rim OHZGOI? DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1C1S.
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; - America ask nothing for her
I self bat what she has a right to
i ask for humanity itself. ,
I j woodrow ; vvixsoN.
Mankind,- in the gross. la a
. gaping monster, that loves to
be deceived, and has seldom
been disappointed. Mackenzie.
.TO THE SKA
A SHIP with a draft of 28 feet
can now cross the . Columbia
bar at nJean low water In
, perfect safety.
Such la the report of Colonel
UcKInstry, United States engineer
In charge of the Columbia river
improvement. With seven and a
half feet of tide, a vessel of 35
feet draft could cross the bar at
high water. It means that the
largest vessels! afloat can' enter
the river, and the end of the
deepening; process is not yet. .
The same "report cays the chan
cel of the Columbia to the mouth
of the Willamette Is '30 feet.ieep
except at a few shoal places, and
at ; these places ' the dredges are
carrying on the deepening process.
Ia the , Willamette to Portland,
there is a datum depth of 24 feet,
which means a usual depth of 31
feet "and ; a lowest-water depth In
the dry season of 26. " In the Wil
lamette dredging ls constantly
pushed with a certainty of an ulti
mate channel that will float any
vessel.
V-'Such In effect Is the finding of
the engineers. , The showing Is In
strong contrast with conditions be
fore improvement of the bar and
river channel was undertaken.
,.. In the ' beginning, the available
water on the bar was only 22 feet.
In' one of the bar channels there is
now 32 feet which means an In
crease of , 10 feet with - only eight
feet more necessaryrto" secure the
40 feet contemplated by the
project. -
The same remarkable Improve
ment appears In sthe fiver channel.
Twenty-five years ago vessels draw
ing 17 to 18 feet of water, were fre
quently compelled to lighter a con
siderable; portion, of their cargoes,
and. often had to wait for tide to
get over' the shoal places in the
river. The difference beween the
16 foot' and the present 30 foot
channel from-Portland to the sea
is the fruit of the work done by
.the people through J the Port of
Portland. For practical purposes
the river channel is almost double
its original . depth, and ; with the
deepening J agencies 1 constantly to
action, we are passing to a position
In which the old clamor of rival
ports about the Inaccessibility of
Portland from the sea can no longer
be used effectively-against us.
The things v that ; have been ac
complished in openingtoe harbor
entrance and the river to 1 vessels
of x the deepest - draft should en
courage portlanders to- strive for
that great maritime ' commerce
which is within .... Portland's easy
reach for the effort. ' 4
A PROSPERITY FACT
G'
IVEN Its first impetus by war
orders, but stimulated since
then by ther business, the
Bteel Industry of the TTnltsd
States la reported running at max
imum capacity." '
The June report , of . the Steel
iCorporatlon saya - employment "- la
; being given to a quarter of a mil
lion men, and others are being
taken on as fast as facilities can
be enlarged. As many, more men
are, said to be working with the
-independent companies.'
The figures are proof of a com
plete revival of . Industrial activity,
for "the steel - Industry has - long
been recognized as the country's
business ' barometer. The Steel
Corporation's books at the end of
June showed an' increase of almost
ten per cent in unfilled orders as
compared with the end f of ; May.
This Is the -second consecutive
monthly increase, the May gain
being 2.46 per cent. In March
and April there Were losses of 2.06
and -Y.19-per cent; respectively"."
The. significance of these figures
Is shown by comparison""; wlthre
turns for -the past 15 months.' in
that time there were eight In
creases and seven decreases. ; The
J une f unfilled: tonnage 4,678,196
t-ns was 400.00O larger than it
- S3 on April 30, 1914. In the
CITY AUTOMOBILES AND CITY .BANKRUPTCY!
,-.YXATION lor the coming year will have o take a decided ll-J
" I upward" in Portland, says a new. article. "It adds: - , . 'AJSSL and sane birth-
l ' This leaveT the city- up against the. only alternative, of d e-l ' . , " , '
' : faulting for a period In payment of it. deb ta, iaaddltlon to eattias ; United States has developed
verythlnt to the bone between now and then (March 1) and on top of both, . ml)maLtinB ft crullng radius
Of Increasing the, fax levy, for next yer. , . ; ' I of S500 IwilW tbii.h t fnrthr
I. A.
c i inrjner euwa m ibu ww i.ua.v v.- assurance that we are not so on-
can be made,, there wlU.be: a period of several weeks the first of the iprepared for defense as some peo
yearwhea the, city will be without money to pay salaries and.current ple tryIng ta make out,
expenses.. - , ,. - . :- - . . . . : ?
;What about the. $3000 automobile? Why not save that t S3000 Cold .storage bread la the latefit
and apply iC to payment Of salaries when the city treasury goes emptyT.-.i2UOTation...at i tna TjnTersity of
.Why buy automobiles ' and buy
and nay chauffeurs with the city on
; :. There are "city commissioners who oppose these automobile pur
chases. " Do , the commissioners who are pushing these purchases ever
stop o think that waste in automobiles means to the Portlands public j
that there lswaste in other things?
Does the public not unerringly
Is extravagance' in automobiles there is extravagance elsewhere? - ...
- There is something higher in this controversy than the mere buy -
Ing of a S3 000 automobile for tne
Is the hig principle of commission government efficiently and econom
ically administered, f - . - -
HODes have been raised in this town that by the adoption of com
mission government we were to have more economical government and ;
they, are hopes that, .if -realized,' mean .new confidence; by' men, audi
women in government. What higher
than by so conducting public affairs
win come true? TV
But whatsis the status when
automobile 'while we know, that tomorrow the city. Is to be without funds
to pay salaries and expenses? '
- Why go on purchasing unnecessary things and hiring unnecessary
employes without stint when.' we are
the biggest tax levy, in history?" '
The ' Journal is a supporter of
whole aim is to aid them. It therefore appeals to them in the name
of the people of Portland to make good the claim' that commission
government' is economical ' government. ... ,
Interval the unfilled; tonnage de
clined to 3,324,592 tons, on "No
vember 30, 1914. June 30, 4915.
seven months , arter tnat ' aate.
scored an Increase of 40 per cent.
Foreign ' business , has been ? a
large 'factor In this gain; but It
does not account for the total ; in
crease. American rauroaas ana
other Lbuslpess Undertakings Pare
nslnK larger ; Quantities ' of : steel.
There is s steel boomU and business
depression cannot 'exist ' In compe
tition with It..
WHICH WOMAN?
a SPEAKER at the' Purity Con
A gress says woman's charm is
r all --above her chin.'
DUIUClUlUg, UL tUUIBO, UC"
pends oh the woman.: 1 For In
stance, that traditional and widely
heralded tongue is located but a
short distance above " the h chin-.
There have been,, tongues in that
geography that b.ave set the neigh
borhood,' Into a status that could
never,bev called charming. .
Far be It from the purpose here.
to deny that the loveliest things
ever -Bald and. the f sweetest notes
ever v' uttered , fell ; from , woman's
tongue. s .
But, there-? are i i tongues and
tongues, : and then ,some more
tongues. There are tongues with
a cracker like a cattleman's . whip
and there was a flady ' to whom
an American poet referred as Vthe
woman with a serpent's tongue."
There Is the tongue that butts In
and spoils the crack story some
one is telling in the social gather
ing, and there is the pulsating, pal
pitating tongue that 'can only be
stopped by death or dynamite.
There Is the tongue that , back
bites : the village preacher, that
buzzes over everybody, in the com
munity with the swish of a wood
sawt . an everlasting tongue ... that
never ' wearies ' or tires or takes
an hour off. ' - 4 ..
Our purist - can' indeed ... blow
strong on the charms above a wo
man's chin but, like Becky with
the bear, he must be a prudent
enough to exercise a little discrim
ination, as to which ' woman.
AROUND THE MOUNTAIN
a . UKMi , x,uuu-acre p i a y
A ground is a . benefit that
-I comes to Portland as a result
of the building of the Co
lumbia River -Highway.
It is :: the ; federal government's
gift of a recreation park to match
the efforts ,of-r Multnomah-' county
In constructing the pike.. ,j The ded
ication ' of the 14,000 acres adja
cent to the highway was ordered
by Chief Forester ; Graves ' aa soon
as, by a - personal ? visit, he ; had
glimpsed the fitness and the broad
purpose of the program. -
Along with, the park. Is the prom
isepby' the "chief j forester, of . all
the; influence of the forestry de
partment, in behalf of the : road
around Mt. Hood." . There Is In
this the beginning :of a scenic de
velopment to ' make Portland one
of 4 the ;most assiduously , sought
cities on the continent. : In the
slow ascending trip of a day from
Portland around the mountain - the
summer traveler 'will pass through
the ;: flora - of every season from
midsummer back ; to early spring,
and behold: every' form . of nature
from the bold crags on a mighty
river or the deep fastnesses of the
wild mountains tb the f, far-flung
wheat fields and the . rich . perspec
tive of l civilization' and , "nature
blended In their . loveliest moods. ;'
Man in such ' a playground gets
a " new " glimpse of freedom and
from k nature learns anew that he
Was born "more i f or liberty and
living and less for blood and' Iron.
, CONSTRUCT1TB POLICIES v
WO important announcements
iave been made -at; Washing
ton One is that postof flees
and other -federal buildlnes
will be constructed in accordance
with the needs and" importance of
cities where they are situated, in
stead of spending' all that congress
appropriates. ; ;
The' other announcement, by
A . l,aV.aV 'a..a,1AaM ' avAaVWl Afl a r -Cr4 "T OP
gasoline ana nire Tepairjj uiaa ,
the verge of bankruptcy?
and inevitably reason that : If there
commissioners - - exclusive use. xnerw.to be anven out or even a xiauonai
end can the commissioners serve i
that these dreams of better things
"t -
today there is purchase of-a costly
told "that next year there is to be
- ' .
all the city commissioners and its
Postmaster General Burleson; i Is
that the size limit of packages for
parcel post shipment has been In
creased. The old rule was that a
parcel must not exceed 72 inches
in combined length and girth. The
new rule adds ; another foot to the
limit making it 84 inches,
: The purpose of this change Is ' to
admit eastern standard sized fruit
and berry boxes to the mails, but
it is of general application and. will
prove acceptable to , people gener
ally. If a person wishes to know
whether a large parcel : is within
the size limit, a tape line; or a
string 84 v inches : long should be
used."- First measure the girth, and
then it the remaining- string , cov
ers the length the parcel-is within-the
limit. . , 7 ,
-" These two announcements have
been commented upon favorably,
even by anti-administration papers,
as indicating a constructive policy
-CtHt'T a MAnavenrn aiAi amt mYama.
with a conservation reserve .clause
that will benefit all the people.
The. Pittsburg; 'Chronicle thinks
the resident of a rural community
would prefer to have a market for
his products than to have his town
burdened with . an ornate public
building.' ' - . ,
HEIRLESS WAR ESTATES
T
HE importance-Tf -birth -regis
trations has been illustrated
by the registrar 1 of the Kan
sas department of vital sta
tistics. He has been asked to fur
nish, proofs as - to the ; identity of
Kansas people whom the casual
ties of : war have made probable
heirs to estates in Europe. But he
says that on account of - the in
completeness of the 'records : these
reports could not always be se
cured. ' . -
i It Is pointed out that the war
will affect the landed interests of
hundreds of 4 ' thousands : and In
many eases' develop a new line of
descent. In Belgium, : Gallcia and
Serbia, and in portions of France
and Russia, whole families have
been wiped out; of existence.. . The
result is that estates must go to
distant relatives, some of - whom
live in the United States. ,
: In 1910 our foreign born popu
lation was 13.6 : per cent of the
total, and those of foreign or mixed
parentage was 23.1 per cent. : - It
Is the latter class that will be af
fected I by conditions such as are
reported from ; Kansas. The lack
of birth registrations may not throw
these people out of their right of
descent, but It will, prove to be a
serious handicap on ; assertion of
the right.
Vital statistics . are what their
name implies, "vital" to the peo
ple's welfare. The European ;war
has . shown ' their value to ; manyj
people, and the : lack; of sueh rec
ords s has . often worked hardships
in suits over wills and inheritances
in American Courts. '
- New York " city's" population, ac
cording to the state census just
taken, Is - 5,245,812, -.n .increase
of 478.929 In ; five ' years,' New
York now claims to be the largest
city in the world,-, unless the met
ropolitan - and police - districts of
London are counted. - In 1911 the
population bf registration, London,
was 4,522,964, but with the met
ropolitan and .city police districts
combined it' was 7.252,963.,
f Orville Wright says the ; United
States needs 2000 ' aeroplanes for
national defense. He estimates
that the averaga life of a-, flying
machine in war time Is .seven
hours, and if that. Is so the 2000
would be Junk before trouble got
fairly started.
: A , newsy eight-page, six-column
newspaper has made its . appear
ance at Newport, and Is called
the ; Independent Enterprise. ... It la
a jcredltable publication -under the
editorship of Otis H. Griswold and
the business management of Cecil
J. Emery. - I- ' T
A.-j'i" ... -f, ' " ,i " ---"..;5-
.To . celebrate her seventy-ninth
birthday" anniversary a Goshen,
Ind., - woman rode ' a bicycle 12
miles with the mercury at 100 de-
- 7 P1Se?B,,T tlum re work
T ""r ..U" . . " w" w
Minnesota Agrlcnltural school." It
Is said that bread thus kept will
remain fresh and palatable for-at
least Hve days.
i The first tourist automobile to
.enter " Yellowstone i Part legally
iwlll' begin operations there August
"L Is:It'a sign that the hoTse Is
playground? -
EVEN THESE VACATION
DAYS ARE MOMENTOUS
W. It. Chenery hi Chieage -Herald. ;
pUMMEH, being a proper silly sea-
son,' has -v wilting effect 1 upon
,, serious thinkers. , They retire who
may to some sweltering Arcadia, sub
stituting flies and mosquitoes for the
minor irritatlonsrbf the routine world,
Bvea editorial writers - are "bitten, by
the vacation bacillus.
: Tet it is a strange time for "vaca
tions. 1 Was" ever the world so full
of a, number of things? Nobody ' has
leisure for . holiday making in Europe.
A year ago and. whe across the con
tinent but the workers with a capital
W thought of plodding ooa. through
summer?. . ".'
Where today thousands of men are
living in boles, scratched into the
surface of the earth shooting at each
4 other 13 months ago- happy parties
were a-picnicltlng. r Tonng- men were
taking walking trips, knapsacks filled
with books and glasses for the study
of birds and flowers and strange
insects.
What does It aU mean? The world
was 16 a year ago. Maturity seems
to be approaching. The same thing
has happened more than once. Eight
een hundred' and forty-eight was a
great year for freedom among men.
Nineteen fourteen marked the begin
ning of an 'epoch. ' What 'changes
are being ushered In some - of us may
live to know.- ,
, - .
America ia as full of momentous
happenings a is Eftrope,- Many of
us now would, like to. have lived at
the time of Lincoln. Whoi would not
count it ' an - Immeasurable privilege
to - have - stood bare-headed on . the
field at 'Gettysburg and . to have
listened to the priceless words of the
immortal Lincoln. - "".".
Tet less than decade before the
great president had been "repudiated
fby Illinois, when he ventured to enter
the lists . with Stephen. A. ..Douglas,
the idol of "a section of the nation.
All : the world knows . IJncoln" and
Douglas Is becoming stuff fit only
for, historical societies. Who would
not thrill at . the thought of having
been present when Jefferson was
drafting V'the Declaration ; of i Inde
pendence? . Today we may be stand
ing on the eve of greater things. ;r
Our blood: quickens when we read
the : sentencea o( Woodrow Wilson.
Who, before him,' - has loosed such
winged words in behalf of all human
ity? Where can ' eloquence and
statesmanship be found to match the
president's, notes?
; The picture, of the' great max re-
tiring for solemn " thought that herxcaed &0O word in length and moat b ac-
may better serve .not ,, only hie own
people but all mankind will sot soon
be forgotten.'" ' ' -
' Or what can enkindle, men's spirits
more ; than the sight r of that lonely
woman gathering representatives of
the nations to " mediate' upon war?
For the ; first ' time in history one
woman has meant so much to men
that the greatest powers have deemed
it wise to give her audience. ;
. Miss Addams is so close to Chi
cago. Her career , has . been Inter
woven, warp and woof, into the des
tiny of the', city. " It Is hard to get
perspective. ; Tet humbly, without il
lusions, she has made a beginning. .
: Once at least .women have found
their voice, and they have expressed
an opinion that . is not man's.; The
races are nobler for Miss Addams'
effort. - "Bh- has not brought - the
magician's peaee. But ' she ; has es
tablished one of those Inspiring prece
dents ' Which gain -' momentum . 'and
power as time . moves on,.
. -Chicago . has f Just ' passed through
two ,: Important ' strikes. They . were
relatively " without violence; one -was
completely peaceful. That is a new
thing among men. - s ..' - - ,
- Testerday a great strike among
the Welsh miners and another among
the munitions . workers at the Krupp
factories , were announced.. 1 .
Such - events could not have - hap
pened a generation . ago. ' Partisans
of each side 7 will' resent ' the action
of .the strikers, and1 naturally. But
that Isn't important. - ,
Why do the miners and the gun
makers want to - strike? For higher
wages and ' easier hours? 'Certainly;
but 60 years ago, .with much longer
hours and much lower wages, strik
ing would ; have been inconceivable.
The strikers would have been v shot
or hung for,, high treason. r Some, it
Is" true, may- be today, , but aj: the
minute England Is wondering how
it. is possible to Ifine 1S0.0OO men.,
, At this distance it Isn't possibl to'
look critically 'at the strikers de
mands. Of one thing we may be cer
tain. . The . shoe is pinching some
where For no group' of people are
more national, none are more loyal
. Tet - some, principle animates them
which they deem of greater value
than , unquestioning obedience to the
government. What is that principle?
jDoei lt mean i greater humanity?
. Subdam - all th wortrra 'went on a
. a , . jrmsDurff rrtRi; oee America iirac
peaceful strike when the next war Is (But -wherever you go, travel with your
uggeated. Not the -workers of,naJw coUapsxble dnnking cup.
nation, but 'the skilled men from 'all J Baltimore Star:. Seems' strange for
the countrfea. ' ' I ai,Laf ni2.k?J"1?;?,1i?
There-could be no war. There must
bea consclousnes of great power or
else the miners and the Krupp work
men, would - not take : the present
chances.' That power is' a new' thing
In the "world. ' "
t11-Once Over,
BY REX 'UA.-W-PT-LATT '
YESTERDAY I had a dream which
" was not all a - dream -because it
had a local habitation and contained
the names of many persons seen often
in the publio prints. -'
J Th bright sun was extinguished.
' --and in its stead there rolled
across , the ' heavens a great bowl of
orange ice.'
with frost fringing It Ilka rays.
'. and all the asphalt streets that
had been crawling in the heat turned
into smoothclean sheets of gleam
ing ice,
and all the streetcars were fitted
with runners: and instead of clanging
gongs had sleigh bells that tinkled
a merry music as the conductors rang
up the fares.
and the automobiles had runners
too and skidded terribly. -
and all the traffic cops were
frozen solid in the ice.
and the Benson fountains were
cascades of solid crystal. .
and the people were breaking the
ice with hammers furnished by Com
missioner Daly to get a drink. . .
T And along cam's Kernel C. E. 8.
Wood looking like, a Russian general
In great fur coat, and cap.
and on his feet were skateswith
blades that turned up at both ends.
and he cut .'the corners with a
swoop and did the figure eight in
front of The Journal building. . "
v. "J He set the fashion. -
and pretty soon -every one : had
skates. '
nd i Claude . McColloch , swung
round the corner with icicles on his
beard.
. , and stopped and told, me I knew
what he was going to say he had
never seen such a cold day-in - Ore
gon. J And Oswald West came up and
he and Claude shook hands- cordially.
like BUI Hanley and Wes Cavi
ness when, .they have 1 just made - a
horse trade. ,
and each knows he has the best
of it. - -
J And across the street was Com
miselorrer Dieck with an ice cream
cone in each hand eating first from
one and then the other.
and Commissioner George L- Baker
came : along on . a sled and Claude
asked him why' Mr. Dieck was do
ing .that.
and George , said "Don't you
know?
."iWby, he's Just - trying-- warmi
up.": . " - '-T- "
J And Jt' A. Carrey, slipped and.-f ell
on upper Washington street and
bruised his elbow. - V .
- and said hex would . start suit -against
the city for damages. ,
and City Attorney La Roche save
a statement to the papers saying Mr.
Currey couldn't 'get a cent.
because his skates were dull. .
J And when X woke up there was
cracked ice on my head and I asked
the nurse where X was and she said
kindly: - - '
, J GLISTEN Just before you ' came
to you said you were a strawberry
nut jrundae -and must be eaten to be
Letters From the People
(Communicatlona gent to The Journal tot
publication in thia departmsntjtaould be writ
tou on onl on aid t tbcSaner. ahonld not
eompaaied by U name and addreas of tba
leader. If the writer does not desire to bATf
tae same pnousneo, at anouia so state.; -
, "IMaeosaioa is the graateai of. all reformer.
It ratkmallses cverythinK It touches. - It rob
principlea of all false sanctity and throwa them
back on their ra-oubl9n. If they have ne
reasonableness, it ruthlessly- crashes them ont
of existence end sets up its own conclusions
In their stead." Woodroir Wilson. - ,
Back to the) - Farm.
Portland.. July 17, To ' the Editor
of Ths Journal "Back . to the xarra"
will apply only to those sons of the
farmer that have left their - homes to
gain experience in the . cities and find
the cijties already ? overcrowded- with
mechanics and laborers seeking some
thing to do, and many, because they
can't find it in the . country and ' if
they do it is undert long hours and
small : wages. The lures of the eity
ar wages and pleasures and in seek
ing these the sons of the former squan
der what they take with them, and
which they would be likely to ; place
in the bank were they- to stay on the
horns place In contentment. : What is
wanted is to make the country - more
attractive for, country life. Education
can do Lthat, Just as well! as it can
In the fi city, with - less extravagance.
Build more school houses, build nice
halls and have 'y nice picnic grounds
in the yicinity of th school building.
Instead of Just a bare lot for a play
srround,, and not eyen ' that in some
places. .
But when you say back to th farm
to a Worklngman it is -unreasonable
when - he cannot get ; work.'.:- It - takes
as much to run a farm as -it does to
run a small business and a great deal
of experiencs besides. What is wanted
Is to get me it upon land now vacant
and start them up. It takes money
to get a start on a piece of land,- and
a man .without any is up against It
Just as much as he Is in a city, .with
the dMerence that be doesn't nave to
pay rent, and all the "rates" of - the
city. - . . 1 ' ': OSBORNE TATESi -
' ' Peace Plan Reiterated.
. Portland, July 80.-r-To the Editor
of The Journal I observe some three
or four - writers have Commented on
my theory,. of the means by, which uni
versal peace may be vsttatned, most
of them unfavorably. And I notice a
pessimistic editorial -of your-own, as
if no earthly power can be availed of
to' prevent, the diabolism of .war. ' If
right minded men are Imbued with
the desire tfor peace on earth ' and
good will to men. so- earnestly protest
ed, the task is not an impossible one.
But If Mr. - Frank, one of my critics,
is right, that it Is man's nature to
break out in' occasional tantrums and
do as much deviltry as be can on one
pretext and another. Which may. be
true, then the only resolvent pf this
unfortunate - situation must be illus
trated In a national sense. Just as we
exhibit it in the police court in this
city. The oulprlt must be drarged into
court, cudgeled into court, if neces
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHAXGE ,
oklahomani" ' A aoaedonatar Im't a
; license for reckless drivlxvgr.
1 .' . . ...". . i ..1 .
v Seattle Post-Intelligencer: What the
man who has no vacation needs to do
is to demonstrate the power of mat
ter over mere mind. .
,
Chicago -Post: The
big German
ships of war can't ro out to work, but
they seem to have found some fairly
eiucienk uiue leuowg ,w ud . lor
them. , . .
.- '
New Tork American: Just as a man
has proved that- tea can be success
fully raised in this country, along
come the police and threaten to abol
ish the tango.
- New Tork Globe: It seems an invii
tat ion to disaster to name war vessels
Lightning,.. Terrible,. Invincible and
the -like. Tortoise, Lady Mary and
Vulnerable might fare better.
Boston G4obe: Marked intelligence
is said to be a eharacteristlo of the
immigrants now comlug into our coun
try t ronvEurope. ,. It was so when the
Pilgrim fathers came.
s-. -.; : ... iSCi?. i-'Hi, ''.-'V. i
Chicago News: Too many cooks and
uousemaias nave an idea - mat tnese
"Typhoid Mary" cases are all moon
shine. .They-are nothing of the sort,
and cleanliness ought to be universal,
anywayc - . -
" Philadelphia, ' Telegraph: - One can
hardly- blame Ambassador ' Marye ' for
resigning his post . at Fetrograd. It
must, be rather tiresome to sit around
al day with nothing to break the mo
notony of llsteninr to the natives tell
ing each other how it happened.
MUNITION MAKING AT
From the Philadelphia Ledger.' :
Thirty cars, loaded with projectiles
and cannon for the allies, are shipped
from- South Bethlehem, Pa., every 8
hours by the Bethlehem' Steel com
pany. The three mile works, in which
1 5, 0 0 0 men are employed night and
day, are reaching their.- highest ef
ficiency. Military - experts predict
it wiU be possible to double the out
put ' of war munitions by August 1.
Charles M. Schwab,-; the president,
is reported -to have obtained contracts
from the allies amounting to 100 mil
lion dollars. - He has astonished steel
men by the rapidity of - his exten
sions ' to ' transform the plant- into a
bristling ' arsenal, the peer of the
Krupp - works. Hundreds "of . men are
at work in buildings, the foundations
for which - were undug ? six months
ago. -
Furthermore, improvements -. to the
works; including the Saucon plant for
rails and structural steel, and a new
Bessemer plant on the New Jersey
Zinc .company site, -' are about com
pleted, and will be running soon.
. With 16,00 employes receiving an
aggregate monthly salary of , $770,000.
and the Lehigh Valley profiting by
the boom,' South Bethlehem is a calm
city. - Visitors may " form an impres
sion In daylight -of an endless stream
of. begrimed workmen,: each with a
lunch basket over his arm: ' By. night,
the skies are lurid ; with the glare
from the blast furnacea " --
Officers-of .the allies, whose task it'
Is to , inspect war materials, form the
most ; picturesque -v of , South - Bethle
hem's added population -s There are
15 Russians, 16" French and 10 Eng;
lish officers. The inspectors former
ly were 'quartered in hotels, but now
have' apartments. - :v-;:.-rP
The mills, it is said, "have been con
centrating .ion Russian? contracts, and
since June 1. 600 freight cars loaded
wjth . materials for the czar," have
sary, fined and Imprisoned until over
his attack of rabies, by which time he
will be willing, to conform to the so
cial status, i Recalcitrant nations must
be treated in the same way. Soothing
syrup and; prayer are innocuous and
vapid.: rjrorce must, unui tne tiger in
man's nature is thoroughly lambasted
out of it. be the only recourse for us.
If civilization is r an exploded fa
tuity.; andA all our protestations of
civic virtues awhumbug. there is notn-
Ini, h J9i ii - 11a A n-arn and wait fnr
the final cataclysm, which cannot be
far off. -The opportunity yet remains
for s the- nations not engaged in car
nage to gather under the panoply- Of
peaceful brotherhood, intent on the -one
purpose of perpetuating the rights of
man, in which no despot or Inflamed
egotist ; may set - up his - decretals
against the; commonalty.- The peace
compact must be ' ready , and alerts to
assert its prerogative with every en
gine of- destruction it may command,
so that -"out" of ; the nettle danger we
may pluck the flower -safety. One
stern repressive lesson will suffice to
make the - final disarmament close at
hand. . And this day is the one to set
its machinery in motion.
CHARLES P. CHURCH.;.
The Navy League..
Portland, July 17. To the Editor
of The Journal C. J. McLaln at
tacks the propaganda of the Navy
league again. In the absence of Dr.
Bullitt, to Whom he addresses a ques
tion, please - allow me to answer for
Dr. Bullitt.
The question is,, "if the government
wr to build . its .. own warships and
merchant ships and manufacture its
own guns and ammunition, . does ne
think there would - be any. Navy
league?" - - - .
- First, to wipe awsy a few i errors:
Some of the best ships of war we havs
were built by the government, within
its own yards and by lts5own men, the
latest being the superdreadnaught Ari
aona, recently i launched in Virginla.
The great naval gun . factory in the
Washington navy yard turns out gov?
ernment made- guns, and . has done- eo
for yeara 'Despite this fact, the Navy
league survives the blow, if such it be
INDEX OF ADVANCING '
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
: ' - From the Chicago Herald.
United ; States' Steel corpora
tion orders full operation of sub-:
aldiaries' plants.;, with total an
nual pay roll of - about 1450,000,
000 - and totar working . force of
about 600,000. Ner earnings for
June quarter expected to exceed
$26,000,000. - ' - -..
. Gary plants of American Sheet
and Tin Plate company put at full
capacity, "AH iCoke ovens there in
operation. , 1 :','
r "War - orders - - recently - enabled
American Locomotive to pay divi- t
dends; -and concern now has 18,
000,000 -contracts for engines. Ir
respective of -war munitions con
tracts it sublet. -
Backer, enjoy best year's prof
Its because -of -war. : - .
- The General Motors company
earnings are at high rate and
melon cutting in near - future is
hinted. - .-
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Democrat ' says home building
Is going on .' in Baker to a much
greater extent than for several years
past. , . , ...
The Salem Journal, havinr observed
I that Portland is busy entertaining ex-
jwutin iBiwrs, reiuaraa mti luey ail
leave Oregon "with the idea tnat there
is one city in the state and nothing
more."
Building note in Albany Democrat:
The Wallace block is now up one
story. The first floor is IS) feet, with
vlenty of room lor the mezzanine
floor,-and this is being gotten ready
for the second story.
- No better booster for the town band
than the Grants Pass Courier, which
thus exhorts the- townspeople: "Let's
dress it up and give it some more new
tunes.' Let's not take it Just as a mat
ter of course, but let us make it really
and truly a 'town band.'" -
"Reports continue to come from the
Greenhorn country," says the Sumpter
American. "Indicating increasing ac
tivity in the mines of that district.
The reports are generally encouraging
and point to still greater mining activ
ity and ' consequent Increased prosper
ity for that section' - . ? ; -
Medford Sun: The farmers of the
Lower Rogue near Grants' Pass built
their own irrigation system and with
the aid of a pump will put water on
2000 acres at an initial cost of about
$3 an acre.. As a last resort why not
dig for water in the floor of the valley
as they , formerly drilled for oil? .
' a
Baker Democrat: In the search for
dredging ground there Is great activ
ity manifest in Baker and Grant coun
ties by representatives of western cap
ital, and It looks like some of our
most, fertile and picturesque valleys
were yet to be turned into heaps of
f ravel to appease the ravenous maw of
he gold hunter. . -
SOUTH BETHLEHEM
been shipped to Vancouver.- At that
port the ,-, munitions are ; transported
to Vladivostok. !- v. v; ;:"" ,.--- - -v:
A French officer,' who left here a
few days ago, commented on the de
nial by the French government that
American i shells were being fired.
"1 can state that no projectiles have
been shipped - from"; this plant for roy
nation in time to be used up to date,"
he , said. "But that does not mean
that no - projectiles and " cannon are
on their way to France."
The munitions are shipped from
Redington. 'the lower 1 end of the
works, where - are situated' the fuse
and - loading plants. - Sightseers are
halted half a mile away. A tall
board . fence, topped by several strands
of barbed wire, forms an Impassable
barrier. .Behind - them and at gates
are-uniformed guards.-. -v
A secret - police composed of more
than one hundred detectives is main
tained by the company to supplement
Its . watchmen. The t detectives -r are
sprinkled over" the plant and the ma
jority of them work in departments
where shells are made. : South Beth
lehem residents, conversant with pre
cautions taken to safeguard the plant.
say; a -stranger .could not penetrate
the ' property more than 100 feet at
any point without being detected. In
some of the plants workmen not only
must present a number' or card, but
also .must whisper, a "watchword" to
the i gateman. The watchwords are
changed daily. . -
Although the company, maintains a
discreet silence and questioners are
informed - that the Bethlehem Steel
eohjpany -is strictly in . business and
Is not telling its secrets to the world.
It is common" gossip that many cranks
have visited the offices. Their num
ber, however, is exceeded by- letters,
each mail bringing scores of missives
from , peace propagandists and pro
Germans. " w ..-:..;- v."-:
in Mr. McLain's conceptionr and In an
swer now to his - question, if all the
ehlDs. euns. shells and ammunition
Nwers government made the great mass
of people would yt require to be sys
tematically educated on the great poli
cies of government, none the least im
portant being that Of national defense
which the Navy league is carrying" on.
u During times of war, peoples .; are
educated on thins military by the
enemy. . They pay a terrlfio price.
During times of peace, like children,
nations rest secure and agitate them
selves? not with that which appears to
be ' remote. - At such times, the most
important for defensive preparation
In fact, as the great Washington said,
it requires a systematic course of edu
cation to keep before the public eye
the needs of the military arms of gov
ernment. - '
The Navy league is not composed of
military, men. Its personnel is civil.
There are, of course, honorary mem
bers from the army , or navy, but 99
per cent are, from the voting citlxenfy
of the nation. This la proper for the
same reason" that Civil v heads -were
given the army and navy in the cabinet.-
The fervor of professional men
is eliminated in this way, allowing
the full play of disinterested people to
dictate the affairs , of the league. If
Mr. McLaln desires to learn from
first hand the alms ofhe Navy league,
X will - very gladly " enroll him In our
membership. . No one can have a basis
for criticism of any organization until
he has been stnember and studied It
from the inside, whether Navy league
or church or society it be.
The Navy league is simply gathering
together, and ..'making effective, the
demands of patriotic citizens who. have
been conscientious enough to keep an
eye on things, relating to national de
fense. This ? concentrated demand,
based on study from' official informa
tion, may then : be listened to by ths
governmental 'leaders. ? Whether the
navy -is 4 publicly built - or privately
builtt this necessity to represent things
naval - to the government remains the
same, and the Navy league; rests upon
this basis only, and not Hpon that of
contract seeking firms, as stated by
Mr. McLaln. JOHN M'NULTY, .
State Secretary of Navy League for
Oregon.
V ; Oregon's' Wonderland.
From th Venison (Texas) Herald.
For distribution at the Panama-Pacific
exposition, f tho t Portland Press
club has issued a neatly bound volume
entitled "Pictorial Oregon, the Won
derland,"; which presents both by illustration-and
description some; of Ore
gon's' prettiest scenery; and especially
along ' the f Colu rnbia highway, where
the views are said to equal the best in
Switzerland. A copy of this book-has
found ' its ' tray'tx this- office,! through
the courtesy - and-, kind remembrance
of Colonel I. M. Standifer of Poftland,
wbo-for long- years was an' honored
citizen of Denlson, and who takes oc
casion to invite all of "his old friends
to visit the exposition and take a drive
over this famous highway, a port'on of"
which - is v being constructed by , the
Standi fer-Clarkson company. There is
no ; question but what such a trip
would be orfe of the great sights to be
seen ; by those ' fortunate enough to
visit the Facifie coast, and in addition
to meet Colonel Standifer again and
with him go over the Interesting events
or j jemBon s f.jt.riv navn wnn! mnr, i
tnan. compensate one ror tne trials of
such a long- and tedious Journey. i
ir
"U AUt CAII"
1? rrad taakler, SpaolaJ SUf Wrltar l
- -'. Tba iomrrL
"Uncle Burn" and "Aunt Jane" Veatch
are .two of the beat known, most re
spected and best loved . of Cottage
Grove's citizens. While there recently
I went to their home where 1. spent
several hours very pleasantly: TJucla
Burn, in spite of his S? years, was out
in his garden with his hoe putting the
weeds to route. Pointing to the dirt on
his knees he said: "I have been on
my kne)s after the weed. As a mat
ter of tact it wouldn't hurt most of us
to spend more time on our knees.. You
want to know about. the early days of
Cottage Orove? Well I will knock ff
and call it a day's work. The sun is
pretty hot and I was Just looking for
a good excuse to go to the houso aud
sit on the porch in the shad." . ?
A little later we were seated in a
couple of comfortable chairs and Uncle
Burn said: "My name is Harvey Clai
borne Veatch, but everybody calls m
Uncle Burn.' My father was a Ken
tucklaa. He was born in 1799. My
pother, Mary Miller Veatch, was bom
In South Carolina. v tier folks-were
Scotch Presbyterians and come of the
id covenanter stock. , I was born on
November -10. is 2 8, in White county,
Illino s. , I had, la all, three months'
schooling while a boy. After I was
grown 1 went to a writing school a
term and also to singing school and I
have been married "vyer 60 years and
that i a school of experience that
beats ail the other. .5
"From 1847 on for the next few years
each spring the divides between the
streams in ... Iowa bloomed with the
white canvas covers of the pralrU
schooners as the emigrants gathered
for their start . across the plains to
Oregon. The spectacle gripped a roan's
imagination and it was harder not to
go than to go. In the winter of 186.
when I was 24 years bid, I went to
writing school. One of my classmates
was Martha Jane Knox. I wish 1
could .make you see her as I saw her
then more than 80 years ago. She was
21 years old. he was a regular f ron- '
tier girl, large, strong, a'good band Hi
theihouse or in the field. Ready to
do her share and then some. Khe al
ways seemed glad to be alive. She waa
a Scotch girl, buxom and overflowing
with life and vitality. When I saw her
I knew that I need look no further for
a companion for life if I could get her.
"Next spring her father, Samuel Bar
ton Knox, prepared to go to Oregon. I
decided to go along. If he had de
cided to go to China and his diuirht
'wnt aln I would have decided that
v,iuua was wnere l wanted to go. Air.
Knox hired me to drive one of hi
teams. - Mr. Knox was well fixed, lie
had Scotch thrift and was a good man
ager. ' There were 10 in the Knox fam
ily. He had several wagons, sn J
brought along 100 head of loose cattl
and 10 blooded mares. Jane, my in
tended, rode horseback and drove the
loose cattle every day of the nix
months It took u to cross the plains.
I drove the team one day and helped
Jane drive the cattle every other day.
"On Still dava the fine alligll Im.i
kicked up by the hoofs of the hrd of
loo, cattle rosef like 1 the pii lar c f
V..V.UV, u uy viia.1 jea me Israelites. '
At the end of the day Jane and I wero
the same complexion dust color. How
much dust we swallowed I don't know
but it was a plenty. We wintered hear
Ralston's, . not' far from Peterson's
Butta, near what Is now the town of
Lebanon. i
'ln the spring of 1854 I took up 320
acres a ralie and half from what ia
now. Cottage Grove; - On the day before
Chrlstma in 1854 Jane and X we,e
married.' Wm were- married In a lo
cabin on . what is now known as tlm
Harding' place. John T. Gilfrey, the
county Judge, kept ar store at Clover
dale and owned a mill onBar creeK.
He-married us.
' "My wife had a good voice. It ha.i
lots of volume and power so she was
pretty mojeh in demand at cUurches
and entertainments. I sang pretty
fair myself. Hugh George, a brother
of Judge M. C. George of Portland,
and of Pressley George, had a singing
school.- I - went to his school. lid
came to me and wanted me to take a
principal part In aji entertainment ha
waji getting up. I C&ld him I only sang
by . ear and . that l would not reaa
music. He soon taught me the differ
ence between sharps and flats and be
fore long 1 was teaching a singin?
school myself. I taught singing school
here or hereabouts for 10 winter. r
The J'resbyterlaos, Christians and
Methodists went In together and
formed a union church here. I w
the clioln leader. ,
"We used to have some exciting"
trials in the early days here. I was a '
Juror in the celebrated 'Hen' Mulkey
case. Twice the Jury had disagreed.
This was the third Jury. Mulkey had
a habit of getting drunk and going to
town and hurrahing for Jeff Davis and
iub wwjii.BucraA.-y, ie was arrested ry
the military authorities and taken to
Fort .Vancouver . and confined for a
month. ,
"He sued for $10,000 damages. Two
of one Jury wanted to award him. tha
full sum sued for; two wanted to allow
him $30 for his month's loss of tinvj
and eight of us wanted to award him
$600. The Jury was discharged an.i
Captain Rinehart settled' with' him out
of court for $600,
"I was a Juror in the trial of John
Southwell for killing his uncle, George
Clark, on Row- mountain. It was the
result ofa feud. The neighbors took
sides, and3 the coroner's Jury nearly
come to blows over thecae. Campbell
Chrlstman ltfd one faction of the Jury.
I led the other. He was smarter than
I was and won out. Z wanted to say
in our verdict that a crime had been
committed, lie didn't: think it was a
crime to kill a person In a feud. The
final result was the murderer was sen
tenced to three years In thV peniten
tiary for killing his uncle. I have
served on Juries when United -States
Senator John H. Mitchell, Judge R. f
Stratton, S. F. Chadwlck, George 11.
i iTiuiauin, Atva Williams euliu ffU4Je Vv.
PW. Thayer were the attorneys.- Senator
Mitchell was a master hand with a
Jury. He could make a witness who
was telling the whole truth ana notfc
ing but the truth seem an If li was
telling nothing but lies. Jls gcoeral!
won bis cases." . - ' .
They Wouldn't Be Surprised.
From the Chicago Herald.
Independence Day brought forth in
many, quarters the expression of tha
conventional idea of how greatly the
founders of .this nation would be sur
prised if they could today ee how
much it has grown.
" They wouldn't be half as surprised
as some people Imagine.- They would
find that the countryr in population
and area, approximated what they had
believed it would come to In a hundred
years and more. They would be mora
surprised not to find a nation such r i
this than they would b to find it.
They believed in America and its
destiny. They would see- in this coun
try merely the results of their faith.
Result, of Publicity.
From the Hartford Times.
"Has the Income tax made any C '
ferenc in your affairs?"
Theatrical Star Tea. Ihav
io maKfl p nnii r rt t ' a . n. ... .
to maKe good to the
me salary my mana.r
advertising.