23 THE SUNDAT OREGONIAX, PORTXATO, APRIL 14. 1918. COOD HOUSING BIG AID TO EMPLOYER Relation Real One Between Comfort of Employes and Industrial Output. FRILLS ARE NOT REQUIRED Cousins; Problem In Portland Most Bo Met and Tenement Ousted for Good. Says President of Builders' Exchange. BT O G. HCCHSOS. Manager Builders Exchange. Out In thU broad free West little thought of a practical nature has been given the subject of Industrial hous ing, but it la comics; It must come. Leaving aside all sentimental con sideration, there is no question but that some industrial employers hare discovered that there Is a close rela tion between the way their employes ars boused and the output of their plants. They have learned and paid a good stiff price for the learning that Uck of hygienic and sanitary surround ings directly affects the health and consequently the efficiency of their help, and that troublesomeneas. slck mu, tuberculosis, contagioua diseases generally are directly traceable to lack of proper conditions for living. No employer will dispute the state ment that good health and efficiency go hand In hand, but not all wilt agree teat an obligation rests upon the em ployer to create and maintain such ac commodations as are conducive to the vell-beinc of the men employed. Cess Haawlag Faya. And yet there are those, and the! number la growing, who have recent! Installed drinking fountains, shows baths, restrooms. hospltala and pro vided for the sale of warm food during luncfft hour. It may not be too much to say tha an experiment over a period of a fe months along these lines probably would lead any employer interested 1 the relation between his output and b payroll to take it upon himself to see that every employe shall be housed I: satisfactory and sanitary manner. It is not contended that all about occupy quarters of the high-wage, edu rated American workman. It la not at all required, to provide healthy con ctttions. that unskilled labor and for aigners. uneducated, accustomed to low standard of living and a low wage, shall have fine houses with all th comforts of tha specialised and high! paid mechanic. And yet there la little doubt that a careful checking up of the Influence of off-duty conditions on every worker would establish as business policy end a working basis that there should be a sanitary and hygtenlo home for every employe, from the lowest and poorest paid to th highest a house vermin and damp proof, with every room sufficiently ventilated and open to Cod a sunlight. Erflrteney Gees With Health. Architectural frills and Jim crack are out of date, anyhow, and they are not required. All that a purely com mcrrlal consideration of the houstn problem can ask Is tha comfort, safet and health of the workman. How these objecta may be obtained, and the coat. any competent architect can easily as certain. The Idea of any of the Industrial plants In our city Investing capital or financing such a movement as this Is, as yet. considered Impractical, and the auccestton that as a good business proposition it Is the duty of every In dustrtal plant o4 any consequence properly to house its employes would be received with a hyperborean atmo phere. Nevertheless, that day la con ln. for when any appreciable number of industrial concerns adopt thia a policy they will skim the cream from the lAbor market and the rest can wtagle along on the skimmed residuum. or get In line. Industrial condition ar going throua-h a tremendous upheaval Just now and every indication ia that they will never aettle back Into tha old way. MJcb examples as the following are before the eyes of the whole coun try: The lienerat Electric Company, of Erie. Fa., which has completed for Its employes several hundred good, serviceable and sanitary bouses, and will erect shortly several hundred more. Three hundred famillea will oon be housed in the same city by the American Brakeshoe foundry Com pany, all fireproof and permanent con struction. Tire Cosapaay Halle's Heaawa. TVe need not go to England to find examples of broad-vlstoned grasp on this problem, for the t.oodyear Tire & Ilubber Company, of Akron. X, la build ing and selllrc to Its employes houses ua eay installments. Ulefur Magnus son. special seent of the I'nlted titatea bureau of labor statistics, haa atated tiat there are probably 1000 firms now In the I'nlted Mates bnllding houses for their employes and that o companies es:mie, for five years an amount e(t:at t Z ' per cent of their payroll l.i ere-tmc honses for 42 per cent ct their employes. Kuropean Kov-mments sre taking hold of tn's problem and are arrang ing so that the workman can huttd for htmsetf and set the money from his srovernmen' on ea.v terms. New Zea land. ":.. I. t'.ermany and Austria are all dveioplrg this Idea, and In orre issuance have erected whole colonies, selling the houses to the workmen on sm.iU payments and low Interest. I'nrle ni will be doing the same thins before lor.c. for the slum must go with the saloon. The over crowded tenement will be a thing of the past an.i the conditions that eslst right here. In our own city, will not be tolerated. The ehear 4i'k. board barracks As)) unUil te.l. unventilaled roosts without bathine facilities, nor proper toilet aocommo.tat!or.a. will not be per mitted, snl the results will show In the quality and quantity of resultant work and In the character of our work men and their families. tVben tcee conditions obtain It wlU be time to becia the discussion of the dignity of labor. JRVIXGTOX PARK LOTS SOLD Parcha? to Unlit! Mrdium-Prire House to Sell. Famuel Doak reports the sale of four Iota In Block It. Irvlnaton Park, to Herman Kehberg. a former well-known Washington County farmer, who also recently purchased rr.rousb Mr. Doak a house and lot at ll Vernon avenue which he bought for a home. Mr. Rehberg la negotiating for addi tional lota, with a view to building a number of medium-priced bouses and selling to shlpworkers on acceptable terms. vV. E. PUlpps Sells MeUford Orchard ! posit e Gold Hill on Rogue River, owned by W. E. Phtpps, of Med ford, haa been sold to Duel aV Weeks, of Medford. own era of the Del Rio orchards, below Cold H1IL The tract, consisting of 20 acres, which Is planted mostly to Blngs and Royal Anna, haa been profitable for a number of years, and was planted In the late '90s by the late Cyrus Hosklna, of Willamette Valley cherry fame. The enure crop laat year waa marketed in th East. JOHN W. MIVTO HOME IS SOLD E. Shelly Morgan Buys Irvington Residence?. K. Shelley Morgan, well-known Port land business man. last week purchaaed the handsome Irvington residence of John W. Minto, at 577 East Twenty-second street North. Th consideration was IS00O cash. The Minto home ia on a quarter block, 100 by 100 feet, and the grounda are beautifully Improved. They Include the wonderful rose garden of Mrs. Minto, the roses from which have regu larly won prizes at the Rose Show. There Is a garage by the house. Mr. Morgan will remodel the resi dence and expects to move in about May 1. Mr. and Mra. Minto will re move to their new 101-acre farm at Damascus, where they plan to build a country residence. J ss-ssnsssssssssssusuftTasssssa ! I I RESIDENCE PROPERTIES SOLD Perkins Estate Disposes of Holdings in KiIIlngworth Avenue. The following residence properties were sold In the past week by Wake field. Frlea as Co.: No. 407 Killings- worth avenue, to Thomas Kallas; 409 Kllllngsworth avenue, to W. W. Corey; 4 IS Kllllngsworth avenue, to M. S. Cadonau: 417 Kftllngsworth avenue, to H. H. w ampler: 427 Kllllngsworth ave nue, to W. H. Lacer, and 431 Klllinga- worth avenue, to C. O. Kessler. These holdings were owned by the Perktns estate and the pricea ranged from J1100 to 11300 each. WE W D AY $5(KKr Insurance Agents Do Work Really Philanthropic Ageat Sella Life Isnraiee la Aaatettaar Mrs aad I'rarlag These Previse far Pretectiea far Their r'asatllee la Case ( Their Own Death. Tha question "What la tha greatest thing In the world?" may have present ed itself to you and aroused your curi osity. Perhaps only th other day man may have sent In hi bualness card to you bearing an emblem, the centra figure of which was an anchor around which In a circle were th words, "The Greatest Thing In the World." If you granted your caller an Inter view, you found that he was a life In suranre agent, and whether or not his conversation Impressed you that he rep resented the greatest thing In the world, th fact exists that the state ment upon the emblem Is true. At present the combined annual net earn ings of all railroads would not pay the annual life Insurance premiums. The Invested reserves of Insurance compa nies ar more than the combined de posits of all savlnca banka In the Unit ed States. The total life Insurance In force exceeds the total annual value of manufactured products. Life Insurance Is the greatest thing in the world, whether or not you know It. and whether or not It Is known to the agent who sells It. An editorial which appeared recently In the San Francisco Call, commented on the subject aa follows: "Insurance Is a form of business which may be called mutual philan thropy. Life Insurance la conducted on strict business rules, it Is a mathematic ally exact Industry, but by Its nature It doea more real good than any other business because it furnishes the means by which a man can protect hia family and dependenta after he Is gone. "The man who Is selling life Insur ance.' aa the phrase Is, la really urging and assisting a man to provide for hla family so that the uncertainty of life la discounted. For Instance, a mans income may be such that he can est! mate that In 20 years he will have ac cumulated an estate of J 10.000 if banks do not burst or factories burn. or if he does not die. Life insurance makea It possible for him to provide at one an estate of 110,000, or for any amount, ao that if he should die the day after his policy la delivered, his family would be left provided for. This is possible because of the mathematical. scientific accuracy of life insurance. "It Is a matter for comment whether or not Ufa Insurance underwriters real ise th very great good they are doing. the tremendoua social value of their work." Red Cross Benefit Nets $142. CARLTON, Or, April 11. (Special.) The comedy - drama. "A Loyal Friend." waa produced by local talent at the City Hall last evening for the benefit of the Red Cross. The pro ceeds amounted to 1142. The third lib erty loan will be subscribed to twice ha quota allotted and the fund for he relief of th Armenians la grow Ing rapidly. It has come to our notice several times that certain competitive houses have informed prospective purchasers that they carry, and are agents for, the Farrand Pianos. Very recently we, the Bush & Lane Piano Manufacturing Co., advertised in the Portland newspapers the fact that we were unloading two carloads of the very Popular Farrand Pianos The fact that only five remain in our store unsold is proof of their wide popularity. Our would-be competitors, being aware of this, immediately resort to deceptive methods in trying to induce purchasers to their stores by telling inquirers over the phone that they are agents for the Farrand Piano. Once in the store, they, of course, would try to sell them some other piano. - For the benefit of the public, and our own protection, we will forfeit the above $5000 if any dealer in Portland can show wherein he carries in stock, and is an agent for the Farrand Pianos. Signed Bush & Lane Piano Manufacturing Co. BUSH & LANE PIANO CO. Builders, Owners and Sellers of the Famous Bush & Lane, Victor and Farrand Pianos and Player Pianos CORNER TWELFTH AND WASHINGTON STREETS BE YE PERFECT IS IT POSSIBLE By Dr. JAMES E. TiLMAGE Of the Council of the Twelve. Church of Jesus Chriat of Latter-Pay Saints; Salt Lake, City, Man. 1 WEST LEADS NATION U. S. Looks to This Section for Airplane Spruce. NEW METHODS TRIED OUT Engineer Find That Logs Can Be Rived in Forest, Saving Vain able Time War Programme Well Advanced. Spruce for airplane is now the spe cial and exclusive contribution of th Pacific Northwest to th cause of world freedom, and a special process to hurry up the production of this essential to airplane construction has been devised. It Is the plan of riving the spruce logs tha forests where the giant trees grow and shipping out the lesser pieces of the great trunks so they can be brought quickly to the cut-up plant at Vancouver, Wash., where th Govern ment la operating an Industry on a great scale that is in fact a glorified and patriotic sawmill. The riving of spruce is really the splitting of the logs into what is known technically as cants. These, relatively light in weight as compared to the logs, are easily carried out of the woods, even when no railway is available. However, to take out the cants with the greatest possible expe dition, railways are pushed Into the spruce forests everywhere possible. Never waa the spruce programme so well along and the output of this great ly desired wood so large. Colonel Disque, head of the spruce production division, has completed an organisa tion that la doing wonders In aecom- I pllshing the task put upon It, which Is tha cutting and riving of spruce in every quickly available field. When the flocks of American air planes fly over the German lines and help win the world war, that humanity may be free forever, much of the glory will be given to Oregon spruce. BAY PLANTS NEARLY READY Construction of Big North 31111s Is Rushed. Bend NORTH BEXD, Or., April 13. (Spe cial.) Rapid progress is being made in the construction of the big finishing plants of the North Bend Mill & Lum ber Company and the Buebner Lumber Company, of this city. The dry kilns and other buildings of the North Bend Mill & Lumber Company's plant are practically completed and the machin ery Is fast teing installed. Two electric-driven, high-speed planers have been Installed and are In active opera tion turning out airplane stock and ship material for the Government. Th buildings cover an area of several acres and when in full operation th plant will have a capacity of 60,000 feet a day. Construction work on the Buehne Lumber Company's finishing plant i being rushed and the dry kilns an other units are fast nearing the stage of final completion. The plant when completed will have a capacity of about 75,000 feet per day, and will be capabl of turning out all classes of finished lumber. The operation of these two large finishing plants will add more than 100 men to the payrolls of the two concerns. LARGE FARM SOLD Sohn Place, Near Gervais, Brings $75,000. MABTON MAN IS PURCHASER Equipment for Camping Compact, Forest Ranger W. B. Osborne, Jr., ha worked out a complete cooking an serving equipment for any number of men from two to SO, which can oe packed In compact form for transporta tion on horseback, a. numDer 01 tn outfits are already in use in this dis trict, and many calls from outside dis tricts have been received. Samples of the device have been sent to San Fran' Cisco. Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Main 7070, A 6095. SCENE IN GREAT OREGON SPRUCE WOODS. WHERE TIMBER IS BEING CUT AS AMERICA'S CONTRIBU- TION TO THE ALLIED AIRPLANE PROGRAMME, WHICH WILL HELP WIN THE WAR FOR DEMOCRACY. O-, ' -7 . w -mmt i.'W .i V j - i vvh - n f .w S 4 T ,U-r eXof" i: ts-, .W s -t 1 tr r ,.t ? i. I I .' -t -vvrr. .T "v.. , i. .vl r- - T f Photo by Jonea Studio, Hoquiam. GOLD BILL. Or . April II. 5pclaL) I MILMBEBS or THE LOYAL LECIOIV OF LOGGERS AD IIMBERJIE Bl ILDI.VG A RAILROAD I.VTO THE FOREST e-The Gold bottom cherry orchards, op-1 TO GET OUT RIValD 8PRICB. Deal for 400-Acre Farm, With Stock and Equipment, Closed Last Week by W. S. Badley, of the Badley Investment Company. One of the most important deals in Willamette Valley farm lands in sev eral weeks was closed last week by tho Badley Investment Company, of Portland, in the sale of the Sohn form, near Gervais, to J. C. Corbin, of North Yakima and Mabton, Wash. The Sohn farm, which was owned and .operated by Nathan Sohn. con tains 400 acres and is well stocked with sheep and cattle. Of the 400 acres, 325 are in cultivation. There are two hop fields on the place, the two together comprising about 140 acres. The price at which the farm was sold was 175,000. Stock and equipment were included in the deal. As part consid eration, Mr. Sohn took a 140,000 stock of hardware and some business prop erty at Mabton, Wash., the remainder being cash. The new owner, J. C. Corbin, is a well-known business man of North Yakima and Mabton. He has taken possession of his new property and expects to engage extensively in stock raising. Mr. Sohn has taken charge of the hardware store at Mabton. W. S. Badley, of the Badley Invest ment Company, handled the deal. EXHIBIT OF LUMBER INTERESTS RAILROAD CHIEFS. Douglas Fir Timber Sections Such aa Ised la Railway Work Are Ex hibited In Chlcaico. Oregon spruce was brought promi nently to the attention of prominent Eastern railroad men through the ex hibit recently made by Chester J. Hogue. Oregon secretary of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, before the National Railway Appliance Asso ciation and the National Association of Railway Engineers, in Chicago. The exhibit consisted of a series of Douglas fir timber sections, typical of the kind used in railroad construction work, a number of tested timbers that demonstrated the superior strength of Douglas fir, and a cross section of a fi log which showed the numerous uses to which this "wonder wood" can be put. While the exhibit was technical its nature, intended to appeal princi pally to technical people, it attracted wide popular interest on account of the size and quality of the timbess shown. Indicative of the importance of the exhibition conducted in connection with these conventions is Mr. Hogue's report that the Coliseum contained 155 sepa rate booths in charge of 921 registered representatives. Some of the leading machinery and appliance manufacturers or tne .ast were represented. "Our exhibit of Douglas fir won uni versal approbation, says Mr. Hogue. "All authorities agree that when it comes to securing the larger timbers for structural purposes, the railroads of the country must look to the West. Douglas fir is the only wood produced in this country that contains the sizes necessary for the construction opera tions of the future." A substitute for fire clay, patented in f ranee, employs a blue pottery clay, one part; common salt, one-half part coal ashes, one-fourth part; fine sand. one-fourth part, and glass, one-eighth part. These ingredients are well ground together and are then mixed with water to the required consistency. Directory) of Prominent Life Insurance Agencies Membert of Life Underwriter Association of Oregon Wm. Goldman, General Manager. NATIONAL LIFE OF VEttUUMT. Oregonian Bldg. H. G. Colton, Manager. MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFBL Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Harmon ft Cuxnmlngs, General Agents. PENN MUTUAL LIFE. Northwestern Bank Bldg. Horace Mecklexn, Manager, NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL Lira. Northwestern Bank Bldg. M. M. Johnson. NEW WORLD LIFE INSURANCE CO., 202 Stevens Bldg. Albee & Amesburv. General Aaents. NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE LNS. CO. Jiortnwestern ann .Bldg. T. H. McAllis, State Mgr., UNION MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO, Board of Trade Bldg. Edgar W. Smith. Manager. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETr. 4uo uregonian Asms. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Representative Realty Operators of the btafces mt Oregon, Waghlnytoii, Htao Are Non-Kef! dent Member of Portland Kealty Board These men can be depended upon to sell or exchange your property, or represent you in any way. OREGON. Bend J. A. Easte. MArmb field Title Guarantee Abstract Oe. btanfiald James M. Kyle. WASHINGTON. Hoqulanv Grays Harbor Land Co. V'acolt Lew F. Williams. Kidyfieid H. B. Apprson. IN APPRECIATION of the considera tion and patronage of Oreg-onians, the National Life Insurance Company of Vermont has allocated $20,000 of its sub scription to Oregon's quota. This com pany considers it a privilege to partici pate in putting Oregon "over the top." The company also announces that for every $1000 of new premiums it.receives during the month of April it will invest $5000 in Liberty Bonds. National Life Insurance Company TO GOLDMAN, GEN". MANAGER, 2O9-210 Oregonlsa Building. Some knowledge of tho attributes of God is essential to intelligent worship. Granted, that finite man cannot com prehend infinity; yet consistency for bids us carrying this self-evident truth to the extent of savins that because God is infinite man can have no concep tion or iis nature or character. If God be but a vast formless nonen tity, filling all space and therefore il limitable, substanceless. devoid of body and parts, incapable of emotions and passions. He is not my Father. I am not His son. To the contrary, the Scrip tures affirm that humankind are the children of God, fashioned after His likeness in both spirit and bodv an conversely. He must be of definite form and feature, possessed of a body perfect in all its parts, and He likewi in all His acts. On the night of the betrayal, while comforting the sorrow-stricken Eleven by solemn and lofty discourse, Jesus said unto them: "Ye believe In God, be lieve also In me. . . . If ye had known me. ye ahonld have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have Been him. The faithful Philip broke in with an appealing request: "Lord, shew as the Father, and It anfflceth us." The Lord's response was an unequivocal avowal that He was His Father's exact pre sentment, eo that whosoever had seen Him had seen unto what and whom tho Father was like. Note the explicit and withal pathetic words of the heavy hearted Christ: "Have I been so lonji time with yon, and yet hast thoa not known me, Philip t lie that hath aeen me hath seen the Father; and how aay eat thon then. Shew us the Fathert" (See John 14:1-10). Jesus Christ, the Man. was and is in the express likeness of His Father's Person; and, since the consummation of His mission in the flesh and His victory over death whereby comes the resurrection. He has been exalted to the Father's state of glory and perfection. (See Heb. 1:1-4). Though the thoughts and activities of God be as far above the ways of men as the heavens are above the earth, they are nevertheless of a kind V ith human yearnings and aspirations, so far as these be the fruitage of holi ness, purity, and righteous endeavor. The distant star's, at which we gaze with an awe that develops into wor shipful praise as we learn the amazing facts of their size, orbital movements and constitution, are after all of the family of worlds to which this earth belongs. Though our planet be but as a drop of the ocean compared with many of the greater orbs, it is not the least of all; and what we have come to know of other worlds is primarily based on analogy with the phenomena of our own. Notwithstanding that Deity is perfect and humanity grossly imperfect. we may learn much of the Higher by a study of the lower in its true and nor mal phases. As an impressive and profound cli max to one division of the sublime dis course, The Sermon on the Mount, the Master said: "Be ye therefore perfect, even aa your Father which la In heaven is perfect." (Matt. 6:48). What led up to this utterance, calling for the explanatory therefore, by which the relation of premises and conclusion is expressed? A studious reading of the entire chapter gives answer. Fol lowing the Beatitudes and certain well- defined admonitions and precepts, the Lord made plain the distinction be tween the Law under which Israel had professedly lived from Moses down, and the higher requirements of the Gospel taught by Christ. Again and again the introductory "Ye have heard that It was aaid by them of old time" is fol lowed by the authoritative "Bat I nay unto you." Obedience to the Gospel, which comprises all the essentials of the Law, was enjoined as the means by which man may become perfect, even in the sense in which the Father In heaven is perfect. It is a significant fact that when Jesus Christ, a resurrected and glori fied Being, visited the Nephlte branch of the House of Israel on the western continent. He included Himself with the Father as the existent ideal of perfection, as thus appears: "Therefore I would that ye shoald be perfect even as I, or your Father who la In heaven Is perfect." (Book of Mormon, 3 Nephl 12:48). The rotfd to exaltation and perfection is opened through the Gospel of Christ. We cannot rationally construe our Lord's admonition as implying an im possibility. We are not required to assume that man in mortality can at tain the perfection of an exalted and glorified personage, such as either the Father or Jesus Christ. However, man may be perfect in his sphere in a way analogous to that of more advanced in telligences In their several spheres; yet the relative perfection of the lower is vastly inferior to that of the higher. We can conceive of a college freshman attaining perfection in his class; his record may be a hundred per cent on the scale of efficiency; yet the honors of the upper classman are beyond; and graduation, though to him remote, is assured if he do but maintain his high standing to the end. After all, individual perfection is rel ative, and must be gaged by the law operative upon us. In 1S32 the Lord thus spake through His prophet Joseph Smith: "And again, verily I aay unto you, that which Is governed by law Is also preserved by law. and perfected and sanctified by the same." (Doctrine & Covenants 88:34). The law of the Gospel is a perfect aw; and the sure efiect oi run ooe- dience thereto is perfection. Of those who attain exaltation in the celestial kingdom Christ has declared: "These are they who are just men made perfect through Jesus the Mediator of tne new covenant, who wrought out this perfect atonement through the sheddinE of hla own blood. (76:69). For the Boole of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and other literature of the Church of Jesus Christ or Latter Day Saints apply to Northwestern States Mission, 810 East Madison St., Portland, Ore., or Bureau of Informa tion. Salt Lake City, Utah. Adv. SLOAN'S UNIMENT REL EVESJVLY PAIN" This Is the Verdict of Those Who Use It. Why is Sloan's the world's largest selling, most popular liniment? Because of its remedial properties for all exter nal pains, strains and bruises. Because it penetrate without rub bing leaving no- mussiness or skin stain, and relieves promptly an attack of Lumbago, Sciatica, Neuralgia, Rheu matic twinges, Joint-stiffness, Muscle soreness, Neck-kinks are promptly relieved. Have a bottle handy in your medicine cabinet. Any druggist will sell you a generous sized bottle. No increase in price Joe, 50c and l. -Adv. i