The Oregon daily journal., May 04, 1916, Page 10, Image 10

THE OREGON DAILY - JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1918.
HE JOURNAL
A IrTDgPBXDIHIT HKWSPAPia.
S. JACKSON ...pubUahar
iinbed avery , flay, afternoon and mornrng
-scent Bandit afternoon), at Tbe Journal
1 Mldlaa, Broadway and Ysaablll ts Port.
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'red ( tba poatofflee at Portland. Or., for
' nstnlaalon tbreugh tbe Bill M second
'a matter.
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partments rear tied by tbaaa numbera. Tall
.- ex if rat or whit department ya want.
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tarola Kentear Co., Brunswick- Bldg..
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i.aa Bldg Chicago
MulMKriptioa terms or aaatl or ta any ad
ta tba tnltml State or Mexico:
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tar.. .......13.00 Onesaoeta 9 -SO
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u yaev....,'...$SJJ0 One orh. ...,.$ .39
ailx (koasiMO or ai-tebnoojo and
MONDAY
na yaar.V.. 17.80 I Ona month t .M
Aaierlca asks nothing for herself tout what
' baa a Tight to ask tot humanity Itaclf.
..., W00DR0W WILSON.
Million for defense, but not cent for
rlhute. fHAIU.KS C. IMNCKNKV
Prosperity's right hand U leduatry
' and bar left baud la frugality.
. i- 5 Johnson.
NOT BEFORE IN HISTORY
ITH wages rising every.
rising
where and almost every
day, the Increases effective
May 1- total, for the cotin-
ry.
the enormous aggregate of
15,868.872 per month, or $64,
136,464 a year.
It is doubtful It there has been
nythlng like It in human history,
rhe number of workers already re
tiring Increases totals 706,500.
is Been In the following list, the
hcreases affect many branches of
ndustry:
- " Est. Increase
Man In monthly
Firm affected.
7nlted States Steel
corporation 250.000
iethlehem Stael Co. 24.000
Jverland Automobile
company 28.000
Jutte miners and
smelter men 14.000
knaconda miners... 5,000
'ortland and Coeur
. d'Alena d 1 t r 1 ct
miner 8.000
?nlted States Steel
(Gary plant) 7,000
Chicago packing
houses 25,000
Iart," Schaffner &
Marx.. lO.ooo
ails, Chalmers & Co. 20,000
Mwaukee teamsters 600
'X Louis brewer a.. 6,000
t. Louis machinists 600
mio Electric R'y. . . 1.100
;olumbus, O., street
car men Too
roungstown, O., steel
workers 20,000
payroll.
$1,680,000
170.000
1.250,000
189.00O
8,290
3,000
5,800
210,000
70,000
16,800
4,200
80,000
6,600
5,000
" 2,700
150,000
workers
Starting with
250,000
'or the United States Steel cor
poration, the list of wage advances
Deludes automobile workers, mi
ners and smelter men, packing
house employes, clothing factory
workers, teamsters, brewery em
ployee, machinists, electric railway
operatives and street car men.
' The list shows the broad diffu
sion of the advance and the wide
extent of industry in which, the
unparalleled business activity pre
vails. "A further study of the wage
advances shows even a broader dif
fusion of general prosperity. Other
increases, for instance, are:
Cincinnati building
trades ....... 14.000 t 17,500
Toledo carpenters.. 800 210
Toledo electricians. .200 S.072
Kail ' Elver cotton
operatives 30,000 168,000
New Bedford cotton
operatives 25,000 140,000
American Woolen Co. 30,000 25,000
Providence India
Rubber Co 3,600 19,600
Rhode Island cotton
'operatives 6.000 83,600
Philadelphia carmen . 6,200 22,800
Omaha K y clerks,
St Paul 800 8,000
Pittsburg Dlst. coal
miners 40,000 216.000
VT, Virginia & Kast-Ae-rn
'.. Ohio Steel
companies 40,000 125,000
"West., Virginia coal
miners 20,000 98,000
Other Pennsylvania
steel workers ....100,000 275,000
Cleveland ' bulldlnir
trades and metal
workers 30,000 291,000
This list includes increases for
building trades In Cincinnati, car
penters and electricians in Toledo,
cotton operatives, woolen factory
workers, rubber factory employes,
carmen in Philadelphia, railway
clerks and metal workers.
The list does not", of course, in
clude hundreds of -advances unre
ported and thousands of Increases
lasmallor fields, like wages on
."arms, 'in dairies, logging camps,
lumber, mills and other industries.
The prosperity reflected in one in
dustry naturally Influences others,
and it can fairly be assumed that
in almost every, field of human en
deavor in the United;, States the
worker has already received or is
destined to . receive an advanced
return for his day's work.
There ii not the slightest doubt
that the new currency act with its
greater elasticity, in Its new-freedom
for business, hi its guarantee
against calamitous panics and its
assurance that credit with its pow
er for good or evil Is in the hands
cf the government Instead of In
the han'ds of Wall street merce
naries,,, is largely responsible for
the unparalleled activity - that ' is
giving .workers wage Increases on
a scale not before recorded in hu
man history. ' -; - , ,". .vv
To date. Great Britain has "lost
. , t ' - ' ' , . W : --. -. ..- ? .' 1 ., --. ':...-.-..
H".battleBhIpt It hat "' afl come jaw to pnt the dellTery jof conrlcta
about without, a trial of strength into the hands of penitentiary at
between British sea power and jtendanta would bring about the
German sea power. Five vessels i
were destroyed at the Dardanelles '
by mines or torpedoes. The Au- j
daclous, the Formidable and the I
King Edward VII are other vic
tims, to which the Russell, de
stroyed In the Mediterranean, has
been added. . The Bulwark and
the Natal were destroyed by ex
plosions. '
glIirnnLDINORTLANP
T is a splendid omen that there
is to be shipbuilding in Port
land. It we build, ships we may get
I
the maritime habit. The industry
will naturally direct our attention
to the sea. It will direct our
thoughts more and more to thing
nautical.
It will tend to assemble in Port
land men of the seafaring bent.
It will radiate Influences to more
and more awaken proneness to
maritime commerce.
Nothing more fortunate could
happen tQPortland. We have been
passing through n era of town
lots. The Lewis and Clarke fair
brought on the madness. e went
wild with inflation and specu
lation. The whole city was seized ;
by the fever of getting rich quick
ly out of real estate.
The mania took us away from
the sober paths of permanent in
dustry. With every mind dream
ing of town lots and easy gains,
there was little general interest In
constructive programs and forward
endeavor. It was a blight that
brought on the inevitable reaction
and stagnation from which we are
now recovering.
bhip building Vill bring allied
Industries. The site and the op
portunity for a vast array of ac
tivities Is here. It is the natural
law for commerce to follow the
lines of least resistance. The
watershed of the Columbia is a
rich territory of 250.000 square
miles. Its natural route to tide
water is down hill, and a process
of evolution will ultimately cause
It to follow the natural law.
The time when it will come to
pass depends upon men. The
change and its coming rests with
tfco mood of the men who are the
city.
A ship building industry will
give Impetus and give the desired
direction to Portland effort. We
seem to stand on the threshold of
Important transition.
Nearly 60 years ago congress
parted with title to the grant lands,
in effect giving them to the de
velopment of Oregon. Now, after
Oregon has contributed nearly 11
million dollars to reclamation,
mostly in other states, it is pro
posed to take 40 per cent of the
grant land proceeds and devote it
to more reclamation outside of Or
egon. In common justice, that 40
per cent ought to remain in Ore
gon and go to Oregon schools.
MR.
M' ARTHUR'S
-a
SUIT
T
OO much depends upon whose
machine it is. If It is Mr.
McArthur's it radktes politi
cal virtue from every crank
and cog. ylf it is Mr. R. P. Hut
ton's its morals are something
frightful. The uninitiated in poli
tics might rashly suppose that Mr.
Hutton has a good machine be
cause he uses it for a good pur
pose. But that is an error.
There is only one good purpose
for which a political machine can
exist. Need we say what that pur
pose is? We will do so for the
sake of a few scattered readers
whose political morals may be a
little backward. The one good
purpose for which a political ma
chine can exist is to nominate and
elect Mr. McArthur. All other
purposes, such as the destruction
of the Demon Rum, are evil.
Mr. McArthur has shown great
astuteness by enlisting the majesty
of the law in his campaign. His
prudent maneuver may not knock
Mr. Hutton and the Anti-Saloon
League out of the ring, but it will
give-Mr. McArthur a good bit of
free advertising. And what are
the courts for but to advertise
politicians? We mean, of course,
politicians on the right side.
There is reason for every city
owned auto to be so marked (that
it will be recognized as a city ma
chine wherever it goes. The very
desire to have a city machine un
marked is the pn.of of why it
should be marked. There is noth
ing about the city of Portland that
makes it a disgrace for its name to
be on its automobiles.
CUT THE COST
I
N OREGON the average cost for
transporting an Insane patient
from the point of commitment
to Salem is only $7.95.
The average cost for doing the
Bame thing with a convict is $23.54.
nearly three times as much
Does anybody know ct any rea
son, why one should cost more than
the other? Does anybody know
any reason why a convict should
not be taken to Salem from the
committing county for as little cost
as is - required for an insane pa
tient? Nobody knows oK any such rea
ion. There is no reason for it.
In 1902, the average cost for
taking a convict to the peniten
tiary was 45.98,v and for taking
a patient to the asylum $39.96.
The delivery of the patients was
lowere.to an average of $7,95 by
a law which puts the service in'
the hands ot asylum attendants. A
same reform. i
Here Is a chance fair progress
Legislative candidates are shout
ing themselves hoarse with prom'
lses of what they will do at .Salem
if elected. A promise to put
through a bill of thej, kind here
suggested would be a promise that
the public could tie to
The Ore'gonlan says; it is "in
sincere" for The Journal to urge
that 40 per cent of thej grant land
money go to Oregon schools. What
are the morals' and what is the out
look of a newspaper that thinks
effort in behalf of the public is
"insincere"?
ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT
T
HE senate judiciary committee
yesterday postponed aetion on
the nomination of Mr. Bran-
rita
The committee's work is fast
becoming a national scandal. The
appointment was made by Presi
dent Wilson on January 28, more
than three months ago. i
" For two months the committee
subjected Mr. Brandeis to an in
quisition such as no other man
named for such a place, whether
accepted or rejected, was ever com
pelled to undergo.
The full committee has had the
appointment under consideration
for more than a month. Out of
a decent respect for the court itself,
if for no other reason, a report
should have been made long ago. '
At the great bar of public opin
ion, a decision was, long ago
reached. In that great court where
findings are just and in which men
stand or fall on their merits, Mr.
Brandeis has been given an over
whelmingly favorable verdict.
The senate committee must be
I too intelligent, to suppose for one
moment that it can strangle Mr.
Brandeis in secret. If the reac
tionaries of the committee pursue
that plan they will create another
powerful issue for the benefit of
President Wilson in the coming
compaign. v
Every charge brought against
Mr. Brandeis fell to the ground.
His accusers did more than his
defenders to impress the country
with his unusual fitness for the
position-
. Whatever the senate committee
may think, whatever its purpose,
the country holds that service to
the people does not disqualify an
eminent citizen for a place in the
nation's highest court, and the
committee is only scandalizing
itself by its postponements of ac
tion. After an exhaustive investiga
tion and a careful weighing of all
the evidence, It can be confidently
asserted that the. principal cause of
divorce in this country Is marriage
HERETICAL COLLEGES
P'
EOPLE who oppose simplified
spelling must look alive or
their bad cause will be lost
before they know what is
happening. In the United States
there are now 145 normal schools
anf colleges which use the simplifi
cations. From these institutions a
generation of teachers and business
men will go out over the land who
may be trusted to use the new and
better forms in their letters and
books.
Thus the Indefensible old system
will be undermined. Illinois seems
so far to win the palm for progress
in spelling reform. Its state uni
verslty has adopted the simplified
orthography. So has the great
Northwestern university. Knox
ct llego is also in line, with a long
list of other colleges and advanced
schoolB. In Pennsylvania, the
cause has gained the Carnegie In
stitution at Pittsburg, with the
state normal schools and several
colleges of more or less note.
In our own state progress has
bean encouraging. Albany, Mc
Minnville and Philomath colleges
have joined with Reed to use the
simplified forms. Pacific uni
versity has taken the same stand
All this is pleasant news. Our in
defensible spelling makes , school
life needlessly bitter for the young
and mars their work in all direc
tlonsv
It is fairly evident that the time
the; spend trying to master the
superfluous complexities cf spelling
is wasted. Tne system Is so un
pardonably difficult to learn that
ojlr school children are two years
behind those of France and Ger
many in their studies. The Ger
man language is spelled' phonetic
ally and the French has compar
atively few silent letters. This ad
vantage tells heavily for efficiency
in their schools.,
The, canoe is a treacherous craft.
It is a poor reliance - in the un
known current of the river, es
Ylpplal 1 v for ntm tihn innnnnt swim
The mournful fatality at the Uni
versity of Oregon is in the exhibit
RECALCITRANT HARVARD
I
F HARVARD university keeps
on in its present ways we
should not be surprised to see
Massachuetta close up the' old
institution. If this is what comes
of the higher education the less we
have of that commodity the better,
Thus, we foresee, will, the great
Massachusetts leaden! begin to rea
son unless her university turns
over a new leaf and that very soon
Not long ago President Lowell
set an example to all good men
and true by Joining Professor Taft
and some other brilliant luminaries
in, ; a protest against Brandeis.
Thereupon what should ' the" ; Har?
vard.law school do but Impudently
QUte; to land and magnify Bran-
h&eiaJ Butthere was worse to fol-
IV W. ' 1 - ;
A straw vote has been taken in
Venerable Harvard Upon the preSl- )
aential 'candidates and it does
seem, judging from their actions,
as if the students were bent upon
Illllng the CUD Of their IniauitV tO I
thft Mm XTaaoarhnaotr. ham ft
ine Dnm. JUaSSacnusettS AU mO
presidential candidates Of-her OWn.
two very starchy, very dignified
and very wealthy gentlemen, both
descended, from' ancient families.
Their vnrated -numn are Weeks Ths Journal It was thoaght that un
lneir veneratecames are weens deJ. the prImary taw tnere w0m DO
ana Mccail. Did tne rude StU- be any political boss and that the peo
dents cast their straw votes for pie could and would say who should
these sacred phenomena? Not they, i aDd who should not be nominated.
they gave the Colonel more votes
than anybody else, the Colonel, '
whom Massachusetts so abhors. He
got 660 and, as if to blacken a
black pot, the students then gave
Wilson 591. Judge Hughes got
only 348, barely half as many as
the warlike Colonel.
As for the respectable McCall
and Weeks they got but 24 votes
between them. The Pilsrlm Fath-
ers must have turned in their
graves when the ballots were
counted. Can it be that the votes
of these Harvard students express
the mind of the American people?
Are Wilson and Roosevelt to fight
it out together? ,
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
Two establishment tbat compound frwm
chemicals a Tast number of nsefal prepara
tion tor hoarebold oaa are presented In No.
127 of The Journal's Industrial series. Tbaaa
bare greatly grown Id tbelr short Urea and
confidently expect greater growth in future.
The bay it at home injunction ia in highest
degree applicable to these' two concerns, wblcb
ia made evident in tba subjoined article.
I HERE are two corporations In
Portland exclusively engaged In
the manufacture of chemical
preparations. One of these, the Coast
Chemical company, is located at 331
East Morrison street, and the other,
the Crescent Chemical company, at
526 Washington street.
The oast Chemical company, J. N.
Allen president and manager, opened
for business three years ago, and
from zero has risen to an output of
$15,000 a year, half of its growth
being in the last year.. At its present
ratio of Increase, J. E. Ehrlich, sales
manager, says the concern will be
up to $25,000 by the beginning of
1917. Its six employes, he says, are
now working overtime, and yet he Is
behind with his orders.
PRODUCTS OF THE LABORATORY.
"We cover the entire northwest in j
our sales, Mr. Lnrncn saya "rrom
Montana to the Sacramento valley,
n i . , .
and north to British Columbia. East-!ma
ward we cover Idaho, and our sales
men visit all parts of Oregon. Yet
we are in our infancy. Here is a
splendid field for this line of manu
factures, and If energy and the fcest
goods possible to put out will con
tinue our expansion, you will see this
a big concern the first thing you
know. At present we are manufac
turing liquid soap, theatre spray,
plant spray, moth exterminator, roach
powder, rat swat, sheep dip, kills-a-
bug, lavatory spray, tile powder.
washing powder, sweeping compound,
metal polish, furniture polish, floor
oil, insecticides, deodorants, corn and
hair brooms and mops and everything
for the Janitor. All our productions
are guaranteed under the Insecticide
act of 1910, serial No, 1062."
Mr. Allen has been in the manu
Bt-
facturing business for many years.
and give's his personal attention to
every detail of the work.
CREJ5CENT CHEMICAL CO.
The Crescent Chemical company
was established eight years ago, and
its business ranges from $10,000 to
$15,000 per year. Its last year's in
crease was 22 per cent, according to
T. V. Rooney, its manager, and there
is every Indication that this will be
increased very materially the present
season. Five sales people nave Deen
put on the road, and trade of interior
points in Oregon, Washington and
northerrr California will be. more
thoroughly sought. Mrs. O. C. John
son is president of this corporation,
and she is on the road selling the
products of her factory most of the
time.
"We have every reason to believe
we will double our business this year,"
Mr. Rooney says. "We never have
gone after outside business before as
we are doing now, and our orders
are coming in so rapidly that we are
running two shifts. We never had
to do this before. As for myself, I
am in the factory from morning until
10 o'clock at night, and then stop
work with my tasks not completed."
-
sists of floor oils, .floor on dress-
rni.q rnrrmanv list 01 Droa.uc.LS con-
lng, linoleum dressing, cedar oil. dust-
, -.,ir,i
less mops, sweeping compounds. Cres-
cent .Xurnlture polish. Crescent metal
polish, liquid toilet soap, disinfec
tants, floor spray, insecto for bugs,
roaches, , etc., floor oil remover and
school supplies.
CAN MAKE MOST AJTyTHINO.
"We have more than 100 formulas."
Mr. Rooney says, "and can supply
almost anything In the line of Jani
tor's supplies or chemical compounds."
The factory occupies a space of 23
feet fronting on Washington street
and runs through the block to Alder.
So busy have been the attaches of
the place that the passage leading
to the rear end ot the building; is al
most choked with materials used in
the factory.
Each of these chemical manufac
turing; Institutions procures the in
gredients used In Its workshops in
Portland, and if all local consumers
wouTd buy these home made poods
their premises would have, to be en
larged to three r four times their'
Inresent capacities. And there are no
better, articles ra their, lines, and non
I are. eold at more reasonable prices. ;
Letters. From the People
I Oomnuraleetfoaa aeat to Tba Journal for
publication In tola department aboold be writ-
let
en en only on aide of tba paper, should not
companted by tne name and addreaa.of tba-
W"
If the writer Aoam mot dwin tn hava
tba same pabiisbed, b abouM a atata.
MaeoSslon la tba grcateat of aU rafonnera.
It ratlooaluan aTerytblna; It tooebaa. It
principle of U false sanctity and throws tbem
back pa tbl reaaonableneaa. If thay hi?, no
: raonablaneaa. It rnthteaaly eraabea tbem out
'.o axiatenc and aeta np.lta own coaclnalona
In tbelr atead." WoodrwjWUaoo.
i
Why Hold a Primary?
Portland, May 3.-
-To the Editor of
Paper. is to assume and say who shall
and who ahali not be nominated for
any county office, would it not as
sume and exercise all the powers and
functions of a political boss in the
"palmiest days" of the "old system"?
If the Oregonian has the royal pre
rogative and Is to dictate who shall
and who shall not be nominated in the
primaries, then why not abolish the
law and save the county the expense
of a primary election? Can It be that
A person desiring; a nomination must
!hve the ipse dixit of. and make his
peace wim, tne uregoniani
If that la true those who
do not
wear its brand and collar fead better
save their time and money.
Is not that the real issue in the Re
publican primary in this county?
A LIFELONG REPUBLICAN.
The Trip to Champoeg.
Oregon City, Or., May 3. To the
Editor of The Journal. Havln
noticed by the papera that the man
agers of Champoeg day have changed
this day to the Saturday following.
May 2, so as to give the school
children an opportunity to. attend, I
thought it would not be amiss to tell
those that have never made the trip
what la to be seen on the trip up the
Willamette.
Leaving- Portland at 7:30 we arrive
at Oregon City about 8:30 and then
pass into the locks, lately purchased
by the United States at a cost of 8300,
000. We are- lifted 40 feet InW the
upper river and pass the Crown Wil
lamette Paper mills, where something
like 1000 men are employed. Passing
out of the locks on the east bank, we
see Canemah. an old town where the
boats of early days landed and trans
terred their freight and passengers to
the lower river. It was also the meet
ing place of the Indians to hold their
potlatch and catch their salmon. The
Molallas. the Yamhllls, the Calapooias,
Multnomahs and Tumwaters gathered
there with their canoes. The Indian
name is Canlm. The Indians at the
falls, on the lookout for the upper
river Indians, on seeing a canoe ap- ,
proachlng would Blng to their friends,
"Canim Ah!" From this the whites
framed the name Canemah.
Three miles farther up the river we
come to Rock island. About the mid
dle of the island on the west side
is seen a small cottage called Castle
Kemra. It was built by a noted Spir
itualist lecture.r CAlled ICfitla JCem'm.
so tjlat sne might be alone to com-
mune wun tne spirits or aepartea
i friends- At the Uead of the lsln
on the east side, far up on the bluff,
, --. nia,. p,i,
to which Is attached, au old Indian
legend, that at one time Rock island
formed a dam that backed the water
up over the Willamette valley and
was the home of a great colony of
beavers. Col Ca was set to watch that
the lower river Indians did not break
the dam and let the water out and
destroy the beavers' homes. But Col
Ca went to sleep and the dam was
broken, and for punishment Col Ca
was turned into a stone and doomed
to stand on watch through all time.
From the head of the island we en
ter a nice, smooth piece of river
skirted by alder,, dogwood and Balm
of Gilead and pass by soma old pioneer
places such as the Cantonwine place,
the J. C. Barlow, John Kruze, R. V.
Short and ex-Governor Curry places,
passing under Wilsonville bridge and
then on t'o Butteville and the old home
of F. X. Matthieu, the father of Cham
poeg day, and in a short time we ar
rive at Champoeg, getting there about
noon. Then for a cool shade and a
KlillU aYUUl.Ua TV C V CI J WHO 1 11 113 L
bring along or go without. After
picnic lunch, which everyone rriust
lunch we repair to the speakers' stand
and listen to the early history of Ore
gon as told by thbse that helped to
make Oregon. Then we view the mon
ument and read the names-' of those
that voted that this country . should
belong to the United States and not
to Great Britain.
Now as the pioneers are passing
away it will become the duty of the
younger generation, or the native sons
; and daughters, to take their places
and keep up Champoeg day in mem
ory of those who saved Oregon.
Let visitors bring baskets of lunch
and get acquainted with the Ancotta
Tilllcums. A PIONIEER.
Rogue River Fishing Rights.
Gold Beach, Or., April 28. To the
Editor of The JournalI am writing
you in the hope that you will see fit
to enlist the services of your paper in
a cause that seems to me eminently
worthy.
1 refer to the effort which the peo
ple of this vicinity are making to
prevent R. L. Macleay, from maintain
ing his rigid monopoly of the fishing
industry on Rogue river. His methods
here have been so oppressive that It
seems strange that he has the iron
clad nerve to offer himself as a can
didate for the legislature in Multno
mah county. But I presume he relied
upon the ignorance of the voters there
as to what takes place in this out-of-the-way
place.
The immediate cause of this letter
is a deal worked on me by the fish and
game commission which has caused
i . i , . , .
, me me ios oi cuiisiuerauis money ana
; which has been very advantageous to
I Macleay. In what follows I will state
the facts, with which I am familiar,
and wm giya you my cmclusions
, from them.
The Macleay Estate company claims
the ownership of both banks of 'Rogue
river for a distance of 12 miles above
the mouth of the stream, and the tide
lands at the mouth. By reason of this,
ownership ot the shores It has always"
claimed and exercised the exclusive
right to operate set nets on the river.
Last winter I decided to make an at
tempt to use set nets. 2 went to
Portland and interviewed H. L. Kelly,
who was then master fish warden.
He took it up with Attorney General
Brown, and Brown prepared a written
opinion which held that any person
might lawfully operate set nets on
the river. I might say that this opin
ion was quite widely published at the
time It was made.
About January 1, 1918. I applied for
four set net licenses and was told at
the tima I applied that my applica
tions were the first to be received
by the commission and that my li
censes would be the first issued. I
then returned to Gold Beach, but be
fore leaving I requested my aunt to
follow the matter up, for I feared
some dirty work. She made several
tripe to the office of the fish com
mission and received fair assurance
each time.
'- The set net season opens ADril 1
and. under ffte law. - before one can
put me set Into the , water, be must
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
As a batter. Louis Ouisto Is almost
equal to the buckwheat brand.
Apparently. Obregon is not an ally
of the interventionists and annexation
ists. Alaska reports a rich gold strike, on
Boob creek, but it's so far away that
all the boobs can't get there in a hurry.
a
. Whatever one's political affiliations
may be, in times such as' the present
national politics ought to be taken seri
ously. It may be lucky for those Rose Fes
tival queen contestants that the cor
rupt practices act can't touch them or
their friends.
a
Those "pussd by the censor" pic
tures coming out of Mexico, like de
natured movie films, make ona wonder
about what can't be seen.
Venus promises to show herself by
daylight this month. That's nothing.
Mars has been showing himself at all
hours for the past two years.
And now comes George Bernard
Shaw, saying, "All the ideas Shakes
peare ever had were stolen ones." At
any rate, if a thief, he was discriminat
ing. It ought to be easy to agree with the
man who says nominating a presiden
tial candidate should be something else
than a game of chess engineered by
party Dosses.
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Emery Olmstead, Portland banker
back from the east, questions whether
prosperity is "genuine." What's the
use of worrying so long as prosperity
continues to pay in genuine ooin ot the
realm r
JOURNAL
4 The Clear
This Is a trip for afternoon or all
day that probably will be new to you.
It takes you into the Clear creek
country.
Go east on the, Base Line road to
East Fifty-second street. Follow East
Fifty-second street to Foster road.
Foster road is one of the hardsur-
faced county roads and leads through
some of the most attractive farming
country in the vicinity of Portland.
Fourteen miles from Portland you will
come to Damascus. Take the road that
leads down to the Clackamas river,
which you will cross, turning then to
the left and crossing Clear creek.
Just to the east of the Junction of
Clear creek with the Clackamas river
Is a most delightful automobile park
where the try nominal charge of
cents Is made for admission. Very
good opportunities for trout fishing
are found in both streams, always
making allowance for the fact that ac
cessibility brings thither many ama
teur Waltonites.
You may proceed -eastwaVd as faT
as you like and the road will usually
be found in very fair condition.
When ycu try this Journey you will
not have to bo told the big reason for
it if the any is clear. There are one
or two points where views are to be
had of Mount Hood that cannot be ex
celled. Leave the machine, if you will,
and walk to the top of the bluff over
looking the Clackamas. The great old
LET REPUBLICANS
From the New York World.
-In 1864 opposition to the Lincoln ad
ministration seemed so strong that the
president despaired of his reelection.
He was so unpopular in congress
har Th1 Stevens once pointed to
Representative Isaac N. Arnold of Illi
nois as the president's only friend In
either branch of the legislative depart
ment. The- great financial interests of .New
York were antagonistic. There was
much dissatisfaction with the presi
dent's Mexican policy, which was iuen
tical with the policy that President
Wilson has since pursued in similar
circumstances. There was still more
dissatisfaction with a foreign policy
which had dealt patiently with British
and French violations of neutrality to
the advantage of the south and which
had refused to be stampeded by a
rampant Jingoism that wanted to fight
the universe.
Fremont, who was the Roosevelt
type of "hero" and an amaslngly suc
cessful self advertiser, was against the
president with a rag-tag party of his
own. N
Lincoln himself was so certain of
defeat that In the midst of the cam
paign he prepared a secret memoran
dum pledging himself to cooperate with
McClellan to save the Union in the in
terval between election day and
March 4. ,
When the votes were counted it was
found that Lincoln had a popular ma
jority of 400,000 and 21! votes in the
electoral college to 21 for McClellan.
have a license and must put up a
board bearing the painted number of
his liAense at the location where his
net is placed. The first one to lace
his number on any location holds that
location and no other net can be placed
within 300 feet of his. S'ince the set
nets can be operated profitably only
in the eddies, it follows that If one.
expects to get a location for a net be
must have his licenses before the sea
son' opens and be ready to appropri
ate the locations in tha first minuted
of the open season.
I waited patiently for three months
for my licenses to arrive but they
failed to come. On April 1 Macleay
appropriated all of the hundred-odd
eddies on the river and I had not re
ceived my licenses and was therefore
left out in the cold.
On April 3 I wrote Governor Withy
combe and asked him to investigate
the matter. The next day my licenses
i , . , .,, tht.v were too
f"lv!d- J"ut J 0" lJ TJJ 't 2..
simply out the $15 I paid for, tne
licenses, the expense of my trip to
Portland and the cost of the prepara
tions I had made for set net flsning.
Th'e postmark on the envelope in
which the licenses were enclosed
showed that they had been mailed from
Portland March 28 at 6:80 p. m.
Governor Withycombe, in the corrsr
spondence I have had with him over
this matter, states that the fish com
mission reported that they mailed my
licenses on March 25. raising a ques
tion of veracity between the commis
sion and the government post mark.
But even assuming that the com
mission is correct as to the date of
mailing the licenses, I cannot under
stand what excuse they can have for
holding them back until almost the
beginning of the season.
II. L. Macleay was here not long
ago as a witness in the suit which
he brought to restrain the Independent
fishermen from getting in the way of
his seirre and from setting foot on his
tide lands-at the mouth of the river.
I asked htm when he got his, set net
licenses and he Stated that he re
ceived tbem about the middle of March.
Those are the facta. Now. I am posi
tive in my own mind that Macleay
engineered this whole matter wlth the
help of tbe commission, to -prevent me
from operating set nets on the river.
If I had been able to use set nets
. others would have tried it in future
t seasons and. Mr. Macleay's monopoly
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Roseburir'B Rtrawberrv carnival has
been redated for Mag 2u. 28 and 27.
imKer county prospectors, tne Baker
Democrat reports, are alive to the im
portance of tungsten discoveries and
are scouring the bills in search of the
vaiuaoie metal, "and not without some
success."
a a
concton merchants axe sustaining a
proposition to have a motion ptctura I
show each Saturday afternoon that will '
oe iree to men, women and children
who live on farms outside a radius of
half a mile froraCondon.
This, from the Eaat Oregonian.
shows tbat the Pendletun hoy have
got the calendar on straight, if the
weather man hasn't: "Yesterday a
number of high school boys Went
swimming in the river near the bridge
and enjoyed the water despite Its low
temperature. A number of the boys
had been swimming recently in the
natatorium without the knowledge of
the"COuneiL and. having been warned
to keep away until the opening of that
tiiauiuiiuii iur me acanuii, mey ue-
cided to enjoy the sport In the river."
Remarkable automobile fatality, re
ported in The Dalles Chronicle: "A
medium-sized chicken hawk was killed
by Ben R. l.itfin's automobile at th
corner of Third and Liberty streets.
The hawk was flying close to the
f round when the automobile turned
he corner, directly in the path of the
bird. The hawk struck tne radiator
and was knocked to the pavement, one
of. the wheels passing over It. The
tips of the hawk's wings and its tail
are somewhat Jagged, and it Is be
lieved someone had the bird in cap
tivity In the city."
JOURNEYS
Creek Country
snow peak will seem very close to you,
its glaciers revealed in startllngly
clear outline, and the river in the im
mediate foreground, laughing In the
sunlight and seeming to come forth
from the range of mountains that com
poses the eastern horizon, will com
plete a view charming beyond expres
sion. When you return do not cross the
Clackamas again. Follow the road
that leads along the south shore of the
riven. Ttlere is a point where this road
emerges on an upland where, looking
westward, you may see the clear Clack
amas, with its strong flow and sug
gestion of power, coursing between
high' banks toward tha Willamette. All
ese viewpoints are places where you
will want to linger, drinking In the
beauties of nature. When you emerge
upon the main road between Portland
and Oregon City yours is the option of
returning to the city either by turning
to the left and crossing the Willam
ette at Oregon City and going back on
the west side, or turning to the right,
cross the Clackamas, follow either the
highway that brings you into the city
by way of East Eighty-second street,
or along the shores of the Willamette
to Milwaukie avenue
This is not a trip for hurrying. It
will be doubly enjoyable if you proceed
leisurely and plan. for a picnic lunch at
the automobile park at the Junction of
Clackamas river and Clear creek.
ALSO NAME WILSON
The Democratic party was not omy
disastrously defeated but its shameful
record haunted it for a generation.
This little chapter of American his
tory is respectfully submitted to the
consideration ot our Republican breth
ren. They are in much the same situa
tion that the Democratic party was in
1864. Their only hope of victory lies
in dealing with the disloyal German
vote, as the Democratic party's only
hope of victory in 1864 lay in the Cop
perhead vote. Both the campaign
against Lincoln and the campaign
against Wilson Illustrate the extremes
to which a blind partisanship can go
when it puts party above patriotism.
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The Republican leaders undoubtedly
rrnrii themKAlvea aa shrewder anil
more cunning than the T Democratic
leaders were in 1864, but are they quite
as sure uiai may sio o.a a.9 mc;
think they are? Politicians have a
habit of overrating their own intelli
gence and underrating the intelligence
of the people.
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In spite of vehement Republican pro
tests, the World continues to believe
that Its suggestion that the Republi
cans also nominate Wilson Is better ad
vice than the party is getting from ltd
wire-pulling leaders. No party can
fall to better itself In the long run
by subordinating the ambitions of its
office seekers to the advancement of
the national welfare. Nothing else is
so vital to the national welfare at this
time as a smashing demonstration to
the whole world of American unity
at. J American patriotism.
would have been serlouftly endangered.
So he fixed it so I couldn't do it.
Governor Wlthycome stated in his
letter to me that Carl . Shoemaker
would come here and Investigate the
matter. Mr. Shoemaker has not come
yet and apparently does not' Intend to
do so.
Governor Wlthycombe's only em is-,
sary to this country so far has been
Colonel B. !.. Lawson, who was sent
In berejast summer at the request of
R. L. Macleay and at the expense of
the state, as R; L. Macleay testified
on the witness stand In his suit
against 81 independent gill net fish
ermen during the early part of ihU
month.
I hope you can use this information
Whth I am sendlne. Tt ta nn!v nnn
Jittle incident out of many, but it la !
one In which I am familiar with all
the facts. A great many people In
this region will feel very grateful to
you if you vlll expose the methods of
Mr. Macleay arid his friends in politi
cal posts. W. M. HUNTER.
The Brandeis Method.
From the Kansas City Times.
The new mvthod of presenting indus
trial cases til the courts by present
ing economic and scientific facts to
support the law is believed to be the
invention of Mr. L. D. Brandeis, whoas
nomination Ip the supreme court is
still pending before the senate.
in 1905 the supreme court held In
the famous Lochner case that a 10
hour law for bakery employes in N,w
York was unconstitutional,' as an inter
ference With freedom of contract. Three
years later It upheld the constitution
ality of the Oregon lO-'hour law for
women. The reason for its changed
attitude was .largely tho extensive brief
prepared by Mr. Brandeis and Miss
Goldmark, setting forth the effect, of
long hours on the health of women.
Since 190$ the Brandeis method has
been the accepted one in all similar
cares.
Mr. Brandeis' large knowledge on
the subject Is an important qualifi
cation for the place to which the presi
dent has appointed iim.
AWays Handy.
From the Topeka Capital!
Probably you wonder why we edi
torialise so much " with the Colonel
aa e subject. Well, he's always bandy.
TKPnce Gfer
I I gEX 1 -AMPM j ,(
BEHOLD said the poettalking to"
. himself after thf .n.... r
poet and monologlats and men who
are thinking of wliat they'll tell their
wives behold I win go forth jand
j look upon the doRwood. '
1 f And of her beauty win I make'
a poem.
i Which shows that he wasn't alto-
getherg a poet.
because an altogether poet never
says he will make a pum. I
but awaits an inspiration.
which may never arrive.
aj And besides to "show that this
poet wasn't an altogether iuet ha
had other business.
J That is he worked- for wages
on a newspaper.
J And he went forth In the early
morning.
by paths where clover crowded-
and the iris held aloft her purple ban-
ners.
fAnd he saw the dngvvboil netand
lng lovely like a bride lit hor white
ness. JAnd ho Btood and looked Ilka "one .
who sees a vision. 5
breathless knowing it must fade P
because it is a vision.
Tf And as hp stood he picked small
sprays of poison oak.
and twirled them in his fingers.
and plucked the loaves. ' .
not knowing what ho did
which is a common way for poets
to do things.
JAnd for the time to htm there
was nothing else in the whole world,
but himself.
and the dogwood in her whiteness.
JAnd he thought of ways and
words to set forth her beauty.
JAnd at first she seemed a bride.
in her snowy draperies.
JAnd then she was snow itaelf
big flakes that slanted down slowly
when there waa no wind.
T And then thought the poet Uka
lttle child this tree is the fairies',
cupboard.
JAnd here they have set their white
bowls to catch the dew.
of which they will distill th
scents and brew the dyes for all the !
flowers.
JOr perhaps they are not bowls.
but little shields hung up to
show they are not needed.
and that all the woodland is at
peace.
. J And then in his rapt eyes the
whiteness blended.
and he thought of ships white
sailed. ,
that run before fair winds in
friendly seas.
JAnd then It seemed across a
valley on a green hillside weTe
tapering towers.
all built of whitest limestone. ' -
on which the suushlno flooded
down.
and set tlierrt- gleaming.
JAnd once the breeze came and
stirred the blossoms.
! and the poet paw a flock of pura
white pigeoas fluttering as ,thy
seiueu irom night.
JAnd I don't know ow long ha
stood there and looked upon 'the dog
wood tree In the early morning.
JAnd I don't know whether he will ,
ever write the poem or not.
,jAnd he's busy with the poison '
oak. '
J And It doesn't
really make
any
difference becau
J LISTEN Anyone who cares to
look and who for a little while can
cease to think of things that do not
really matter--may go out and see for
himself.
CAROLINE TESTOTT.
Hare yon erer croeaed ' the mountain range
tliey call the Siskiyou?
Where old Slinsta pokes bis cranium away tin
I .. . 1. l I .... . r
In the blue:
Ae ,l!i"n(.,b" T""''y "rtn ,n,ff "4
a yer cstrh the first sweet baftatb a-plsyuig
, umui iruoi a rose.
No; It alu't exactly besten, only plain old
Oregon :
And yer kinder want to tarry tbo" tbe road
atlll rail yer on:
Calla yer out Into the desert where tba dismal
aand wlrjd blows.
Where coyotes, anskes and sage lati lira and
only sags brush grows.
Boeaa? 8y to see tbem blooming seems ta
crll yer back to Ood;
Seems to waka the manhood in yer, kinder
makes yer lota the sxl. 1
Kinder takes tbe edge off trotilils, kinder
clouds the pomp of Icings.
'Cause tbey bloom for CTerybody,' tbese pretty
roue bad things.
And they say when God first made 'era along
wltb singing birds
Ha waa kinder scheming lore things yr raa't
Jeat put In words.
So ba md tha pink-cheeked Testont, and not
a body knows
Tba lore things be waa thinking when ba
mad the Portland Hose;.'
Xltomas Duncau rerguson. Astoria. Or.
Uncle Jeff Bnow Says:,
The pious way rn which triejr kill
women and children in Europe with
flying machine bombs makes me think
of the sermons I heard in New Jersey
preacbed over the kids that died of
consumption working in the mills.
When the hWfed man sucks eggs, it's
a sign there's something wrong with
the cooking.
Moral Art.
By Robert 0. Ingersoll. ;
The artist, working simp'ly for
the sake of enforcing a moral, be
comes a laborer. Tne freedom of
genius Is lost and the artist is ab
sorbed in tbe citizen. The soul
of the real artist should be movad
by this melody of. proportion an
the body is unconsciously swayed
by the rhythm of a symphony. No
one ran imagine that tne great
men who chiseled the statues of
antiquity intended to teach the
youth of Greece to be obedient to
their parents. We are perfectly
certain that Corot painted tiiOxe
Infinitely poetic landscapes, thown .
cottages, those sad poplars, tb"ji
leafless vines on weather tinted
walla, theme quiet pools. thoe con.
tented cattle, those fieid.i flecked -
with light, over which bend the
skies. te.nder as the breast of a .
mother, without onca thinking- of
the Ten Commandments. There In ...
the same difference between moral
ert and the product of true genius
that there Is between prudery and u
virtue. . .
The Candid Grouch.
Telling a man be works bard,
aye one of Kansas' many Candid -Grouches,
answers the same pnr
poee as telling a womaa eae Is
beautiful. '
Aspiration. j
Ky Jark Burrougbs in Colllerej
I sometimes think, were I a fly
And tt had come my time to die, v
I should not care to meet my doom
Beneath a swatter or a broom.
Ah. no! I'd rather my dmjs , ;
Should come in some more cheerful
wise:
Twould seem a sweeter death by far
To perish In the Jelly Jar! (,.
learning aad Unlearning. '
Krom L4rc it . .. j
An educated man Is one who u
his post-graduate opportunities to dls-'
pel the fallacies Implanted In him In
bis "undergraduate years. .-. : 5.:. ' : ; (