolished frontiers. We are all friends.
"And can anyone front anywhere vote,
too?"
"Of course he can if he has proof that he
Is a member of a trade union or follows a
profession or trade."
"Have the Austrian red guards who came
her last week voted?" I asked.
"They could have voted en masse If they
wanted." proudly replied the enthusiast. "I
believe they Intend to. but I am not sure."
The enthusiast was disappointed that
his visitor could not see voting at its
best in that district, because:
Many shopkeepers and tbe like live here
who employ assistants, so we have com
paratively few votrs. All those who have
people In their service, shopkeepers, indus
trials, and so cn, cannot vote. Nor can
lawyers, idiots, ministers of religion, offi
cers or criminals. .
Dentists can vote, . so can doctors,
but, if a doctor has an assistant, "he
Is a capitalistr and cannot vote." A
knotty question arose over one. man,
who at first could not vote because he
was "an ex-prefect an ex-functiqnary
of the government" but he was al
lowed to vote, "because he is acting as.
a government servant nowr" Of course
he voted a straight ticket to hold
his job.
It is to be hoped that the store
keepers and doctors who have been so
thrifty and have-managed their busi
ness so well as to require an assistant
will take due note of their offense.
They should have been content with
smaller things, with a one-man store
or a one-man office, with doing busi
ness in a small, modest way. For their
unholy, sordid ambition to. do their
best, to use all their faculties, to pros
per and to accumulate this world's
goods, they must be branded as capi
talists and cast into the category of
the bourgeoisie along with "lawyers.
idiots, ministers of religion, officers or
criminals."
What a beautiful example of perfect
democracy is a system which allows
the last arrived bolshevist from Rus
sia, cammorist from Italy or cutthroat
from Bulgaria to vote equally with the
man who has simply grown up with
the country. What a boom there would
be during the October before election
in steamship travel from Siberia, Japan,
China and Siam to the Pacific coast,
and what suspense there would be
until we learned which foreign nation
should rule the state.
We stuptd Americans do not realize
what blessings we lose by not inviting
Nicolal Lcnine to come over here and
reconstruct our government.
Before, the Women's Trade Union
league- voted In favor of raising the
blockade of Germany "as an act of
simple mercy and justice," it should
have asked the opinion of the women
of France and Belgium, especially those
of Lille, whose daughters were carried
away into slavery. If American women
had endured what they did. no such
misplaced .sympathy would be ex
pressed. If the senate would adjourn debate
on the peace treaty until that weighty
document is actually before it, it might
keep up with the mass of business
which the house piles up for its atten
tion. But it will not do so, for the
senators erroneously believe their func
tion to be the making of speeches.
Storrs could not work the old plan
of squaring the case by marrying the
girl because she had been declared
insane. For the matter of that, many
wives in after 'years think they, too,
were in the crazy class and do not
hesitate to say so, though conditions,
to be sure, were different.
As an explainer. Von Bethmann
Hollweg is a failure. He should let
out the job to Newton D. Baker, who
has done enough explaining to qualify
as an expert, and will soon be explain
ing some more.
It may be possible, as Mr. Carlton
asserts, speaking of the telegraphers'
strike, that "few will quit." It may be
possible the few will be Burleson,
Carlton &. Co.
Hurley ties up the. shipyards and
the one big union tries to tic up every
thing else, so that we may all take one
big vacation and have no more pay
days to remind us of work.
It is a safe guess that Alvin C. York
values the title of sergeant which he
earned more highly than that of
colonel which the governor- of Ten
nessee has given him.
Uncle Sam is the greatest junk dealer
on earth. Why not? He dealt the
final blow, which reduced the greatest
modern empire to junk.
Election costs in Multnomah were
$24,000, assessed one-third each to city,
county and port: but the people, as
usual, pay the whole.
Let us bargain with the up-state
towns. Everybody come to the Rose
Festival and everybody will return the
visit Fourth of July.
Governor Lister makes such a gal
lant fight against disease that he will
have earned victory, if he should not
achieve it.
Astoria will have the largest marine
railway in the country, but, because
she is in Oregon, she will not "act
proud."
Commissioner Mann, who sells water,
does not have to increase rates to give
more pay to his bureau help.
Rare June days, of course, but a
little bit underdone in the early morn
on the daylight-saving plan.
Better take along a shoebox lunch
when going to Spokane. Most "nickel"
foods cost 10 cents now.
Due to the effect of war-time pro
hibition, no doubt the California "Sun
days" will cost more.
Fair weather for the week and not
too warm is the forecast. That's Rose
Festival weather.
Germany owes American citizens a
billion for damages, and that is a first
mortgage.
Everybody come to Portland. Accom
modations will be found. Portland
never fails.
What's a street-car strike in the
home of the jit! H. Ford to the rescue:
This is all kinds of "week" for Port
land, but the sweetest is casdy week.
Recall when sometimes it rained
during the Rose Festival? Forget it!
One more week of Mayor Baker's
ultimatum and how's the clean-up?
The showhouses will be doing a good
business off and on this week.
Grin today and smilo tomorrow.
.Wcdnegdjiy she begins,
Gleanings From the Press.
The Kate ef Public Officials,
The Dalles Chronicle.
Tliiy (Commissioners Booth and
Thompson) voted against Benson that
the ColumDia River highway should
follow the Chenowlth road to the
bridge. In doing this they may have
made some enemies. But they kept
their word to this city. They showed
by their stand that they were honorable
gentlemen and the Chronicle) in behalf
ot tho city thanks them for their ef
forts in our behalf and commends them
for their stand as men in a perplexing
matter.
How Could Gypsy Teiy
Halsey Enterprise.
W. H. Campbell had his fortune told
last week by one of the gypsies who
have been In this neighborhood lately.
While he was getting some gasoline at
the Ha'sey garage Monday, preparatory
to ,r'P Albany, he was approacheJ
by one uf the fortune tellers, who askel
for mjaey. . On his refusal to "come
acroN'1 she told him he would have
bad luck all the rest of the day. And
sure enough, he had cone only a short
distance when the rem r axle of his car
broke!
Society- to Blame Again.
The Dalles-Chronicle.
So long as human nature craves
thrills so long will men take their lives
in their hands and so long will great
throngs of persons go to see what will
result from speeding.
Bat Wu Renben Fainter r
La Grand Observer.
It is this time In the spring that one
wishes he were a painter like Reuben
of old, in order that ho might place
upon canvas for permanent preserva
tion the stretch of country from Minam
hill to North Powder. If there. Is a
prettier stretch of country in all the
world, we have never seen it. If there
is a more productive section a sec
tion tbat responds more freely to honest
toil of men we have failed to find
it. If there is a spot where the milk
of human kindness flows more freely,
that spot has lacked a press agent or
no one seems to know where it is
located.
Crista Averted.
Marshfield Times.
The milk can which Constable Good
man thought was stolen a few days
ago. had been taken by Mrs. Robert
Sarter. She thought some one had for
gotten it and took it into her store.
She restored it to Constable Goodman
this morning.
Beer Strikes Likely.
Grants Pass Observer.
The time was ill chosen for such a
move as our president has made, and
to say the least, he has given the
whisky element new fighting strength
and raised their hopes while in in
dustrial centers it may have a decided
effect. Those workmen who had "no
beer, no work" for their slogan will
feel that a powerful ally has come to
their assistance and as a result more
beer strikes" may result.
What Ktadwtf Marks f
Eugene Register.
The Germans claim 12 billion marks
indemnity from the allies. If they mean
black marks, their claim-is not alto
gether unjustified.
Again the Name of Waod.
Florence West.
Though the presidential election is
more than a year in the future, there
is already considerable talk about can
didates and the availability of many
prominent men as candidates Is being
discussed. The name of General Leon
ard Wood seems to meet with consid
erable favor among the republicans and
the impression is that he is gaining
support rapidly. At present it seems
to be everybody's rase but it will not
be surprising tf General Wood proves
to be the strongest candidate.
Happy We ten!
Weston Leader.
No matter how Weston people may
differ on other subjects, with one voice
they justly acclaim tbe town's excellent
school.
rrobably True.
Grants Pass Observer.
Political fences are being constructed
and well-laid schemes will come thick
and fast until the next election, in the
face of which it behooves every voter
to keep strict tab on men in the na
tional limelight for the next year.
"Now la the Time.' Etc.
Marshfield Times.
It will go hard with either party in
that campaign if its representatives in
congress do not measure up to the pub
lic notion of their duty. The chief
legislative responsibility, naturally,
will rest with the republican party,
because it Is in control of both houses.
But a minoruy. too. has responsibili
ties that it cannot shirk. And tho fact
that the minority lias the president for
an ally makes u.e responsibility about
equally divided.
Neither Recall sr Rrfcrenaam.
Roseburg News.
A man haa to be elected speaker of
the house but a woman holds the job
by marriage.
The Evergreen Blackberry.
Canby News.
Failure and disappointment, however,
await the ambitious gardener who
should try to Improve this fruit by
cultivation. All who have ever trans
planted the vines have succeeded only
in obtaining those which every year
bear a profusion of blossoms, but
berries never mor. As with the
aborigines of our soil, cultivation seems
to rob them of all qualities that render
them of any use.
Male Raiser's Innings.
Bend Press.
There Is a good market for mules,
both on the coast and In the east. .The
west has a large number of horse
Misers who, perhaps, could find finan
cial profit in turning their attention
to the raising of mules.
Sedative of Some Kind Needed.
Echo Newa.
Possibly it was thought best to have
& little wine and beer accessible for the
American people when they start foot
ing up what they got out of this peace
treaty and the league of nations cove
nant. Something to sort of make
things look a little rosier. -
Great Place for thickens.
Corvallia Gazette-Times.
Sam Moore, who dreams chickens!
when he is asleep, and thinks and eata
chickens when he is awake and not
talking about lime, is jubilant over the
considerable poultry publicity this re
gion is getting now. Sam insists that
Corvallis and Bejiton county offer poul
try opportunity not less than that at
Petaluma, and he even ventures the
statement that the slopes north of this
city along the Independence road to
Wells beat anything in Petaluma 40
miles.
Signs Summer.
Maupin Times.
David Donaldson is finding a tent
too warm, so has purchased the lot ad
joining Dr. Elwood and has a few loads
of lumber and a force of carpenters on
the scene this morning.
Flowers by Cable.
Gresham- Outlook.
Think of it! Mrs. John Brown re
ceived a box of carnations from her
son Ross, in the American express serv
ice in France. He did not forget mother
on Mother's day, so with the assistance
of the Atlantic cable the flowers came,
only, a few days late .
Those Who Come and Go.
With hundreds of visitors from all
parts of the northwest arriving In
Portland dally by automobile to attend
the Victory Roee Festival and the Ad
Men's convention, hotel lobbies are
fairly teeming with stories of hard
ships, misfortunes am) little com
mendation of the highway system of
the coast. Oregon roads are being
compared with those of California and
Washington, and the comparison made
by come la not altogether favorable to
Oregon. "The roads of Oregon, aeiae
from the Columbia river highway, do
not begin to compare with those of
Washington." declared Thomas M.
Keane of Spokane, who arrived by train
yesterday afternoon, after being forced
to abandon hia automobile with a
broken axle about 60 miles east of
Wasco. The sand on the stretch of
road from Pendleton to Echo ranges in
depth from 12 to IS inches: the road is
not passable for a team of mules, much
less an auto. From Spokane to Pendle
ton the roada were fairly good, but I
have a choice collection of all tacks
along the entire route." Mr. Keane
was accompanied by Mrs. Keane, who
is visiting with her sister. Mrs. M.
O'Neill, 743 East Yamhill street.
Among the distinguished delegates
to the 16th annual convention of the
Pacific Coast Ad Men's association in
Portland thia week is Sergeant Robert
Lloyd of Berkeley, and Mrs. Lloyd. The
sergeant, who was singing instructor
In army cantonments during the war,
has a record of having taught 260,000
American soldier boys how to sing. He
la a six foot-two individual with a
voice that can be heard above the din
of down-town traffic and Is taking a
keen Interest In the various community
sings that are scheduled to be given
during the festival.
"I'll say the rottenest piece of road
on earth is the Cow creek canyon
route." declared Carl H. Brickhagen,
of Oakland, Cat. who arrived yester
day to attend the Ad Men's convention.
"We were several hours covering the
10-mile stretch and the ride was any
thing but pleasant. However, we did
find sorne'good pieces of highway, and
the overland trip, as a whole, was not
without Its. enjoyable features."
L. E. Warford, advertising manager
for the B. F. Goodrich company, with
headquarters in Seattle, arrived in
Portland yesterday for the Victory
Rose Festival and the Ad Men's con
vention. He came by auto, leaving Se
attle Saturday afternoon, and arrived
here without encountering mishap of
a serious nature. He reports roads to
be In fairly good condition, although
here and there an almost impassable
stretch makes overland travel disagree
able In spots.
"There is no nicer way to travel than
by auto," enthusiastically declared
Kenneth C. Kerr of Seattle, who was
among yesterday's overland arrivals
for the ad men's convention. "We
found the roads in fair condition and,
barring an occasional stretch where
rough riding was experienced, have no
complaint to make." Mr. Kerr Is chair
man of the Seattle delegation in at
tendance at the convention.
A. B. Smith of Grand Ronde. a well
known stackman, is in Portland to
spend the week at the Rose Festival.
Range conditions in that section of the
state are reported to be excellent and
cattle men are looking forward to a
successful season.
Captain John R. Steagall, who has
been stationed at Camp Lewis for some
time with the medical corps, haa ar
rived in Portland, accompanied by Mrs.
Steagall. and expects to make this city
hla home. He expects to open an office
to take up his practice about June 13.
Dr. and Mrs. Steagall are registered at
the Seward.
To attend the Rose Festival and to
be present at the state convention of
the Order of the Eastern Star, a jolly
party of Baker ladies Is In Portland
this week. They are Mrs. James P.
Jackson. Mrs. George Henry. Mrs. Jo
seph Barton and Mrs. E. S. Land is.
They are registered at the Imperial.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
THE COSCIEXTIOIS OBJECTOR.
(Copyright by Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
Corporal Alvin York of Tennessee
(an elder, and a conscientious objector)
killed 10 men and raptured 131 prison
ers in a single action.
Twenty boche at a single whack.
Punctured 'em through an' through:
Number of prisoners taken back
A hundred and thirty-two!
Fairly a lively fightin' bee,
Kairly a tidy score.
For a red-beaded elder from Tennes
see -Who
didn't believe In war!
Who didn't believe In war at a'.l
Fightin' he thought was wrong.
Bui when the government gave the call
He reckoned he'd trail along.
Fought it out with himself at night.
There en the fields o' France.
An' w hen the enemy hove in sijrht
Allowed he would take his chance.
On the job when the hour came.
Takin' things quite serene,
Gettin' into a losin' game.
An' wlnnin' it good and clean.
An' though perhaps he was still in
doubt
On the question o wrong or right.
The boche that fell when his guia sang
out
Was never in doubt a mite.
Fairly a lively little scrap,
Goin' it pretty strong
For a gintle-gaited. religious chap
Who figured that war was wrong.
He did right well as it was but gee!
If he HAD of believed in war
This red-headed elder from Tennessee
Would have captured an army corps!
Now la the Time.
If young Teddy is the chip off the
old block that he is said to be, why
doesn't be start something?
The Supreme Test.
Job got away with a lot of trials
fairly well, but lie never ordered an
automobile for immediate delivery.
Tbe Rea fa the Stara ana Stripes.
Philadelphia North American.
If there isn't enough red in the
American flag to suit persons living In
this land, all such undesirables should
seek national emblems more to their
taste. Or they might join forces and
start a little hell of their own on some
remote Island. '
But remember there is red In our
flag, and more of it than of white or
blue!
Seven stripes of red against six of
white, and enough to make more than
one and a half of the fields as big aa
that which is blue!
And it's there to typify blood spilled
to set up and maintain a form of fair
government which la opposed to one
sidednesa of any sort and blood ready
to be spilled to keep that government
free from all such foul diseases as an
archy and bolshevism.
Sentenced Soldier's Mail.
BAKER. Or., June 7. (To the Edi
tor.) -Can an American soldier who
has been court-martialed and sentenced
to five years write to his people, and
is he allowed to receive mail?
A READER.
There ia no regulation against either.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Tears Ago.
From The Oreaonlan of June a. 14
The Columbia and Willamette riven
are falling at all points is tha encour
aging news of the hour. The Willam
ette fell three-tenths of a foot hr
yesterday and preparations are alre l
pcrhg made to repair tho damage don
by the flood.
Ardmore. Bill Dalton, the notorioul
outlaw and train robber who has been
so long hunted for. was killed here to
day by Deputy United States Martha'
Hart.
One of the five Chinese burned :s
the Troy laundry explosion and firt
died yesterday, making the sixth vtctiuf
to succumb.
Permission of the governor and cf
Major Sherman of tha 2d regiment hj
been obtained for use of the statl
cannon In the republican ratification
meeting at Salem tonight.
Fifty Yearn Acs.
From The Orrsonlnn of June f. Its'
New Tork. -Napoleon has given JIB.
000 for medals of the third centurv,
struck by the Emperor Alexandrt
Serviue. and found recently In the vi.
ciuity of the ancient city of Tarsus.
There are now positive assurances
that a section of the east side railrea.3
Is to be completed this year.
A society for mutual benefit and
relief was perfected among tha He.
brews of tho city yesterday, with N
Goodman as president.
The time required to make the over,
land trip from Portland to the states
has again been shortened and a passen
ger can reach tho Pacific railroad at
Indian Creek station in four days.
HOW WERE DEEDS EXCEPTIONAL?
Overseas Man Pondera Over Proposed
Decoration of S. I. D. Officers.
ASTORIA. Or., June 7 (To the Edi
tor.) The w riter, having just returned
from overseas service, In the American
army, hopes to bo pardoned for what
may seem inexcusable Ignorance re
garding the valiant services rendered
to our country by the gentlemen of the
spruce production division of the signal
corps, with headquarters in the city of
Portland. However, if tho follow inc.
remarks may seem to disclose a pro
found Ignorance of the subject, tbe
foregoing may assist jou In placing the
responsibility.
In The Oregonian today I take pleas
ure in noting the decoration so recent
ly conferred upon General Bruce P.
Disque, cf the S. P. D. of the signal
corps. Also the recommendation of
that distinguished soldier regarding
decorations for others who served with
him in the same branch of the service.
I can sit here and picture in my mind
the great deeds of bravery, the acts of
self-sacrifice, and the wonderful and
Inspired courage of these men. Hav
ing noted Portland down-town traffic
on a busy day I can visualise to a cer
tain extent some of the tremendous
difficulties which beset their path when
they valorously attempted to reach the
office by 9 every morning (Sunday ex
cepted). Also, having traveled a little In our
fair state and adjoininar country, I can
understand what great courage and
fortitude is required to go on an occa
sional trip ot inspection to some of tho
camps where work was in progress.
True, the news Item is conspicuously
silent concerning these heroic deeds,
but every reader will know that this
was due to a most regrettable over
sight on tho part of your news editor.
And to those wearers of our govern
ment's reward for distinguished and,
heroic conduct who have received their
decoration by the comparatively sim
ple method of going thousands of
niilea overseas and facing all of the
iV varieties of hell that were there,
what a comfort it will be to know that
they are in the company of such dis
tinguished men'as those referred to in
the first part pf this paragraph.
After all. It is true that all things
come to those who wait if they but
wait long enough. And tht-re is noth
ing to indicate :-ny inability un tho
part of our spruce division heroes to
wait, kr.owinsr that in tiino their valor
will be known to the whole worid and
their self-sacrifice rewarded. And the
men who went out into the camps and
sweat snd labored, and perhaps risked
their lives, not once but many times
what of them' Will they be decorated?
Not likely. They labor under no illu
sions as to the value of their services.
They did therr duty, and tbat is ever a
jus: and fftir reward to look back upon
an obligation discharged and a duty
well done
In the foregoing is a text for a ser
mon. In these days of social and in
dustrial uriresf. when the common peo
ple are inclined to take the world down
erf its shelf to sec what make It "go."
it nilsht be well to ask, in all fairness,
why it is that men who have done only
their duty and that an eay one
snould be honored and decorated, while
those who made their acrVunpllshments
possible are unknown and unsung. Why
decorations for such service as the
aforementioned men gave, even grant
ing that they did their fu!l duty? It
was no more than hundreds of thou
sands of others did. or In many cases
as much, and they neither desire sor
teek to be decorated.
L. W. JACOBS.
S!.1 Commercial street.
The Drifter.
By Grace IS. Hall.
He might have etood in places high
and hung his ensign to a star.
Such are his gifts none may deny, and
yet he dwells where weaklings
are
The half-equipped, the shaljow-patad.
the mediocre and unfit;
With cold contempt be yet is fated to
flash on these his sparkling wit:
Obliged to mingle with the mass whose
ideas fail to e'en amuse.
Because he left the higher class and
willed the easy path to choose.
He might have flung to arching skies
an ensign all mankind to thrill:
His are the talents none despise, which
though unused ar shining still.
The eves to see. the tongue to tell. the.
ready word, the brilliant brain.
Men would have yielded to his spell
and laurels added to his gain.
His wondrous gifts were surely meant
to fit positions fine and high.
And yet obscure ho seems content to
let the golden years drift by.
Full many a one with half the power
has faced tho rapids strong and
wild.
Has wrested vlotory, hour by hour,
-with lesser strength, and bravely
smiled.
The tides ot life flow ever out to wider
seas for those who dare.
But drifters who the currents flout
shall hug the btrand and, stag
nate there.
O. costly wreckage that must He for.
ever on the eun-baked shore.
Because of those who will not try
and sail the shallows evermore!
Lasting Benefits tm Aeerte.
ONTARIO. Or.. June S. (To the Edi
tor.) Permit me to extend my thanks
for the very excellent results accom
plished by The Oregonian In the re
cent state election, and particularly for
the support that It gave to tho irriga
tion bond Interest measure. In which
I was particularly interested.
I believe that tha recent programme
adcDt&d bv the people of the state of
Oregon will be of lasting and mate
rial benefit to them, and will mean a
decided Etep in the way of development
T. J. GALLAGHER.