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THE OREGON DAILYi JOURIIAL, POliTLAND, FRIDAY, LIAY 12, 1313.:
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AN JKDEPICMENT WBWSPAPKH.
s. j ackson Pafttteho j In the assignment of Cantine to
.i.t.t wrrry dr. afternoon ami tnonUna; this ' WOrk there is duplication Of
-xnpt Sunday aftmoon). at Tu Jw1 ,work already accomplished by En
u.Wixw, IJroadw. ami XamWU at.- Port. T
erea it tba postofflca at Portland. Or., for
xnnnlMtoa Uiroaga tbe null Meood
- mutter.
i.Kl'HONKS Main 7173; Home. A-0001. AU
partmrats frarbad by the nombera. TaU
f. operator ahst department you widl
, I
Ktaoa AintHTiui iua'KhKNXA.n vis ;
I amis 4 Keatnor Co.. Bnwwlca BMg..
- riftb a.. Ntw xork. Pcopta-a
.a mnn cbifyo. ;
Mibacrlptloo trrmk by audi or to any ad.
k, l tb felted State or Mexico:
DAILY UOCMNO OB ASTKUMOON)
. jaaT.........3.00 one maatb t -CO
arnw niv
, ,... KM I on; .sentfe .25 ,
,itr luntmL nn a.tkiinoon ANU
: SUNDAY
..17.50 I One month. .
.$ .at
f America asks nothing for herxelf but what
i baa right to nU for humanity Itaelf.
j.,.,- WOODROW WILSON.
I Million for deferine. hut not rent '
fttmU. f.UAULliS C. IMNCKNICT.
. The block of amnlte which rn an
, obstacle lu the pathway of the onk tm-
cornea a atopplng at ue lu the putiiwuj
t 9t tba strung. Carry it.
I
THE SECRET CIRCLE
1 S- '
N AN address beforo the
j grecslve Business Men's
Pr-
clllb
V yesterday, Judge E. V. Little- good 8iiepherd and watch over the j the mountain or along the level, : dissolved by sweat. In gold the de
, . field, Republican candidate for Bheep wno .wrIte t hings to be ' and which route would be the least 1 vlce ,s SOId at $5' and eold flud
onSTess, declared that one of the . printed, and assist them in saying expensive in getting his wheat to j a 3-
rigadiers of invisible government ' only such things as the shepherd market? Yet it is the over-moun-1 Perpetual Light.
aOregon was paid $1000 by the.i(Mnkg nnp.ht t0 be sald- It goeg tain route on which the Columbia! E w Laufman claims to be one
asualty companies to lobby against on the assumption that the foolish basin farmers are paying freighter the " oldest commercial travelers
he-Workmen s Composition bill sneep ougnt not to have a chauce rates On their wheat, all in spite of 'cn the North Pacific coast, but he
t the 1915 secsion of the lcgisia- s t0 get publicity for their thoughts, the fact that there is a water-level ha'' at last retired and is conducting
ore their hopes, their aspirations and haul along the Columbia river to an active manufacturing business of
: lie declared that the compensa-1 their desires without a goodo shep-, Portland. They should try and his own at 317 East Thirty-seventh
lOn bill was held up by the invis-; herd's guidance and. supervision. 'figure out how much money the street, two blocks south of Haw
ble gang until the last night of the j The Journal is profoundly grate- ' arrangement has taken out of their thorne avenue. He is a brother of
ession when, under threat of de-, f ul for the tender regard evidenced rockets, and Portlanders should tne interrrational Harvester company's
eat of the measure, the brigadiers in its neighbor's advice. It is ah, figure out how much they have lost manager at Chicago, Is alert, under-
orcea me nouse to pass ine spoils-1 ?0 sweet, Clarlnda, to hear those through this remarkable discrimi
aen'e bill. onliest own wcrd3, and it would be i nation.
Judge Littleflcld was a member!
f the 1915, house at Salem. His
ecord, like that of several house
nembers of the Multnomah dele-
atlon, was excellent. He had op-,
ortunity, through his membership ;
rithft honsft. to know what wna
'There is no way to mlsunder-!
tand the meaning of Judge Little-,
ield'e charge. It will be remem-
ered that the compensation bill
vas the .object of an organized ;
aid vehement assault. The Ore
'"""- '",". W1C I .
;0nlan led the attack in numerous
ditorlals. The Day gang did the ;
Ottsh fighting in the committees
md on the floor of the legisla-!
ure. Such invisible government
brigadiers as were not members of
he legislature, wciked in the state .
ious corridors. I
r. Until now, there has been no
mfclic charge that coin of the realm !
'irured in the assault on tho mean- i
,re, a measure that had been ap-i
sroved by the peoole in a vote of I
aearly four to one arrl in an elec-I
lion . in which it carried every j
;ouiy.
We are beginning to find out
rungs inat tnrow lignt on why leg-
slatures are so disappointing. It
3 UeBlnnlng to be clear that the j
ecret circle of invisible govern-1
nent exercises large and vicious in
Jluence in the affairs of Portland
ind Oregon.
If the dear, young thinga cut
:hem much shortpr. those ahhrpvi. !
mV . T in, , r 1 y are-crease rent and fonce sales where
will be in the kl'.t class. - Uiq that croato weaUh
' ' ' " land value are nit present. No
; A DOUBLE HEADED SYSTEM j BUrh easy roaJ can be found. U
i does not exist.
TT 13 an axiom Jn all phases of, xhe thing3 that create values,
i Ufa that nffninniv . . ...
' """.imlutaln rents and bring buyers
X
v.tbere shall be only one head to
..l4..lln m-u t 1 1
tUlJ lUblHUUUU. ima rUie OOPS
not apply in the case of the Ore- '
'flu HIihwaT rommlsslnn , Tt Koa
, ,
;wu UOttUO- I After a year of investigation, a
! One head, State Engineer Lewis, j bureau of the Portland Chamber
did not approve the voucher for the ' of Commerce, led by Nathan
lAprll salary of Chief Deputy Can- j Strauss, concluded and reported
tlnev .. The other head, the members that the two things needed in
of the commission, lt ls announced, Portland are first, shipping, and
iwlll approve the voucher, in3ur- ( second, local manufactures.
jing-Mr. Cantine his salary for last! As to shipping, the federal gov
Jxonth. ernment has done a great deal to
' It will be recalled that Lewis provide Portland with facilities.
1 - wmuuijsiuu
i iew weens ugo mai tne services
of : Cantine bo terminated. He
frviB'fi hfa tiiffi-octlnn ,u T
Ioased,HU suggestion on the plea..
,fot 'economy of administrayon and
.aarmony in tne aepartment.
, The. commission did not accept'
!tnB IjOWIS VloW. j
During the month Cantine did '
inoi report to engineer lewis, who
'save 1 Cantine no assignment, he
beingV as far as Lewis was offi-
mA-vteA 111 I
jcially advised, no longer a member !
101 me organization.
had been aligned work by Gov-
.ernor Withycombe and has been j
icvu.wua luu luuiujiajiuu uirect,
' t 4- rmw Tiritc , o I
f- It la now reported that Governor 1
,vmjwu,u, u., utiuuieu uanune
4 I i ro. condl-1
. tons in eastern uregon in connec-,
iWB. Wllfl iaa propoaea JOnn Day
tate highway,
Under the direction of Lewis a
onhftisance of this suggested
ighway was made during April
r vue ui u sMitiiauis ana me
result reported to the county courts
nterested, two of whom. Grant and
ralhenr, have agreed to provide
funds for a preliminary survey of
highway within their bound-ka,
aries.
In Its double headed character
the highway commission Is, to Bay
I the least, unique.
It waa thought that the question
of whether the state engineer or
the chief deputy engineer ia state
... 7 ... . . .
highway engineer, was settled laat
December by the state supreme
court which in its opinion said;
The chief deputy state engineer Is
answerable to his superior. No man
can servo two masters. Any other
arrangement in the premises would
naturally lead to chaos and produce
confusion.
The situation today 13 certainly
chaotic, and meanwhile how far are
we likely to get in road building
with things going on as they are
at Salem?
The Louisville Courier-Journal
says some men are born great, some
achieve greatness, and some feel
great, and then have an awful head
ache the next morning.
I..KTTKItS FROM THE PEOPLE
GAIN The Journal ia not con
ducted as the Oregonian
would have it conducted.
This business of making The
Journal just what the Oreconian
would have it be, brings on one
trouble after another.
It la The Journal's "letters-from-
1 the-people" column that ia now in
bad with our neighbor. We are,
in effect, told that The Journal
ought to edit, subtract from and
j garble the letters that tho people
'write for publication.
! The thought seems to be that
The thought seems to be that J
Tho Journal oucht to be a sort of
to lovely if we could only make
your winning ways our ways. But
The Journal cannot, at this late day,
begin to censor and garble and
change its letters from tho people,
or to deny them publication. So
loner as the laruruaca la Darliamen-
. '. 7 ..... . .. .
tne leDth Wlthm t10"1"18- ine mal"
ter not libellous and the writer's
name attached, publication will ho
given. Indeed, it has always seemed
to The Journal that the public
' MinK -ni-v tA trr rrn o-fTAi rw riff ft m f
" . . -.r... ....
do maue to sune reabonauie
opinion. :
We know that our Indulgent and
affectionate neighbor has always
thought differently, and it is a
difference that has ever saddened
The Journal. But really if the Or-
rgonian will pardon these tears,
The Journal will go on printing
the people's opinions and let the
people be responsible for what they
eay. i
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The only Issue in the grant land
Usht is whether 4 0 per cent of the;
grant land proceeds are to go to
reclamation mostly in other states,
ur i'11 JIt &u l" LI1C "iCSvu
school children. Which side are
you on? '
!
'"Jt " " - - -
EHE is an indisputable fact:
A city is simply wasting
time when thought and en
ergy are confined to seeking
for gooU9 and products are payrolls
C3
A nnn,mron Chlnnlm, moboo
commerce and manufacturing i
. ... I
makes payrolls. 1
nut) am me hbuico.
Mouth or tne ooiumDia. . . xi8,96,740
PPer -otumoia io.049,4,4
Cppcr Willamette and locks. 1,318,728
yv : L
Total by federal government $29,864,942
Other exnendituren liavo hin
made by the state and the people
Tr nrovirlo mntoa fnr wntcr rrm-
merce. Here are the fisriireB-
Appropriated by state for
locks I 800,000
Expended by Port of Port-
land le a jetty work E.500,000
Expended by Portland dock
commission 2.100000
L,1. - , V " -V ," J ' 11 : - -7.9oo.ooo;
sea and inland waterway
... 64.942
The great 8um of 537,764,942
has thus heen P-rnonrio t m0i.o
water-borne commerce possible,
Having seen these great expend!-
turea mad tt a nwinon
I nOW to ask Ourselves, what hav i
we done to get benefit from them? j
m spite of what has been spent '
on the upper Columbia, are we. or
are we not paying freight rates
on a haul ovr tho mn,mt,;nS
btead of on a level?
In Bplte of the great sums ex
pended on the lower Columbia,
H
have we steamship line
.with Ha wail, with
with Alas.
the Orient,
with Australia and
with South
America? "'
It Is well for us to reflect on
these things, lest we forget, lest
we forget.
A man is repoited to have es-!
caped from jail by means of a man
icure file. This is a reversal of the
usual order. A great many men
break into Jail wtth manicure files.
REFIXED RHETORIC
w
HEN Mr. Bowerman Is on ;
his mettle he can use soma;11
very pretty figures of
speech. The metaphor by
which he characterized Mr. Hutton
would win a prifce from any con
scientious professor of rhetoric.
Mr. Bowerman said that Mr. Hut-
ton was "like a skunk" which
spreads "stuff" all 'over people. Dr- D- w. Koiie. optician-optometrist.
The word "stuff" which Mr. Bow- ; S-7 Wilcox building, this city, and
erman here uses is a delicate although but a youngster It Is hav
euphemism. His rare refinement j Ing a tremendous sale. This is not
would not permit him to Utter the confined to Oregon or the Pacific
ffcientlflc name for the liquid which ' coast. As fast as lts,merlts are made
the skunk exudes over its foes.
The "stuff" which Mr. Hutton
has spread abroad is Mr. McAr
thur's political recori. We are
reluctantly compelled to agree with
Mr. Bowerman that it is malodor-
OU3. But whose fault is it? Did j
Mr Hutton make th McArthiir
reeord or did Mr. McArthur make
it?
So far as we can see, Mr. Hut
ton's part in the matter was merely
to lift 'the cover. It was Mr. Mc
Arthur who supplied the contents.
If a farmer were en route to
Portland with a wagonload of i
wheat, would he select a road over !
a high mountain or a road along
u level? Could he haul more over
SOWING SIjAXDER
0
NE of the lawyers employed
by the big, predatory in
terests to work against Bran
deis is named Austen Fox.
person stands for "legal
This
,tV,W f th t tr.ncoal
Zl 'otor a ,3Ii
ar.ahCoter-T.nn"e pranTlfB T,l
. . " ' .77 , fKI
vioiatea tne coae or legal etmcs j
prevailing on the celestial heights
j L LUvJ uaii AtLtur lui ilia
.vtrnmnlv omnlnvoro Ac
'ZA . k'7, ,
tV
Brandeie which was pre Bented to
the senate sub-committee and tested j
ty evidence. I
Austen rois Drier contained ai
great many alleged facts but ln;ERADIUM WILL last FOREVER.
tne ngnr or tne eviuence every one i
of them was shown to be a false-.
hood. It was intended to blacken
Brandeis reputation. What it
actually did was to demonstrate
that Mr. Fox and his allies have
few scruples.
Now observe the quality of Mr.
Fox's "legal ethics." In spite of
the demonstrated falsity of his brief
ne, acting ior nis employers, or
course, has had it printed and ;
tent broadcast through the coun-
try. Tho lying document has been
enowerea copiously upon lawyers
everywhere. The purpose is to 6ome clock with an illuminated crys
prejudice them against Brandeis tal 8eHs at $7.50, and an illuminated
and move them to oppose his con- , cruclfix mounted on a pretty pedestal
firmation. ! ls priced at J2.50. Doo- plates may
The conspiracy against Brandeis be had at prlce9 ranging from 25
is abominable in every aspect. The tents to t2 and the figures will
means employed to defame him are 6nlne out at night as brightly as in
low and treacherous. The ends thday.
which his enemies hope to acconi- ( Mr Laufman has" a clipping from
; plish are dangerous to the country. 1 an Engissh newspaper saying that an
I If the senate yields to the machi-; aut0mobile painted with this sub
nations of these traitorous con rtnrirB mav h Been two miles dis-
BPlratr8 betray its trust
and besmirch the good name of
tne natio
It will not be long until a lot
of our perplexing problems will be
solved by the commencement ora
tors. TEACHERS AXD TAXES
6
T
HE Chicago school teachers
have an organization which (
has allied itself with the i
American Federation of La-
nor. it is caiieu me leacners r eu-i
eration Marearet Haley well
k t lovers of lihertv is its
Known 10 lovers or uocrty. ls Its
moving spirit. The Chicago school
board ordered the Teachers' Fed-
eration to dissolve. The teachers
went to the courts and the board's
decree was held illegal. The board
appealed and the higher court also
held with the" teachers. Now the
case has gone to the supreme court
of Illinois and of course the tax
payers must foot the bills.
Why does the Chicago school
r XZ
Th Vorlerattnr, ,-
struct3 discipline." "hinders the
board's policies," and bo on. But
. n nfi.iar,n' Kb- t,
real reason is explained by The)
Public and is well worth atten-
!
Thn Too ohArs" Federation r.rnnrht
suit a few years ago which com-
pelled several big Chicago cor-1
porations to pay up the taxes of
which they had been defrauding
the city. Now it is promoting an
other suit to bring some more
corporations to justice. . It is said
that on of these- huge comblna-r
V 1
tionsl escaped ' taxation . on : $200,
000,000. This makes it quite an
object to put the Teachers' Feder
ation out of business.
' May seems to have borrowed the
tears of April.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WltH PORTLAND
The small bet bony manufactory baa the
floor today. In No. 134 of tba "Nothing- the
Mitter With Portland" aeries. Three wtab-'
Hutment are grouped Id tba article. Cacb
rrLresents Initial InventlTenese aa well
i angled Industry. There la the appeal of
wtelty In each case, while utility la present
msue" j
H
EIRE is a trio of small factories.
but the product of each is a
useful spoke in the wheel of
Portlands busy life.
First of all, we have a nose piece
for spectacles and eyeglasses that
cannot get loose. It waa Invented by
known It is taken hold of by op
ticians in all parts of the country.
Wearers of glasses have all ex
perienced the hateful annoyance of
the screws In the nose pieces working
loose and the lenses dropping and
reaKing or being lost. Tnis new
invention makes this absolutely lm-
possible, and it is believed the time
will come when the device will have
not only national but world-wide
sale. Dr. Kolle calls it "the perfect
strap," and opticians agree that it
i rightly named. The mounting is
countersunk Into the lens and the
clasp of the patented appliance is
then 80 fastened that it never can
become loosened, but how this is done
ran be explained by examlna-
tion- No cement ia used, to be later
stands business and is making things
which have no counterpart on the
coast. He is one of a combination
of business men establishing an In
dustry In the United States the foun
dation for which was discovered by
Livingstone during his travels Ip
Africa.
What the stuff is Mr. Laufman
eilipioa in u iiiuuol.j, c ou.cii.u
secret hlcl no ono connected with It
w"l "vulge. They will only say that
"it ls not phosphate." This much
will declare with great earnest-
nes9anJ wju BWear t lt lf neces.
Bary. l"e' Da'
11. .m i-n TViif rlArtltfa V o
when Livingstone was in Africa he
discovered -a mineral which would
the n afld they are
employing thi3 for the conven.
lence and benefit of present day
civilization.
The Btuff ,9 named eraQlt3m and
according to Mr iufman, it has a
tnousarid uses. He has an assortment
of bulbs about the size of an orna
mental electric globe. The Inside of
this is coated with the eradium, and
It may be hung upon the gas or elec
tric light chain. In thw darkness of
the night it shines with a white light,
thus locating the chain so it may
be readily found and the light turned
on lt sella at 25 cents. Then he
makes match boxes whh,h give forth
brieht clow in the darknes. and
sells them at 50 cents each. A hand-
tant on the darkest night. Wonder
.f onvbodv in Portland will try the
paint on his machine?
A peculiar thing about the stuff ls
that if kept In total darkness for 48
hours or thereabout the light will
disappear, but tho moment lt ls re
stored to either natural or artificial
light lt is perfectly rejuvenated and
good as ever. It is fed by light, and
will -absorb only enough to sustain
it for from 48 to 60 hours. But lt
will last forever if given even an in
stant exposure to light after lt has
tdied.
Another peculiarity ls that it
changes color as the sun is setting,
from white to blue. Closeted in a dark
room with anything coated with the
lllumlnant one could tell the hour of
Bunset by the changing color of the
eradium, Mr. Laufman says, and no
one haa yet been able to account for
this.
Mr. Laufman says his place ls
visited, dally by many people anxious
to examine his productions and the
stuff he employs. IJ,is is a "curiosi
ty shop," indeed.
Everything for Poultry.
The poultry tribe of Oregon ought
to convene and cackle and prow a
vote of thanks to A. S. Pearce, of
Lents, for what he has done and is
doing for the feathered family.
Mr. Pearce was a manufacturer of
L - n nor hln anrl th Oem
j clothes cleaner, and he doea some-
thing in that line yet, but his "soul
seems to have gone out to the pout
terers. His regular and stable busi
ness is about a second consideration,
and his workmen are nimble slicing
up galvanised iron and fashion! ny an
. array of poultry utensiia. the like of
which can not be found anywhere else
In this bailiwick.
. Ajnong his Inventions there la . not
a thing that Is not original and dif- j
ferent from anything in the line I
manufactured in other.- factories con- I
structl specialties tor pouitrymen. j
r e mi nave seen ciucaen lountains,
but nons like his. We have noticed
chicken grit and feed boxes, but Mr.
. , M T.
Pearce s is different from them. Who
. , t . ... . . .
at all acquainted with henerles Is
not familiar with such thinga as
chicken feed troughs, egg testers,
brooders and brooder 1mm' Fverv
Drooaera ana brooder lamps. h-very
one of us; but those produced at
Lents are of an entirely new breed,
They are the kind made by Pearce.
, '
Invented by Pearce, are original with
Pearce, and a poultryman declared
them marvels. He said they would
. , . -
hai-. national rannwn 'h.fn.a monxr
have national
years.
MAKES HENS WORK.
Then there ls Mr. Pearce's self
feeder and exerciser.
Thls device is a vessel holdlngabout
a peck, and It stands on three legs
i
about throe feet long. From- the bot
tom hangs a pendulum with a recep
tacle made of fine meshed wire about
the size and shape of a water glass. nt Chicago to hire a hall of their own.
This ia filled with grain and when just as the Progressives did four years
Mr. Chicken spots it and Jumps up ! ago' .
t. . . . i,,v,. I,, A Portland pastor warns against the
to help himself to a luncheon, his Ehort ekjjrU jJot long aRQ d(K.tor9 con.
ill hits the pendulum and seta It In tlemned the long skirt. If women
motion It nwine-tne oDerates an ' nould begin wearing trousers some
motion, its swinging operates n . body - else would find fault. Poor
apparatus that releases a small woman!
amount of food from the can above,
which, dropping to the ground, dis
tracts the chicken's attention from
the grain attached to tho pendulum,
and he feeds from that which has
fallen, . If his appetite be not ap
peased he starts tho pendulum up
again, and so on until be has eaten
hla fill.
Mr. Pearce ls an old timer In Ore
gon. H came here from Indiana
years ago, and likes the country. "The
only bad move I ever made," he says,
"was when I went to British Colum
bia, thinking to better my condition.
I didn't do it, and now I Intend to
spend my days here."
He has been engaged in manufac
turing metal specialties for more j
than 20 years.
Letters From the People
tCommunicationa aent to The Journal Il
nuhlicatlon lu thia department should be writ- 1
ten 0? ouly one side of tue paper, shook! not 1
ftm trnrd in leneth. and must be ac-
compauled by the name and address of tho
1..- 1 . v. 4fA ,lwk nnt rtpslra to hsTA !
rhid state 1
uie unauc "
"PUotiMion U the greatest of all reformer.
prlceiplea of all false saucUty and throw, them .
back on their reaaonnblenesa. If they hate no
rfcesouableneaa, it ruthlessly crushes them out
If Dl 1 1(1(1 U llZHal eiBTI 1 V WUVlica. A b '
oi! existence and sets up Us own conclusions lu ,
their stead." Woodrow Wilson.
To Messrs. McCue and Johns,
Portland, May 10. To the Editor of
The Journal The attached letter of ;
Herbert Nunn. county highway engi-
noer. in entire charge of the construe-
tion of Multnomah county paved high-
ways.
is offered in partial refutation of
a half column of wilful misstatements
made in today's Journal by John C. Mc
Cue and Claude M. Johns. Let tho let
ter speak for Itself.
Mr. jonns, in ms jumui bihuubi-
asm. takes the nose counting method
M.oaur Air wnrlc nnri anftertfi that
Mr. Johns, In his youthful snthusi
wi. mcDi-s t
there has bee ,B less work for the die-
- - c, o -
6 than in a corresponding period
t year. If Mr. Johns would visit the
191
last
court house more frequently he would
know that the district attorney's of
fice never has been more busy In its
history than during the past four
months. If he would have dropped in
any night between 8 p. m. and mid
night he would have found at least
nignt ne wuuiu nave xuuuu ui least i e" l' . - , . , ., .i
two deputies at their desks. Ask the , connected with thorough training a nd
elevator man and the Janitors. Court last, but not least he must hav e a
sessions in the criminal department ! capacity for hard work ana De win
have been convening at 9 a. m. and ! ins to do plenty of It-
today tho trial deputy completed one A. G. Thmpson. who is seeking nom
felony case and selected the Jury In ! inatlon for circuit Judge In department
another ! No. 3 (the department now presided
In their campaign Mr. McCue and i over by Judge McGinn) has H these
Mr. Johns should be a little more care- qualifications, and if the people see
f ui to avoid giving such men as Mr. I fit to nominate and elect h-m , to that
XT,; .a,in tn .vno.,. thm Mr i Dosltion e will render the community
tr ' ,tt n
WALTER F. GEREN.
"Portland, May 8, 1916. Walter H.
Evans, District Attorney: I read with
much interest tne statement in Mon
day's Oregonian that the paving work
had been held up on account of the
slowness of the district attorney's of
fice in approving forms.
"During the writing of the speclfl -
cations. . remember that you worked
night and day to further the work, and
I-have been very mucn impressed since
that time with the promptness of jour
decisions.
"The fact that there has never been
V- l.cl rHemita nvor n.flHn0 n-
contracts ls the best evidence that
your work has been thorough. No pav
ing was held over from last year on
your account. The paving held up was
because of new grades, or other con
struction work In progress.
The volume of highway work de
ponding on your decisions for legality
has amounted to more than fC.500,000
In the past two years a very heavy
responslblllty, which you have han
dled in a very efficient manner. Very
respectfully, HERBERT NUNN.
"County Highway Engineer."
Blockade Orders.
Stayton. Or.. May. 7. To the Editor,:.... t,imnv h.thr elven bv di-
of The Journal Wfilch of the two na-
II.miantf n r- Fn.lAnJ . . . j
the first blockade, and on what date?
On what date did the other follow with
a blockade order? For what purpose
were these blockades proclaimed?
N. S. WAGNER.
On. February 4, 1915, the German
government proclaimed the water
around the British isles a war zone
after February 18. decreed the destruc
tion of every enemy merchant ship
found therein, and warned neutrals of
the hazards of navigation.
On February 18, 1915, the German
proclamation of a war zone about tho
British isles went into effect.
On March 1, 1915, Premier Asqulth
announced in the British house of com
mons the decision of the allies to en
force an absolute embargo on all trade
with Germany.
On March 11. 1915, a British orde'r-in-council
giving effect to the proposed
plans for cutting off Germany's sea
borne commerce was, signed by King
George.
The object of any such blockade is
simply to prevent an enemy nation
from obtaining supplies from outside
sources.!
Judge of the Circuit Court.
Portland, May 9. To the Editor of
The Journal One of the most im
portant public offices to be filled this
coming election is that of Judge of
the circuit court. He has to deal with , ductlon. If not, why not? I would place la the heart of patriotic Amert
vast property rights and with the lib- like for some scientist to answer this cans, ln your Sunday issue of The Joux
erty of the people. It ls Important to 1 question. Their plank denouncing our I nal of June 14. 1914.
get the right kind of man to fill this 1 social system ls good. Why should we D. M. O SU LLI VAN.
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
v.i
Speaking of preparedness, now Is the
- Dan Ol.
Germany's admission concerning the
Sussex is In the nature of a plea of
guilty after the evidence is In.
If you don't get thoroughly cleaned
up wfUie the campaign is on, it will be
1 all right to finish the Job next week,
I One good result of this preparedness
1 talk ls that we don't hear so much as
we did about Uncle Sams ability to
j lick all creation.
j Announcement that whaleskin is to
i be( used tor women's whit shoes lndl-
cates that a whale of a loot ia to be
appropriately dressed.
: The British will not shake hands
with Russian troops at Bagdad, but
the French would gladly welcome
.... . .. - J
more of them at Verdun.
P.altimore has decreed that love
making in the public parks shall be
confined to holding hands. Might Just
as well abolish it altogether.
EishoD Lawrence. sDeaklne at Bos-
'ton, urged simpler living. He ls right.
,S a nfar a? fnd
trout stream, a friend or two, and
somebody to do the cooking,
It will still be possible for thone
3 5,000 disappointed applicants for ad-
inlHlnn tr t h 1- onn-il in: n onnvpntinn
JOURNAL
12-Seeing Portland
See Portland first.
You live in a city whose beauty Is
not excelled by any other of this con
tinent. Its setting, among valleys and moun
tains, its excellently paved and shaded
streets, its green lawns and rose gar
dens, its beautiful parks and general
park-like appearance always win trib
ute from visitors.
But sometimes the question comes,
"How can we see most in two hours."
The answer is a route planned jointly
by The Journal and the Chamber of
Commerce last year. It haa not been
excelled as a means of visiting prin
cipal points or lnieresi-ine nos""1.
the. Forestry building, Washington
park, Terwllllger boulevard and the
east side.
Clip out this route. Keep it on file
.itv. ntiiior .louornal Journeys. Tra-
it for the gate of familiarity.
,le' so 11 . ,. it Th route
Take your visitors over it. The iou e
true vou the homes and rose garaeiib
f the east Sl(e first, Portland Heights
. . , u.ov
and Terwilliger oouievaru as
start from The Journal building at
Broadway and Yamhill, then proceed as
- j-. 1
follows: South on tfroaaway, i
Madison over Hawthorne bridge, east
Hmthornt north on East Twenty-
- . Re,mor,t. north on East
Tnirty-ninth, west on east Oak, north
on east uniriyiutru, -t
nn Past Ankeny. north on Laurel-
hurst, east on East Burnside, north
on east Thirty-ninth, west on East
JV
, Court northwest on Imperial.
. west on sandy boulevard, north on
position, bo that the greatest number
of decisions will be Just, equitable and
neordine to law; because many peo-
,""--.Ha financially to carry
i f even
ineir t.aooa . . . i
; a m tViAV knew that tne aeuiBiun
, 'fasety tha Iaw and evidence. What
, want is a correct aecision at m
and not decisions to be cor-
rmins. a e court
a correct decision at the
rected by the supreme
A person must have a number of
qualifications in order to be properly
fitted to fill that position. He must
be morally right, of iemperate habits
and good reputation; he must have
good Judgment ana common
'la distinct service. His early life was
spent on a larm ana, uiier iiu
the farm, he attended the Oregou
ct- rmrrnnl school at Monmouth.
Graduating from there he attended
oio-HJ .
and received the following degrers
from the following institutions: l.e
land Stanford Jr. university .-bachelor
of arts; Harvard university,- master
of arts:' University of Chicago, doctor
! 0f jurisprudence. In 1904 he was-lo
mitted to practice law in Oregon aim
; has practiced in Portland for tli last
i eight years. His-extended legal train
ine has thus been supplemented by
the nettssary experience lie is mar-
rid Ta family of two children. Is
. VCai . . . ' O
. ' and Vino lived in Crti-
gon 32 years.
A. K. HILL.
Cross Examinations.
. , . ,, T. (h. vflrt(1P
Portland. May 8. To the i.aitor
The Journal-What would you think of
a case under Investigation, whether in
court or ue.uiw a. . --
: which objection is made to cross ex-
aminatlon? Isn't cross-examination to
ehow falsity of the witnesses' testi-
rnony; wouia it u i
side when the other side was not cur-
tailed?
As a taxpayer interested in getting
things straight, 1 nope tne ooaru ui
rill hear all neces -
school directors
" nr ..,OBS examination; otherwise.!
......
there might be a doubt of fairness,
mere ..s tqhN PURVOGAL
.
Socialism and Democracy.
.... . "!: ... a .hMitn
Oliver i . ... -?
"..L" ..Ti.: M . nu ii
press defending Socialism, lor which
he has been severely criticised. I have
"i"5" .
no doubt Mr. Barzee means well. In
fact, Vhere are many good things about
Socialism, and Mr. Barzee seems to
be an able expounder of their princi
ples. But he must realize that full
fledged Socialism, ls a theory, and ls
mostly advocated by theoretics.
However, it seems to be essential that
radicalism should be preached. Tt
awakens people to the fundamental
principles of Justice.
The stand the Socialists have taken
against preparedness is wrong. Do
they think the American people are
simple enough to be ln a defenseless
condition and be slaughtered like cat
tle? I' am too much of an American
to want to be ln a position to have
to bow to the monaxchs of Europe. Mr.
Barzee tells 4is no foreign nation ever
has tackled us. That ls no sign they
never will- Suppose some of us gett
killed tomorrow. Tha't never .happened
before.
There is one plank ln the Socialist able and patriotic exposition of the his
platform I believe in, and that Is the j tory of our national anthem, "The Star
rjeoDle should own the means of nro- ' Knnnirled Banner." unholdlna- Itm irn.
AND NEWS IN.BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Arlington, it appears from the Inde
pendent, is taking first steps toward
tue establlsning of a public park and
playgrounds,
"Red roses are blooming in Dallas;
not many of them, but enough to .ln
sure us that we will have roses in
abundance soon," aays the Observer.
Prosperity query in Rogue River
Courier. "Can you keep track of ail
the sugar factories, sawmills, planing
n.ills, box factories, and other indus
tries that are being located in Grants
Pass?"
It takes about 2600 cords of wood
to run Canyon City and John Day. the
Canyon City Eagle says and from
present indications the supply will be
short this fall, as there is not the
usual amount being cut.
Very unseasonable lawn mowing
was reported in Baker last Tuesday,
the Herald saying: 'The novel specta
cle of householders cutting the grass
i:i their yards while line snow drifted
through the air, was afforded in Baker
this morning and the sun shone so
brightly that but few . realised that
snow was descending."
Hopeful outlook for irrigation in
Rogue Hiver valley. Indicated In the
columns of the Medford Mall Tribune
"One may hear the word 'irrigation'
used favorably a hundred times this
tpring, where It lias hitherto been
used once. It is a hopeful sign. It
means that the time for maximum
crops in this valley is at hand, held in
abeyance onlv during the period neces
sary to Install irrigation systems com
manding thi rich areas of our famous
soil."
JOURNEYS
First-An Itinerary
East Twenty-eighth, west on Broad
way, north on East Twenty-fourtn,
wst on Knott, south cn East Twenty
second, west on Tillamook, north fn
East T wer.ty-firt, west on Brazee,
south on East Twentieth, west on
Thompson, south on East Thirteenth,
west on Holladay, Holladay park,
south on Union, west on Oregon,- over
hteel bridge, west on Glisan, north on
Fourth, Chinatown, west on Oak. Con
tinue west on Burnside and Washing
ton, north on Nineteenth, west on
Johnson, north on Twenty-third, west
on Lovejoy, southwest on Cornell,
north on Fall street and Twenty
ninth. Be careful about turn from
Cornell to Fall street. East on Ral
eigh, north on Twenty-eighth. Leave
cars to visit Forestry building. East
on Thurman, south on Twenty-sixth,
east on Is.orthrupv south on Twenty
fourth, west on Marshall, south on
Twenty-fifth, southeast on Cornell
road, west on Washington, south
through Washington park loop, east
on Park avenue, south on Ford, over
Canyon bridge, south on Vista. Watch
for Montgomery drive on right and
follow south on drive to Elm. East
on Elm, south on Vista, east on
Spring, south on Chapman, west on
Elizabeth; unexcelled view; south on
Sixteenth, north and west on Terrace
drive (follow car line), southwest on
Ravensview drive to Patton road, west
on Patton to liosch (hold to left
around church), east on Eosch to
Bertha, to Caplto hill, north on Capi
tol Highway into Hillside parkway
(Terwilliger boulevard) to Sixth,
north on Sixth to College, west to
Park, north to Oak, or point of dis
banding. stand for a system that puts part of
the proceeds of our labor into the
hands of a few men who never pro
duced a dollar's worth of wealth In
their Uvea, and allow one class to
revel in idleness and luxury while the
producer struggles in poverty and
rags?
It is nothing but conceited Ignorance
that keeps us under this tyrannical
system.
I Will say this much for Socialism
it is the only remedy ever offered for
our economlo tils.
It is my opinion that the Socialist
party will end the same aa the Popu
list party did. It cannot survive under
progressive democracy. The progres
sive democracy of today, with its So
cialistic tendencies, will swallow It up.
EDWIN A. LINSCOTT.
Religion and the War.
Vancouver, Wash., May ". To the
Editor of The Journal I would refer
to a letter dated I'ellda, Wash., April
2&, which appeared In your issue of
today. The writer, alluding to exist-
i ms nui mi mmiuiia, wulcj. nj
' have forgotten, the real creator and
! are making money their god."
. II ... ., ..-...-I r. - J -V.
servation of more than 60 years, your
roni-smilpnt is quite right. Today
tie entire world is making money Its
god, and wo see the result written in
l : I. M.irmv ami suffering. The re-l.-ion
of the world lacks potency. It
Iihh lief-u praoth-ed since the earliest
dawn of history. And what are the
results? Kor answer, read Ihe dally
rr-; . , ,
i-r . ...u ... .o wnicn your
, ontnbu.or refers would have been
, wept from the earth ages ago had
, ou.r religion oeeil poient.
The terrible world war Is teaching
us a great lesson. True, It Is at a
! great pri-e. tlli it may prove to be
..'worth all it costs. Pome of the moat
ot , .,,,..,- . t-i.
ff f . terp,b wflr
wiJ ,Iltenslfy reiigious feeling in Eu
inno f n :t-Ii a fleLTee mat rnlnr. wars
. be' impossible. But it ls claimed
, th,t thp new reMEion which alreadv
lg ln evldence throughout Europe dlf-
i rers entirely rroni our tnougnt or to-
j day. Ve ars told that after the war
j speculative and mystical religion will
: be a thing of the past, and that It
"... uo uj icmi mwi
! is scientific, operative, practical and
1 potent.
We are also told that of our present
j f'"'" ' ' woras tne
golden rule will be retained and
that the time formerly spent in scrip-
tural turIy will b devoted to prac-
tical religioue work.
: , a later. O n .... i . x
i Let ue hope and
trust that some
lb'"f y com. from this terrible
n this terrlb
J. HAROLD.
r ir r r.
The National Anthem.
'Portland.' May 11. To the Editor of
The Journal 1 have read ln The Jour
nal the timely notice of the coming cel
ebration of Flag day, June 14 next.
Two years ago 1 had occasion to call
the attention of the patriotic people
of Portland to tho notice sent out by
tho Daughters of the Revolution to the
effect that assemblies should, at the
ciose of exercises, sing the American
anthem, "America," discarding the only
recognized national anthem, "The Star
Spangled Banner."
Let ua be neutral and instead of sing
ing "America," that little imitation of
"God Save the King." or "Die Wacht
am Rhelin, lor "God Save the Emperor,'
let us sing "In God Is Our Trust," and
pay our patriotic respects to that great
American, Frances Scott Key, whose
poetic soul gave us our glorious na
tional anthem.
I cannot forbear to mention your
TKPnce Qer
Xsadllns, an That Xant Much.
f-)EAR ONCE OVER: Lo. m the
wilderness surrounding the city of
roses thers dwelleth one George, of
-tr?e ,f.re1 men- nt he hath
great knowledge of the weather; so
that in the city, by those to whom
ne is Known, ne is called the human
barometer.
And the prophet arose one day sav
ing: "There shall be snow."
And forthwith the snow feu even
unto the rat abundance of three
feet
- But even as one generation shall
fade away before another generation,
so the snow faded before the sun and
flowed down Broadway, and thence
to the sea.
And behold, there was great reloie-
Kng and the populace were exceedlnc
rlad, saying In loud voices: "Lo.
spring has came!"
Rut n.- v. m
- vjovig, vi me vriua 01 rcu men,
arose with stern visage, saying:
"There shall be snow."
And there was much mirth and
ribald laughter, seme aavlne. even:
Uo o, what knowest thouT"
And the prophet retired sadly to hla '
v-e, ana tne populace as one man
arose and went forth In search ol
trowels, water cans and fertiliser.
But behold, they bought no seeds.
ior one of their number had sent
trem great abundance thereof evn
of lettuce and onions and "musk
melons, from Washington, JD. C.
And the men of the city and their
wives did spade and make the earth
rich for the reception of the seeds.
And the men were wise to the plant
ing, saying: "io, the earth must be
warm for muskmelons."
And in mid-April they planted them
their seeds, for it was then warm ex
ceedingly. And behold, the next day It Tlned,
and the next, and the next, even
unto this day.
And in the meantime the men of th
city gnashed their teeth, saying: "Lo.
there shall be no opening game."
And tho women tore off their hair
and threw lt on the mantel, saying:
"Lo, we shall have no muskmelons
to serve with ice cream in the heat
of the summer."
And the women wept, saying: "Lo.
the poor plantlets are frozen In their
tracks!"
And behold, awaking one morning,
they saw snow on the heights above
the city of roses.
And they groaned In unison.
And George the prophet laughed a
red-faced laugh.
And the women gathered together,
even as at a kaf fee-klatsch, and coun
seled together, saying unto one of
their number:
"Go henco and write ye unto Rex
Lampman, the scribe, imploring him
even on bended knee to hold an in
terview with George the red man, beg
ging him to dictate weather conditions
for the future, for
Listen: We mind not lf we heat
the water for the hot water bottles of
our men fol':, neither shall we weep
more for our muskmelonH.
But we have spent two days airing
and packing away our winter under
clothes and blankets.
And we believe in preparedness, and
we simply must know If we shall
take them dow : from the attic to use
during June and July.
Pauline C. Jacobsen.
"My Trip
to
Verdun"
By Frank H. Simonds
Author of 'The Great War
The first of a series of arti
cles by Frank II. Simonds,
recounting his personal ob
servations of the Verdun
battlefront, will be published
in The Sunday Journal next
Sunday.
Mr. Simonds recently re
visited K u r o p e, where,
through the courtesy of the
French government, he had
the good fortune to reach
the region where the French
arc resisting the attacks of
the Germans in a siege des
tined to go down in the
world's history.
Although Mr. Simonds was
dispatched on this mission in
his recognized capacity as an
observer of military opera
tions, the trip from Paris to
Verdun, through the district
ravaged by previous opera
tions, impressed him deeply
and his first article is replete
with tributes to the courage
and fortitude of the French
people, who are engaged in
a grim struggle for their very
existence.
The second article, which de
scribes the fortress of Ver
dun, will be published in The
Sunday Journal, May Ul.
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