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BURLIV8 11EPLY.
HE, relations between Wash-
ington and Berlin ere not
made more amicable by the
German note.
5 It is likely, on tho contrary, tnat
in even , graver situation is pro-
jiucea. xne repiy praciicauy re
jects President Wilson's demand
Jhat submarine attacks eitlie be
Hopped or measures be taken Mo
safeguard the livea of Americans
iboard merchant vessels.
It is true that the way is-left
pen for the imperial government
So . ultimately proceed further in
conceding these, particular ue
jjnands.i but for -the present thepe is
jho bint of such a course, but rather
am attitude in which there is sug
gestion that no suchconcession is
So be expected. ' -
f. The note,- moreover, Is not of the
sarne kindly tone as that to which
"ft Is a" reply. It is disappointing in
stnany ways, and in nothing so .much
rs that its terms are such as" to
jmake inevitable a sharp and de
risive rejoinder from Washington.
OUIl CONTRIBUTION.
IMMEDIATELY after Italy de
clared war the American Red
Cross offered its assistance in
- - caring for the wounded: Per
nission to send "doctors, nurses and
hospital supplies was asked.
K. Harvard university is. preparing
Jo send another group of surgeons
to Europe. Boston will send 75
ralned' nurses. This, particular
group, is needed for a British mili
tary hospital, which, it is said, will
ibe one jof the largest base hospitals
n Europe, : A
I The Harvard medical school now
ias one group of graduates "serving
Bs a unit in the American ambu-
?ance corps near Paris. That group
ncludes physicians,' surgeons, den
tists and nurses, and they are
jshowing .4 degree of efficiency. that
)s sUTrising the Europeans, bart
Inouth :coifege 'is enrolling volun
teers for another delegation from
American university circles. Nurses
ihave gone from many American
pities.
5 Americans have dipped into their
pockets to prevent starvation in
war-swept Europe. The Belgians,
Serbians and some of the French
have been aided . by people of the
United States. Germahyv has ap
pealed in behalf of Poland. And
the end is not yet, with no telling
jtfhen it will cbme.
j Doctors and nurses, food and
Clothing, are America's voluntary
Contribution to the European trag
edy:' When the warring govern
Xnents call for some. -.of.-our resi-
rlents who haven t - pledged alle
giance to tho Stars and Stripes, we
have to let them go. However,
hey .are no part of the nation's
willing sacrifice.
i ' But our doctors and bursts are
sent willingly-. They do not go for
ihe cause of any government, but
Jn the higher cause of humanity.
Tbey and what xwe give' for relief
work are the nation'svoluntary
contribution to this war.
KNOW YOUR OWN TOWN
M'
1YOR THOMPSON of Chicago
says civic enthusiasm is nec
essary to -a city's develop
ment. He says every resi
dent should be a . publicity agent,
loaded with Information and ready
at all times "to distribute it. In
addressing some newspaper men
the other. day he advised:
, Talis about Chicago, boys. You have
the beet theme In the world for news
stories. Even Chicago herself needs
to be educated concerning her vast
possibilities! ; Wis never advertise the
good things lot JLhis. old town, :and we
ought to. Ut's a time to get our
backs upanft brag about the beauties
Of Chicago.. We should" let the world
know about our great playgrounds
for the children, our parks, building,
ivnd our pubUc schools.
- Chicago's "mayor Is right. Every
resident of a city should be a pub
licity agent. Every resident should
know the -city's good" points. Its
places of interest, how . to reach
them and what the stranger can ex
pect to see. The residents of a
city, should be enthusiastic, over
the town they Jive In. If they are
not; enthusiastic, what -can be 'ex
pected of .visitors, who judge a
town by what they see, and the atti
tude' of -Its people? toward their
own possessions -and possibilities.
Portland will have thousands; of
visitors this summer. Many of
them will bo! representative" people
in . their own 'communities. Some'
of them may be Roking for Invest
ments. All-of them will have po
tential value '; asC Portland ' boosters,
and that value will r depend largely
upon Impressions ' received from
Portland people. "v '-
Portland's "place In the sun"
dates from the Lewis and Clark ; supply. It was a handsomely fur- and bullets. As a result, thai Ven
exposition. People from the east ! nlsbediflat, occupied by a man who J ezuelans . have turned their atten-
went hack home with the informa
tion that Portland was destined to
be the Pacific northwest's most Im
portant city.. - 1 1 . was because vis-
iprs' becarae infected with, theen-i
thusiasm of Portland people for
their own , city, .. EJvery resident
was a publicity .ageaf Each, vis
itor, found it asy to learn about
Portland,, for Portland ..people-wer
loaded with information and were
anxious to impart it. ... ,
What is needed nbw is moreftif
that, civic spirit. It Is an obliga
tidn resting upon each individual.
Portland people should know Port
land end its environs.V They should
be ready, at all times to lnform
the stranger, to suggest points of
Interest, to tell what Portland -has
and what it intends to get: ' i
It's a time to get our backs tip
and brag about oar own city.' Port
land,, people should remember that s
the average visitor is not i patient
pi f grim -willipg to spend valuable
time learning the way about. Be
ready to direct him. A five-minute
street-corner conversation may de
cide whether Portland will have an
influential friend or an indifferent
guest. i - '
TURKEY: IB WARNED.
JOINT official statement Is
sued by Great Britain, France
, ana Russia warns the Sultan
of Turkey that he and all
members of his government will be
held personally responsible for mas
sacres ia Armenia.
By tho middle of February re
ports of the slaughter of Christian
Armenians began to coma to Amer
ica. On April 24, according to re
port.' all the inhabitants of ten vile
lages near Van, in Armenia, Asiatic
Turkey, were massacred. Soon i
after ttiis the Tstate department at
Washington received a request for
intercession and relief. The days
of 1895-6, when to be an Armenian
Christian "was to be in constant
danger, wore recalled.
This warning io Turkey Taay stop
ine massacres, dui il is one oi ma
irnnfM f!(m, ThPRB ms-!
, line standards sex up oy women. . .. . , .
sacres have been going on for a cen-lT,fe Woula b6 a QiScourajEin: flsrht P other two have
tury,, practically under the protec- i 1? tor tVrntSl nhon d,fectIy ot- directly out of
tion Of the very powers which are ! womin courage shown , the Europaa wtr. Thd mu prob.
threatening the sultan tnd hi-. as-1 Thv ' MB ...a lem involves our relations, with all
sociates : j The time was when woman of the Latin-American countries. The
Chrisiian nation, of Europe here- fufLmf IfHt ' InlfhSJ!!' JapaneSe. nd Chlne.e que.Uon m
tofore have sriven their tacit per- !" 6 0 e That 18 8tlU P ' ' volves our whole relation with the far
mlSon r r haVS fedVanced' &Qd We ia8t and the soialed "open j door"
tians because of their rision. It tT oL L7Vrl Pncy OTlgib veloped and Sup-
ha been the crime of KuroDean .Ut lde tbe home to do: hy are ported by the United States. The Ger
cZmJ n I SlTr St l IL?? ! Q-tion apparently involves a
lealous nowprs were unable to aer -a ; betterv What 19 more,-. .the. women far-reaching construction ofr -imerna-
o fXnlll " a "! tmVomentoe laW' r i-Wuncff
-ri,. are st,n women.. Portlands guests to nevtral nation In anv war. nt th
neia on oecause it nas uwn encour
aged to defy any single power that
sought to enfjpre a rem&dy.
Gladstone exhausted the vocab-
u isxvj ui wuuuuauuui uul il was
ineffective,: . The Turkshave made
repeated promises, only to break
them. They may promise now, but
it is a practical certainty that
whichever side wins in this war,
civilization cannot be served: unless ;
the Turk is curbed; He has-been !
the shame of Christian Europe.
RUTHENIA
OUND lip in'' the Outcome of
the European war ia the f-i-
II ture Of the Ukraine, the land
of the Ruthenians.
The Ukraine, also - known as
Ruthenia, is In the southern part
of Russia and Is the granary of
that empire.!. Odessa, is theprinci-
pal city of the Ukraiffe A What
may be termed the Ukranic na- , every v 24 hours. If Portland re
tional movement has two centers, j-ceived pay for all at 12 cents per
one in Vienna and the other in
Philadelphia. There are one mil
lion Ruthenians in this country
whose aspiration,-, for an Independ
ent Ruthenia arexembodied in their
resident bishop whose sole churchly
superior is the pope In Rome.
In Europe the Ruthenians num
ber forty millions. They are as
distinct a nationality as the Poles,
Russians .or Bulgarians. Ruthenian
historians assert that in former
days there was a Ruthenian state
which the Mongolian , conqueror,
Jenghiz Khan destroyed. The land
fell first into the hands of the Li
thuanians and then tama under
Polishuthority. Later the Tartars
took possession of it for 500 years.
A new Ukraine arose in 16 48 only
to be annexed to Russia a short
time later, By the end of the
eighteenth century the last vestige
of Ruthenian independence had dis
appeared and all that remained for
the Ruthenians were , folk songs
and crude literature.
Bismarck realized the import
ance of Ruthenia as a buffer state
against the encroachment of itus
sia. " .: .
VIctopy for the Teuton allies
means a complete metamorphosis
of the Ukraine although it is
hardly probable that it will result
in national independence. ' r
AMAZING REVELATIONS.
r ...
ENFORCEMENT of the federal
law regulating the sale of
habit-forming drugs has been
attended with amazing dis
closures. A case in New York
shows thej extent to' which some
drug peddlers win go. - .
, Parents, of a group of school
girls noticed that their daughters
frequently showed evidence of -being
under; tho-'Influence of nar
cotics. Att investigation was start
ed, and. It was found .that the girls
had bought a new kind of mechan-4writ
ical top. i The upper portion of
these tops had been hollowed out
and made I Into containers for . co
caine, Itfras the peddlers', method
of selling the. drug, .with the object
of making new"dopo victims.
-The peddlers were- followed to
the place where they secured their
was recognized as having .a long
criminal : record, his crimes Includ
ing -murder. " Great Quantities of
drugs were found. One trunk con?
tained 80,000 : morphine tablets,
and other trunks heroin ", and co
caine, i: Tils .man admitted having
disposed of $200,000. -worth of
drugs within; a few,, weeks.
- ?It is difficult to believe that any
human, beln would be so greedy
for money as to sell drugs to school
girls." But the evidence was found,
and it was conclusive. This and
somewhat similar cases in : other
cities show the "task which govern
ment officials have before ? them.
They . are. contending -against, not i
the .oriinary criminal, but men and.ftn next two years. The tactical
women so debased -that they wbuld--ad vantages of :- this - battle are on
ruin countless Uvea for money. ' j the side of good government.: The
It is the duty of everybody to
assist the officials in enforcing the
law. Any person who reports to
1 the government facts i which may
lead to the arrest and conviction--of
. an unla -f til vendor of? habit form-
ing -drugs is -doing humanity a
great service.
OUR WOMEN VISITORS
P
ORTLAND is honored by its
women visitors. :; The city's
guests, are " the representa-
tives of a large and influen
tial army of the world's workers
who ate striving to better condi
tions for all, to hasten the time
when opportunity-will be open to
911. . .i ;:: f
The General Federation Of Worn-
fen's Clubs is not a one-idea organi
zation. It embraces . 49 separate
federations with a membership es
timated a 2,000, 0d0. ; It includes
9000 clubs, and these clubs are or
ganized for the promotion "of prac-
tlcally every activity that has for
its object better people, a stronger
government, higher ideals, broader
sympathies. ' )
Portland ia honored by : its vis-
itors because they are women, but
still more- because they are the
women they are. The world would
i i . i
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STOP THE WASTE
t
N Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ' where
the water Is metered to every
consumer, the ratet is 4 Yz cents
per 100 cubic feet, or less than
6 cents per 1000 gallons.
In Portland, wnere there - are
oniv a few meter!.tha ftverftepTata
1s approximately 12 cents-per 1000
gallons - ;T
f The 'roason for this great differ-
! ence in cost is plain. Milwaukee
gets pay for all water delivered;
Portland allows great jvoliimes to.
BO i waste,
The rate should be higher in Mil
waukee than in Portland for the
reason that the Milwaukee Supply
has to be pumped. Portland's sys
tem is all gravity.
, The flow through pipe line No.
1 at Portland is 22,000,000 gallons
gallon the revenue would be. $2 640
per day pT $963,600 per-year. On
the contrary the present annual j
revenue from water delivered
through ' two . pipe lines Is only
$850,000, " - . .
It is doubtful if there has been
worse mismanagement "anywhere
than in the Portland water'sstem.
Little effort has been made to con
trol delivery.
. The shortage from leaks and
the waste at the delivery end has
not been stopped. Instead there
has been a clamor for more pipe
lines and more costly distributing
mains. ' -
, Experts in the department vhave
asked for meters to control the de
livery, bUt the politicians and in
terests have opposed. j'
The more the waste ; the greater
the clamor for more pipe lines.
This is why Portland pays twice
as much as Milwaukee for water.
It is idle to, expect a reduction
in water cost in Portland uhless
business principles are applied to
the water department."
The United States geological sur.owg tho deal to ps out of the
vey has issued a publication qon-
cerning the surface water resources
of, the Columbia basin.. It is stated
that this area of 259,000 square
miles, contains some of the most
fertile yalleys in the world and has
at least one-third of the available
water powers; in the United States.
The navigable waters of the Colum
bia and its . tributaries aggregate
2136 miles. " There is much other
information in the book that makes
it valuable to anybody Iwishing to i
know the facts. It can bo had freeV
on application ,to the "director of
the geological survey,' Washington,
D. C. "".f,;.-"'.
: E-
Reports of winds, floods and
frost in the ? eastern states " are
confirmation stronger I than holy
that Oregon is an Ideal state
in which to live
Our ; minister to Venezuela re
ports that the 'European' demand
for ammunition hs made i prices
prohibitive, and implies I that an
other Venezuelan revolution has
been postponed for lack of powder
ftion to developing trade with us.
Thus even this1 great war has - Its
compensations,
' Should opponents of meters con
vince Portland taxpayers that the
city's , water ought not to be sold
by measure, they might scarry! their
campaign' to the 'electric Ught and
t gas companies. If the city should
j have C no protection against the
water wasters, why, should public
; service companies 1 have protection
! against electricity and gas wasters?
Portland voters will have an
opportunity next Monday to make
hostile political craft Intern ' for
( only question is: Mow straight.will
the voters shoot?
, Italy will noif permit war corres
pondents to accompany her army.
This amounts to a denial of the
report ..that Italy has an army of
grand opera singers. !,
It is a somewhat " curious fact
that however much it rains the
precipitation Is under the normal,
according to the weather bureau
man.
The war is costing Great Britain
$150 a secondhand time Is making
more rapid progress than. any of
the armies. ; ' I
THE UNITED STATES
AS A WORLD POWER
From the Detroit News) J;
THE Wilson administration; con
fronts threS of -the most import
ant pnisodea that have nrpflpntpd
themselves to 6ur government Within
half a century. ' They emphasise the
tremendous trrowth of the 1 United
States as a world power and j point
tQ ' the necessity of a definite and
.logical,' but atili American foreign
policy,
Thft flr6t of these pVobiems!
cams
over .to the administration from it.
future.
" These three problems running along
concurrently and developing slowly
and Irregularly in the news of the
day-do not attract the attention that
they might If, -like a lawsuit, they
should be Closed suddenly with a ver
dict, but they have this in common
with' a lawsuit that some timei. there
must be a verdict. If that verdict
"should be In favor with the conten
tions of the American government,
the Wilson administration will have
won ? three of the greatest Interna
tional victories that have everl com
to America. The chances favor sub
stantial victories in each one nd if
realised they wm mark the Wilson
administration a one of the strongest
the country has ever had.
. i:
The .. Mexlpan problem, which has
hung on for nearly three - years of
watchful . waiting, seems likely to
come to a head very soon. Appar
ently the fires of war in that dis
tracted country are burning ! them
selves out. The best gueas today IS
that Carranza in a very short time
wm have attalned 8Uch R " military
preponderance that the United States
will be Justified in recognizing; him as
the leader of Mexico, The recent suc
cesses of bis -generals have all but
eliminated Villa as a factor In the
future of his country.
The Japanese and Chinese problem
Is still involved, in obscurity. V The
Japanese carried on their ; negotia
tions with China under seal j of se
crecy, which they have succeeded in
spreading over the whole world. Our
state department apparently contented
itself with looking on and gathering
Information. We seem never ;to have
made "'"-representations to either coun
try but to have satisfied ourselves
through our. own information that
our treaty rights with China ' were
not to be sacrificed. A deal between
.China and Japan Seems to have been
made, 'and Japan still maintains "that
neither the integrity of China
open . door has been 4 assailed
nor the
by her
demands. sThe United States will
need to be assured of this before she
realm 01 neoate. it is a mistake to
suppose mat tne uau ana lapan ar
rangement has gone through merely
because Japan - and China have agreed
to it. The United States and Great
Britain have still the duty of exam
ining t and determining for t them
selves whether their , treaty rights are
materially Involved. If they J are not,
Japan probably will be allowed to
have her . way, but if they are, and' if
United States falls to take a
strong position, there will be a pro-
test from this country.
; The third, and perhapa the most
important, of the problems suddenly
sprmg , on our;, state department . la
that Involved ; In the 'submarine at
tack, upon our commerce. It is f eM
more and more in this country that
in approaching ' Germany a? we have
we are fighting the - battle of- all the
neutrals ; of Europe ! and of South
America; " We are standing for inter
national law as it is, not as ; the mad
belligerents of Europe Imagine It is.
Or would like to make It. Both Eng
land and Germany have departed from
the letter and spirit of those rules of
war heretofore established fdr the ex
press purpose df modifying the effect
of : ho'stllities upon the trade of neu
trat countries. -England Is trying - to
starve Germany. ' Germany Is' trying
to- terrorise Great, Britain. Both ef
forts are outside thspale of interna
tional law, and It seems to be the
duty of the vnited States, to enforce
.those principles. In doins mo, she
Win have th5 sympathy and good "trill
of Holland, Denmark, Norway, Swe
den, Greece and Spain, which have
been losers both In ships and trade.
If the United States can bring about
limitation of the ' submarine cam
paign and the modification of the
starvation campaign, she Will have
put herself - in a new relation to the
smaller, more peaceful, industrial na
tions of Europe, which will actually
have" been obliged to look away, from
Europe beyond the seas for a decent,
moral leadership. This, if it comes
about, will he a great triumph for theJ
diplomacy., of this country.
' The Mexican problem, if finally set
tled upon -a basis which will give the
people of Mexico rights , in their gov
ernment which they have never had
before, and result in the setting Up of
an administration devoted to the edu
cational Snd Industrial development of
the country, will give the United
States the leadership of the Latin
American countries.- it will -show that
we, have not been after their land, and
that we desire nothing so much as to
see' them prosperous and progressive.
If we succeed in holding down the
over-energfetle ambitions of Japan un
til uch time as the European powers,
released from war, can look ' after
their own rights in the Orient, we
shall have earned, even if we do not
receive, the gratlfude of the great
powers of Europe.
These seem like large visions, but
there is a man at the head' of the
administration; who haa taken a sur
vey of them all, and with the' united
and hearty support of the American
people, he will be able to bring start
ling results out of all of these now
apparently confused and hopeless
tangles.
A FEW SMILES
1 "Now you, as superintendent ef a
school, object to this sa-loon and
dance hall?- ,
' "I do." .'
"And why do you
Object?"
"On account of
the establishment's
proximity."
"Well, If they
agree to cut that
out every night at
11 o'clock, will
that , satisfy you?"
"Boots by Smith, costumes by Roh
Inson, wigS by
.Jones, soenery by
"Dingbat," muttered
the man in the end
seat.
"What are you
driving At?" asked
his neighbor.
"I'm trying to
discover- who wrote
the play."
A Boston physician tellS of a Dr.
Refed who, in his time, was; one of the
prominent medicos of the Hub. his
large practice in
cluded many pa
tient, outside the
cSty limits, and
these he visited in
his buggy.
One day Dr.
Reed bought a new
horse, with which
he was much pleas
ed until he discov
ered that the animal ' had an Insur
mountable objection to bridges of all
kinds, and ; could not be made to
cross one.- ' :
Inasmuch as at that period It was
necessary to cross certain bridges in
order to reach any one of the sur
rounding towns, the doctor decided to
sell the horse. He did not think it
necessary to mention the animal's pe
culiarity, out was mucn too honest to
misrepresent ' him, and, after some
thought, produced the f ollowlng Tid
vertisement, which he inserted in a
local paper:
"For sale X biy horse, warranted
sound and kind. The only reason for
Selling is because the owner is obliged
to leave Boston."
Letters From the People
(Communication aent to Tbe Journal for
publication la Uila department abouid be writ,
ten on oolf one aide of tbe paper, ahoeld nut
exceed 300 word in length end moat be ac
companied r tbe name end addreaa of the
tender. If the writer docs not desire to bare
tbe same pttbUabed, be ahvald w state.)
"Dlacuaaloa la tha rreeteat aU reformers;
It ratiooalizea eTerytblnf it touches. It rob
principle of U false tanctlty and threw them
buck on their reasonablenes. If the have no
reasonableness, it ruthlessly cruahea then oat
et existence and sets up Its own eoncluaion
la their stead." Woodroer WUsou. V.
Rednctio ad Absurdum.
Portland, May 28 To tha Editor of
The Journal There is far more space
being given the question to meter or
not to meter by the daily and the non
Daly press than was" given to the mat
ter of the Jl, 250, 000 road bonds, al
though the former involves but ths
purchase of 6000 $4.70 meters. Editors
have applied their great Intellects to
the Subject, reporters have reported
and correspondents have corresponded,
With -an amazing result, a. bur clip
ping book shows. Some of the point,
raised are worthy of carerul consid
eration. Others are comical, as for
instance, "Mrs. t. -C." become, hyster
ical at the' thought of "bearing the
click of the meters when we. bathe our
children." And for her benefit you
are in duty bound as a public spirited
editor to assure her that Commissioner
Daly will provide for her very nicely
by' ordering, meters 'without.; the
plick." They cost a little more this
way, as It costs a little to pack the
"click" with rubber, but the water bu
reau will be able to absolutely guar
antee that Mrs. I. C. will go more hear
her . water meter "click" than v she
now hears -the gas -or electric meter,
No person having.' ever .seen the "in
sides" of a- meter would ever so im
pugn th. little noiseless worker.
She says, "the use of water for bath
ing her children, laundry work ' and
watering her lawn would be curtailed
by hearing this click." For her fam
ily of four children, herself and has.
band, two, full baths each week, eight
barrels per month; 'for washing dishea,
scrubbing, etc., eight barrel, per
month; for laundry work, four barrels
per month; for a big swig one-half
hoar before" each meal and at bed
time, pne barrel per month; six btvr
reltwiee each week for the lawn for
six month, of the , year; one barrel!
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
Worry knocks more men out than
overwork. .-
e '."
"Cheer up. girls! Leap year. is only
eight months away.
' Between two evils some men al
ways pick the wrong one.
f Always try to favor your friends,
ou can use a few more. ,
Tim softens all things except'a
railway rettaurant sandwich.
The shorter a young man is . on
brains the longer he is on collars.
A married man has troubles of his'
Own and a lot that he doesn't own.
i ....... , a .
5 it's the chan who minds his q's and
p that sleeps or flowery beds of e's.
What has become of the old fash
ioned woAtn who took enuf r tor weak
eyes?,.', - .
e -
Some times a man refrains from Sfty
ingthe wrong thing by keeping his
face closed. -
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If some people would take the
trouble to conceal what they think
they would be more popular. -
It'a usually too late for congratula
tions when the happy couple have been
married more than a week. - . ,
I . ..
After a woman gets on the shady
side of -thirty her birthdays run to
gether like moving pictures.
, -
The man who chews fine cut tobacco
considers himself higher up In the so
cial scale than- the man who chews
Plug .
e e
It is necessary to watch some of
your friends every minute or they
will let you in on a get-rich-quick
scheme.
..
The nnrtraJf of mtnv a iHciinmiU.j
man fhpw. up in the newspapers
lFlth; full details of what cured him
of his otherwise fatal ailments.
SOME THRIFT MAXIMS REVIEWED
By John M. Oskison.
"Reckless Richard'' (no relative of
the late . "Poor Richard") has chal
lenged some time tried thrift maxima
In a letter to m he wrote:
... "I - gave this one, 'A rolling ltOnn
gathers no moss,' to a cousin. He came
back with 'A setting hen never grows
fat.' lie is a rolling stone and I'm a
setting hen. From what I know, of the
history of B. Franklin I should say
he was a rolling stone he Worked in
Boston And Philadelphia, went two
or three time. -to England, lived in
France and dabbled in about every
thing that came along. -I
But there , no conflict here. The .et-
tlng hen does not get fat. But look at
the wealth she creates by keeping on
the job for a time and attending to it
with conscience!
Again, B-Frahklin was far from be
ing, in a financial sense, a rolling
stone. He was' scarcely more than a
boy When he quitted Boston for Phila
delphia,, and his property Interests
remained concentrated. , i
"Again," wrote my correspondent,
each day for. the garden six months;
one barrel each week for cleaning the
teeth and shaving; six barrels each
month for f medicinal purposes; five
barrels each month the year round to
squirt iugund for the: benefit of. Mrs.
I. Cs "eastern friends" to slosh artOuh4
in a total- of 75 - barrels per month,
and ail by the "click" Of the meter fot
60 cents. 1 '"'..- - . -
. Not many stop to think how much
water 10 cents will buy by the meter.
It is really surprising the difference
between what we think we use and
what We actually use. Ten cents buys
the 15 barrels required to spray on the
lawn. "
But a building contractor takes a
Job, signs a- contract, secures a bond,
lives here, owns property, is reliable
every way. He cannot have a meter
if he wants one and is willing to buy
it, pay for It in advance, grve it back
to the city or '.to the owner and de
posit- a sum Sufficient to cover the
cost of the meter and the water, fot
section 28 says that building construe
tion .hall not be supplied from a
meter service when .other' water is
available. He is charged a flat rate
that, compared - with the meter rate.
is far too high. He pays 10 cents for
each 1000 brick, which would buy
by meter 780 gallons. He can use
but 50 gallons. And he may not start
the work until he pays In advance. Ha
can't even get a permit to- begin. One
man paid $200 for water for a Job
which would have paid- at meterrate
for 1,600,000 gallons, or SO,D0O-arrels,
or 4000 carloads of 75 barrel, each
200 trains of 20 cars each and -would
require. 90.8-hour flays to discharge
through a half ? inch pipe unaer 4U
Dound. pressure. A meter would have
read something like 300,000 gallons
for that , particular Job, nurely nq
more,' which would have cost the con-j
tractor $40, with no quantity reduc4
tion. Twenty, thousand six hundreq
dollars was paid into the city last yea
for construct! 6n work, including street
work and sidewalk.. ..
It does not require a vote to Chang
this matter. A simple amendment td
. I . no - . V. . ....... r.An 1 en 4,'
The building eontractpr wants a
mtr null can't tret it. Mr 3. I. a
doesn't want a meter, and already
hears the "click" of its coming. The
contractor ought not to pay for f urf
nishing free water for Mrs. I. C, or
anyone , else to slosh around : for th
benefit of eastern friends, for some-
Pne mst pay for the -waste. -
. - n lmnnanw
Secretary Builders Exchange.
For the Ending of All War.
Portland, May 28. To the Editor of
The Journal A. the European war IS
on, and at last Italy has entered for
land aggrandizement, sufficient proof
1. this --that . greed is at the seat of
the whole, affair. And, as things are
somewhat gloomy looking for Uncle
INDEX OF ADVANCING
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
From the Iron - Trade RevIewT
The actual placing of. order,
for 14.900 car. by the Pennsyl
vania line, has furnished positive
evidence - that recent announce
ments concerning the buying pro
gram of these lines .. are well
founded In spite of rumor, that f
the order, were to be-indefinlte-
t lv postponed. . .The Pennsylvania
1 has also placedorder. for 75 lo-
2 comotivee and : 1000 v. automobile
cars are pending. 'Russian car
order, to the number of at least
1000 are .till pending; .
The steel bar situation J. very
strong. ?.- This la : due - in part to
the heavy order, for bar. for f
shrapnel recently, placed, but the
demand for purely domestic pur--,,
poses is very fair and price, are
being well maintained.' -
t
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
, The Lents Herald asks: "Why not
.elect the Hose Queen by the popular
vote of the people at the same time
yx ciiy eieciionr- .
- - '- --," - - - . ;
..Bewailing - his usual luck, Colonel
Wood of the Westou - leader says:
"Thousands of hot apple pies were
fllstributed Spokane day at tha Pan-
ama-raoiiio exposition and US 600
mues away
. ..
r Another rural union high school
will be formed in Lane county, if the
voters, or ine six aiatricle around Uo-
rena. fln the southern part of the
opuntyN so decide at the annual school
election, June ar. -
The.neonlA ttt ih iirti. a.xtini in
Polk county, are becoming enthused
over the better highways, and at a re
cent session of the Alrlie Commercial
club a committee was appointed to
arrahne for a good road day once
eacn ween ror a period of four eucces
ei ve weeks.
i Monroe Leader:': Jim Farris, while
maxing garaen on his lot down by
ine river, ine otner day. dur UD
SpaniMh .silver coin dated 1738. It
is a little larger than one of our 25
cent pieces, and in a fine state of
preparation, thouRh It apparently
nail uecn Dunea many years.
-'".'i.e., e , s
Eugene Register: The water board
will at once order the iron lisrht post,
to fill in the kps on Willamette
street, in the business spetlnn. su&o
Tor the new construction on the same
street between Kleventh and Thir
teenth avenues. - H la intended, to ln-
wii iuuo usuis as rtouii mM possioia.
Tillamook as , a convention city Is
thus lauded by the Herald: 'The man
lier in Tthich our people handled tbe
uregun anaie grange uemonstraies uo
yond a doubt that we are able to hold
our own when it comes to taking care
of convention crowds. The experi
ence or the Dast three years has Riven
our people a good training along this
rectal line or endeavor. the con
vention crowds alwavs-no awav with
the same story, viz: 'Tillamook has
entertained us the best.
i"you are strong for, saving. I am, too
for myself, but not for everyone.
often ask people: Which la better for
the country, the saver or the spender?
Suppose , we all save. I am so fixed
that I-don't have to buy clothe, for at
least two years. I don't drink or use
alcohol. I don't need to ride in a train
or a boat. -
"Jfow, suppose the rest Of the peo
ple followed me in saving. How about
the tailors, hatters, cigar dealers, rail
roads,' steamboat., etc?"
The trouble hereis that "Reckless
Richard" is -confusing saving and
hoard in sr. One doe. not save money
in order to hide it away, He put. it
in a bank that lends it to some one for
constructive work.
i Suppose, however, that caver. geh
erally 'Cut out boose ana tobacco. Die
tlllerte, breweries and saloons and
the tobacco industry might be de
stroyed, but all those now so engaged
would soon be employed in other line.
of Industry.
; At bottom the old thrift maxims are
mighty sound; they rest on the tried
principles of. economics.
Sam if Germany keeps -on torpedoing
our merchantmen, and as it ha. been
said that a better civilization will come
rafter the agony and starvation i. over,
then let u. pause and reflect upon
what Jesuasaid in John 18:36. .lie
told the Jews in this verse that his
kingdom was not of this world. Then
he plainly said that If It were, hi.
servants would fight for aim. So let
the rulers who are having their ser
vants fight for them, the carnal war
fare, know that they are not building
up Christ , kingdom but tearing it
down. In the same veree Jesus said,
' ' i t tinw fa frit b- f n rrAc r-n Tint f yt m
hence," meaning his literal earthly
V ..v.. .a .... . ... g uw... .v. . . .
kingdom had begun, not by war, .but
by love, stronger than Krupp guns,
submarines, cruisers, Zeppelins or any
thing which is always used by the
devil in destroying human life and
wrecking God's footstool. So lef us
cease war of all kind, and "begin In
a truly civilized way to bring about
the brotherhood of man internation
ally, binding human heart, with cords
of divine loves .o thatvar .hall never
come, but that every, difficulty may
be settled by resort ;tO all peaceful
means and tnat poverty may cease
to exist; for Christ did not say the
poor ye ought to have with you, al
ways. , BENJAMIN ADAMS.
REMEMBRANCE
By Jessie Hammond.
Bring the fair andU stately Illy.
Bring the rose with perfume rare.
lftv them with a Deneaictian
On our soldiers sleeping" there.
Waiting for their raptain. summon,
For the final bugle call
Which shall echo o'er earth's ram
parts
And bring endless peace to all.
. . -.. .
Flowers and tear, and prayer, we
. orrer
'For our noble soldier dead,
But remember those , still with us,
Slow and feeble is their tread, i
Every year their ranks grow smaller.
uive mem nonor wniie we may,
Wait not till they've "answered roil
call" ' ;
Make ea:h day Memorial day.
Memorial Day.
. - By It. O. F.
, .
A nation's-tender heart hast set aside
One day. when all its living'son. shall
stand i .
Beside the graves of those who loved
tbe land i
That bore them, and for her protection
-died. . - -
A mighty .nation stoop, in the humble
pride, -. '
With brimming eyes, to lay with rev
i rent hand -Fair
flower, o'er the ashes of the
! . band '
That loved her more than all thing.
- elsa beside.
A greater love.i the Master salth. hath
none, i
Than he who gives hi. life for love;
ml their;
Their live have rendered up; and so
we weep .
But not alone for sorrow; and of One
Who hath received the Sacrifice, we
For trfoee'we love. His own beloved
sleep. : ,
Portland, May 26.
The Dead Comrade.
By'JKlchard Watson . glider..
Come, soldiers, rouse ye!
Anotner nas gone;
Let us bury our comrade.
His battles are done.
Hie sun is set; ..
He was true. n wa-trave
He ' feared naught the 'grave.
There IS naught to regret.
Bring mu.to and banners ; rr
And wreaths-for hla bier, ..
No fault Of the fighter
That death conquered here.
Bring him borne ne'er to rove. '
Hear him nome to ni. rest.
And over hlM breast
Fold the flag of his love.
Great Captain of Battles.
We leave him with thee!
What was wrong. O forgive It;
, mi. spirit mane rree.
Sound taps and-away!
Out light without dread
Farewell, soldier dead!
Farewell for a day- .
tr t, n
2 -M'ountr r
"IX AKtY UArS"
Sy Frad fofcia. Spacial 8U.' Writer
TTa Jaurnai.
Susanah J. Peterson has lived In or
- . v ia cntal, a ini
her recently at her heme in Lebanon.
While the rain fell Steadily outside we
at In front of the stuiie fireplace and
talked, of j Oregon's yeAteldays. As I
watched the steady blaze of the oak
backlog and lltened-to the gentle rat
ter of the rain oh tha roof-I could 'al
most ' fancy that the years had rolled
backward and I was living in the by.
gone day. of which Mrs. Peteiaon was
telling me.
"I will be P0 en my next, birthday,"
said Mrs. Peterson. "My name before
I was married wa Susanah Johnson.
Now-a-days they- nay Susanah i.l an
old-fashioned, name but I like It. I
was named- after niy mother and 90
Jear3 ago-when my name was picked
out lor ine they thouaht It was a pretty
and etyliKh name. Ktylea in namis anil
styles In people chantre. In the days
When they called ftlrls Huanaii or
Mary Jane or Hannalrthe girl Btayed
at horn, and worktd and helped their
folks, Now-a-day. when - they call
them Marie or Oladya or Imogene the
mothers stay at home and do the work
while their daughters are at tha
moviea or on the street corners chew
luff gum and waiting to keep a date
with nome wort!ilesw-ifcar;tt-Bmok-lng
dude. I like W? old-fashioned
names and the old-fashioned Rirl
beet the kind that mauled to make a
home and raise a family.
"I war born on 'the loth of" Novem
ber, 182, m 'old Kalmuck.' lr 70
years I have been ht-re in OreKon and
never a year nor a month nor a day
haa gone by that I haven't wanted to
go back to my girlhood home. Sem
like I cbuld dl happy if I could Jut
ee the "green . hills of old Kentucky
once more. But-1 guess most folks
want what they JcBn't have and I don't
nuppoBe I will ever e.ee niy old home,
fcfcems like when I think of my girl
hood days down there the sunahlne
wa brighter and the grans was
greener than it la in these days. For
years 1 used to think 'I'll mhore So bade
to Old Kintueky when my whip conies
li but I have beeiv etralnlng my eyn
watching for my 8hlp to c-oine in for
ritgh onto 60 years and I reckon' niy
ship has done foundered and It's too
late to. raise her. patch her up, ball liert
out and get her to Kulng BRaln. Maybe
au there was a mixup somewhere and
my ship ain't .never started yet.
"When I was a grown girl, along
about 17, I met' and married Aa
Peterson when. I was nearly 19 and
my little boy waa psetty ntRh a year
old when we:siarted for Oregon.. The
whole prairie was bright and the air
was sweet with the smell of -wild
flowers when we started anroas the
Plains In the sprint, of "5., We didn't
have much to nioyet We hadn't been
married long. Nowadays a girl won't
many her man unless he has a good
Job and a home and money in the
bank, but it don't appear that they aet.
along any better than we did 70 years
aso. We were willing to start at the
bottom of the ladder and i limb -up to
gether. -'When I got married I Urtd
housekeeping with a 2-year-old-rolt,
hog, a few chickens, three teacup, and
three saucers, three . platen; an Iron
kettle and two or three pens. No, I
didn't have any spoona at first. Nor
we didn't have a stick of furniture.
Asa soon made some wooden benches,
a .table and a 'Moosler' bed. What's
that? Yrm Hnn't Irunw wfifit.'a ' II , 1
bed ia? Well. I iiever went tft school
a day in niy Mfe. but seems like 1 kw
a lot more than theae people that
claim they? are Kehool-edufated. A
Moosier bed in niMt of peeled pole
fastened to the walla of your log
cabin. It lias pole Hluts and a couple
of deer aklnspver It with a straw or
corn husk mattrettn.
"In those times a woman acnerallv
had 10 or 12 children and did the
housework, made the clothes, knitted
all the socks and stocklnKH and cardui
and tipun and wove an 1 dyed her own
cloth. I uwed to dye niy cloth with
maple bark or copperas. If the womoi
of today wl(l) are always getting new
dresaes had to comb the wool and card
It and spin and weave and dye the
cloth I hind of think they would wear
a fig leaf like Eve did. I always had
my hopper full of hardwood ashes and
I saved all my greae." I made all my
own eoap.
"Yes. we worked hard hut I b,-llivi
both men tnl women today work too
little. The women lay-around and tret
fat and the men a;et into mischief; W
have too many divorces. More chil
dren and good hard work would cure
a lot of that kind of trouble. We
uecd to be too buy to fret or worry.
Work is .good medicine. When you
can do alt the-work by prexftlng a but-to'V-ynu
have too much idle time vn
your hands to hatch up some kind of
deviltry. Idleness makes a pervon
restless and dlsaatldfled. .
"I wetit to a show once before I was
married. A man with a fmrsblack
coat and a high hat save a show. He
pulled white rabbits with pink eye
out of his hat and took out pretty
nigh a bolt of ribbon out of hi
mouth. No, I never did see how he
could swallow that ribbon and drag out
it without choking himself. .. They said
he was a slelght-of-hftnd performer.
A few years after I was married I
went to a show out here In Oregon. A
mah-would talk and hiake" his voice
corne oit. of a doll or out of the next
loom.or.f rm down In the cellar. He was
...... J..t I. . . t . . k. . 1 . V , .
ju?i luoiiiiK un, ijiu'jkii, iut it whs nun
talking all the, time. I could see ht
throat swell and his Hps move alt the
time ho said he had thrown his voice
into the nexT room. He fooled nome of
them but be didn't fool me none.
"Sol Tethrow was the captain :of our
train. "We got along tolerable well.
We had a cow along and we hung the
milk In the' wagori in a pall and It
would be churned by ntgllt, o we al
vays had fresh butter and goodbutter
milk. No, we didn't have much game.
The Indians said we could shoot what
we heeded to eat but we mustn't kill
their buffalo and let thin go to want
like. most of the white folks did. We
lived on cornbread and bacon an
buttermilk mostly.
We had a couple of preachers
along with us. I wan, pretty Khort
of baby clothes, so when,, we laid by
over Sunday I would do my washlnsr.
One Sunday Preiser Helm catne along
and saw me threading out my wash
ing. He said, 'Slater Peterson, do you
knot -what day this lr 1 said 'Sun
day. He said, 'Why are you profaning
the Lord's day by doing your wash
ing?" I told' him if the Lord" had o
choose between me breaking the Sab
bath or letting my baby wear soiled
clothes I gueeis he -vouid rattier jiave
me do the wastiing on Sunday. The
preacher looked wise and, walked
away.
W settled near Lebanon near a
serine: on the north aide- of a bntte
which they named Peterson's butte
after ua."
r Common Trait.
From the Detroit Free Press.
"Pa, what is Imagination?" -"Imagination,
my boy, is what your
mother uses to picture the sot of ao- .
c-ldents that may have happened to
me when I chance to be late getting
boms to .upper."