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f America asks nothing for her
fself ; but what she has a right to
task- for humanity Itself.
i . WOODROW WILSON.
. If men -"vould consider not
so much wherein they, differ.
aa wherein they agree, there
- would be far less of unchari
". " tablenese and angTy feeling in
the - world. Addison.
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IF A CAESAR
EHOLD the contrast!
In Portland, the federal
trade commission is trying
to find out what can be done
jby government to aid industry and
enterprise. It is effort to con
struct." j--. In Washington, the American
government is planning with pan
American powers to restore order
land peace in Mexico. At the same
tplace, the federal reserve, board
is using the power of the govern;
jment to facilitate crop movement,
jand Is, in other ways, using that
Spower to forward American busi
ness and industry by elasticizing
Imoney and credit. In . America,
fgovernment is going out to the
ends of the land with constructive
endeavor to build up the country
and promote the welfare of the
people.
in Hiurope mere is another kind
let. picture. No building process is
'there. Everything ia destruction.
' Nations are at each other's
throats. The torch is lighted and
aplied. Twenty-one million men
funder arms, are ravaging, burning
and destroying. Beautiful, and an
cient edifices and priceless works
iof art are dynamited.
I The continent is on fire, and
great governments, instead of try
ling; to extinguish the flames, are
jexercising every resource to feed
Jthe fires'. Productive Industry is
Jxobbed of its regiments of work
ers. Wealth is being burne'd up
"under trie rury or madmen. Lives
are sacrificed with the ferocity of
wfid beasts. There never was such
ia tearing down, such a devastat
ing process, and it is the work of
5 governments.
The pictures of .-Europe and
America how different .they are!
. As the devastation in Europe is
ithe work of the rulers, bo the'
constructive and peaceful endeavor
in the United States is under the
fleadership of one man. He is a
".country builder.
I What If he were a Caesar!
A FIT PLAN
3 l HE concert of action by the
I I Washington government and
i pan-American powers as to
I "MT)n HRRriTTlAa nramttn a 1
orm.
Lit i a fit plait. Too much has
een.' made of the so-called obliga
tions of the United States and too
kittle has been made of the duty
jof pan-America as to Mexico,
j The Mexican problem la not an
exclusively American problem. If
It Is a problem for anybody outside
of Mexico, it Is as much a gian
American problem as a problem
jEor the- United States,
s If the disorders were in Canada
: Instead of Mexico they would not
W considered an American prob
lem. If- civil wax and confusion
teigned tn the United States no
pody in America would demand
that. Mexico-, or Germany or Japan
Invade us with armies .to restore
order. The loud calls for us to
make war for restoration of peace
In' Mexico are from partisan mo
tives, from war-at-any-cost people,
or fjjom . American exploiters Of
Mexico.
Lincoln's action in Mexico was
like Woodrow Wilson's action. In
a message to congress he said:
Mexico continues to be a theatre
of" civil war? "While our political
relations ; with that country have
undergone no change, we hava at
the same time, strictly maintained
neutrality between th belligerents.
The. concert of action now In
progress is a fit program for Mex
ico. Jt Js the hemisphere's effort
for humanity. . It is the endeavor
of all ' the - republics to assist the
distracted and disheveled Mexicans
In getting back to the moorings of
self government. ' jj",
: The Washin gton " government
could havo adopted-nb better plan.
We have : always been distrusted
by pan-America. The seizure of
the canal zone, in which we tore
up a . treaty -with Colombia, cre
ated Indignation throughout all
the countries south of us.
It was an act to which we never
would have been a party if the
.gone had been a German posses
sion. It was the exercise of might
by the arinad forces of the United
States in ' assisting the Panama
revolutionists and for selfish pur-
poses. "
. In uniting now with the pan
American governments in an effort
to pacify Mexico wei are exercising
an intelligent statesmanship for re
newing confidence in us of all. the
Americas and., winning the decent
respect of all njankind.
IT IS PROGRESS
"F
ROM the Inland Empire to
the sea," by wagon road,
was realized yesterday in
the formal dedication of
the coasl; section of the Columbia
river highway.
It is the advance of civilization.
It. is the bringing of new acres
into; productivity.
It means the building of new
homes, along the way.
It is heightened importance for
the counties through which it
passes.
It is human progress.
AN URGENT NEED
s
PEAKING before the Pacific
Fisheries society at San Fran
cisco, Dr. E. Lester Jones,
superintendent of coast and
geodetic survey, called attention
to the cost of uncharted Alaskan
waters.
In the last 15 years, 70 vessels
valued at more than 2, 500, 000
have been lost In those waters,
and there has been serious loss of
life. Dr. Jones declared it is no
wonder that people who invest
their money in ships to carry on
legitimate business should hesitate
to enter Alaskan waters, of which
there are not only no correct sur
veys, or no surveys at all, but
which are generally without light
houses, buoys and other aids to
navigation. Dr. Jones said:
Alaska has been owned by this
country for 48 years, and today all
vessels, fishing and commercial, as
well as government vessels, still ply
waters larg-ely unprotected. endan
gering' both life and "property. -The
failure to safeguard the seas and
the bays has exacted a heavy annual
toll from the fishing interests of
the Pacific coast and Alaska.
The waters of Alaska must be
charted some time. Provision for
the work Ehould be made by the
Incoming congress. The nation is
investing heavily in Alaska. What
Is the use of spending the people's
money In developing , resources
without making the sea routes rea
sonably safe?
THE LAST TO GO
ECULIAR significance attaches
to a Washington dispatch
saying that "Colonel John L.
Clem, U. S. A., will be on
the retired list tomorrow. Colonel
Clem is the only Civil war veteran
now on the active list. He fs 64
years old today, the age fixed by
law at which officers of the army
must retire. He is the last to gcf.
The retirement of Colonel Clem
visualizes the passage of that army
which disbanded half a century
ago. -The-men in the ranks long
since dropped out of the rosters,
but many of the officers remained
in the nation's active service.
Their duties were such that. years
were not a' handicap. Their ex
perience was valuable to the serv
ice. Colonel Clem was 10 years old
when President Lincoln issued his
first call for volunteers; The boy
was an orphan, and there was no
near relative to interfere when he
sought to' "enlist" in the Third
Ohio infantry. He was refused,
but when the regiment started for
its mobilization camp Johnnie Clem
secreted himself in a baggage car
and the following day climbed out
at Covington, Ky., ired, hungry,
and dirty. ' ;
That was the way Colonel Clem
got into the army. Refusing to be
sent back home, he was taken
along as a sort of combination
regimental mascot and emergency
drummer boy. The soldiers rigged
mm out in a uniform ana pro
vided him with a drum and a
sawed-off musket. He was a sol
d'er, even though a child.
Failing to pass, the West Point
entrance examination in 1871, the
young man was made a second
lieutenant in the regular army by
President Grant. He became a
captain in 1882, a major -in 1895
and a colonel in 1903. That, ex
plains why Colonel Clem is the
last to go.
A STUDY IX BEEP
w
AR In Europe has created
a new situation In the live
stock trade. . Chicago and
A 1 ai
wner eastern . Duyers are
invading "the Pacific Northwest's
best cattle sections and they are
purchasing practically "all the good
cattle they can secure. ' . .
Just nxrw the purchasing move-'
ment is In Idaho, whence comes
a large percentage of the best
cattle marketed In Portland. Total
supplies of cattle" In the Northwest
are: smaller than normal and the
added shipments to the east are
expected to affect the price of
beef at coast points in the late
season. -
Though there are bearish ef
fects through shipment of California-fed
Mexicaji cattle to Portland
for sale in ' the open market, if
the eastern interests find they can
secure theaper cattle elsewhere
they will not draw on the Pacific
Northwest supply. ' ,'
There is absolutely no sentiment
in the livestock business. Buyers
purchase where they- can secure
what they .require at the lowest
price. " Northwest cattle of quality
have been selling in the Interior
at too low a- price- and even at the
high freight rate the Chicago in
terests have found that It is cheap
er to purchase here than the stock
nearer home. This is an unnatural
condition. It will be remedied
only by a drop in price at Chicago
and other eastern markets or an
advance in the Northwest.
CONTUSION" AT SALEM
H
OW MUCH longer are I.
N.
to
of
Day and Senator Moser
direct the road affairs
Oregon?
How much longer is Treasurer
Kay. going to follow the governor
in his obedient regard for the
wishes of Senator Day and Senator
Moser in road affairs?
The taxpayers of Oregon are put
ting up $240,000 a year an4 the
various counties $100,000 and up
wards ,for road construction.
Though these great sums repre
sent toll and sacrifice by those who
are forced to contribute them,
there is suspension of law and a
state of. confusion at Salem In their
expenditure.
The governor in his message
recommended and the legislature
declared by statute that State En
gineer Lewis should be state high
way engineer, charged with direct
ing construction and making re
ports. At the request of the high
way commission. Attorney General
Brown "rendered an official opinion
declaring State Engineer Lewis
under the law to be in charge of
the road work.
But the governor and the state
treasurer, over the vote of Secre-!
tary of State Olcott, at a meeting
this week, ordered Chief Deputy
"Cantine to direct all construction
work and make reports ," to the
board. It was a defiance of the
legislative will as Interpreted by
tho attorney general, and the at
torney general, according to the
etatute, is the legal adviser of the
state officials. It is . under such
a status -that the $3 50,000 to
$400,000 of road funds is being
annually expended. It reflects the
power of Senator Day and Senator
Moser over the state government
as now administered.
Another example of defiance of
law is the governor's point blank
refusal to approve the bond o
State Engineer Lewis as highway
engineer. Speaking of the state
engineer, the law says:
Said engineer shall, before enter
ing upon the discharge of , his
duties, execute an official undertak
ing in the sum of $10,000. which
shall be conditioned upon the- f aithi
f til performance of his duties and
SHALL BE APPROVED . BY THE
GOVERXOR- AND BE FILED IN
THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
OF STATE. .
The bond has been executed by
State Engineer Lewis, and has, a3
the law directs, been handed to the
governor.
But the governor refuses to ap
prove it. He refuses to have any
thing to do with it. . He Is quoted
ae declaring at this week's meet
ing of the highway commission
that he would never approve it.
He defies the law.
Should state road funds be ex
pended in violation of law or as
directed "by law?
A PROSPERITY FACT
UNS and Bradstreets agree
that business conditions
throughout the country have
materially improved and that
D
greater improvement 'is certain.
Their reviews of trade contain the
following:
Business headway sustained de
spite discouraging weather In " some
parts ot the- country; basic conditions
continue to improve; "pig iron qoiota-
tions for distant deliveries rising; fur
ther strength In steel products; metal i
manufacturing unes muio huuvb,
lines more
shipbuilding active as never before;
lumber, coal and Jewelry reviving;
export trade heavy; time money plen
tiful but firmer; collections better;
bank clearings larger than one and
two years ago; failures less numer-
pus; unemployment dwindling; good '
crops in prospect.
These are the reports of ex
perienced investigators throughout
I the country, men. who are in touch
with Business, ana wno nave tne
confidence of business men. Their
statement is an incontrovertible
prosperity fact.
A prosecuting official in the
Portland police court, declined to
Conduct a case against a man on
trial on the ground that he is &
friend of the accused. Is it uot
the true theory of public position
that the official is without enemies
to punish or friends, to reward?
The young r woman who was
crowned queen of beauty at the
San Francisco exposition, has re
fused to be a leading movie lady
because she prefers her typewriter.
Still there is the possibility that
she didn't like the dTess she was
expected to wear. '
-Now' that ; real trouble - .with
Mexico " appears to bei imminent,,
watch the joisy , "defenders" of
America's ' honor J shoulder ; their
guns and hurry to the front. But
don'. blame. your ees If you can't
see them. - j '
Up In Washington they see
snakes that- catch 12-inch trout.
But Washington will be a prohi
bition state before long. :
& -
- There -Is much complaint by
movie men of the local censorship.
They insist that it is czar-like, ar-
j bltrary and ; unjust. The matter
' should enlist the attention of, those
in authority at the city hall, be-
. fore whom the complaints should
he lodged. The films are carefully
censored by a national board, and
there is some question about how
much, censoring remains to be done
after the films have passed the
Inspection of that discriminating
and Intelligent bjdy,
The New York Independent
points out that I warfare has be
come fivefold: terrestial, subter
ranean, . aerial, marine and subma
rine. War Is certainly making a
thorough Job of it.
Missouri is to i celebrate Septem
ber 1 as fried chicken day. Un
fortunately, Oregon Is a too dis
tant neighbor to expect an Invi
tation. M
Sudre Dartinguenave has been
elected president of Haiti.. He
may find his job as difficult as
his name.
THE WAR-STRAIN
0$ THE NATIONS
rrom the New York E renin a; post
THE past weekrhas given us state
ments of finance ministers in
various of the belligerent coun
tries As to them all, there is an
unavoidable suspicion of "bluff." The
facts are net covered up. There "need
be no question of the sincerity with
which It is affirmed that the nations
will cheerfully bear even more back
breaking loads. But In what M. Ribot
tells js of French finances, Mr. As
quith of English, the minister of fi
nance In Petrograd of Russian, and
Herr- Hetfferich of German, it Is
impossible "not to if eel that there Is
something . deeper than the words
used. The sums of money dealt
wlth are of "h magnitude that they
MCOni meaningless to the mind,
England has floated a loan of $3,-
000,000,000. but this will last only
till next Christmas hardly so long.
In fact! Germany has soon to go
to her people for another two billions
or so. This war has long since left
off thinking in hundred millions.
Treasure, supplies, human life all
are subject to exhaustion at a gi
gantic rate. Guerre d'usure, the
French call the trench fighting. But
what Is being used up Is not 'only
soldiers: it is the Ultimate resources
of the nations at War.
Attempts to hide this truth are
vain. Statesmen may seek to paint
color of rose The newspaper press
may be drilled to a parrot-ljke op
timism. Even the people who suffer
may be moved by -patriotic feeling
to say that the hurt is nothing. But
the ghastly wounds which have been
inflicted upon the ! national life are
visible under the bajadages And-they
are becoming more jjgahgrehous; every
week. An the shifts, all the re
courses,, all the saving and the skilled
organizing yes, and . all the heroic
endurance cannot prevent the jeye of
common sense from perceiving that
a perfectly enormous wastage of blod
and wealth Is draining the vitality
of tho belligerents.
Some remarkably frank utterances
on this subject were recently made
by the Frankfurter Zeltung. They
had a double significance appearing
as they did In a newspaper holding
such close relations to 'German bank
ing and the . great commerce. The
text for "Its remarks It found in the
debate in the house of lords, when
it was said that the huge war loans,
piled up on each other, pointed
straight ;to the bankruptcy of Europe,
and to possible revolution on top of
that. ' The Frankfurter echoed this
word. To he sure, as in duty bound
it made out 'a worse case for England
than Germany. Besides, Germany
might, count upon ; victory to .yield
her a great moneyj indemnity; wnile
in England every hope of that kind
had long since been buried. This is
an example of the ; "bluf f of which
We Bpoka above; alf the warring Tia-
tions furnish samples of it.
But In the following from the
Frankfurter Zeitung there Is no bluff;
there Is a true and courageous ac-
count of what Is actually going on
ln Germany, despite all that 'we have
been, told of the marvellous power
of German "organization" in wringing
prosperity out of war:
"Our productive labor . has in good
part shrunk away, while millions of
the most skilled' men are now di
verted - into manufacture of war sup
plies. ' And what we make is no
longer productive goods which till
now meant new values and an en
largement of our national wealth.
Where we formerly. b"fsUt houses, fac
tories, machines, canals, merchant
I imps, now yvc produce oniy war ma
terial of every, kind; the work of our
hands disappears in tHe air as pow
der and lead.. We are using up our
resources, our capital. We
save, but we create no new reserves.
Unless reason comes . to
the countries of Europe, we are
steering f&r -European bankruptcy.
The saying of the English Jlords, as
we have explained it, tve accept."
f . 4. - -
A sort of sidelight on this article
of the. Frankfurt newspaper is to be
found in one printed at Vbout the
same time in the Berliner Tageblatt.
It is entitled, "The eWorld Market
After the War," and discusses the
good chance that Germany will have
to regain and even': enlarge her for
eign " trade. ' Hope (s ' pinned to the
superior organizing - and technical
ability of Germans. English com
petition Is dismissed on the ground
that - England's manufacturers are
without, initiative and far . behind the
time In ..their methods. . jAs for the
ArosrWuia. . Germany. : has , no", reason
to'- fear them as rivals In foreign '
markets, since their high, tariff taxes
and their ; imperfect system of bank
ing and credits leave them distanced, l
Now, all' this may, or may .not b j
true, but what Is . the underlying and -
ominous assumption? , "Why, that the
vast and growing foreign commerce
of Germany has been, cut off by thi
war. Professor Ashley has shown
what a disaster this5 necessarily Is
to the economic life and Industrial
system of Germany. That has hap-
peifed which Prince von Bulow pre -
dieted
a couple of years ago would
happen, if Germany engaged In a
war Into which England might be
drawn; That Is to say, the "future
on the sea" to secure which Germany
has been straining every nerve, be
came in one day a source of terrible
loss. That German business men ar
fully aware of this Is shown by the
way in which they are considering
as the Tageblatt represents1, them,
how they may painfully win backi
when peace conies, a part of what
they had securely in their grasp be
fore the war.
We do' not allege that this strain
upon Germany Is more severe than
that upon France. Relatively, it may
not be more so tftan that upon Rus
sia! To date. It Is undeniably greater
than that felt in England. But all
the nations at war are. alike in having-
the sword thrust Into their vitals.
No prophesying of smooth things by
any of them can hide the fact. If
peace were, to come tomorrow, it
would require a ' generation to repair
the devastation of a Bingle year. And
engaged In
If peace Is long delayed, who can say
to what unbearable miseries the hos
tile countries may not be brought?
Tonce Over
BY REX LAMPMAN
LLOYD M' DO WELL -hasn't got his
name on a door yet but he Is
connected with the Chamber of Com
merce payroll, .
in some manner.
TAnd the "ther day he went to
Seattle. ,
T Someone had written him that the
Smith building flagstaff needed re
varnishing. arid he went up to see and get
the job for a Portland firm.
r And hR met Carl Reiter who is
going to manage the Orpheum In
Portland when it opens next month.
, , . T ,a i, v, t.
and Carl told Lloydfbegotthe
Job for a Portland firm of doing
anything in Seattle.
to let him know-
tnd he'd put him
on as a headliner.
j And Carl took Lloyd up to the P.
I. office to see Joe Gilbert,
and Lloyd said "Hello Joe yonr
face hasn't changed a Mt.
and Joe said "Hello Lloyd wno
are you representing?" ;
at But after Joe found out that
Lloyd didn't want to Insure his life
like Harry Lippman.
or get his money any other way.?
they had a nice talk about fel
lows they used to - know around Seat
tle and h&w much they owed them.- '
that is owed Lloyd and Joe.
ar And Joe stopped two or three
times to write some jokes that Lloyd
made him. think of.
and Lloyd(Jdon't know what they
were.
ar Ar. tv...,. want out and were
walking along.
ii
and they came to a photograph
gallery vith some pictures out in
iront. . j
JAnd there was Kenny Beaton the i
only man that ever made any money j
with town gossip. 'j
and he was between two pictures
Billie Burke.
and he looked pleased.
. Tir.-r,i ,nH in. tik-.- hr.iiJaild other great writers. I have been
-JAnd Lloyd and Joe talked about ; lnrorrned that one of Tolstoy's works
--enn-- , , wm "chopped'-by the Portland boarcr.
just as though he hadn t sue- Think of it.
cumbed to Mammon and gone to San ' MOVi"e fans not want a censor
Francisco. aboard. Thev are in favor of abolish-
TAnd after Lloyd came back to
Portland he had a dream. ..fidence enough in Dave Griffith, Mack
and dreamed that Kenny spoke to Sennett, the Inces and Frank Powell
him out of the picture. ; know that these directors have the
. . . , , business-acumen not to hazard putting
saying he had a new way to end i)ut a fUm. tDAy maet tha aia.
the war. i approval of tha great body of theatre-
JAnd Lloyd asked what it was. 'goers.
and Kenny said it came in 2 bot- Let all movie fans who desire to pre
tles and was guarantee to prevent serve for our city freedom for the pre
hangnails or keep Ice cream from sentatlon of masterpiece films, attend
melting the meeting at the Empress theatre
ar And Lloyd asked what that had
'U1CLiv, wr
to do with the war,
and Kenny said "Can't you see
the key to the situation ia the Darda
nelles?" and Lloyd said "T-e-s."
and Kenny said "tVell I've got
the whole situation hottled up."
and Lloyd said it was a great j
idea and was Just going to buy a
bottle.
when Joe Gilbert said "Come on
Lloyd I'll buy a drink."
JAnd Lloyd told me he put the $2
back 4n his , pocket.
and I asked why and he said:
J "LISTEN. ' Rex When Joe said
that I khew I was sound asleep and
dreaming."
Letters From the People
(Communicatlona aent to Tha Journal for
publication In tbla department abould be writ.
ten oil naif oue aiae oi me paper, aootiia iwrt
exceed sou woras ia leng-tu aoa iout be ac
cuajpanied by' the name and addrens of the
sender. If the writer doea not desire to have
the name published, be should so state.)
Discnsaion la the . createat of all reformers.
It rationalises CTerytblog it "toucbee. It mix
principle of all false sanctity and throws them
back od their reasonableness. If they hare ob
reasonableness. It ruthlessly crushes them out
of existence and Beta up Its own conclusions
In their atsad." Woodrow Wilson. "
Opposes Portland, Censor Board.
Portland, Aug. 1L To the Editor of
The Journal At last the worm has
turned. The mpving picture managers
have launched a movement against the
Portland board of censors. From all,
facts at-hand, the Portland board of
censors or at least some of them
played not In good Judgment. A few or
them even manifested an exaggerated
spirit of braggadocio.
. In their relentless expargation of the
so-called objectionable features In
films, these over-zealous moralists
have outrivaled Anthony Comstock and
Madam Grundy. Censor boards are gen
erally conceived in the minds of spir
itual cave dwellers. Reaction and re
pression are the inevitable goals, of a
board clothed With the powers of our
censor board.
Most movie fans are not so fearf al
of what the censors ;; may eliminate
from the comedy films; they are more (J.
PERT. N ENT COM MEIMT AN D NEWS IN BRIEF J
SMALL CHANGE
Oklahoman: The American mule will
be among those who will view with
unconcealed satisfaction the close of
the war. - --
,
" Seattle Times: It sounds like real
civilization when the Klamath Indians,"
backed by Uncle Sam, plan a modern
sawmill.
Los Ansreles Times: A travolr- from
1 Europe- says the eyes of that -hemis-
geR"P0? -America, bo they have
been since 1492.
Philadelphia Ledger: The deposits
In the Russian savings banks have in
creased" J 900, 000, 000 since the sale of
vodka was stopped.- Moral 7
Pittsburg Press: . Among the other
interesting things revealed by this war
is that the Cameroons of our old litera
ture and geography are spelled Kam
erun. Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph: A
Cumberland dispatch says that the
hail- stones which fell, there during
yesterday's storm were large. But how
large?
'
Los Angeles Express: The only sur
prising feature of the report -that Bill
Sulser of New York is about to im
mortalize himself in the movies is that
he hasn't done so long before this.
Chicago Herald: Baseball etars
would do well not to weary the public
with their fights and bickerings.
There Jls nothing more pitiless and
financially unproductive than a wearied
public
Cleveland Plain Dealer: President
Sam of Haiti was murdered. The
United States has requested General
Blot to restore order. But Mr. Bobo,
the insurgent, declines to be recon
ciled. Restful reading this, after ft
year's struggle with European war
names.
COMMENT OF THE OREGON PRESS
WOODBUBZT rNDEFEJTDElTTi In
quiries are corning in" for large timber
tracts, indicating a revival. -of this
most important industry in this state.
Timber Is among the most' prominent
of our resources, and when the lum
ber industry is hit it has a percep
tible Influence on all lines of busi
ness. It is true that the present
demand for timber tracts is not ac
companied by. the old prices, which
will not again prevail until later.
After the war there should be a great
er call from abroad for Oregon lum
ber than ever before In the history
of Oregon.
GRANTS PASS COTRIER: Grants
Pass extends her heartiest congratu
to me pece oi ttosepurg.
The Umpqua valley city followed the
way marked, out by the metropolis
, f h R e nd -voted bonds for
furtherance of a railroad enter-
prise that will open up the great
timber country adjacent to Roseburg,
j and now the supreme court has af
firmed the right of the voters to take
such action. Roseburg had a few
fellows, about as few as did Grants
Pass, however, who were against
nrnrrps- If it wan eoins? to oamt them
something, but they have proved nn-
j able to keep Roseburg off the map.
! Things have been rolling in southern
Oregon since our- people found out
that- to get things they would have
to quit the policy of watchful wait
ing, and go out after what was
wanted.
-
" SXTaTSB IiABTB LEASES) - The
opening of V43.686 acres of land to
homestead, entry In the Silver lake
Country will be another impetus to
our prosperity. The capping climax
tn iYi nn.rrv nf out r.oiintrv now
! would be the coming of a railroad,
land that is sure to te with us ere
long. Traffic Manager . Hardy, of
I ine ureun . tuua unco, iuw um wtuia
.1 rr.a.t II AalJ .... all.
nere tnis weeK mat our rreigni-tonnage
is getting to be something ad
mirable. This is a splendid admls-
sion from a railroad man, for they
talk but very little. It ia. only the
matter of a short time when we will
have the railroad. . ,
concerned over the laceration of the
(masterpieces of Tolstoy, victor Jtiugqrj
ine our present board. They have con
saturaay noon, ana wor w -na
tion of a petty censor board and there
bv save the city 1100 a month.
LOUIS MEBUS.
Tho Portion of tho Poor.
Portland, Aug. 11. To the Editor
of The Journal "Fear vthe Greeks,
even though they bear gifts," is a
warning for common life. The quo-
tations from W. L. Chenery, or the
Chicago Herald, In Saturday's Jour
nal.' and from the Boston Globe. In
Sunday's issue, were articles for
thoughtful reading. The Globe re
marks upon the enormous change in
the world's sentiment from a year
ago. What does it mean?
Its meaning we do not wish to
believe, for it foreshadows changes
in high places and In, low. Are those
In power willing to meet what the
world's civilization now asks Just
better Irving for all? General Gorgus
said the rich are surfeited from over
eating, while the poor sicken and die
before tfiel'r time from eating too
little. .
A certain writer states we nave
outgrown the conviction that slavery,
which the" classical worm regaraea
as an ordinance of nature, is neces
sary. Now we must 'abandon the be
lief that poverty must exist, or that
there need be large numbers of peo
ple doomed from their birth to hard
work in order to provide for others
the requisites of a refined and cul
tured life, while they themselves are
prevented by their poverty and toil
INDEX OF ADVANCING
' TIDE OF PROSPERITY
-a. f
Chicago The net. operating In
come of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railway in the fiscal
year, ended June 30 last amounted
to approximately $36,000,000. ac
cording to a statement made by
President E. P. Ripley yesterday.
This la sufficient to pay Interest f
charges, dividends on the pre
ferred ' and ..leave ' a balance of
about 9 per cent on the common
stock. The gain In net operating
Income over-. the previous .year is
approximately" JM,000,000.
-. a a a a .aaa-e.es
.OREGON SIDELIGHTS
- The alfalfa and grain fields through
out Powder' river valley are described
by the. Baker Democrat as presenting
"a picture of agricultural prosperity
not exoeeded by any other country on
earth,": . -
The Salem Journal believes It !
time to tell Fred Funston to swim the
Rio Grande and clean up the Mexicans
just as he swam the Bagbag once
upon a time to get at the Filipinos.
"One hundred thousand boxes of Ore
gon apples will be shipped to Holland
in October. This,"- says the Eugene
Register, "ought to make up In some
measure for the hardships the Dutch
have suffered because of the war."
But the Eugene Guard argues that
to patrol the Mexican line from the
Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf Of Cali
fornia "so as to keep back the rising
Mexican border aggression would cr6at
more than the hides of all the Mexi
cans in all the -revolutionary armiies
are worth."
(
Klamath Falls Herald: The present
dry season, so far, has been the best
season for the fire fighters in many
years, allowing a great deal of work
to be done In' cleaning up bad -regions
by slow fires and permitting much
construction work, such as the build
ing of telephones. Nightly dews have
been, one of the greatest aids in keep
ing fires down this year, according to
Jack Kimball.
La Grande Observer: Twenty-five
years ago this week active construc
tion of the Elgin branch was about to
begin in- earnest. For nearly 1 years
the road's terminus was at Elgin and
then was extended to Joseph. The
business done over the line now justi
fies the venture made by the company
and although the fertile Wallowa dis
trict was thrifty before that date, real
progress in Wallowa county was made
possible only when the railroad
reached it.
8ALEM JOTJniVAX.1 Mr. Wana-
maker's proposal to buy Belgium, for
$100,000,000 shows the old man's mind
is weakening.. They could all be
brought Ho America for much less than
that, and; besides could be happy as
well as siife tiere. Oregon could give
homes , toi all of them and be me
richer for doing so. ,
DALLAS OBSEBVZBi Now that
the community sing has . proved more
than acceptable, why not the commu
nity dance with the band accompa
niment? Or, why not'Hiave both dur
ing the summer months? The folk
dance has received the Dallas brand
of approval, and is being adopted In
the rural settlements by granges and
other societies working for the ad
vancement of mankind. A reader sug
gests the community dance, and the
Observer is willing to second the
motion.
PENDLETON BAST OSEOOBTZAKl
Seth M. Richardson is today cele
brating the thirty-eighth anniversary
of his arrival In Pendleton. It was
on August 7, 1877, that he dropped
down over the hills" Into the village
of Pendleton, coming with his parents
and their large family. Pendleton's
population numbered only about 250
thatn Anri It wr m a "wIM aind woollv
town. The outlying country was de
voted exclusively to stock raising
and Mr. Richardson declares old
timers told him that the country
was no good for anything else. He
has lived to see It develop into . one
of the richest farm communities In
the. United States. .
e .
KLAMATH FALLS TTTiKATiT) I The
people of Klamath Falls and vicinity
should be pleased to note the work
that is being done for this end of
the state in the fostering of railroad
interest In this section. Good sup
port and considerable interest la be
ing taken by the Portland papers.
Chamber of Commerce and business
men ' of the metropolis who have
visited this section, and it all means
that with the work continued along,
this line that we will get what we
want sooner than we would other
wise.
k from having any share or pert in
that lire.
Unemployment , and poverty are
vere arraignments of civilisation.
What, has not the common man done
for his country? He made the roads.
farmed the land, settled the cities,
built the cathedrals; and Just com
mon men manned the ships, and dis
covered America.
Now the common man wanders
forth in the land homeless In ever
Increasing numbers, the Jest and ridi
cule of society, the eport of civili
zation, and is talked about as If he
were a beast.
Is the -working man a free man or
a slave? In the war zone he is the
savior of his country. Kipling wrote:
"For It's Tommy this, an' Tommy
that- an chuck him out, the
- brute 1
But It's savior of 'Is eountry when
the guns begin to shoot:
And if s Tommy this, an Tommy
that, an Tommy anything you
please;
An ' Tommy ,-ain't a bloom in fool
you -bet that Tommy sees!
The working, man's body has been
used. Now, what of his brains? Be
hold,' the picture shows:
"The poor man's wealth, the picture
show. '
Behold the factory tollers ge
To glean enjoyment from the screen
Of Maggie at the picture show.
A smile succeeds the piteous look
Of weariness ,on each -wart face.
The pictures open wide life's book.
The poor man's wealth Indeed thou
art.
His friend and guide from day to
day, and of his life a part.
Thy magic art."
. . MRS. M. A BUCKLET.
The Old Convict Ship.
Portland, Aug. 8. To the Editor of
The Journal In expressing my
(thoughts as to the psychological effect
of the recent visit of the convict ship
to our city I am aware "that n ava
lanche of criticism and disagreeing as
sertions will be called forth In the j
minds of some of my readers, even If
they do not give written expression to
their thoughts.
I did not visit the convict ship. It
distressed me too greatly to think or
those poor souls who had endured
agony of mind and body. I said to
myself. "It is over. Why should this
horrible' monster of crime be brought
up fromftbe. deep, where it belongs, and
sent over the waters of the earth to
fperpetuate in . thought the misery of
the poor wretches wno made this ship
a 'Success -.
, Bringing this monument of past cru
elty toVl'ght seems as gruesome and ;
morally illogical as If some one with:
a penchant for the morbid should hen-
of a dead and tnyied human being that
had been a rreak or nature, a monstros
ity, and should exhume It for purposes I
of exhibition. . In these days when al- j
most every man, woman and child ts
beginning to truly realize the power of
thought, many will understand why I i
feel that great harm Is done by giving I
visibility and life to the horrors of this
convict ship, in displaying the wax fig
ures which, tt musics gflmitted. Is a
final" touch of rjLftHam. hut KIh
mates it ui too ghastly rest. i
We QO not arrow will h nnttmiwa.
tion of ignorance nor do we grow to I
iove me gooa and beautiful by filling
our mlnda with th hiih
and lOW. I Mlltan ha mm a. aVK4aa
Of CUlioeltv. the wnrlH w.ii4 ah.. Kaa. I
on wunout sucn freaks as the convict
nip, ana as a matter ol psychology.
the exhibition of such curios : does
mucn more harm than good.
Many, no aoubt, will misunderstand
me. savlnir. "But if- n.ni.
counter these horrlhi thinra' tha. .in
never realize their reality and so will
uw om avruuaea to cope with them." I
y .we, nave enough present day dis
tresses tO enCOuntatl mnA Ma-A
, . . . v"l WUia
without having a dead and burled mon
strosity orougnc up. - t-
' 1 am glad, for one, that the ship t
lii&JLiitic l ia iasL irin u-nun fha ! ,(
Mav it never a rain nbtmiia it. nn..u.
. - it : .-...-
y uui in ainy waters, but may the
"dead naat hii rv Its ri.nH .-
refrain, as a wholesome minded people,
arum digging up oia Dones" as a part
ot our mental ana spiritual diet.
i A READER.
Censured CensorshiDS. .
Portland. Aur. 12 To th Edttn a
The Journal In speaking editorially a
iew aays ago of the better attitude of
Portland In Its now interference with
Emma Goldman and her propaganda.
you j made the mistake of falling to
reckon with wm it. Warren, secretary
to the mayor. Perhana. Isdud. h la-
only the mayor's catspaw, but Z hope
not. Certainly If he Is, Portland ceonla
anouia know it. If he Is not. It la hlrh
time his meddling offloiousness wag
regulated. Where does he get the
authority to conduct raids on aur
posedly disorderly house mnA to'Vr.
rest public speakers on trumped-up
vuarges : I
I am not an anarchist nor a believer
in Goldman theoriaa: but T An h.t1-,a
in freedom of speech and the pmn,
and If the mayor approves of Warren's
general line or conduct he should bold
ly acknowledge his sponsorship; If not.
he should find a new secratarv.
talnly this one is doing much to hurt
aim auperior.
Portland has outgrown "the need of
an Anthony Comstock, and Warren's
place Is in the discard with that thorn
of the movie fans. Mrs. Colwell.. and
the bathing suit censors. If we Won't
wake ud we shall farm - r.vi-. -
New England blue laws, with tbeH
stocks ana aucucing stool.
R. B. LLOYD.
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The week's developments In the
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What doing in good roads field.'
Marine news and gossip.
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.Town topics.
' News from -foreign capitals.
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Real estate and building news. V
Markets and financa
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Women's club affairs, ' J .
Realm oi music.
News of the beaches. -Fashion's
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Among next Sunday's good
things ares ;
Is Motherhood t Lost Aft? - -
Tale of the Eight Jilted Sweet
hearts. ,
Drugs, Crime and the Under
world. The Housekeeper's Council Ta
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On the Sunny Side of Life. '
Seeing America First.
Random Facts and -Fancies.
Cartoonagrams. . ,
"The Greedy Goldsmith," by
"The Story Lady.'; .r
Mere Man a Creature of Color.
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Kids. " y
Happy Hooligan.; ' ;
Jimmy.
Mutt and Jeff.
MUTT AND JEFF
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work again. - I
They admit they don't want
- to, but
BUD FISHER, their creator,
has no heart.
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beginning WEDNESDAY,
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