The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, May 02, 1916, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextHE JOURNAL AW INOCPCXDSnT NrWSPAPER. . JACKSON ..PnbMaber ihlUhM ar ery day, afternoon and momtnc -aeat Snndar aft-i oeoa). at Tbe Journal , Building, laod. Or. juesawa and xamnui sia- ron. nterad t tli poetofflce et Portland. Or., for . truuuaMoa t brooch u mil la aa aeeond ' clM natter. , -LKPHONKS Main 7178: Horn. A-6061. All , depaitnaats reactaad by thea nsmbare. Tall tba Aparator what dapartmant you want. KKIOM ADVErtTISlMU KKPRE8ENTATI VC mlamHl Kaatnor Co.. Brunt wick BMf.. " fifth A?a.. Maw York. 1218 People' -Mas Bidg.. Chicago. J Bubaertpttoa terma by mall or to aa ad Vaao hi tb Cnitad Statea or Mazleo: ( DAUvX (MOBNINQ OR AirfEKMOON) 'Otjaar ...95.00 I Una swath I .60 1,4 SUNDAY, n yr........2.M) I On month .29 AitZ (U0BM1N0 OR AfTIBSOON) AND J SDN DAY fn year 17. BO One month . -t -85 ?0, Id ! Amarira anka nnthlnt for hriclf but what ha baa rtgbt to aik for humanity Itaelf. j tf.. WOODBOW WILSON. I Millions for oVfenae, bnt not a ent for rlbota. CHABLEU C. PINCKNEY. " Frarallty la a filr fortune; and hnblti , f Induktry a food estate. franklin. 1 1 1 hi 1 1 1 1 1 .4 A SPECTACLE HERE are school districts In Oregon In which the school house Is built of logs by the volunteer work of the patrons. Th fnmltur In mdftlv fashioned n' the same way. The Eugene Htgister told of a school In Lane county In which the stove had to be packed in on the back of' a horse. There are scores of such schools In Oregon. It would be a god send to- them if 40 per cent of the srant land money could go into ttfe state school fund. A 40 per sent apportionment to that fund would be a godse-d to every school ID every county In Oregon. I Nobody knows tb'e struggles and trials endured In remote districts to give children a few months of pass than down a river grade. rudimentary schooling a year. In More motive power is required the city where we have rich prop erties to tax, and where we have with the summer schools almost a year round system, there Is littlo realization of the sacrifices that have to be made for even limited instruction of the children. When there is a fight to take 40 per cent of the errant land money out of Oregon and spend it 36? reclamation in other states in stead of giving it to the Oregon kcLools, it would seem that every Institution and everybody in Ore "gbn would oppose the program. I But It is not so. The Oregonian ft not fighting for the schools. It (is publicly encouraging Governor iWithycorabe not to throw the in fluence of the governor's office on 'the side of the school children. It dsj . thereby counseling him to a path of destruction. ! . "The Oregonian publicly attacks .til Portland Parent-Teacher wom jen 'tor getting Into the fight to ,have 40 per cent of the grant land ittfoney go to the school fund. It charges them with "playing poli tics." It says they ought not to have asked Governor Withycombe to exert his Influence for the school fund. It abuses and mls 'represents them because they made 'tb,at request. f .The Portland Chamber of Com merce passed resolutions asking 'congress for 40 per cent of the 'grant land money for the school fond. So did the Portland school .board. So did the Progressive -Business Men's club. So did clubs and societies all over Portland. ! Was It "politics" to ask them to do so? Was it "playing politics" for those societies and clubs to try to fet grant land money for the 'Oregon school fund Instead of hav ing it spent for reclamation In ! other states? ' Granges and school boards and commercial clubs all over Oregon are calling upon congress to give 'zrant land money to schools in Oregon Instead of devoting it to reclamation outside of Oregon, iince the collapse of the efforts of the claimants who sought prefer ence rights to the lands, a collapse due to the unwillingness of con Tress to consider their claim, there Is no demand among the people except the demand for the Oregon roads and schools. Did anybody ever behold so ex traordinary a spectacle as is pre sented in the Oregonlan's abuse jof;?the Portland Parent-Teacher j women tor their efforts in behalf io( the school fund? I ' Toe, main Issue In the grant (land fight Is whether there ia to 'be 40 per cent for the Oregon J school fund' or 40 per cent for reclamation in other states. HIDDEN POWERS THAT BE ERELY pawns for the hid- den power that be!" Many a well-intentioned man li sacn'i pawn. 'He, la often tised by secret Influ ences to support a bad cause with out knowing it. 1 Whenever there is a struggle for the rights of the common peo ( pie, thtre ars often those among rthe common people who are used ho y help the enemy. -The hidden powers that be, "organlie the op position by recruiting their forces from among the unsuspecting good folk. Innocent of evil Intent, who are given places -in the front of the fray and are thus made to bear the brunt of the fighting believ ing they are leading in a worthy cause, when in reality they are merely pawns for the hidden pdw ers that be," says the Rural New Yorker, one of the great farm pa pers of the country. Most movements for pillaging the people are carried forward under the guise of some so-called worthy cause. The great thefts of the pub lic lands of Oregon were commit ted in the name of "improvement" or "development." ,The trial rec ords of the men vent by the Ore gon federal courts to McNeil's Island penitentiary for land frauds give a glimpse of the means by which people were robbed of their public lands. One great reassurance ia that, here and there, is a newspaper not bound to the "hidden powers that be," that exposes their plots, games and programs and that seek to safeguard the people in the pos session of their rightful public in heritances. An article from the Rural New Yorker on this page is an Interest ing dlscusclon of the hidden pow ers that be. Shakespeare still has a 'chance. The Chicago Judge who decided that Bacon wrote the plays has va cated bis order, after a conference with four of his colleagues who were dissatisfied with the finding against Shakespeare. The vacat- 4 -v 4-4 -4 Ma I I knilAil MM 4 A wsaMi-i "l .... .v- luck, lua ui&unjr ui luo tuuit an offended by the decision." And thus. Bacon fails to become the prodigy and Shakespeare is permit ted a further lease of reputation to salve Judicial dignity. A TRADE TYRANNY T HE trade territory visited by the Portland excursionists last week wants to do business .MU.UU0 or JlQO.QO0.OOu. Or with Portland egon's Is only a pitiful $6,400,000. That country is commercially ! oppressed. The whole Columbia basin is commercially oppressed. It Is compelled to pay freight rates, both In and out, on an over mountain haul. More fuel is required to haul a loaded car over a high mountain More engineers and firemen are lons about the bard,8 greatne88. required. More trainmen are re- The Pogt hag made aQ Investiga. quired. More equipment is re- tlon arnong our luminaries to find quired. More of everything Is re- out thelr oplnions. vice President quired, and everything costs money. Marshall tninkg that if a person All this extra cost has to be paid , takeB ..hig m0rals from the gos by the producer and consumer. A pel and hlg philosophy from the loaded wheat car once put in mo-' Bard.. he wlu not only Jead a g00d tion, will roll from Pasco to Port- nfe ijlin8elf but will exert a blessed land almost of its own momentum, influence "upon those around him." But by ttie crazy freight rate ar- Thj8 BOunda too mrh lik(, nn rangement now ia vogue, the rate ' demanded is as inougn me car were hauled over the Cascades. The effect is that the Interior is paying freight rates that are too high. They get no benefit from the down-river haul. They are commercially enslaved. These artificial and unjustifiably high freight rates have been main tained for years. They have cost the people of the Columbia basin ; many millions of dollars. There . is intimation by tne interstate , Commerce commission that they are to be permanent. But are they? Are the people of the Columbia basin content to always pay freight lates on a basis of what It costB to drag loaded cars over mountains? Or will they Bome time get rates based on a haul along a level? The Journal's letters-from-the-people column ia a clearing house of public opinion. The only re quirements are that correspondents be brief, that they use seemly language, that they choose topics of current interest and that they make themselves known to the pa per. The Journal strives to give all a hearing. THE SLEEPERS A N ANNAPOLIS woman writing In The Independent, gives a curious account of phycho logical conditions in that somniferous town. Tho reader will remember that Annapolis, which, it may as well be remarked. Is In Maryland, Is the seat of our naval academy- It Is there that our naval officers acquire not only their professional training, but also their habits of mind, and we can under stand from what this woman tells of their environment why they are so peculiar in some particu lars. For example, she makes It per fectly clear why Secretary Daniels finds so little favor in certain na val quarters. Mr. Daniels is an innovator. He wishes to make the navy modern both in material and In spirit. The mental habit of Annapolis Is antique. Its ideas, as , we gather from the Independent i article, date from the lower Siluri an era. It knows but little of modern ideas and what it does know It detests. . One can Imagine how unpleasant Mr. Daniels, with his up-to-date ways of thought and conduct, must be to such people with, the dust of countless ages slumbering on their brains. And since the naval officers necessarily take the psychic tone of their en vironment, they must find Mr. Daniels a terrible tribulation. Worse yet, Mr. Daniels is a democratic American and he has endeavored to Introduce American democratic ideas into the -navy. The Independent writer, who eon- ceals her name for the best of rea sons, since she lives In Annapolis, tells ns that her town is intensely aristocratic. It Is so aristocratic that It submits to the rule of a sordid political boss because 'that was father's way." And it is so high-toned socially that it is a dis grace to be a woman suffragist. The hoys at the Academy sing "None but the brave deserve the fair," and the main business in life of the fair is to make them selves pleasing to the brave. Thls happy arrangement goes by the name of "chivalry." It would be better for the coun try If our big naval academy could be taken up bodily and set down in a more progressive environment. Modification of Portland bridge rules need not mean impairment of "Bafety first" as a policy. Those who fight "safety first" should not fight real "safety first," but fight small mistakes made in the name of "safety first." AN OLD GRUDGE L A FOLLETTE explains in his magazine vhy Senator Cum mins opposes Brandeis. The Iowa senator is at heart pro gressive and one would naturally expect to seo him on Brandeis' side. He would be but for the poisonous influence of Clifford Thorne. This man is a cantankerous law yer who was once associated with Brandeis in some railroad litiga tion before the Interstate Com merce commission. Thorne tried to impose his views upon Brandeis and failed. For this he has never forgiven his colleague. He seems ,to be a man ho never forgets or forgives. Thorne has political influence in Iowa and Cummins is afraid of him. For this reason he smothers his conscience and opposes Bran deis. It is of su:h stuff that his tory Is made. The state qf Washington will ul- t,mate,y have a school fund of Wnf not raIse " to 125,000,000 by securing more than $17,000,000 from the Oregon grant lands? HOW GREAT IS HE? S EEING , that we are still bo near to the Shakespeare ter centenary It may not be out of place to clip from the Evenine Post soma eminent nnin. tract from a rallroad gulde book to be first class literary criticism. The eminent Champ Clark says he carries a play or two about with him in his carpet bag when he goes traveling. But bis praise is blighted by hisj asking the Evening Post whether it has read Mark Twain's "Is Shakespeare Dead?" That scandalous book took the ground that Bacon was the real RhftVpanMr Wft fA thaf ri,.mi. ciark lets his love nf mere fact and logic oatFUQ his worship of a pop- ular idol. David BIspham, the singer, says Shakespeare Is "a back number." He has been reading too much Bernard Shaw. Edward Lee Mas ters, the Spoon River poet, tells us Shakespeare sank and died "under the weight of his own thought." This is a badly needed recension of the current story that he died of too much booze. When Carolyn Wells, the detec tive story writer, reads Shakes speare she assures us that she "reads two or three plays at a sitting." This Is supposed to dem onstrate her exemplary devotion to the master. She has never seen a person "who casually picks up Shakespeare In a leisure hour." We have been fortunate, for we have seen many such. Almost everybody whose taste for Shake speare has ..not been spoiled by study in school or college likes to read the plays by fits and starts. A giant intellect like Carolyn Wells' may get through with two or three in half an hour, but such a dose would be too heavy for plain, or dinary folks. A CHANCE FOB CAPITAL u SELESS expenditure of heavy sums of money by Portland and other Pacific Northwest manufacturing Interests that could easily be saved for this sec tion, drains the North Coast of much money. Huge sums in freight rates and in purchasing supplies in the east that could easily be manufactured at home are, a feature. Reference, la keen at th1x time tn rerard to the absence of class manufacturing plants. WMle plenty of raw materials are available for the manufacture of glass, local manufacturers of foodstuffs and other commodities who U6e bottles are compelled to send elsewhere for their requirements. There are in the Pacific North- ( west numerous manufacturers of food stuffs who utilize many car loads of bottles every season. An instance of the great need of a glass manufacturing plant is shown in the requirements of the logan- perry industry aione. commercial ly speaking, this Is an Infant in dustry, but so marked has been the, success of loganberry juice In the markets of the United States that local plants are well booked ! with advance -orders for the com ing season. The Oregon Fruit Juice company, with headquarters and main plant at Salem, is one of the big users of glass, although perhaps there are others who purchase even heavier supplies. The Salem com pany recently bought the Wood burn cannery and will turn it into j 000 a year prior to the first of Janu a loganberry plant. The estimated j ary, but it win not amount to more needs of glass of this one branch ' than half that this season. However, plant alone are placed at 75,000 1 1 m not discouraged. Loganberry gallon glass Jars. jjulc manufacture will now take the There are several packers of ; place of that, of liquor, and within foodstuffs in glass In Portland and ! a year or two I expect my business their requirements of bottles are ' will bo normal again. I am not a said to be enormous. NOTHING THE MATTER WITH PORTLAND (A trio of toller w bo do hUHlnesa In tunmi w.r yet proftt.hiT withal, lire lnriurtd li No. 113 of the "Nothlne the Matter with Portland-' artlrlea. Two of these latterly ! hare experienced TlrUaltudei. but are not ! only uudliuiiyed eonrerning the preaent but buoyant regarding Hie future. Tbe third . potseiwes procea that has mlllloni In It if I it ia eriecuTe a be helleTea It to be. THERE are many small Industries in Portland which, collectively, are of importance to the city. ! Among them is the gasoline mantle factory conducted by Mrs. L. Q. Reno at 5121A East Davla street micrpiuior ' ai oi.tt jasi uavis street, successor ( to me Western Mantle company, once j a flourishing enterprise located at Front near Pine street. Mrs. Reno's hus band was the manager of that insti tution, but when he died it went out of business so far as cas mantles were concerned. Mrs. Reno, however, has continued the manufacture of those used for gasoline lighting pur poses, and is doing a lucrative busi ness In that line. But she does not i sell at retail, therefore it will be use less to seek to buy direct from her factory, except by those in the mer cantile business. The Marshall Wells Hardware company, M. Sellers & Co., and such houses handle her products, and these supply the local retail trade. There is a wide difference between gas and gasoline mantels. The, former must contain ingredients imported from Germany,fcand these being dlf- flcult to obtain at this timewas the nr.n,ctnn , . i . . , abandonment of heir manufacture in this city. None are made here now, all being imported from the east. Mrs. Reno is an expert in this line. She knows exactly what is required, : and It Is her opinion that, once the ! war in Europe Is ended, there will be j a splendid field open in Portland for a gas mantle factory. THIS IS a NEW ONE. We all have heard of those who re pair automobile tires. We know of a dozen processes, all first-rate, sub- ! stantlal and of good report. nui neres a new one, a foniana product, ana Known to dui one other its worth and ir it ever encounters a auncuiiy ln winning tne connaence . of the public it will be because the j cost of Its application Is so lnsigmifl cant that it will be surmised It can not be of great account or It would j not be so cheap. George S. Freeburger is a druggist 1 at 908 Seventy-second street south-,. east, and he has Invented a product which ought to make him and all his 1 family rich. Doubtless it will. And what is this thing costing so little and of so great value? It would be a mighty nice thing to know Its composition. It Is a patented secret, however, and the pharmacist will not disclose its formula. We have read of substances which would patch rubber, until we have j of myself and other like-minded mem grown weary. We have discovered 1 bers, the Socialist party was relieved little merit ln many, but Mr. Free- ! ot ts Irnposslblest mana gement This Iniil, ma a marlr nf their dlSDleasure. burger seems to have originated the . real thing at last. Scores of users ! In Portland ar testifying to this, among them J. A. Wilkinson, of the Republican Tire company; B. H. Tost, of the Blue Taxlcab oompany, and C. Arne Jr., manager of the Morrison Lumber company. And what does it doT It Is applied to a hole ln rubber, as If it were a lump of soft putty or tallow, in a warm atmosphere. Just spread It over the break or crack like butter on bread, and as soon as this Is done the article mended will break ln any other place as readily as at the piece where the Alr-Vulc, as It Is called, is applied. The substance will stretch as new rubber stretches, and it will mend hot water bottles, rubber tubing, rub ber shoes or boots or any other thing made of rubber. It Is marvelous ln results, and no description could pic ture Its Influences. Rubber hose. automobile or bicycle tires, automobile Inner tubes and casings, rubber coata or pails, full of holes and leaky, may be repaired with the substance, a hole ln half a minute, and be as stout aa when new. The thing is put up ln small tins and sold at 50 cents the box, ao there is little to risk ln giving it a trlaL It may be had at many of the city garages and of Marshall, Wells & Company, or, perhaps, direct from the manufacturer. HIT BT PROHIBITION. One manufacturer in Portland says that prohibition dealt him a blow which is smarting yet. It Is Louis Layton, of the Layton Cooperage company, who makes the foregoing statement, and yet Mr. Lay ton finds no fault with the statute enacted by the people. "I have been ln business 12 years," Mr. Layton says, "and have had a profitable trad. My line has been mostly nardwood barrels and kegs, made of Oklahoma, Tennessee and Louisiana oak, for th liquor trade, so it will be seen that I am landed, high and dry, as my patrons have been wiped off the map. Then I bought thousands' of empty whiskey barrels, which" X sold after renovation to cider and vinegar makers. This occupation Is likewise obliterated killod deader than a hunk of Ice. Nowj the vinegar and cider makers are , wondering- what they can do. For aj certainty they cannot afford hardwood barrels at an expense' of $3 to $3.50 each. It? is likely they will resort to the fir, and this will be a good thing for Oregon, where there is such an abundance of this wood. 4 "I had a business of $25,000 to $30,- bit discouraged, not a bit downhearted, nor am I down and out " There are now but four coopers at work at the Lay ton factory. These earn from $3 to $4 and $5 a day, working bv the niece as they do. If ik .,,i., ... loganberry Juice manufacture attains the magnitude it is expected it will, . , , . , .. tnen cooperage Will come into Its own again, and will be there to stay, At least Mr. Layton thinks it will. Letters From the People rCommnnlcatiems sent to Tbe Journal for publication in tula department sbould be writ- I ten on oniy one aide or tne paper, Douia not ; ,,tMd 300 wrd iu length and muat ba ac- p,,,, bJ name nd ,iArt et tn. sender. If tbe writer does not desire to bars tli name publlabed, ba aliould ao state. "DlacnMlm Is tbe area test of all reformers. It ntlonaiiaes eTerytliing- It toacbea. It roba principles of all false uuctlty and tnrowt them back on their reasonableness. If they baie no reakonableneu, it rutblesely eruibea tbem out of exieten.ee and aeta up lta own conclusions in tiieir etead." Woodrow W'llnon. The Exploiter of the Poor. Fellda, Wash., April 28. To the Editor of The Journal As a reader of The Journal, I am taking this means of congratulating your paper In strlklngat the real cause of the high cost of living. In a recent editorial you have laid the real cause where it Justly be longs at the door of the speculator the one who is growing rich specu lating on the necessaries of life. Iu this age it seems as if the dollar sign is placed ahead of everything. In the mad rush for wealth those higher up in the financial world seem to have forgotten their poorer brothers, or to remember them only aa a means whereby they may become richer. It seems as lr the conscience that uod gave, to man to guide him into all righteousness Is foreign to some na-; Tk. v,o,- ,ft h rMi Creator and are making money their , r"hain. Powell Valley, Sandy, Cher God. There Is a time coming when ! ryville. Brightwood and Rhododendron this god they worship will not save Tavern to Government Camp. An al them. All the money in the world will ternate route Is by Gresham, CottreM, not buy a home In that kingdom to , come. I would sooner die or hunger . " n ? " , f,ai been taken from the pockets of 'my unfortunate fellowmen by unfair (means. There are people in this world , who do not care how mucn poverty ana uie couiiLiy ueyunu ou.nuy ia uu misery they cause. They do not care venturously mountainous, climaxing how many families are set out In tbe street, destitute, hungry and half naked. They do not care how many producers or farmers are closed out b mortgages after a lifetime of toil and privation. ., w . . Of the rich man I would ask M ho ? re 'ou that you should be craved in liiYnrv nnn look down with scorn UOOn tne tolling mass of striving humanity who have created this wealth for you? If your brother, of the masses, wears shabby clothes, if his form is bent and his hajids are rough and scarred from years of toil, If his face reflects a picture of a lifetime of hard knocks remember that under that shabby coat Bome f those scars might hav8 been caused in producing some of those coins you are jingling in your pocket. ROBERT J. SLOTHOWER. Mr. Barzee States Position. Portland, May 1. To the Editor of The Journal Since the Socialist party state officials have taken particular pains to discredit me as a Socialist writer and expounder of Socialist prin ciples, it is well that the facts be made known to the public and their reasons therefor be exposed. Some years ago, through the efforts Durl tho years that followed until the present management, my work had the approval of the officials ln charge, who have organized authority to speak on these matters. It is now they and not the rank and file of the Social ists In Oregon that criticise. "With this explanation it is easy to reason from the common fralllty of human ity why this action on their part has been taken. Contentions are common to all po litical parties, from Roosevelt down the line. But scientific reasoning stands on its own self-evident truths. If my writing appeals to the readers of The Journal it matters little whether It is approved by this particular committee or is disapproved by them. It will be found to be in accord with the national platform and the scientific principles of Socialism. C. W. BARZEE. Assails Mr. Evans Administration. Portland, April 29. To the Editor of The Journal The Oregonian is maintaining Its reputation for unfair ness ln this campaign. In order to cover up the sins of omission, the extravagance and inefficiency of Walter Evans' administration and to misguide the voters, it accuses John C. McCue, candidate for district at torney, of being an anu-pronioiwon candidate. It predicts dlr things if Mr. McCue shall be elected. It opines that It would be a "distinct, unmis takable and unanswerable "wet vic tory," Strange, indeed, that the Oregonian ahould so suddenly proclaim itself a prohibition leader, when everyone knows that the Oregonian always has been friendly to the "wets" and that it only recently admitted that it wasn't sure whether prohibition was a good thing or not. During the last campaign it remained passively neu tral, for very obvious reasons, but at heart was hopeful that prohibition would not carry. Something seems to rankle stllL For, It, it ransacks the old closet and brings forth the "wet" skeleton and dogmatically states that prohibi tion is the "real issue." The Oregonian is simply up to Its old trick of trying to fool the people. But it can't get away with the old time stuff. The people are not so g;ul llble a they used to be. How long, I ask, would a prosecut ing attorney hold down his Job If he refused "to prosecute violators of the dry law. If he purpoaely attempted to shield operators of "blind pigs?" The Oregonlan's stand on this "question la puerile and absurd. It will not hold water. Its "real Issue" is to poison the minds of the voters against Mr. McCue and to cover up the weakness of Walter Evans' administration. Prohibition is not an issue. Wa have . the dry law and it should b enforced Ilk any other law. Th real lssu is efficiency and economy of PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE Chicago is complaining about 9-cent milk, while Portland Is paying 10 with out a whimper. a Recent events have- helped to show why Britain has kept so many of her soldiers at home. Remember, it Is the duty of voters to see that candidates gat what Is com ing to them primary day. Uncle Hiim might concede- Obregon's argument Were Villa not on the other side of that border conference. A close observer of things political says the trouble with Cummins is that he has an equal number of goln's. A New York food expert announces that fried eggs cause insanity. How ever, h may have been eating them himself. When Portland's lawyers agree on the Columbia naval base proposition, it is evident that a demurrer would be hopeless. Judge Tuthill of Chicago, having "settled" the Shakespeare-Bacon con troversy, Bhould now try his hand on the submarine issue. However, the man with the biggest rile of rubbish to be hauled away is not necessarily the tiiont desirable res ident of his neighborhood. it should be remembered that Car- ranza is under tne necessity of speak ing softly to the United States in such a manner that evervbodv In Main w 111 ne is roanng. JOURNAL 2-Mount Hood, by Summer may blight the east, but it conies to Portland as a gentle benedic tion. In the frenzied heat rone the price of ice may go soaring, but a few hours' ride from Portland will bring you to the everlasting glaciers and snow fields of Mount Hood. You have learned how to reach the great mountain of Oregon by train or automobile through Hood River valley. The route to the south slope of the rugged peak leads eastward from Port land through country that is pictur esque every mile of the way. Trans portation will be almost entirely by automobile. You may use private car or auto stage from Portland. You may go to Boring on the suburban line of the P. R., L. & P. company and trans fer to auto stage, or you may go to Bull Run On a line of the same com pany and go by stage, or hike the rest of the way. (It's a good long hike. however). The distance from Portland to Mount Hood Is approximately 60 mile. The Mount Hood highway leads via crossing handy Kiver Just abovo the ' " -. "ll . alo7thDcv8 Backbone Hdge 'road and coming hack to the main highway a short distance west of the mouth of baimon river. in tne supreme elevation 01 juouni Hood. Tn Ranv whpn i r,par f . , d d t f t ot, ' streams, are fine for trout fishing. 1 line Hie piuira i'i p 10 . ..... .7 lntendpd b nature for camp sites that j , lm ,b, There are scores of spots so obviously "GOOD PEOPLE" WHO DO EVIL From the Rural New Yorker. A number of our readers .have sent us the enclosed article from the Black and White Record, and asked us to print it with comments. One man says, "It should be published until it is read by every farmer who ln knock ing the department of foods and mar kets when it is to their best Interests to support it." The article follows: "Every Inch of ground won by the forces of right represents a struggle with the forces of wrong which might be well enough if It wer not for the fact that so many people who mean to be right are fighting on the side of wrong. So we find good peo ple opposing the advance of prohibi tion on the ground that public senti ment Is not ready for It, or because a ban on liquor selling constitutes a violation of personal liberty. Good people are criticising Thomas Mott Osborne (or were before his recent vindication) because one so energetic for radical reform and so much more devoted than his fellows to the cause of righteousness Is only working for el feet and ought to be squelched. Thus it happens that these good men. Instead of putting shoulder to the wheel and helping along a meas ure designed to accomplish greater results for the interests they repre sent than any other ever yet pro posed, are fighting tooth and nail on the other side to secure Its defeat. "The grafters, the" forces that profit by the established order of things, al ways stand firm against every Inno vation that makes for righteousness whereby their profits may be reduced. They organlz the opposition, recruit ing their forces among the unsuspect ing good folk. Innocent of evil Intent, who are given places ln the front of the fray and are thus mad to bear the brunt of th fighting believing they are leading ln a worthy cause when ln reality they are merely pawns for the hidden powers that be." administration. Walter Evans has failed to deliver the goods. His has been the most costly administration in the history of Multnomah countyHv Co the people want the Oregonlan's candidate to remain ln office? Do i they want a figurehead there, or do they want a man of high quail flea tlons, who Is lined up with no in terest whatsoever, who will enforc all the laws without fear or impartiality and who will conduct the office at a great saving to the taxpayers? J. P. SCHROEDER. Questions Mr. McCoe's Promise. Portland. April 28. To th Editor of The Journal One of the promises upon which Mr. John McCue, candidate for dltrict attorney, seems to rely heavily. Is that. If elected, he will try all important cases In person. Instead of leaving the work to hi deputies. Thla, it appears to th writer, betrays a misconception of the duties of th office, and throws grave doubt upon the fitness of Mr. McCue for th po sition to which he aspires. That the public prosecutor has no higher duty than to be ln court wield ing the branding iron on unfortunate criminals is a conception of ancient days, and ona which la not entertained by the present district attorney. Tn broad constructive and remedial work which he has attempted is not don In the court room. It is ln th privato office that th graver problems are fought out: What to do with th de fective youths who numerically con stitute our greatest menace; how to minister to th deluded girl and th abandoned wife without publicity; how to encourage th paroled convict, how to make tho offico a means for prevention first and punishment as a last resort: how. to demonstrate to the .publlo tho need for mora enlightened AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS After an extended period of inac tivity, Elgin business men have reor ganised their Commercial club and are now launching a campaign of improve ment. Though the meeting was held on only a few hours' notice, great enthusi asm was manifest the Recorder says. "Plans for the Sumpter valley rail road," exclaims the Baker Herald, "are so big It will take time for tliem to de velop, but they will surely come. The present management Is too progressive and the country open to it is too pro ductive for the rotid to rebt content with what it has done." Calling attention to a canine habit which, it asserts ouglit to be stopped, the Port Orford Tribune says: There is considerable compluint around I'ort Orford about dogs running deer. It ia said to be quite a common occurrence for deer to be run into the lake. The trouble does not seem to be so much from hunting parties as from dogs that go out of their own accord and take up the chase." Now approaches the season nf social life and activity for Grants Pas, as appears from the following list m th Courier: "There will be the grangers of the state to the number of 400 it ..ho; men men scnoo irraauauon wit i :u i its frills and furbelows, its in das ,.f speechmakitig and of sweet sin kim'I uatess; the annual rose fentivnl riyht on Its heels, and scores of lodge -ni-claves, church festivals and convi-n-tlon something doing, in fuct, all the time." JOURNEYS the South Side Route After you have crossed the mouth of Salmon river and have come to Krlght wood you will proceed a few miles to a crossroads, telling you that If you will turn south you will come, to Welches and Mauldings and the Salmon river sgaln. But you do not turn aside now. That short route will be the sub ject of Us own article later. Three miles east of Rhododendron Tavern you will come to the Toll Gate, and thence you will proceed by the old Barlow road, the old Immigrant trail. whlch once guided Oregon's pioneers i on1 th1r (it IfBmi atAPnlv over tha ! pass in the Cascade range to the prom ised land. The road has yet Its steep grades and sharp turns and probably It can never be subdued, because you are climbing upward on the ridKed base of the moun tain itself. But It is much better than I ii berore the late K. Henry wemme if voted his life and fortune to the Im provement of the scenio highway. At Government Camp, Mount Hood Is directly north and directly overhead. It is an Imposing spectacle, seen from the lesser elevation of some 4000 feet. Many people prefer the southern climb. Tho slope Is longer, the grade easier, the surroundings no less over powering. The route leads around Crater Hock and the crater whence still issue tho sulphurous vapors of the now extinct but once active vol cano. On the left hand Is Triangular Moraine, to the right Steel Cliff. As on the north- side, the last part of the climb is steepest. There are people who have camped over night on the south slope of Mount Hood and have seen the sun drop Into the far Pacific, have seen the lights flash in Portland, and have rested with a sense of intrmate closeness to the star-set sky and a happy freedom from the little things of earth. We omit the names of several men mentioned ln the original article, who or said to be opposed to the proposed taw for pasteurizing milk, us we de sire to confine this discussion to principles not to details. We cannot improve on that state ment of a great truth. Whenever a battle for the rights of the common I people is fought there are several in- I fluential classes who stand off nnd criticise or help the enemy. As a rule they are prosperous people wlih ! considerable power to enforce their j own rights in the market. Tossibly j the proposed legislation would not benefit them greatly, so they oppose it forgetting that their very prosper ity has laid an obligation upon them to help those who are not so fortunote or are less able to protect themselves. Perhars men do not approve of certain methods employed In such a battle, or there may be more selfish motives Involved. It Is strango that they can not see that ln such a contest there can be no middle ground. Either they favor direct marketing reform or they are leagued with the commercial snd transportation Interests which are and have been sucking the life blood away from farming while pretending to foster and develop it. a "Merely pawns for the hidden pow ers that be." That puts It well, nnd a little thought will show anyone that the statement Is correct. The, vast majority of our farmers of all classes ar back of the present demand for marketing reform, and are determined that th department shall have a fair chance. There are some of the men Indicated in this article, but there are not so many, a'nd we are confident that before long all who. are worth while will see .lust what they are doing and get on the right side. It will be either that or they will be pushed to one side, for a force is developing ln this state which will be Irresistible. methods of dealing with crime these are problems that are far more Import ant than mere Jury pleading. The dfstrlct attorney must be In I constant touch with the public, the other county officials, and the men uhder him. He cannot be in court with his head filled with the details of a complicated case and also properly di rect the work of his deputies in the police court, district court, grand Jury, complaint department and ln the civil work of the county. Mr. McCue is promising something which he cannot and should not per form. TOM GARLAND. The Troubles in Ireland. Portland. April 27. To th Editor of The Journal I cannot agree with your recent editorial comments on the up rising ln Ireland. You refer to the revolt as a "teapot tempest." while England thinks a grave situation has arisen ln .the Emerald Isle. You con sider the revolution unjustified, while the logic of even recent events proves the Justification of the present Irish rebellion. When the English placed home rule on the law books they per- ?il"eA.a ""J-JJL'L!" lhe .":th0' xivieuiu lv arm wiciubcivob wim ma chine guns and rifles to oppose the enactment of that law, and when tho attention of the government was drawn to the matter th troops war finally Ordered north to five protection to tho unarmed population la that part of tho country. But what happened? Tho army generals resigned. Then th peo ple of th rest of Ireland lost faith in tho government and they also rushed to arms in their own defense, so that practically the whole country soon be came an armed camp. Tho present revolution la. an organized attempt at setting up a real government. , . PATRICK aHALLORAM. . TKPnce Oer BY Rny i.ampm yESTERDA Y A PTKRNOON when; " I was coin along up Aide! ;1 street lookitiK t .the clouds -that the bre;e was combing out n fine white fleets ns-iinst the skyI came to WooHuni ciurke's. s" and stopped automatically. Just as I alwuN io when I am two or three peoj.ii standing and -M looking at anything. f And I sometimes think that mer- chants perhaps hire nm or three people to stand and :... jn theliv windows. so others will Join tluni And 1 naw that these people at Voodard Clarke's had stopped because of the free settles. J And tin v w ere weighing them selves. ej And i . oi.l gentleman who weighed :.:-tried to find a slot in which t drop n nickel. JAnd bis wife pulled t his arm and tried to pet in in way. JBtit bo sail! h'-M hIwhv paJd be fore. -and be idiil.ln't sertn to under stand somehow - i hat anything could be free. I J Ap.d it cum ii i.v turn and 1 I Weighed 1 JS. I -Just hs I had on The Journal '.scales nn Imur before. J l.nd I Just grit weighed- I tho nl hers did. -because - w 111. -that v h lf the mnin reanon--I guess i do a tiie.it many things. Hut I a littl.-. K'l if Kitting over it because ! . , 1 Used to he ci-.; f,,. v m s l i r - to a hoy It politicians "Voto It - to get 1 1) st raight." and we don't di it ;mv more. which in the ras'iti--1 guess that politics 1ms licconic so upcer Imii ii s a profi'Kslon. altiK.sl ms iiiirei l.iin s the poul try business. J Arid I iictci),lc to look In tin window- n 1 iiiuld no Imw the oth- ers arlcj' vmmoii i lucii k ii'MYing - i im t i wan watching. J And two Eirln cune stopped and giKKl"l. along and -And tlicy sinnoth.,1 thr-lr skirts mid felt of lli.ii- l!ls- and tucked their hair at tho sliji s. - find s! laitrhtctud their lints. And one of tliem oieiw'l her purse and took out her powder-rag be fore she i i inenilif-i i d that she was just getting weiKln-d. Hiid not having her picture taken. And Mill Goldmiin enme along and Just glanced at the scales. and went right by. J And one womai who weighed 1S2 , said the Hi-als imumI ti wrung, auve she w.im i edurl ng. b. v mall. Im ami had done everything that tho Course Called for. and nhould only weigh lG.r. If And she said It was a good sys tem. because you d ui t linvn to ipilt eating. to get nsulis. And her friend I! --".Ma be yrnf' hacrft,gi.i tin- rii-lit mental attitude." J And ishc :iiil --"Oh yes I have. "been use all llm stvlcs tlil.i yrsr ' make ine look like a ha.v Ml nek." ff And I must huve stood there quite a while. and when l.usinesM got slack I weighed in sel X - fcet others to etup and - ej LIST1CN - I niltrht have Stood v lhl.r ill ii ft ernoon - but 1 hnppened to think--Just happened that tho esteemed city editor expected me to write something frr the paper. Th Worst Pun of the Preaent Crisis. Xr.Tii ilio nn laili-r. As tliouKh .loimnv Mull dldn"t have troubles chough ulready, they seem to bo Dublin. A Ithymo for (irUn Time. Believe when you plant, believe when you son; Keep on believing, and your truck will siiru grow; Don't hunt afur trouble, but look for Pueeess; You'll find what you look for don't look for distress; If you see your shadow, remember, I pray, The sun still is shining, but you're i.n the way. Don't grumble, don't Muster, don't dream and don't shirk; Don't think of your worries, but think of your work ; The worries will vanish, the work will In done You'll ri;'er nee your shadow while fac ing the sun. UNCLE JOE. Oeoree (Jentr.r ho Iwn appointed elty mar shut, yud wo hi-'llere lie') amka a sooi ona. Now tlmt tiooiw ui l'inj;r trouble u. tha -ninln tlilnjr required of the ninriibal U work, and (jetiifc-e la not afraid of It. t'oatll Jour nal. , Nevertheless. Judge Tuthill of Chicago has set aside his decree that Khakespear didn't write the plays. Very well. 4ud(,-e. Your decre had stout the same vslue an Villa money, anyway. But have you noticed. Judge, that In the stories written about you, there have been the names of two moving picture manutacturers, and mention of films they tire making? Its a horrid thought but perhaps they l ave worked you for a million dollars' worth of free advertising. Don't you begin to thing Judge? . The public does. suspect lomt StreetiSsATowri Found Trip Not Tiresome. T'HE party of national suffrage) work- A ers, In Portland fun-lay, will never forget the Columbia river highway. -"Oh, have you arranged another of those tiresome trips to 'local points of Interest'?" exclaimed one of tho' party when told that the Chamber of Commerce and a number of citizens had provided automobile. "But you should have heard them when they saw the highway, enjoyed the view from Crown Point, waJked down into Sbeppard's dell and stood near the watc-riajls, ' said Miss Prls- i cilTi webst er, aavanco representauvo of the party. ; "Mrs. Jane Goode and her daughter, of Ohio, who are world travelers, said, they had never seen anything so beau tiful. "Miss Lucy Bums of Brooklyn, who had been almost angry beeauso she was asked to use ln travel on th highway hours she desired for rest, said that sh never could express her apprecia tion of the wonderful experience.. ' "I am sure that each one of thes women will help In making- tho won derful beauties of tho Columbia river highway better known to tho 'resC. of: V. ln M . ... th nation.' -.,.' i - .