THE - OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1915. t THE JOURNAL an iNDEPKxnErrr newspaper C B. . J ACKJSON .............. .'.v. . .Publisher Published erery evening (except Sunday) and every Bandar moreing ,'t The Jonraal Bull. SDg, Broadway and YsmbUl Portland. Of. tntTt at the poatoff'ce at Fort laud. Or., ffif ' transmission through the mail as eecond ' class matter,: - . . ' TELEPHONES- Main Vl73; nome A-6081. All ' departments reached by these nomberi. Tell t the operator what aepartment you want. 'tJVKjilON ADVERTISING KKPKEaENTATI V! Benjamin A Kentnor Co., Brunswick Bids'., i ta Fifth ik., New York, 1218 People tiaa BJdjr., Chicago. Subscription terms by mall or to aay ad '? disss La toe United States or Meilcoi DAILY ' One year.... H. $5.00 f One month .Be SCNDAY f'Oo year. ...... 2.OT One month....... -5 i . DAILY AKD SUNDAY , One year. ..... .$7.50 I One month..,..,. 9 .66 -88 Whatever difference may appear in the fortunes of man kind, there is, nevertheless, a certain compensation of rood and evil r which makes them equal-T Rochef aucau 1 d. MR. KAY'S FOOLISH DEXIAli STATE Treasurer Kay attempts to deny. ' Like the Oregonian, he, too, wants the Bowlby incident and his part therein forgotten. Everybody connected with the re moval of Bowlby wants it forgot ten. In spite of hia denial, Treasurer Kay did propose two engineers. At $3000 per. He made the motion lor the election of Mr. Cantine as State highway engine er. " He pro posed and moved the adoption of ?a resolution to employ Mr. Bowlby as special engineer, both to serve concurrently at $3000 per. Here is 'the record of what Treasurer ' Kay did at the meeting of the highway commission March 29, as Reported in the official minutes: Meeting called by Governor Withy combe to consider appointment of highway engineer. Mr. Olcott ex pressed himself as still in favor of Major Bowlby. Mr. Kay moved that J3. X. Cantine, . of Portland, be ap pointed state highway engineer, to take office on April 1, 1915. Mr. Ol cott seconded same. Governor Withy combe and Mr. Kay voted "aye," Mr Olcott, "no" : Mr Kay offered resolution (copy . herewith attached) explaining- removal of Mr Bowlby, defining duties of new highway engineer and duties of Major Bowlby In his retained position. Major Bowlby to continue his work on the .Columbia Blver HlgUway in Hood Blver county and to take charge of disputes and differences arising out Of work performed by the highway engineer previous to this date. Moved and carried that Mr. Kay's resolution be accepted. L What is the use for Mr. Kay to attempt to deny? If he has for gotten what he did so recently, let .him step into the office of State .Highway Engineer Cantine and there read in the official minutes the record of what he did. Let him read the resolution for retain ing 'Bowlby which he prepared, a . copy of which The Journal can ; supply him with. If Mr. Kay's own action does not mean the em ployment of two engineers at $3000 per; if It does not mean a double-headed: engineer's office, What does it mean ? . s Here is more. At the meeting to Install the new Engineer Can tine, Mr. Kay said to Mr. Cantine, "I do not want you to mix up In any way with the affairs ofv the old administration." He wanted Cantine to do new work and let the special engineer do the unfin ished work. How foolish for Mr. Kay to attempt to deny? It was not until the attorney general's office held that a spe cial engineer could not be lawfully f employed that Treasurer Kay ever ;gave up the idea of two engineers. uWhen. that opinion was first rendered,-Mr. Kay said In an interview ; In the Oregonian , that it was a, ""flimsy" opinion and that Bowlby 1 could be retained. When Bowlby : said It would be Illegal for him to j serve as a special engineer on the pld work and that he would not t Berve, Mr. Kay suggested Mr. Laur fgaard as a suitable engineer to do I that work. All these things are common knowledge. They are open, and i notorious. " Mr. Kay'a attempt to deny them i Is a monumental blunder. He cannot escape responsibility for I what he has done by attempts at ' denial. ' ; i He was a leader in the removal ; of Bowlby. He and Senator Day fully understood each other. -" . And the disgruntled contractors understood them both. The con tractors know, and Senator Day knows, and Mr. Kay knows, ex actly how "we got the skid under" Bowlby. rTHE EITEIi AND THE FRYE rjHpHE Prinz Eitel Friedrich . I . limped into port at Newport v I News March 10 with the an nouncement that she had ' sufik the American ship William P. Frye. The Prinz Eitel- was sorely " In need of repairs : she needed supplies; she sought refuge in an American port, and for the 29 In- tervening days to the time she j v was interned, was given succor, s repairs and protection under the i American' flag. While her distress was thus re lieved in an American port, the warships of an enemy waited just outside the three-mile limit. In announcing his determination to intern, the captain of the Eitel ; Friedrich j stated that he did so only because to have gt ne to sea lu the presence of an ovtrwhelmlng force would have meant destruc tion for his men and his ship. There is a wide difference be- tweea the treatment the Prinz Eitel Friedrich received from he United BUILD THE ROADS AND KEEP THE MONEY fF VOTED, the road bonds will Portland. I : The effect on the pulse of equivalent 01 o apiece iur every man, wuuinu uu tuuu u purpose, land, and to spare. It will Immediately Increase activity, buoy in-j Jn form and substance alike the pro dustry and stimulate confidence. r " v j ceedings at the capitoi have been of It i will put men to work who are idle. It will give men Jobs who . the most unedif ying character. Such are Jobless. It will give them the means to pay debts, buy groceries, ?oreh7efP Center of " terest purchase clothing and obtain other necessaries A million and a quar- at Albany we do not remember ever tr of cash thus let loose win directly or indirectly benefit every home to have known. -Alongside these nave and family, every household and' fireside and every one whose daily dnifybi8b(j0le-d2tlo0nr yTcentiy endeavors are associated with the business, professional or industrial j pags6d without any serioj.- attempt life of this City. i ' - 3 t to justify such action. Seventy-five per cent of the money will come from six per cent of j Among the bills vetoed by Gov the taxpayers. Ninety-four . per cent, or more than nine-tenths of the ernor Whitman was Qne whereby taxpayers, will contribute but 25 per cent. Over half, or 53 per cent the city of New York could have of the 20,000 persons who pay taxes, pay on a valuation of $10-0 or millions of dollars in. dis- less, which means that, for the first four years, each will pay 18 cents j pOSing of its garbage. On the or less a year on the bond issue, other hand he signed the spoils The money is to be spent in Multnomah county. It la to be an census bill in spite of the vicious investment. We will have the roads after the money Is spent, and features which he himself said it they will remain with us. i . i contained. More attention was Seattle has built 105 miles of benefit from them that she is building 80 miles more. If such roads are so good a thing' for Seattle, 70 miles of them will certainly be a good Investment for Portland. If Portland expends this million and a quarter dollars on her roads, she will still have the money, and in addition will have the roads. And she will have the Increased economic value the roads will giva to the land. And she will have better times, because $1,250,000 in cash turned loose in Portland will make better times. States and that the American mer chantman, William P. Frye, and her cargo received at the hands of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich. With a friendly concern that al most strained international law, the United States authorities gave succor, asylum and deliverance from enemy ships to the Prinz Eitel Friedrich, but the William P. Frye and her non-contraband cargo were sent to the bottom of the ocean by the Prinz Eitel Fried rich. The friendship and international concord thus exhibited by the great neutral nation to a German war ship in distress, should be a signal proof to German-American citizens that American neutrality is genu ine and American friendship sin cere. FIFTY YEARS AGO FIFTY years ago today, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee met in the McLean house at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, That meeting marked the ending of the greatest war ever fought on this continent, for it was then that Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. Last Friday, April 2, was the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Richmond. When Grant sent his terse message to Secretary of War Stanton on April 9, Johnston had not surrendered to Sherman and there remained two armies in the west. But Johnston laid down his arms April 27, Richard Taylor sur rendered all the remaining Confed erate troops east of the Mississippi river on May 4, and E. Klrby Smith the troops west of the river on May r 26. These formalities closed the mighty drama, but the curtain was rung down at Appo mattox Court House. Most wars leave behind them a legacy of hate that often lasts for centuries. Civil wars are pro verbially the bitterest of all. But two years ago veterans of North and South met at Gettysburg and joined in celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of that great battle. It was a compelling spectacle Blue and Gray stronger and better friends than before the conflict. Fifty years had worked wonders. Men who on that battlefield had done their best to shoot each other down realized that it was all a ter rible mistake. Undoubtedly Grant's terms of surrender were the beginning of this friendly relation. When he glanced at Lee the Union com mander's eyes rested on the hand some sword hanging at Lee's side. Grant said afterwards that this set him to thinking that it would be an unnecessary humiliation to re quire the officers to surrender their swords, and a great hardship to deprive them? of their personal baggage and horses. Hence this sentence In the terms of surren der: "This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage." Lee was grateful, not for him self, but for his men. It is a mat ter of history that the spirit shown by Grant at Appomattox Court House, the spirit of the magnani mous victor toward the vanquished, contributed more than anything else in bringing about a reunited nation. Today the nation is thank ful that the two men who met at Appbmattox Court House fifty years ago were of the character and calibre of Grant and Lee. PINK ELEPHANTS A SHIP recently loaded lumber at the West Oregon mill at Linnton for delivery at Que bec, Canada. The Leader, published at Linnton, says: The barkentlne John C. Meyer, of San Francisco, Is loading at the West Oregon mill 1,140,000 feet of lumber for the, Canadistn government at Que bec. She will be towed through the Panama canal by the steamer Thor, loading at Astoria for the same point and consignee. i The incident recalls the lugubri ous ditties of the sob squad in the late campaign.- We were told that, due to the Underwood tariff, the Oregon lumber Industry had been paralyzed by Canadian lumber mills, though all the time ( the Canadian mills were In worse stag nation than the Oregon mills on account of world conditions. And , so the Bobbers sobbed and beat their ; breasts and ululated. They filled the rivers with their turn loose $1,250,000 of money In business will be electrical. It is the t such roads, and has derived so much tears and the mountains with their lamentations. But here, are two ships carrying, not Canadian lumber, but Oregon lumber into Canada. Oregon mills are selling, not Canadian lumber, but Oregon lumber to the Canadian government. The episode shows that the phthisicky solos and calamity cho ruses of a sob squad at election time belong in the same class with little pink elephants, and are merely one of the gaieties of po litical life. DRIFTING AND SHOOTING T HERE was a just claim due Consentino, which he went to the lawyer's office to collect. He did not find the lawyer 1 who owed him the sum, because the man is in the penitentiary. Brooding over his wrong, and doubtless ignorant, Consentino adopted the crazy plan of taking the law into his own hands and settling matters with a gun. The crime had its beginning in the crookedness of the lawyer. If Consentino's claim had been paid, as it should have been, there would have been no shooting. Why, then, wasn't it paid? Why do not bar associations require members of the profession to square their professional acts , by that high standard of ethics which is tne true laeai ot one or tne most honorable of all professions? t Why do they not demand that a license to practice shall be a cer tificate of good character and a guarantee of henest conduct? The lawyers claim that they are unjustly criticised, and often they are. Yet, it is their tolerance of just such men and acts as brought on the Consentino shooting that cLcllenges public attention, while the many honorable acts of honest lawyers are never heard of. Another cause that nerved Con sentino to take the law into his own hands is the public's good humored indifference to guns and gunmen. Regulative laws are passed and, because public senti ment is inactive, the enforcement of pistol statutes is lax. Nobody " seems to care much about shootings so long as it is the other fellow that receives the un deserved bullet. The tragedy is read about in the newspaper, and then passes out of mind without leaving its deadly warning to the effect that on other days there will be other victims, nobody knows who or for what. As a people, we make no pro test. We offer no resistance. We attempt no reform. We simply drift, drift, drift, and the Con sentlnos continue to shoot, shoot, shoot. A BUSINESS PROPOSITION L AND through which a well constructed and maintained highway goes increases in value much more rapidly than land which has a poor high way or none at all. This fact, which has been well demonstrated by experience, was concretely stated at a meeting of business men by T. C. Dupont, the millionaire powder manufacturer. He said: As a simple cold blooded proposi tion, I believe a company, an individu al or an : association could build a road, acquire 100 feet on either side and with fairly good business manage ment in a few years pay back to the builders the entire cost Of the road and continue 'to pay enormous divi dends in addition to keeping the road in perfeot condition. If an individuar could make profit out of a good road why can not the county? If hard surfaced roads are not a good thing, why has Los Angeles county, California, built 700 miles? Why is King county, Washing ton, which has laid over 100 miles, constructing 80 miles more? LOST OPPORTUNITY T HE Republican administration of New York has lost a great opportunity to demonstrate its capacity "and to show that after being chastened it can be depended upon to promote the gen eral welfare. Coming into power -after the Democratic control of tour years and the Impoachment of Sulzer It had a chance to prove Its boasted superiority but It has failed. " Commenting on the results achieved by . the, legislature the New York Tribune 'sums them tip under the heading "The wreckage at Albany," The Evening Post says there has not been a pretense of high ; paid to office grabbing than to re form. The policy of Governor Whit man Is truly reactionary and Ig nores public sentiment. As a presidential possibility he appears to be in the hands of bad "advisers." - Let us defer talking about pave ment until after the bond issue is voted. . THE JOURNAL NATIONAL EDITORIAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT , CITIES FOR By WILLIAM DUDLEY FOCLKB, Former U. S. Ciif Service Commissioner: Chairman Special Committee of National Civil Service Iteform League; Fresldeiit Na tional Municipal League. HE news that a commission of ... v ione nunarea wmcn nas ueeu considering the preparation of a new charter for Springfield, Massa chusette. has now recommended the city manager plan naturally directs public attention anew to the charac- teristics of that as ' : a form of govern' rpent, to its dan gers and its ad vantages. Nearly 400 American cities have adopted the original commis sion fom of gov ernment and a score or more have been more w. x uium. recently organized under the manager plan. An analytical study has recently been made of the two systems, based no only upon general principles but upon practical experience, so far as we nave it, or trie itles which have adopted them. The commission plan is a relative success as compared with older formt . of city govern ment, because it is more democratic and sensitive to public opinion, its powers belnr unified and responsJbil lty centered in the commission. The nonpartisan short ballot which it pro vides makes intelligent voting easier and thus simplifies the work of citi senship, rendering the politician and his machine superfluous, and substi tuting for the boss, or oligarchy of political managers, a democracy in which, all the voters participate. Moreover, , the initiative, referendum and recall adopted have made them still more responsive to public opin ion. The abolition of ward lines has done much to prevent petty log rolling and emphasize the unity of cit.' interests, while an independent civil service commission has done much to remove city employes from political influence. In cities of moderate size, at least, commission government has shown by experience that K is preferable to the systems previously, existing, but we do not yet know the maximum population of the cities which may wisely adopt it. ' The commission-manager plan is a aluable addition to the commis sion plan, Inasmuch as it creates an a6.ninistratlve establishment under a (single head instead of five, and thus makes for harmony in administra tion. It 'also encourages the em ployment of an expert at the city's head with comparative permanence In office, thus insuring greater sta bility and continuity both of person nel and of policies, so necessary to solid and enduring reforms and to the carrying -out of far-sighted proj ects; and it thereby encourages city executives to educate themselves seri ously in municipal affairs with the prospect of promotion from one city to another (as in Germany), thus orning up a new profession In city administration and encouraging the Interchange of experience among dif ferent cities. The manager plan avoids the con fusion of the commission plan be tween the responsibility of he indi vidual commissioners and the commis sion as a whole and thus makes for better discipline. It is adapted to large cities as well as email ones and permits of proportional repre sentation or election by districts, which might become necessary In cities of great size. It is of ' the highest importance that any city adopting the manager plan should not omit any of the aux iliary features accompanying It, since without these provisions, owing to the concentration of executive author ity in one head, it might be' suscepti ble to perversion in the Interest of a boss or a political clique in cities with an inadequate : and Undeveloped public opinion. ? In that case, the superior efficiency of the manager system may actually Increase,, the danger of boss rule, for a political manipulator who can con trol' & bare majority" of . the commis sion can elect hia manager also and i thereby control the whole administra tion, Impose taxes ad libitum and spend the money at will. It - is therefore evident that tbe preference of one system over the other is largely a question of the adaptability of the particular form to the habits, the prejudices and the political condition of the city to' which it is to be applied. If the man ager system were to be applied at once to cities where notions of po litical intrigue have been deeply in grained Into the habits of the com munity and cannot be eradicated, the consequences are likely to be in jurious. But where the city has outgrown this low form of political life, where the community has come to regard city administration as being. In the main, business administration, there it is better to choose the manager, by a small representative body and not by the electorate at large. It is extremely fortunate that in several hundred of or cities this manager form has been preceded by the com mission plan, which has performed a great service in eliminating party politics and boss rule in many of the cities which haite adopted it, and in accustoming the peoole to business methods of administration, and there by qualifying them for , the success fvl adoption of the more advanced plan. ' Copyright. 1915. An Exhortation. From the Kansas City Star. "Be ready, bruddren and sistahs," said good old Parson Bagster, In the course of a sermon. "Be ready when de laet solemn summonses come! Some o' yo'll be ready and waltin' de honest old brudders in de Lawd and de faith ful old sistahs in Izrul waitln' to go wid gladness, like dey had done been 'vited to a chicken dinner. But yo' young gamblin' brudders and gaddin' sistahs, what'll yo. do when dat awful call comes? Lemme tell yo': .When de gen'leman on de pale hawse rides up to de gate an' axes, 'Do Brudder Dicer or Sistah Fllpp, as de case may be, live yuh? yo'll scream, 'No, sah! No,, sah! Dat no-'count nigger done moved over to Tumlinville mo'n six weeks ago!' ". Letters From the People (Communications sent to The Journal for publication in this oepnrtment should be writ ten on only one side of tbe paper, should not exceed 3O0 words la length and must be ac companied by tbe came and address of the sender. If the writer does not desire to have the nme published, he should so state.) "Dtsroaslon is the giateat of all reformers. It rationalises everything It touches. It robs principles of all false sanctity and throws them back on tbeir reasonableness. If tbey have no reasonableness, it ruthlessly .crushes them out of existence and sets up its own conclusions in their stead." Woodrow Wilson. Holidays. Durkee. Or., April 5. To the Editor of The Journal Please answer the fol lowing questions in The Journal: Is Lincoln's birthday a legal holiday in Oregon, and do public schools have to close? Are there any national hol idays? Was John Hancock or John Hanson the first president of the United States by appointment before Washington took hia office? A SUBSCRIBER. So far as they relate to schools, Lincoln's birthday, Washington's birthday and Columbus day are not hol idays in Oregon, except that it is pro vided by law that the regular school program on those days shall be varied by the introduction of exercises in commemoration of the illustrious per sonages honored on those respective days. The schools are not dismissed. There are no national holidays, not even the Fourth of July. Congress has at various times appointed special hol idays, has made Labor Day a public holiday in the District of Columbia and has recognized the existence of cer tain days as holidays for commercial purposes, but with the exception named there is no general statute on the subject. The proclamation by the president annually of a day of Thanks giving has legal effect only in the District of Columbia and the terri tories. Neither John ' Hancock nor John Hanson can be said to have been the first president of the United States. Hancock was president of the Conti nental congress, which adopted the Declaration of Independence; but there was then no United States, the "states" being but colonies, and not much united save "by their fears," as it has been well expressed. Hanson was the first president of the congress under the Articles of Confederation, but it requires a strained use of terms to call that government the government of the United States, or the president of that congress the president of the United States, in any sense, either actual or merely legal, that would be accepted today. sfi The Chicago Election's Result. Astoria, Or., April 8. To the Editor of The Journal Republican newspa pers of the rabid kind proclaim the election of Mr. Thompson as mayor of Chicago as a great Republican victory and a slap at the Wilson administra tion. I have before me a copy of the Illionois Staats Zeitung, published dally at Chicago. The issue of April 5, the day before the election, says: "Not the party the man fs the is sue. That man is Robert M. Sweit zer." Sweitzer was the Democratic candidate. Now then, the Illinois Staats Zettung is a partisan Republican paper. bitterly opposed to the Wilson admin istration, alleging that this administra tion is pro-allies; but it supported Mr. Sweitzer, because he is of German de scent and favored a liberal local policy, though he Is a Democrat. The candidate favored by the anti Wilson newspaper being defeated. It cannot at the same time be an anti- Wilson victory. The fact is that local Issues pre dominated and the defeat of Mayor Harrison at the primary election by Mr. Sweitzer, caused a defection on the part of a goodly portion of the Har rison wing of the Chicago Democracy. However, drowning parties grasp at any straw. HERMAN WISE. Opposes County Road Improvement Portland, April 8. To the Editor of The Journal I would like to have the good roads people explain to me how the taxpayers of Portland would have so much benefit from the paving of the country roads as to pay B0 per cent or more of the cost of paving the said roads, which are now in good condi tion without the paving. I should think we have all kinds of streets inside the city limits to improve and not spend our money out in the country. Take Sandy Road, for example. It is now in good condition from the city limits, at Eighty-second street, to Troutdale. The county Improved this road about two years ago and it is now one of the best roads leading out from Portland, in good condition for any kind of travel, and the Base Line road Is the same, I agree with Mr. Seton. X fall to see PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE "Heart failure" covers a lot of med ical ignorance, - "A thornless rose would not impress one very deeply. - , Every pleasure is a possible cause for a lot of pain. , 3 ' , f. Let the sleeping infant be placed upon tbe retired list. The rule of love is usually more ef fective than the rule of might.: i u Good fortune seldom travels around in an automobile looking for you. jr. It's easy to be an optimist so long as the bright side only Is visible. e i Philosophers and pretty women are apt to be enamored of their own re flections. When a man does have greatness thrust upon him he thinks he achieved it. Poverty would soon be unknown if men could only dispose. of their ex perience at cost. - Never Judge an actor's ability by the size of hia name on the program. He may be the "angel'' of the show. It is Impossible to please everybody. In fact, a man is doing fairly well If he manages to please his grocer and banker. It isn't safe to conclude that a man IS crooked because he is out of debt. He might have married a fortune. No matter what others say of you, any mother will always think that you are a good man 1f you will laugh at the cute things her baby does. WALL STREET'S VOTE OF CONFIDENCE From the Omaha World HeraM. With the last week in March ' the New York stock exchange became once more an open market. All restrictions on trading were removed by the abol ishment of the minimum prices on stocks which were put on to protect the'' resumptions in dealing last De cember. It would be impossible. t deal a harder blow to the calamity campaign than this. And it is a blow dealt from and by Wall street itself! Its full force is generally recognized by the press of the country even by that por tion of it which has indulged in Jere miads and welcomed the "Find another McKinley" movement. For example, the New York Sun says: "The abolition of the so-called min imum prices and the discharge of the special supervisory committee of the exchange is of worldwide significance. "As the New York stock exchange was the last of the world's great bourses to close its doors eight months ago, so it has been the first to re store an open. and free market for se curities. . . . Nothing could better ad vertise the country's economic strength than the open market for American securities which now exists. It is Wall street's vote of confidence In .condi tions and prospects and the entire business community cannot fail to in terpret it as an encouraging Invitation to a j-eturn to general confidence." Did you get that? i "Wall street's vote of confidence In conditions and prospects!" "An en couraging invitation to a return of general confidence!" And this admis sion from the New York Sun! A western newspaper of somewhat more liberal tendencies but, like the Sun, Republican, is equally frank and its tone Is Just as cheery. Reference is had to the Chicago Herald, which says:' "The fears during the early weeks of -the war that Europe would dump our securities on us in quantities far beyond our power to absorb thus cre ating panic and financial havoc on all sides now seems like a dream. The NECESSITY AND THE By John M. Oskison. A young man employed by the gov ernment announced the other day that be had worked out processes for get ting 200 per oent more gasoline out of oil and for making in this country certain Important constituents of coal tar dyes and of high explosives. Mother Necessity has been hard on the heels of our industrial chemists for some time; and, as usual, they have furnished the answer. Of Mr. Rlttman's discoveries. Financial Amer ica said the other day: "The free xise of the discovery as to gasoline, as promised by the fact that the patents on the processes are to bo dedicated to the whole American people, will do more to establish an equality of competition in the oil re fining Industry than many of the laws directed against monopoly, price fixing and restraint of trade. i "The process relating to the- pro duction of materials necessary for the dye industry will make the United States independent of the rest of the world in this highly important de partment. : The discovery-of this process, i and the supplementary one relating to the manufacture of high A FEW SMILES Stranger "I think if you would be willing to take me around the coun try and exhibit me that I would mad quite-, a hit. ' i - Manager of Chau tauqua Circle "I don't see -anything extraordinary about you." Stranger. - 'vX'm the only - English author now living who hasn't written an unintelligible article explaining the causes of the great war." v "Yes, at first I didn't want a dog In ths house, - but now I've really be come much, attached to him." ! "Is that so?" "Yes; all my friends who keep dogs say the same thing. And I sup pose people who have children real ly feel the ' same about them, too." where the taxpayers of Portland would have so much benefit from the paving as to pay for the cost of It. think taxes are too high now, and if we are to make the taxes; any higher, let us get better streets and more arc lights fhside the city. How would the fanners' of Multnomah ooanty like-to pay for our street Im provements Inside the city limits? In.' regard to employment, that the proposed Improvement would give, I suppose somes paving company would get the contract and then there would not be much show for the taxpayers to get Jobs.- All the taxpayers could do would be to stay at home and pay the taxes. , Me for no i paving of the county roads. ' HENBT GRATH. AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS . Antelooe la advertising n 1 county fair, to be held May 13. 14 and 15, which is to be "the largest and best m (ua msiory ox uie Antelope valley." Eugene Register; The little city of Veneta has . organized a commercial club. The Upper Willamette valley towns "are overlooking- nothing that will help thein,ln tne race of progress. county has ordered a road roller at $2760 and a rock crusher at $2245.60. ' An incidental use of the roller lrf to be ! io smuouiiiiK ot tne grounds auout the court house. "Some Oregonians may want to sell their farms, but it Is a glaring fact" says the Woodburn Independent, "that when they do fielL they remain and buy some other place. Oregon is good enough for them. The contented farm er keeps right on farming and is not a land speculator.' - Astorlan: The total amount of sales at the Astoria postoffice Including stamps, etc., for the year ending April 1, amounted to $38,000. This is 12000 short of the amount required to entitle Astoria to recosnitton as a first cantt Haostofflce. Postmaster Wise feels that the coming year s volume of business will be sufficient to meet the require ments for a first class office. . Good roads .spirit as manifested by the Stanfield Standard: "Should noth ing, come of the present effort to get the county court to construe the road from Pendleton to Umatilla via Stan field, Kcho and Hermiston, we may still build this road independently of the balance of the county. The west end of the county can be formed into a road district at the will of its cit izens and this district can be bonded for an amount sufficient to construct the road." complete closing of the stock exchange has already taken its place as a de tached historical fact, without pres ent significance. "And now even the later precaution of minimum trading prices adopted December 15 in order to prevent a rush to, unload these securities In the reopened stock exchange has gone to join the more drastic provision that preceded It.' It Is no longer necessary. The country has found its financial moorings and feels confident of its po sition, j "The removal of this minimum trad ing price Is, of course, a mere result of vast and beneficial causes. Behind It we see the substantial evidences of reviving business and prosperity; Our trade balance is growing to enormous proportions. America has become the world market and the nations are eager to buy Its, product. ; "Truly it is a far cry to August 1, 19141, .Americans, one and all, have reason to be thankful for It and to face the future with renewed courage and confidence." ' Confidence in Wall street la not a mere psychological condition, as rMr. Wilson would say, based on earnest hopes. It is a confidence based on as sured facts. Everywhere over the coun try Industry and commerce are getting up stearau- Even our friends the rail roads are wiping their weeping, eyes and greeting the world with a shivery April smile. The Chicago Tribune chronicled that on April l, in mat city, tne iiuiiuib Steel company opened six new open hearth rurnaces ana one aaamonai hio fiimQA ait. fin rv. vlvinsr errmlov- ment to 1000 more men; that the Joliet and South Chicago forces also were increased; that the Pullman company received a $1,600,000 order -for 478 all steel cars from New Tor; ana mat the various plant . -Of the Interna tional Harvester company had prac tically doubled their forces. Calamity?' Depression? Ague and fever and Chills and fits? Bosh and nonsense! The country if booming Just watch its smoke! AMERICAN INVENTOR explosives, are particularly a reason for thankfulness.' What this brilliant ..government chemist has dons is an example 01 results that He ahead of Industrial chemUts in this country. In a great many directions, the war in Europe stimulated the countries outside the fighting area. Our' country was hard est hit among the neutrals, for we used most European products and materials of manufacture. Mno thn fiar'rtunv esJl't eUDDlv US dyestuffs, our researchers must find a way to turn them out in this country. "Made in America" is the goal of our merchants. To et there means that our researchers must work overtime, for old Mother Necessity is urging con stantly. . t All this new Invention will mean a large redistribution of manufactur ing capital. Stocks heretofore big money earners will not be do good, and come new stocks will offer big possi bilities of profit. It has been largely due to Industrial discoveries thai Standard Oil stock has represented the apex of gilt edgedness. -' troan un eve on the ' American In dustrial worker in the future! The Ragtime Muse Trouble Coming. I've learned the threat is dear Jen- nette's ! She'll soon appear in pantalettes And wear a hoopskirt. I aver That then I'll not be seen with her. I stood for sheath and silhouette And hobble, to my keen regret, i But I am done; I will not be i .The victim of auch levity. I've had to lift her on the cars And shield her from all sudden Jars For fear that she would chance to tflp And thus tbe narrow garment rlpl j How could I" Steer hr through a mob With hoopskirt on? It makes me sob To picture her, as you Jiave guessed, -Within a crowded car compressed I , I'm adamant; I will not stir A single inch. It's up to her To say which one it's going to be. Hoopskirt and pantalettes or me! It she persists she'll have to go Where folks are few and life is slow. For she'd block traffic here In town And motor trucks would run her down! What Made Sampson Weak. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Teacher So Delilah cut Sam son's hair and all his strength went out of him. Now when did Samson's strength go out of Mm? You may answer, Willie. - . Willie I guess it wuz when b seen hisself in th' glass. . - . - ' On a 'KibLleless Day. ' From Judge. First -Fisherman (about 4 p. m.) Sayi .- . . Second Fisherman- Huh? " First Fls.erman Wouldn't, it make us nervous to xeel that the fish mar kets of the country were depending on usf , i THE CELILO CANAL AND ENVIRONS IN 2-PAGE DRAWING As the time approaches for the formal dedication of The palles-CelilQ canal, interest in the significance of the waterway is heightened. For a number of rears work on this project that will provide continuous naviga tion on the Columbia from its mouth to Kennewick. Pasco. Lewiston and bevond has oro- ceeded, until now the' work has arrived at a completed state. feady to serve the needs of com merce. In the Magazine of next Sun lay's Journal will be published -ii two-page drawing; - accompa nied by photographs, that well illustrates the purpose of this canal, the completion of which will be celebrated so joyously during the week of May 3-8. Oown the Columbia In connection with the plans or the Dalles-Celilo canal cele bration next month.- The Sun day Journal, in recent weeke, has published a series of illus trated articles setting forth the Charms of the Columbia and calling attention to the many places of legendary and histor ical interest that line its banks. The series -assumes the form of an imaginary jburnev down the river, such as will be taken y the fleet of river craft during he dedication week, . May 3-8, nd last bunday the arm-chair ravelers had been taken from The Dalles to the Cascades. Next Sunday the journey-will be rjesumed at the latter point and continued to Vancouver and the i cjnouth of the Willamette, which iteach of the river is rich in historic lore. pood Roads Gospel That all readers mv hernma fully aware of the significance i gooa roaas. what has been lone along this line in Multno nah county, and what it is nro- osed td do, another illustrated irticle will be published next iunday setting forth the exact leeds of the count. Th ioh lio-hwava that will h imnrni1 .in the event that the proposed xma issue is authorized at the Section Aoril 14 have been traversed for the, purpose of as- :ertaimng their - condition. A rank message is addressed to hose whose ways lie along the :ity s paved streets, and an ap- eai directed to them whose minions as to the merits nf the oads bond issue may have been brmed without full knowledge n the tacts. America and the War I Norman Angell. celebrated English writer and lecturer, has prepared for The Journal a ser ies of two articles having to do with the relation of the United States and the warring nations of Europe. ; The first article, setting forth the exact status of this country as regards the Eu ropean conflict, will be an im- jrtant feature next Sunday, In the Magazine (Eight pages of quality fea tires replete with illustrations.) PORTLAND'S CLAIM TO SUMMER FAME An illus trated page that relates in pic ture and story the many charms that invite the visitor to linger longer in the Rose City during tie mid-summer months. AFTER THE WAR An en gaging article that shows -how the depletion of the physically select in Europe is bound to re duce the stature and weight of the next generation and leave Americans the predominant peo ple in rnind and body. CLEMENCIA'S CRISIS This thrilling romance by Edith Ogden Harrison, which is being published in serial form, ap proaches a new crisis that will hold the attention of all who are following this story. J FACTS AND FANCIES-r-Two pages of miscellaneous matter that include bits of hu mor, popular science paragraphs .facts out of the ordinary, anec dotes about well-known . men, and selected cartoons. I FOR THE CHILDREN Charles A. Ogden. "the Car tdonagram Man," has prepared another series of pictures that has to do with that great day when the circus comes to town, while Georgene Faulkner, "The Story Lady." has written a pretty version. Of . the Greek story of Daphne for ' the boys ahd girls. FUNNY FOLK The comic section, excellent as ' ever, will show our friends of funland in new and amusing antics. - THE SUNDAY ' JOURNAL ffimnleti. In fmif mran tinna maeaxine and illuatrt4 supplement and comic section, 5 jcents the copy everywhere. "The Biggest S-Cents Worth in Type"