THE' OREGON ; DAILYr JOURNAL PORTLAND, TUESDAY, MAY. 9, : 1918.
I
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i fit J J VJ lINrl
AH iKDKPtypKWT wiwaPAPta.
. jackhon Pobnbr
,uilek4 ever day, afternoon and morning
wpt SonaiT ftrnooBi. t ti Jooroi
Building, Broadway ami Yamhill t I'ort-
ud4. or.
.t.red t tii poatocrir t L'ortiaod. or.. rc
truMoiimUm timiugo tua malt, aacood ,
nmtm matter.
rXBPHUN ica Main 7173: Horn.. A 4061. All
j departments reached ty low number,. Tall
I tii operator what dapariaiaoi ru wast.
jHnmx AUveariKiMi HKi'HtiCtfTAT vb 1
-n1amin A Kent nor Co.. Bronfcwtca Bloc
t 2 rtftk At., New York. Mia People
i Mm Bids., Chicago.
( Bnbeerlptlon terma by null or to any ad
re I toe Lotted State or Mealco:
1 DAILY (MOn.MNO OR AFTEHNOON)
.$3.oo ona monta t .so
nayear..,.
sunday.
'oe 7 2.80 I Oo month t .28
JAWX (MOBNINO OR AFTERNOON) AN1 i
j SUNDAY ;
;ne' year.....'. ...17.60 I 0n month I 3
America eeka not bine for heraelf but what
b baa a right to auk for humaulty Ifeelf.
I WOO0K0W WILSON.
I Million for defenee. but not a rent '
Hhtite. fllAIU.I.H C. riNTKNKY.
Onr country, hotr hounded or de
scribed etUl our country, t. ! rhertehed
l all our haarta to be defended by all
or band,. It. ;. Wmthrop.
NOT THE EM)
HIS war Is not the end of (he
' world.
Presumably, there will be
other wars. In the next one.
Germany may be a neutral, and as
she Is the greatest manufacturer of
,amnitions in the world, she will
then be supplying guns and equip
ment to the belligerents, just as
ahe has always done in the past.
Indeed, it was the German repre
sentatives in the International
Peace congress at The Hague who
jlel the opposition to a proposal
thftt neutrals should not supply
munitions to belligerents in time :
t
t war.
There will always be differences
"a-V,. h.at .""'in
juuw wuiruveritj. l uern were Amer
lcan sympathizers with France,
American sympathizers with Oer-
, V. . . n u A n-1 .
mattT ann American svmnat ht7tra
1ti. r.. Britain in th vi
with Great Britain in the Napole-
,onlc wars,
J Washington was so harassed and :
embittered by the censure and crit
icism that he expressed regret that
the had ever accepted the presiden
cy. He was finally driven to the
'extreme of giving passports to
the French minister at Washington
and sending him out of the coun
try, Washington was charged with
unneutrality, and was assailed by ,
French-Americans, by British-;
Amerlcans and by all others of
foreign sympathies on account of
nS IOreign policy. I
. rr, ,,,,,, , n ,, .
tl J..i.v i? res'dent 1 f n 1
iftSiti, ?m convention
or those who sympathize with Ger-
Xifiv!tlHa?rmraT;,,,l-a ff,r I
less aggravated form, of the oondi-!
wu.ub riesiueui nanington
1 vtSIIILBSkriMkJVL 1
C7n, n, . I Vot the United States was suing the Darter away Iorever 10 Pnvaie i safely predict, by mathematical cal-
dbuihci, or in any eotniict in w men . raiIroa( for forfeiture of the Ore- Parties this control over the neces-.
eulatten, just what changes will take
Iwe, are a neutral. There were such . , , saries nf life , . .
4.- , . , gon Rrant lands. b4"es vl ,ur- 'place years before the actual time of
IwVTv. a"ierf"cfa 'n ,ne ,llimei.or People may well pause and pon- In the Shields, bill, which has
l occurrence.
iWMnington inai nis administration . Th . rpason to wonder , passed the senate. Senator Poin-
"This Is a rrt Of natures wnnflpr.
1 rf mm iuvilvu its luuuuauu Lis it v
ovbu.. , I. 13 uua Ulll.lllie 111 a latlU.lIo tioo n r.iir covon r,o font in-
of free speech and free action.
Meanwhile, there is this fact in
the controversy: If Germany were
In control of the seas and Great
Britain shut off from receiving hampering -to business. It Is not which have seized the Potomac
arms and munitions from America, g00(i security for long loann. The falls, are protecting their coal hold
now many of those in the Port- , WelRer svstfm has th., nnnnrent ln?s
land convention would have joined
la the action taken?
International law cannot be made
from day to day to fit occasions. !
u is me product or centuries and
the authorized ordainment of th
civilized nations. It is established
for the guidance of presidents and
aings ana Kaisers ana czars, and
It Is their duty to observe It
Washington observed.it. and he
was oitteriy conaemnen nv mn
In ills time. President Wilton can-
not chart the course of America
py the plain and unmistakable
rules of International law without ,
drawing upon himself the same '
Klna Of criticism that foil upon
Washington. It is one of the pen-j
alties of being president ln a war
period.
V Happily, in this republic, there
Is ' a vast body of Americans,
among them many of foroign de
scent, who realize the tremen-
uuubucbs ui tue war complications.
who believe above all in the Jus-
tlco of the American purpose and tenee in sending new diseases upon had not been heard." She means
who are first of all unalterably ua we should long ago have become they had not been heard in the
bound by faith to the doctrine of immortal and the world would be United States. Tagore was a man
one people, one conntry, one flag. full of miserable old creatures like of worldwide fame long before
They know that this war is not the Swift's Struldbrugs grumbling be-i 1913. At that date, she continues,
end of things. f cause they could not die. J "the older magazines were still
;- - 1 I One of the most interesting of using verse as an end-of-the-page
' With every legislative candidate ' the spring crop of remedies is sea decoration and the public was se
80 vociferous in his promises to water. It must be taken from renely indifferent."
reduce taxes. It looks as if the the very bosom of the ocean to be I In 1913 Brentano's big book
State and county governments are effective. Dr. B'rancies E. Park, ' store in New York still kept its
going to be forced to do business !
OQ wind.
NOT UNPATRIOTIC
ART ROBERTS RINEHART
to the contrary notwith
standing, patriotism is not
.dead in the United States.
for were the battles of our fore
athers in the Revolution fought
n iratn.
- Mrs, Rinehart evidently doesn't
tnow that the average American
a busy at some useful work, that
ie is worrying more about his
i
family- welfare than about war,
and that he haa confidence In the
ability of tlie president to keep
thia country out of war.
It is childish and 8illy for a
writer to accuse the men and worn-
eB and the boys and girls of Amer-
ca being asleep and indifferent
when the country is surrounded by
dangers, real and imaginary.
erftat rrfsiK romM rh
11 lne great crisis comes me
American people will not be found
wanting, not be found unpatriotic.
not be found unprepared.
When the Judiciary committee
of the senate was ready yesterday
to vote on the confirmation of Mr.
Brandels. two senators objected.
p. ii v thpv had ripard a rumor
VOBf,'J'y l" X i , . . t I
that Mr. Brandels in boyhood had
sequestered his grandmother's false
teeth or stolen currant jelly from
the family cupboard.
A SKKIOUS ALLEGATION
I
N THE answer in the McArthur-
Hutton damage suit, there is
an allegation that a Portland
attorney received $15,000 for
his services as a lobbyist at the
1913 session of the Oregon legisla
ture. It is a serious charge. It can
not but direct attention of the pub
lic to reflection on what invisible
government must mean, especially
at a time when a new legislature
is to be chosen.
Late Oregon legislatures have
been great disappointments to peo
ple who believe in good govern
ment. It is granted that some
good legislation has been passed.
It is granted that there were al
ways Borne good men in the body.
Hut, we beheld In the 1I15 ses
sion the passage of the "midnight
afeI3 wio miviu.su,.
resolution," of which the United i
States supreme court said in Its
decision in the grant land case,
"It seems like a prayer against
the government's contention."
It was a resolution slipped
through the legislature without
any but a few Inner circle mem
bers knowing what It was, or that
it had passed. Its passage was not
even known to the attorney general
of the state until weeks after,
when Senator Moser met him on:""" .v 1
the street and informed him that
vj i
1,1 1 ''""J''0 PT"
I iei mat reauiuiiuu iiaicu tiio i
'legislature of Oregon in opposition '
a suit in which the government !
i ti what extent they are under in
! visible government in Oregon.
In Washington, S9.2S0 bad eggs.except ,n certain cases and to a,dlfferent form9i and lg eas)!y under-
" r'"
were seized and destroyed as un-
... - . . . . .tK
Mexico. Germany and various other
countries, what a sacrifice of our
preparedness! In case of invasion,
everv eeg in the lot could have
been used as an asphyxiating bomb. ,
A STEP -ELL TAKEN
T
n ti l dki Ultra a ClUU UUSIUCBB lllCU
or weiser. laano. are operai-1
ing h system of rural credit
which asks no favors or th
8tate or federal government. All
jt requires i3 a little intelligent ,
..nnnoritlnn at linmo An onsnnia.
k " " " - " " i
"on is formed which determines 1
the amount of credit which each,
farmer should have. The associa-1
tion theD take" a hattel morte
from the farmer for that sum and ;
guarantees his checks at the bank. ;
terest for the accommodation. !
The defects of this plan are !
obvious. The chattel mortgage is !
ft rltimtiV flAvirp fiinfinP.ivfl nnrl
!
ndvantflco of not Ptiniimheriri? thn i
farmer's land, but it is only ap-
no-n Tn fnrra0r'0 tanit fa via !
best basis for r-redit and nhottld h
ai hi A. a u in v. i a luutl Aj alio
so used. It is the only basis he i
has for negotiating the long loans
which he needs far more than short
ones. So while we nraise thfi Wei-
6er plan as a step In the right
dirACtlrvn rornrnlra that It 1a
'only a step, and not a very long
The name of the Montenegrin
prime minister Is Mlouchekovitch.
The Pittsburg Post says it sounds
as If somebody had pinched the
cat
THE SEA WATER CURE
T
HERE Is always something
new ln medicine. From Ga-
len to Flexner the doctors
have been constantly discover-
ing cures for disease. If it were not
1oT nature's disappointing persis-
who describes its use in the Medi-
cal Record, says he sails far out to
sea to get his supply and brings
itup from a depth of at least a
hundred feet. Before injection in
to the patient's veins it is diluted
with pure spring water.
Sea water is particularly effec
tive in those terrible diseases of
children which attack the diges
tive tract. Dr. Park tells of one
case where the poor little sufferer
seemed almost dead when he was
called In. He injected a heavy
dose of sea water and the result
was so marvelous that he now
"always expects ft recovery when j lines of varying length and printed
these cases are thins treated." , in smaller type than prose. Our
This new medicine was first used ; countrymen have discovered that
by Reene Quinton in Paris. He has poetry really means oomethlng,
"saved thousands of lives with it." : often a good deal more than prose.
At first it was ridiculed. Doctors, i Perhaps some of the merit of this
like the rest of mankind, have a amazing discovery is due to the
fine time laughing at new discov- i poets themselves,
eries before they consent to use j The discovery that poetry has
them. Now it is coming into appli- ; sense seems to be just about coin
cation everywhere. Sea water is.cident with the new effort of tho
good for those wretched people poets to write senBe. At any rate,
called "neurasthenics," as well as ; poetry is now popular,
for children. Neurasthenia is "that j
tired feeling" which nothing seems One of the new perils proclaimed
to relieve. It Is the exhaustion of as incident to kissing is the chance
the battery cells that ignite the of catching painter's colic.
gasoline in the internal combustion
engine we call the body.
Sea water rev-ires the cells and
gives the engine a new lease of life.
Its effect, says Dr. Park, "is sim-
nlv marlcal " Trio hpnUnir nnn'cr
piy magical. ine neaimg power
Of Sea Water iS Bald tO depend Upon ,
,, .. , . , .. ,
radium emanations WlllCh it COn-
tains. The floor Of the Ocean iS
... , . ,. ,.
Tien in radium ana ltn radiations j
are abundant in the deeper strata I
of the water.
A Boston husband who was
caught in a flirtation with an un
married woman, said he had for
gotten that he was married. Im
possible. Nothing but death could
make him forget it.
A SENATOR'S VIEW
s
ENATOR MILES POINDEXTER
of Washington discusses water
power legislation on this page. I
It Is a Clear Statement of an I
issue by an honest Republican sen- Getz, principal Washington state nor
ator whose uneorrupted service Lai school; 46 principals of Portland
should win for htm a renomination schools, and scores of educationalists
and reelection. In the great strug-! in an parts of the country.
gle going on at Washington be
tween plutocracy on the one side
,u '
ttuu luo "P10 " -"" uwel;
issue is not wnetner a candidate
a candidate
is a Republican or Democrat, but j
whether he Is a "kept" man or j
the people's man.
Senator Polndexter is in position i
to know a great deal about what j
is going on. He says the water!
power graDDers are tignting every tln said tQ The
inch of the ground. He says'.......
water Pwers means control, not j
conveniences, but control of their
food, their heat, their nower. their
'.lieht and. without exaggeration.
"
almost their very life itself. The
senator declares that he will con-
"nue to vote against any measure
dexter says the federal government
reserves no right of control over
'power rights in navigable streams
j, tki i v.
U,UUC"VC " ;
testimony of all who are on the i
of the PfPle ,in struggle, j
and 11 n only be b the action f
the house or the veto of the presi-
dent tnat the Power brigadiers will
be
u" i'a'4euieu lru,u "J""S im
measure through
The cry of the power barons is j
that more liberal legislation is ;
needed to secure "development." j
Ilt'CUCU IU DC-UiO UCVCIUUlllClU. ;
wny ao mey not ueveiop me ;
water power they have already I
arahnprlT v nv no tliev not ne-
velop" Chelan falls, which they
own In the state of Washington?
Vh rln thev nrf "rlevelnn" thoir
" " f :
Priest Rapids holdings on the Co-
lumbia river? 1
Potomac falls at the national
capital Is privately controlled. ,
Philadelphia and Baltimore, with :
the dense populations surrounding
thorn nffoi. o t Tn t sco moi-l
But Potomac falls is not "de-
veloped." Why?
Senator Poindexter explains. The
trn nannrtn tinn nun roal fnmnnnloQ
0.
The Yamhill candidate for king
nf h o T?nBO Poctival m q v nnn tn
i.uv .wuvt i-a a a j tivu v v
attract Bom attention as soon as
the contest for Queen is settled.
THE NEW POETRY
HE little magazine called I the nautical expert and practical as
"Poetry," published in Chi- tronomer will find it will also answer
cago, is one Of the organs Of ' his needs In the more advanced por-
T
the free versifiers. It cham
pions the cause of the imag?st3
and such like revolutionaries
against the staid old conservatists ,
who practice Tennysonian artifices
ln rhyme. Miss Harriet Monroe,
the editor of Poetry, has just taken
a trip to the east to see how her
art is faring in that quarter of the
world.
She finds change and progress
everywhere. Most of the change
has come about, says Miss Monroe,
Bince 1013. Poetry was then "still
in the old era. Such voices as
Masters, Frost, Sanburg, Tagore,
Amorienn noetrtr on a uttln tahlo
in a dark corner under the stair's
and the pitiful books sold at ten
'cents a copy to rare and suspicious
buyers. Now Brentano's keeps
American poetry at the front end
of the store ln the full glare of
day, and the broad tables where,
the volumes are sumptuously piled
are thronged with buyers like bar
gain counters in the department
stores.
Verily there have been changes.
The American public has learned
that poetry is not a mere jumble
of
senseless words cut up - into 1
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND -
1 lnP matter or rcientmc lnarrumenia nne
rigurf.d before in The Journals Industrial
articles, anil again appears today. The rep-
reservation of the motions of the erth, with
ltg relations to the other members of the
M,lar 0tem, to say notbfr.g of the stellar
universe, are of itenaest human Interest. No.
isi of the series makes a rarlety of appeal.
IO tte reader, j
N
OW comes a Portland inventor
whose work Is of an educational
character and is strongly in
dorsed by such solid concerns as the
Scientific American, tho National
Geographic 'Society, Prof. Karl T.
Compton, of Princeton; John McNulty,
of the local branch of the Hydro
graphic society; Prof. A. P. Arm
strong, county superintendent of
schools; W. E. Whitehead inspector-
Instructor Florida naval militia, Kev
West, Florida; John Oliver LaGorce,
assistant editor National Gr-oeraphlc
Magazine, Washington, D. :.; P. A.
The inventor is C. B. Martin, and
the invention Is known as the Mar-
un celestial giore and tellurian.
If Is a. device claimed to be of
inestimable value In astronomical
teaching, and if these 46 Portland
instructors are heeded there will be
at least one in each of their schools,
prkdictioxs years ahead.
Peaklne of his Invention. Mr. Mar.
Journal representa-
- one who has studied nature in all
ltg vaHed as,,rct9 ha8 not fftled lo
observe the unity of all its laws.
The rosltion and motions of the
planets and stars In the heavens, the
succession of day and night and
change of seasons; are all caused by
one universal law, and they act and
react on one anotner, so we can
work, which is so complex, and at
the same time so simple, that it is
alwav. fMClnatlnir ln lt8 thousand
Btood when tIle technical padlock is
A
..It was IT,lxley who ga!d. ,Step by
step the conviction dawns upon the
Jearntp tnat to attaln to even an
eiernentarv conception of that which
roes on in hls parish ho mugt know
something about the universe
To the ,earned men of reason
aatlri!r baok thousand9 of year8i we
are lndebted for thl3 lnValuabie gift
0 ra Inrlohto thla in'ol.,aKl- .iff
of knowledge which now constitutes
an lnheritance to every child. These
scientists, however, have expressed
themselves In a mathematical lan
guage, and for thla reason this sub-
... . . ...
ect nas oeen treatea to some ex-
tent as a diffIcult and aDstrua8 onCj
boUl from the vlewpolnt of the
teacher who attempts to explain its
principles and the 8tudent anxious t0
master Us secrets.
SIMPLIFIES STUDIES.
"The maps, charts and globes gen
erally used in explaining nature's
wonder-work are very Incomplete and
make exceedingly heavy demands up
on the Imagination and visualizing:
power of the student. The Martin
celestial globe and tellurian shows
the relations of the heavenly bodies
as4 hey "turaily uppeap to spec
tatos on the earth Itself, and ren
ders the Btudy of niture'a wonder
wc rk as simple as it has yet been
found possible to make it. And while
bo simple that a child can understand
It, the globe is yet so complete that
tions of astronomy. In fact. It revo
lutionizes the study of nature in
much the same way that the lntro-
duction of the Arabic numeral sys-
tem and the lead pencil simplified
the study of arithmetic. With the
aid of this apparatus astronomy as
sumes its proper place as Introductory
to geography, nautical science and
like subjects. Instead of being treated,
as at present, as a difficult subject
to be studied only by advanced
classes."
Such Is the instrument which has
been introduced throughout the
United States and ln parts of Canada
by a local Inventor and manufacturer
whose office and factory Is ln the
Loeb building. Fifth and Stark
streets, and who has perfected his
Invention, is manufacturing- and mar
keting it and never has sold a share
of stock.
QUESTION OF ITS VALUE SET
TLED. The question of its merit, too.
seems to have been most thoroughly
settled, as It has been shipped on
approval to colleges, universities,
naval academies and high schools in
all parts of the country, and ln not
a single instance ' has the Invention
been, returned. In every case the
inventor has received a check, $25,
for the globe, together with a letter
complimentary of his work, and the
day will doubtless come when Port
land will be accorded the distinction
of having given to the world one of
the most valuable aids to the study
of the heavens the world ever has
possessed.
When so high an authority as Pro-
will write: "It seems especially neces
sary that an instrument such as yours
(the Martin celestial glob and tel- '
lurian) should b brought to the as- 1
sistance of the imaginations of stu- j
dents of geography, physical geogra- j
phy, natural science and similar sub- J
Jects," there ought to be no longer
a question of its worth, to any pub
lic school, especially, and its small
cost ought not to bar It from any .
school room. Forty-sii of the prin
cipals of Portland's schools signed
a paper addressed to the purchasing
committee of this school district in
which they say: j
STRONGLY INDORSED HERE. J
"A careful inspection of the Mar
tin celestial globe and tellurian by
ourselves and the teachers of our sev
eral schools convinces us that this
Is a meritorious apparatus, and that.
If the same be provided, we can use
them to good advantage In our ,
schools." j
Mr. Martin says: "Although we
have not as yet received an order ,
from the school board of this district,
we are told we may expect one at
any time now. This, of course, would j
be most gratifying as a home recog- j
nition of an industry which has the
national recognition we have already (
received, and as an encouragement to
one which has not asked assistance
in carrying it along to a successful
Issue. It likewise would demonstrate
the confidence reposed in us at home.
and this would be a most valuable
asset to our Institution.
"In our Judgment no more oppor
tune time could have been selected
for placing our Invention before the
educators of the nation. It la well
known that the human mind must
seek the proper base, which Is reason,
and the fundamental reasons are the
base of all sense, science and reason.
Letters From the People
Comn:uulcationi sent to The Jburnal fnr
publication lu tills department should be writ
i on .u only one bide of tbe paper, should not
exceed 30o word lo length, mud must be se
ct mpauled by the name Rud address of tho
-L-cr. If the writer does not desire to taavs
the name published be should so state.
lHsc-ussion Is the greatest of all reformer.
It rutiouulize everj'tliing it touches. It robs
principles of all false sanctity and throws theta
back on their reasonableness. If they have no
reasonableness, it ruthlessly crushes them out
o.' existence and sets up Its ona conclusions lu
their stesd." Woodrow Wilson.
Mr. Clark to Mr. Klepper.
Portland, Or., May 8. Milton Reed
Klepper, Esp., chairman John C. ilc-
Cue campaign committee, Portland, Or.
My Dear Klepper I have read with
much interest, a letter bearing your
signature, shown me today, touching
my employment by Multnomah county
ln connection with the Lombard litiga
tion. Seemingly some one, taking ad
vantage of your trusting and guileless
nature, and apparent ignorance of the
facts, selected you as the "goat" to
start a foolish prevarication. Tlie rea
sons which caused the county board
to first employ me in connection with
the Lombard difficulties about six
years ago, and to continue that em
ployment from time te time thereafter
until these difficulties finally termi
nated In the spring of 1911 by foreclos
ure of the mortgage on the old county
poor farm and the reinvesting of tiUe
in the county, would hardly Interest
you ln your zealous hunt for war ma
terial. There are, however, two or
three matters which may interest you
as a lover of truth. In the. first place,
Multnomah county has not, directly or
Indirectly, paid me a dollar for any
service rendered since Mr. Evans be
came district attorney.
Again in your letter you speak of
the first suit brought to foreclose the
Lombard mortgage, dismissed in 1912.
and state that ln the stipulation for
the dismissal provision was made for
the payment o a fee of $250. and you
then add:
"It is to be presumed that the county
paid A. E. Clark the $250 attorney's
fee allowed by said stipulation."
Now, as you speak of the stipula
tion, and quota the substance ln pert,
you must have read the stipulation,
and therefore must have seen that the
fee of $250 was not to be paid by the
county, but by Mr. Lombard, and if
you examined further, as a diligent
campaign manager should, you would
have seen that he did pay it, and that
the county did not pay one cent to me.
or to anyone else, ln that suit. Strange,
that under these circumstances, you
should have put your signature to such
a foolishly false statement.
In your letter you also refer to the
second foreclosure suit (which, by the
way, resulted in the county getting
back unimpaired title to the farm, aft
er having received about $45,000 prin
cipal and interest on the purchase
price!, and you state that th,e court
found for the county for the full
amount, principal and Interest, and,
ln addition, allowed an attorney's fee
of $4500; and you state ln effect that
Multnomah county paid this amount to
me, and you then add the following:
"That Is, during the period of about
eight months, with the consent and
upon the suggestion of the said dis
trict attorney, the county of Mult
nomah paid A. E. Clark more than the
district attorney himself received as a
whole year's salary."
There was no redemption from the
sale, and the fact is as you must
know, or else someone has surely much
abused your overstrung, not to say
gullible, disposition that the county
has never paid me one dollar for the
work in that foreclosure suit, nor has
anyone else.
You have my permission to give this
letter to the press, with the one pre
pared by you; or, if you prefer, I will
be glad to do so and save you the labor.
A. E. CLARK.
"Stolen Ass&ts."
Berdugo. Or., May 5. To the Editor
of The Journal In a late lseue of Ths
Journal I note an editorial art'oie en
titled, "Otir Stolen Assets." Now we
naturally infer from that statement
that in the past there has been some
thieving going on in this, "our own na
tive land," some real, genteel sort of
thieving timber, coal, iron, copper, oil,
all surreptitiously swiped and cached
away; even great big tracts cf the
land Itself stolen.
When a common horse thief Is
caught with the goods, he i general
ly hanged and the "goods" returned to
the owner. Not o with the land, tim
ber, ooal. 'iron, copper, oil and divers
other "genteel emeaks."
You and I and most all the rest of
the Republicans' and Democrats of this
country know where all these things
are hidden, and we know where the
thieves' dens are. Why don't we go
and get the scoundrels and make resti
tution of "our stolen assets' to the
rightful owners? Both Repuoiicans
and Democrats used to teach that It
was necessary to have two strong po
litical parties in a republic or democ
racy; that while one was in off'ce the
other was to act in the capacity of
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Speaking of preparedness, have you
laid in your flyswatter?
Here's a second to the motion to
name it the battle of Neverdun.
It's about time for the weather man
to temper the wiud to the eastern
Oregon shorn lamb.
Speaking of "strict accountability,"
that is w hat the voter should hold him
self to when he marks his ballot pjjr
uiary day. d
Another London report needing veri
fication is the statement that Harry
Lauder has loosened up to the extent
ot ilZoo tor charity.
The American Neutrality league
may find, when the votes are counted,
that its great accomplishment vu
to crystaJize Americanism.
If the Republican party is bothered
by so many favorite sons, what
would be its troubles were favorite
daughters a pollUca possibility?
It is perhaps significant that T. R
has not taken any chances on alien
ating anybody by declaring himself on
the Bacon-Shakespeare controversy.
With Portland bank deposits In
creasing at the rate of $250. OuO a
week, it Is no wonder some of the
banks are hustling to get' into more
commodious quarters.
Every once ln a while the colonel
says something worth remembering.
For instance: "The work to be done is
not that of the politician but of the
patriot."
JOURNAL
9-Crater Lake, by
CRATKtt LAKE NO. 2.
Oregon's two most scenic routes,
the Columbia river highway and the
road to Crater lake, may be Included
in one great automobile tour. In
general character of country trav
ersed, tho all-automobile trip approxi
mates the auto and rail loop which
has been described. The distance will
approximate 1000 miles.
You may go via the Columbia river
highway. The Dalles, central Oregon,
Klamath, Crater lake. Medford, the
Pacific highway and back to Port
land, or you may reverse this route,
traversing the Columbia river highway
as the climax of the tour.
Go east from Portland via the Base
Line road, crossing the Sandy river
at the Automobile club, and follow the
highway past Its mapnif irent view
points and waterfalls to Hood River,
and then on to The Dalles. A feature
that will be new to the travel of this
year is that portion of the highway
ieading around Mitchell's Point and
through the tunnel 400 feet long with
seven arched windows looking out
upon the river. It Is always worth
while, too, to top and inspect the fish
hatcheries at Bonneville. The hatch
eries are the largest in the world,
and the methods used in hatching,
caring for and liberating the trout
and salmon fry arouse the ereatest
interest.
From The Dalles take the road to
Shaniko, Lamont and I'rineville. From
Prineville you may fro west to Red
mond, thence south to Bend and on
A WESTERN SENATOR
By Miles Polndexter, United States
Senator from Washington.
I favor the passage of one of the
two general water power bills now
pending in congress, namely, that one
commonly called the Ferris bill, re
lating to water power sites on public
lands. I think it is a reasonable meas
ure and have promoted and will pro
mote its passage in any way I can. It
is a fact, I think, that if passed and
the necessary rights incident to such
development put upon a definite basis
as provided in the bill, it would tend
to promote water power development.
It Is vigorously opposed, however, by
the water power promoters and their
great lobby of high class agents, which
they have maintained here for years,
so that the latter are the ones who are
blocking the legislation and consequent
water power development.
For several years there has been
pending a bill with similar provisions
relating to water powers on navigable
streams, over whfch the federal gov
ernment has Jurisdiction. 1 favor the
passage of this bill and promoted it in
every way I would, but it also was
opposed and blocked by the agents of
the water power companies and their
friends in congress. In the present
congress, however, a bill was framed
and introduced by Senator Shields of
Tennessee, embodying his views and
acceptable to the water power repre
sentatives. This bill strips the fed
eral government of all control over the
powers developed, even denies 1 fluty -thing
but a nominal consideration for
the sites granted, and cuts off entirely
any revenue to the government for the
power developed. Because I believe
that the perpetual control of the hy
droelectric power of the country em
braces such a scope of Importance as
to at once embrace the life and safety
of the nation, as well as the commer
cial welfare of no small portion of its
people, and for the further reason that
the control of this power as our mod
ern communities have come to depend
upon its utilities and conveniences,
means the control not only of the lux
uries and conveniences of our people
but of their food, their heat, their
power, their lixht. and. without exag
geration, their very life for these rea
sons, I say, I voted against, and will
continue to vote against at every op
portunity I have, a measure which
proposes to barter away for nothing
or for a mere nominal sum, and for
ever, fo private parties this control
over the nessarle8 of life. I am espe
cially determined in the matter in view
of the fact that not only Is the grant
made ln the way stated ln effect, but
that the federal government reserves
no power of regulation or control over
the use and handling of this powerful
agency as to service, rates, etc., except
to a very modified exte: t and in cer
tain cases.
watch dog to guard the public treas
ury. Well, one of those parties has been
in office almost continuously for 40
years or more, and according to your
discovery, the other has been a "dog
gone" poor watch dog. Isn't It Just a
little late to cry "Stop thief"?
And on another page I noted this:
"Our Unexampled Profvperity." Now,
believe me, you shouldn't flout any
"Unexampled" Democratic or "Unpre
cedented" Republican prosperity in the
facee of the people that have no tim
ber, coal, iron, copper or oil, either
Standard or otherwise. It's hard tor
a dry farmer to souare "Our Stolen
Assets" with "Our Unexampled Pros
perity." V. O. ANGLE.
In Reply to Mr. Mnrpliy.
Portland, May 3. To the Editor of
The Journal. In J. Hennessey Mur
phy's letter of April 2?f he lays claim
to be a better class of Irish and per
haps he is. At least, there seems to
be a difference between the Irish blood
that flows through hie veins and that
of some of the rest of ua. He may be
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The problem of the unemployed, in
Mker. is a thm of the past, tho .Dem
ocrat asserts.
According to the calorimeter in the
office of the Burns News. "April ice
always eeius (.older thuu the winter
variety."
The Heppner Unzette Times reports
Morrow county as confronted with
one of tlie best crop prospects in
years. "I'littlng this condition with
the prevail i.iit prices for shrcp and
wool, we can only say that prosperity
lb inevitable," that paper says.
The natatorlum at Round-Up park.
Pendleton, will b opened on June 1
and a steam heating plant will, in
all probability, be installed, the over
flow water from the citv reservoirs
bcllip too cold lor comfortiihla bathing
in the early and late tcatuns .
Tribute to Raker talent; paid by (lie
Herald: "Those who took, pat t lii the
Shakespearean pageant performed ;i
difficult task in splendid nmnner few
cities of the state even attempted to
celebrate the tercentennary "f Shake
speare's death, and those from outside
big cities were surprised that n Hv
of this size could produce bin h a
splendid spectacle."
Regardless of the feel, there is
nothing the matter with the look of
things In Oregon Just now. whereof
the Lebanon Express truly says: "The
Willamette valley Is a dream of beaut v
Just now. The dark brown earth lii
the upturned fields is a happy con
trast to pastures green, and acres of
fruit trees laden with bloom give the
needed touch of color to the scene."
JOURNEYS
the" All-Auto Route
ward, or you may go southwest to
Bend. From Hend south the roud
leads by way of LaPine and Crescent
to Klamath Agency, whence the route
is northwesterly to Crater lake.
If you desire a longer way, go di
rectly south from Prineville to MUII
can crossroads and on south to Cliff,
where the road turns southwest to
Silver Lake then proceeds in a gen
erally southeastern direction to Pais
ley, Lake Albert and Lakevlew. At
Lakevlew turn westward to Klamath
Falls, then northwest to ( rater lake
by way of Klamath Agency. The cen
tral Oregon plateau roads are usually
quite fair,, with a likelihood or dust
on the main traveled highways as the
season advances.
The route from Crater lake to Med
ford Is by way of the government
highway, which whs brought to a con
siderable decree of excellence a year
ago. The fishing in the Klamath
country and at Crater lake is a lure
to many travelers. The "Natural
Bridge,' "Castellated Canyon." "Huck
leberry Mountain" and "Hole ln the
Ground" are side features very
worthy of notice. The wild valley of
Rogue river, also, will tempt you to
linger.
From Medford follow northward the
marked route of the Pacific highway,
parsing through Grants Pass. Rose
burs, Kugone, Albany and Salem.
There is not to be found ln the
United States a tour of greater at
traction. ON POWER GRABBING
There are perhaps a thousand differ
ent terms and conditions upon which
these grants could be made, all perfect
ly reasonable and acceptable; but when
we are told that if we oppose one par
ticular plan to which the water power
companies are gracious enough to give
their approval we are opposing the in
terests of the community, it does not
seem particularly logical.
There are plenty of people ready and
anxious to develop these powers under
such reasonable restrictions and terms
as referred to; in fact, there is going
on now. and has been for years, more
development of water power ln the na
tional forests all of which Is under
such restrictions and government regu
lations with some reasonable return
to the government, as mentioned
above than there has been elsewhere.
There Is another circumstance often
overlooked, and that is that a great
many of the best water powers ln the
country are already ln private hands
and are not being developed. This is
tlie case with Chelan falls In our own
state, with the essential parts of Ket
t!o falls on the Columbia river; fith
Priest rapids on the Columbia river,
which is already developed Jn part;
with Potomac falls at Washington :
City, where there are available markets I
In Philadelphia and Baltimore, and all j
the dense population surrounding. It j
has not been developed, because the j
coal companies and railroads are mak-
ing more money out of the use of the
coal, its transportation, etc.
As to the value attached to these
power sites for which the power com
panies desilre to give nothing et all, I
placed In the Record of Congress some
reliable statistics showing the almost
Incalculable ultimate . value of these
properties. By some it is said thrit
they ought to be developed in orderto
afford competition to existing power
companies. As may be noted from
acts, admission, etc.. Inserted in the
Record during the debate referred to,
all of these companies are under the
control of one central head and there
will bo no actual governmental regula
tion. I am not making un attnrk on any
one who supported the Shields bill,
but am merely discussing the matter
on Its merits. Of course, many of those
who have been promoting it so active
ly are financially and personally in
terested in the matter. I am not so
interested iri any way whatever. At
the same time, there are many mem
bers of congress who are for the
Shields bill, who are not interested in'
It personally or financially and who are
perfectly sincere ln their support of 1L
One thing I could not understand was
the objection of the advocates ofthis
hill to reserving, even for government
use, such power sites as tho govern
ment might wish to develop in con
nection with') its reclamation projects.
more fortunate by living ln a country
where he could havet he advantages of
securing a fine education. Some of the
rest of us were fortunate enough to be
born and reared ln Ireland, where w-e
had a taste of the English government,
trying to keep body and soul together,
not thinking of such luxuries as educa
tion. Mr. Murphy should live ln Lon
don, where they show class distinction.
Yes, John Redmond may be the
greatest Irishman, or Englishman,
whichever it may. be, but who has
made him what he le today? Not J.
Hennessey Murphy's class, but the
working and poorer class of Irish in
America.
When we all get up there to Bt.
Peter's gate, we poor common Irish
may score Just as high as any of the
honorable gentlemen.
P.. THOMPSON,
t ,
ot Kloomlng.
From the Atchison Globe.
Don't think too much of the good
old daya; when knighthood was ln
flower tbe bath tub wasn't.
Oer
ince
yjt ARK M 'H.DKl FF of the Port
i. land Chntnher of Commerce has
written m. . a 1, it, i - regarding the
Pny-l'p oh mimic n of the Retail Mer
chants bureau- -of that organization.
And w e're pn-t (,, i,..lvp pay-Up
week right on the h, els of Clean-Up
week.
JAnd perhaps I'hv l p week should
be Included in Clean-l p week.
so that we would all -i, v,p our
bills at the same lime e ao our
back yards.
If Put anyway speakln;- from a
limited experience it's a trod thing
to pay np.
5f H sa ea postage
chants.
-for the mer-
and Rives the customer a chanc
U. ni t in debt all over eKaiu.
JAtui so far as is known fo sci
entific Investigators failure to pay
up--has been the downfall of all the
ancient civilizations.
V They didn't pn y as they went.
-and so tliev went.
X And How we die; up their
mains -
re
- that Is- the remains
ancient clvilizat iont- -
of
tries
and wonder what was the matter
vitli them.
And the answer Is nothing- was
tho matter with them
that isn't thi. matter with us.
51 And retribution overtook them,
and retribution Is only another
way of saying-that nature compelled
them to pHy up.
5fT!ie law of compensation works
overtime all t h, i,,ie.
and cant he cheated or dodgeu.
5J And no one el has got some
thing for nothing.
nnd got away with it.
5fAnd no on not e m the wisest
nations seem to think this is a fart.
5f And they pay upwith death and
desolation and bankrupt) --for their
false notions.
for believing that they can get
something for not niriK -from each
ot her.
fj And of course this has very lit
tle lo do with us lellows who owe
the groeeryman and tho nam company
and the insurance agent and the
department stores and nearly every
body else ln town from month to
month.
5f We re not trying to get something
for nothing.
5 We're just everelsing our divine
right of credit.
5fAnd wo trust ourseives
ltly. -impllc-
--whether the merchant does or not.
5f And of course by doing this we
aren't getting things any cheaper.
or as cheap beoause it coats
money to keep books and to send us
bills.
and write us letters when we
don't pay promptly.
5f And perhaps It would be better
if we'd all pay cah.
because that s wl.nt we have to
pay in the end anyway
WT Ant nprnonnllv T tl,l,,v
II - ' j t-
good thing this pro; osed pay -up
campaign.
51 Only I wish the Retail Merchant i
Bureau who have the Rood of the
community at heart would go rig- :
down the line with t'.is can. pais-.
because if everybody wou'.d pir
everybody else vrytCKl- wt-ij .'s
money.
5f And I dor'! know rr-c-. a
finance or 1 vulvlr, t ! c-r-ig fr
wages but--
5TLISTF.N I n.an to io r. 1 oa
to help along the pay-up r:jTT.M-.
even if I have to borrow t:, taoreey.
Sail) -Vim.
Happv child; eae yet so young.
Wuidi to ic and deft of lot. sue.
Tawny hair and 1 yes of t:,.e.
Teeth of pear! nt.d Hp of .lew.
cheeks of white and rosy hue.
What has i:ie m su.ru )oj youT
Strong of l.'rnh and quaint cf graoe;
With a f'.art and wlisoti.e face.
Fond of cp'irt and wise In lore,
Ever seeking more and more
As swings open the world's door.
Life lor you has much in store.
What It Is we do not know;
If we did. to tell you so
Would not ilo at nil, dear one;
I-or llfes circuit must he run.
And tlie ha'tle lost or won:
fy jouiself it must be done.
It is best to take enrn driy
s you meet it on the wav;
'ireet It with a iray KHlna.i:
Make of It the best you un,
Ily vvoi k or tilay, by any plan
That the eyes of love may scan.
To breathe dep your mountain air;
To bask in that sunshine rare
Does not take you to the goal,
Does not. yield the greatest toll.
Is not of this life the whole.
There is more, tlie rnlnd, the soul,
Sally-Ann.
jrR WILLARD.
Xdfe'a Infinite Variety.
ATit the Portland Sunhiy psers print V
pi tnre of nil of ti,e women nf Portland, will
ti er un l.n. k to where they liefrnn ajid do it
all ever hkuiii? -.Klertf jitrprl.
Afi-r t ii I k I nr M.ont tlie xtrarfnee of Hie
a x ninny men go down to lh garage
anil order their I'.'l'. midline exchanged for a
1!'1C model. Kiddle Trlhiitie.
Celnnel IWTBrnn reiortii In Ontario ttiat be
difi-evered an rjiwim mine 7 mllea eoutb of
t! ere. Nearly eterr kind of mine haa been
discovered I" thia rleliilty recently, but thla
ri lis them all. liakiT Herald.
fiiir old friend Joe Buckler of Raker aara he
lin found the fatnotia ltlue Bucket mine whlrh
lm been known only In atory for the paat half
century, but w Inch make the tiMat thrilling
atory of mining and andden wealth that one
ever ltatened to. Here'a hoping J b found
tl, for we would Ute to blm worth tea
million do 11 a re lefore he diea. La Grand Ob
eerver. e e
A men, 40 yen re old. reached fltan field a
few daya ago. and for the flrat time In hla
life new a railroad train. Thla la Fred Smith,
a atoekman from the Interior of the atate. who
la working for K. N. Htanfleld. He waa horn
In the Interior nnd fa a a IW'-d around Paulina,
rteeentlr Mr. Smith decided to ee the world.
He eaddleri liia cayuee and rode north, reaching
Stanfleld before he ero4d a railrid track.
Mr Hmltli evhlblta the wonder of a - tilid every
time be aeea a train paaa. He ak to know
where It cane from and where It In going and
numernua other thiuga coneerning it. gtaixfleia
Standard.
Stories oYr
Street Wowri
I'rienI Aro Susplcioua.
HAS noine entu prising studio photo
grapher at Hood River adopted
the idea prevailing at ostrich and alli
gator farms in California, whereby ona
may get hla picture taken on the back
of a stuffed ostrich, rampant, or aV
mounted alligator, ouchant7
That's wht Ed. Morris, Pete Holo
han, Jim Hull and other nimrods think,
and, they point to the picture proudly
displayed by Harry Joyce, manager of
the Hazclwood, who alleges he caught
the moriHl rous-slied salmon filmed
thereon nt Hood River. A quiet investi
gation ipon the part of the niniroda
has proved, they assert, that Harry
gave a boy a four-bit piece for the loan
of his fish, or that some photographer
at Hood River has a regular fish that
he allows customers to hold while they
are getting their pictures taken.
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