TIID OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FIU DAY, JULY
1015.
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America asks .nothing for her
. " self bat what she has a- right to
.; iask tor humanity Itself. ; '
1 - ' AVOODROW WILSON.
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- - It Is my constant'anxiety and
, ' prayer that" -J and this' nation
' should be - on ' the Lord's side.
Lincoln. . .
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AFTER TUB TIMBER
ITH the railroad seeking to
gain control of the timber
on i the grant lands, the
Oregon . public ; gets r a
'glimpse of the ' fight ' that mustbe
v made If this state - is to get a
. chance to build" up Its school fund
or profit otherwise from the tlm
. j ber and other' lands -; affected 'by
the late court decision. , T
t ' The' railroad, seeks a modifica
tion or me aecision giving it tne
" right to sell the timber and pocket
. tbe proceeds, declaring "that If
; permitted eo to "do," "It " will 'then
obey the decree as to the sale of
' ; the-lands. It further declares that
I if the court does not ko ' change
; tbe - decree, the company .., will ;go
- '.hef ore congress -and there s seek
-legislation .giving It the , , timber
and all the proceeds from sale
?ttereof. - . - . " ;i- -.
.. Thus,' the railroad -will "be one
influence that will have to be met
in congress. '
Another . antagonistic force that
' will be encountered, as was "pointed"
out . by Senator Smith, of , Arizona,
areVthe senators and "congressmen
in reclamation ' states, who, -after
Oregon -has-- contributed millions
tO'Teclamatlon elsewhere, will 'con
tend that the timber in., the grant
lands should also be sold and the
proceeds go to reclamation in Cthose
states. ' , - " ' ' "7 - '
. A third - and powerful .opponent
of .the plan for Oregon to have
-the benefit" from these Oregon tim
. ' ber lands will . be ' the " radical con
,'servatlonlsts In the east who will
insist. that ithe' forest lands be put
. Into Rational reserves.
A' fourth adverse Influence " is
the powerful" gang of" timber " Cp
l erators who 'will . see' In jth ' $ 4 0,-'
;0QO,O0Q worth of timber, a "splen-
did 'opportunity to grab the pub-
lie's rich inheritance" and- convert
f It to private and personal benefit.
and so many times before.
I This will be a most formidable
? Opposition.. mAs The Journal has
frequently, pointed out, there Is no
" t certainty-" that Oregon can tiave
r- her way; even -If she -presents- a
powerful and united front,; in the
: disposition of the arrant lands. Thin
'perfectly apparent fact , should
have the effect in Oregon of awak
ening all people to the central
- and paramount issue In the strug
' gle, and . of eliminating the petty
' details, side issues and political
feuds from the discussion.
Nothing should : do more than
this sudden move by the railroad,
to cause the public men of Oregon
to lay ateide ; their petty ambitions
and cause the private citizens of
Oregon to join all together . In a
Bhoulder-to-shoulder.' struggle to
create out "of .the public's Interest
in these grant lands a strong ir
reducible school fund for the bene
fit of their children and their
children's children for all ,time.
It is the "last great opportunity
that will come for the state to
take rank with other states in pro
viding forever for the little red
school house f-
AMERICAN -SCHOOLS -
TpHE federal bureau i of. educa
, ; I tlon says . that approximately
1- 22,000,006. persons" 5 were 'en
rolled : in ' American educa
tional institutions . In 1914. The
total Is impressive, Indicating that
more than one-fifth of the coun
try's population is getting an- edu
'cation. - , i
. This great army of students' and
pupils is led by a staff of 700,000
teachers. There . is ; a demand for
a" larger number of professionally
prepared teachers in rural schools,
where it Is said that ,rbut two
thirds of. the -teachers have had
any special training"", for their
work.
Reports to . the bureau , indicate
that the vocational guidance idea
is spreading. Of 7078 public high
schools, 3955 have talks, by prin
cipals or teachers on different - oc
cupations for students, and 2290
high schools Jdave . outside speak-
ers tp' furnish inrormatlon concern -
ing vocations. - .
, j The bureau V figures are Talua
bje because they how at a glance
the' . , importance, of American
schools. They alco are evidence
that-. educaUon s In the, United
States' is progressing. A' propor
tlon , of ' one-third 1 of professionally
unprepared teachers in the rural
schools is too large, but it is
smaller than many supposed and
it -Is, decreasing, each'- year.
A REMARKABLE PROPOSAI
OYERNMENT.. control of lum-
i h&? production in the United
J Stages rwas urged . last Moa-
"'day by' the National Lumber
Manufacturers' association at a
hearing before the federal trade
commission in" Chicago. The sug
gestion Is novel in AmericzE, andl
for tbareasoa has. Interest." . But
greater importance attaches to the
reasons assfgnedN for government
control;,:- "
-Overproduction, - ' uncontrolled
price -cutting, decrease; in, the- ex
port , trade .. due to the.. European
warthese aris some of the con
ditions .blamed by.-JR. D. Dowman,
president of ,the association, for
the , pTesent demoralized situation
facing the manufacturer, of , lum
ber. He ". described the lumber
trade's condition for the last eight
years as : having j been one of t de
moralization. ' Discussing condi
tions facing the yellow pine indus
try - and the i tremendous warte. gHm0us that statisticians ay it can-
ing on in 'the; forests, Charles' S:
Keith, president of the Southern
Pine association', 'said:
To Temedy4.' this condition of Waste
iu capital and loss to employes and
waste of the . national resources we
can suggest only one plan, and that
is to " stop' producing more 'lumber
than the market can assimilate. If
this - should be - done. It : should be
under full supervision of your com
mission. i
Whether: there should , be gov
ernment control of production may
be a .doubtful question, but these
men contributed -important evi
dence when they said that - lum
ber's present situation is due, more
than to any other thing, to over
production and uncontrolled com
petitive conditions:
But -.there is j?one other great
influence, and that is . under-con-
sump'tion , caused ; by, larger use of
cement. The ? decline . of lumber
consumption is lnt almost exact
proportion to increase in use of
cement, and the figures are.f Btag-
gering, as all : lumbermen - well
know. . - ,
The trouble with lumber 'is basic.
Tod much .timber' has ' been cut.
Too much lumber is being cut now
by lumbermen whose .forests 'are
bonded -and whose present cut is
to : get money to' pay interest on
outstanding . bonds. ' .. 5
v. tEAL AMERICANISM i ' j
HE New York Tribune., in. ju
i -"Stands by i the- President'? -
editorial has made a notable
contribution of Americanism."
Assuming division in the Demo-'
cratlc party;' caused hy Mr. Bryan's
resignation and noting efforts made
to alienate some of the foreign-
born Americans; that newspaper
says: - ;
In this situation there" is 'Just "one
thing for Republicans . to do. Their
support - of . , a president defending
American lives and rights must be
complete and unfaltering. It would
be better -for- the . Republican- party
to - indorse .Woodrow- .Wilson in . 1918
than- to. permit - the . principle to .Ae
established that, to defend American
interests is to commit political suicide.
The : Tribune 1 is the ; country's
leading Republican newspaper. It
is frankly partisan,; but it is Ameri
can enough to eay that under con
ditions as it 6ees : them, partisanship
must give way to ' patriotism, that
the success-of the ,Republieani j)arty
In, 191 6 Is not nearly so important
as united American -support of a
president who Is standing for Amer
ican rights.
The Tribune has set an example
which some of its party contempo
raries, might follow to advantage.
-A COST CONTRAST
HOW money can be saved tax
payers by county courts
through the aid jof compe-
: itjuv ana- iiwuest eugineenng
has been demonstrated in Linn
county. ' , ; '
" A bridge v at, Lebanon is to cost
$13,461. The span ,1s 322 feet
long and will contain 117 tons of
steel. - . ' " ' ,
A bridge across the Callpoola;
hnllt in 1913 in the same county,
has a 160 foot' span 'and It con
tains .'only. 40.3 tons of steel.
Though tbe span is not half as
long and' the steel content a little
over one-third as much, the cost
of the Calipoola bridge was $11, -2QU
against . Che $13,461 in . the
Lebanon structure. ' '"- -
The" cost of steel in the Lebanon
bridge. la to. be $69, against. theN
$104.20. per ; ton in the Calipooia
bridge. v The foundation ,: at - Leb
anon Is of cement and- is' fully as
high and: difficult to construct as
the: foundation at Callpoola. ,
The Lebanon, ' bridge was de
signed and the j contract let with
the bridge department of the state
highway office supervising and the
saving both in; the cost of steel
and in the construction Is example
of what can be ; done by county
boards in .saving money for tax
payers, t- -
The public money, that has been
wasted through crooked - specifica
tions in bridge building in Oregon;
runs into 'millions. An . honestly
conducted .highway engineer's; of
fice can be of J vastTassistance in
stopping the waste, and it is for
this reason that The Journal has
kept -the searchlight on the office
j jat Salem, which office is shown
1 la the results at Lebanon to be
capable of honest and Intelligent
work. ..j .
; All county hoards in their bridge
building activities, should take' ad
vantage of the facilities the depart
ment offers.
WHAT POWERS? ;
I'
HE 5 end of the European
war will leave the pow
ers proud and -, militant,"
exclaimed a speaker while
predicting rtrar- peril j to - America,
af the ' Portland . banquet- of the
Sons of the American. Revolution.
,What 'power8? WIU it be. Great
Britain, whose recent j war' loan of
fire t billion dollars hears 4 - per
cent interest instead of 2V which
British ..Consols have always paid;
and whose provisions! for war ex
penditures to the ; present total
nearly eight .billion? I ' ;
Will it be Russia, just now fac-;
Ingf the fearful onslaught of the
German." arms . In which she seems
well nighN fought toil her knees?
Or, 7lth ' her stupendous expendi
tures to meet the allied ! armies
almost 'Incomputable,! will It be
Germany ? now rushing ahead with
Irresistible force and Increasing
speed towards, exhaustion? ;
The. .colossal destruction of capi
tal by the war and - the stupendous
demand for 1 more capital to carry
on the war are piling! a debt now
close to 50 billion dollars 4 upon
the .belligerents, a debt so enor-
not be paid in a century,' and who
declare that; it will nrobably never
be .paid. j
, Bankrupt nations fare 'neither
"proud'T nor. "militant." The sin
ews (of, war are money and credit.
When the present war is ended at
some indefinite time, ithe belHger
ents - will be so overwhelmed with
debt and ruin and their peoples
will be so agonized with" the hide
ous, consequences or war that. the
warring , nations : will all be inore
bent on keeping- dow4 revolutions
at home than in, seeking new fields
to conquer abroad.
THE BALKAN NATIONS i
A'
BERLIN dispatch says the
capture of - Warsaw would
make . 'possible ij a separate
peace ' with Russia and re
move' the? possibility of the-Bal-kan
nations joining i the allies.
That explains : the Teutons', tre
mendousr effort to crush the. Rus
sian armies. . -; r if I
Whether the fall. ' ofv Warsaw
would bring Russia to terms may
be a' question, but there is no doubt
about recent German - successes
having an influence in the Bal
kans. It is reported tUat Greece,
Bulgaria, -Serbia and i Montenegro
have renewed the alliance which
proved f fectlye ;against the Turks
three years'" ago.- If i) that is :so,
it means that Greece; and Bulgaria,
while still' neutrali 1 are practically
aligned against the Teutons. ; Z '
Bulgaria's attitudes has . been
doubtful. ; Suspicious of. her neigh
bors, and particularly of Roumania,
she ' has , : been watching " events.
There is no doubt Nthat Roumania
has been afraid r of Bulgaria.
Neitner nation has felt it- safe to
take : a decisive step .without; reck
oning with the other, ii ' The allies
have held cut strong inducements
to - each, especially in connection
with the Dardanelles campaign,
but old v jealousies , "between these
two countries have been a strong
argument against ; either k entering
the was" with the possibility of the
other taking advantage of weak
ened -home defenses. ii "
Continued neutrality : of . Rou
mania and Bulgaria is important
to the Teutons. ' Should these two
nations- declare war on the side of
the allies, -Turkey would be Iso
lated. - Bulgaria could turn he
soldiers against Constantinople and
furnish a field of operations for
troops of the1 allies. i Roumania,'
which was not weakened by the
Balkan wars, would be a formid
able enemy on Austria's eastern
frontier. -1 ;
If German successes in 'Russia
continue, even though they might
not bring a separate j peace with
the czar's country, ' they would be
worth their cost should they keep
the Balkans ont of ' the war. .
Commissioner Daly, reports that
since last August arrangements
have been made for removing 2297
poles' from Portland's streets. The
plan for joint pole ownership by
public service companies . Is pro
ducing desirable-results. It should
be ; adhered to in then Interest- of
economy and more sightly thor
oughfares. J . -
Each ' New York .woman , who
wants.' equal - suffrage . has' been'
asked to call up two men ac
quaintances "next' Sunday and tell
them ' why ? they - should vote v for
the suffrage, amendment. It will
be- a , new kind of wire 'pulling In
politics. ." i I ' f
f
- Samuel Felton; president of the
Chicago Great Western ; railroad,
has -turned down Russia's offer of
a Job with a salary of $250,000. a
year. There are a number of war
experts -in Portland whom" Russia
could get for much less .money. : ,
.'."Munition making 1 at South
Bethlehem," says an Ironic head
line.. - South- Bethlehem, Pa., he
means. ? The original Bethlehem is
yet peaceful. j
Building permits issued by lead-
I ing American . cities i during . the
first six months of this year to
taled $318,179,519, aldecrease of
$32,684,347, or only nine per cent,
as compared with' the same 'period
in, 1914. It is declared that with
j the building projects , in sight and
, a ' decided tendency toward t en-
largea : acuviues" in - the near fu
ture, it is probable that the year's
total will exceed that of 1814.
When Mr. Bryan comes to Port-:
land and makes an address his
critics here will have a chance to
see for themselves just how much
their criticisms 'have, been : worth.
Some' folks may prefer globe
! trotting on Transatlantic steamers
i on which they are finding bombs,
but as for us we would rather see
America -first. .
'Portland is being, invaded by
Elks on' their way home from Los
Angeles Hello, Bill! The city i
yours, as. the Shrlners have relin
quished title. .
WORLD'S BEST VALUE
THE AMERICAN DOLLAR
From the New York" Times. '
TpCES: American dollar, is today Ihe
most desired piece of ' current
money In the whole world. 'Never
since money was -discovered to have
variable- qualities baa one' kind : been
universally eo esteemed In anything
Ilka the same, degree. The English
pound sterling has been hitherto ; the
most acceptable, the safest,' the best
known money ' of al. ' But today a
man with pounds sterling in London
owing dollars to a man In New' Tork
must pay a premium of z per cent,
to convert pounds Into dollars. That
Is,, to say, he pays a premium for
dollars when be buys them frith
pounds.-"- - - - i
An American dollar is worth $1.03
in English money. The premiums la
other money are greater. In French
money the American dollar is worth
nearly $1.09;-la German money, $1.17;
In Italian . money, $1.18; in Russian
unoney,. ' $1.33; In Austrian money.
tl.ti. - In., neutral anoney the premi
ums are less. . In Dutch money It is
very alight. ' In Scandinavian -money
a4 dollar Is worth $1.03; In . Swiss
money, $1.04. .. ; ,"' ; v
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' Such premiums on American money
indicate, In the first place, that'; the
world owes this country an enormous
quantity oi dollars, and; In the second
place, that.it is very inconvenient for
the world to pay In the only absolute
equivalent, which la gold. ! Ordinarily,
i. premium of only a. fraction: of a
cent In a dollar, will cause gold to be
sent from London to- New York. ' The
meaning . of that transactfon "IsJ that
at . a given time London ' owes more
money In : New .Tork:' than ;Newi Tork
Owes In London, so that after all the
offsetting credits have been swapped
there remains a balance due. and pay
able In New Tork on account-of goods
delivered, tor foreign buyers. Then the
demand -for leae fto convert pouada
into dollars at the banker's-causes a
premium to appear on dollars, and
when - the premium la mors than : the
cost of - actually . shipping gold i the
gold Itself Is shipped.
j ' - . ' ..' ' '. ' . v
; Thus, ' under : normal -conditions, a
man In London would nojt pay -p're-mlum
of Z per 'cont to convert pounds
sterling into dollars through the. for
eign exchange market, He would ship
the gold outright, . because It would be
cheaper. ! That he "cannot," do at "J the
present time. -; i Tot ; much . is . owing.
England ! is very ; reluctant y to -, part
with her gold at all. So, Instead of
paying In gold. . and . as they cannot
pay , in goods. Great - Britain,. France,
Russia, Italy, and all our" belligerent
foreign " customers" arran'ge for credit
and the a American dollar, . In" terms
of all foreign money, stays at a pre
mium. The i credits . foreign buyers
obtain from : bankers ' here 'are ar
ranged on the "basis . Of .foreign ex
change, so " that for - each dolIara
worth of . goods bought here n credit
they pay all' the way from' $1,02 I to
$1.34. , Buying on Credit lis "the cost
liest way to-,.. buy. - . v--r '
Those ' ' are ; the' purely mechanical
laws of exchange. Other factors i re
main to be considered. If t your, cred
itor ultimately will pay wp In gold; it
seems hard to charge him a very
high premium for credit; to ye him
the credit ana tnen to aaa to your
bill 2 per cent. 10 per cent, even 33
per cent .The probability Is. that
when ; the war , is over ., Europe will
work terrifically to produce the goods
to 'pay; off her debts. In time ..the
terms of. exchange will- be ' normal
again. '- But ; nobody' can tell - when
that wMV be, and ; In the- meantims
there is an element of risk. -
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' All : the comparisons thathavebeen
made between ' the American ; dollar
and foreign money units were on the
gold basis of equivalents. The civil
ised -world . is on a gold money basis.
But it may not be able to continue
that way. The . enormous . output: of
paper "money in Europe, especially
In. 'Germany, ", cannot go on for very
long without t causing acute distrust
of the power of gold redemption. The
possibility '' of non-redemption is al
ready patent to bankers. , On this
subject the National City bank ,in its
July circular said: j
"It ll a misfortune for any coun
try In this age of international' trade
to be off the gold basis, but when a
eountry is engaged In war smaller
misfortunes do, not count tf The fact
is that, a currency "fixed upon a-gold
basis Is a luxury that only - a few
countries have, been able tov afford
until comparatively recent times. Rus
sia . and . Austria-Hungary established
gold payments' In 1897. and Italy
since then. Few countries hsve gone
through-a great war- without suspend
ing specie payments." ' .
The world wide premium - on the
American dollar represents for the
; most part.' of ;' course, the" exigencies
Of foreign exchange under abnormal
conditions; but Xn some ; degree It re
flects the fact that the American dol
lar Is intrlnsloally the' Safest. least
variable unit of money . In ' the world
today," protected by what ia both rel
atlvelr and actually the largest gold'
reserve In existence. .' -,-
FOnceOver
V -RE.X LAMPMAW -
IN THE first place what makes -Mr.
Sackett a social lion- up at the
Press club is that he Is from West
field. Maas.r Bob Stevens old home
town. - - "--' , . - .
- end Mr, Sackett ts a whip manu
facturer and ' he haan-.t seen Bob for
32. years so he stopped in Portland
to see him. , ' . , -i-and
he asked for htm at the Elks
club and they said Bob wasn't here
but to see Frank McGettigan.
and he did.'
J And Frank told him Bob ' was"
back i In' New .York staying awhile
so that he'll know all the new vaude
ville Jokee. ' -
'.when they get here next winter.,
f And Mr.' Sackett is in no hurry
to get home and' stays at the Portland
hotel.
' and admires the view."
up, at the Press club.
and first-nights at the Empress
every week Just as Bob does when
he's here, '
only Bob goes to sleep, -
s J And : yesterday up at the Press
club Mr. Sackett and Terasa Miller
were introduced. , . . , v-
"J Teresa - Is ;- a . large - part of r the
show and- has .a chameleon which
eats files.- , ' ' ,
and they must be alive and mov
ing or he won't eat them.' .
not Mr, Sackett the chameleon.
and - Teresa ' says the Portland
flies are : the wildest she , ever saw
any place.. - v .;.-"..-:
"and the chameleon can - change
color almost as quick as Al Lund
borg can' change his clothes.
and lately because the files are
so wild and won't let her catch them
It's been a deep blue Teresa says.
- But anyway she and Mr. Sackett
got acquainted and - he told . her - he
knew a joke. - -
- i-and she said "What Is itr
' and ' he said "Why did Eve bits
the apple?" " '
.and she said-T don't know why
did shef,
and ' he said "Bewuse she didn't
have a, knife to cut It. with." ...
; J And Mr. Sackett says he's told
that joke all - over the country to
girls and they always laughed.
, until he got to Portland, -c -
JAnd he Suggested to .Teresa that
she. work It in--wlth the res of the
funny stuff In-her act.; '
J Mr. Sackett the rest of his name
Is George B. thinks It would be bet
ter for Teresa not to -use his Joke
until she leaves Portland. :
. and he- Is going to stay here . a
while yet -, , - - '
- and wants to use it himself
and , ; . -
' ! LISTEN Mr. Sackett says the
whip ; business- is ' all frazzled out
because if a getting to.be much more
fashionable v teown your own car
than, yourj, own home. J. ' "
Letters From the People
- (Communications 'seat to The - Joornal . for
publication in this department abould be writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, abOvJd not
exceed 300 word in length and moat be-accompanied'
by the name and addreaa of -' the
aender. If the writer does not desire to have
the name published, he-ahould o ,state,v;--
" "DlscBtloa ti" the KTeoteat of all reformera.
It rationalizes erery thine; it touches. It robs
prlndplea of all false sanctity and throws them
back on their re&Mmableneaa, - If they hars no
reaBonableneaa, It ruthleasly eruahes them oat
af-eziatenc and sets op its ewn-eoncluaions
in their stead." j-Woodrew Wllsoa. '
. New llands:'"in -Western Lane. -
Minerva,1 Or" July. 17 To the Edi
tor v. of Thee; Journal Through The
Journal, t iomeseekers and all whom
lt-r may "concern, ; we wish to make a
statement In ' regard - - to the , many
thousands ? of acres of rich, black
soil .' In western Lane. Its ' resources
and - opportunities - are, we ' believe,
greater and more favorable to - the
"homebuilder .than . any other part of
the Pacific coast
- This . land is In the ' northwestern
corner -of Lana-eounty, la townships
15. IS- and - 17 south, range: 11. west
W. M' -One an - obtain any of the
above , plats from the Douglas Coun
ty -Abstract company. ' at Roseburg.
We stayed for. several days at Eye-opener-
"farm, - the home, of pole... We
traveled ' over many miles of this
land and" thoroughly .examined.' Jaev-
erai- sections, covered witn -rich,
black r-soil, known as black, loam, of
unknown' depth.. . " We- found ; springs
and running water on almost every
acrel; We could .'see. from many
places., from '10 to 15 milea There
was not enough - timber or brush to
obstruct oar view. We found no deep
svs -wrrir si - e hvn . tfiAiintaln - s4ssi
vaui wiis aaws srvvy v mm fcsai :- siuca
and - no-nigh - mountains. '. ? All along
the " coast the , hills are low.
The hay, grain, potatoes and other
crops looked better than we had ever
seen in any other part of the state.
There is, surely- plenty of fish and
wild game. . .We saw three , bands of
elkv in one day. We saw as many as
13 . elk and two deer at one signt
No wonder the old-timers bate to see
settlers' come, ' We also saw grouse,
quail and ; pigeons 1 in -countless num
bers. .' .
- While ; i fishing for trout In 1 Big
creek we saw several mink climb up
on - the rock with trout In their
mouths from 10 to' IS ""inches long.
Western Lane haa been 'truly - named
the hunter's and trapper's paradise. :
We found the land being filed on
in ' a lively manner. We visited sev
eral of the - new . settlers, busy rolling
up log houses,- and : as happy as ; the
day Is long. We saw no signs - of
hard times, - - - ' '
' , WILLIAM FRASER.
...... 3. L. WHETSTONE.
; ' Oakland, Or.
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Mr. Dole Invites Sportsmen. - .
Minerva, Or., July 1 To the Edi
tor ' of The Journal To the. home
seeker, also : to s the sportsmen : whq
would like to have a good time dur
ing the open - season for killing wild
game, I wish . to ' say that here is a
chance- to ' combine . business with
pleasure.. I. Lorenao E; Dole, mana
ger and owner1 of the Eye-opener
farm, ., will ..furniph free . camping
ground," freev wood . and water, - and
free pasture, with ' grass tip to - a
horse's back, during , the .operi hunt
ing season,-:, to all that may . come. . I
will also show the best hunting
places - in - western v Lane and JH
guarantee that they get the limit,
all free of . charge, v I make this lib
eral of fer; so the many thousands of
acres s of - agricultural land may 'be
seen with the naked eye.: . All mem
bers of rod. and gun clubs through-
PERTINENT GOMMENT AND NEWS IINT BRIEF
. . S3IALIt CIIANGE
Seattle Thnes: It Is-astonishing how
proud Americans are - of their own
country when they gain the same
knowledge o It. that they possess of
Europe. :.-, c
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Oklahoman: If the present state of
affairs - In Mexico-' con tlnumt mnnh
longer the various revolutionary lead
ers nugai una 11 expeaient to organize
a. .winter league, . r
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Philadelphia Telegraph: Before
strikine: for more monev for dta-s-ina?
coaL these- Welsh miners shoiiM. r.
1 fleet -on how much their brothers are
1 getting -for digging trenches. '
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.Kansas City Star: ' Just haw Mar a
part of Great Britain Wales is may be
judged by - the fact that Lloyd-George
Is a Welshman, and the Welsh miners
are essential to the national, defense.
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- Boston Globe; " The -British censor
ship has been so effective not to say
efficient that perhaps those striking
Welsh miners, even though they read
the papers, don't know; that there is a
war. ., r..--.. . ! ii i .
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C-etroit News; J. P.' Morgan Is said
to be saving money for - one of the
warrlrigr countries that -is dealing
through him. . However, We hope Mr,
Morgan is not cheating himself there
by. And he probably isn'tr ,
- Philadelphia North I American: ' A
Lou vain professor has been named to
the - University of Pennsylvania facul
ty If. he doesn't try to exercise the
American privilege of free speech,' the
trustees may let him remain. .
ii - -.- v - i - --j:."i:-Yi
New? Orleans v Statesr f Thomas A.
Edison has accepted the invitation to
serve as the head of the naval inven
tions board and the country need not
be surprised If It soon hears that he
has invented a device, for hoisting a
hostile submarine with its own petard.
COMM ENT-PF THE
&BESSAM OTrTZ.OOKl The course
taken t by Judge Gatens " In ; paroling
Mrs.. Fowls to her husband and re
fusing to sentence her: daughter. Is to
be highly commended, ( A long term In
the penitentiary would' have served no
adequate purpose in these cases and
the punishment of the two women will
be just as severe until their chastened
spirits have shown that ! the mercy
shown them was not misplaced. There
are extreme cases In which the appli
cation of mercy is warranted and it is
to meet Such circumstances that the
parole -power is given by law to dis
criminating Judges. . It Is true that the
security of society has sometimes been
Impaired by ill-advised paroles as well
as pardons -for imprisoned criminals,
and this applies to murderers as well
as others. The Individual criminal la
not the only one to be considered ; the
moral - effect upon others . of criminal
tendencies is an - important factor. -
MASSEZTEXiB SSCOSDl Coos Bay
towss should unite whenever It -comes
to attracting crowds to either Marsh
field or North . Bend, By right we
should be and some day will be one
big town.' : Whatever.? helps one com
munity In a measurer spells good for
the other. There Is a. rivalry, and, un
fortunately, an unfriendly feeling be
tween the two places. 1 When North
Bend celebrates in October Marshf leld
people should go, over' In large num
bers -and, should enter as heartily as
possible into-.the celebration. The com
pletion of the bridge ends a misgiving
which has existed for 40 years, and is
the first real. movement forward Coos
Bay has experienced. Everyone should
be happy and nojt be -alow ' aboutr. mak
ing .the f&ct apparent; , j. - j
XEWBSQ GXCAPKZO: The St. Joe
and Carlton communities have 'had re
cent mad dog scares and. It Is decreed
by the authorities . that all rdogs in
Yamhill county must be muzzled or
kept shut up. . n this connection .let
it here' be stated that a farce- of the
dog muzzling ordinance is being played
here In Newberg daily. -Dogs are go
ing about tha ; streets, V their ' noses
adorned 'with leather straps that are
absolutely worthless ;as a preventive
against their ability to bite. With an
epidemic--of -rabies a possibility,-it Is
time for the authorities to act with a
firm hand without fear or favor.
.
XroaxnTS BEGISTEBj ' In the gen
eral plan for -spreading abroad . the
fame of Eugene " automobile tourists
cannot be neglected, for they -ar be
coming more numerous each year. The
automobile has made possible a new
kind of tour and the pleasure of these
trips is luring thousands of people out
into this country. Eugene is proud of
its beautiful parks and Is anxious for
tbe whole world to see them; By throw
ing at least some of them open for
the use of tourists a kindly and hos
pitable deed would be done and thou
sands of travelers would be made good
friends of the city. . "
WTTiT.a'MarA TXBCESi The mad dog
scare was one of the sensations of
these parts and It was -well founded
too. No one wants to take chances on
that terrible disease, hydrophobia. Peo
ple, here have been .too lax In the mat
ter of letting dogs rim at large, thinking'-
they were .immune ; from this
danger. It is well that they have been
awakened to the danger in time, be
fore human life was-needlessly sacri-
tcifed. , j
out the state are especially Invited.
Visitors may come i by .way of Ma
pfeton. From Mapleton they will
have - nine miles of wagon road to
Stafford's place, on ' the north fork
of the Sluslaw rlverK-then eight miles
over - a good trail tn " the Eyeopener
farm. Then they will be In the
greatest hunting, Xishjng and trap
ping region of the Pacific coast
LORENZO E. DOLE.
INDEX'OF ADVANCING . '
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
Frnn the Iron Trade Review. -
A- thorough investigation as to' I
the extent to which the recent
Improvement in: -demand for Iron
and steel products . Is due to do-. J
mestlo demand cieariy snows tnai
the demand, for consumption wlth
" In the " United " States in no way
connected with The war is in
creasing. ' This has been true es-"
pecially ' during . the past, few;
weeks. It Is also! true, however,
that very large tonnages of fin-;
lshed materials are being sold for,
the manufacture of munitions.
The most -s Interesting develop-
fnent in the past ; few days has
been the decided, increase In the
demand for -pig Iron, especially
teel making grades In the Pitts-
t ' burg district, where round ton-
Jnages of basic nave neen soia ai
Ja moderate advanee in price. A
f steel company, through Its export
-department, sent out an Inquiry
for 40,000 tofts of steel making
pig Iron lor export, i-ngn xreignis
Interfere with ' the shipment of
pig iron to England.
There is a scarcity, of billets,
and prices are advancing. :.. :.
ORECOJT SIDELIGHTS
The city council of Salem haa voed
the 3250 needed to. establish a nubllo
bathing place In the Willamette river.)
The Commercial club will manage the .
project, . . . ,
- "Patronize home 'gold 'mines, Is also I
a good slogan, according to the Baker
Herald, wtiich inquires: - "Why not a '
mining exhibit at the county fair to let j
tne nome people learn or our mining
prowess? ....
A' camping ground for tourists has
been established at MedXord. Next
year it is planned to have a still bigger
and better place, and to this ena the
Greater Medford club will be urged' to
use Its influence. i-"''
Eugene Register: It Is common
knowledee ' that the Shrlners know a
good thing when they see it j which i
is still further proved by the fact that I
next alter aeattie and foruana iney
have paid most attention to Kugene,
,
- Progress Is marching up and down
Main street in Heppner.' The Gazette
Times notes one of tbe results: "Many
property owners on Main street are
getting the right Idea In removing the
wooden awnings - from the ' front of
their buildings. It Is encouraging to
noted that . all - new buildings being
erected or recently put up are minus
this old eyesore." ' '
Canyon City Eagle: This is the sea
son of heavy trading for . the stores'
in this part of Grant county. Many
of the big-teams that make the rail
road loaded with wool, load back ' to
the ranch -with ' supplies. . Those not
familiar with ranching In a stock coun
try would probably be surprised to see
a ton.- of bacon and barrels of flour
go to one ranch. Everything else Is
bought in the same proportion and
when a big cow ranch rigs up for the
winter they have in stock as much
goods as many stores will carry.
PRESS OF OREGON
SALEM STATESMAN I The writer
predicts tha following the completion
of the experimental pieces' of paved
highway on the main Portland : road,
north of the. state fair grounds, and In
front of the county poor farm on the
"River roady there will come a de
mand .from different sections of old
Marlon for more of the same or a sim
ilar kind, and that, in the course of a
comparatively few years, all the main
highways will be paved. This Is the
natural thing in this age of pneumatlo
tires. The serviceability of -the paved
roads 'will appeal to the public which
must .use them. And when It finally
becomes clear that the paved road-is
the cheapest kind in point of actual
cost in dollars and cents, in construc
tion and upkeep, there will no longer
be any to object to the great Improve
ment. : ,. ' - rr -f-
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CAarroxr crrx eaox.ii shopping
by anto is now. a common thing for
John Day valley ranchers. - It used to
be'a tedious trip : to -towiy -when the
drive was made with a teeitn and as a
consequence many. of the ranchers had
to- carry ' considerable in the way of
supplies on hand and eVen then much
time was wasted on the road to, and
from town. , Now many of the ranch
ers with, their auto can come to town
for a pound can of coffee instead of
hauling.; barrels of it ; home for the
year's supply, and again, if they do
not find what they want In one town
they run to another. In a year or so
there will be only few ranchers in the
county who will travel with buggy and
team, . , ' - .
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XTB-WTlEStG XarTEBPBISEl In the
mountain slopes ,to the eastward .and
northward. -Newberg has a valuable as
set ; With some more . road Improve
men so that the highest points may
be- easily reached by automobiles, there
will be many persons cohnlng out from
Portland In machines who will take In !
those - elevations and - therefrom obtain
a view unrivaled in beauty In any land.
An additional attraction Is given that
region by the fine farms to be seen
on the Way. These extend to the' limit
of the -hills and the - f ertiUty of the
soil Is beyond belief until one has seen
with his own eyes what is being pro
duced thereon.'-
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WOOBBtraN ISTDEPElinJEirTt In
dications still r point to brightening
times. -All that Is now necessary is
confidence felt; by those In possession
of the money, and It looks - now that
by fall the Pacific coast will be teem
ing with prosperity. Politics will not
cut much of a-figure in delaying the
arrival of good days, :for big interests
are beginning to realize that they also
are belng ssqueezed and will not con
done any effort on ' the part of poli
ticians to continue the calamity howl
and war -scare until the presidential
campaign of ill', . - ! .
TPrXtX.BB OBO XXrOEnsrSEXTTl Isn't
it possible that the new style of travel
Introduced .to Washington ; county by
Aviator Munter may solve c the road
question? Ten years ago no one would
predict that farmers would be driving
automobiles to town and who can tell
what another ten years will bring
about? ; Perhaps the roads we' are
spending so r much money on will be
merely ornamental and when our farm
er friends wish to run up to Hillsboro
on an errand it will merely.,: mean
wheeling the . trustly- flying machine
out of the barn.
What Makes Land Valuable? .
. From Farm ; and Fireside,
'Reduced .to Its lowest terms, prop
erty, whether real or personal, gold
or silver, prairie land or t skyscraper,
derives its, value " from "what man's
labor has put into it or can take out
Of It- ;:,. -.-.-' - :- v:;: , .--5.;--,;
So said Dr. Oeorge Otis Smith, di
rector of the United -States geological
survey at the University of Illinois,
recently.
Doctor : Smith's geology ;: is fortu
nately much more accurate,' than his
political economy. The' quoted state
ment Is one the error In which any
freshman in economics : ought to be
able to demonstrate. ;;?:,, '
The value of land ... does not come
from any labor expended ; upon it at
all, though the. value of the, improve
ments does : 'A quarter section of
prairie land, or a Quarter block in
a city "available for the erection of a
skyscraper, 1 ; depends, as to selling
value, on the presence of the commu
nity. ..The owner of .farm' land in
Illinois or of. a lot in Chicago may
have been asleep, in an insane asy
lum, or abroad for 25 years, doing
nothing on the landbut the value has
been, running up all the same.
The Landlord.
When the cobbler wants ' clothes.
And the tailor wants boots.
They exchange work for work,
Anr both parties it suits;
When the landlord wants clothes,
. lie just holds out his hand,
Arid iSxchanges permission
-To liye on his land."
J, .Land Reform.,.
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:: Come to Make s Ixng Visit.
From the Chicago Herald.
The crops are record-breakers; the
steel mills are running to capacity;
the Chicago strikes are off. Looks as
If prosperity is well acres the thres
hold and is contentedly seated fn the
most comfortable easy chair in the
living room.
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the space dictated by its
own worth is responsible for the
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of THE SUNDAY JOURNAL that
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SUNDAY JOURNAL abound in
illustrated feature articles that
represent the elements of Infor
mation and entertainment 1
sound proportion.
Among the good things for
next. Sunday ire:
-War Features '
THE WAR IN REVIEW A page
of text and a fTage of maps in
THE SUNDAY JOURNAL Mag
azine will afford every reader
- a thorough understanding of
the events of the past "twelve-,
month in Europs. :
- This immense subject iJ
' treated in a manner that will
appeal to all who would be in
formed as-to the relative sig
nificance of events across the
Atlantic,: , ' ,
These pages will supply the
very information you have
. been looking for, namely a co
ordinate account of the events
4 . that precipitated the colossal
conflict and the military events
that have followed. ' .
THE WAR DAY BY DAY A
chronological review of the
leading-events in the -war zone
from June 28, 1914, to the
present will be found on the
cable news page in Section
Three. - - -
THE WAR AND ART Yesterday
the artist .of America leaned
on that which the European,
artist had built. - Today he ts
building an art of his own.
Tomorrow Read what Bert
Kennon has to say about this
in THE SUNDAY JOURNAL
Magazine. -
WOMEN AS SPIES Some of the
most ingenious plots to obtain
and convey Information in the
present war have been hatched
by women, and an illustrated
, article in T HIE SUNDAY JOUR-
- NAL Magazine will relate some
of them in detail. '
'Roads and Railroads'
HIGHWAY BUILDING A few
. weeks ago THE SUNDAY
. '.. JOURNAL published a series
of photographs- showing the
beginning of work of hard-
. surfacing the trunk highways
of Multnomah county. An
other series of photographs
, will be published next Sunday
that will show the progress of
' the work to date.
THE ALASKAN RAILROAD A
Portland .resident recently has'
returned from Anchorage,
Alaska the center of preliml
j nary construction work on the
Alaskan railroad. The account
of his observations Illustrated
,'by photographs, which he took
is of more than passing in-
terest.
A NEW PLAYGROUND The re-
. cent visits to the Columbia
River Highway and environs by
Henry S. Graves, chief forester
of the" United States, which ac
companied the announcement
that. a 20-square-mile park will
, be available to the people of
Portland with reasonable as-
. surance of the construction of
"a highway completely around
the base of Mt. Hood will be -reviewed
in picture.
For Matron and Maid
The usual wealth of good
things will be available for the
housewife and her daughter.
ANNE RITTENHOUSE has re
ceived some advance information
on the .trend" of autumn styles'
which she imparts in, her weekly
fashion letter. CATHARINE
GREENWOOD offers an attrac
tive needlework design that will
Interest all who sew. DOROTHY
nni AW In har MM tnr mmti
vwitif s as uvi ay s a w v , w viij v it t
. that Is k regular feature In THE
SUNDAY JOURNAL Magazine,
wllr-tell you how to pack the va
cation trunk. A number of
shorter articles convey worth
while ideas for the business girl.
For the Boys and Girls
The children's page la THE
SUNDAY ' JOURNAL Magazine
featuring 'Cartoonagrams," by
CHARLES A. OGDEN, and fairy
tales by GEORGENE FAULKNER,
"The Story Lady."
The comic, section, in color. In
which our friends in funland will
appear in new capers that will
amuse.-".
News of the Beaches
The summer news department,
In which THE SUNDAY JOUR
NAL excels. It is of 4ual inter
est .to those sojourning at the
' beaches and to , their stay-at-home
friends, it is a fitting com
plement to the several pages of
society news.
DR. WOODS HUTCHINSON
This forceful writer pokes
his pen in his own vigorous
way at King Alcohol. The ar
ticle "Alcohol is False Alarm,"
is brief and to thepolnt. --
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