THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1916.
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tribute. CIIARLCS C. rtNCKNKY.
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FOR ORKGOV .WD AGAINST
T
HB tribulations of the Oregon
delegation in congress in
their effort to save the pro-
ceeds from tho Orocon-Cal-
lfornia Krant land Bales for the that "children should not be too
state of Oregon are due. very proh- tenderly brought up." A little ju
ably, more to the lack of real in- dicious "hardening of the body" is
formation on the part of members KOod for them both physically and
of the house of representatives , mentally. A robust physical frame
than to any other cause. 'tones up the mind and makes the
The Foster amendment, which faculties active,
proposed to take 10 per cent of; For thf "extremists" who make
the proceeds allotted by the sub- glckly chiidren plunge into ice cold
committee to the counties from Koiv,0 r. tha uta rir T.owelivs
them for the additional enrichment
of the federal treasury, illustrated
this fact. The amendment was
t adopted by the houfse by a vote of
t 167 for and lL'S against. Southern
Mates gave 66 votes, the middle
. west ana the iew Kngland
states 2 for the amendment while
18 southern, 66 middle western
and 15 New England votes were
registered against it.
It will be remembered that the
New England societies of Oregon
UM,4'UCT . 1 . 8
ito each member of the delegations
from the five New England states
:'4 urBiiK their support of the orig
inal ,40-40 division of the Cham
berlain bill. These resolutions and
. letters set out" clearly and con
cisely the harm that had come to
Oregon, and the loss, as a result
of federal negligence and the vio
lation of the terms of the grant
by the railroad company. The
same appeal was sent to middle
-. western men. The test vote on
the Foster amendment shows the
,' result. Two New England repro-
., sentatives voted for the amend
ment and 15 against it; 50 middle
; l west votes were for it and 66 op
poed. a' It is a long way to Oregon from
tthe national capital and many of
' .I the wise men of
the ureatest law
making body in the world, who!tau?nt lonS &y the philosopher
have never been north of the Ma- i Locke who went a great deal iar-
,-iBon and Dixon line or west of the
Mississippi, believe in their hearts
that this state la yet very largely
They are
marh&ns. AicusahlA fnr thoir r
Jlief that S40.000.000 In ton much
j Under the supposed conditions. If
fihey knew and could conceive the
; Tritii1
k- vi
Vritlt men. their registered verdict
1 Would vnrv llkelv hav hoon rllf.
jferent. It is a source of sorrow
that there are not more New Eng-
land societies in Oregon.
Vv
' Back at Lafayette, Indiana, to
quote the language of the informa-
i iruon niea against nim "Party De
- J Vault did then . and there felon
iously take and steal a policeman,
Ithe property of A. Meyers, then
. ?nd there being of the value of
"$2.50." For this offense atralnst!
' Hhe peace and dignity of the guar -
" 'dlan of the law, De Vault was
J fined (5. A hundred per . cent
" wefts a big profit on a deal like
y !(that.
THE JONES BILL
T
HE hope of Oregon irrigation-
ists is pinned Just now to
the bill introduced by Senator
Jones of Washington, which
'provides for federal guarantee of
, Interest on irrigation district bonds. , high water ln the Columbia and
: It Is said that with a federal guar-j Willamette rivers Is the cause
- ante the bonds can be sold at par of the present great shortage of
. or perhaps a premium, whereas l 8h, but there seem to be other
now the landowners are compelled ' considerations.
to;. submit to a large sacrifice by in the constantly waging war be
FKZt discount on the bonds and , tween the so-called . commercial
j in; many cases una it impossible
, to sell them at any price.
' r. In .the hearings before the sen
t ate " committee on Irrigation, the
' I .Oregon delegation, which was pres
i Jr ent--supporting the measure, was
, ; asked why" the . state . did not give
j lt: guarantee to the bonds. This
-was a pertinent question and one
t' difficult ; to . answer About the
f only thing that can be said for' the
tita,;. it ' its sentiments were cor
,rectly represented by the delegates
"at ': the: late Irrigation and Rural
e41U .onference, la that It will
not give, its guarantee to irrigation.
1 "ifrw i xwemeiy rioubtful
4 . t..'.v -a--, '!"'' .v. . .v'.S'.'.-,
then whether the United States
the. largo, part of. which wtU not be
directly favored by the Jones bill,
will be willing to accept ita pro
visions. There are many substantial men
who believe that Oregon could well
afford for the sake of the thou
sands of worthless acres that would
be made productive to lend Its
credit to irrigation.
Richard Smith, aged eight, of
Rosedale, Marion county is an in
dependent young man. He was
taken to Salem by his grandpar
ents, and becoming separated from
them was picked up by the police
and transferred to the city jail.
When the desk sergeant turned
his back Richard ."beat it," climbed
into a nearby delivery wagon and
drove for the tall timber. The
mathematics of the incident is, "If
it takes an eight-year-old boy half
an hour to break out of the Salem
calaboose how long ought it to
take a practical politician to break
Into the state house?"
PAMPERED CHILDREN
M
ODERN students of educa
tion agree that children
in American families are
too much pampered. Par-
eats who passed through hardships
in their younger days are deter
mined that their little ones Bhall
have "an easier time." Tho:-e who
knew what it was to go without
the necessaries of life lavish lux
uries upon their children as if
spoiling this generation could com-
! penmate for the deprivations of
jits predecessor.
I Dr. Lewellys F. Barker, of the
i national committee for mental hy
' giene, Is of the opinion that too
Iniftch coddling predisposes children
'to nervous weakness. He goes into
this subject quite instructively in
the committee's "publication No.
2." It is now admitted, he says.
feels nothing but scorn, but he
thlnks lt i8 a Btni greater mistake
... 0.rn(nnt iirfpon" Dnri tn
to teach them the habit of cool
baths and outdoor exercise in all
klndg of weather.
If a child is
sensitive to slight changes in the
temperature he is bdund to suf
fer for lt because the worlcL is
full of draughts and chills. Too
'much nrntActinn from thes little
n,g ,3 nQt ha,f 8Q de8irable ln the
long run as a Eturdy body tnat
disregards them.
Nothing is better for the vigor
of little people, Dr. Lewellya
thinks, than play, particularly play
in the open air and with other
children. "A child deprived of
playmates is much to be pitied"
he tells us. t may be very aris
tocratic to bring up a little girl
,n Btftey lsola" but it is ruin-
ous to her nerves and makes her
a sickly, conceited monster of self
ishness. Dr.. Lewellys advises anx
ious mothers not to ask that their
"nervous" children be excused from
regular exercises at school. The
routine is good for them inasmuch
as it inculcates habits of self-control.
The hardening regimen for chil
dren which Dr. Lewellys favors is
not new in the world. It was
ther than oar modern pedagogues.
No dubt it i8 a disaster to be too
i thin-skinned. The world was. not
maae I0" tne super-sensitive and
we over-aeiicate,
up in uacxamas county tney
elected Republicans on the Demo-
crauc county central committee
and Democrats on the Republican
tumu"uo mere
have been no weddings all during
the month of May. As a strictly
non-partisan county Clackamas is
entitled to go to the head of the
class.
THE SALMOX SHORTAGE
T
HB spectacle of Portland being
compelled to send to Puget
sound and Alaska for its re
quirements of fresh salmon
1 durhlS the open season for fishing
j nere is t&rtUn to the trade as
well as consumers.
With the Columbia river right
at its doors and with the Willam
ette usually a good salmon fish
ing stream, especially during the
early part of the season, the idea
of sending elsewhere for our own
requirements of fish is rather dis
tasteful as well as a monetary loss
to the community.
In some respects the extreme
fishermen and the . sportsmen, the
fish Industry is , not getting ' a
square deal. Eack-side is fieht-
Jng for Itself and the general pub
lic can go to the" bow wows.
The - cannerymen do not want
an early opening in the spring sea
son because at that time they are
not usually able to secure enough
6tock to operate profitably. They
would prohibit commercial fish
ing entirely until the time arrives
when supplies are plentiful enough
to make canning profitable. On
the other hand the cannerymen,
who alleee that the lata nrins'
opening i Is beneficial to the Osh
industry because lt gives the Greece was a single city, Athens, ar having increased calls for our
salmon of the early spring ran a whose territory was no larger than tables, which means continual add
chance to get to headwaters and . a -county in an American state. The Jng- to our force. We'll cover the
spawn, carry the canning opera-! Florentine republic which gave us entire northwest by the first of Jan-(
tions daring the period when the much of the renaissance art, liter- uary; see if we don't. i
fish are simply "bursting" with
eggs. These eggs are "ripe." and .
the fish ready to spawn then, but
they are so plentiful that the can-
ners utilize them. j
That salmon caught during the
late summer season is unfit for
food is even acknowledged by some
of the leading canncrs, but they
continue to operate just the same. :
Many thousands of dollars are '
annually spent by the states of
Oregon and Washington to propa-
gate salmon, but the methods f
the conflicting fishing interests
undo muchof the good work car- .
ried on by the state hatcheries.
In the meantime fresh Columbia
river Chinook salmon has almost
disappeared from the markets ef
tne east ana even ai nome mere
are periods of famine, while from
A . , , ,
the Sacramento river of California
where the laws are more protective
to the fish industry the annual
shipments to outside markets are
increasing.
"Sirens to Greet Ships. Recep
tion for Oregon and 'South Dakota
Arranged," reads a recent head
line. Aside from the Observation
that this would indicate the height
of hospitality, is it a wonder that
timorous mothers sing "I never
raised my boy to be a sailor?"
THE DEATH OF GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR is in a bad way.
The general education board
has condemned it for a mess
of nonsense. Dr. Flexner
says, in his polite, bedside manner.
that it is "futile as an aid to cot- i
reck speaking and writing." "For-1
mal grammar," its enemies call !
the persecuted study, damning it
with an epithet. Has anybody ever !
seen any grammar that was not
formal? One might as well speak
of a male man as of formal gram
mar. But when people are re-!
solved to put a heretic to death
they stop at nothing.
"Grammar is the science," says
the veracious textbook, "that
teaches how to speak and write
the English language correctly."
art by telling the pale little urchin
that it has four departments, or
thography, etymology, syntax and
prosody. This piece of information
usually proves very inspiring to
the young. & It may be depended
uijuu tu bci. u.ui
spasm of correct speaking and ,
writing instantaneously.
We are disposed to confide to .
the reader the result of a series I
of lifelong observations we have
made as to the effect of grammar
on the soul. Not Its theoretical,
company effect, but its real one.
Above all other arts and sciences
It makes reoole conceited. Teach
a woman half a pago of grammar ;
and she becomes unbearably prone
tr rHHriz evervthinc vou Bay in I
to criticize everyining JOU say in
ner ucauiiB' jvn ,
nocently that the train "runs
slow"? She comes back at you 1
quick as a
flash with severely,
that thfi train runs
pursed lips tnat. uib nam ruua
"slowly." the convenience, however, of having
Now she is wrong about it in j a plant in their shops, but still I
spite of her grammar. Some believe we will always have orders
trains go fast and Others Slow, j from them, and the larger their busi
though any train may go slpwly , ness the better we will be pleased.
If it likes. f)0 you happen to re-; Wo manufacture bolts, rivets, wash
mark that Johnny had better 6tay crs, dies and tools for machine shops
homo from school today on account . all along the coast, because lt pays
of Ins cold? Presto. She chillily them to have this work done In a
gives you to understand that I' bad
utflier uiiu nut ot; yaiocu. i kjh
must say "would better," forsooth,
and make a mincing pedant of : era Washington and Montana. Wher
yourself. "Had better" was good ever there is a machine shop of any
enough for Chaucer, Shakespeare, gTeat pretensions we are known and
Milton and all the rest Of the big , patronized, covering an area of 2000
geniuses. But it won't do for youir miles up and down the coast."
grammarian who has gone through j And yet the concern is but a fourr
the -first three pages A her hor-
lible textbook.
j
It is contended jr automobile
Owners that the general public
needs to be familiarized with the!
,ff; f itv k
it would seem to the man on the
sidewalk that about the only edu
cation necessary is to know which
way to jump.
SHALL COUNTRIES
I
T IS commonly said among spec
ulative politicians that whea
the war Is over there will be
no small countries left la
Europe. tney win ail nave Deen ; Bhow w amazing increase in Port
absorbed by the big ones. Bern-Iland manufacturing concerns, and lt
hardi speaks contemptuously of the ! lB by remembering this that one
small countries in his book on
Germany ana tne rvext war.
He despises them because they are
not big. Such little countries as
iHolland and Switzerland, he re
marks, are miserable survivals in
a world where nothing bu strength
counts for anything. So the sooner
they disappear the better. Another
German favors us with the opinion
that "the day of the small nation
Is over" and he willbe glad, for
his part, to see the last of them.
President Wilson takes a differ
ent view of the small nations. He
sald in his Memorial day speech
that "they have as much right to
their sovereignty and independence
as large and strong states," which
really sounds a good deal like the
truth. Taking everything Into ac
count the world owes about as
much to the small countries as t
the big ones and it could Illy af
ford' to see them destroyed or ab
sorbed by their huge neighbors.
Greece, for example, was but a
small country even if we Include
the. .whole of it, but it would be
difficult to find a big empire which
has contributed so much to human
welfare. The most active part of
ature and architecture was the pet- :
tiest of petty countries and Hoi-
land when it defeated Spain and
built the bulwarks of modern lib-
erty was but little larger.
It is mere savage conceit to de- '
spise small states because they are
small. A nation should not be
valued for its size but for what it
contributes to the good of man-
and judged in this way such
countries as Switzerland and Hoi-
land are as much entitled to sov-
ereign independence as the biggest
pi res. Often they are far more
deserving. j
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
(Tho infant iriust-.v is toted emphatically
today, in No . or n.e jomuar- -xot!iinB
the Matter With I'ortlani ' articles. The
jueniie of in6 win ie tha fun grown ve-
tuMlbbueut tif a de'nde uc b hence. The
me hoDfT i& lue ttie lofer coivern as the
irreater, and in many
eery moral aeuae.)
caes macb more, la
N
EARLY all
machine shops make
bolts frr
"home consumption," ;
some blacksmiths likewise, but
there is but one concern In ' Oregon
which makes them for the market.
and ships them as far east as Mon-
tana, south to San Francisco and
occasionally beyond, and north to
the Canadian border.
It makes tnem ty the ton, and of
all lengths and- sizes.
And it makes other things, too.
It turns out rivets by the bushel.
It makes a full Una of pole pins
for telegraph companies and rail-
roads. The Portland Railway, Light
& Power company has all its Dins
made by this factory. Its eye-bolts.
cross iron braces, etc.
Sewer contractors have the top
bars for catch basins made by the
Portland Bolt & Manufacturing com
pany, the institution referred to, at
209 Thirteenth street north, and lt
has shipped tens of thousands
of
twits, burrs and washers to tha gov
ernment railroad builders ln Alaska.
MAJCES TOOLS AND DIKS.
The company, in addition to rods
of any desired length and its other
products already mentioned, makes a
gTeat variety of mechanic's tools for
shop work, dies of all kinds and
Iron work. Its factory is
60x100 feet in -size, and replete with
machinery of many kinds, operated
by 15 men who are turning out work
at the rate of $100,000 a year, when
four years ago the company's doors
were opened by J. M. Llewelyn, Its
preScnt president and manager, with
not an order on hl9 hQOk Ha had
a couple of men to hep Mm ,n blg
inmai work now his payroll
la i ooo a month
uLi.r.o 10 ww.
"Business is mighty good at preS- !
ent," Mr. Llewellyn says. "The lm-
T T'CT 'l Tf 1 T t
days of Januaxy and has acquired
momentum ever since. W have an
exceedingly busy shop at this time.
We aro turnin)f out a bunch of work
.kk .m
for tne new shipbuilding companies.
iater tney win install macninery or , Toomey or anyone else, tney propose
their own, but, after all, it is a to fight for this principle until the end
question In my mind if they can do,15 accomplished:; P. J. SA1TMON.
th0 work themselves as cheaply as I
j .i, t I
we do lt for them. I recognize
factory which specializes in
thp5!
t unt's. e ui s cohblcliii.i ioiiyiiiB lj
,
d east-
cities of the sound, Idaho an
j year-old. But it's a Portland young-
ster with more muscle.
ArAn thin
M . . . ... .
Jiirlir McOlnn at 16. heaJthv and ro-
,
bust as he was and it doesn't have
to whistle to keep its courage up.
There are scores of other lively
tt, .D.
It's the kind Portland incubates.
The Journal has rnentioned about
a hundred of the type and 10 years
hence they'll be thick as moss and
big as giants.
The Doings of J. W. Doris.
Wonder how many readers have
made note of the youthfulness of a
majority of the industries noted in
these articles. Government reports
can get a full comprehension of the
that'Portland's aggregated pay-
! roii is growings not by leaps and
bounds, but in
steady, substantial
manner.
Here Is J. W. Doris,
860 Williams
avenue, a bright, qulcK. perceptive
young man. After working for others
a number of years he conceived the
. . . ,T T-v . A
Idea ;uf working for Mr. Doris and
pocketing the profits himself. So
he started a drop-leaf table factory
and "went to it'"
He worked alone for a week or
two, and then hired a helper. Soon
j after he had employment for another
and then another and another and
' today has a shop full of them and is
. , . . . , . TT
shipping tables in all directions. He
has. customers among the dealers In
Portland a considerable number In
v.. ennmo in To.Am. .-. .
tie, Spokane and other Washington
towns, and. In a small way. but rapid
ly approaching a large one. Is "do
lng a land office business'."
"YOU'LL HEAR FROM US LATER."
Asked the volume of his business
Mr. Doris was coy but declared:
"You'll hear from us ' later. We're
sowing the seed. It's sprouting. We'll
have a harvest In a little while. We
Only the clearest Douglas fir lum-
ber is used by Mr. Doris. It is white
as cotton and will take an oaken fin-.
ish. It makes a handsome table and
as made at the Doris factory will
last for yearB.
The factory is but a baby, thougrh.
it win be an adult some time, and
is given a place In this column be-
cause the publisher of Th Journal
admonishes the writer -not to over -
look the little fellows."
etterS From the PeODle '
j LeTierS "m Ine re0P16 j
tcojniunication wnt to The Journal for
t.D on only cue ide of the payer, should not ,
Diitiii canon in tnia neDariment kiiouiu ue writ-
exceed iUnj worda in leagtu, and aitwt be ac-
luiiKuled by tbe name and addreua of the ;
eniirr. K tlie writer does not dealre to naya i
ttie ntme pubilfbed be nbould go atate.J
"Discussion la tbe erratest of all reformer.
'. It ratlonaliiea everything it touches. It rob
principle ot all false sanctity and throw a theui
beck on tbelr reaaonableneKS. If they have no
reasonableness. It ruthlessly rruahea them oat
of existence uud seta up lt owu cxtncluaiona in
i tteir stead." Woodrow WLlon.
j Hcorns the Home Rule Bill.
! rortlarid, June 3. To the Editor of
f'16 Journal
-J. M. Toomey, In the
Journal of May 31, attacks the Ger
mans and censures the men who have
Inst riipri for Ireland it mv h that
Mr. Toomey is an Englishman in dis
guise; for an Irishman who is now in
l'avor of England is as rare as an In
dian on Manhattan island.
In speaking of the Irish home rule
bill people should not be deluded by
the name. "The Irish homo rule bill
does not mean that Ireland shall have
home rule. It means that John Ked
mond and a coterie of politicians shall
have a toy parliament devoid of any
substantial power. Under the proposed
heme rule bill, the postoffice, the po
lice and ail matters relating to com-
inerce and the economic development
01 Ireland will be still in the hands of
the British parliament. , To call the
. proposed Irish home rule bill a real
measure of self-government i3 absurd.
However, lt suits John Redmond and
his political followers, for they will get
jobs. To Ireland it will mean nothing
but double taxation that is, the Irish
people must pay for the upkeep of the
British government and must als pay
for the upkeep of this toy Irih govern
ment without any corresponding gain.
Sir Kdward Carson Is absolutely right
on this question so far as Irish home
rnlA is concAt-ned
If Mr. Toomey is so loyal to England
ence, why should he be in favor of
home rule? The acceptance of home
rule by Ireland from Kngland would
be a recognition of the fact ttrat. Ire
land did not have a right to her free
dom and that Kngland had the right to
tell the Irish people how much freedom hla P0 bv tno ald of Pack, BtaPs
they were entitled to receive. Tna pack of the writer contained the
The people of Ireland do not recog-
nize any such power in England. They
do not propose to look for the measure
of their freedom in some English stat
ute book. Ireland was a civilized na
tion when England was peopled by bar
barians. Ireland defeated and con
quored the Norsemen ln the battle of
Clontarf, and this the Saxons could not
do at the battle of Hastings
In the battle at Dublin where 3000
. . ..... -
irishmen held tne city ror seven days
against the British fleet and 25,000
Englishmen armed with machine guns,
erable home rule bill, but the freedom
of Ireland. England has no more right
ln Ireland than Ireland has ln England;
for. according to the eternal law, which
aI1 free men recognize, the people in
Ireland have the God-giyen right to be
free, and without c6nsulting Mr.
Catalogues the Cat's Sins.
La Grande, Or.. May 31. To the Edi
tor of The Journal In former years
it was considered necessary to keep
a cat, or several cats, about each homo
to keep down the mloe and rats,, but
ln the light of present day civtllza-
tlon lt has been found that cats are
more of a menaco than a help loathe
household. With traps, poisons and
modern buildings, the rats and mice So
not long find lodging with careful
people.
Physicians who are well posted on
1 the subject agree mat the. oat Is
, source of danger ln spreading disease,
as Jri it3 wanderings about it is likely
to be caressed by children who have
tuiiui6iuuii uixk. u jir kuq
to contract diphtheria and tuberculo-
sis and diseases of the skin, ringworm
and so on, and in handling them per-
sorts havo been known to contract the
disease.
Some persons who have evidently not
" P v " - o--
Bi-uiiou ivna ubsiu uuims iuune wnen
: . . . .v... .i , m
! ii u Buggeaiwi wni iub iiuiuucr oi. oui
i be regulated. Let ne quoto a little of
'what Is being done in the east.. At
Montclalr, N. J., an ordinance has been
Passed in regard to cats In substance
No cat shall be nermltted
J to run at large unless wearing a col-
lar and identification tag bearing
either tbe owner's name and address
or a number. Any cat not bearing the
tag shall be deemed to be a vagrant
and may be captured by an authorized
officer and shall be sold or; 4estroyed
in not less-, than 48 hours after cap- 1
ture. The officer shall be awarded
11 for each cat lawfully seized."
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals puts to death near-
ly 2000 cats ln a year ln New York
city alone. Five cats were killed on
the Kew York stat game farm which
had killed J5000 worth of young pheas-
ants which the state was trying to
, rear.
CARRIE A. PICKENS.
Short on Enlistments.
From the Omaha World-Herald.
Nearly 150,000 men paraded in New
York the other day in defense of pre
paredness. For some time the gover-
nor of the state and other authorities
have been calling for 5000 men to fill
ur the depleted ranks of the, national
guard of that state. New York has a
dlvislon of national guard,
u has cavalry. Infantry, artillery, en-
: gineers, signal corps, motorcycles,
I armored cars, medical 'corps and
1 aviators. All the offices are filled but
19 Ek LI cuiciiuvua DUU1 VI Liri-
vates-
5000 shortage and the ap-
peal to fill the ranks, shoulder a rifle
and carry a knapsack Is not re-
Pnled to. They turn .out by the
uunurea lauuciuia wiieii mere IB to oe
& para(ie and many other thousands
aeek jn vain to participate and are
refused because there is no room for
i them on the streets but when lt
comes to enlisting In the national
guard, that Is an entirely different
thing. .
We do not do so much parading out
here in Nebraska as they do down
east,' but when the government called
for an additional 20,000 men for the
regular army on account of . the --dif fl.
j culties in Mexico, nearly seven times
as many men in ratio to population,
enlisted from Omaha as enlisted from
New York. The figures are not at
hand In regard to the ratio f national
PERTINENT COMiV.ENT
8MALL CHANGE.
Come now Mlg9 June bo your own
sweet self for a few days,
Enter the roses to help lend color
and beauty to a too-lon drab outlook,
Favorite sons will soon be free to
lamMes feW 4y in the boom ' Ukeir
-p-h d
visiting liuropeVecause of thtTscarclty
of meat there.
I Speakinir of sore thumbs, there is
.T - R.q onthehand i that, must be used
Thl u when Portlan(j
jfriakes merry and. come to think of
i1-111 lot ,to be glad about,
addition tolycy,
, ot persistency, Judging by Verdun.
.. . . -
it hot in Chicago this week
and the icemen are overworked, that
i airbanks boom may come In handy.
It is the Biz Stick atalnst the Steam
Roller in the big league, with fair
prospects of an umpire or two setting
killed off.
Woadfr how many marchers in the
preparedness parade are convinced that
i a visit to the chiropodist Is the essence
or preparedness:
I If Carranza really wants to be rid
i of American troops, he might induce
Villa to occupy that tomb the bandit
leader built for himself..
When kissed by his grandchild the
other day. John D. Rockefeller gave the
child a nickel. There ought to be a
minimum wage established for grand-
en uurcn witn sucn hard jobs.
JOURNAL
35What to Put Into
Any novice in mountain travel either
asks first of all,'' How shall I prepare
my pack for hiking?" or regrets failure
to do so after the expedition has got
ten away from civilization. The weight,
the size, the comfort and the contents
of the pack have vitally to do with
the Journey's comfort. Before the Prog
ressive Business Men's club' a few days
ago. John A. Lee, Mazama leader and
experienced mountaineer, made sugges
tions -which he consented to repeat for
Journal Journeys. He described the
equipment for a trip he had recently
made afoot with two companions up
the Clackamas river to the Oak Grove
branch of that stream, the time four
days and the distance 70 miles.
The most beautiful spots of the
Northwest are to be reached only afoot
fays Mr Lee'
His suggestions fol-
"In starting, our packs each weighed
33 pounds by actual weight on the
scales ln the store at Cazadero. The
writer and one other, of the party used
a packsack of the Duluth pattern and
the third member of the party carried
camp outfit, his own bedding and per
sonal effects, and a small portion of
the provisions. The packs of the other
two contained respectively their bed
ding and personal effects and the
greater part of the.: provisions. One
of them carried a camera and tripod.
m m
"The camp outfit consisted of the
following: Three small pails with lids,
oblong ln shape so as the better to fit
n th nark, and graduated in 6lze so
aS to MS The lids of the palls at
mealtime were used as plates. For
tabi9 knives one member of the party
v,i v,onv nnckfit knives. Three Ueht
table forks and three aluminum spoons,
carried Inside the inner pall Two light
an(i medium sized frying pans. One
nKnt camp axe of the best grade. The
cheaper axes are almost worthless,
This was a belt axe but was carried ln
the pack, as the writer dislikes to
carry any weight suspended from the
waist The pails were incased ln a
flour sack so as to avoid the soot from
them rubbing off on the bedding, and
the frying pans likewise. The pails
were carried at the bottom and In one
corner of the pack and the frying pans
ln the other, with the axe in between
so as to equaJize the weight and bring
an eauaJ pull on each of the shoulder
straps of the packsack. These articles
were all. placed in the pack after the
bedding had been placed therein. II is.
of course, Important tnat tne ouer
contents Vf the pack shall rest against
tho back. Next, the few articles of pro
visions that the writer carried, and his
r.i-ennnl ffctji were Dlaced ln the
J, and on top 0f gji the fly tent,
ThJ fl tent waa g feet by ten feet
ln dimensions of sllkolene material.
e,nd. with the cord used in pucuing n.
welrbed l6a than two pounds. When
pitcttea n formed an A tent 10 feet
long with 4 feet on the slopes, and
j oplta at each end. It was pitched by
! ot . cori tightly suspended be-
tween two trees, ln place of a ridge
r)0 H. &U1U W 9 BlMu " " ' "
takes four on a siae. nicusu n
9Mxm, 4 .r . . - ,v
Ut-
flAt, lt aitoraea ample nwm lur
thr of ui together with all our out
ut-
fit.
"Each member of the party car
ried a belt cup hooked on his belt.
guards to population, their equip
ment end preparedness, but if they
were at hand they would, without
doubt, show up in the same way. New
Ycrk is great on parades, but short
on . enlistments.
Chicago is to have a parade after
the same fashion as New York, and
after it is over the papers will tell of
the hundred thousand or so wno
,n u There will be no re-
Dort of th. number of enlistments in
now natlonal guard. Omaha will
not hava a parade, but when lt comes
to enlistments sho will have more
i than her proportion of men ln the
j rank3 and Omaha Is always for peace
and against militarism.
Five Dollars a Week.
From the New York Globe.
Few things are more exasperating
to the man who has to keep body and
oul togetner anu viu
week, than to have some rich men
tell him that lt U easy to do it on 5
a week. In opposing a minimum wage
law the other day an aged millionaire
declared be had mad the experiment
most satisfactorily, and that there was
no reason why other people should not
do it as "rc t
UUl, BkiaitBo W ( , w
was still doing 1C He did not pre-
tend that he proposes to end his days
In the delights purchasable for 15 a
we-
i w ever uwk.v, . -... n. -.
Vourlahed man could, as an experiment
or for a wager, live on such & sum for
a limited timet Who ever doubted
that many thousands of people do lt
out of sheer necessity for an unlimited
; period? But does any person that
I knows life doubt that they are mlser-
i able while doing lt?
! It does not seem to have occurred to
I this empiric old millionaire that a man
I who has most of his life behind him,
and a pretty comfortable life at thaT
U a poor criterion for the tastes of a
young, ambitious, and life-hungry per
son. It does not seem to have occurred
to him, that a man who has tasted
freely ot pleasures can be deprived of
leprived of
AND NEWS IN BRIEF j
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
Th toim roller has been Dut on
Heppner streets and the rough places
smoothed out. The streets are now in
excellent shape, the Gazette Times'
'S.,fJ.i?Win.K.e Le,ceUt lUn
a ..w.
N. J. ansklke. formerly of Prescott.
been added to the Milton Eagle staff, I
and will become Its busines emanager
Furthermore, on June 9 the East will
be issued in type set on Us own type
setting machine.
President A. L. Vlsher, Secretary
"W. A. 'Easburn. F. M. French and G.
A. Flood, of the Albany Commercial
club have made a trip to Woodburn to
Investigate the Merchants' ClearlnK
House association operated at that
place, the main object of which lfc to
cut off the mail order business.
Citv beautlficatiou as a business
matter is thus adjudced by the Ash-
land Tidings: "People who say that ;
beauty Is a luxury know very little !
about human nature or business. A
beautified neighborhood is accepted as '
a. ian of a hither scale of livlnK. I'eo-
plo feel that in moving into lt they
are improving social station, not to
opeak of the pleasure to the eye which
beauty always gives."
Saying nothing of his sfrina: of fish.
the Brownsville Times reports on a
recent profitable day's work of a Linn
county citizen, sayliiK: ".loe Gedney of
Foster, Thursday of lant week col
lected bounty lor two cougars and a
wildcat. He had been fishing and was
returning home when he met the two
cougars in the road and killed them
both. He received $':0 bounty for the
two cougars and $2 for the wildcat."
JOURNEYS
the Pack, and How
"As regards the bedding used, two
of us had eiderdown sleeping bags
which weighed not ' to exceed ton
pounds each. These consisted simply
of ordinary eiderdown quilts with ex
tra outer coverings placed thereon so
as to prevent the down from sifting
through. These quilts were folded
lengthwise so as to make the bag and
fastened at the foot and on the open
side. Snaps were used for fastening in
the case of one of them, and safety
pins for the other. Sllkolene was the
material used as the outer casing of 1
atia nf ttiAiA hon anil hfllloon idlk for
the other. The third member of the
party used a sleeping bag improvised
from a double blanket, folded ln the!
same manner and fastened at the hot- j
torn and on the open side.
The writer much prefers the corn-
'bjnation of tjy tent end light sleeping
bag to the use of a heavy waterproof
sleeping bag. There is no sleeping bag
that Is entirely waterproof, so far as
his observation has gone, except one
made of paraffined canvas (aquepello)
which Is entirely too heavy to carry
on a knapsack trip. It Is not particu
larly pleasant, either, to crawl out of j
such a sleeping bag on a rainy morn
ing and dress ln the wet.
The provision tiat was as follows:
Six 10 cent loaves of French bread
(French bread selected both becauso
the loaves are shaped convenient for
packing and have a hard crust which
does not crumble readily); two pounds
rice, one email package oatmeal, one
cupful flour ln which to roil nsn tor
frying, three pounds bacon, two pounds
nam, two pvuuus Burnuiei f.uuc, i"ui j
rrilnAH ? nminrltf dried aniirots.
I
two pounds dried prunes, one pound : on" vlt e presidents or asslst-
ralslns, one pound dates, one Jar n "'"'"o ,Vl' Pk.0 r
orange marmalade, one and one half fmethlng like that-of the Mllwau
pounds butter (In quarter pound ( Kee Buln-
cubes), four pounds sugar, one pound; U And I Just tell this story to
coffee nn small can cocoa, one fourth show that nun may. look like each
pound tea, four 6 cent cans condensed
milk, one half pound salt, one small
can pepper, four lemons, four candles
and a package of matches.
"Of the provisions taken, all were
consumed ln the four days excepting
about one third of the bacon and half
of the oatmeal. It should be stated,
however, that we had two mesaes of
trout, hence our stock of provisions
almost exactly met our requirements.
The only article that ran short was
sugar, and this is the experience of
most outing parties, no matter haw
much sugar la taken.
"As will be noted, ther are no
heavy canned goods ln the above ex-
cepting the milk and the maxmalade.
The sugar, rice, coffee, salt and flour
were all carried ln cloth bags.
"Our personal effects Included Onfy
articles of absolute necessity. Two of
n. carried no nru.t. W each Ti n w -
ever, had a change of socks and i
change of underclothes, soap, one tow
el, tooth brush, comb. One member had
ln addition a supply of surgeon's ad
hesive tape one inch wide, a can of
talcum powder (for use on the feet,
not on the face), and a small emer
gency kit to be used ln the event of
accident. The adhesive tape la useful
in avoiding Dusters on tne teei ana in in artwmj a gnoa nana, but In plarlsg poor
case of cuts Or other accidents. I bn1 WU-" J' 'r forgot and admitted
"For their personal effects, rwo'' J ptt7J".Dti
members of the party had white paraf.
lined canva Dags so maae as to ertan l
open and enable one to find readily the
article wanted."
them for a short space with an equa
nimity that would hardly appeal to a
young and properly eager man or wo
man who has tasted of them meagerly,
tf at all. ,
It Is strange to hear such reaction
ary stupidity today. It Is strange to
observe a man who hr.s gone through
life with such a complete lack of un
derstanding of his fellow-men, such a
complete lack of sympathy with their
tastes, desires, and aspirations. For-
,.., his' vlnwi ,n a nhnUi. m
tunately nis ylews n so obsolete in
their extremity that to most living
people they are ildlculous. Were lt
not for the dollars he owns he would
have no opportunity
them.
of expressing
"Stampede Proof."
From the Kansas City Star.
"Republican leaders'' are quoted by
the New York Times as having no fear
, . .i v
that the Chicago convention will be
stampeded for anybody. "Such exceed
ing care," they said, "has been exer
cised to obtain staid and unemotional
uc,cl luo win uj u.
j . . . . . . , i
near stampeue-proor as a convention
can possibly be made." .
A "stampede-proof" convention, in
the opinion of the Republican leaders.
is one which will do what the old guard
leaders from Massachusetts New York
and Pennsylvania think Is best to be
j,lnt,
"Unman Folk."
From the Boston Olobe.
The people who live ln the hearts of
men are the "human beings" of history
Llncolns, thai Mark Twain and the
Walt Whitmans of life who' lounged
through the world ln shirt sleeves.
They never took the trouble to put
on airs, because they knew If they
did they would miss ,: the wbole
show. The price of admission to
that human show the greatest
show on earth is to leave selfishness
and pride at home. That done, you
walk in past the doorkeeper without
'giving him aaythlnghut a wink.
TKQnce Oer
fVUlTK A WHILE AGO lt may be
lorcen -into me nanas
Vf rerallrd I fi
of a man on Broadway a copy ot
the Once Over book.
alui inlr-i or.rt and nn
me 00 cents ,,d asked me If I was
going past his offlces-and If I
to It,av- tll(, book thare
H And
and
I eald "All right."
went down the street to
Milton L Gumbert's fur store.
to leave the book there for- Mil
ton to whom hid just sold U up
the street.
JAnd llillon laughed st me and
told me to havo my head examined.
- and 1 endured his taunts and'
sold him a Look.
T And for quite a while I was
looking for a man who looked like
Milton Gurnliert.
And flimll v ft r I h.
1' Arn1 'nall rter I harl
''" -ev.,ial times I
pent
was
wamunuB iuomr.
with Maiw Zan tlio w. k. boule
vardler. JAnd wp went Into the offices of
th Milwaukee rallioad at Third and
Stark.
-and there win, the man who
looked llkci Milton Humbert.
U Anil I knew him Ed Garrison
district freight and passenger e-gent.
JAnd he looked at me calmly.
and askd me if I was still work
ing that disappearing book trick.
and If I wtia making much at It.
J And I couldn't say much.
J I tried but they wouldn't let me.
J I said Milton and Kd looked a
lot like each oilier especially with
their hats on.
and they paid with scorn that
what looked ahk to me was the
; picture of the lady on the half dol
lars. JAnd bye and bye I got Milton
and Ed together to prove it.
JAiid they looked at carh other..
- and then both started to call me
down.
--andj I had) to tak it.
J But arter that and here's wher
my vindication comes ln Kd sold
Milton a li.'kit east over the Mil
waukee. JAnd between St. Paul and Chicago
M'lton went Into the dining car to
eei a mue sustenance. f
And while lie wan looking at the
bill of fare and thinking how the1
war had raised prices a flian came In,
and greeted Milton cordially
and sat down opposite.
- and talked about Portland and
how things were on t lie coast.
and ordered a nice expensive meal.
and so did Milton.
5JAnd they ate uid talked and
smoked.
and the man insisted on paying
for the meal
V And after a while when Milton
didn't seem to know much about the
railroad gnmt tlio man looked at
Milton cloBely.
and begged his pardon but lis
guessed he iiad made a mistake.
5J"1 took you for Kd Garrison our
ecent at Portland you look a' good
him" said the man
1 and Kave M1Uon hla
card.
And the man whs C. B. Ferry
other and not know lt.
or hate to admit lt and
JI.ISTKN This story la all true
except where tho man paid for Mil
ton's meal.
1 1 Just put that In to make lt read
smoothly.
Uncle Jeff Know Kays:
Looks 'nlf we hud either got to
forbid the legislature passing any
more laws whatever fur a spell, or
we have got to repeal all ln stock
now an' start over again. They're)
playing the biggest game of give
away ln Europe Just now ever known,
j using boy
like ours an' mine Tor
checkers
SUCCESS.
There by been fifty tliisnJ million" of
I ncc huutera parading rr the earth a I nee
I tb grat Oranlz.r d.tlied thi aor1.
i 'ew of then, nutrcheO .iff the wlthoot
paMlng- th big wth nf th ronaUtntloo of
aucctaa on to Ui'lr nrit neighbor, who bad
been laboring with Ui delualoo that be ai
rrady had lt.
"Sacrvwa," eald one, "nonalata la doing (Ofo.
thing bettar than anrbodr else doea lt.,rTbat's
what we are ail dojng. Have you discovered
the thing I
"Success," eald another, "Is determined by
iLdlTldual cbamoterlaUcs and ablUtlae." Ex
actly. Suecaaa," said Joeh BUllngi, ''consists not
wint you did with what the other follow did
Jou conclude that ima are nut auch a dub.
What a mane of nrrj inlatakea somebody
mint bare made! Main oan, however, waa the
error of not consulting the maker f guldta te
aucneaa. Of the alitj-eeren a minute that ar
rive lt would be tntereattng to learn bow many
gTaap the prize which la hung just two Jumna
ahead. There la so much grief !
I'.tit. It seema, the (Yea tor must have bad a
I "inning estimate of human wya when he dl-
vlded us op Into great claiwtea. yet orolttd to
roruld the deniseni or Ktirnsiae street from
irosMmedlng on Washington. If tbe march
were from Biirnalde to Washington forever,
with no.yrorinter movement, the srbeme might
not he herd to maater.
Sometime, wHh a day off and en Incllnstloa
to view tha worklnr of the rofuhlne from th
heights, ws ra fall bark Into a recogniUoa of
simple wsj.
' KlIrHng near the border of the dangvr line
D,1IIlM ,p,,ify w so narrowly
m:, entering into ths unlverssi roc test of
guesMng the sret.
Regardless of what they asy about It, yosj
isei pnniy crrain. anywev. luac you are
tolerable success as far ss you have gone. The
chief dlfferenr-e In toe views, peruana, la that
you are willing to admit lt. whilst the rest of
the world Is not.
Rut that la their oversight, and they will all
bluefa when they mtrl) up to where yo stood
yesterday. Meantime yon shall do tbe same
service for the rest of them. f
Tomorrow you will he different, whoever of
; wherever you ere. though yon will lots and
be loved none the less for that.
L. K. J.
FICW1CS.
I never aaw a
picnic spresd
hsve smong tbe eats
iuii ujii mi
g,, pignut bM,,er on th, nrMd
And many plates of olrkied beets.
Youngstowa 'JVlegTssa.
And as for picnic spreads I know
Of many Jaunty little trip,
tb' h,(1 w" iu,t w
I 0t 'Hhuo A.Herm,,
. , .
I never to a plrnle went
At whlrh a sommer-pinted rent
Sat down in a soft custard pie.
Houston Post.
I never to a picnic bled.
Dolled up In Ice cream pants.
But that when me they notified
They'd notified tb ants.
Kansas City Star.
At picnics, ef tbe fcTngs they take,
Speaking of eomaalaaary etaff.
It always hsnpene too much eak
Not sandwiches enough.
Uncle Jeff Hnow Say:
Tubalum McTyre tells me that the
main secret la all these secret orders
Is that there is nothing worth secret"
lng, and he b' longs to some 1 of 'em.
I'm always suspicious of eggs labeled
'Frasn," when there other , n the
Isam gtore labeled "Strictly Tttnh
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