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    THE , OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, TUESDAY.-MAY 23, "1916.
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' " Tba praaa la fooj or aril, according to
fba character of tboae who direct tt. It
la a sslil tbat eMails all tbat la pat Into
He hopper, Fill the hopper with poisoned
fratn and It will grind It to meal, bat
bora la death la tbe bread. Bryant.
THE ORC AT SPRING DRIVE
F
OUT Y-T II R E E Republican
newspapers outside of Port
land joined In the attempt to
read Secretary of State Ol-
cott out of the Republican party.
Among the promises made men
whom agents of the Withycombe
administration sought to bring out
as ,a candidate, was that a large
number of newspapers would be
delivered to the support of the man
who, would, run against Olcott.
.Thai nnmhor tnrna nut. tn haVa
been 43.. They were active ana
aggressive. Many of them printed
columns of matter assailing the
I Republicanism of Mr. Olcott. They
i hissed and sneered. They bludg
eoned and blustered. They accepted
the press agent stuff sent out of
Portland and printed it as their
thoughts and their conclusions.
'And the state employes sent
over the state and Into Portland
to Influence the voting, worked
like beavers. They distributed
cards, made personal appeals and
told everybody tbat Mr. Olcott Is
no Republican.
And the deputy game wardens
and, other attaches of tbe Withy
combe administration, beat the
bushes, rushed the voters and ped
died everywhere the claim that
Olcott Is not a Republican.
, And the big chief at Salem sent
out private and very confidential
letters appealing to his friends to
support Mr. Moores, in which ac
tion tbe governor of a great state,
as head of his political machine,
got out Into the trenches and did
service on the earthworks like
private soldier.
It was a great spring drive. With
the Oregon! an and Telegram using
asphyxiating gases, the 43 up-state
papers made the whole earth shake
with round on round from 42-centl-
meter howitzers.
-- The carnage until primary day
was f jarful. The slaughter was
almost Indescribable, until the elec
tion returns came in.
' The answer of the Republican
voters to the great drive was some
thing like 17,000 majority for Sec-
.retary Olcott. He carried every
county.
. Some .day, it should occur to
jtne up-state Republican newspa
pers to do their own thinking and
to write as they think. The repu
diatldn of them in their own coun
'ties4 by the Republicans who do
their own thinking and vote as
,: they think, would seem, to suggest
' to these newspapers never again
to permit themselves to be deliv
red to the support of anybody ex
cept such as their own careful
'analysis snail approve, to never
'again permit themselves to be
pledged In advance as an asset of
a state house and Oregonian ma
chine, never again to be misled
into an attempt to read out of the
Republican party an official whose
only offense Is that he is an ef
ficient public servant and that he
refused to deliver the power of his
office to spoils and spoilsmen.
' The weather man tells us that
the temperature yesterday morning
was ten degrees below normal.
-Probably on account of the sudden
lack of hot air at the close of the
primary campaign.
FREYE&TABLE INSANITY
a - N INTERESTING note la the
A i Medlcal Record tor-; May 6,
"V says that not more than 16
--per cent of the Insanity In
the country ' can be traced to or
ganic disease, of the brain. The
rest is due to causes which can be
prevented tortbe most part About
15 per cent is of "toxic'? origin.
Some of the toxins whlchv disturb
and finally destroy the mind origi
nate ia the Intestines by action of
bacilli, ( Better bodily habits would
of course present' this trouble.
But by far the most potent fac
tor in producing i toxic- insanity is
alcohol, which,"- as the. author says,
"sets up a wholly .preventable jsy-
chests' He favors "the general
suppression of the use of alcoholic
lirlnk"Ml believes that this, with
other hygienic measures which he
mentions, would In a few years
give ui "a quarter , less Insanity
and three fourths less reeblemind
edneas."' It Is well known to phy
sicians that much of the feeble
mindedness which so worries our
philanthropists, might be prevented
I
by giving children, proper food, i
"Beiateaness" in children is about
the same thing as starvation. Halt
fed pupils at school are 'usually
poor scholars. .
friv. hmim rlnh wrnnoo f rom
western atd southern states have
arrived In New York with one thou-1
sand husbands to attend the btn -
nal convention of the General rei-
eratlon of Women's clubs, while the
Indiana delegation has reached the
metropolis with three trunks each.
Pink checks have been pinned on
the husbands? What a harmonious
meetlne it would be if some hae-
gage smasher would Jumble up the ,
hnhhv r.hAftkn with the trunk i
checks.
THE HODGE VERDICT
A
JURY In the circuit court de
cided yecterday that a mother
was guilty of contributing to
the ccllnquency of her minor
daughter becauso she permitted the
child to attend public dances and
visit all-night restaurants uncKap
eroned, and to her downfall. It is
significant, verdict. Whether it
will stand the test of thJ appellate
court Is a. question to bo deter.
mined, but if it should, the bands
of the Juvenile court will be greatly
strengthened.
There are sins of commission,
and sins of omission. The parasitic
frequenter of public places who in- nlvance of their own paid servants
veigles young and foolishlrls into had passed away, but .they are too
forbidden pathways Is a despicable i optimistic. The game is still
creature, but, a.ter all, is he by ! played just as of yore,
his positive act the primary of- The group of millionaires who
fender against the conventions, the ; will profit by this grab are not
first infractor of public morals? : pacifist mollycoddles. They are
What of the parents' responsibility for the most part fiery jingoes who
who hold no- hand of restraint want a big army and navy in or
over the comings and goings of , der to have a big war a little later,
their children. Are. they not prl- But they do -not want to help pay
marily responsible for any harm ' the expenses of what they call
that may befall them? "preparedness." That duty they
The district atiorney contended,
lu the Hodge care, that parents are ;
responsible. The Jury by its ver-1
diet agreed with the state. It
seems to be common sense, whether
within tae limit of technical legal
construction or otherwise.
The juvenile court is costing
much money, and there are without it will grow more valuable every
doubt many cases of Incorrigibility : year by unearned increment as pop
whlch must of necessity come with-; ujation increases and the demands
in its Jurisdiction. But there are
many, many more cases where the I
parents should come first for cor-1
rection, and the children second.
The Journal congratulates the ;
Hodge jury and trusts its verdict 1
has established a precedent in the
handling of Juvenile delinquency
that will stand the test of appellate
opinion.
Wlth high and mighty words the
Oregonlan points to the so-called ;
accuracy or its election returns.
Does that paper not remember that
In the primaries two years ago it
solemnly announced that J. D. Ab
bott was nominated for senator
when, in fact, Arthur Langguth re
ceived the nomination with a ma
jority well above a thousand?
PEOPLE'S MARKETS
0'
NB of the new books in the
Sffarts. 2J7h P!o u 'rlBk fe gaily crossing the street and
J!?l ttJl" to the lawyer's office.
. 6TV v V i '
markets in New York. Paris and
pther large cities, and pointa out ,
rr".! 17,
are failures. So far as the poor
are concerned, it says, tbey seem
to get more substantial benefit
from street peddlers of provisions
than from any other marketing
agency.
In mo8t cities the authorities
have discouraged street peddlers.
Push carts, farmers' wagons, cor
ner fruit stands, all tend to disap
pear under the hand of public au
thority. A fact that does most to settle
controversies over street markets
is the patronage bestowed upon
them. If there are throngs of busy
buyers regularly about them as In
the case of the Yamhill markets
In Portland, It is evidence to the
public that Buch a process of mar
keting Is approved by the people.
WOULD FILL THE GULCHES
K
ESIDENTS of South Portland
are interested in a project
for beautifying the entrance
to Terwllliger boulevard and
for filling Marquam and Terwllli
ger gulches and converting them
Into a playground and athletic cen
ter for the ch(ldren and adults of
the South Portland district. The
South Portland Improvement asso
ciation, of which A. RoBensteln is
president, and the Shattuck Parent-
Teacher association, of which Mrs.
J. F. Kelly is president, are lead
ing the campaign. . , At the end of
Fifth street the entrance to the
boulevard has on either side many
unsightly shacks and broken down
fences. The plan provides for tbe
removal of these shacks .and the
planting of the narrow space be
tween the street and the hill or
the gulch as the case may be, with
shrubs and flowers. - ,
The gulches are unsightly and a
menace to public health. Some
garbage Is dumped there and about
this the children play. That South
Portland is in need of a public
playground is conceded by all,' as
under present conditions the . chil
dren are . obliged to play in the
street. The one thing urged against
I it is that there are those who
lnslstHiat . for the present money
should not be spent In large
amounts for public improvements.
No estimates have as yet been made
on the, cost. of the project. . V
THE LAST MAX
. -N"
THE
announcement of
the
the
death of Joseph Bergman,
statement Is made that he was
the last of the charter members
of Congregation Beth Israel to de
part from mortal life.
Many years have passed since
ortianas pioneers or jewisn iaun
met and formed a congregation. If
question "who will be thejast
!81vorr' - had been asked then
there could have been no answer,
although cveryon3 knew that there
-would be a last man.
!. To every man and every mind
comes the thought "who will be the
1 man?" The days pass. The
years press relentlessly on sioop-
ln shoulders. One by one the final
"ummoM is answerea.
All hall the last man.
PLUNDER BY LAW
t:
HE Shields billr which has
passed the United States sen
ate and may possibly pass the
house of representatives, gives
away, the water powers in naviga
ble streams to a group of men al
ready enormously rich.
It has been many years since
congress "has authorized ftny grab
as huge and indefensible as this
one. It does not even go through
the empty form of exacting com-
pensation from the millionaire
donees. Many have imagined that
the days when the people could be
plundered In this way by the con-
cheerfully hand over to the people.
To use a terse old phrase, these
gentry are "on the make" always
and everywhere.
The waterpower gift which con
gress seems about to bestow upon
them is so valuable that It can
hardly be estimated in figures. And
for power expand.
WILLIAM KELCH
T
HOSE who preach to us that
"war 18 needed to keep the
manly virtues alive" might
learn a lesson or two from
common facts. The window cleaner
who takes Ms life In his band as he
hangs out Into space from the sev-
enth or tenth story of a tall bulld-
ing can hardly be less brave than
the soldier who faces bullets. When,
a few days ago, William Kelch
fell by no fault of his own from a
wlndov to his death on the pave-J
ment far below, everybody felt that
here w&s a tragedy as solemn as
any fatality of vrar. The man met
his end doing his duty bravely and
well.
As civilization grows more com-
Tll.AV A a Ti rrarm trtiilflrtlw a..,-.,,.. ...
l;' -"kh Z-.T ."
but now anl then reality breaks
thrnnrh thl fh1n van onH
Blght8 or hrtnor Just as BOldlera
flung unm
the comrade at their side is shot
dewn, so the lethal machinery of
civilized life looks commonplace
and harmless to us until the jaws
ppen and devour the living prey.
We need fear no loss tit the
41 a . eat
maniy virtues.' as long as we
continue to play with death at
every street crossing and In every
office building. The men who
pile tower on tower as the steel
frame climbs skyward arexnot cow
ards. How can a man bo a coward
standing halfway between heaven
and earth with nothing to cling to
but the cords of his own heart?
, "But such bravery is Ignoble be
cause tne man is only earning his
living." That is the false doctrine
of feudalism which has always
despised honest work and exalted
violence. Democracy must refuse
- bow to the creed of feudalism
and must teach that a man who
earnr his living honestly and brave
ly serves his country no less nobly
than he who dies on the "field of
glory." None of us can serve truly.
Whatever our station may be, un
less we are ready to die" when duty
calls, in the cay when we weave
v-reaths for the dead who have
died well Jet us not forget a flower
for William Kelch.
WAR CUREALLS
HE world Is full of curealls for
war. In the epidemic of choi
era every quack has an in
fallible dope which the patient
has only to swallow to recover his
health instantly. So in this time
of world wide war there are mul
titudes of recipes any one of which
will make such a calamity impossi
ble hereafter, Yon need only adopt
the dope of Professor . X, or swal
low the pill of the Reverend Mr.
Y and the dove of peace will hence
forth brood forever over the world.
We are prone to forget that; war
is not a simple' matter. , It. has
many causes, some of which- run
deep down among the roots of, hu
man li nature. ' Race . hatred; S the
memory,' of . old wrongs, the ambi
tion of rulers, commercial rivalry,
religious; differences social - unrest
at home, all play a part In stlrTlngIh,tweiach ,ever Into Montana aci
UP : wars. . The ruling Class in any iorthern Califorrila Our equipment
country commonly prefers a' for
eign war to doing justice at home.
r But there . Is another cause of
war which has received marked at
tention lately. . It is the natural
hunger of mankind for excitement.
Most people lead lives which are
rather drab. They have little nov-
elty, ,few changes, scant variety.
"The sun goes up. and the sun
goes down and: the day and the
night are all as one." Their in
born, craving for color, adventure,
interest is never satisfied.
To these peojler- ridden by mo
notony as Sinbad was by the Old
Man of the Sea, war comes like the
circus in spring to a vuiage urcnin.
It teems with unimaginable prom-i1 fear our stock will, be exhausted
ise it breaks the wearying chain I before we receive a renewal, which, I
Of custom. It sheds 'a purple glow understand, will be a month or more,
over life. We have read a poem . w hv similar difficulty in securing
or two lately which touched upon aluminum, of which we use conaid
thls phase 'of war and its charm ! "able. For business .reasons, if for
to the common mind. Several
magazine articles have taken up
the same theme. The classic ut
terance upon it is that of William
James, who taught us that we must
find a "moral substitute for war"
before we could hope to establish
permanent peace. The . obvious
"moral substitute" is to give the
common life of the people that
color and interest which, as condi
tions stand, poverty makes impos
sible. NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
There are many workers la these Stj who
are doing Quite weU In the work of differ
entiating re&lclea, and especially tbe automo
bile, to adapt It to tba apedal neede of in
diridual uaers. An establishment of tbla
class ia described In today's installment, No.
140, of The Journal's "Nothing the Matter
With Portland" series. It is a buay Institu
tion, and lta business la growing at aa tc
ctlerating rate.
THE Columbia Carriage oV Auto
Works, 209-211 Front street, has
not been proclaimed from the
housetops, yet it is paying the 80 peo
pie employed In its 60x100 four story i
and basement building more than 1500 i
a week for their services.
It has been In operation IS years
and has grown, like a human being,
from infancy' to a robust, healthy,
muscular 'institution.'
Its announcement reads that it
builds automobile street cars, busses
and sightseeing cars, hearses, tmbu
, n.. . ,,
- ; the national emergency with the same
rigs of every description, and re- poise, and skill with which he has held
builds private cars to suit the wishes congress to its work from the very ln
of anyone. For example. The Journal I ception of his administration. The
representative saw a large private i neefried CUel u.n'tn"
. . T again not only what it means to have
car being changed over into a small communed with the world's phlloso
hotel. Its owner will soon start out phers, but has demonstrated the su
on a tour of a considerable portion ' preme value of rigid mental discipline
of th country, and the car Is
being
changed into a living room, like a
davenport, into a bedroom, and if the
party should take a notion he may
carry a gasoline stove along and
board himself and guests. It will be
not only a comfortable and complete
car In which to travel, but will have
most attractive appearance.
PRICES SEEM MODERATE!.
Open delivery beds are built on ears
for 110; a canvas bow-top delivery
bed, 48 inches long, 40 inches wide
and (0 inches high, with canvas bow
top over bed and seat, back and side
curtains, capable of being converted
Into a runabout by removal of three
bolts in bed, $50; strong bow-top de
livery bed, considerably larger than
the last mentioned, with five inch
flare board on either side, back and
aide curtains, wind shield rods, tall
lamp bracket, horn bracket and cush
ion, $65; panel top delivery body,
handsome and solid, completely cov
ered bed of auto back of seat, porch
top covering driver, with .wind shield
rods, horn bracket, one front side
storm curtain, fender brackets, lamp
bracket end cushion, rear doors or end r
gate and cushion, $100, and panel
top delivery body, 60 inches long back
of seat, 40 inches wide, E4 .inches high,
handsome fore doors, rear doors or
end gate and curtain, one front side
storm curtain, fender brackets," lamp I
bracket and cushion, $115. These are
merely samples of the coat of auto
equipment work, where it is done on
a large scale, as In this establishment.
A fin auto hearse for an Oregon City
undertaker was being completed, a
Salem banker's beautiful car was be
ing remodeled according to its owner's
own ideas and wishes, making-it very
handsome and different from any
other, probably. In the state, and there
were others in different stages of
manufacture which were destined for
Baker and for points in Idaho and
northern California.
'ALL KINDS OP BODIES BUILT.
"We do a great deal, of work for
garages," C. O. Irwin, manager, said,
"and for business nouses generally.
We have recently completed four
auto deliveries for Meier & Frank,
one for the Pacific Telephone & Tele
graph 9ompany, an immense truck for
the Doernbecher Furniture Manufac
turing company, and one each, for the
Columbia and Sajito Fish companies.
We find the business men of Port
lend exceedingly loyal to our indus
try. This is what has enabled our
concern to grow so substantially. To
day we are overwhelmed with orders.
Our business is 100 per cent greater
than at this time last season,' and we
are booking new orders daily. The
city commissioners, .however, do not
treat us so graciously, and for the
life of me I cannot understand why.
They patronise agents of eastern
kvlnr th. a.m.
cles we could sell them at no higher
prices, thus sending Portland money f
east to support institutions having
nev interest whatever in this city. The
council recently bought a couple of
street flushers. Suppose an accident
should happen to ona of these. ' The
agency here is closed, and it would be
at least two weeks before repairs
could be obtained, ' - ,
"3ur business covers a broad field.
Oregon, Washington and Idaho woufd
is so complete w ara enabled to eoia.
pete la quality of : work and price
with atny factory anywhere, and thle
fact la becoming-"well known to the
poMia
- MATERIA! SCARCE.
"On difficulty, however, confronts
all workers In our line at present,
and that is the scarcity of material.
jit is almost Impossible .to procure
sheet steel, even at the tremendously
Increased 'prices charted for that
commodity. Happily we had been
buying- In large quantities and had a
big stock on hand when prices began"
to soar. That supply,, however, is
gradually 'fadlns away and orders
no oiner' w wm D w"en
this European war is ended.'
The transactions of this concern
amount to from $180,000 -to $200,000
u year.
Q. Gv Wentworth is president of (he
company, and he devotes all his time
to Its Interests.
, Letters From the People
(Communications sent to Tba Journal for
?ubl I cation In this departmept should be writ
es on only one side of the paper, should not
exceed 300 words In length, and most be ac
companied by the name and address of th
sender. Jf the writer doaa not desire to bars
ue name pupjiancu ne inoam av staie.j
- "Discussion la the greatest of all reformers.
It rational Iras CTerytSmg it touches. It robs
principles of all false sanctity and throws them
back on their reasonableness. If they hsre no
reasonableness, it mtblessly crushes tbem out
of existence and acts op lta own eooclaaloos in
their stead." Woodrow Wilson.
Wilson's Way.
Portland. May 22.. To the Editor of
The Journal-"Wbatvr of evil tbe war
of nations msyhave brought upon
us Americans, the country is indebted
to It tor a clear revelation of the effic
iency of the administration of Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson. If we have
seen in England a fairly amazing sub-
sidislng of popular passion, but yes-
Wday tnreatenmg civu war. we nave
witnessed on this side of the water a
similar and a most praiseworthy read
iness to rise above partisanship and
stand by the president in his effort to
take in all possible sail and render the
ship of state as safe as may be in the
harricane that had suddenly burst
upon it.
While tbe credit for all this belongs
to many men, the chief praise Is, of
course, due to the captain. He has met
"J6.1:
President Wilson should be trusted
to steer the American ship of state
free of the infinite national perils of
Europe's gigantic embroilment.
Let us not forget that his policy of
"watchful waiting" with regard to
Mexico Is now almost universally con
ceded to have been the wise courses-
Imagine us at war with Mexico at this
juncture, with Europe In the death
grapple of the centuriesr
If the people want a government of.
Ury and for all of the people all the
time, they will reelect Woodrow Wilson.
R-aj P. KULISCH.
Genesis and Evolution.
Washougal, Wash., May 22. To the
Editor of The Journal In a letter In
Friday's Journal a correspondent in
quires which account of creation in
Genesis is the true one, and if it is
in harmony with organic evolution. If
the writer will turn to the first and
second chapters of Genesis he will See
that the first chapter simply states
that lod did do so, and in the sec
ond it tells how he did it, and the two
are but one record. And as for har
mony between the record and evolu
tion, by careful study one will see
that Genesis does not teach evolution
but creation, and to determine, which
of the two Is the more scientific I
will simply- quota from a few noted
men.
Frederick Wrightr D- D., in
writing on this subject says: "The
question at. Issue is, Is the parallel
between the two such as-to exclude
chance and to compel us to acknowl
edge the presence of design? The more
J Van h. ha, -ati-fied with anv the-
-1 .1.. ...M.n ( ti a
ory that rules out the idea of a de
sign in this parallelism. It could not
have been a matter of -mere chance
that a writer should describe the or
der of creation so nearly in accord
ance with the discoveries of modern
c ni.nr., Thm L-hrk w r f tha
testimony of the sacred writers cer
tainly do so in the face of evidence
that is ordinarily accepted aa con
clusive." Professor Dana, distinguished in
geological science, quotes approvingly
these words from Mr. Gladstone: "The
first chapter of Genesis was not writ
ten to teach science but not a single
fact of science can be found to dis
credit it.''
Professor L. T. Townsend, D. D., in
his book "Collapse of Evolution,'
writes: "It should be said at fnls
point that it the transmutation of spe
cies is not established,' then organic
evolution can have no scientific stand
ing. . . The reader is almost -entitled
to an apology for the repetition of so
called proofs of transmutation; some
time since overthrown, that are, never
theless, the stock in trade of scores
of men who appear tq be either un
pardonably Ignorant of - facts already
established, or else deliberately try-
inir to fool the public mind. .
The most thorough scholars, the
world's ablest philosophers and sci
entists, with few exceptions, are not
supporters, but assailants, of evolu
tion, - H. L. AHLSON.
Adam's Distinction,
Dallas. Or., May 20. To. the Editor
of The Journal In last night's Jour
nal appeared an interesting query from
jL. T. Boyce. It is the question whether
I or not the account of creation in Gen -
esis can do reoonciiea who iui innrj
of organio evolution..
In reply to the question, permit me
to call attention to the, book recently
I ITOO UI einol press, cnuiicu.
Vflsi.SUgs Ul i . iuuniu nniivuu-
ism Refuted," a. reply to the Oregon
-Rationalist society, in-which , the au
thor .recognizes the findings or arc
aeology and geology and paleontology
as proving that Adam was not the first
man of the human family. A race of
men, now extinct, preceded Adam. The
distinction of Adam was a grander
distinction than being the first man.
His distinction consisted of being the
first man to receive divine inspiration,
and revelation, and tbe promise of a
redeemer. Primeval man lacked the
mental and moral illumination which
distinguished Adam, Primeval man
was cot a conqueror, but Adam was
PERTINENT COM MENTAND NEWS IN BRIEF
- SMALL CMANOE
- Perhaps May wants us to use her
proper and severer name "Mary."
Wonder whether the Chicago conven
tion's "dark, horse" will be an auto
mobile. .
, Queen Muriel can rest assured that
her loyal and admlrlnsi subjects will
be legion.
is rerSrted tXl 'L" lo7. not !
comDat?w1tl0OroS'- T not
compare With Oregon S. I
Germany's beer drought, sever as it
Rev. Mr. Beera and Rev. Mr. Coffee
are new Portland pastors. Choose your
own spiritual refreshment.
The man tied down to a desk is con
vinced that a lot of those 12 inch trout
we hear about are not so long as that
The round trin fare from Portland
to Roseburfpa strawberry carnival Is
$7.95, and Roseburr Insists its straw
berries ar worth it
The Beavers are doing first rate
away from home, and it Is possible
that winning will be a fixed habit with
them when they return.
Chicago claims to have produced the
provident; woman .who fox trots with
strangers in cafes and carries burglary
Insurance In her own home.
Justice Hughes is quoted as saying
T. R. will be nominated at Chicago.
And that. too. after Oreron had de
clared for Hughes! Was it love's la-
Dor lost?
Mr. oleott's overwhelming Victory at
the primaries should be a hint to Gov
ernor Withycombe to become ''harmo
nious" with the secretary of state dur
ing tne Daiance or tne governor a term.
, The else of the Rose Festival center
nas Deen doubled, indicating that V.
will be twice aa fine aa last vear'a
It will be another case of attempting
tnt impossible ana probably accora
pllahing it. -
JOURNAL
22 Inviting Distant
Have you done it yet?
Have you written to that friend back
east?
Have you said
"Oregon is the finest vacation coun
try of the nation. You can't go to
Europe thla year. Come to Oregon.
"Portland Is the logical center of
vacation tours.
"If you went anywhere else it would
be all mountains, or all ocean, or all
rivers and valleys.
Here in Oregon you get mountains,
oceans, rivers and valleys.
"If you went to other vacation re
gions you might find a brown, sun
baked country, whero all that Is. beau
tiful Is man made, sua helped.
"In Oregon you find a green and
pleasant country. Sunshine comes as
a benediction, not as withering heat.
"You dont fret away hot, sleepless
nights in Oregon, only to rise more
fatigued than when you retired. The
nights are cool and a little covering
pleasant. From mountains or oceans
will come refreshing breeses like
breaths of new life. -
e e
"When you have been in Oregon you
ean say 'I had the greatest time surf
bathing that you can imagine, And
then I had the greatest experience tbat
can come to mortal, for I stood on the
peak of ' Mt. Hood and saw all that
wonderful country spread below me.
I could even see the Pacific ocean, 160
miles away, the line of vision passing
over the lower mountains of the coast
range, some hundred miles west of
Mt. Hood.'
"You can drive over hundreds and
hundreds of miles of scenically beauti
ful roads In Oregon. You will experi-
given dominion, and was the herald of
advanced civilization.
The author's interpretation of the
allegory -of creation completely re
moves the question of evolution from
consideration as Oenesis takes up the
history of mankind with Adam, and
not with the first member of the
human family.
REV. GEORGE H. BENNETT.
On Mistakes of Employers.
Portland. May 30. To the Editor of
The Journal I desire to make a brief
statement, hoping It may do some good,
and make employers more careful in
the treatment of their man.
On the part of some employers there
is an inclination to obtain a maximum
amount of work for a minimum of re
muneration. The employer who makes
this a part of his attitude toward his
employes very seldom reaps the reward
desired, because he gathers about him
men who are striving in a similar way
trying to get a maximum amount of
pay for a minimum amount of work.
"Some' bosses have the idea tbat in
order to get best results from their
men, they must be continually finding
fault. They have .the idea that the
man will become satisfied and attempt
to rest on the laurels already won, if
given a word of praise or encourage
ment. But such an idea Is contrary to
all human experiences. No man ever
accomplished anything great If he
knew he was striving for. the impossi
ble. Once convince a man that you can
not be satisfied, andv bis efforts are
immediately turned from that direc
tion toward a policy of deception.
Some employers try to take the con
ceit out of a good man, and show htm
In a hundred little ways that he is
working for him, and he is the boss.
If you want a man to strive for the
highest possibilities tell him he is do
ing well, and you believe he can still
do better. Even if he asks for a
raise encouragement will enable him
to earn much more than the increase.
And the boss Is the gainer, in any case.
When a man has done his best; and
knows that "he has done well, and then
receives complaints, he naturally
comes to the conclusion that bis em
ployer cannot be satisfied and that
further effort would be useless. The
best man living can be spoiled by such
treatment
As for myself, I came here last No
vember with several hundred dollars,
expecting to start into business for
myself, but found things In my line
at a standstill. Bd I looked for em
ployment and held on to what I had.
I have worked in the finest and best
equipped shops on the Pacific coast
and have the very highest references.
I landed a position at $1 a day, in a
very "dirty shop no toilets, no water
vn. Mv employer informed me at the
end of my first week's work that he
was short of money and only paid me
$10. Not only this, but he thought
i e knew the business, and had roe
f manT things which I knew w
UB
were
wrong, but as he was the boss, I tried
to please him. and therefore cut my
own throat, as he came to the con
clusion that I did .not know my dusi
ness. Employers are frequently
taught In the old school, and when a
man 'is modern in his methods, they
u- laondemn mm si ones, any vmptoycr
h-ftiappened to be taught in neither
school. Nevertheless, it tivea - ma a
black eye. When you Can't speak well
of your employer, it is time to speak
for another Job. --
gome employers will not advertise,
but expect business to drift their way.
Nowadays advertising spells more
business, and success. If I only had
crsickers and cheese for supper and
one dollar in cash,. I would advertise
with my last dollar, and I would gam
ble on it that my next meal would be
more substantial. 1 LYONS. -
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Muddy Creek correspondent of
the Baker Herald writes: "The tax
payers of this district have voted fa
vorably on the question of a new high
school, which means that Muddy Creek
will have a new 1 6.000 edifice. It Is
expected that bonds will be sold to
raise the money."
Cooperation between the city offi-
nd th OKOn Electric railway
has resulted in the eiot grounds at
nnnaM fceina- rla.nM tf. with
Donald being plan'ed to rotes, with
vines over the large concrete deoot. A
drinking fountain is an additional im
provement.
Bandon's Commercial club, lona- dor
mant, has been reorganised. "Instead
of the old plan of having a president
and secretary, on whom all cf the work
falls, as has been the experience in the
past," says the Recorder, "a board of
five directors will have complete
charge of the executive work of the
body."
a a
Roseburg Review's view of the lum
ber situation: ''That lumber is in great
demand throughout the wect 1 at
tested by the number of cars loaded
with this product that are passing
through this citv almost daily. It 1b
conservatively estimated that be
tween 400.000 and eOO.OOO feet of lum
ber i being huuled through Roseburg
every 24 hours."
a
Baker's latest Innovation, as de
scribed by the Herald: "The cry of a
banshee, the blast of a fog horn and
the lamentation of a lost soul many
times magnified, were mingled in a
terrific blast of sound which startled
the city thla morning. Rising and
falling, but mostly rising. It penetrated
to everv corner of Baker. It was not
the heralding of the mlllenium. It
was merely the city's new compressed
air fire siren which was given its first
tryout.
JOURNEYS
Friends to Oregon
ence three different climates nnt
Willamette valley and Interior Oregon.
"You will find camping spots in the
shadow of the mountains or by the
sea, mat win satisfy all your require
ments. Both Cascade and coast moun
tains have their trout streams In
number beyond any eastern compari
son, and these mountain torrents yield
more man nsh. To be near them
brings rest and hope and, new sest for
the duties of life.
"The particularly big reason why
you snouia ceme to Oregon is the Co
lumoia river nignway. it is a new
hard surfaced road leading through
the heart of the Cascade range in the
gorge or the Columbia. It is the most
thrillingly beautiful drive on this con
tinent. On one side is the broad Co
lumbia; on the other and above you.
the high walls of the gorge, with
waterfalls leaping from high above,
with great pillars of rock like cathe
drals and temples and forts, with gen-
Ltle, secluded dells that fairies might
nave as homes, with outlook points
that fairly take your breath away.
a
"You have heard of Oregon apples
and perhaps have eaten them. But
thin Is to tell you that Oregon straw
berries and Oregon cherries deserve
Just as high a rank. The cherries are
big. luscious, wonderfully flavored;
you-aever saw any others like them
"If you will come to Oregon you
wm una a nospitaDie "people and a
glorious country and an experience that
will linger pleasantly in your memory
as long as you live."
Tf you ean Improve on this letter,
ao so Dut write that eastern friend.
and remember the Rose Festival dates
are June 7, S, and 9.
Some Little Bug Will GetYoo.
With epochal international ques
tions confronting them, and with
pressing Internal questions of prepar
edness, and of rural credits legislation
waiting their attention some mem
bers of the house of representatives
find time to convert portions of their
dally sessions into vaudeville perform
ances, as witness the reading into the
lower house's minutes on April 22, at
the request of J. Hampton Moore, M.
C. from Pennsylvania, of a nlne-stansa
burlesque on bugs.
After getting permission from the
chair to have the clerk read th Jingle,
Mr. Moore was not satisfied, but asked
that more be read. However, some of
bis colleagues objected, and the read
ing ended.
Here is the Jingle, which has been
expensively embalmed in the Congres
sional Record:
Some little boa; Is aoine- te find 70a soma Say,
Soma little bug- will creep behind you aome
flay;
Bat aome sauce, tbey call It ehlH,
On your breast tbey'U place ayily;
Soma little bug is going to find yon setae Say.
In these days of Indigestion
It is oftentunee a question
Aa to what to cat and what te leave alone.
For each microbe and bacillus
Has a different way to kill as,
And In time they Always clala ne for their
own.
There arc csrms of erery kind
In any food tbat you can find v
la tba market or apon the bill of fare.
Drinking water's Just aa risky
As tba sosiled deadly whiskey,
And It's oftea a mistake to breathe the au.
Some little bug is going to find you aome day.
Some little bug
t ill creep behind you , aome
day
-11 send ror his bur
And all tout earthlr trouble ends:
Some little bug is going to find yon aome day,
Tba inviting- erven cucumber
Gets most ererybod's number.
While tbe green corn has a system ef its
own;
Tbous-li a radish seems nutritious.
It behavior is quite vlcloas.
And a doctor will be coming to your heme.
Eating- lobster cooked or plain
la only flirting with ptomaine.
While an oyster sometimes hae a lot to say;
Bat tbe clams we eat in chowder
Make the snjrels chant tba loader.
For they know tbat we'll be with theta right
away
Take a aliee of nice fried onion
And yoe're fit for Dr. Munyon;
Apple dumpllnga kill yon quicker than a
train.
Chew s cheesy midnight "rsbblt"
And a grave you'll sooo inhabit
Ah. to eat .at all ia such a foolish gassa.
Eating huckleberry pie
Is a pleasing way to die.
While sauerkraut brings on softening of the
brain.
Whan you stt banana frit tars
Krery naderCaher titters.
And tbe casket makers nearly go insane.
Some little bag la going to find yon soma day.
Soma little bug will creep belli nd yon eoaae
day
With a nervoos little oulsr
He'll give cirrhosis of tha liver;
Some little bog is going to find yon setae day.
When eold-storaga vault a I visit ; -I
ran only say what la It
Hake poor morula till their systems with
such staff?
!fow, for breakfast, prunes are dandy
If a stomach pomp Is handy
And yoor doctor can be found qtaaa soon
enough'
Eat a plate of fine pigs' kncukles
nd the beads tone cutter chock lea.
While tha gravedigger makes a Sots apon
his cuff. ,
Eat tbat lovely red bologna
and you'll wear a wooden kimono,
AS your relatives atart scrapping 'boot yoor
taff.
Some little bng la going to find yon aome day.
Seme little bug .wilt creep behind yon some
dsy: -
Eating jnley sliced 'pineapple
Makes tbe aextoa duet the chapel;
Some little bag Is going to find yen some day.
. Blexican Fever..
; From the Washington Post. '
T: Felix Xlas is beginnings to feel that
It's an unusually long time between
presidents. -
Tr4)nbe Guer
- rrr fusx i .ampman
SATURDAY JUNE THIRD I set
by the papers will be Prepared
ness day-kin Portland and a lot ol
other cities, t-r
J Aid preparedness is a great thing .
J Every squirrel knows that.
Jit's a natural Instinct as anyom
can see who "watches the squirrel Vr
putting nuts away for winter. - . '
J And of course a lot of the "nuts" 5
aa people are called who have idea
different from other people ar -against
preparedness.
that is military preparedness. ,
TAnd a lot of other "nuts" art i
for it.
J And they're going to hold a pre
paredness parade here in Portland.
to show how much we need
bigger army and a bigger navy an 4
more aeroplanes.
and other things designed to kill
people in large numbers. .
H And I want to make a suggestlOl
it it isn't out of order from a men
reporter. . ....
J And what I want to suggest-ll
that all the plans for preparedness' .
that I have seen have not beeeajftsoae
enuuin. - . -
J Because back of all th mechan
ical equipment the deadly guns ana
terrible ships there must be men. '
good strong men who are Willlnl
to fight.
J And the best way to make me
fight is to give them so-.nethlna t
J And without such men and pleat)
of them all the money we can soene
for preparedness will Just be spent.
mai s ail.
J And therefore I suggest that la ;
the parade there be some kind of s
float or a to .en
or something pledging the met,
of America. that their country real
lzes their value.
and is willing to do anything 1
make them happy and prosperous.
J And there might be a float show
ing' that three per cent of the peopll
own 60 per cent of tho wealth ol
the United States. ;
and another float showing how
this wealth lo to be more evenly dla
trlbuted.
J And still another float in the
preparedness parade- might represent
the rich jnen who have dodged thell
Income taxes. ,
J Such
float would be , easy t
make.
because all that would be neces
sary would be a platform
with a lot of well-dressed mes
sitting on.lt In leather chairs.
and underneath a number ol
workingmen carrying th platform
on tneir bare backs.
IT And the platform could be labeled
rrepareaue6s.
J And there could be a slogan say.
Ing:
"UNCLE SAM 13 GOING TO MAKB
THESE MEN GKT )FF AND CARRY
1HE1K SHARK
jAnd knowing that a country's
strongest bulwarks in war Is the
iove ana valor of its people
it could be shown in this parada
that the United States is going to
do everything possible to make the
people love the country.
and to render them strong in its
defense should defense ever become
necessar.-.
J And as for invading another coun
try the Invader I think is always
wrong.
II dui anyway we re going 10 nave
a preparedness parade.
H Ana ioiks win cner as tt moves
down tha street.
J But I think I know something
that would make them cheer twice as I
hard and
J LISTEN It would be a banner I
with the words "We're going to cut I
tne cost or living square in two.
, Life's Xnflaite Variety.
our millions of resders will notice that thai
f.trma is sererai hours lata tola wek but
wo nope tbe nation will not go to Uia Sots I
vii aicvuui 01 it. woaepn tieraia.
J. A. Dood, who wsa working on tba-road I
iaac wti, wane preparing; a meal orsr
nrena
enmn rire was badly burned on tba
enmp fire was bsdly burned on the faae and!
hrniis br tut exploalon of I lis coffee not.
nei
postponed the road work for a few days and i
went to Wallowa for medical treatment.!
Premise correspondence Kntarnriaa UmtvI
ctieiiain.
The editor of tba Courier Is not tnfallabte.
and msr make mlatakes. but It will
loieniiouanj an rise or auroral any propoal-l
iiuu wmcn win oe a oetriniem to tne people,!
but will fight to the last trench for what tt I
rmnas is rigut. Money cannot bay the Conr I
ler. nor societv asixla It for eeiriah narnuanal
or others. We shall grant Justice to tuorel
who do Justices, and airs credit where aradltl
is one. uardlner -courier.
An old liquor distillery, eommonly knowri
as a "still." which waa brouaht to thla rllvl
by a junk dealer thla week, has been ibal
csuse of much comment Tba still la of eop-l
near Holley. After bringing tba tame te tb4
per ana was oouauc or ins aeaier in in ni ia
city for shipment, question wss raised aa tnl
tha ownership or the still sod tba same wsat
held at the depot by Jack Keeny of Sweat
Heme, who claims an Interest in it. and wboi
aid not receive bla ah are of the prooeeds.-
Brownsvllle Times.
Vi
Tba reporter en this column made aa error!
yasterdsy in atatlng that Mrs. Curtis west tt
Portland to bare bar Jaw examined. Ska went
wita vera cox -to have tha Portland eneelalUI
examine versa jaw. nev. cunie ears; "II
yea thins there is anything wrong with Mrs
uurtis- jaw yon wonia caange
se your mind swrjl
it work after aha?
raddlr if 50a bad heard
read that item." We are Inclined te take
Mr. Curtis- word ror it ana hsreby retrsrl
the statement In full. Mis Cox' troahla 14
not considered serious and it Is believed reliej
can be secured Immediately. Oorvaliia (lasatta
limes.
Will somebody explain wbr the erdlnarvf
blue, or "fly up the creek" ersne is protected I
lie isn't ornamental, ne lacu aome or, Being at
song bird, be isn't fit to eat and as a destroy.!
er of small risb n la in a ciasa br blmsetfl
Ever shies borbood the writer baa never let
an opportunity slip to alay one of these murl
oarers or emoryo roa ana eaimoo, ana we
didn't think be bad a friend In tbe world, ba
it seems that aome addlepated aentlmaatatls
tack a provision Into tbe same law protect
big him with s S2o fine. Wouldn't utt Ja
yea f uota oeacn uiooe
Can Anybody Xlse Say as Much la Twd
Ziines as This.
It's seldom that a sonnet V
Will ever buy a bonnet. v
G. R. Ouch.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says: ..
Bome fellers that used to tell thai J
troubles over a bar has got to - tb
trick of setting out a moving picture;
Show and forgetting all about 'em,
goat and a garden can be run together.
but tt takes brains and patience,
Storier ar
Looking for Revenge. W
rn HE waggish editor of the Muitf
X nomab club Bulletin, the "Life" o
Portland, writes; I
"James Russell Kelly has const
crated his life to a great purpose
Which is, to-coax Clauds M. Brlsto
one of the Portland Journal s "brjgl
young men., into a bout with tl
gloves, and then 'Sdeathf Brlsto
feigning tbe part of a boxing novic
recently sot Kelly with his guard do
and planted a terrific blow to the Jaw
Having achieved " this laudable f ea
Bristol. is reputed to have fled to th
locker room. Bevenge Is sweet, bi
ll doesn't take the place of sugar." .
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