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THE 3IORXIG OKEGOXIA THURSDAY, JU'E 19, 1919.
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EM i BLITHE B BT UMf U PITTOCK-
dfuoliahad by Tha Oreaonfan PubUshlns Co.,
C. A- KORMV. E. B. PIPER.
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ta (oral ntri pub.ttheo hereia. All
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company had pTeatJy tnhaQced its in-
aca with the tribes, but it la cer
tain that a factor less benevolent or
less courageous and tactful probably
would have failed in a txsk which not
only aaved the remnants of the mis
sionary party but also promoted fel
lowship moni conflicting Interests in
timea that ware troublous at best.
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NO rLACE FOR THE RED XXAG.
Th American Federation of Labor
refuses to indorse the "soviet or any-
other farm of covernment In Russia
M e I until the people of that country by
: constituent er other fqrm of national
.ts I wembly shall have established a truly
ft t:l) democratic form af rAvirnininL"
Quite clearly the Federation will not
jo chaalnr throuch the bojry fields
of hasardoua experiment after the
itrnlt fatuua of bolshevism.
Over at Bellinsham, where th
Washinrtoa State Federation of Labor
J is meetinr. the rtd-flaners are busy.
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tjO I "y t cniiuvvrioi Yanuui kuqiuco,
and It is yet to be seen whether they
are to encounter the setback so de
cisively administered to them by the
national federation. At Bellinsham,
however, there Is a pretty thorough
understanding of the purposes and
methods of the radicals, and the mod
erate element is maklnjr itself heard.
For example, a resolution has been
introduced that sounds like an echo of
the action at Atlantic City, aa it is an
Interpretation of the American vic
tory over the Soviets. It denounces
'such movements aa are generally
rcTc auutc ocoex.
The practice adopted by the Oreron
pioneers, of paying aome especial honor I undertaken through the leadership of
on the occasion of their annual reunion I alien propagandists to substitute a
to a distinguished fimira In early his- class-conscious tyranny for a time
tory, sometimes results, aa It has done I tried democracy." It declares "Ameri
this year, tn a kind of embarrassment can labor never will support those who
of riches. There are so many names attempt to hoist the red flag of an-
from which to choose, so many whose archy and bolshevism" and who "ad-
ervicee deserve to be honored, that vocate the employment of lawless
the weighing and balancing process is I means to attain their ends." Well
not an easy ta-Jt. The portrait which (said; and, we hope to add in due time,
decorates the badges worn today is I well done. Yet Seattle, Vancouver,
that of EU Thayer, which is timely be- C. C and Winnipeg are far from
, cause this month is the centenary of I Atlantic City.
the birth of the man who did so much
the millions poured into government
yards If large output of tonnage should
not justify the capital expenditure.
Eut the Pacific coast felt the full
weight of its policy, for theee restrain
ing influences did not apply here.
In effect, the shipping board has
done that for which private monopo
lies were condemned during a whole
generation; it has attempted to main
tain an artificial price by using its
monopolistic power to restrict produc
tion. For doing such things the once
vociferous but now forgotten Bryan
demanded that the trust magnates be
put in jail, but the government ship
ping trust magnates take that course
by direct order from a democratic
president, whose nomination mas en
gineered by Bryan, Its powers were
granted to meet the war emergency.
but are diverted to the financial profit
of the government at the expense of
private enterprise, and to the political
profit of the board. Aa in its worst
days idle refineries were monuments
to the success of the Standard Oil
company, so idle shipyards are becom
ing monuments of the extremely
doubtful successes of the shipyards.
It is guilty of the supreme offense of
profiteering for the benefit of the
government at the expense of private
Industry.
to secure early admission of Oregon
to statehood. Frevlous to the selec
tion of Thayer, the name of Peter
tkene Ogden had been considered, and
nun cmtirn( naavo, o " ' w . . ... .... ...i.,m
Cde.d .b?;denta f th' hiSt0ry ' of the' registration) ha'd" enough inter-
DOES THE PIBLIC CABEf
The total number of registered votes
in the city of Portland is 94. 470. Tet at
the special election of June 3, 1919,
pioneer times.
It wu Peter Skene Ogden who ef
fected the rescue of the survivors of
the 'Whitman massacre at VTaiilatpu
tn 1847.. The deed calls for recognition
because of the personal courage which
it manifested and the humanity which
prompted it. Tet there were in the
territory other men of undoubted in
trepidity, and others who loved their
fellow men. to whom the feat would
have been impossible. It is doubtful
pltshed that which he did by sheer Lh"d"n
force of character, tempered by tact
and intimate knowledge of the forces
with which he had to deal, and backed
perhaps, by a record for fair dealing
which powerfully added force to his
commands. The physical power ol the I meihlng to ur; but it w
Hudson s Bay company which then
est in the great Issues presented for
their consideration to go to the polls.
There is worse to tell. On May 10,
1919, at special school election, where
the Important question of teachers
salaries was to be decided and a large
sum approved (or rejected), only 11.-
19S electors east their ballots. It was
13 per centum of the registration
Thus it appears that one-eighth of
the adult people of Portland cared at
all whether the Instructors of their
less
money, and whether the taxpayers
should pay out more money or less
money. The seven-eighths (or that
portion of the great majority who pay
taxes) reserved their judgment until
taxpaying time, when doubtless they
ill
held a dominating position In this re
rion. would have been entirely Inade
qnate to copo with force exerted by
the hordes of angry Indiana: yet Its
moral power was great. With only
Now there is a plan to issue $1,600,.
000 in bonds for the schools. It is a
large sum great enough, it would
seem, to stir the lethargy of an indif
" " " ', " w" .v.,", forent public. The comprehensive na
sixteen men he achieved an end that , lV, ,.. ,hm ln . ,.r
an army of frontiersmen would have
enlr muddled In the undertaking.
The diplomatic difficulties of Ogden's
portion were many. It was his duty,
tn the Interest of saving innocent lives,
to act promptly, yet without t re r na
ture of the plan is shown in an adver
tisement by the school directors an
nouncing the purposed uses of the
money. It is:
T purchase a atte for sad erect tke Jaraee
John hlrh et-hoel-
Ta purrhaaa a atta tor and erect taa North-
Ina- urnn the anthorltv of Governor I at ala-h avhool
j. k-, ..,.- Th. l-.l forraa in anv I Te rurchaaa a lte for aad erart the Chap-
event would nave oeen orponoeni upon lelomaniary arhooJa.
the Hudson's Bay corarny factor fori To eret the (ollon-lns named elementary
I miMuM It la doubtful if e-nooie oa iaa now ownca oy ine ecooni
. . ... ... dlttrln: Alameda. Beaumont, Buckman
iney could nave oeen suppuea wnn i (r,mpi,ti.. at uoaford. Lauralhurat and
powder and lead without appeal xo ina i aiuiiaotnan
trading post. And Ogdcn
Ms Indians, knew, too, that tney wereion. Joseph Keiiore. Kenton. Mount Tabor.
likely to be stirred to excesses by tooinoae city rara and wooojioek
precipitate display of force. It was his I Nearly every Important district is
chter anxiety wnen ne ten tne iraaing represented. But it remains to be seen
po.H on the lower river that he sbouid I whether the citixens of the resnecUve
arrive in the vicinity of WalU Walla neighborhoods care whether a new and
before word should reach the tribes
that the settlers were arming for the
frav.
Ogden left Fort Vancouver within
twenty-four hours after the McBean
message telling of the masnacra had
reached him. This wss on December
T. 1S4T. He paid the usual toll of
commodious schoolhouse Is erected for
them and for their children, and
whether they want other communities
to have such structures.
It remains also to be seen whether.
in the absence of community pride and
Interest In their children's welfare, the
people care whether taxes are higher
HENBT L, F ITT OCX. PIONEER.
One pioneer in whose heart the
pulse of the "Oregon country" beat
strong will not answer the rollcall at
the reunion today. For the first time
in the history of the society Henry L.
Pittock's presence will not be felt, but
his spirit will be with the few of his
contemporaries who survive him. The
story of their struggle in the begin
ning differs from his only in detail:
along broad lines the experiences of
the early commonwealth builders run
parallel.
Among the Oregon pioneers who
have paused on, Henry L. Pittock is one
who will not be forgotten so long as
the strain at the old Oregon stock
remains an influence in the life of the
Pacific northwest. The newspaper
which he founded and to which he
gave the best that was in him for
more than half a century" is the day-by-day
record the one complete, au
thentic history of the people of the
"Oregon country." What The Orego
nian was to the early pioneers, it has
been to their children and grandchil
dren, and not within the life of the
youngest child of pioneer ancestry
will this bond, which is almost per
sonal, be broken.
These annual reunions furnish occa
sion for extolling the virtues of the
sturdy men and devoted women who
planted a fine civilisation in the far
thermost confines of the American
continent, and as time goes on the
early pioneers appear in true perspec
tive. Never a June will com when
the descendants of pioneers will fail
to meet and honor the memory of their
progenitors. Henry L Pittock's relation
to all the pioneer stock is unique, for
the great agency of public communf-
cation which he created and constantly
expanded is a part of the daily life of
multitudes of the old Oregon blood
Though the founder Is not now with
the living, the institution he built goes
on with them, hand-in-hand. It will
respect and perpetuate the traditions
he established, and in the spirit of
the publisher who servtyl Oregon con
tinuously for more than three score
years will carry on his work. It will
always be the associate and friend of
the race of pioneers.
tba people continue as alive to their
own interests as the immense majori
ties fcr dock and port bonds and tJe
increasing public interest in the rate
case have shown them to be. There
are able, live, wide-awake business men
on both the Port of Portland commit,
sion and the public doct commission
We can rely on them to provide ample
modern facilities and to place shipping
on an equality with that which plies
to any competing port. The pert com
mission will use its funds and powers
to assemoie cargoes here for any regu.
lar lines that may be established. Ships
are available in growing numbers every
day, and charter rates are highly re
munerative, and promise tc remain so
for several years. The city which went
over the top on every liberty loan
should easily go over the top for an
investment which will yield a good
profit and will at the same time clinch
the position of Portland as a port. We
might be able to give a good explana
tion of the present scarcity of steam
ship lines, hut the visible fact of lines
in operation would be a more convinc
ing argument than the best explana
tion imaginable.
Not that the day would be lost if the
rate case should be decided against us.
vv e have another string to our bow,
and with it we could shoot an arrow
so straight at the injustice of the ex
isting rate situation that the interstate
commission and the railroads could not
fail to heed.
powder and ball to the Indians at the er jU8t merely high
portages, and made the journey in ijhe, 2, 400. 000 bond proposal is so
twelve days, reeling among ine in-I important that it demands the atten
Jtlon of the entire public.
dlans along the way was hostile. Arrlv
lng at his destination, he found that
'n,.i hhmmMari had been made.
Th. armed with knives and HER TRrST,
cluha. were waiting for the word to The latest news from Washington
fcavin another alaurhter Tha vounr I contains proof of another gross mis-
men of the tribes were almost out of calculation upon which the course of
bounds. With a force of no military the shipping board in regard to ship
imnorunra Orden faarlesslv called a construction has been based. It has
rotim-il of tha chiefs. .His was the canceled contracts on the assumption
ta.-k. In loyalty to his employer, of that there would be little demand for
nreservinc tha influence of the Hud- vessels of the character that was un
aon-s Dav comnanr. while sound politi- der construction, and that heavy loss
cl judgment dictated that he should must be suffered on sale of those
not anticipate the action of the Ameri-I which it completed. It now finds
can authorities, and mercy called for sctlve demand for this very type of
t.mnorixlnr. Oa-den. we may sunoose. ships at prices wnien involve actual
invoked the memory of other times profit. It also finds prices paid to
and reminded the chieftains of the British shipbuilders to exceed those
Importance of their relations with the
English company: but he made no
promises of Immunity from punish'
ment by the legal authorities. He told
them boldly that if the American forces
at which Pacific coast yards are will
ing to contract, and these prices are
paid so readily that the capacity of
British yards is taken for two years.
These facts corroborste the Injus-
wre remnelled to make war upon tlce and absurdity of the course pur-
them. the war might not end until all suea oy inairman rtuney in can
the Indiana were exterminated. "Why." celling contracts and refusing to rein
he said to them tn final appeal, "do I state them and in placing an embargo
we make vou chiefs if you cannot con. Ion new contracts for foreign owners.
trol your men?" And, finally, he was Ha could have sold readily, probably
governed by high expediency In agree- at a prorit. certainly at sugni loss, an
ing to pay ranaom for the captives. He the vessels for which he has canceled
accomplished all that he set out to do. contracts. If he held that the emer
Ogden was 5J years old then. It was gency which required building of more
not chance that had given him his ships by the government had passed,
position ef great influence and leader, he could have set the builders free
ship. He had won his way upward by six months ago to take private con
a life of endless but self-chosen hard, tracts and thua have put them ln a
ship. He led the first party of trap- position to begin work on these con
pers who penetrated into the region tracts as soon as they completed
of the Harney and Malheur lakes and vessels then on the ways for the gov
reached a far as the great Salt Lake. ernmenL It was the moral duty of
Osden. Utah, was named for htm. He the board to keep the shipbuilding
knew his "thieving Snakes" and "wan- industry going without interruption
dering Piegans" by the card. His was until it could take up private work,
the kind of life tbwt made for strength and to leave it free to undertake that
or killed. He was first co-factor at work. The obligation was especially
Fort Vancouver and then chief factor strong to those men who had Invested
en the retirement of Dr. McLoughltn. their capital to help the nation in war.
He had been sent to the northwest to with confidence, that they would be
help break up a threatened American permitted, encouraged and aided to
fur-trading monopoly, but underhand continue the industry after the war.
methods were not a part of his scheme In view of the good market for ships
of life. He co-operated loyally with, the at remunerative prices, the course of
forces of humanity and civilisation, al- the board ln obstructing production
fJeaugh the Interests of the trapper and arouses suspicion that it has delibe-Lh-e
ef the settler were diametrically rately adopted this policy for the pur
'opposite. The man transcended the na- pose of limiting the supply, of thereby
tionaMn him. Of a Tory family, who sustaining the price and consequently
hd boendrlven from New Jersey, or selling its tonnage to advantage,
their property confiscated by the It seems to have thought of nothing
patriots tn the War ef the revolution, but making a good record tor buying
he harbored no grOdee. Tet he was and selling tonnage at minimum loss,
staunchly loyal to his company. In or at a profit if possible. Its course
reply to Governor Abernethy's letter In continuing Atlantic coast contracts
f thanks, he said: "I was the mere while many on the Pacific coast were
acting agent of the Hudson's Bay com- canceled seems to have been dictated
pany. for without Its powerful aid and by political prudence. It feared the
influence nothing could have been uproar which would hsve been raised
effected, and to them the prai.-e is by the politically and financially pow-
due-" It is true that the policy of tin erful Atlantic coast, also inquiry into
. CLINCH rORTXAND'S POSITION,
In votine? the tl. 000.000 Port of
rortland bonds the people provided a
fund which guarantees that ships can
do business at this port on equal terms
with competing ports and that means
of developing traffic for them will
exist in the shape of a traffic bureau
But they did much more. They in
sured themselves, so far as a popular
vote can, against the worst possible
outcome of the railroad rate case. In
seamen s parlance, tney tnrew an
anchor to windward.
By a recent decision which has been
confirmed by the supreme court the
interstate commerce commission held
that it is not sufficient, in order that
a city be entitled to terminal rates, to
have merely potential water competi
tion with railroads; competition must
be actual. The only condition undes
which terminal rates are Justified is
that steamers run continuously on reg
ular schedule to and from that port
in active competition with the rail
roads. From pioneer timea Sacramento
had been regarded as a port open to
sea-going vessels, but of late years
steamers have stopped running and the
water route has fallen into disuse. In
view of that fact, the commission
withdrew the terminal rate and re
quired Sacramento to pay the through
rate to Pacific terminals plus the local
rate for the eighty miles back from
San Francisco. It thus reduced Sacra
mento to the rank of an Inland town.
Los Angeles received the same treat
ment, paying the through rate plus the
local for the short distance of twenty-
two miles back from San Pedro, though
(hat port Is within the Los Angeles
city limits.
Under that ruling establishment of
steamship lines between the Atlantic
and Pacifio coasts without delay is
imperatively necessary to emphasize
the position of Portland as a port hav.
ing actual water competition with rail
lines. Tramp steamers under irregular
charter are not enough, valuable as
they are to our commerce. Liners
plying regularly as trains run will
alone fill the requirement, vv lthout
them the navigable channel, the deep
harbor, the docks and grain elevator
might be treated as evidence of merely
potential water competition, and the
extreme hypothesis that Portland might
be treated aa an inland city in the same
class as Sacramento and Los Angeles
must be provided against.
The principles on which the claim
of Portland and the Columbia river
basin is founded are so fundamentally
sound that there is good cause for con
fidence that it will be granted in large
measure, but it is well to avoid that
overconfidence which may lead us to
neglect provision for the worst. There
Is no reason to fear worse discrimina
tion than la now practiced, but it is
humanly possible that the present sit
uation will be continued. 10 provide
against the consequences of that con
tingency. -it is advisable to build up
such a volume of ocean traffic that
full cargoes will be going in and out
of this port. This would render neg
ligible the 100 miles of steaming which
might have been saved by loading and
discharging at Astoria and by taking
advantage of the 100 miles of free rail
haul between that port and Portland.
If only a few hundred tons of a cargo
should come from or be destined for
this port, the steamer would be apt
to stop at Astoria and handle this small
quantity by rail or barge. That ar
rangement would at least tend to put
the port in the inland class. We must
have full or almost full cargoes.
2so such outcome need be Icarctf U
GIBRALTAR xrNNEI, IN PROSPECT.
Spain is not to be outdone by France
and Britain in tunneling under the
narrow seas. A group of Spanish
financiers has taken up the scheme of
a Spanish engineer to tunnel the
straits of Gibraltar, and has obtained
authority of the government to make
soundings and do other preliminary
work. The tunnel would start west
of Tarifa in Spain and end east of
Tangier, in Spanish Morocco, and would
be over twenty miles long, all in
Spanish territory. As the straits are
700 to 1500 feet deep in the middle,
it would descend to a far greater depth
than the tunnel which is to pass under
the English -channel.
Spain is one ef the neutral countries
which have grown rich by the war, and
may be able to supply the capital with
out foreign aid. The tunnel would
enable it to send troops through the
tunnel with such speed and secrecy
and tn such force as to keep the
rebellious Moors of Melilla in subjec
tion. It could connect its railroads
with the entire North African system
which France has built in Algeria and
Tunis, and will doubtless extend
through Morocco, and its railroads
might derive much revenue fromJ
through rail traffic from France to
North Africa. When that region has
been civilised, a tourist route might
be extended through the Gibraltar
tunnel to the French African colonies
and the summit of the Atlas range.
An airplane flight across the Sahara
desert to Lake Chad might add zest
to the trip. No small consideration
to the Spaniard is the prospect that
he would be able to cross to Africa
without looking up at tha rock of
Gibraltar with anger at the nation
which withholds it from Spain.
The world grows increasingly active
in tunneling its straits and digging
canals through its isthmuses. If the
United States or some other progres
sive nation should take a mandate for
Constantinople and the Dardanelles, it
might tunnel the Bosphorus and enable
trains to run through from Paris to
Bagdad, Basra and who knows?
Bombay. If the Knglish channel tan
ner should be finished first, these
trains might start from London.
Sweden and Denmark might burrow
until they met under the sound. The
one Idea is to eliminate short strips
of sea from land routes and short
strips of land from sea routes, and
make both all one thing or all the
other.
As the Portland-built destroyer Fox
has been retired from service and be
come a fishing boat, the time is ripe
for Portland to build more destroyers
for the Pacific fleet. Secretary Daniels
should receive a hint to that effect
when he visits the coast.
Those Who Come and Go.
Hotelmen do not take kindly to see
ing eight conventions held in Portland
during Boss Festival week, as was
recently the case, and they are pre
paring to asic organizations to hold
conventions at some other period. The
Khrine convention for Portland next
year is at Rose Festival time and the
hotelmen would like to see the date
shifted to later ln June or July. If
the Shrine convention is held during
the Rase Festival it will absorb all the
accommodations 000 rooms are said
to be now engaged and the usual
festival visitors will have trouble.
Formerly conventions were scattered
along through the 12 months, but now
they are concentrated ln two weeks
of the year, one week being the rose
festival, and the other the livestock
show week in the fall. By selectin
different dates, the hotel managers
explain, everyone can be taken care
of, but there is sure to be a shortage
of beds when several conventions are
being held en the same days.
"The McEachern shipyard at Astorii
closes Saturday night," said E. W
Wright, manager of the plant. "W
had a crew of 1S00 men working there
at one time and now it gives me th
Willies to walk through the deserted
place and see all that wonderful and
expensive machinery which was never
used because the government shut
down on shipbuilding. We still have
couple or hulls on the ways, but
don't know what will become of them.
Mr. Wright launched the last ship
from the plant last week, Friday, June
13, when the Cabria slid into the water.
There being nothing superstitious
about Mr. Wright, he launched the ves
set irrespective of the so-called Koo-doo
day. This is a contrast to a Port
land yard which once, to prevent
launching on a Jonah day, staged
midnight launching-
In his enthusiasm for Klamath Falls,
F. Zim Baldwin almost stole the Ring
ling .Brothers cirous, when it played
bacramento ln 130S. The Irrigatie
congress was in sesion at Sacrament
and the 30 representatives of Klamath
pretended that they had 100, so the
bought 100 tickets ta the circus and
prevailed on Al Ringling to permit
them to stretch a banner In front of
the reserved seat section, the first time
that the Ringlinzs aver permitted
such a thing. To fill up the seats every
delegate from Klamath invited several
Sacramento people and camouflaged
tnem as K-iamatn trrlgationlsts by
plastering them with badges. Mr. Bald
win, who is a son of State . Senator
Baldwin of Klamath, is in business at
t.akevlew and is registered at the
Imperial.
Mrs. Addie Schaupp, wife of th
mayor of Joseph, Or., died in this city
Tuesday nignt or ptomaine poisoning.
presumed to have been caused by eat
ing overripe strawberries. Mayor
scnaupp, Mr. and Mrs. U Knapper,
parents of Mrs. Schaupp, -and Senator
and Mrs. Colin R. Eberhard, the latter
sister of Mrs. Schaupp, arrived yes
terday to escort the body home. Mr.
nnapper is president of the First Na
tional bank of Joseph. Mrs. Schaupp,
who was 32 years old, was active in
all war work in Wallowa county and
was one of the best-known residents
oi that section of the state.
Rainier people are particularly ln
terested in the highway work under
way in ineir vicinity. The section
from Rainier to Clatskanle is expected
to be hardsurfaced this year and the
new grade between Scappoose and
McBride's crossing probably will be
completed eo that next year it can
tie surfaced, and then the lower Coluro
bia highway will be finished. This is
tne reason the Rainier people are feel
ing cheerful. Thomas Ellis. Rainier
mercnant, la at the Hotel Oregon.
Five persons motored from Eugene to
welcome nome miss Flora Campbell, re
turning from Oberlin College. Mig
Campbell was greeted at the Imperial
oy airs. J. u. liilkins. Ian Campbell.
Carl Miller, Lillian Auld and Mrs. James
Campbell. The party motored last night
to ine wampoeu rancn near Mc.Minn-
vine ana will go to Eugene later.
More Truth Than Poetry.
' sly James J. Iloatagae.
The time was when wonder was ex-
pressed at the feats of Mark Twain's
famous jumping frog and at the hops
of a grasshopper, but Alcock and
Brown have far outdistanced them and
become the champion hoppers of the
universe.
Lieutenant Brown's partiality to a
flying boat for crossing the Atlantic
suggests that that new Kina or am
phibian is the vehicle of the future. A
machine which can travel on land or
water as well aa in the air is within
the possibilities.
Lieutenant Locklear, who does stunts
on airplane wings and hops from one
plane to another in flight, denies that
he is reckless. Still, he cannot be
called a cautious man.
There isn't much appeal in a water
melon on ice, but a few months later
one in the hot sun in the back lot will
tempt a man over the fence to tear out
it heart.
To consult about his timber holdings,
F. S. Bell of Winona, Minn., has been
at the Benson for several days and re
turned east yesterday. Mr. Bell has
large holdings in the Blue river dis
trict, near Eugene, worth a million dol
lars or so. Winona, his home, is noted
for the large number of retired million.
aire timnermen living there.
Next to riding an airplane, there are
some things at the Oaks that give an
ordinary man thrills enough for a week.
Some of those fellows drilling in
Tamhill for oil and gas no doubt would
be satisfied if they struck beer.
Fair weather and gentle westerly
winds for the pioneers, the best we
have in stock and none too good.
With produce at present prices, a
man almost can afford to neglect his
business for his home garden.
Some of these pioneers are spryer
than fellows of half their age. Must
be the good start they got.
The thrifty man of his neighborhood
already is known by his pile of slab-
wood seasoning in the sun.
Gompers puts it squarely up to Wil
son to remove Burleson. Can Wilson
afford not to obey?
Can the "kids" , have crackers this
Fourth? Bigger prooiem than the
league of nations.
Every American soldier, realizing
the yellow tnthe Hun quitter, is hop
ing for a finish.-
About every sixty years a prince of
Wales pays this country a visit. He is
due in the fail.
These are the common June days.
Nothing rare in June days in Portland.
A general strike in Portland!
is tne joker? ,' ,
Who
Most of the wagon in Astoria, drawn
by two horses, used to be of a similar
type. They were built by the father
of A. W. McLean, one of the first
wagon-makers of Clatsop county. Mr,
McLain, who was formerly a deputy
sheriff and once a shoe merchant, is
now in the machine business. . He is
among tne arrivals at tne Imperial.
Vicountess Ishii, wife of the Japa.
nese ambassador to the United States,
left for Seattle yesterday afternoon
after spending the morning admiring
tne glories of tne Columbia river high-
way. In beattle she will join her hua
band and proceed to Japan.
T. J. Andrews, accompanied by his
tamiiy, is at the Forkins from Oyster
vllle. Wash. The town takes its name
from the leading industry of the place,
the succulent bivalve being the sole
excuse for the little village's existence
on the llwaco river,
J. E. Long and family of Ontario, are
at the Perkins. Up in the Ontario-Vala
country there is considerable excite
ment over the prospect ef find'ng oil
and a big outfit is being assembled to
bore in that vicinity.
To attend the reunion ef pioneers,
Mrs. N. W. Bogart of Tacoma arrived
at the Imperial yesterday. She is a
native daughter and has been answer
ing the rollcall at each annual gather
ing for many years.
Claud C. Clark, son of tha former
legislator from Gilliam county, is at
the Imperial from Arlington, where
tha Clarks have a merchandise store
and handle meats.
Robert B. Strahorn, who wants to
build a raUroad' in central Oregon, is
at the Hotel Portland with Mrs. Stra
horn.
R. S. Shaw, A. B. Hammond's right
hand man at Astoria, is in the city to
talk things over with the big chief,
who is registered at the Benson.
SONS OF FREEDOM.
Ye sons of freedom faithful pove
Unto vour father's noDie trust,
And from it every blight remove
Or therefore die if die you must.
Behold what heritage is yours,
What nrivileges ana noerty.
Law that you native right assures
And leads to glorious aeeiiny.
Te sons of freedom stand as one
For honor, righteousness and worth.
Let enmitv and quarrel have done,
Make peace tne ruling power or
earth.
Tet should an urgent cause require.
With manly viro ana courage rise.
Responding with an innate fire
And all the etrengtn mat. in you uea.
Te sons of freedom every one.
Be liberty's resource and might,
Hold sacred what your fathers won,
Pnasessine it m truth and rigni.
What is it, then, that she needs fear?
What foe dread or what power or
wronE?
Divinely graced she will appear.
Divinely armed, divinely strong.
PETER FANDEL.. .
" A Tir TO POETS.
( Copyright by Bell Syndicate. Ine.)
Te poets sing a lilting lay
Accompanied by pipe or tabor
(Whichever you know how to play)
About the dignity of labor.
Remark the laborer's massive hands,
Which he could hide a rabbit under.
And muscles, strong as Iron bands,
(Where have I heard that line, I won
der?) Observe that workers should be glad
To own a naat but tidy hovel.
But never sing it te a lad
Who earns his bread with pick and
Shovel!
Ta poets, also sing the charm
Of trees that sough and brooks that
prattle,
Of life upon the dear eld farm.
Of cows, and other forms of cattle,
Of homing sheep at even tide
That let the gentle shepherds fold 'em.
Of gaping pigs, some can't abide.
(As Shylock said) when they benoia
'em I .
Pen paens to the rural swain
And how he loves his rustle charmer.
But never sing this glad refrain
By any chance to any farmer:
Te peats sing of eity men
And how they love to wear white col
lars. And dine en Broadway new and then
For seventy or eighty dollars.
Recite the joys of subway strife.
Where all the trains are run through
cellars.
And say that busy urban life
Is pretty soft for eity dwellers!
Put all the wonderful romance
Of thronging millions in your ditty,
But never sing It, on a chance
To anybody from a city!
a
They All Have Thermometers.
Every rise In the temperatures re
minds the coal barons to hike the price
of anthracite a few more degrees,
a a
Fine Chance for Praetiee.
If Germany still thirsts to rule the
world, let her begin on Russia, which
appears to peed ruling pretty badly,
a a
Jnat te Make f.tu Homelike.
All of the Ico cream soda parlors will
soon be putting in family entrances.
METHOD OF MAKING ROSE CREAM
ftceloe Glvea for Heme Maaofacture
With Lard and Bene Leaves.
PORTLAND, June 1$. (To the Edi
tor.) Please publish this recipe for
Portland rose cream, for tha benefit of
the ladies. Every one can be her own
chemist and besides the rosea will ful.
fill their purpose:
Take a pound of fine lard, melt it
and strain it through a hair sieve or
coarse muslin bag. Allow the drippings
to fall into a vessel of cold water con
taining a little alum. Gather the chilled
greaae, melt a second time, strain and
let the drippings fall into salt water:
melt a third time, and drip the grease
into very cold water. This removes
the rank odor, leaving a pure white
grease in which tha flowers are to be
steeped. A double boiler is useful for
this purpose.
The first day fill the grease pot with
rose petals, set on the back of the stove
where the lard will keep hot, yet not
boil. The next day, lift out the with-
ered petals, squeeze them free from
lard and add fresh petals. Continue
this for ona week, keeping the lid en
the vessel meantime. Thereafter keep
the lard in a glass vessel tightly corked
or covered.
To make a perfume, cut it with al
cohol. The perfumed poniade can be
added to face lotions and is really bene
ficial as an ingredient. It will take at
least a week for the alcohol to out the
grease. If a very delicate perfume
is desired it can be made by placing
the roso leaves that are strained out
ef the grease in alcohol and letting
them stand, then straining off, clear.
Little jars can be filled with this for
'the ladies' toilet."
AN OLD VETERAN.
NO COUNTESS DAUGHTER FOR HIM
In Other Day.
Tweatyvwre Tears Ago.
Prem Tha Oreeonlan nf June 19 134.
Chicago. Report is current in rail
way circles that E. McNeil, general
manager of the Iowa Central, is to be
come receiver of the Oregon Railway
& Navigation company.
A force ef (AO men is at work be
tween Bonneville and Cascade Locks,
building a new line of railroad for the
Union Paeiflo where the flood cut away
the old line.
Tomorrow will be a gala day for
the Ancient Order of United Workmen,
as tha supreme lodge officers will be
guests in the city.
Captain R. S. Greenleaf. commander
of battery A, O. NT, G., and ceunty a-aessor-elect.
was tendered a surprise
by the members of battery A last night.
Fifty Yemra Ago.
rrom Tha Orefonian of June 19. IS60.
Berlin. Tha king of Pruaoia has ar
rived in the city and was entertained
today at a banquet.
Oakland, Cal. William H. Seward is
now pn his way to California and is
expected to visit in this city, .
The first annual report ef tha T. M.
C. A which has rooms in ths Ladd &
Tilton bank building, has just been is
sued. The republican city cenvention met
last night and nominated R. Goldsmith
for mayor, Levi Anderson for recorder,
E. D. Blackenstos for treasurer and C.
A. Dolph for attorney.
Pale. -
By Grsee E. Ball.
Sergeant Admita Turning One Down In
Favor ef American Girl,
CENTRALIA. Wash.. June IS. (To
the Editor.) I am a doughboy sergeant
from overseas, and am in my 80s. I
was in France about 11 months and saw
nearly all of the country and a great
many of its people. The sergeant might
know what he is talking about, but I
ill say for him that he must have
been with dead ones when they would
go out and sit along some nice boule
vard aud wouldn't ask to have him
bpend a cent, or he might have ex
plained his financial condition before.
hand.
And I wouldn't want to say just what
kind of girls he was traveling with
here in America. So much for the ser
geant. He isn't expected to know any
better; but oh my! the major! I'll bet
he is a devil among the women. Most
majors are! I would like to see him
at a girls' school In civilian elothee.
I saw a prcat many officers over
there, from "shavetails"' up, and some
of them did not draw a sober breath
ong enough to know whether a French
mademoiselle was al! that he says they
are, aud if he insists upon it he will
ave to be put in that class.
you will see a girl that looks pretty
good coming down the street or
French town and when she smiles you
see two or three teeth In her mouth.
I want to say I beat the time of
everal majors and captains while over
there, and I had a chance to marry the
daughter of a countess, but I would
rather have a little American girl for
mine. A mo fer cent American.
At early morn they sauntered past,
hand clasped within a hand,
And when the sunset's golden shaft fell
on the ash-gray sand.
They sauntered past again, each one
with tender face aglow,
Discussing gravely or In fun such
things as children knew.
Somehow I learned to watch for them,
this quaintly sorted pair.
The aged lame man with hi cane, the
lad with raven hair;
The thump of stick upon the walk was
signal of the morn,
The babble of a baby's talk on the
evening air was borne.
I
Alas! today the little lad went down
the self-same street.
His sweet tanned face o'ereast and sad
and staid his prancing feet;
He held ths slow and measured tread
that the dear old man had kept.
But the baby eyes glanced far ahead as
thoughtfully he stepped.
A gray hearse left the house next door
yesterday just at tnree;
I feel a pall as the shadows fall this
evening o'er yon tree, .
For there where the sunlight filters
through and blotches on the walk
They used to corns at tha set of sun
and slowly pace and talk.
I seem to hear a thumping stick en the
pavement as of yore,
And I start to see if it may not be, and
remember nevermore !
Though the little lad shall follow still
the street that they both loved eo.
His pal is resting upon the hill, where
evening breezes blow.
Exceptions to Edaeatlona! Aid,
TURNER, Or., June II. (To the Ed
itor-) Just what interpretation do
you give the soldiers' and sailors' bill,
which was voted on at this last June
lection? Would it include men in lim
ited service or S. A. T- C. at our differ
ent universities last fall?
JOHN WATSON JR.
It is our interpretation of the law
that members of the S. A. T. C. and Jim
lted service men are not entitled to ed
ucational aid unless they were sent out
of the United States in such service.
Skooknm Chtsekery Alias Saloon.
GOLD HILL, Or., June 1. (To th
Editor.) I notice by an editorial in
The Oregonian that a new word for
"saloon" Is wanted. Why not call It
"chuokery" er "skookum chuckery "?
In Indian jargon "skookum" is
"good" and - "chuck" is "water" or
"drink." Chuckery, then, would be a
drinking place, or a place to drink.
"Skookum chuckery" would be a '"good
place to drink" or a place for "good
drink." Water, or drink made from
water, ought to meet the requirement.
C. B. WATSON".
President of Orecoa Senate.
PORTLAND. June 15. (To the Edi
tor.) (1.) Who is the United States
commissioner of education?
(j.) Who was president of the sen
ate at the last session of the legisla
ture? INTERESTED.
(1.) P. P. Claxton. .
(2.) W. T. Vinton of Tamhill county.
Tha Happy Release.
Saturday Journal, London.
Mrs. P Smyth-Jones Now I want
vou to save me an extra suppij m
flowers next week. My daughter Alice
is coming out, you Know.
Proprietor of btail es. mum. x u
save er tne very nest, pore mine
Whatever was she put m fori
EVENTS AMONG OREGON PAPERS
Hiilsbore Independent Observes Two
Annlveraariea tn One Week.
There were two anniversaries In the
office of tho Hillsboro Independent re
cently. One was Editor Killen'a birth
day, and though modestly he omits
dates, they are "easy figuring" If his
initials of "S. C." stand also for Schuy
ler Colfax. The Independent is in its
47th year and paper and editor may be
running a dead heat. The other anni
versary marked the date when Mr. Kll
len took the paper, 1,3 years ago. Those
were dubious days. If memory serves
aright, the deal was a bit "raw" for
him, but he made the best of It and
stuck. That is the Killen of It; he's a
stayer who grows tha longer he stays,
and the transplanting haa been a suc
cess. He has mads his paper much like
himself, dignified and cultivated, the
kind that does pot "run In the wash"
A comeback of note Is the returw of
M. D. Morgan to the Harrisburg Bulle
tin after an absence of nine years, and
it may be noted that the troubles of
that naper are over, Harrisburg has
been a dot on the map: now It is a red
spot.
That cast-Iron 'affair known as edi
torial ethies is in danger of being dent
ed in Albany and the laek of cordiality
noticeable before the present owners
of the Democrat took hold is slow of
eradication. There are possibilities in
Albany and a bright future for both
papers and there always will be ri
valry. The thing ia to harness tt. Com
menting on the situation awhile ago.
Editor Reagan had this to say:
As people of the vicinity know, the rela
tion between tho two Albany papera waa
not cordial, and finally all became aware of
the reason, the attituoe of tha publisher of
the Pemocrat toward a business relation
with another paper. Ha looked on tha Her
ald an a dangerous rnenaco to the existence
of his buFliics. Instead of co-operatins with
tha Herald ln developing tho liewnpsper
field, tha former manaccmant of the Pome
erat attempted to ret business for himself
by trying to tear down business for tho
Herald. That is a bad policy and the Her
ald tears that the new management is not
entirety out of the old rut. That policy of
Mr. Hornibraok is the real reason he left
Albany and it will prove destructive to any
business concern.
That explains much and is sufficient.
As for tho re6t, it is enough to state
that if one plant should be burned the
owner of tha other would be over, be
fore the ashel ware cold, offering courtesies.
BREAKFAST ON THE FARM.
Let's pretend we're eating breskfsst
On the dear old homey farm.
Jerk, the covers back a raring.
Hurl a shoe at the alarm.
Do ths chorea like moving pictures,
Sort of makes capacity.
Now my mother's calling breakfast,
Drop all holta and roller me.
Snort some water round your peepers.
Swipe your hair and scrape your feet.
Leven seconds from the barnyard
And we're settin' down to eat.
Steaming mush is waiting for u.
Pitcher cream as thick as mud.
Leave no island In the middle.
Pour it on just like a flood.
Tes, sir, right there is my weakness.
It just 'parently don't seem
Possible for me to save it.
Just can't Hooverlze on cream.
Next come flapjacks hot as biases,
Stack 'em up and butter well.
Take your choice and put en syrup,
Honey, marmalade or jell.
Ham and eggs and sourdough biscuits.
Now we re retting down to food.
-Hitch your chair a little closer.
We re just getting started good.
Go a littlo light on biscuits.
I should say bout five or alx.
They're delicious with ham gravy.
Can t teach mother any tricks.
Don't forget ths ham and eggs. Bam,
Ham la iuiey sweet and tnicK.
Got to eat most all th aggs or
Ma will figure you are sick.
Ma she worries like th mischief,
Eavs that boys has got to eat.
Makes you eat until, by ginger.
You can just get on your test.
Tou just wobble, lurch and staprgcr,
Just like MarK S old loaaeo irog.
And your voice is thick and husky.
Like a steamnoat in in sag.
Then ma says as we are going.
To tho field to make soma hay.
Put these doughnuts in your pockets
go you boys don't faint away."
WILLIAM VAN UROOS.