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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1916.
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' .-tobaarlptlon term by mall or to a or ad
dreee In the Coiled 8tutr or Meilco:
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On year $.VHO Ona mouth t .SO
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America aaks nothing 'or herarlf but what
ha baa a right to auk for humanity Ueelf.
WOODBOW WILSON.
Millions for defense, but not a cent 'or
tribute. rnuir.Ks c. fmntknev.
Peace la rarely denied to the peace
ful. Schiller.
THE GERMAN NOTE
'
HE German government has
KDB ,ou m,UJBf"u
the demands
of President i
Wilson.
To German naval commanders
hate been Issued the following or
ders:
Tn n.m .il ii i a Ti i f n tlia norfll I
ftrineiDles of visit. earh and di-struc-
tlon of merchant vessels recognized
.by International law, such vessels,
DOin wimin ana wiinout w.e area c -
dared to be a naval war rone, fhaU
ndt be sunk without warning, wRS-
ent saving human lives, unless tha i
ships attempt to escape or offer re-1
iatance.
lBaBaB-a-l-alV3i'e
X
,;' V i
M" A l- .w - 1 f K..t- what
v These are the orders for which I of the white man. will always l!s-
America has contended. It is a ten to Scott. And Scott can al
complete recognition of the princi-' ways convince them, though he
pie asserted at Washington. i carries the marks of several bullets,
. f 111 A l I il . . . . . , . , ,
joupien wiin mis announcement, i
from Berlin, the German govern-
ment In Its note requests the
American government to bring
Great Britain to an acknowledge-
-ment of the freedom of the seas.
Th note Bays:
r T V. nr j
lMt floubt that the United Htatea will
!l!!redn""1.!;ai..VhV"rAU8,
rulaa of international Uw universally i
raoocnlred before the war as are ,
Li lnJn ?tl T't '7 'i
fOvammant or the United States to
tha; Brltlah (overnment December 2C.
XI 14." and November 5 1935. i
'Having first acceded to the ment Pay- Dories, he came hon
Amerlcan demands by issuing or- "t,y by vh,s Powers ln that fleld
flerg to her naval commanders not ia motner was a eat 8rand"
tO sink merchantmen without
- warning and not until after guar-1
Uttteelng safety to human life, the
Oerman government expresses con-!
fldence that . the United States wi'l
'demand equally strict observance
Of the International law by Great
Britain.
-r The note then says:
' Should the steps taken by the gov
ernment of the United States not at
tain the nhlipt 4t e-lwea a Vm. ... K
laws of humanity followed by aU ; T f T HEN the present ad ministra
ballicerent nations the German gov-, A tlon reduced the tariff on
mment would then be faclnsr a new I W wool thn flnrltmnslera nf
situation ln which it must ren-e to!
Itself complete Hberly of deolaion. . " " 7 ,
made the most depressing prophe-,-
II .must bo borne in mind that cleg. wool was their theme and
tne German government was obliged woeful was their lay. Fleeces were
to consider the public sentiment ; to become a drug on the market,
of the German people. Masses of sheep were going down to nothing
u-riuaus naa to De reckonea with
In the reply to the. United States.
Even had the German govern
ment been disposed to concede all
th American demands without
reservation, it is entlroly probable
ti. ,,j - . . ' ,
tnat It would not nave dared to
4V. i . . . .
fh. .ffl nSn thCarBe f fearKf
il.if4st.on L f J V,6 thaVhe
fnl m k a UKtUa-
uL . ''comPlet "berty
?i2toK?"
the German public
Necessarily, the controversy will
remain with more or less acute-
ness to the end of the war. It
cannot end. Behind it are
the
lAwf ? J aQ unprec" herd brethren will unite to prevent
S'tlZlt UDparalle,ed Buch an appalling calamity .
WS 1 filial 1 y; , J' 11 would be interesting to dis-
P wltVne Britl9h Uover what Senator Warren of Wy-
J!Si!i? ;nn?.r 8ld and theg thlnk8 ln hi3 Becret heart
SSf l. I f ! , the,,0tv.hef-!of the tarl" law as " taJs. He
.irSiJfJ 8hot and shell that political consistency, but what does
Sit AnHo? T1hope he really think about It? Senator
that America with her almost ; Warren proudly calls himself the
boon.dless interests can utterly free J greatest shepherd since Abraham
heme f rom constantly arising . The rise in tyhe price of h a
implications is hoping the im- wool mn8t nave br0Ught him in Im
pOBBlbie. niense profits. Does he want to go
L"!! 18 r Way t0 d B0' the back to Schedule K with its
Washington government will see i hungry pickings for the sh eepmen?
in the German reply no cause for!He may say he does.
Breas. oi re.auons uur errort
sv worm irom a rur-
-w.-io.yu -i tu ttl ,,. uiooa-
7 ' """"""""
to reasonably meet the demands of
Washington wil have great weight
with the' American government
i, '" The note may be disappointing.
But after this note, what? There
j Is a great deal which America
t should vision in the possibilities
1 that she can present as a peace-
maker when the antagonists are
exhausted. As the one great neu
tral ln that tremendous hour, may
we not hope that America shall
have bo shaped her course that she
can" lead the spent nations Into a
realized world disarmament?
Baker's vota against abandon
ment , of commission government
city government,
In these moments of stress over
the German reply, It Is comfort
ingly recalled that the Colonel said
that, In "the event of war, my
four sons will go, and one, per
haps both, my sons-in-law. I my
self will go."
- GENERAL HIGH SCOTT
T
HE successful outcome of the
negotiations between Mexican
War Minister Obregon and
General Hugh Scott again di-
rects attention to the great powers
. . .
the American negotiator.
General Scott has been bo suc
cessful In negotiating for the gov
ernment with the American Indi
ans that he has come to be known
ias the "Indian Medicine Man." He
Ih a master of the Indian sign
j language which he uses with great
effect.
Once he trailed a band of hostile
Crows 500 miles in midwinter.
When he finally overhauled them,
the Crows prepared to fight. Scott
insisted on talking to them first,
ard they surrendered. It was
Scott who managed the bloodthirsty
old warrior, Geronimo, when he
was finally captured.
Almost more than the power of
the military arm of his govern
ment, Scott's powers of parley and
persuasion contributed to pacifi
cation of the Moros on the island
of Jolo, Philippine Islands. When
there wero prospects of revolt,
gcoU had a faaMt Qf ca,Ung lQ thQ
Moro chiefs to talk the matter
over. On one occasion he took
the Sultan of Sulu to Manila and
to impress him with the powers of
American civilisation, showed him
the bones of the Malay ruler's own
nana
from an X-Ray picture.
Scott's management of this 6avage
chieftain, notably his visit to Amer-
j dif, th th , j
event to make Malayan peace Cer
tain.
Even an angry Indian, sur-
i charged with a hereditary hatred
ana cicatrirea siasnes on nis Doay
as consequences of times he has
had to fight when the redskins
j wouldn't talk, in earlier days.
The Apaches, whom he more than
! once conquered through his pecul-
liar form of diplomacy, have a word
1,1m n.l,I.V. -..I.-.
wm not )e " Tue Moros of the
Philippines, formally elected him
ratner or an tne Moros, so great
was their admiration.
It is not too much to say that
, ., . . . . ,
General Scott is one of the best
diplomats that ever drew govern-
daughter of Benjamin Franklin,
an(. "UEh ?c0.t therefore a dl
u"ua"- m Knt. u.p.o-
mat of the American Revolution
With nine of the 13 tpana now
in place on the Interstate bridge,
Portland and Vancouver will soon
be on closer jerms than ever.
A DISAPPOINTMENT.
nr. ,1 Mho, ototQa
or less. The assault on Schedule
K was to be the beginning and end
of national ruin.
But things have not turned out
nl lomnlt- n V.
,. , . .
as they apprehended. The other
, ..
u.j luuu yiuiie yuuuK ewes were
iBOld at Weiser, Idaho, for the neat
a llttle ciphering to come to $12
! a ead- And the current price for
wool lg 32 cent3 a p0undP wlth a
of more. This looks
An Idaho flockmaster is said to
have remarked the other day that
j Bheep would go up to twenty
: dollars a head If Wilnnn Khnnlil ho
j The next move on the board in
the tariff game is an expert com-
mission which will take the hide
ous om monster out of politics. If
! the bill passes not more than half
the commissioners will belong to
the same political party. This may
be reasonably expected to Insure
sensible consideration of the tariff
schedule. A fair and upright com
mission would not overlook facts
such as'we have been stating and
it would be hard to make its mem
bers believe that Schedule K has
any Just claims upon the country.
it is reported that the fluid
wnicn is to convert water into
'gasoline and cost only Ii cents
a gallon Is green ln color. If stock
of the company for manufacture
of the stuff appears on the mar-
ket. It wlllo donbtless recall the
green goods fousiness.
BANKS AND RURAL CREDITS
THE Eastern Oregon bankers at
Baker City Indorsed a national
rural credits system. They
oppose a state Bystom.
Now that the Hollls rural credits
bill has , passed the United States
senate, all of the Eastern Oregon
bankers can aid the passage of the
bill through the house.
. What better work could the
bankers do than to throw their
political Influence in favor of a
national rural credits system?
What class would benefit more
than the country banker if the
farmers were cheaply financed?
Who would benefit more by fight
ing in favor of a progressive piece
of legislation?
Let the bankers write to their
congressmen.
We have the Mexican crisis, the
German crisis, the price-of-gasoline
crisis and the high-shoe crisis. But
what crisis is as acute as when
there is a tie in the ninth inning
with a man on third and nobody
out?
QASOLINE
THE east ln Its extremity has
been urgently seeking a sub
stitute for gasoline and now
it has found one. The whole
Atlantic coast sighs wiith relief. It
is hilarious ov?r its approaching
emancipation from the tyranny of
Standard Oil. Gasoline prices in
that remote region are naturally
higher than they are here in Ore
gon, near the heart of civilization.
We are getting the precious fluid
for nineteen or twenty cents a
gallon. Our unhappy countrymen
in the east are held up for BO cents
with a prospect of worse to come.
The new substitute for gasoline
Is 6aid to be "a mysterious green
fluid." A few drops of It poured
into a pail of water turn It into
an explosive fuel for engines. The
process of turning water Into gaso
line has long been familiar both
to dealers and users, but not quite
is this pleasant way. The user
has not as a rule fdnnd that his
fuel was improved by the process,
but this new discovery sails under
less piratical colors. It comes as a
friend, not a foe, to the unhappy
automobilist.
The reader has probably marked
that the magic fluid which trans
muter water into gasoline, or some
thing better. Is "green" and his
suspicions at once spring into ac
tivity. We are all painfully ac
quainted with "green goods
schemes." Nor are they limited to
the manipulation of the "long
green." The field is very broad.
Not many years ago a certain
Keeley Invented a motor which
was to generate enormous power
from pure cold water Just as It
flowed from the bubbling spring.
Tons of good human faith and
millions of money were sunk lu
the Keeley motor before the truth
came out.
The green fluid which is to re
place gasoline and dethrone old
Standard Oil has been bought out
by Hiram Maxim for $2,000,000,
if all tales are true. Mr. Maxim
is a canny creature, not easily
fooled. But the men who put
their money Into the Keeley motor
were canny, too, and yet they
were fooled. If stock ln the new
wonder should suddenly appear on
the street for sale we advise read
ers to make sure that It will wash
before investing.
A Maryland man reached for
his whiskey in the dark and got
hold of his hair tonic. Rather
than take any more chances of
tho kind, he Intends hereafter to
let his bald head Eh lire on and on
and on.
SELLING AIR
THE laity understand pretty well
what the word "land" signi
fies ln lawyers' .dialect. It
means not. oniy sine suriace
of the ground but the depths down
as far as the center of the earth
and the air above up to the sky.
Land thus defined might be divided
into horizontal strata but It never
has been up to a very recent date.
The only way of dividing it was
by surveys of the surface. The
areas thus determined were sup
posed to extend up and down ac
cording to the rule we have men
tioned.
But there is no reason ln the
nature of things why land should
not be horizontally stratified by
deeds of conveyance. An owner
may legally sell his property down
ten feet Into the ground, or fifty
feet, and reserve the rest of the
distance to the center of the earth
for himself. Or he may sell ten
feet of air or fourteen feet, if he
likes, and keep the rest that in
tervenes between him and the sky.
A case which ortlfles these con
clusions of ours has lately been
decided by a South Carolina court.
We get our account of It from the
West -Publishing Company's Docket.
A man in Bennettsrllle, South Car
olina, owned a corner lot. He had
no use for the surface of the lot
or for the Boil and minerals be
neath It, but ln the air above it he
desired to erect a hotel. So he
sold the land for fourteen feet up
ward and reserved to. himself the
rest of the air as far as the eky.
In this atmospheric site he built
his hotel. An unfortunate lapse
In the account makes the architec
ture a little obscure, but we may
assume that the structure was sup
ported by a balloon,
No sooner waa Ms enterprise
under way than the Inevitable law
suit developed. An attorney was
found who contended that a man
could not sell a part of his air. He
must sell all of It or none. But j
the court thought otherwise. It !
held that the conveyance was valid. I of ths Portland plant, among other
This raises Interesting speculations. , things said:
Of course anybody who breathes i "Few realize ths strides which
air to which he has not a deed is have been made in the past thirty
a trespasser. As soon as inven- years in the development and produc
tion has progressed a little we may tlon of vegetable fats,
expect to 6ee the air fenced in and ; "Cocoanuts have been grown jy.
proper rents exacted for its use. the natives of tropical regions from
This notion of free air has always time Immemorial, the oil being used
appeared disturbingly socialistic.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
A notable Industry, already Initiated in
Portland hut anon 10 he gr.atly expanded, la
dtarrlbcd in detail In N". l'JS) of The JournaVa
"Xothlug the Matt.-r With Portland" se'ien.
Mnfh wnhorne commerce, as well as oon
tli ental traffic, ia pr-dlrated of It. Tlie rub
j( ined article cimvejn Information regarding
a resource and an Industry of which little ll
popularly known with accuracy. I
WITHIN a month, or possibly !
sooner, the wheels of ths big !
Kaola products factory. Twen-!
tieth and Roosevelt streets, will be i
turning, and soon thereafter Portland j
will be shipping cocoanut butter,
kaola, cocosine and kollne in all di
rections, away to the big trade cen
ters of the east and to the British
possessions to northward.
From this factory ln Portland will
radiate a stream of commercial trans
actions reaching out to the Orient
East Indies, Oceanic Archipelago, our
Philippine Islands to the tropical
countries generally ln one direction,
and to millions of homes ln our own
land and that of our British neigh
bors ln another.
There will be here a business mag
net which will draw to It the ships
of the ocean, laden with ths freight
of the tropics, and they will depart
again burdened with the manufactures
of this city, ln the shape of the out
put of our sawmills or timbers of
our forests.
COPRA IX GREAT QUANTITIES.
It will require 600 tons of copra
a month to keep It in operation, and
probably 400 tons of this will be
marketed ln states east of the Rockies
and ln Canada. These 600 tons must
come from beyond the seas, as cocoa
nuts are not grown in this country
save ln limited quantities ln Florlda,
and this will necessitate at least a
ship per month to feed this one In
dustry. If we had a dozen or twenty
such the Oriental shipping problems
of Portland would be effectually
solved. And best Informed manu
facturers say they could be obtained
if only Portland capital would com
bine, and this could be done without
drawing very severely upon the re
sources of any single person or firm.
In this case men of means have come
together. They have united their in
terests in a business which will pay
them handsomely in dividends, again
ln the influences the enterprise will
have upon the prosperity of Portland,
and every citizen will benefit from
his share ln that prosperity.
FINE BUILDING COMPLETED.
The Kaola company, C. A. Palnton
manager, has Just completed a fine
two story building, and Its equipment
will be Installed within a few days.
The cost has been ln round numbers,
$40,000, and it Is all Portland money.
For this small Investment this Im
portant adjunct to the city's many
industries has been secured. Looking ;
at It from a business standpoint, had j
the enterprise been financed by the
city Itself It would have proved a
profitable place in which to Invest
that much of the public funds, be
cause it will be a most substantial
unit in the commerce of the munici
pality. But with a commendable
spirit of unity Individuals supplied
the means, thereby establishing a
manufactory which, once
full swing, will be doing
It gets ln
a business
of $100,000 a month, and will have
opened ths gats to ths exportation
of millions of feet of ths forest pro-1
ducts of the stats. Ths structure
which will house ths plant Is 104x127
feet in size, and with adjoining
buildings, will cover ground 171x213
feet. Ths ground floor of ths new
building Is of solid concrete, - with
great pits necessary for ths operation
of the machinery and the handling
or the copra. An incline leads to the iearn and give to the world the se
second floor, where ths copra will be ! cret 0f their good health, beauty of
received, and lt has a storage capac-1 their women and strength of their
lty of probably 1000 tons. The ma-! mena people of non-meat eaters,
terial will descend from this floor to These efforts gava to us the pure
the factory, and will be automatically ! oll the essential life giving fats of
handled until lt 'comes forth the fin- ths cocoanut, with nothing taken
ished product. i away or added, and It is working a
STARTED 11 TEARS AGO. mighty revolution in the culinary de-
Ths manufacture of kaola ln Port- partments of thoss homes acquainted
land was begun 11 years ago, but ln I with its merits and tha elimination
a most limited way. Vp to this time ; of all waste effected by its use.
no copra has come to this city, the j
Portland concern buying Its oil ln
San Francisco, and it may be said as '
a side remark, that the greater share i
of ths profits of the business re
malned in the Golden state. This
was of course, to be expected, but
the condition was never satisfactory
to the management. Mr. Palnton
looked forward to ths time when his
enterprise would not be required to
play second fiddle to anyone, and
through his enterprise and faith ln
ths business his ambitions will soon
bear fruit.
San Francisco, however, never did
more than extract ths oil from the
cocoanut. Cocoanut butter is made ln
Chicago, Philadelphia and New York,
but Portland is ths only place ln
North America manufacturing kaola.
cocoslns and kollne and butter too.
WHAT IS KAOLA?
Copra is ths meat of tha cocoanut
and kaola the oil of ths nut refined
and so treated as to render lt purs
and palatable for cooking purposes.
When picked from the tree
the1
cocoanut ; Is halved with
knives by the natives and
heavv
left ln
ths sun to dry
a -v. . , . . .
By ths shrinking of
ths meat lt
is separated from the
shell.
This Is then shipped to the
United States and elaswhere as ths
,
commercial product of ths cocoanut
grpves, and by the processes of thejth-.t i am interested tn a legislative
factories converted into edibles, la- j
bricants, medical Ingredients, etc.
In n article recently published In
the Western Confectioner Mr. Palnton, J
for all domestic needs, both as edible
fat as well as an illuminating and
lubricating substance. Ths world's
production, some BO years ago,
amounted to a few thousand tons, but
tne increase had been so rapid tnat
ln 1910 the estimated amount had!
. . tj ,v, .
been 4a0,000 tons. Prior to the Amer- j
im n neeti 1 1 rn ths a. nnrt a t r-n Tmm 1
Manila was some 6000 to 10,000 tons
a year. This has increased until in
1912 there were 166,000 tons exported.
and it is likely the amount is now
aa much as 200,000 tons. The extent
of production appears to be limitless,
as there are countless millions of
acres of sandy beach lard ln that
and other countries not fit for any
other use than the growth of cocoa
nut trees; and since the consumption
of cocoanut
oils Is becoming unlver- i
sal, vast additional groves are being
i
planted to supply this demand.
"Chemically cocoanut oil Is analyzed
practically as butterfat, being built
of seven glycerldes, while butterfat
Is built up of nine. The only glycerldes
found ln butterfat that are not con
tained in cocoanut oil are "acetic"
and "butyric," these two constituting
the butter flavor, therefore the only
difference between the two fats, prac
tically speaking, is that these vari
ous glycerldes differ ln propor
tions. Cocoanut oil, when prop
erly refined, has long keeping quali
ties, and foods prepared by its use
keep sweet Indefinitely. As an il
lustration, salted peanuts were not
known on the market commercially
until cocoanut oil was used ln their
preparation, as when they are fried
in some fats thy soon become rancid i
and strong ana in a few weeks ara
not fit to eat The flash burning
point of cocoanut oil la soma 660 de
grees, and la the highest of all edi
ble fats that are in universal con
si mption. This makes It a very
perfect medium for deep frying, as
substances cooked in it are imme
diately seared over and do not ab
sorb the fat.
USED IN CONFECTIONETtT.
"Another use to which cocoanut but
ter 1b being put is lij ths manufac
ture of sugar wafers and sandwich
cookies. We are all fond of nuts,
but few people realize that this fond
ness Is caused from the fat that they
contain. Nuts snd candy, or nuts or
raisins, have always been toothsoms
morsels, but few realize that this
toojhsomenesa is caused by the blend
ing" of t'e sweets snd fats. This is
exemplified in sugar wafers. The lit
tle filling or Icing between the wa
fers Is composed wholly of powdered
sugar and cocoanut butter, and is
mads ln ths same general way that
Icing for cake Is mads with butter
and sugar. The best grades of candy
are made of sugar, glucose and nuts.
Tha baker uses flour, sugar or mo
lasses and fats. It obtains, there
fore that the richer or more tooth-
soma the fat ths better the finished
article. Striving always for better-
ment of their products thaea manu
facturers have taken very rapidly to
the use of cocoanut butters, and it is
estimated that ln theae Industries
1000 tons a month ars being con-
sumed. And this consumption Is only
is omy
lg that
rnlsned
ln its Infancy, the reason beln
the cocoanut butter is being furn
them In a sweet, flavorless shape, at
! lowing them to use any flavor "they
desire In the making of all manner
of rich candles and cookies"
j After ths Spanish war our leaders
awolcs to the fact that this is a
I worid power f ths first class. Among
itM pe0pls as futurs citizens wars ths
' rth of the tronics a healthv. clean
cut. straight limbed people, living an
ldls life and cared for by Dams Na-
ture, who catered to their wants with
a lavish hand. Hers was a new field
for food specialists to study and
Letters From the People
i Commnnleafloni aent to Tha Journal for
: n-KHo-rlnn In this rtunartment ahmilri wrlt-
ten on ooly ona aid of tba paper, aboald not
"d "f .tll,"Lt ,h-
comranied by tlie name aoa aoaresa or tba
. aender. If the writer does sot deaire to haa
tue name publtabea. be auouia ao aula. j
"Dlseoaalon la tha greateat ot all reformer.
It rationallsea eTerytUing It toucbei. It robs
principle of all falae unctlty and throwa tbem
back on tbelr reaaoDableneaa. If tbej bar no
reafconableneaa. it rutbleaalr eruabea them oot
of existence and acta up Its own conclusions
in their stead." Woodrow Wllaoa.
A Statement by Mr. McCusker.
Portland. May 4. To ths Editor of
! The Journal. In your lssus of May
' 8 you havs an article entitled "Inner
' Circle Runs Against Snag," in which
; your reporter took occasion to say
I that ths so-called "secret circle,"
j meaning the Oregonlan, entered Into
j an arrangement with me as secretary
! of the Employers' association of Ore
gon to prepare petitions containing the
names of 12 candidates for the legis
lature, etc.
I taks no exception to your atate
ment that I may be Interested in a
legislative ticket, but I havs never
seen ths petitions referred to, nor was
i I interested ln their circulation and
I was ,not even ln the clty when they
i were Deing circuiaieu, nor ao i iiiidk
. ar.vone would credit me with playing
i SUch fool politics. There axe several'
candidates reported to be on said peti-
tions whom I can assure you will not
rscelvs my vots or support
I t'ir. thia m ttn.
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Being under martial law must make
Ireland think of old times.
If the voters do their duty at ths
primaries, a lot of certificate of nom
ination won't be called for.
Vancouver's candidate for Roue Fes
tival queen seems to be doing her beM
to show Oregon girls how to run.
A cleanup campaign, like tho per
sonal bath, is more effective when Its
purpose Is to keep clean, rather than
to get clean.
A cranberry famine in predicted, but
why worry about it until sugar de
cides to become a possibility with the
average family?
Senator Cummwie announces he Is
coming to Oregon, but on no "pink tea"
affair. If he wants anything stronger
ne would better bring it along.
Report of better fishing in Oregon
Ftreams, coming at the time of a vic
tory by the Beavers, make a man wish
he could be in two places at the same
time.
It might be a good thing to send
Admiral Peary and Dr. Cook to dis
cover Villa that is, provided thay
would agree not to start a "Torth Pole
controversy in Mexico.
Baker voters, 8u9 to 367. decided to
stick by the commission form of city
government. However, a more than
two-to-one defeat will not keep oppo
nents of commission E-overnment from
I Insisting that the ceople don't know
what they want.
JOURNAL
6 The Circuit
Did you ever look upon Mt. Hood j
from some eminence in Portland and
wonder what lay just to the other side
of the noble peak?
In two days you may completely
circuit Mt. Hood, varying train and
automobile riding with 25 miles on
horseback.
You will be brought Into closer in
timacy with the great mountain of
Oregon than you ever deemed possible.
Leave Portland on the O-W. K. &
N. in time to connect with the morn
ing train up through Hood River val
ley from Hood River to Parkdale.
Go from Parkdale over to Homer
Rogers' Mount Hood Lodge . nd have
lunch while the saddle horses are be
ing got ready. It is always best to
let Mr. Rogers know ln advance you
are coming, so there will be no ques
tion of transportation from the train
or of horses ln readiness for the ride.
If you like, snd can, there Is fully
as much or more delight Just ln
shouldering your pack sack and hik
ing the full length of the trail.
By the time you have ended the
first lap of the Journey it will have
been Justified. Tou will have passed
through th gorge of the Columbia
paralleling the Columbia river high
way. (By the middle of summer the
highway Itself should be open through
to Hood River, making possible aji
auto ride all ths, way to Mount Hood
lodge.)
It Is aJwaya a delight to ride up
through Hood River valley. The fa
mous orchards Btretch away and up
toward the high slopes. It will pres
ently seem that, north and south, the
valley has two white walls, Mt.
Adams on the north and Mt. Hood on
the south.
The elevation at the point of start
ing, horseback or afoot, Is about 3000
feet. The trail leads for a few miles
through t.ie light volcanic soil, which
becomes dusty on small provocation.
Ths way will then lead through the
-.otinnai fnrest It will reach eleva-
j tlon8 approximating 6000 feet. It will
wind clrcultnusly Into such a deep
! canyon as that of Sand creek, and It
will Slops geniiy inruusu uio nn"i
aisles of evergreen forest.
While there la yet daylight.
you
ticket and, while The Journal may not
openly Indorse this ticket, neverthe
less it will approve of it, for the very
good reason that same will consist of
reputable business men, not one of
whom will give as a reason for desir
ing to ba elected that he wants the
"experience" and "advertising" that
an election would give him.
The troubls with business today Is
that we have elected Inexperienced
and incompetent men to office vho are
aiiu uivuii'tii ....... w - - - - - -
I securing experience and advertising at
the exrense of the business Interests
th tate and lt )s time'to call a
halt on that kind of legislation
Under our bystem of government, no
one is compelled to vote for the men
suggested by anyone; therefore, no un
due advantage is taken of any candi
date by such selection unless you might
say that he was deprived of a certain
amount of publicity. It is not our de
sire to reflect upon ths honesty or
Integrity of any man whom we cannot
indorse.
I take lt that your reporter at
tempted to prejudice the public against
that ml-ht r J i V A m V SD-
p.val by" 8tatln that I represented
. tne Employers association. This as-
' sociation is composed or U0 reputaoie
business firms ln this city : iJ many
others in outside towns, representing
nearly every business Interest in the
state. The said firms have oh their
payrolls from 25 to several thousand
employes each. In addition to this
there are various other organizations
and associations affiliated with the
Employers' association organisations
of both employers and employes. Does
The Journal Intimate that these busi
ness interests are not entitled to repre
sentation in the legislature, sn.l that
they should elt idly by and be rep
resented by men whose only aim Is
advertising and experience?
The business men havs at last be
come aware of the fact that It Is due
to their Indifference in politics that
bad laws have been enacted and in
competent men placed In office and,
being fully awake, Mr. Business Man
is going to vote and will have some say
as to who will represent him in of
fice. We appreciate the value of a good
newspaper. Therefore, the paper- have
received our support, but it does not
follow that wa cannot exist without
the aid of any paper.
We do not ask any favors from the
papers, but as citizens who go to make
up ths business interests of Portland,
and the state, w do expect and de
mand fair treatment from tha papers.
Ths papers are, or should be, as much
interested In' the succesa of our Indus
tries as we are, because their own
success depends upon our ability to
support them. Just as our euce'esa de
pends upon tha ability of tha ublic
to support us. Therefore, we are, or
should bs, mutually Interested ln se
lecting the very best men possible to
make laws for us.
THOS. M'CUSKER,
Foraker and His Friend.
Portland, Or., May 2. To the Edi
tor of The Journal. Nearly a column
Is taken ln Tuesday's issue of the
Oregonlan to laud the political memory
of "Firealarm" Foraker. Possibly the
name and the views of Mr. Foraker
sound sweet to the OTegonlan. Possi
bly lie wag & great statesman ln his
day and a great Republican of ths re
actionary type.
Not all Republicans think mo, bow-
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OKKGO.V SIDULIGIITS
Having noted the passing through
Medford of three i'reiKht trains load
ed with lumber, tho Sun remarks: "The
Incongruity of the shipments was In
tensified by the fact that millions of
feet of uncut timber is standing idle
and rotting within 10 miles of tho ;
track."
'
Bird note in Burns News: "Whlla
to older settlers it was not an un
common sight, to others it was quite
a novelty to observe a couple of wan
swimming and feeding for sevenil
days within the city limits on u. pond
caused by the overflow of the river ,
last week."
I
Musical treats with noel accpasortrs
are foreshadowed along the coast. The
l'ort Orlord Tribune says a brus hand
is to be organized at Powers, wheiv
they claim they have 17 ic -oinphuli 1
musicians to ttart with. Coining from ,
a lumberinsr town, the band in upoae 1
to have uniforms that will hai muniz.!
with its surroundings th regulation
logger's outfit of blue shirt, high noty
shoes and sawed off overalls.
"When a letter mailed in Now York
city at 2 o'clock on Wednesday after
noon reaches us here in Cucju.ile at ii
o'clock on the following Monday Bft
ernoon. ln four hours more than live
days, we begin to feel," says tho C
qullle fcientinel, "that this Is no lunger
the most Isolated section of the toun
tiy, as it has been for so long. We
are now at least .4 hours nerer th
rest of tlie country than we have been
in the past."
JOURNEYS
of Mount Hood
will come Kuddenly out of the trees
upon what may seem to you a care
fully tended koI f course. Tho gruss
will be vividly green upon rolling con
tours. You will have reaohod Elk
Meadows, the most perfect cajnplng
grounds ever designed by nature.
You will Ruddei.ly remember. Where
is Mt. Hood? Then you will look up.
The giant peak will be just abovo you,
graying ln ths 'twilight that comes
early to the ea-st side.
Make your bed on the firm ground
among the trees that reaoh heaven
ward like tall columns ln tha temple
of the Almighty and seem to bear
upon theJr higli tips the stars like
twinkling candles
-
No need of an alarm clock fnr morn
ing. The fun will rouse you. No need
of wash basin for your ablutions. The
basin will be a pocket worn by one
of the courvilens crystal utreams, the
water always changing.
No need of stimulant. The sun will
flash upon the towering mountain
peak, and paint red Its face where the
snow and ice liav broken away, while
tha snow fields will flash ln dazzling
white. If you love tlie open places,
this is the ideal
You may climb to the tip of Rog-srs
Spur and have a more Intimate view
of the mountain and the surrounding
ranges, while 2000 feet below you a
gleaming ribbon will show the course
of the east fork of Hood River and
the glacier whence It draws Its cur
rent. The rest of the ride by horscba-It
will carry you to Government camp
on the south slopes of Mt. Hood,
where auto stase service will carry
you boCK n some four hours to Port
land. Or, if you will It no, yru may
return over the trail and go back to
the city by train.
This Is one of the moat magnificent
trlrs offered out of Portland and tha
time may profitably be extended Into
a week or even more.
The trail follows approximately tho
route of the rnad that sometime la to
bs built around the east bnse of Mt.
Hood, forming a connecting link be
tween the Columbia river. Hood River
and Mt. Hood highways. The distance
Is about 200 miles.
ever. Wltnesss, for Instance, Fora
ker"s overwhelming defeat in the Ohio
primary of 1914 for United States sen
ator. - X Republican won, but It was
not Foraker. It happened to be Hard
ing. Foraker occupies the same atatus
toward Republicanism that Joe Bailey
occupies toward Democracy. But you
don t see any Democratic newspaper
lauding Mr. Bailey. He may register
as a Democrat, but good Democrats
will not vote for him. And good Re
publicans will not vote for Foraker.
The reason Foraker in out of poll
tics is because he was ahown up as
a watchdog of big business interests.
He was the leHder of the Lorlmer
Penroso crowd that worked band ln
glove with John D. Archbold of tha
Standard Oil company.
Foraker sounds the grand old party
call. Its tocsin thrills tha ears of the
Oregonlan. Foraker damns the non
partisan ballot and the Independent
voter. Foraker. like the Oregonlan,
cannot understand the non-partisan
voter and why the Independent vote
of today is the real power instead of
the party vote. Doubtless the Oregon
lan will never understand this phase
of politics.
Foraker has bepn replaced by live
men who understand the new national
ism. E. J. WILLIAMSON. .
Plays ami Sectionalism.
Portland May 4. To the Editor of
The Journal In a communication to
The Journal of May 8, T. M. Kellogg
characterises "The Birth of a Na
tion" as a "gigantic fake, a traveaty
on historic facts." This may all be
so. Not having been present during
the reconstruction period. I am not
upon my own authority prepared to re
fute any of the rather severe charges
which Mr. Kellogg heaps upon the
film; but I derive considerable amuse
ment from the reading of this, from
the pen of Mr. Kellogg: "It is hard
to understand now at this late day
there should be those who thus delight
ln seeking to regenerate tha 111 feel
ing that once existed between sections,
for the money there might be ln lt. '
About two, weeka ago at a local the
atre. "Uncle 'Tom's Cabin" waa shown.
A careful scrutiny of Mr. Kellogg' let
ter falls to reveal any complaint
against the exhibition of "Uncle Tom's
Cabin," although It is well known that
the scenes portrayed therein are no
more representative of conditions In
the south before the war than the
scenes ln "The Birth of s Nation" are
representative of conditions there after
the war. If, Indeed, as much so. It is
Just as difficult for me to "under
stand how at this late date there
should be those who thua delight ln
seeking to regenerate the ill feeling
that once existed between sections'' bv
exhibiting "Uncle Tom's Cabin." which
is notorious as one of the contributory
causes of the Civil war, as it is for
Mr. Kellogg to appreciate "The Birth
of a Nation." However, lt appears
to make a difference whose ox is
gored. M. W. MALONE.
The Ohio Coclety.
Vancouver, Wash., May 8 To the
Editor of The Journal. Please furnish
through the columns of The Journal
the address of the Ohio society ln
Oregon. C. A. B.
The president of ths Ohio ootety Is
Mr. Robert Tucker, who has offices ln
the "Wilcox building, Portland !
TKPnce Qser
rTKS IS THK DAY-jthat th. Old
A timers rallying to the call ot
(ieorge H. Himes take their lunch
baskets and KO up to Chsmpoag.
And there thry celebrate Foun
ders day.
which commeniornts the ble
event May 21843- wi.m the set
tlers of Oregon-a f.-w than a
nunnrm or them --decided to
American rather than l:ritl.sh.
bs
And It see.ns to me (hat this)
anniversary particularly tliu ona
proves how Important it Ih that a
few men and women taka a stand!
a decided stand on any question.
1! Because If th pioneers at
Ohampoeg 7S years ago last Tues
day hadn't voted as they did Ore
gon might now be British territory.
V Ami our boys might now be dying
ln Flajider.s.
- -or coming
f.iot" or with
a way.
home
(trma
with "trench
er legs shot
an they are coming horns to Can
ada. r There were only
people lit t'hanipoeg.
handful of
r And their decision was vital 1
the welfare of millions to coma.
V And when the vote, came ths de
cision rested on one man.
11 One man determined the big Issue.
I,' And nil 1 want to say about
this before I go down to the Taylor
street dock to take tho boat for
t'hampoeg --
Ih that perhaps- very few of US
refllize the importance of one man's
taking a stand.
And perhaps w are ail too much
inclined from day to day to say
"What's the use?''
or that we know
whatever It Is.
but that we don't
can do about it.
T Surely we don't
think we are supposed
But we can Lake
It's wrong
sea
-and
to
What ws
I don't
stand for
a
what we think is riht
and trust to th futur
tlfy us.
to Jus-
I There's a good rhyme by a man
who would have been laureate of
England they nay if he hadn't sung
too freely of freedom.
f And It's refrain goes Ilka this:
"While three men bold together
the kingdoms are less by three."
And sometimes It la necessary
for one man one lonely man aoornsd
and laughed at to stand alone.
And then after a long time If
he waa right the world will find It
out.
and will build a monument to
him.
But I. must ba going now ts
Chain poeg.
where there'll be a lot of Jolly
old folks who will lelt-m.li manner of
amazing stories.
about the days when Oregon was
young.
TAndJudKe li'Arcy of Ralem will
tell Ex-Governor Geer that ha has
Improved on his sturies sines ths
year before.
V And Governor Geer will aajr sura
his stones Improve with age.
V, And there'll be a lot of fun and
a lot to oat.
T And I'm supposed to writs a
story about It.
And I'm going to try but
TJ LISTEN If thero'H nothing In
the paper t o m o r r o w about tho
, C'hampoeg meeting It will be, becauaa
! soma of those pioneer women gavs
me ona piece too many of lemon pis.
which Is a weaknasa of mlns.
Grandfather.
My (rranilfatlipr'a 11f waa a ataaoB of toll.
IllC rHjlut''fi padM'd nlk hnliilN;
Pill h DllKHed Dinnj ag-tinlra hark n tha eoll,
'HihI modern-day prm'il- deniHnda.
Grandfather acriitibod nlili ixi.v graudmother'a
aoa p
II rulibed a hlg lump en lila aplnej
I But I Ijht tr nae thin liquefied dope
! 'Jliat'a emitted a dnip at a tliue.
hlj grand fa tber dried on m grand ntotbar'a
towel:
It waa ujtly and eourae In lis wsare
Cat If you'd hand dim rrapa paper, I knew
be d scowl.
And wlje bla faee nn hla alee-!
My trrtndfather at at hit grandmother's
lx rd
'Twu a tabla d'hote, tlmt, wllb a Tim!
TNs a la curie liulne". tiv. Ideas tbs dear
lrd
Would spell starTatlon to him.
llf g-randmotbar knitted my grandfather's
boa.
and be'd wear tbe same pair for an age.
The way that my silk ones wear out at tba
toea
Aroaaea my slnuiherlng raa-e!
Oi" Dobbin pulled grandpa wltb many a load.
Tbougb many a nag has been apryer.
But Qramp tierer lay on tils hack In tha road.
Kepalrlug a puncture-proof tlra.
HARRY M. SIUNCEtt.
Uncle Jeff Bnow Say":
Beems like an awful waste of
mighty good men fur Knglsnd to be
hooting Irish leaders when they
could Juat as well be conscripted. Ru
ral credit, the kind that carries 11
per cent, has busted many a farmer.
No Chicken.
DON M. TAYLOR of Railroad Row
tells this story:
"HhA ubs abwolutely the prettiest
) piece of femininity that had ever dark
ened the door of our office and Ed
1 Phelps was the first man to reach ths
counter.
I " 'Please tell me,' murmured this
1 divintiv 'what it would cost to send
a live chicken to New York.'
" 'It would cost you ' commenced
our hero; but he got no further.
"'Sir'."- exclaimed tle lady as aha
swept haughtily out of the office, 'I
didn't come here to be Insulted.' And
poor Ed Is still wondering how he got
in bad."
How Ofton Is tho Biter Bitten t
HOW OFT ds the biter bitten!
A few nights ago Jay Stevens,
ths safety first crank, fire prevention
radical and 20-hour-day fire mar
shal, went out Into the Alberta
district to investigate a false
alarm. Bearching for the cul
prits he turned on the full blaze
of the headlights on his machine
and then came a doughty duo Of auto
cops. They stopped the fire marshal
and with eloquent unklndneas da
scribed their opinion of one who thus'
would violate the dazzling headlight
otdinance. Stevens In the same breath
aomltted he was wrong and told wny.
but his mollyfylng words made no
symptom of dent ln the pugnacity of
the policemen.
Then they turned on disdainful heel,
went back to their machine and turned
on the full blaze of their own head
lights. Indignantly Stevens hurried after.;
"I've a notion to arrest you," hs xi
ploded. adding Interest to their recent
eloquence. " , -'i.
What then did the officers answer 1
It Is said they spent the remainder
of their watch trying: to think of
something adeo.uste. .
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