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to make a separate peace, Italy
would have been strongly tempted
to follow the example. Russia' was
ready to yield, and Britain would
have been left to fight practically
alone, with no base on the continent
except the small unconqurred corner!
of Belgium. The United . States
would then have been face to face
with a Germany supreme in Europe
tallest ,racj in the world, shrunk toitarians whose optimism has gone
b9 inches on intimate acquaintance. I through the crucible In the past four
Real giants are reserved for mythol- j and a half years.
ogy and fairy tales.' It is a step only I - We may hope for a good deal from
from the Xephilim and Goliath of 'this "bureau of development" idea.
the Bible to Heracles, who is sup- The world has everything to gain
posed to have overthrown the last and nothing to lose by spread of the
RADICALISM AMONG COAL MINERS.
There has been no more glaring
example of the radicalism which has
seized on labor unions than the de
mands which the United Mine Work
ers of America have made on the op
erators for revision of the scale for
bituminous mines. They demand a
0 per cent advance in wages, a six
hour day. only five days" work for a
week, abolition of double shifts witn
certain, exceptions, weekly pay, no
automatic penalty for violation of
contract by members of the union.
Existing rontracts are to be abro
gated on Nov. 1 and a general strike
is to begin on that day If the oper
ator do not accept the terms dictated.
On the face of It. the operators
closely approach the truth when
they reply that to grant these de
mands would double the price of coal,
and they tell the whole truth when
they say it would seriously reduce
production when "national necessity
demands the greatest possible pro
duction." The proposal to cancel
the present contract Involves open
breach of It. for it runs till March SI,
HIO. or till proclamation of peace.
The motive of changing to the open
ing of winter the date when the an
nual scale expires Is evidently to give
weight to the strike club by threat
ening the public with lack of fuel
when it Is most needed.
The hand of the radical is seen in
this threat and In the demand for
abrogation of penalties for breach
of contract, which would leave the
bolshevist element free to incite an
other strike at any time and to strike
at the life of collective bargaining.
But bolshevism shows in alt its nak- I
edness In the demand for national
ownership of coal mines and for
their operation by some federal com
mission on which the coal miners
shall be given equal representation
with, the government. The result of
such a system may be imagined, in
the light of what the miners now
propose. We might reasonably ex
pect the production of coal to be
halved and the cost to be doubled.
When demands of nnlons are so
obviously unreasonable, so clearly
Indifferent to the rights of the public
tnd so plainly prompted by a desire
to break down our entire industrial
system to make way for bolshevism,
no course is open except resistance.
The purpose of such movements is
destructive and revolutionary. It is
to dictate as a preliminary to taking
charge of the government.
CALL FOR A CANDID STATEMENT.
There is a nation-wide uneasiness
and concern over the health of Presi
dent Wilson. If it is not justified by
the president's true condition, it has
at least been fostered by the secret
iveness of the president's physicians.
The public has never been given a
statement as to the nature of the
"president's ailment. The daily bulle
tins are invariably of a meaningless
character. The president Is said one
day to show a slight Improvement
on another to he in about the same
condition that he had been In for
several days. While glad to learn
that the president Is improving
slightly or is no worse, such bulletin
are far from encouraging in the total
absence of information as to what
the president's condition was In the
first place.
The mystery concerning him has
been accentuated by denial of access
to him by all except his physicians
and the immediate members of his
family. So It is not surprising that
grave rumors arise. Nor do the
physicians allay these rumors by re
fusing to discuss thrm.
It is time for the public to be
taken into the confidence of the
physicians. The health of the presi
dent is a matter of concern not alone
to his family but to the nation as a
whole.
of the Sons of Earth of the Greek
mythology, and to Typhoeus and the
legendary Cyclops Polyphemus. Re
search has not confirmed the be
lief of the ancients that the first in
habitants of earth were tall and
mighty, and that man has been de
generating ever since his creation.
Both nature and nurture, doubt
less, have contributed to exisiting
differences In racial statures. Bishop
Berkeley believed that he had proved
that the height of men could be in
fluenced by special feeding, but his
conclusions do not receive the sup
port of modern dieticians. The few
giants of whom there are authentic
records have been mostly victims of
disease and not individuals of unus
ual strength. And not a little of the
credence given to the giants of tra
oition, we may suppose, is due to
mere confusion of terms. In a time
when the language equivalent for
giant also' connoted exceptional
speed, strength or prowess, the foun
dation for many a fable was laid
from which circus men have profited
even in the twentieth century.
Red Cross spirit which, in the Un
ited States, for example, resulted in
a few months in an increase jt mem
bership from less than half a million
to thirty millions. Including junior
members. Mr. Davison believes
that if properly presented the people
of the whole civilized world can be
made to appreciate what a force for
health and happiness such a cen
tralized agency can become. The
leaven is already working in the
United States, Great Britain and
France; it is now hoped that the
countries of South America, Africa,
the Far East and the Balkans may
be similarly aroused.
A campaign for world health is a
rhalTena-e to the imagination. It will
be primarily educational and funda- cerine, chloroform and a mixture of
BY-PRODUCTS OP THE PRESS
Boom la Tattooing in London, Othera
Desire to Be Rid of It.
There has been a boom in tattooing
in London since the armistice. The
prize design was submitted by a dis
charged soldier, who asked to have
the names of all the battles in which
he fought indelibly written on his
arm. It was a long Job, for he had
been through the war from the start
in 1914. In Thames court recently
a man appeared with his bald- head
covered with tattooed butterflies,
stars, etc. It has also been noted that
many persons, tattoed in youth, are
anxious to get rid of the disfiguring
marks. Various methods for remov
ing tattooing are employed, the best
of which consists in going over the
tattoo marks with a strong solution
of tannin, using the tattooing needle,
then rubbing with silver nitrate cray
on. Nitric acid, salicylic acid and gly
if
Those Who Come and Go.
THE CONSPIRACY OF CAILLAUX.
If the charges preferred by the
high court of inquiry committee of
the French senate should be sus
tained by that body. Joseph Caillaux,
ex-premier of France, will go down
in history as the greatest traitor of
all time. By a vote of seven to two,
the committee adopted findings and
ordered his trial on charges of hav
ing "since the declaration of war
plotted against the external security
of the state, by maneuvers, machin
ations and intelligence with the en
emy tending to favor the tatter's en
terprise against France or her allies
acting against the common enemy,
and of a nature consequently to
favor the progress of the enemy
arms."
The findings show that as early as
December. 1914. Caillaux began his
conspiracy, and that it continued
Into 191S. being pursued into Argen
tina. Switzerland and Italy. Through
out that period he was In communi
cation with agents of Germany, and
he was behind the conspiracies of
Bolo. Duval and others to control
Paris newspapers in the cause of de
featism. In March. 191, he re
reived two notes from Marx. a
banker of M.xnnhe'm. but kept the
fact secret till "he notes were found
in his safe at Flounce, though short
ly afterward Marx made the first
payments to enable Duval to inten
sify his pacifist propaganda. That
the German government was a party
to the plot appears from the an
nouncement made by Bet h man n
Hollweg at a secret meeting of the
Reichstag budget committee In May,
191C. that there would be a change
of government in Franco before
tutumn, that Caillaux would return
to power and that then there would
be peace, for "Caillaux la our man."
He had "played Into the hands of
Germany during the Moroccan crisis.
had not changed his tendencies,
therefore was supported by Ger
many with millions for the propa
gation of sham patriotism and de
featism to break down the army's
morale. This was done by wide cir
culation of journals devoted to Cail
laux and working for his return to
power.
At the end of 1916. when Germany
made the peace offer preceding
ruthless submarine war. Caillaux
went to Italy to hurry that country
and France into a compromise peace.
His plan was to setie power and to
use it in order to force peace upon
his country according to fully ma
tured plans. He expected to conclude
a "peace of defeat" and. in order to
insure his success, he intended to
throw responsibility for the war on
those Frenchmen who had assumed
defense of their country, thus turn
ing upon them the wrath of the
people. The time was well chosen,
for Roumania had been crushed.
Constantine's troops had attacked
OCR MOST rSEFlT. CITIZEN.
Ex-President Tafi pioperly couples
the bourbon employers and the radi
cal labor leaders as the only people
who menace the country. They are
so because the bourbons dispute the
plain rights of labor and because the
labor radicals deny the plain rights
of capital. Each thereby drives many
who are inblined to be r?asonable In
to the ranks of the other and exas
perates it. If the fair-minded em
ployers and the fair-minded labor
eaders could come together and
were left to thresh out their differ
trices, they would find a common
ground to stand on.
The usefulness of Mr. Taft Amer
ica's most useful citizen consists in
his reasonableness, his innate sense
of justice, his sound sense and
his courage to express his opinions.
regardless of whether they dis.
please any particular interest. That
is just the type of man that Is
most needed at this time, for
so many men talk bunkum to
please somebody who needs plain
truth, and so many evade the truth
lest they displease somebody.
An example is the assertion of
President Gompers, of the labor fed
eration, that a man has a right to
quit work when he pleases, and the
reiteration of the same opinion by
Secretary of Labor Wilson at the in
du-trial conference. Mr. Gompers
made the remark in reference to the
proposed prohibition of railroad
strikes. That has nothing to do with
the right of "a man" to quit work.
It concerns the alleged right of a
great b. dy of men to quit work In
concert for the admitted purpose of
coercing their employers to concede
what they ask by inflicting great
loss, inconvenience and perhaps suf
fering on the whole community. The
one man exercises an individual
right. The body of men carry out
a conspiracy which deprives others
of their rights. It Is a well recog
nised principle that an act which is
lawful when done by one man, be
comes unlawful when done by a
number of men together to the in-
Jury of others.
The people are disgusted with the
strife provoked by the bourbon em
ployers and the radical workmen.
They are disgusted with the coward
ly evasions of the truth by politicians
who discuss the labor question in a
manner pandering to one element or
the other. They are disgusted at the
outbreak of party passion in regard
to the peace treaty. They want
plain, straight talk from a man such
as Mr. Taft.
IANTS.
The scientific world will receive
with reserve the report that a "fos
sil giant." measuring some 33 feet 10
inches in height, has been unearthed
n a little village with an unpro
nounceable name in a remote part
of Mexico. There Is growing skep
ticism as to the existence in any
period of the world's development
of men greatly exceeding in stature
the men of the present day. The
fossil giants of the past have usually
been proved to be hoaxes devised by
enterprising showmen.
Og of Bash an, mentioned in Deu
teronomy, was a pigmy by compari
son with the great giant reported in
the news dispatches from Mexico
City. "His bedstead was a bed
stead of Iron: nine cubits was the
length thereof, and four cubits was
the breadth, after the cubit of a
man." But we may suppose that Og
was no more than thirteen feet tall,
unless he was accustomed to let his
feet hang over the footrail. and he
was considerably taller than any of
whom there are any other records.
The Flnlander of Topinard, the
French anthropologist, was only 112
inches tall. Winkelmaier. the Aus
trian, who died in 1887, was 103
inches tall; Charles Byrne, the Irish
man, measured 100 inches. Pliny
mentions an Arabian giant nine and
a half feet tall and two others who
were ten feet in stature, but allow
ance must be made for the Imagin
ation of the narrator.
The so-called "giant races" have
seldom justified the traditions about
thcui. The average stature of the
Scotch of Galloway, the most promi-
WORK IS THE ONLY COIN.
No one of the many schemes put
forward for reducing the cost of liv
ing is anything more than a make
shift for thu . sovereign solution.
which Is to be found only In more
production and more production
means more work. Commodities
will not be cheaper until they are
more plentiful. The statement will
bear repetition, even at the risk of
being charged with harping on a
platitude.
William G. Shepherd, a war cor
respondent, in a letter from Amster
dam tells how the Germans are al
ready making plans, based on sound
application of this principle, for
winning an industrial victory which
they hope will offset their militarj
defeat. The writer illustrates his
story with the example of a bale of
hides. lacking ready cash to pay
for hides, they are obtaining them in
Holland in their raw state, and pay
ing for them later In finished pro
ducts. Only part of the hides are re.
turned, of course, in the form of
leather, or harness, or pocket books,
or shoes. But the bill is settled and
the Germans have a surplus, all paid
for. The veriest tyro in economics
will understand that It is the labor
expended upon the hides which has
paid the bill, and which, applied to
a hundred other Industries in a
myriad of ways, is effecting the evo
lution already reported in the in
dustries of a nation which only a few
months ago seemed involved beyond
hope of .redemption.
If the Germans are first to realize
that work is after all the only coin in
which the war can be paid for, it is
not hard to comprehend what they
are likely to do in the neutral mar
kets of the world. Will the nations
which overthrew Prussia on the bat
tlefield permit her thus to snatch
victory from defeat?
BIII.D CP SMALL COMMUNITIES.
The work which has been espe
dally undertaken by the Oregon
state Chamber of Commerce is that
of caring for the interests of the
rural sections of the state, believing
that its mission is to "encourage and
strengthen small communities, whose
interests are just as sacred as the
more densely, populated territory.
to use the words of the chamber's
latest bulletin.
That is one need which by force
of circumstances has been neglected,
though the citinp and more densely
populated sections have a decided in
terest in supplying it. By their very
8mallness the rural communities are
unable to make their wants 'known
or to impress them on those in au
thority, yet they are the nuclei from
which the sparsely settled sections
of the state must be developed.
How much there is to be done for
rural Oregon is suggested by Vice
President Bramwell in the bulletin
mentioned, telling of a trip through
central, southern and eastern Ore
gon. The extension of the railroad
from Crane to Bend, where it would
connect with the Deschutes road, is
pronounced "an absolute necessity"
for which the chamber is working
"with a hope of good results," Im
pounding of flood waters would
more than double the present irri
gated acreage and the present popu
lation of the central district. It
would cost about $20,000,000 to do
this work, and funds are sought from
the government. Aid is being given
in securing mall routes and better
roads and the state may be adver
tised to attract , settlers and relieve
tne scarcity or farm labor.
By such means as these the state
will be solidly developed. If we fill
tip the country with prosperous
people, growth of the cities will fol-
ow as a natural consequence, but the
country still has much ground to
catch up.
mentally practical. If it only co-or-
dinates the work now being attempt
ed to combat the spread of epidemics
it will be worth while. It has been
recently disclosed that while the loss
of lives in India directly attributable
to the war was about 100,000 in four
years and a half, the toll of influenza
was in excess of 6.000,000, while the
same number of deaths from the lat
ter cause in the United States, be
tween 600,000 and 600,000, was sev
eral times the number of our dead
in battle. Tuberculosis and malaria
remain to be controlled. Child wel
fare is being studied systematically
in only a few of the more enlight
ened countries of the globe. The
broad problem of hygiene and sani
tation includes many minor ones. It
has been shown that disease preven
tion is International in character.
Knowledge of the means by which
yellow fever and malaria are spread
would, at the time that Columbus
discovered America, have prevented
the imposition of those scourges up
on the rest of the world.
An important factor in the success
of the Red Cross in the past has
been its. willingness to cut red tape.
This has been newly illustrated in
the formation of the League of Red
Cross Societies, which has grown out
of the fact that the International
committee of the Red Cross, the par
ent organization at Geneva, found
Itself unable to foster the new move
ment because It is essentially a neu
tral organization and could not,
while peace remains unofficially pro
claimed, participate in any work
which did not at all times include
all countries. But the league includes j
all. countries which desire to unite in
the work, and that it has the cordial
and enthusiastic approval of the
countries of the allies Is indicated by
its success In obtaining the incorpor
ation in the covenant of peace of the
following section of Article XXV;
The members of the league ajrree to en.
qourafte and promote the establishment and
co-operation of only voluntary national
Red Cross organizations, having: as pur
noses the Dromotion of health, the pre
vention of disease and the mitigation of
suffering throughout the -worjd.
The new mission of the Bed Cross
is much broader than its old one.
It was the child of war, but it has
grown amazingly. Even If precedent
were needed for departures from the
field of war activity, this would not
be lacking. The Messina earthquake,
the Galveston flood, the Ohio valley
disasters and the China floods pro
vided conspicuous examples of the
power of the organization to do ef
ficient work in an emergency. The
new league proposes to organize this
power and to employ it in practical
ways to minimize suffering through
out the world.
Tomorrow 3 V. Lamkin, post
master of Hillsboro, steps out of of
fice, and that is Hillsboro's loss; for
his successor may make as good an
official and as good in many ways,
but he cannot equal the old Con fed
erate, whose idea of filling a public
office was to consider it a public
trust. For example, last week
salmon came to the office too late
for delivery. Did it lie In the mails
all night? Well, hardly. Postmaster
Jim" took it to the local butcher
and put it in the refrigerator. An
other thing: Whoever it was said a
democrat never resigns has a guess
coming. J. V. Lamkin did just that.
About eight - years ago Portland
financed the- big Elk convention with
a popular subscription.- Lots of men
not members went five or ten dollars
for the good of the cause.. Did they
realize? Did they? There has never
been a "kick." Something as big is
on the programme for next year and
every man in Portland will wish he
were a stockholder before the last
day ends.
ncnt of these, was shown by scien
tho allied marines at Athens, the I tists to have been 71 inches, which
Russian offensive, had been stopped I is a trine short of six feet, and the
THE RED CROSS IN PEACE.
The high position in the confi
dence of the public which the Amer
ican Red Cross attained during the
war makes It logical that the organ
isation should lead in the most am
bitious scheme to alleviate or pre
vent human suffering that the world
has ever known. Its work will differ
from that of certain philanthropic
endowments and foundations, excel
lent as the latter are, in the respect
that It will seek to organize the
whole world into a vast benevolent
society with a constructive purpose,
and experience in practical benevo
lence thus acquired by its millions
of members will constitute not a
small part of the benefit which will
be conferred upon mankind In general.
The Red Cross distinguished itself
in the recent war, as its chairman.
Henry P. Davison, expressed the
thought recently in , an interview
printed in the Review of Reviews,
not so much in the development of
science as in the application of
science. It is this extremely prac
tical phase of the organization's
work in the past which makes it
reasonable to expect that the new
programme will be successfully car
ried out. President Davison explains
that much -is hoped for from the
work of the bureau .of development,
which will seek to awaken the people
of all countries to a realizing sense
of obligation to their fellow men.
This having been accomplished even
in part, a campaign for world health
will seem less chimerical than It
would have seemed only a few years
ago. The slogan, "Not merely to re
lieve human suffering, but to pre
vent It," expresses In a few words
When that little chap of 11 years,
from Pendleton, missed at latest re
ports, is discovered, 4t will be found
most likely that he Jias located a job
and is figuring on buying a motor
cycle. That's part of the American-
Ism in him; the rest is of the "Let 'er
buck!" variety.
The fossilized remains of a 32-foot
giant have been discovered perhaps
it were better to say uncovered in
Mexico. If there ever was a
"greaser" that big, he must have
been progenitor of the Cardiff giant
that was hand-picked half a century
ago.
by Premier Stueriner, who was plot- j Patagonians, long considered the i the high aim, ot a group i of hutoaai-
The court decision against picket
ing removes a scenic effect that in
terested visitors to the city. By and
by, upstate people will have nothing
to talk about when they get home
but. a commonplace Portland.
While railing at alleged inactivity
of the police it is well to note the
good work of capturing the men who
looted the Astoria bank a week ago.
Watch the profiteers tack .on a
cent or two. Oregon candy makers
have been limited to 59 per cent of
sugar for the rest of the year..
If Americans would adopt the
practical British plan of fighting
profiteers, they would make short
work of the nuisance.
pepBin, glycerine, hydrochloric acid
and water are other substances used
for this purpose.
Clyde Opelt Jr., son of an Avalon
(Catallna Island. Cal.) hotel keeper, is
believed to be the only youth in the
country who goes to school in an air
plane. The school he attends is in the
San Fernando valley, in Los Angeles
county, 60 miles from home. Of this
distance, 30 miles is over sea. Clyde
leaves home every Monday morning In
an airplane and returns the same way
Friday night.
A surgical needle that has been in
her body for more than 20 years has
never given Mrs. F. J. Hannum of
Concordia, Mass., trouble until recent
ly. The needle was removed by a
physician after Mrs. Hannum had
suffered severely with cramps in the
leg until the needle was found.
"Five thousand British spinsters are
bent upon a matrimonial invasion of
the United States," declared Mrs. S. C.
Seymour of Camden. N. J., Just re
turned on the transport Mount Ver
non after several mouths of welfare
work abroad.
s
An Irish contractor had the misfor
tune to run his car over an old man
who had a bottle of bluing Inside his
coat. Jumping from his car and See
iiib me nuia garnering in a pool in
tne street, he cried to his friend
. ti ii bb uara wta us. we've
killed one o' them blue-bloods." Bos
ton Transcript. -
Blackie. a horse attached to the 1st
division, A. E. F.. became unmanage-
aoie and Jumped off the pier at
Brooklyn recently. The animal had
been through many hardships in the
A. E. F especially during the big
drive in the Argonne. He was accus
tomed to short rations and fording
streams under shellfire. After 21
days at low tide recently Blackie was
found standing in three feet of water
at the land end of pier 1 by work
men employed In repairing a float.
Blackie was lifted to safety. He had
lost considerable weight Aside from
a slight cold In the head and an off
hind shoe missing, the horse was lit
tle the worse for its three weeks'
tour of the East river. It is sup
posed he subsisted on floating gar
bage and rested under various piers
between swims.
The bulletin about Colonel House's
condition stated he stayed in bed
yesterday, which must have been
tough for a Texan.
There Is possibility an. east-bound
flier made the record and if it be so
it is not surprising. The best come
out of the west.
"Watchdog" Kaste has his eye on
more county -gasoline bills, which
must be noncomforting to his "victims."
Not much doing in the steel strike.
Only two or three a day is the record
of beatings, .
"Wasn't your new French maid
competent?" asked Mrs. Gawker. "Oh,
yes," replied Mrs. Bounderby. "Then,
why did you discharge her?" " "The
first time Mr. Bounderby saw her I
caught him glancing at himself in a
mirror and readjusting his tie. 1
may have lost my girlish beauty, but,
thank heaven, 1 haven't lost my
brains." Birmingham Age-Herald.
At a recent, meeting of British
journalists, the chairman told the fol
lowing story: "I met a newspaper
man today who came to Fleet street
20 years ago with exactly 25 shillings
in his pocket. He Is now worth
40.000. He owes that entirely to his
own ability and energy, combined
with good health and a high code of
ethics and to the fact that an uncle
recently died and left him 39,995."
And yet Sir Edward- Russell, the dean
of those very journalists, declared
in an address that Journalism as a
profession had the "greatest poten
tialities if taken in the right spirit,"
that is, with the right enthusiasm.
It constituted a sure living, with
constant possibilities of usefulness,"
and Journalists had the opportunity
of "raising the profession into social,
literary and political importance, and
of doing good in their time." Mani
toba Free Press.
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Music as food of love proving in
sufficient nourishment. 100 members
of the New York Mozart society.
Mrs. Noble McConnell president and
founder, have seceded and set up a
rival organization. Led by Mrs. James
Gormley of Brooklyn, who an
nounces her object as harmony, both
musical and social, they have estab
lished the New York Euphony society,
which in every salient feature is a
copy of the original association. The
Mozart, whose white-and-gold break
fasts have stood unsurpassed in the
annals of club entertainment, whose
concerts and balls and afternoon mu
sicals have exploited grand opera ar
tists, with the eky and Caruso as
the limit, must see its entire scheme
duplicated. It every lavish display
Imitated and its very laurels reached
for by the deserters from Its camp.
For the Euphony has hired a hall.
the grand ballroom of the Waldorf
Astoria no less, and as Its first
poisoned dart posts Galli-Curcl as the
attraction of its first concert on
November 21. The report that Mr.
Gormley is so1 deeply concerned in the
uccess of his wife's musical ambi
tions that he has set aside $25,000
as a sinking fund for the new club
has not lessened interest in the. ven
ture.
ess
A wireless telephone for every
borne was the latest novelty demon
strated at the electric exhibit at the
Grand Central Palace In New York.
Such things as wrong numbers, busy
lines and waits are soon to be done
away, with, according to the expert
demonstrating the new type of wire
less phone.. Apparently all that is
necessary for the machine to work
Is to screw a plug in the ordinary
electric light fixture, connect It with
an aerial outside- the window, push a
button and talk. This machinery may
be operated, it is claimed, from any
alternating current lamp socket. Ac
cording to experts, the machine has
been demonstrated under various cir
cumstances, . and lately has been used
for communication between New York
and King8brldge. Under city condi
tions conversation is possible up to
20 miles, while over water the dis
tance at which it can be used is
doubled.
After an absence of five years, Dan
Ward Jr., has returned to Portland
and will leave for Tulsa, Okla., in a
few days. "There is so much money
In Tulsa," says Mr.- Ward, "that every
one has plenty. I was present at an
auction just before I came back to
Portland and a lease on 40 acres was
made for $350,000. The Indians have
more money than they know what to
do with. Squaws wear furs costing
thousands of dollars. One Indian
woman made a trip to New York
and bought a pipe organ for $60,000.
which she presented to a churcn. The
organ was larger than the church.
The cheapest apartment in the town
costs $250 a month. No one tries to
sell oil stock in the town you are
simply invited to chip in a few thou
sand dollars on a well and take a
chance. In some of the other oil
fields, in Texas, for instance, accom
modations are so limited that they
bunk a dozen men in a room. I was
one of 14 in a room one night and 13
of 'them were millionaires I .being
the exception to the rule. In Tulsa
everything costs higher than else
where. You pay $20 more for a suit
in Tulsa than in Kansas City, for in
stance, but no one cares."
"The price of silver is now so high
that .ore which would not pay to be
shipped a few years ago, is now being
taken out," said George Hagny, Judge
of Grant county, who is at the Im
perial. "There Is quite a mining
boomiin the northeastern end of the
county in the Granite district and
three mining properties are employ
ing quite a number of men. The ore
is trucked to Sumpter, where it is put
on a train and shipped to a smelter."
Judge Hagny declares that despite
the small amount of money available
for road work, Grant county built 10
miles last year between John Day and
Long Creek and Is now building seven
miles between Ritter and Dale, the
roads being on a good grade. Con
struction is hard, for Grant county is
mountainous.
"Sandy" A. B. Robertson left for
Dundee, Scotland, last night. He
runs a warehouse at Condon. There
are so many people from Scotland in
the Condon district and so many of
them have Asked "Sandy" to say
"hello" to the folk in the old country,
that Mr. Robertson has hit on a
scheme. He will publish in the Peo
ple's Journal, in Forfarshire, and In
the Blairgourie Advertiser, at Perth,
that he will be In those towns on cer
tain dates, ready to answer any and
all questions about the Scots in Gill
iam, Wheeler, Grant and other coun
ties, for "Sandy" knows 'em all. Mr.
Robertson checked out of the Multno
mah. 'Coos county beat Tillamook in
making cheese and captured the prize
at the state fair," chortled W. C.
Chase of Marshfield, former state
senator from that county. Senator
Chase went to Marshfield years ago
by steamer and remained there be
cause he couldn't get out, but now
there is a daily tFain. It Is a custom
of the senator to go on a hunt an
nually and he has Just returned from
the South Coos, where. In addition to
getting deer, he saw three six-prong
elk. There is a herd of 17 elk in that
vicinity which, is rigidly protected
by law.
When there was a war drive cam
paign on, the first man to be ap
proached for a contribution in Arling
ton was George Small, who conducts
the warehouse in that former county
seat of Gilliam county. This is the
testimony of the mayor of the town,
and he should know. After Mr.
Small's contribution was taken the
quota was assured and there are men
in that section who nave aouars
where Mr. Small has dimes. This In
formation was attested by the afore
said mayor when he saw Mr. and
Mrs. Small In town yesterday.
Globe-trotters at the Benson yes
terday were: G. T. Layman Trip or
The Hague, F. H. Hunt of Japan, E.
Pfaff of Hull, England, and tl. vv.
Charlesson of Belfast, Ireland. Mr.
Charlesson is a director of the linen
manufacturing company whlcn sup
plied material for the aeroplanes of
the American and British war depart
ments. He says that there is a short
age of flax, owing to the Russians
failing to produce any and tne main
dependence now is on the fields of
Ireland.
Caledonians will have a great cele
bration at Antelope next Friday and
Saturday, - reports ' Donald McRae,
sheepman, who is in the city. There
will be a piper from Portland and
there will be flings and putting the
shot, a sword dance or so and a
reg'lar time. Antelope, says Mr. Mc
Rae, isn't as lively a town as it was
years ago, when Nute Burgess, Pierce
Mays and the rest of the boys were
there. "It hasn't got the pep," says
the sheepman.
He is returning to his home in En
terprise, Or., is Daniel Boyd. "I've
been down in the Texas oil fields, "he
explains, "and I never had so much
fun in my life. It's a great show if
a man is determined that he won
get the oil fever. Talk about your
west towns of the old days, you find
them, sans saloons, in the oil belt.
And the rents! They charge $50 a
month for a boxcar which is fitted
up for a house, and there are not
enough boxcars to satisfy the de
mand." -
A C. Wilson, a merchant of Leba
non, is one of the many brave men
who are In town to attend the Knights
of Pythias grand lodge. He Is at the
Perkins. At the same hotel Is C. A
Lawton of Hammond, Or., who is edi
tor of the Knights of Pythias official
organ, "The senator. George Tnomp
son. clerk at the Perkins, has been
a, knight for more than a quarter of
a century.
To take care of the motor tourist
crop. Baker has voted a bond Issue,
reports A A. Smith, who represents
Baker county In the legislature. The
issue amounts to $175,000, of which
the lion share will be used for a
natatorium. to be heated with natural
warm water, an auditorium and a
field for athletics. Mr. Smith is at
the Benson.
Business men from Lima. Peru.
looking over the North Pacific coast
are: E. P. Fernandini and Ricardo
S. Niets, who are registered at the
Benson. The Peruvians are seeking
business pointers to take home with
them, with the further prospect of
making commercial connections with
exporters in this section of the country.
SAD CASE OF MODERN DEMOCRAT
All Togged Oot for Politics and No
Place to io.
PORTLAND, Oct. 13. (To the Edi
tor.) In the current number of the
Saturday Evening Post, Colonel Wat
terson, the noblest Roman of them
all. takes a look back at the con
stitution in its pristine wisdom and
looks at it today in the hands of the
Philistines, takes a look back at the
old guard who founded the party,
nursed it. intellectualized it. patrio
tlzed It, immortalized it and then takes
a look at the visionaries, gimcracks,
fishmongers and ghouls into whose
hands it has fallcr..
What has become of the morning
star and the evening star of our faith
and hope? asks our venerable and
beloved colonel. Where must an old
line democrat go to find himself? he
sadly inquires.
Damme if I know, colonel, where to
go. Strange faces are in the seats of
power. Strange tongues blaspheme
our ancient creed. Once a John Mar
shall led us to freedom; now a city
marshal tells us to move on or be
pinched. I read in the papers tha
the democratic party in Philadelphia
is a bunch of boobs, sold off In blocks
or job lots to the republican faction
leaders, and so has visited Philadel
phi a.
Where will an old-line democrat go
to find himself? If we go to the audi
torium one night tho. bunch Is yell
ing for Woodrow Wilson. If we go
another night the bunch is screeching
for Hiram. If we go before Doc
Morrow he's as cool as a cucumber.
If we go to McCoy he's as hot as
cayenne pepper. If we go to Milt
Miller he mumbles like he's lost his
mind. If we go to Frank Myers he's
trying to recover his faculties and
says the doctors won't let him talk.
If we go to Starkweather he's smiling
and if we go to Colonel Robert Em
mett Miller, he's swearing. If we go
to Haymaker and ask him what is it
that we want, he'll tell us It's not what
we want. but. what we've got. We
want home rule for Ireland, but we've
got Irish rule for America. If we ask
Mark O'Neil what we want, he'll say
an official junkman to snoop around
town and announce our shibboleth
"any old rags, boots and bottles, out
worn corsets or antiquated stuff." If
we go to the Jackson clue it's all hope
abandon ye who enter here, but who
can comfort -the afflicted, but the
abandoned?
Oh. what a change has come over
Israel. Once the democratic party
would make angels smile; now it
would make a buzzard sick. Is there
no balm in Gilead? Not a drop. None
but the office holders can buy it at
$20 a quart and most of these demo
cratic office holders are republicans.
Where will an old-line democrat
go to find himself? Damme If I know
colonel. He's like an innocent baby
left on a doorstep who don't know
who his father is. "And for why do
such things be happening?" asked i
perturbed Dublin man of George Ber
nard Shaw the other day. I don t
know why they happen," said George
Bernard, but he added, "the longer
I live, the more convinced am I that
the other planets are using this earth
for a lunatic asylum."
J. M. TOOMEY.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
RELIEF FOR RURAL PREACHERS.
School Teach inK Durlns; Week Would
Piece Out Pay Nicely.
OREGON CITY, Or., Oct. 12. (To
the Editor.) Your comments on the
wail of Rev. Curtis Lee Laws over
the poor pay of country preachers ex
cites sympathy their having to go to
street cleaning and window washing.
He forgot to mention whitewashing
as a congenial job for college and uni
versity graduates.
There is a wide field of usefulness
open to these starving graduates as
teachers in the public schools. These
country preachers are wasting their
fragrance while our public school stu
dents are sorely in need of having
their young lives molded by daily as
sociation with a man of high moral
conviction.
If to the salary they now get were
added the pay of a teacher the whole
paid by taxation, the outlay would be
no more. The six hours a day for
five days of a week in a school room
would hardly unfit a man for deliv
ering a Sunday discourse to the par
ents, provided he felt called to that
mission. Anyway the parents could
do without the preaching with less
loss than could the children the
teaching.
If the country preacher's idea is to
do good and get paid for it, the public
school Is a better field to cultivate
than any little denominational church.
We want more good men in the pub
lic schools. We want them fed even
"stall fed," if they will bring to the
service the high ideals and hard work
that many of these poorly paid
preachers now waste on the grownups.
J. A. ROMAN.
THE SHIP.
She tosses on the tiny waves that
ripple past her rail
She dips with every gusty puff that
shakes her snowy sail.
She jibes, she yaws, she comes about.
she clumsily heaves to
Or darts away before the winds that
wantonly pursue.
A sloven little craft she Is. but In her
skipper's eyes
The loveliest ship that ever sailed
beneath the summer skies.
He sees her wallow in the waves as
on the shore ho stands.
He beckons her from port to port
with little, eager hands.
And, if a billow hears her down, with
panic in his eyes
He hurries closer to the brink, and
waits, for her to rise.
And oh! the Joy that fills his heart.
when, shaking off i h spray
She climbs the comber like a gull and
speeds upon her way.
To many distant port she sails, and
many a cargo bears
Across unknown, uncharted seas, and
ocean thoroughfares.
Now bearded pirates she pursues
along the Spanish Main,
Now zig-zags, dodging submarines.
that hunt her all in vain.
Again she carries soldiers forthacross
the rolling sea
To distant lands where etill there
floats the banner ot the free.
Serene be every cruise she makes;
may every wind be fair.
May friendly harbors offer her a
welcome everywhere!
May every voyage be prosperous, and
may her tiny hold
Bring hack uncounted opulence lu
pearls and minted gold.
And when her wild adventuring around
the world is past.
May she find sheltering haven In the
old home port at last!
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Too High Even for Faith.
Faith, we are told can move moun
tains, but not with moving vans cost
ing $10 an hour.
And Look What Happened.
Eve was the first exponent of self,
determination. She taught it to Adam,
s s
There- Are Limits.
King Albert Is a brave man, but his
American Itinerary doesn't Include
Mexico.
(Copyright, 1919, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonlan of October 14. 1S94.
The new First Congregational
church, at the corner of Park and
Madison streets, is being furnished
and will, before many weeks, be ready
for use.
The river steamer Kellogg, plying
between this city and Cowlitz river
points, ran on a snag just outside
Cowlitz river Friday morning and
sank.
Chauneey Ball of Mount Tabor, one
of the directors of the Multnomah
Fruit Growers' association, states
that the board of directors are en
gaged In perfecting the articles of
incorporation.
At a meeting of the citizens com
mittee of one hundred, held yester
day. Bernard Goldsmith resigned as
chairman of the executive committee
and Chairman H. W. Corbett appoint
ed T. N. Strong In his place.
Portland's new daily, the Sun, will
appear tomorrow.
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oregonlan of October 14. 1S69.
The Jacksonville News wants the
region east of the Cascade mountains
cut off from Jackson county and a
new county made of it.
Chicago. Three hundred and fifty
Mormons, principally Welsh and Eng
lish, passed through here today for
Utah.
The crowd at the state fair on the
third day is beyond precedent, and
receipts are already beyond $6000.
The walls of the United States cus
tom house building have besun to
rise. A large and splendid dome is
to crown the building.
Real or Artificial?
Br Grace K. Hall
It cost Charles Schreiber $6 for one
full swing with a golf club yester
day. He hit the turf about' a foot In
front of the ball and smashed his
stick. Today there is a roller going
over the spot trying to restore the
damage done by the mighty swing oi
the assistant manager of the Hotel
Portland.
CONGESTED CORNER NEGLECTED
Rroadway-Alder Intersection in Grave
Need of Trnffic Policeman.
PORTLAND. Oct. 13. (To the Edi
tor.) The property. owners and busi
ness men on the four corners formed
by Broadway and Alder street, the In
tersection of which is one of, If not
the busiest and most congested street
intersection in the city, have repeat
edly but vainly petitioned the chief of
police to station a traffic policeman
on this corner.
Last Thursday evening at about 6
o'clock a young woman was killed in
front of the Pantages theater and
hairbreadth escapes that provide for
passersby all the thrills the old-time
melodrama used to furnish are mat
ters of daily occurrence.
By requesting you to grant space
to these lines I hope to give an im
petus to public demand for a remedy,
the urgent necessity of which must
be apparent to anyone who passes this
intersection at any time during the
day or the early evening hours.
N. M. UNGAR,
141 Broadway.
WHAT THOUGHTS OCCIR TO YOU!
When you look in the eyes of a little
child.
Be they gray or brown or blue.
See the innocent smile hear the lisp
ing voice.
What thoughts occur to you?
Do you see there a woman, with soul
divine.
And motherhood's crown on her
hair?
Or a soldier son, with sword and gun,
Marching forth to a martial air?
Or will lives of others in passing
years,
By those round chubby hands be
defiled?
Perhaps world renown, and honors
crown.
For their own, this dear little
child.
Ch! Look in the eyes of a little child,
Be thev array or brown or blue.
"When you go up against a news-aee the shy sweet smile ponder
awhile.
paper you might just as well quit."
says Archie Phillips, wlth a grin. "A
newspaper got me; I'm the victim
of the recall down in Coos county."
The former official appeared to be
quite happy over the outcome as he
talked in the Imperial lobby to
Knights of Pythias delegates.
Judge H. H. Belt of Dallas is at
the Imperial. A few. weeks ago
Judge Belt adjourned court, put on
a pair of overalls and went into the
orchards of Polk county to aid in
picking the prune crop, thus giving
the lowly prune judicial standing in
that community,
What thoughts occur to you?
B. M. S.
Gait of Horse.
CORVALLIS, Or., Oct. 12 (To the
Editor.) At the races at the state
fair, Salem, Or., on Thursday the blue
roan horse Cavalier Gale was entered
In the special race. Now I realize
that this horse both paces and trots,
but what was his gait in this particu
lar race? DAN VIM.
- The horse was a hobbled trotter in
the -race,
wonder do we struggle on for self,
or more because of. what the
world expects?
Make our great battles for the sake
of pelf, or Just to grasp what
all the world respects?
Is it the natural sequence of man's
trend that he should give his
all for earthly spoil?
And close within four walls his whole
life spend material good to
.gain through arduous toil?
I wonder, left without the urge of
mind that comes through com
petition with the rest.
What sort of creature coming years
would find whether a type ad
vancing towards the best.
With high ideals lived nobly, life un
rent by discord; or a shifting,
aimless band.
Moved by no force save primal Im
pulse sent a race unskilled and
slow of brain and hand?
How long, how well would mankind
hold the pace, were he removed
from stress that life employs?
Left but to follow on In every race,
how keen his taste for what he
now enjoys?
How much is cultivation that each
brain holds now tenaciously as
thing of worth?
What measure would man use to
check life's gain, removed from
man-made standards on the
earth?
His Smart Wife Guesses.
London Tit-Bits.
"Robson, do you know why you
are like a donkey?" the Jester queried.
"Like a donkey?" echoed Robson,
opening his eyes wide. "I don't."
"Because your better half is stub
bornness itself."
The Jest pleased Robson Immensely,
for he at once saw the opportunity for
a glorious dig at his wife. So when
he got home he said:
"Dear, do you know why I am like
a donkey?"
He waited a moment, expecting hl
wife to give It up. But she dli1rft.
She looked at him somewhat pitying
ly as she answered:
I suppose its because you wen
born so."
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