THE OREGON DAItL'1 JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1915.
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f ' VVOODROW WILSON.
.
There is something among
men more capable of shaking
despotic power than, lightning,
whirlwind or earthquake; that
is the threatened 'indignation
of the whole civilized world.
Daniel Webster.
A NEW FREEDOM
s
OMETHING new .to business
is transpiring at Seattle.
Business men there are
laying before the Trade Com-
mission complaints of things that
f tamper their business.
l- Thus, one man complained .of a
t need for merchant ships and urged
t government aid for a merchant
marine. Another lodged the same
& complaint and urged a change in
I the navigation laws.
I Another complained about han
I dicaps in fishing in Northwest wa-
ters, and cited a discrimination in
tariff in favor of Atlantic fisher
3 men and against Northwest flsher-
men. Still another complained of
t customs regulations which he said
. ? give Prince Rupert an advantage
over Puget Sound in halibut fish-
Ing.
In the same way, in various lines
of industry and commerce, the
handicaps to business were laid be
fore the listening federal trade
commissioners. The .. commission
ers are thus an impartial body ap
pearing In behalf of the federal
government to ascertain what can
be done to remove the handicaps,
clear away the obstacles and
change unfavorable regulations
which may be detrimental to
1 trade. It is a highly intelligent
$ and broadly concerned endeavor
by ' government to give business a
new freedom and forward the gen
f eral welfare.
I It has a counterpart In the ac-
tlon of the Federal Reserve Board
I In the late directions to federal re
I serve banks to throw the banking
power of the country behind Amer
1 lean farmers in their efforts to
move their crops to market by
givg them freedom from the old
timWscarcity of money always in-
cldent to the annual movement of
I crops. Never before has the
I power of the American govern
ment oeen usea wun so mucn con
structive intelligence and in .so
many ways to lighten the life tasks
and. promote the welfare of the
r American people.
Whatever the individual opinion,
i there must be general recognition
lot the fact that there is now a
(directing genius at the head of the
I American government, and that he
has rare gifts for comprehending
and adjusting the great affairs of
an extraordinary country.
HIS BLOODY DREAMS
"N
O MATTER which nation is
victorious in the -war, that
country will attack the
United States' said Her-
ibert Lu Satterlee, a former assist
ant secretary of the navy, at Seat
tle Tuesday. lie added:
- i We' are absolutely helpless, a sec
.ond China, ana though we are the
j richest hatibn on earth, we are with
. - China In its most helpless condition.
4 We have been getting along on a
; f bluff. We will see our bluff called
. I at the close of this war.
How did Mr. Satterlee find it
Jail out?:
; ' For what will the victorious na
ftion attack us? . Is war so sweet
s land blood-letting such fun that
,we shall be attacked Jor?mere pas
' time? After this war is over and
, , 'nobody knows when that will be-
'when "the victorious -nation" will
ibe bleeding at "every pore, and be
, -overwhelmed with war debts that
' fposterity can scarcely pay, how
? much will its war-ridden people
..f eel like attacking a nation of 100
'": "million people and that in physical
. resources is stronger than any na
tion in Europe?.
.How. ' would our assailant get
over ' here to invade us? Since
-Z It required the whole British navy
' several months to guard the trans-''-
port S of 400,000 men 2 0 ' miles
across the English channel, what
" would be required to transport a
few-million men 3000 miles across
the - Atlantic with which to . con
cuer us. With the greatest navy
. .in the world, ft look Great Britain
two years to convey enough men
to South Africa to whip a handful
of Boers, who were witnout nary
and without army. . .
Wherein are we like Chinamen?
Naturally, if Mr. r. Satterlee looks
upon' the average. American as '
about equal to a Chinaman, his
.terror Is not surprising. -
Anybody who places so low an
estimate on ' his country and his
countrymen has. reason for bad
nightmares and bloody dreams.
THE REPLY TO AUSTRIA
T
HE reply of the United States
to the Austrian note of pro
test against the sale by
"American- manufacturers of
munitions of .war tc . the . allies. i has
complaint,
AiuMsiti "Tern-
men tv Said' 1 la-lu uui oa um nsiu iiuois, wim
In order' to manufacture the im-! easy grades, and under the most
mene amount of weapons, munitions., thorough, conscientious, and pains
and other war material of all kinds-! taking supervision, In order that
heChorree4i 'SvLli they may be the permanent fpua
America in the course of the last dation. and support of free instl
month. It required not only the full tutlons. -
utilization and adaptation f existing j
nlnnts but .the creation of new fac- i
tones, as well as the diversion of ! this road in Skamania be con
large numbers ; of workman frsrn all structed orthe same standard of
branches of trade in short, a wide' ! Bvfpllpnrp a the Polnmlia River
spread change in the economic life ; excellence as the coium bia mver
of the country the right of the highway in Multnomah ounty; but
American government can frqm no j it is reasonable to expectthat such
quarter be disputed to decree an em- j a step be taken in its constrhetion
bargo on this obviously enormous ex- ... , .- t . . v .
pori of war material, which is no- as will lead to no regrets and that
toriously for the exclusive benefit will have permanent value.
of one of the belligerent partes.. u Jg faf frQm economy to en.
The exaggerated Austrian de- rgage other than the most modern
scription of the' volume of muni-j road builders. Tofsave-at the
tions American manufacturers are Bpigot and waste at the bung hole
selling is illustrative of the wild j 6hould not b permitted in this day.
and fanciful imagination incident
to war madness on a burning con-
tinent. Probably all Austria thinks
America a vast gun- and ammuni-!
tion factory. Tlx; note itself shows
that, in our foreign relations, we
are dealing with governments
whose reason is dislocated by the
conflict.
In 11 months, our total increase
In exports of war munitions was
24 million dollars against a 30
million dollar increase in exports
of flour and an increase "of 488
millions in crude and prepared
f6odstuffs. The Increase in food
shipments was nearly 21 times the
increase in munition shipments.
Meanwhile, why doesn't Austria
nrnfacf n erolnoi ifc-. V i f TT, ont rf
, ,,. . T- and those who are yet half
foodstuffs? The allias need Ameri- v ---
can wheat and fhour nd beef and,u"' """ s tZ
bacon moro than . they need muni- -
tions, as proven by the greater
quantities of foodstuffs they are
importing. "An army moves on
its belly," that is to say on Its
commissary, was me siateieiiu ui
that master warrior, Napoleon.
In actual fact, there is far more
reason for Austria to protest
against shipment by American
farmers of their foodstuffs, than
against the -shipment by American
ammunition makers of their prod
ucts. Casting at the bung
T
HE board of commissioners of
iSkamania county, Washing
ton, is confronted by a big
problem. The voters of the
county have authorized a bond
issue of $210,000 to build a high-
way alone the Columbia river.
from the eastern to the western i
boundary of the county. This j
sum Is five per cent of the total I
of the county's assessed valuation.
The highway Involves a new con
struction of 22 miles and 18 miles
of reconstructed work, and it is
apparent that to do this with the
amount of money available will
require the most careful engineer
ing. Judgment and economy to
avoid waste. "
In the opinion of The Journal,
the commissioners are making an
unwise beginning in placing the
engineering work in charge of
government engineers loaned from
the office of Public Roads, even
though their services are to be
given to the county free of charge.
By doing, so, it is doubtful if those
who are paying for the work will ! arQ scarcely more tnan a quarter
get a dollar's worth of'1 road for ! of the normal. Most of them re
each dollar of public money to be ', menibec the happenings of a year
expended.
The experience of Oregon in the
matter of roads built under the
supervision of government en
gineers has not been satisfactory.
In some counties thousands of dol
lars have been wasted in such ex
periments. The roads at Rainier
National park are not laid out on
proper lines to secure a comblna- l
tlon of scenic value or economy i . . j ,5.,
of construction. Government road g,reat y' FT?; t T o" JSlw
builders have not kept up with Un 19 imJOTt&; ,to onl
"., ... 1 . 1 : by assuming that Oregon may
rr Skamani c.unt-:j sometime take an active interest
TT in th u SUCh Sret! in the-state's undeveloped fisheries,
chances in this, its. pioneer road-,
building effort. It needs roads Several big business, houses in
worth every cent of money they York have nnotmced that all
cost. hen a road is properly I their empl0yes Who aTe members
built it is worth- a dollar for every j f the gtMe miiitia will receive
dollar expended upon it. , Thej full , when absent on soldier
county expending the money, after dutX New' York employers are
the road is built, will have thek eginning to see the national
rSLW Z?1? a" " COSt- In guard's usefulness, even when war
addition. It will have the money i riotg do not threaten..
that the road -cost, because in the i , , .
northwest very nearly, If not all j The treasury department says
of the material going to make the there js no law against counter
road has its origin in the county j eitlng currency Issued by the Mex
in which the road is built. And, QI, ipftai- because there is
in addition, there is an economic
land value of more, than one dol
lar for every dollar expended, cre
ated by the thorough constructon
of the road. In other words, If a
road , costs a million dollars, and
it Is worth th money, the county
will have the road and .the-million
dollars besides, and in addition it
will have another million dollars
in actual productive economic land
value not speculative value, but '
remt vaiue. wnen you Duna a oaa
road- a road not worth the money
it. costs you don't even have the
money; that :it costs left in the
county, because that' which is
wasted either in profita or through
. meinaency, is. iosi to me county
forever, and "there" is no creation
of land value to follow. A well
constructed road pays more than
three to one,. while in a like ratio
j a badly constructed road occasions
J a loss to the community in wmcn
; it is built. , .
The proposed road through
Skamania is a very important one,
completing a link in the ;reat sys
tem that will, in a few years, par
allel both banks of the Columbia
river, going to the interior the
great Inland Empire of four
states Montana, Idaho, ' Washing
ton and Oregon a highway to the
sea with - all the advantages and
blesBlng8 thereof
l very esBemmi
that roads
Itis unreasonable to hope that
and generation.
The locating en-
n a V jk "Alicfrilr-
gineer, as well
riv(, pnfrlr,per Rh",,iri not. nnlv nn-
der-stand all local conditions, but
Bhould be so trained in service that
not one gra5n o material or .one
j cent of monev be diverted,
i . . . ...
Highway engineering has its
6 "
! crpflt art and men withmit train
ing and vision and love of their
work should not be. called to serve.
In such work there Is no room
no reason for the profit gather
er, the squaaderer or the waster,
for the selfish or the greedy;
it fs a work for real men. Roads
are institutions of character edu
cational institutions; .-and pigmies,
to build them. Skamania county
had better delay building this high
way than waste its $210,000 of
hard-gotten-together money in a
badly located and worse constructed
road of the usual kind. Such
i roads are not what the people
! need, nor are they what they are
l willing to pay for.
WHEAT PRICES
B
ROOMHALL, the world's great
est authority op wheat, fig
ures that India will have an
exportable Burplua of but 40,-
000,00? bushels of -wheat," -compared
with- generally aocepted es
timates of 80,000,000 bushels ear
lier in the season.
Steadily the size of the Euro
pean wheat crop is diminishing.
Greece ha3 cabled urgent needs
of additional supplies because the
croP there is comparatively smaH
anl farmers are not inclined to
Pend stock to market even at pro
vailing high prices.
It has been discovered by the
Russian government, that wheat
in that country is of poor quality;
in fact, scarcely suitable for mill
ing purposes.
While there " was ' a slight de
cline in wheat prWes at Chicago
the day following the government
report forecasting a record crop
in the United States, this report
has been generally discounted for
some months. Later, under natural
trading conditions, prices showed
an advance.
Pacific Northwest wheat grow
ers are not hastening to market
their product and sales to date
ago wnen tne duik or . me crop
was sold far beldw'the dollar mark
and speculative interests became
wealthy almost over night on what
the farmers had produced.
Professor Kincaid, of the Uni
versity of Washington, says the
eastern oyster can be propagated
on the Pacific coast and that cul-
Id. . B ilin. wntlt'n AVCtor TT O T 7 Ka
no Mexican government recognized
by the United -States. -But y who
would want to make a bale of the
stuff when an American dollar
would go further?
The Washington boy who forgot
to bring his bride to the altar with
him should be ''farmed" , out to
th minors for another year's sea-
SOning before entering the big
ipa-uea . i -
A recent dispatch .from France
tells the story ' of a mother who
gave all she had to her country."
Her seven ' sons all- went to the
front, six of , whom were" shot to
death, and -the seventh, la now blind
and Insane." Stilt' there are those
who condemn the American 'molly
coddles. ,:' . :k' ', '
The London Economist says the
annual Income j Of British holders
of securities in American corpora
tions has been! reduced 30,000,-.
000 since the war began. Sale of
the securities in' this -country is
given as the cause.
Should General Scott succeed, asl
a pacifier on tne Mexican ooraer
he ought to be asked ; to sign
long-term contract with the gov
ernment. ..There ' is apt to be a
heavy foreign demand for peace
makers. ! . s
Illinois suffragists are jubilant
because women -employed in state
Institutions are to get the same
pay as men for the same work.
That's a considerable gain over
doing more work and getting less
pay. ; 1 ' '
The Philadelphia Ledger asks
whether "A. B. C." stands for "a
bas Carranza." .' .
WHAT THE LINCOLN
JUBILEE SIGNIFIES
W. L. Chenery in Chicago Herald.
ATOUNG woman ' was standing - on
the viaduct leading from Michi
'gan avenue to the Randolph
street station. She held a 'in
cup in one hand and a bunch of tags
in the other. Tne hour was 6 and
the day had been long, -sultry and
depressing. '
The dinner-bound throng took' lit
tle notice of the young woman. Tired,
hungry people seemed Irritated at the
suggestion of donations. Selling tags
for whatever cause is, or course, riot
a pretty business. The iritatiof) of
the part of the,, public whieti did
pause, the; gruff ness of those who
hurried were obvious. The fewness
of- the contributions was outstanding.
The young woman was not insist
ent. She seemed singularly timid
about vending her tags arid appreci
ative In a sensitive, hurt manner
when the- occasional dime was de
posited in the cup.' From a curiosity
concerning the "movement" or phil
anthropy she was boosting I. pur
chased one of her tags. It adver
tised the "Lincoln Jubilee." Then I
understood the -spectacle.
-
With that veteran leader 6f the
causes of the poor and oppressed,
Bishop Samuel Fallows, the young
woman on the viaduct was standing
t the end, perhaps at the beginning
of a great campaign.
In her humble, shrinking way she
was carrying on the work to which
some of the noblest men and women
of tht-nation were committed half a
century ago. She' was participating
in the fight for, freedom which Lin
coln immortalized. But aU the thrill
of th contest had faded away. Fifty
years ago all Chicago would have
united exultantly to do honor to
Lincoln and the struggle for freedom.
yet all the young woman found was
apathy, boredom, , Irritation, and the
exceptional curious contributor.
The Lincoln jubilee, despite all that,
is an international exposition which
will be staged at the coliseum from
August 22 to Septemoer 16. It marks
the half century anniversary of
negro freedom in-the United States.
It has received the approval and the
patronage of the president of the
United States, of the governor and
the legislature of Illinois, of the
mayor and city council of Chicago,
and of a host of other authorities in
the cities and states of this country
and Of many foreign nations.
It is a notable event It Is designed
to record . a race's progress during a
half century. That progress has been
marvelous, but because it is construc
tive, because it has meant building
up rather than tearing down, it has
signified less to us than have the
crimes of some drink-maddened crim
inal,, who ought to have been .kept in
a hospital for the insane.
" e
Within two weeks the exposition
will be opened. : It' will show what the
negro has achieved in Industry during
the two generations past. One of the
leading artists of Paris, Henry
Tanner, a colored man, will appear
through his pictures." Tanner is the
greatest negro artist but by no means
tha only representative of his' race.
His less famous fellows have also
contributed to the exhibition of art.
Negro inventors will show their
creations," and it is said some of
these are of vast importance to the
industry of the : world. Manufac
turers and craftsmen .have likewise
brought distinction to the race. Their
work will Berve as their credentials.
Negro authors will asemble to make
plain to the world what colored men
and women have done for literature,
and thus throughout the . numerous
activities of the 'modern world.
Negro schools In various parts of
the country have Bent exhibits. Mov
ing picture films will show, the rou
tine at Tuskegee '' Negro cqal miners
from souther- Illinois will take part
In a pageant of industry which js
designed to portray - the Important
role their race Is playing in the
peaceful business of the United
States. j
For -years Bishop Fallows - and his
small "band Of .workers ot berth races
have been collecting material for
the exposition. "" Behind the active
workeri stand committees of promi
nent citizens lengthy enough to fill
a small book. -- t ,
Behind
chronicle:
thm workers " too is ; the
of """genuine rj achievement.
summarized:
somewhat as follows: ".-..!
Popu tion 1863. 1916.
Slave 3,9ia.760
Free . . - 487,970 9,828,294
Illiteracy, per
cent . . 90 27
Value of prop- '
erty . 1200,000 $1,000,000,000
Colleges and
universities - .
400
8,000
5,372
'400
31.393
J65.000.000
3,207,305
2.000,000
25,000,000
61
72
S9.000.000
62.2
Number of col
lege g r a d u
ates Number, of
Rhys icians,
lawyers. , and
" bankers' .... .
Number' of
newspapers .
Number of
churches . . . . .
"Value of
church prop
erty $
Membership of
churches . ..
Children in
schools
Land owned
b y negroes,
&cres
Hospitals and
nurse train
ing schools . .
Banks own e'd
by negroes ... .
Value of prop
erty owned
by negro secret-
societies .
Per cent of
n e g r oes In
gainful occu
pations .
30
-400
500,000
40,000
25,000
More recent figures also show the
progress of the negro by comparison.
There are more than 2,000,000 negroes
engaged in agricultural pursuits, and
78 per cent of them are In the south
ern states. More than 28 per cent of
the total number of farmers in the
south- in 1910 were negroes, and 12
per cent of the total farm acreage
was operated by them. The
negro
which Bishop Fallows
has produced 6000 books and periodi-j describes no less than 10 types, and
cals, nearly 7000 songs and musical -presumably thiscatalog by no means
jexhausts the possibilities. Simple as
compositions. - (the inatrument may seem, says Mr.
A stirring record It is. Contrast- jcoustet, its construction has proved a
ing with and supplementing the work I complicated problem for the opticians,
of the citizens of the United States The simplest form is a vertical steel
-,-n . . -v... T ., , . t. ,. i tube about 20 feet long, with a reflect-
wHl be exhibits from Liberia, the ,'ree.ing prlsm at tne top .and the lenses of
negro republic. All these are intended a telescope at the bottom. .It is, in
to show that the negro is fit for f ree-' fact, a simple telescope whose 'line of
dom. T-hey are ammunition for that "turns a corner" from horizontal
. . , , . . . . t 'to vertical as it passes through the
campaign which took a great step prlgrtL Thl9 instrutnent takcs ,n 45
forward In the freeing of the slaves, degrees of the horizon, or one-eighth
but which even now is only in its the total field, at one view. By turn-
bee-innln s
Tonce OW
BY JtX LAMPMAI"
ONCE upon a time
porter sat down
-a certain
at his
writer to write a story.
and he wrote' the first line.
and Filted up the carriage
looked at it.
ffAnd it didn't please him.
and he pulled It out.
and wadded it up.
and threw it on the floor.
T And then he tried to think. eyes, but no impression of depth and
which is very difficult for re-1 space is given. The Bcreerwavoids ex
porters. , jcessive fatigue, but It can be used
JBut pretty soon he thought he
had thought of a new line.
but of - course he didn't know
there isn't any such thing.
ff And he punched his typewriter
with two fingers.
- and Wrote the lineU-he thought
lie d thought of. a
and he looked 'at it.
J And didn't like it
- but time was scarce.
so he hurried up and made a can
vass ftf the offic
and got another!
match and lit the same cigar,
and started In to finish the story.
TfBut he didnt write more than
two words. Jwho can go into a home with a pleas-
before ht noticed that the piece ant, glad face and carry with her
of paper with the first line n if . j cheer and comfort; who can comfort by
was wiggling around on the floor. wise counsel , and sympathy; who has
and it began to unwad Itself. wisdom to adjust domestic discrepan
cies ana reorganize family life, even
and kept on until the first line j t0 showing them how to wash their
stood right on end. , windows In some cases and properly
J And then it hopped up on the
typewriter. . '
as though to give the reporter a
chance to put it back.in.
. . , . ...
JBut he couldnt do a thing.
so the line jumped up and
wrapped itself Ground the reporter'
neck..
ana choked him.
, , . ,. '
which is -a. way lines have of do -
ing with their authors.
J But the reporter was game.
and tried to fight it off by think-
ing 1 wasn't there.
, . , .,..
when he knew it was.
T And the line let go of his throat.
and ran up and Into his left ear.
IT And then-went 'round and 'round
si. n v,i v.,j
msiae nis neao.
and once it shot out of his right
ear and up over his head.
and back in at his left ear.
.a a r,,L,innir.
:mrr.-;:r " ""
a dog chasing Its tail.
T And once it jumped out and oal-!out
anced itself on the end of his nose..(
and teetered. !
anri it looked as big as the new i
sign on Meier & Frank's.
and he couldn't-see anything else.
U And then it jumped down-and ;
wove itself-among his fingers.
-and the reporter groaned-and
w ondered wny tie enouia ne punisnea i
-for trying to write-good Knglish
f And the line jumped back into
his head and resumed looping the
loop.
T And the esteemed city editor said
"Where's that story?"
and the reporter said "Jussamln
nit." and tnen compromised with the
line.
, and put it second in the story.
j And the esteemed city editor told
the reporter it was a good story but
too ' late for that day and
T "LISTEN" he said kindly "Tour
. - , , 1 13 V, fi 'n h.on crpsitlv Im. i
proVed-if you had changed the lead 1
Lby putting-the secopd line first."
Letters From the People
Charity Agencies.
Portland. Aug. 7. To the Editor or
The Journal There seems to be some
thing In the air that has grown into
large proportions In respect to tne
work of the Associated Charities as to
its being a. practical proposition. There
is a question in the minds of the "people
regarding -the percentage that is used
in the distribution of the funds of, the!
associations it requiring so .much . in I
-m-onnrtioo. 'I have no axe to grind, or J
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
S-fAL CHANGE
&AW Vnrlr -TCVi-rlil A TJnl ' .
! - " v v . jra. uig sa, a au I'Sav.
phrase "Come over with Macedonia
ana we ll nelp you.
- Columbia State: But how can a na
tion that has . a Roosevelt be called
unprepared for war? ,
Pittsburg Dispatch: As to the in
vaders wiping the Russians off the
map. there is too much map.
Honolulu Star Bulletin: Roumania
and Bulgaria are having a mighty
bard time to pick the under dog.
Philadelphia' North American:
They
can lead Judge Lindsey to a cell, but
they cannot make him violate a trust.
m
Pittsburg Press: But 'how Is the
sculptor to carve one of these, lrtroes in
the act of squirting chlorine gas at
the enemy?
Atlanta Journal: The moonshiner is
one of those who rejoices in crop di
versification and the biggest corn crop
the state has ever raised.
Los Angeles Times: A conscience
stricken man lias sent to Washington
20 cents that he claims he owed the
government for "bacon and eggs."
Now if all those who owe money to
the government for "pork" would refund-,
there would be no such thing
as a deficit.'
Oakland Tribune: The American Re-
tatl Ton. a! in nr An , i rr O, Di.
land, declared for making jewelry for
women as much a matter of changing
style as gowns. Isn't this striking at
our marriage institutions? Gentlemen
whose engagements to ladies run the
?amut of four seasons may run away
rom the idea of buying four engage
ment rings. ' :
APEEP THROUGH A PERISCOPE
From the Literary Digest.
In building your submarine you may
now have your choice of periscopes.
In an article contributed to La Nature
(Paris. June 26). Mr. Ernest Coustet
iing tne luoeion lis axis, ine resi comes
into sight successively.
Says- Mr. Coustet, In substance:
"This periscope gives very clear Im
ages, but as it can be used with only
one eye at a time It does not allow of
distlnsruishina- the different Diane of
type- j vision very well, and tires the observ
er's eye rather quickly. Binocular peri
l scopes have been attempted, but lumi
mnH 'nosity Is lost by gaining the advantage
"The so-called combination periscope
allows of vision with both eyes, though
lit is not stereoscopic A real image
is thrown on a ground glass screen,
much like that of .a 'photograph cam
era; it may be looked at with tne two
only in Drignt ngm. ine size oi me
Image Is often insufficient to bring
no purpose in mind outside of my' love
of justice. I have. been a daily visitor
to the rooms of the Associated Chari
ties for two years; am acquainted with
every department of its work, often
j eating my lunch in the back room with
;the workers, and I "wish to give my
.impression after an acquaintance 'of
three years.
First the distributing of its pro
visions and funds is the least part of
it work. These hired workers are pro-
iicient social woraers. in in is line pro
ficient means more than a woman
'coming. to the door with a handout.
, it means an intelligent tactful woman
hang their curtains, with a personal
'demonstration, and do all this without
, antagonizing or robbing of self-esteem.
L:"ow Uttlft thVpeople hand In
their money to buy necessaries know
about the disbursement of it. These
same workers . go into the home and
make an estimate of needs, rather than
jhand over what these people in their
weak judgment may think they need,
and more often give them far, better
jtna tney aEk by judicjOUaiy ordering
for them. A woman with. Mrs. Pllls-
,bury's experience could go Into the av-
; erage home of this city arid order for
more economically than the mistress
herself, because she is an expert in
jthat llne and the otner workera
- ; are experts In' their lines.. I think 1
j can say this conscientiously.
' u!; J!!8 Wlt Vh
! through misfortune. In debt and in the
'hands of a few scalpers; for "troubles
never come singly." One department
pf the. work looks out for that, and a
: lawyer takes up their cause and set-
ties those dif f icul ties, and, as it were.
takes un the cause of the weaker
gainst thro and "deUvers Vhm
0r r their distresses.'
The visiting department looks after
securing the cooperation of relatives,
th church association, friends and em-
pivycru, unfiling clii ihchb irnuuitcn
trcr.i Yi&r tnr i-Alif. uppiirlnr work and
- ,ii.i iriincr tk. ntfii
family craft out into the waters Of I
prosperity. This, continuously going on
ay after day, cannot be unrni,
" " '""
ftpir
have as good reason
;to be proud of its work in Portland
itv fnr the snirit of it '
is one of helpfuln4ss and sacrifice, and ! t 8tand n " breach, not for her
I hope this coming winter Its work will aggrandizement, but as a 'real,
be well supplied with necessaries and helfer to those who are entirely help
comforts for people wo are. is. need ! ' This commercial speculation can
who possibly have never called before. dfn .. ?d onLy ee ?, l bVltn
HATTIE B. LAWRENCE. the hearts and crush the feelings of the
Pisgah . Mother. brotherhood of nation, whom God
- has created to dwell upon the face of
Mr. Jones' Real Position on Road, the earth both. Lri'ILJ?
Portland. Aug. 8. To . the Editor "Of f
le Journal I know that you Will be j
Th
glad to correct an error appearing 1
yOUT
ssue of Saturday, August 7. In
reporting the; discussion of the hard
? " oth. h ghways at the .meet-
'Friday, August 6, your paper quotes
me as follows: ,l .
I '"A. W. Jones stated that he had re
i cently traveled over the road and there
was every Indication that, the work was j
(poorly done and would last nut a lew
months.'
This remark was made. In the course
of the discussion, 1jr a delegate who
was seated near me; hence it was . n
simple error on the part f your re
porter, - who was evidently trying to
correctly -report the meeting.
- As a matter of fact, I personally
have not seen, nor been near any of
the new work; hence I do not wish to.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Salem Statesman - believes the
farmer would be hard to' please who
would ask for -better weather.
Tou scarcely can blame the farmers
of this county, says the Dallas Ob
server, "for hoping that war prices
will hold until after they can harvest
and market their crops."
a
Complaining of local - laxity In town
cleaning, the Joseph Herald reports:
"A bunch of timothy six feet and two
inches high, taken from the street,
was left at this office yesterday'
The HermiatOn Herald declares that
stock owners who do not enter into
competition at the - Hermiston Dairy
and Hog show wilL see the day they
will be sorry, and that the Hermiston
country can win prizes at .the O-W. R.
& N. corn show if entries are made.
Baker Democrat:, "Your town- Is
growing and 1 notice many fine im
provements." is the observation made
arlmoat dally by those who have been
away from Baker or a time. So It la,
but do home people fully appreciate
the advancement their town is making
and the inviting appearance It presents
to'the new comer? We fear not. It's
too commonplace. We're used to it.
a a
Ashland Tidings: The editor -hereby
offers himself as the firftt recruit in
a movement to clean up this town and
keeT it clean. We don't want to be
captain, or lieutenant, or even cor
poral, and we don't want any honors.
We just want to see how many of you
! energetic'gentlemen are game to come
j forward and plant yourselves by our
side with a fixed determination to
make Ashland exactly what It ought to
be a place worthy of .the people who
compose its population. Who will be
No. 2 in the ranks?
out detail. To obtain greater enlarge
ment without diminishing clearness too
much, magnifying lenses are some
times added.
"The preceding periscopes do not en
able a commander to take a rapid sur
vey of the horizon; it takes five to ten
seconds to make a complete circle.
Again, the observer must himself move
around with th(f eyepiece. If the im
age is to remain upright without mov
ing the eyepiece, it Is necessary to use
a compensatory prism whose move
ment makes up for that of the eye
piece. "This is the principle of the pano
ramic periscope whose tube Is fixed
and bears at its summit a glass bulb
containing a reflecting prism mounted
on a base that may be Juraed with a
handle. There la & compensating prism
that turns at half the speed and keeps
the image straight.
To observe successively all points
of the horizon,, it suffices to turn the
crank, without its being necessary for
either observer or eyepiece to change
place.
"Nevertheless, however rapid the op
eration, it does not enable the observer
to see the whole horizon at once. This
Is realised in the periscope with" rinar-
shaped eyepiece. At the top Of the tube
Is a ring-shaped lens which refracts
toward the base of the tube rays that
reach It from all sides. A panoramic
image is thus obtained that Includes
all surrounding objects, though they
appear smaller and more distant than
with the naked eye. The observer also
sees, In the center of the panoramic
Image, a portion of the field on a
larger scale."
be quoted , as making any criticism
whatever, especially when I, as an In
dividual citizen, particularly favor the
good roads movement and am also of
the opinion that the Warrenite or bltu
lithic 'paving, when laid according to
proper specifications, is the best pav
ing, all things being considered, that
can be found, and there Is plenty of it
in this community that has been laid
for years, to prove- the justice of this
claim. - -
At no time during the fight against
the bond issue did I personally men-
lion the kind or character of surfacing
to be -used, believing that possibly the
commissioners were more competent to
Judge from experiences with the sev
eral pavements used locally. Z did
think, however, that wfthln the est!
mate of $1.20 a yard provision might
have been made for a fair days wage
for an eight hour day and for tbe em
ployment of citizen labor, and I still
tbink all of these things might have
been provided for.
Personally I do not think this work
will be shirked or Improperly done, as
upon the character and lasting quail
ties -of these new roads will depend the
success or failure of the great move
ment for good roads throughout the
State.
'Please remember that I make this
statement as an individual who has
been misquoted," and not as an officer
of the Central Labor - council, and am
not seeking to convey the Idea that I
in any. way represent the attitude of
that body in this matter.
A. W. JONES.
On . Profiting by War,
Lents, Aug. JO. To the Editor of
The Journal We are continually read
ing in various journals about the prob
able advantage commercially of tne
war In Kurope to -Us as a neutral
power. Certainly l.t we are intending
to pose as peace advocates In any real
"?J"Z"!
our sincerity ' regarding this question,
upon these warring nations. It Is some
what like an undertaker magnifying
the advantage of a plague to enlarge"
his business. What the real influence
upon our trade as a whole this war may
be is yet to be demonstrated. It is more
..n "k.e'y " wl ! P?r ;?VD
w,id.etvca m"" i" "P
maintain our rights on land and sa.
have the opportunity dt our lives
to Preserve the balance of a Christian
wUlf at! ready toppling to its fall.
believi Crod Is calling upon AmericaJ
right to life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness. PHEBE HAMMER."
An Unilluminatinjf Answer,
A youpg .woman who had no knowl
edge of natural phrases asked a 1 riind4
"Do you know, I often wonder why a
ship has to weigh anchor every tfme It
leave port r'.
The answer of her friends was not
Illuminating.. - -
"Well er the weight Is constantly
changing, you know, because of the-
er binnacles and things that accumu
late on the anchor f
The Oldest Peace Plan.
From the Chicago News.
.-Meanwhile, the various belligerent
nations are trying to, stop the war by
persistent frontal attacks on one an
other, ' , ''
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CAXI.T CAM"
Br rres fekiey.' Specie" Stiff Write
''. fe JoofraJ.
41 WAS born ln J""c"son county lr
the fifties," said' Mrs. Evan R
.. Reames of Klamath Falls. .
"My father. General John . E. Ross '
was the first man to be married lc
Jacksonville, and his marriage was lh
second In Jackson county. When ht
WuVi,marri'i u wa the era of the red
igu ooots and greasy overalls
Mother wanted him to be dressed uj
for' the wedding, so he tried to securt
proper garb, for the occasion ;a -o,.r.
fui canvass of Jacksonville 'and the
nearby camps resulted in finding on
boiled shirt,' as the miner called
white shirts, and a dress . coat. Tht
dress coat was too .small to go oi
sc the difficulty was solved by split
ting the coat up the back, putting It
biiu lacing up io keep It on
There was a gap of three inches 'ut
the back, so father had to -keep hh
oacic to tne wan during the ceremom
and also face the guests after . tht
ceremony. He certainly was a wal!
flower until they could get rid of th
company.
"This was in Janjuary. 1853. iiist a
year after the discovery of gold li.
Rich Gulch by James Cluggage-ami
J K. Poole, that led to th stumnl,
which" resulted in Tthe founding, of th
town. Appier and Kennv nut un
lent ln February. 1852. and started th.
first store and raloon. Next month
W. W. Fowler, who later married Mrs
ooss, tne mother-in-law of Alexander
Martin, ray husband's ueu lut li
business, here put up- the first lo.
camn Duut ln Jacksonville. Mr. Fowls
was chosen as judge ln the trial of thJ
iirst murderer at Jacksonville. Thtl
man tried was hanged and buried
witnin an hour of the trial, j
a
"The . winter of 1852 was a aeverrj
one. several thousand. Deonla had"
rushed to the new camp of Jackson-J
vine ana very little supplies had-been!
hauled ln. Flour was $60 a sack, to
Dacco i a pound and salt was ex-
changed weight for weight for gblill
oust. Tiiere was no salt ln the camp
and the miners on the nearby creeko
who had small amounts could hardly!
be induced,, to" sell any. Neighbor!
WOUld ihaTO their altlill annntv an A .1
pinch of salt was the most aoceptabli
present you could give. Father had tol
i.ave salt to put in his sausages, and!
he bought Itj by paying an ounce ofl
gold dust roil an ounce of salt. .
"My father was appointed brigadier!
general. He had served in the Cayusel
war in '46 and '47. ln the Indlanl
troubles in 1SG3 and '64, and; also lrl
the Rogue River war of 186S and '66
In 186 my husband -started to
work in Major J. V. Glenn's store onl
Klamath agency. In 1871 he went I
to work for j Alexander Martin, wtthl
whom he is still associated. My hus-l
band was a lieutenant In the Modutl
war. He can tell you all about that.
- "Mr. Reames went to his desk and I
brought out his commission as lieu
tenant In Co. A, firm brigade, Oregon I
militia. It was dated December . 2,
1872,: and was signed by Governor 'L.
F. Orover and Secretary of State 8.
F. Chadwick.
"We had 80 men ln ' our com-
pany and they were raised lnsldel
of six hours, said Mr. Reames.
"When the word came that .volunteers!
were wanted, a meeting was held at
the court house at Jacksonville, 601
men signed the roll and we startedl
noxt morning, each man furnishing I
his own horse, gun and ammunition. I
Oliver Harbaugh, who still, lives at I
Jacksonville, had just come in from I
California with liis Wagon and a fourl
horse team, so we hired him to takel
our camp 'equipment and provisions.
"There were about 60 Modoc lndlanil
In the lava beds and there were about
400 troops, both regulars and volun
teers. The Indians were too many
for us. We couldn't get at them amll
they could pick ua off. We had one I
carefully planned battle on December
17. which resulted in our troops losing I
some men, and finally retiring. Then!
the government de;idod to try a peace!
treaty in place of whipping the In-1
dians, so the volunteers went back tol
Jacksonville.
"1 was born in Illinois and came to
Oregon in 1862 when I was a baoy.
My father, Woodford Reames, and my I
mother, aianulda White iieames, weie
both born in Kentucky. We spent the
winter of 1S52 at St Helens, and. the
following spring moved to Jackson
ville. In the winter of 1863 eggs were
II apiece, apples 25 cents each, flour I
wae 1 a pound ana everything eise
was in proportion, so you win see mat
ham and eggs, with apple sauce, was
something of a luxury. I went io
school with Colonel Robert A. Miller,
now of Portland. J. N. T. Miller wae
hi father, and General jonn f. Miner
was his uncle. CJenerai J. F. miller
was a most interesting man. Like toy
parents he was a Jientucklan. He was
a mentber of Colonel Doniphan's fa-
moin Missouri regiment that toog pari
in the Mexican war and made such a I
remarkable march. He seiuea in
southern Oregon In 1861. : He served
in the Oregon Indian wars under Oen
eral Joseph Lane as captain oi com;
nanv A. First Regiment Oregon Vol
unteers. President Pierce appointed
him agent of the Grande Ronde reser
vation and he was reappoinwu
Buchanan. During the tivu war
lived at Salem and built the "Wlllam.
. Wnolen Mills company. i wuim
he was president. Later ho was vice
president of the Willamette Falls and
Lock company of Oregon City. He ran
for governor against A- C. Glbba, the
-annhiiran candidate who was elected.
,ni he ran for U. S. senator against
George 1 1. Williams. It Is Interesting
to check over the former, citizens of
Jacksonville and see now many navs
von distinction in pontics ana. dusi-
- ,
ness. '
Ntate Healer on the. Job.
From the Lo Angeles Times, ,
There were but few lightweights at
the grocers' picnic.
INDEX OF ADVANCING .
TIDE OF PROSPERITY'
Fropi the Pittsburg Press, f';
-Conservative and radical are be
. ginning to agree that the nation,
has emerged from the depression
nightmare. In every line of In-,
dustry; en Improvement is seen,
and hundreds of thousands of
workers in the last few wks
"nave returned to their places. For-,
elgn buying -rders; started the
movement that has resulted ln
hundreds of factories formerly
dark being agleam,. and in, tbe
greatest agricultural activity Jn;
the nation's history. .
With industrial affairs and;
public work striking- their stride,
and the greatest harvest coming
in , our generation the future
"looks good"; if we have learned
the lessons -of household eco
nomics and living within our
means. : we will have I profited '
much more than we have lost by
the lean yeare. . - - .
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