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: America asks nothing for herself out what
'ha baa a right to sak for hutnnpltv itself.
I wimiuhiiw wilson.
Million for defense, hut not
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a rent "or
Xf'KNKT
I -Character la higher thiin Intellect. A
) great aonl will be strong t live aa "ill
, aa to think. Boierson.
WILSON AND HltANDEIS
HE reports are that some mem-
Vp.bers Of the senate judiciary j
'm
Committee "resented" Presi- i iasi week, aim wurg ior preparing
dent Wilson's fine letter ini'he site of the plant has already
defense of Brandeis. There was begun.
nothing in the letter to offend any Preparations by -existing compa-falr-minded
man. Rut the oppo- nies for building steel ships in
nents of Brandeis are not fair-1 Portland are in progress.
minded. Their motives will not
bear the light. The president's let- I
ter brought them face to face withjnient company, now a completely j
tha mean and petty considerations , financed antl substantial institu- siaii proper water uthiiui is t"e;drogen company, and to the unin
wbich lie back of their opposition, j tion. took place Tuesday. Train- natural product of the Hoed River ; formed R wU1 be interestiI1K to be
and' so they are resentful. We are loads of material are daily arriving ' way. It is progress! I told that Us product , both odorlesa
ail apt to resent the exposure of , and the plant will be in full opera-, - . . and lnVisibie. Were it possible for
our baser selves.
i Mr. Wilson's tribute to Brandeis' I
"character should settle the matter
With all Just men. He says he has
."looked Into the accusations against I
him. and finds them unfounded." I
ta hoi thpv are worse than nn-
founded. They are maliciously
false, although the president is too
diplomatic to say so in plain words.
He' does say, however, that the A paper mill at Oregon City is
charges "throw more light on the spending $700,000 in an extension
cbafacter of trosc'who made them j of its plant. A tentative contract
than upon the qualifications of for a Transpacific freight line pro
( Brandeis." (poses to carry, every thirty days,
Mr. Brandeis is opposed by those ,0 tons of Oregon City-matie white
who fear that he would bring the j paper from Portland to Australia,
supreme court into sympathy with : These are big events. They are
the people. If their machinations 1 heavy-calibercd action. They are so
Siicceed, and he is rejected by the big and so numerous that they are
Ienate, It will mean that no man! almost startling.
tho. is known to be the people's J Each is a transportation proposi
friend can sit upon tho bench of lion or a manufacturing proposi
?ut highest court. Nobody is wel- 'ion. After a year of investigation.
?ome there but those who set the Nathan Strauss, of the Chamber of
fights of property above human Commerce, reported that shipping
welfare. Mr. Brandeis haa through-1 and local manufacturing are w hat
iut his wonderful career fought for I Portland needs,
human Justice. This, in the opin-j More big happenings indicating
on of his enemies, disqualifies him progress in that, direction have ap-
or supreme court justice. Had he ;
fourfct to uphold the tvranny of ;
money and privilege, there would period.
tiave been no opposition to his con-j The unparalleled prosperity of
;irmatlon. . I America is invading the Oregon
J The president says that "the country.
Charges are intrinsically incredible T
!o any one who has really known' At I,ood River these rganiza
3randeis." Of course, they are in- are- h resolutions, calling
indeis' record has been
rUUlUIS. Biouucii. ocio
fin open book for many years. Few.
fnen are better or more completely
Vttown. The men who made the
accusations knew they were incred
ible., But the charges served as a
Shield for their real purpose, which
fjvas to defeat him at any cost.
' They are determined to defeat
tin), not because he is a bad man,
ut because he is a good man. This
Ma(t should never be forgotten by
fhoae who wish to understand the
tour se of events. Brandeis has
1 M . 1- 1 i 11 J iL .
served ine people too wen, uou tue
nensles of the people are resolved
bat he shall suffer for it. They .
re resolved to make the supreme ,
OUrt a fortress of special privilege, '
a
na Reep it bo. I
, tThe president's letter is coura-
eOM and convincing It will help
TO Mi urnuiB neui in me eyes oi
JllstOrT.'even if it falls to thwart ,
ne iniquitous purpose oi nis en- j
erniea.
j
a
f One swallow doesn t make a
summer, nor does a first baseman
fnake a ball team. :
WOMKX JURORS
COUPLE of cases tried in the
district court or Ada county, j
Idaho, a few weeks ago at-
iraciea unusual attention be-;
tause the jurors were all women,
Idaho has had several instances of
mixed juries since suffrage was
aaoptea, Dut none wnere women
sac aione until tne eineriment wa
It. iH. ,,n(. Tk. -
maae in Ada eounty. me women
r
. a
A
juiwio nc.t? "ua.i; oumuiuuvu i.uit0 tneir assistance, out tne main
try a case involving the sale of a
needlework store, a subject upon
which they.'eemed particularly well
fitted to pass judgment.
But tne needlework issue was, the autocratic German military or-:
taken Out of t'eir hands by an ap- ganization. It was the wonder and
peal to tho supreme court, and this j envy of the world. But as the war
left them - free to try two cases , progresses we learn from expert- j
where the. sale of sheep was con-lence that the French democracy is
cerned-vTheae had been appealed J just as efficient as the German au-j
rfom tb Justice court, and the
women's, verdict sustained that of
,the;infe1or judge. Since they were
purposely kept in Ignorance of what
his had been, there wac no subtle
worklng;
The accounts of the women's
conduct during the?e trials 'are
wholly creditable. Vho Christian
Science Monitor's correspondent
. . . . , .
says that they went about their du-
ties "with the utmost seriousness,"
and that judge and lawyers all
, . . .. , . ,
nfiiccu inai mtry paiu Closer aixeii-
v, . v, .. .
tion to the case than men Jurors
usually do. They felt, we are told,
' that the capacity of women for
libllc service was on trial. Cer-
talnly no better demonstration of
their capacity could be desired.
Where women havo obtained trip
vvnere wornen navo ootained tne
suffrage they are performing the
duties which it imposes quietly and
competently. There Js no reason
to suppose that they would be in-
ferior to men as jurors in ordinary
cases, while in some cases they
would prove decidedly superior. In
all instances where the relations
between sexes are involved, it is a
matter of simple Justice to have
women on the Jury, though it may
be well, as a rule, to have men sit
with them. From their conflicting
views, we might reasonably expect
exact justice.
When you write The Journal for
publication, make yourself known.
This does not mean that your name
i must be published. It does mean
ithat, before your article can be
j printed, the editors must know who
'they are dealing with.
THK POKTLAXIr MOVKMKXT
A
N OREGON-ALASKA steam
ship company with experi
enred navigators and steam
ship" men among the stock
holders was organized Tuesday.
Formation of the Knapp shlp-
building company was announced
The first operations in the mil-
lion-dollar plant of the Oregon Ce-
tion next week. Its capacity is 1000 1
barrels of cement a day.
Every lumber mill in the north-'
west is in full activity, with an ac-
tive demand for the output, and '
with plans forming for building
more mills. The wace scale in
wage
many of the plants has been ad-
vanced by the voluntary action of
the millowners. i
ess in mat oirecuon pave ap-.
peared In Portland within a few
weeks than in any former five-year
"P"n sress to apporuon u per
- . , . , . -
psychological influence
upon them. "
tent 01 tne grijni tanti prot;eeas to "" !.-.....,.. i..r.. PXleui ui .v f
the Oregon school fund: The di- effect, the correct solutions of which : to one liter of water, and this prop
rectors of the Hood River school call for trained minds and long ex-1 ,.,-ty is of great importance in rela
board, the city council, the united perience. Membership on the com-j tion to plants, and still more to wa
granges of the valley, the Commer-; mission is not a boy's job. ter animals, ihe greater number of
(ial club, the bankers, and the Hood ' Mr. Kurhtel has had but little, if .which are dependent on this dissolved
River Bar association. Hood River any, real business experience. He ' oxygen for the support of respiration
' does things.
I'RAISK'KOR THE FRENCH
I
HE Berlin newspapers have just j
paid the French a great com-.
T
pliment.
Fhey say that the
French have concentrated
some 800.000 men. which is about
haif their available army, around
. j,e posts at Verdun.
Tnla is complimentary in two
way8. In the first place, it means
that the French have their troops !
BO well in hand and their lines of j
communication so penecuy ar- ; Mr Carnpben The goo1 of the '
ranged that they can bring half;' "j ,, f trained head tn :
their entire force to bear on a
threatened point in a short time.
The Germans were able to do this
on the Russian frontier, and it gave
on the Russian frontier, and it gave
them a tremendous advantage over
their enemy. If the French can do
the same thing along their threat
ened boundary, it is greatly to the
credit of their democratic military
nrMnl, tion i
Bnt there is another aompliment '
involved in the report. It means
that the French, after concentrat-
ing hai( their army around Verdun,
are still able to defend their front
rrom the sea around to Switzer-
ian(j. To be sure, the British have
j n,. i i
luauuu Bou.c ii.c ucuuies, auu
a few thousand Russians have come
aeienuing lune must scut ue
French.
For some time after the war be-
1 . A' . . : 1 , 1 .
Can we neara noining dui praise ior
tocracy. Its resources are less, but I
its spirit and discipline are fully as
gOOd .. ,; 1
Thus far tbe one great and en
couraging lesson of the ' war Is the
efficiency of popular rule. It was
efficient from the outset in France, road building,
It grows more efficient every day inj Federal aid should come quickly,
England. This war gives no warrant but it should come in a way to be
for the desperate counsel that we (applied effectively and without
must forsake democracy and betake j waste.
ourselves to military despotism for j Such legislation must follow one
safety. I of two plans: , Either an outright
TIfK GO-GKT-1T WAY
H
OOD RIVER proposes to in
stall adequate water ter
minals. Hood River county is prob
ably the best known county in
the world. It was something more
than Hood River soil and climate
that put that region in the geog
raphies. The spirit of the Hood River peo
ple did it. The mpod in that val
ley has always been the go-get-it j
mood.
The aprle trees there were not
planted and left to the care of the
codlin moth and the other pests.
They were not stuck in the ground
and left to grow op die as fate and
the elements might ordain. !
They were tared-for with a vig
ilant concern. Expert information j
was brought to bear. Horticultural ;
literature was rummaged. Agricul-j
tural college bulletins were eagerly
scanned for scientific information ! ground 50x100 feet, are two neat, tidy
on fruit culture. The method? that ! buildings and two larse metal tanks,
grandfather used were abandoned. I one of which is painted red-and one
Nor did the vigilance end with I Mar k.
the care Of the tree'-. Packing and j There is no sign or lettering upon
marketing were exhaustively stud-, -the buildings, indicating their con
ied. Varieties were experimented ' tents or to inform the public of the
with, and the best 'adopted. Every i nature of their uses,
phase of apple production w as ex- j There is no smokestack or other
haustively investigated and ad- j evidence of life without, and the way
vanced methods applied until the rarer would have a hard time guess
Hood River apple won its way as j ing what kind of industry is carried
the accepted favorite throughout j on within.
the inhabited world. A decade Of i An automobile stands at the door
that spirit has given Hood River j of one of the structures at certain
county, though geographically one J hours of the day, serving as a con
of the smallest, greater prestige i veyance to carry E. F. Piatt, manager
than any other Oregon county. ltof the institution, to and from his
is the go-get-it spirit, the t:pirit of j business.
no-way-to-fail that has made Hood i
River, and that will continue to !
make that region an example to the
rest of Oregon.
The Hcod River purpose to in-
Al renuieion tne v. uuainsiiaui
Sheep & Land company has sold
1 00,000 pounds of wool at the
highest price it ever received. It
ued to lie thought over in eastern
Oregon that tree wool would bring
me piague upon tne sneep, ongm
"pon the wool, and bankruptcy to
the grower. Everybody knows bet-:
ter now. The wool tariff used to
be written by the manufacturers j
for the manufacturers.
MU. IUTHTEL
M
R. FRED .1. RUCHTEL, now
deputy Ktate sealer of extraction and confinement has under
weights and measures by zone verr mttny changes. It consti
appointment of State Treas- tutes about one fifth of the total
urer Thomas B. Kay, is seeking a i volume of the atmosphere, and Is the
place upon the Public Service com-' supporter of ordinary combustion, it
mission of Oregon', in so doing he ; named oxygen because it was
is opposing the reelection of ' suposed to be present in all acids.
Thomas K. Campbell, who Since Modern experiments, however, prove
the creation of the commission by''lia' il not nssary in all cases to
legislative act 'of' 1907, has been acidity or to combustion. Oxygen
a member Of thatlOdv. nV be prepared by heating manganic
The Public Service commission, dioxide or Ptasslc chlorate, but is
as it has been amd is now consti- usual' taini fr0m a miture of
i .i It la a nflrmflriBnUv
tuted, has done valuable work for
' . ,.. nt ,
" J3""'1'. - 'W'.1
Oregon. The scope and the im
portance of its work has grown
with the state until it now stands
a quasi-judicial tribunal between
the public service corporation on
the one hand and the shipping and ;
traveling public on the other. It
has come before' it questions ex-
tremely technical in their nature
0J or.rn0,.hin in their , ,rvO t.-i 1 . 1
'is untrained in weighing with judi-,and
I cial scales the technicalities and
' the equities that continually come
before the tribunal to which he
aspires.
Th rMiErn.Mnn of Mr AttchiQnn
... nna fl. nj r,tQiQ,i !
member upon the commission from j
the eastern district. Efficiency de-
i mands that the majority of the
commission be veteran to the work.
Mr. Buchtel's aspirations are honor-
aide and praiseworthy, but The
Journal doea noI beev'e tnat thls
jg the Ume for the retirement of
direct and trained hands to guide i
the Public Service commission in '
it m
, e, jg the min who posseS8eg ;
these qualifications.
Vow Ynrk waiter, hac fallen !
heir to $600,000, Everything comes :
i,. ui. .j.
I
FEDERAL AID i
A
LTHOUG I ' the senate has substances. It forms one-ninth of the
passed the Bankhead bill, ap-; weight of water, and is present in al
propliating $83,000,000 for ! mot all organic compounds.
roads, it does not Aecessarilv ;
follow
that the present congress 1
i. j.u.i,. ...,
win iae uemi.ie atnuu on cms im- i
portant subject.. The question is of j
transcendent importance, ana u isnytic oxygen, it is used commercial-
, i . p , 1 . 1 , . I
aouuuui wiiemar mere-His yet. sum-l
cient inforfhation and' experience j
with which to act intelligently and i
witn tun unowieage. oi tne subject,
Of the many bills that have been
introduced in congress the past, two
years, none has been based on a
thorougji study or knowledge of
traffic facts, costs, etc. In other
words, the Hiis have presented no
scheme of Scientific improvement.
but have been cast in political
thought ' l
, ' Until definltetnformation is ac
quired.' it seenis unbusinesslike to
appropriate millions of dollars for
gui apportioned among ino states,
to be. spent by them as they see fit,
or an appropriation to be expended
by the federal government without
interference from the states. Any
middle course of joint authority
over location, type and supervision
would lead to conflict and waste.
Whether it was wisdom or only
chance luck, the late May days have
proven the superior comfort and
contentment of those who refrained
from shedding their "heavies."
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
I Again
tbe unique In things industrial i the
,h.b.U'iI.,ir,-w,.f- rorTKnri'4
ti iilc of thi
"XothlnK
I the story of an electrolytic gal ylant. Thi
prosperous inxtlrutlon bit n clear field, her'
in tbe northwest, and finds' Bull Run water
unsurpassed for its purposes.
IAj alone, by themselves, over at
Kast Seventeenth and Center
street, covering a plot of
AN OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN
' ' FACTORY.
i
The place is called the Portland
Oxygen and Hydrogen factory, and is
owned by tne portiand oxygen & Hy-
the oxygen it manufactures to escape
from Its captivity in the factory, nei
ther the nostril nor the eye'could de
tect it', but were the hydrogen to like
wise be liberated at the same time,
there would occur all the trouble the
most bellicose could desire. For these
two elements never liave and never
will agree. In the language of Mr.
Piatt, "they fight like cats and dogs."
Oxygen is a gaseous element dis
covered by Priestly in 1774. though It
had been in use by man since the days
of Adam; so it i not a new thing, by
any means, though the method or its
l""e l,w " " "
classic fluid, invisible, inodorous, and
a little heavier than atmospheric air.
In mechanical mixture with nitrogen;
it forms atmospheric air.
IX WATER. ANIMAL, AND VEG
ETABLE MATTER.
Water contains about per cent
of it, and it exists in most animal
and vegetable products, acid", salts
and oxlds. It is soluble in water to
., . , ft , f of f h.
life, it has a powerfu; attraction
, for most of the simple substances.
. especially .for the electropositive bod-
! ies, the act of combining v;ith whlcrt
lis called oxidation. The com-
! pounds thus formed are called oxids.
ovidation is often attended with the
evolution of heat and light, as in all
cases of combustion in atmospheric
air. Sometimes oxidation is slow and
unattended with such phenomena, as
! in the gradual rusting of metals,
i Combustion is the union of inflam
i mable matter with oxygen. Oxygen
! gas Is necessary to respiration, and
no animal can live in an atmosphere
which does not contain a certain por-
tion of uncombined oxygen. Oxygen
evolved from trees and plants by
iho action of the sun's rays on the
carbon compounds contained in the
' moistened leaves, and those leaves.
! while the v give out oxygen, absorb
. arbonic acid from the atmosphere for
their nourishment.
1 Hydrogen is an elementary sub-
stance existing at ordinary tempera-
lures as a colorless, tasteless and in-
odorous gas, the lightest of all known
ELECTROLYTIC
There are 52 cells
OXYCE.V
in the Portland
factory, united by electric connection,
-,nd its product is known as electro-
ly jn welding and cutting iron and
?teei. and for medical purposes, it fs
produced by electrolytic decomposj-
i tion of distilled water, and is claimed
to be as pure a quality of gas as can
bo made. It is an improved process,
Mr. Piatt says, giving forth oxygen
99 Vi per cent pure and hydrogen 99.8..
per cent pure.
"Few people." Mr. Piatt says, "who
use oxygen realize that there is a
great difference in . the gas. offered
the trade. - This is so, however, and
once a man realites how much more
expensive apobfl oxygen la i arid poor
oxygen Is simply impure oxygen), he
can 'protest himself by a little study
of the substance. The two sources of
commercial oxygen are air and water.
Pure air consists of 21 per cent oxy-
gen and 19 per cent nitrogen. Ogygen j Dub,n but
is the element that supports combus-i still a long, long ways from Tlpperary.
tion. Nitrogen does not burn. Hydro- ft begins to 'look aa though the
gen, however, the other element in 1 w-eather is on the verge of something
, or other.
water, is a valuable ga in itself, and
. , M , , , , j A report that ilia is growing whis
does burn, producing a lii;Ii degroe of kers may mean he is tired of so many
heat. Atmospheric oxygen, aj f umished -'ose shaves.
to the trade, is nothing more than air! One difference between buseball and
i i. 'war is that war's schedule is not tlla
with some of the nitrogen removed. It arl.angeU so ,Ilu,.n ,v the weather.
is some improvement over ordinary j SmiFvhat, fo tJ,e aimay of his en
atmosphere, if 97 per cent pure, but emies. President Wilson .shown excep
is at least 35 per cent less efficient I 01 0iy 'P'" the shi of
than electrolytic oxygen, on account of AccordinK to a Chicago doctor, the
the presence of nitrogen, for nitrogen white man. is so salty that South Sea
is worse than useless is positively
detrimental. Electrolytic oxygen is
100 per cent efficient."
HAS THE FIELD ALMOST ALONE. I eliminated and ' the banquet made
This is the only electrolytic oxygen ' l'Pular. 0 t
. , ,, ra.,ifi The British war office has an-
plant on the north Pacific coast, and nount.ed that the Zeppeiin wln D re
It has only an air plant in California ferred to as "he" and not as "she."
'as a competitor. Electrolytic oxygen
1 " t an average, price of 2'i
cents a cubic foot or 3Vi cents a gal
... , ..15,. .sornethin)r about navigating Salt Creek
price of oxygen extracted from the if he starts up it.
air. but, aa explained, the quality is a resident of Madison. Wis., left
superior. The territory covered by j hat city $100,000 for public improve
K J , inents. This is another sort of Wis-
the local plant includes )regon, W ash- i ronsin idea, but a good one, that we
ington. British Columbia, Idaho and
Montana1, and It is run every hour of
the year to supply the demand upon it.
All cells, pipes and tanks containing
oxygen are painted red. as stated .in
the beginning concerning the rnitfide
tank, and all hydrogen tanks and ap-
paratus are covereid with black. This j
i fnp Vi a Tii-nri,i rf avnitiinir ronfu-
sion of one with die other, as, should!
it happen that tjiey should become!
mixed, there woud be more trouble
than with a Villfata army. But the
trouble wouldn't last. It would be
over in an instant.
The pure Bull Pun water used is
ideal for the ue of this factory, Mr.
Piatt declares. No better could be
found in the world!
And thus is mentioned still another
Portland industry minus competition
in a very large field. Mr. riatt came
here from Dayton, Ohio, to engage in
the business, and has had his factory
in operation since December, 1914.
Isolated as it is, it is not likely 500
citizens of the city ever until now
have heard of it.
Letters From the People
Communication? sent to Tbe Journal for
(jchlication in tills department should be writ
ten on only one side of the paper, should not
noeed 30o words in length, and must be o-i-cmpunled
by tbe nauie and address of the
feeder. If Ihe writer does not desire to have
ihe name published he should oo slate.
'Piscusslon is tbe greatest of all reformers.
It rationalizes eTerytuiiiK it touches. It robs
principles of all false sanctity and throws them
bsck on their reaauuableuess. If they hate no
rccaonableness. It ruthlessly crushes them ont
of existence and sets uo its own conclusions lu
their stead." Woodrow Wilson.
The Poor Farm Attorney Fee.
Portland, May 10. To the Kditor of
The Journal On behalf of Mr. Kvans.
A. E. Clark seeks to avoid the issue of
his employment as special counsel to
foreclose the mortgage on the poor
farm. Speaking from the county rec
ords, the suit in which the $4500 at
torney fee was allowed was filed on
September 13, 1J13, nearly nine
months after Mr. Evans took his of
fice. The work done by 5fr. Clark in
which he admits the receipt of the
$250 attorney fee, was closed on No-
vember 27. 1912. Mr. Clark claims that
for his services in the law suit he has
not received any compensation what
ever from Multnomah county or from
anyone. The' county records show that
on February 13, 1915, Mr. Clark signed
and kddresed a letter to the board of
county commissioners of which the
following is a copy:
Portland, Or.. Feb. 13, 1915. Board
of county commissioners. Courthouse,
City, tJentlemen: This is to advise you
that in the case of Multnomah County
vs. B. M. Lombard et al (the county
poor farm foreclosure suit) the appeal
of B. M. Lombard has been dismissed,
the decree of the lower court in favor
of the county affirmed, and the man
date of the supreme court entered ac
cordingly in the circuit court. This
concludes the litigation. The property
was sold under the decree last May.
the sale confirmed, and :f no redemp
tion is made before the expiration of
the period allowed bv law, title in fee
simple will be reinvested in the
county.
Judgment for costs in the sum of
$92 was entered in favor of the county
and against B. M. IJmhard upon ap
peal. The amount of these costs has
been collected by ns and has been
passed to the credit of the county
upon our books and will be the subject
of adjustment when the matter of fees
is taken up. It occurred to us that
the matter of fees had better be post-
poneu uniw suvii ume as it is deter
mined whether or not redemntion Is
to be made. If redemption is made and should I be honored by my party
the matter of attorney's fees will be in being sent as their delegate to the
TVrIS!L. 1 deorep ,f th.t ,ourU St. Tonls convention. I will at all
up and discussed with ypu before any Woodrow Wilson and the wishes of
statement is rendered. The sueress- his representatives in framing the
ful determination of the litigation is party platform. ' keeping always in
a source of gratification to us. as it i mind the instructions of the Demo
w,l no doubt be to you Yours very :ratlc party of Oregon.
In' the foregoing loiter he admits ! .HELEN I. TOMUX8QX.
the receipt or $92. which he "passed
to the credit of the county upon our
books and will be the subject of ad- I Portland. May 6. To the Editor of
justment when the matter of fees are ' The Journal So our city commission
taken up." and says: "If redemption . ers have glven up the hunt for the 1100
is not made, the matter of attorney's . . . , ... . . .
fees will be taken up and diZ cords of wood which disappeared, but
with you before any statement i
any statement is
rendered."
Those who know Mr. Clark will be
slow to believe that he would foreclose
a mortgage ior , 130,000 for the county
I nr nnvntiA pUa without 1. 1 T
v. j ...... iijtirwug any
charge for his services. The court
did allow $4500 ttfts an attorney fee
No redemption was ever made; and
yet. in the face of this letter, Mr. I
Clark says: "That the countv has
never paid e one dollar for the work .as above, would help solve the unem
ln that foreclosure suit, nor has any- ployed problem, as the unemployed
one else, and wants the public to be-j could be put to eaddying, cutting the
lieve that he foreclosed ,a $130,000 ! grass, irrigating and otherwise taking
mortgage for the county without any ' care for these municipal golf courses,
charge for his services when the upon which our laboring men will din
county acquired title to the property j port themselves in knee breeches and
and $45,000. in partial payments on the ' sport shtrts after their day's work, is
purchase price. The above letter, ! over
written February 15, 1915. says that By tbe end of the first year the citv
"the matter of attorney's fees win be wni probably have $25,000 invested ;n
taken up and discussed with you be-lthfi rut srolf course and recreaton cen-
fore any statement is rmilmul " nn
admits the receipt of $92 costs, which
he applied on his attorney's fee.
MILTON REED KLEPPER.
Alleges Bi-partisan Coalition.
Ontario, Or.. May 8. To the Editor
of The Journal People generally
throughout the state, and especially
eastern Oregon, are not aware of the
resurrection of the old time relic of
bossism -a scheme to form a powerful
bipartisan political machine, which
ha been carefully hatching by WH1
R. King, who is at present holding
down a. lucrative government Job at
Washington, and his former law part-
ner. V. IL Brooke., th author of the
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
cannibals won't eat him. Another rea
son tor not being too fresh.
The Navy league is to give a
"speechless banquet" next Tuesday. If
i-.videntiv they consider mm loo mean
r a ner.
a
That
arly
Narrows candidate who
nearly drowned attempting to ford the
Malheur
in a Ford
ought
to know
have heard very little about.
JOURNAL
l'l Around the
"Have you been around the Sandy
river loop?" yon will be asked one
these days.
And you should at least he able to
j answer ro. but I rearl airut it in
Journal Journeys and I certainly in
tend to take that wonderful little
trip."
As a candid matter of fact, the
Sandy river loop isn't quite ready yet,
nor will it be until the undergrade
viaduct between Fairview and Trout
dale is finished and the two mile
stretch on the east shore of the Sandy
Is paved.
But these things will be done in a
few weeks; meanwhile, make your
plans.
The Sandy river loop is composed
of Sandy boulevard, the new road now
under const rui-t ion on the east shore
of the Sandy river, and the Base I-ine
road, including any line of approach
you may choose.
The distance is less than 40 miles
and two to three hours should be a
comfortable allowance of time.
It 1.; the new road lhat gives the
loop its novel charm. fnder the brow
of the cliffs, by the side of the flash
ing river, with trees and grass, springs
and miniature water falls about you,
it will seem that you have come surely
to the valley tf contentment.
infamous Brooke-Bean Mil, making It
a crime for a candidate to the legis
lature to subscribe to Statement No.
1, and other nefarious legislation.
King, -who has been national com
mitteeman for Oregon and has se
cured comfortable government posi
tions for nearly al! of his relatives,
has been especially active and success
ful in inducing the president to name
his favorites as appointees to office
In eastern Oregon; and, strange
though it may seem, a good many
have ben appointed, upon King's re
commendation, regardless of whether
they were Republicans, Socialists,
Democrats or what not, so long as
they were "King men." and that usu
ally means that they are also "Brooke
men," for Brooke is considered as
King's "rubber stamp."
King is going to take no chances.
at the coming election, oi losing nis
patronage prestige or his Jobc so he
is not only making a strong euori to
secure reelection as aeiegaie to ine
Democratic national convention, but
the same interests that are promot
ing King's candidacy are also encour
aging Brooke's candidacy on the Re
publican ticket for delegate to the na
tional convention.
1'nlests the voters generally through
out eastern Oreeon become awake to
this pretty scheme as Malheur county
voters are, King and Brooke will be
enabled to have a great jollification
session after election and exult over
the clever manner In which they
pulled the wool over the voters' eyes,
and It will be "heads they win. tails
you lose." ONKWHO KNOWS.
Mrs. Tonilinson Disclaims.
Portland. May 10 To the Kditor of
The Journal T ask the privilege of
using your columns to correct a per
sistent report, circulated in' regard
to my candidacy as delegate at large
to trie St. Kouis national convention,
to the effect that I am affiliated with
the Congressional union.
I wish to state emphatically that I
have no sympathy with the methods
or propaganda of this organization,
that I am not now, and never have
een. affiliated with them in any way;
Municipal Golf Links.
Ior wnicn ine cicy p.a .or ine cut
ting ana naunng. ana nave votea to
K'v0 UB mumcltial EO,r "nK"- Jrue-
tney hav been badIy needed for a lonK
time, and it is remarkable that only
one municipal goir course isplanned.
Why not have four municipal golf
courses; one In the northeast side; one
in the southeast side; and two on the
west aide.
Four municipal golf courses, located
I Js
ter, for grading, seeding, comfort sta
tions, policemen, watchmen, caretak
ers, male supervisors, female super
visors, golf teacllers, pipe laying for
keeping the course green and water
for irrigation.
After the city has invested upwards
of $100,000 in developing the course
and recreation center, the lease will
have expired snd then It will be a
question of losing the Investment or
paying the Ladd estate a half million
dollars for the course. The proposition
savors of a real estate deal and un-
i Questionably should b submitted to
j the voters before any men y, of tbe
taxpayers ls used on any such enter
.prize. i-&. : GEORGE 8 SIXTH.
AND NWSIN BRIEF
OKEGO.V SIDELIGHTS
The Baker Herald ursrs that Baker
have a Baker day to teach people that
it long aKO discarded the name of
"City" and is no 1ohm- Baker City.
.
The auto fire truck recently pur
chased by the citv couihII of Koseburg
will be in use about May L'0. It l
equipped with hose, ladders and chemi
cals, and will roxl
"Over in Cove." sa s the I. a tiranJe
Observer, "tlit- appie tier i.s giving
way to the herry hii.i piunc. Also a
few muie-l'out botis lum I alien root
around the Robert French and Hill ig
Uen ranches. This indicates that I'mi:
will before long be a district of divn
sitied farming."
The annual pilgrimage of Kvpsles is
now movtiiK a-c loss Oiegon. leaxlng in
its wake a line of press nolle of
which Ihe following, from t lie Med ford
Sun. is a fair sample; "A nnn of
gypsies encamped on the banks of Hear
creek, hae been told to make them
selves scarce by the polie. They
pestered people with the.ir plean n
have their fortunes told, and otherwise
made theini-eU cs a nuisance."
"This Is the season." says the Med
fovd Mail Tribune, "of activities tor
the ubiquitous pedestrian who enter
tains himself and the public by walk
ing from one place to another and tell
ing how much tun it is. The dis
tinctive difference between him and
that other class of foot tourists Is
that be obtains ihe signatures of city
officials as he bops, while city offi
cials usually obtain the signatures of
tramps who travel incognito if they
don't travel fast enough."
JOURNEYS
Sandy River Loop
I
To your cablet n O si tors il will
seem that you hxo brought them to
the shadow of the mountains, and if
you lack time -for the Columbia river
highway or some really mountainous
route, you will find it impossible to
select a short trip that will leave a
better impression.
As part of the rule you might go
north on Williams and Vancouver
avenues to the Columbia boulevard,
thence riding cast to the Sandy road
and on out through the green country
side past Fairview and Troutdale to
the lower bridge, where you -will cross
to the new road. You will find that
this way lies close to the Columbia
and that between the great river and
the road are broad meadows and
lakes. By the time the, loop is com
plete the dancer from crossing the
main linn of the V-V. K. N. will
have been eliminate!' by the under
grade viaduct.
In addition to its beauties you wll.
find the new road a delightful place
for picnics.
Returning, cross the Sandy river by
the upper or Automobile club bridge.
For some time it will be necessary
to use the rather steep grade Just west
of the Auto club, but it will not be
long until the easy grade of the more
direct road to the end of the Base
Line road will be ready.
Heaping the Harvest.
From the Pendleton Fast Oregonlan.
If OreRon docs not get 4 0 per cent
of the land grant money for the irre
ducible school fund the blame will
rest upon the rlppuTtments of the In
terior and of agriculture, claims the
Portland Oregonlan.
That claim might be true If Ore
gon had exerted proper enersy In the
matter and had failed to Korure
results. But it Is manifestly unfair
to "'pass the buck" to others when
1 One Oregon senator lias not been
In line on this subject.
2 Onn Oregon congressman has ben
out of line and talking for something
entirely different.
3 When the governor of Oregon, af
ficially asked by congress to make a
suggestion as to the disposal of the
grant lands, failed to respond.
4 When the Oregon legislature
passed Its "midnight resolution" Im
ploring the supreme court for a rul
ing favorable to the railroad company,
saying nothing about the school fund.
5 When a so called land grant con
ference held at the solicitation of the
governor, failed to eay a word in fa
vor of using the grant lands to build
up the school fund.
On the strength of the foregoing
it is correct for the world to assume
that officially the state of Oregon Is
opposed to the principle of the Cham
berlain land grant bill. The ruling
political brigade in the state has not
wanted such disposition made of the
grant lands.
With the state so divided It U not
surprising the Interior department and
the department of agriculture have
not favored giving 40 per cent of the
money to Ihe school fund. Why should
they give the state something that Is
seemingly not wanted when other
states are anxious to secure the money
for reclamation projects?
In view of the situation In this state
how can anyone with sincerity criti
cise federal departments for not ask
ing more for Oregon? Are we not
getting results in keeping with our
own efforts?
A Shameless Libel.
From the New York World.
In dixcusslng the reports of Villa's
death-the World remarked that "it Is to
be regretted that all Americans will
not share in the general satisfaction
that accompanies this solution of a
problem which only yesterday was
acute and menacing.
Our young and temperamental neigh
bor, the Evening Sun, wonders wfeat
Induced the World "to utter a snarl
of this sort," and adds: "We cannjt
help regarding the assertion that any
considerable number of Americans
Will fail to share that satisfaction as
a shameless libel on those whom It is
intended to Injure and insult."
Perhaps the Evening .Sun will per
mil us to call its attention to a dis
patch which was printed on ' the first
page of the metropolitan edition of th.;
Evening Sun. Monday, under the head
line. "Villa's Death Would Upset (i
O. P. Plans":
"Washington, April 17. Political
plans for the coming campaign will be
knocked sky-high if the report of
Villa's death proves true, according to
aithington opinion.
"'The luckiest man that ever lived!'
exclaimed one, Republican leader when
he heard the news. He referred to
President Wilson and not to Villa.
'The Republican convention plan, as
le Vrs here had mapped It out, whs
that Temporary Chairman Harding
should rake the Democratic tariff and
domestic policy and that the perman
ent c-halrman should take 'watchful
waiting' as his text in a 'foreign rela
tions' attack on the administration.
This plan was to'have been followed
in the campaign and most Republican.)
have thought the Mexican situation
better s-j'ted for htump speakers than
any economic argument.''
In the circumstances, comment Is
superfluous.
Very Inconsistent.
From the Springfield (Ohio) Xews.
. The shoemakers are the most in
consistent people In the world. They
are howling about the scarcity of
leather and making the tope "of tne
shoes- higher all tho 'time. : -
ThgQnce Qer
THERE ISN'T axv HKA SON par
ticularly that l ,,, B,.f.Wny i
fhouldn't reveal the wliole piot
becuusu that's what ;i plot i for.
and it isn't ininh ,,r H plot if
somebody doesn't reveal it.
And I might as well Kne It away. '
before somebody clc does.
I .1x1. n . I. m. 1 -
""I'll ' 1IT- I..IJ, AHKIIU- 1
guess that plots don't rcuuiin secret.
And as 1 was saying --t here isn't
any reason for not telling.
JAnd I happen to know (that
the way to start when revealing a
plot) ihat there ls a plot
a well-laid and deeD-hatched nlot
-(If the copy desk doesn't censor
tlioo forecful phrase)
to mako a large number of our
best citizens so to sreak "suffer the
tortures of the damned "
JAml 1 put those weighty words
in quotation marka.
- so as to protect them(from Hie
said copy desk.
" And the copy desk everybody
should know is a number of tired
youiiif men.
--who have to read everything that
goes in the paper.
-and that's what makes them tired.
1 And when they ee a. real good
line- something new and novel Itke
"suffer the tortures of llic damned"
they cut it oul.
not t'mt it nwikes sny difference
lo them but they llnnk (he public
oufrlit to be proleeted.
tj They like sin li stuff themselves.
and choose f. r their reading the
cry magazines--! hat are full of such
pnrases.
Rut 1 fear I digress.
like a candidate for office trying
to tell why he Is a candidate.
U And the idea is that these bet
itir.enH who are to bo tortured are
candidates for office.
and they are going to be com-pe'-ed
lo tell why.
which ls the most cruel and un
usual punishment that can be given
a candidate.
because he doesn't like to tell his
real reason.
51 It's a whole lot enaler for the
average candidate to tell how to save
the country.
or what's lhe matter with Europe.
- -or how mm. i preparedness we
need.
or why taxes are hlph.
ot anything ele that he doesn't
know anything about.
51 Hut about the plot against the
candidates:
5JThey have nil been summoned to
appear before the Portland Press
club at the oregeni grill next Sun
day at noon.
5JAnd the event will be called a
"candidates' inferno."
because that's what the candi
dates will have lo go through.
5J And the worst thing of all that,
will be done to (hem- will be that
they will be compelled to tell why
exactly why they are candidates.
51 And while they arc standing there ,
writhing anil trying to keep from
telling by telling something else
they w'ill he nrouiided by unsym
pathetic persons.
- who may Jeer ut them.
5 And I'm going to give the victims
a tip- an to how to make It easier
for themselves.
5J All they'll have to do to make a
hit Is to admit that they want th
je) for the money there's In It.
or some other selfish purpose,
and not to help the dear people.
5 Hut I'm afraid this tip will do no
good- because
51 LISTEN That's the hardest thing
of all for a curiilldHte to own up to.
POEM THAT HAT PXmiBK.
Something Doing.
Dear old Skag. is on tho move.
Urn can note it every day.
The buildings that we see at noon,
Bv night are whisked away.
'e must have room the builders cry,
To erect out stores and apartment
high.
Tho priees will be soaring noon.
Will double they say by the end of
June,
Dame fortune awaits to fill our lap;
If we take her Hp and grab the snaps.
New faces on the mart eaeh day.
Invest their coin with glee,
They see the ttoom now on the way.
To Skagway by the Sea.
Sksgway Alaskan.
-Life's Infinite Variety.
i:rl Hiirtlfp. a iimmii F41. I taking hi
meald through n atraw tioTvariaya, teaiiMe of a
allp reaultltig In Ha.Tnllp'a Hp lxJng a wl
Up. Hitxllp naa playing hill, being at (tinned
In the left garden iien tbe batter clipped
liot croumler towards Mm. Ila.rallp allpped In
(hi- Lay aud the hall allpped up agalnat lnf
allp'a ilpa. neeeaaltatlng aeTeral Miftchea and
alwi neeeaaltatlng Haralfp'a nipping hla nip
tl rough a bey allp.--Cor Ilia Uazette-Tlmee.
A enitpla of Medfnrd rIMtens engaged In
near flatle duel Sunday evening, no blowa being
landed, bnt a lot nf fancy footwork engaged In.
Rail blood liaa eilated between theae two for
aouie time. Med ford Sun.
A number of I'ugene people who are Inter,
en ted in Inaeeta hare organised a atudy eluti.
Here'a hoping tliey devote gome attention tn
the variety of Insert that atand on the eor.
nera and starea at passing women. Kugena
Iieglater.
I'ncle Jeff Snow Kays:
Roosting prices on land and then
borrowing money on the boost may
be a great game, but it ain't farming;.
'Pears like the Republicans are worry
in" a great deal more'n necessary about '
who is goln' to be their sacrifice this
fall.
Astounding Disclosure.
BED IS PRINCIPAL ITEM t
OF SLEEPING CHAMBER
Headline Sunday Oregon ian.
.
This Is startling, and In line with
this disclosure other important facts
may come to light. 1
For instance. 1t mav develop tnax
food is the main thing about a meal.
Or that tobacco is necessary to the
tobacco-habit.
Sjorwr ofr
StreetgsiTown
A Story With a Stick iri It.
kfX A-HA.'' roared a merry voice over
the Street and Town depart
ment'g telephone the other day, "Here'
a good one for your funny man to
write."
"Well?" answered the S.'and T. man.
reaching for a red lead pencil.
"I'm a lawyer and I Just called up
Judge Dayton's court room to arrange
shout the postponement of a case b
cause a stick bad fallen on Ihe judge's
toe and he was laid up.
"I Rot the Judge's stenographer on.
the wire and she said bo-ho.' that It
was a good thing the stick was not th
same kind of a one that sometimes
falls on some circuit Judge's toe.
Har-harl j,
"Now Wasn't that Just the richest
thing you ever heard?". . ;i
"Richer than fat .pork," we replied,
trimly. . . . 4 .
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