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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY, JUNE 8. 1916.
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America aaka nothln fnr herself but what
be baa a right to aak for humsnltr flaelf.
WOODROW WILuw.
tmillong for defenM. hat not a cent for
loute. CHARLES C. PINCKNE.
A great object la nlwiiya Hnnwrred
wbenerer utj property U trnfirred from
baoda that are not fit for that property
to tboM that are. Burko.
A. FOOLISU TIIKEAT
EVEN before the grant land bill
Is signed, the railroad peo
ple talk loudly of litigation
to defeat the purposes of the
measure.
r
. i It Is a foolish course. Litiga
tion can only postpone the open
ing of the lands to settlement.
- Thousands of homes can be es
tablished on the agricultural por
tions of the grant. Every added
home makes traffic for the rail
jroad and wealth for the state. No
course more unwise could be
Chosen than one that seeks fur
ther to obstruct the purposes of
the people as expressed through
congressional action.
' The railroad has done enough
damage to Oreeon. Rv its vio
lations of the terms of the grant
. Jt held back settlement and re
tarded state growth. To further
Tllirail a tha nrtltttr K ...... . .... V, :
, jcal litigation in the courts will be
Supreme folly. In the -hostile pub
, He sentiment it would create, a
continuance of obstruction will re-
J act very detrimentally to the cor-
. nnraHnn
. The claim of the railroad that
It owns the timber is absurd. It
never owned anything in the lands
but $2.50 per acre. T'ae title was
passed to it with the understand
ing that such title would be passed
, on to actual settlers on payment
vviujou ui a.uu iier acre.
mv - .
h plain that every schoolboy can
comprehend it.
Yet the railroad is out with the
preposterous' claim that it owns
- the timber timber of which some
Is worth as much as $60 or even
$100 an acre.
The whole world knows that
' congress plainly provided $2.50 an
acre, as the railroad's 3hare, and
It is so' specified in the bond. To
a i . . . .
. tiauu mat any court would ever
give the timber to the company Is
, inaistenco on that which is fool-
ish and impossible.
The railroad betrayed its trus
. teeshlp in which the government
entrusted it with sale of the lands,
primarily at $2.50 per acre. It
( violated every specification in the
contract. It Is In no nosition in
assume a defiant attitude.
It would fare far better as a
penitent.
Of all the fixed events of the
; Rose Festival none appeals so
strongly to sentiment or lingers
( so long in memory as the chil
dren's or human rosebud parade.
To it? there is spontaneity and
in its movement and color is the
' spirit of youth. "Youth with swift
feet walking onwaro in the way;
, 'the land of joy lying all before his
. ..yes." In all its pride the rose would
p worth nothing if thero were no
- sun to call its brightness forth. So
. With childhood if to it is given no
sun or rree and equal opportunity
io maae us dreams come true.
A PROSPERITY FACT
Hp HE bureau of internal revenue
r I of the federal government is
I a thermometer of business
. i aaa ji.i ,
couuiuons in tne United
States. When business is stag
nant the internal revenue receipts
Are small. When business is active
the Income of that bureau mounts
ikpwafd with increasing prosperity.
-1 Commissioner . Osborn, of the
bureau of internal revenue, has
f Just i issued a report covering ln
ternal revenue receipts for the
j first ten months of the current
fiscal year ending June 30. This
report shows an increase in re
ceipts over tte first ten months
of last year of $13,639,127. Of
this increase $10,013,140 were re
ceived from taxes on spirits, $5,
1 05.121 from taxes on tobacco and
- $172,322 from miscellaneous
sources. The revenue receipts
from beer decreased $2,052,457
. during the ten months, leaving the
. net Increase for the year of $13,
39,127. It is estimated that the
' total: revenue income for the fiscal
y earl will, reach $500,000,000. c
. This report 1 is a wonderful in-
dex of the country's prosperity. It
snows mat me nation during tne lost interest in it. Snail we ever learn to deal in- eaieamen cover the wine aisinci irom
past year has traveled far on the ( Our army has maintained a fly- j telligently with the Indians? Sen- the pacific to many of the cities be
upgrade. It shows .that the pros- ing station in southern California ator Lano hopes that we may some yond the apex of the .Rocky, moun
perity of the country with its at- but some time ago scandals broke day do so. His efforts to hasten tains. .
tendant wider scope of employment out there. An officer had lost bis , the happy dawn are commendable. ! in a previous article The Journal
and Increase in wage earners and
vage payments has resulted in a
larger consumption of taxable arti-,
cles. I
The history of the revenue bu-t.
reau has demonstrated that when
business is stagnant revenue col
lections on tobacco, especially cig
arettes and cigars, fall off corre
spondingly, wh'.le with prosperous
conditions the reverse is true. The
report shows that ten months of
tfce year gives an increase of 5,-
505,121 in revenue collections
from tobacco clone.
Still, It woultT'be aft oven finer
festival if Portland and the in
terior had freight rates based on
a water level haul Instead of rates
fixed by the cost of haul over a
mountain range.
A CHILLY COXVEXTIOX
A
LL THE correspondents re
port a "lack of warmth" at
1 K n Phlnnitn r.nn iron t Inn Tha
delegates shiver in thelr
seats. The keynote orator was ap
plauded but a paltry 29 seconds,
when in ail reason and precedent
he might have expected 30.
It would be a happier conven
tion but for two great shadows
that stream across it. Theodore
Roosevelt Is at Oyster Bay, more
than a thousand miles away, but
the shadow that he casts visibly
lowers the temperature in the Col-:
ipoum.
Few men ever held greater
power over a convention. With
one word he can make himself the
Progressive nominee and destroy
every hope of the Republican con
vention other than the hope that
e VvT , Y i lJ"
of the colonel as the Republican
standard bearer. Whatever chance
of victory there may be for the
main convention rests absolutely
in the hand -f Mr Roosevelt and
he leaders u know it W tn the
tne leaaers all Know U. Ultn tne
precedents which the colonel has
established at Republican conven-
tions his shadow over the Poll-
tions, niB SLaaow over tne COIi-
seum in these critical moments is
as frigid as an iceberg fresh from pant ana P? -nd nn I " WWt. Granulated Corn Meai and j Priod8 Jewish M1
the Arctic. m in other states is so raw and un- In the first account, plants are a
The other great shadow is cast
by a great national figure now in
the American White House. The
man who, under the most trying
situations, has- kept America in ;
peace, "the man whose trusteeship
over the republic is universally ad
mitted to have beon such as mil-
lions of Americans have long j
sought this man is even greater ;
than the colonel in disturbing the 1
temperatures at the convention.
It is not often that a great con
vention is so mucn affected by the
portentous shadows of two mere ,
men I
A Kansas City wedding was
staged in a chicken coop, the
other day. Most bridegrooms want
lu l-- icw ui lucui uavo e-
lected so appropriately as that one
at Kansas City.
MRS. PANKHURST
I
RS. PANKHURST has
marvelous voice. Soft, low
and gentle, it is scarcely)
raised at all in empha
sis and is never shrill. But it
penetrated to the farthest corner
of the Heilig theatre and was
audible to every person in her
great meeting. Her air and man
ner are more like those of the
traditional "fine lady" than the
agitator. Who would suppose from
listening to her soft words and
pathetic pleas for the desolate
Serbians that she had kept a great
country In a turmoil for years and
had baffled the efforts of all its
statesmen to silence her?
Verily it Is not in the earth-
quake and the whirlwind but in
the still small voice that power
resides. It is conceded by all the
poets and novelists that no man
can nope to understand any worn- ernmenfs "moral" regulations
an. They abound in problems that which pester the Indians everlast
cannot be solved and enigmas to ingly without doing them any par
which there is no answer, but to ticular good
us, it seems1 that the greatest puz-; Gambling,' for instance, seems
zle of all in connection with the to be punished with excessive se
sex is the amount of energy they verlty. We do not refer to those
can produce from the frailest sort forms of gambling where a good
of a physical frame. Mrs. Pank- j deal of money lg staked and ,og8es
hurst looks as fragile as a china are heavy. We Bpeak . rather of
teacup but she has shaken an em- ; tnose minor games wnere a Blckel
plre and may do it again. j of SQ ,s wagered and tne ,ossea
j harm nobody. The Indians have
If Justice Hughes ever con- a same which thev call "sticks" or
sents to talk, he will have to
throw his speaking powers in high
gear or the colonel will have him
beaten to a frazzle.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
T
Tin x i - . i
.. owub ui an aeroplane
making its graceful evolu -
tionS in the air over Port-
land raises thoughts in the
mind which are not altogether
jubilant. In this country the fly
ing machine is a rarity, and a won
der. In Europe It Is as common
place as the motor car, almost.
And yet it .was invented in the
United States. S. P. Langlev first
worked out the Idea of a flvlnu's
.v, , , ..v .
machine heavier than air, and pro-
pelled by an engine
1 ne Wright
brothers perfected the invention.
Langley's model did not come
quite np to expectations and he
was ridiculed to death by the
newspapers. The Wright brothers
went to Europe for effective sup
port when it came to making prac
tical use oi tneir inventions. As
soon as we found that no money
I was likely; to be made from the
aeroplane without some delay, we
life because the machinerv was dis- .i
honstly inspected. InTentions, like,
prophets, sometimes receive more
honor abroad than at home.
As a keynoter Robins won the
greatest applause but he had a
more sympathetic audience.
KEEP IT IN OBEGOX
T
HE 40 per cent qf the grant
land proceeds set aside in the
1 new bill for reclamation
ought to be spent in Oregon.
An effort should - be made .In this
state to see that it is not all spent
cutside of Oregon.
There is" a reasonable and legiti
mate argument for every cent of
it to be spent on Oregon reclama
tion. The grant lands were orig
inally eet acide as a plan to make
Oregon .grow. The whole design i
of that congress of nearly 50 years
ago was to give this state a chance
to develop by encouraging railroad
building and opening the grant
lands to howeseekers and home-
builders,
That the design was largely
frustrated was no fault of the Ore
gon people. It was tho deliberate
act of the railroad, made possible
by the failure, of federal authori
ties to enforce the terms of the
grant act.
It would be a perfectly Just and
perfectly, reasonable arrangement
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proceeus mat is to go lur leciauia-
tion, to go to Oregon reclamation.
That would ultimately fulfill the
design of the congress that passed
the grant act. Reclamation of
arid lands in Oregon would do a
great deal to make atonement for
the damage Oregon has sustained
through the railroad's failure to
.
carry out the provisions of the
grant.
Oregon could present a power-
Ml case at Washington. This state
has provided more than $10,000,-
n. .hih llllt
000 for reclamation. Of vhich but
a fraction was spent on
Projects. The proposal to take .
v J ticnnn nno out of the '
another ,18,000,000 Out Of the
just a proposal that it is believed ;
the congress of the United States
could be made to see the injustice
and remedy it
Teddy seems to have most of
the noise but the question is has
he the votes?
RAISING THE LIMIT
I
T IS a wise act on the part of
the postoffice department to
raise the limit of deposits in
the postal savings banks.
Hitherto, the limit has been $500
for any depositor. By this step it
is made $1000. The usefulness of
the banks will no doubt be more
than doubled. Many persons who
sought to entrust their money to
tbg D08t0ffice Were repelled by the
. , F,.,f hbu- oh
low limit of deposits and much
business was sacrificed.
Others were repelled by the
needless1 restriction on monthly de-
'posits. The latter looked like an
a .. . ... . . ji.
cQ Q h ft ..Ym gaye SQ
K 4V i
much each month but you must
not save any more," was the way
it might have been- interpreted.
This indefensible restriction has
also been annulled and people may
now put as much as they like in
the postal banks every month up
to the final limit of $1000.
HULL GULL
s
ENATOR LANE continues his
crusade against the petty tyr
anny which the federal gov-
ernment exercises over the
Indians. This tyranny often takes
the deceptive form of over-anxiety
and solicitous paternalism. But it
js none the less regrettable for all
that Mr J nno'c latest Eaiw tn ,
directed against some of the gov-
"hull gull" which amuses them
and certainly has no great moral
turpitude since it costs but five
cents a game.
But the paternal government
takes it very seriously and Indians
raucht redhanded at a c-amA nf
sticks are sentenced to 40 days in
, jail or such a matter. Suppose
delinquent whites were treated to
the same sauce. How many of
our bridge playing society dames
would be out of jail? The law
seems to be enforced with that
conspicuous lack of sense which, at
tends so much puritanical legis
lation. An Indian now in jail for play-
t. . ei..
"6 oumo ai ino'ceuu a. game 10
the father of a .family and the
, owner of a lare anrl nroanerona
farm. He has to stay in jail forty
days for his terrible crime while
there is, nobody to look after his
children or his stock. Moreover,
it is haying time in that neigh
borhood and he will be- further
penalized by the loss of his crop.
The men who hare treated at
responsible person so Idiotically
'are guilty, of a worse crime, than
playing "sticks" or even hull gull,
, !
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
Jr'TJn
tbm Matter With Portland" aerie. In eonnec-
ffWu;"- broomcorn matures more
en-tton concerning the enrlable auras ofj0rt-1 trinslc value la three or four times
,od I that of the corn grown in the north-1
0
NE thousand ton of erain a
month goes Into the Goldenrod
Milling- company's cereal pro
ducts. v
At its mills at Alblna and Rail
road avenues tha company manufac
tures 300 tons of poultry food
monthly.
Its wheat and oats come, from all
sections of the northwest, as its own
ers, Balfour, Guthrie & Co., have
grain warehouses and purchasing
agencies in all the grain growing dls-
tricts of the Pacific coast.
Parts of its poultry food products
come from as far away as Japan,
Manchuria and Siberia. These con
sist of kaflr corn, Egyptian hemp
and millet. These seeds come to
Portland In ships departing with
grain and lumber cargoes, and at
slight expense for freight.
The capacity of the mill is 125
barrels per day, or 39,125 for the 313
working days of the year, and about
all of this time and capacity is de
voted to mLking health foods for
both humanity and the feathered
tribes.
THINGS IT MAKES.
Among its products are Goldenrod
Oats, Goldenrod Wheat. Goldenrod
Pancake Flour, Goldenrod Wheat
Nuts, Goldenrod Buckwheat Flour,
Goldenrod Corn Meal white and yel
low, Goldenrod Steel Cut Oat Meal,
Ralston Select Bran, Goldenrod Bls-
cult Flour, Goldenrod Graham Flour, ;
Goldenrod Pure Oats, .Special Trade
Oats, Circle Oats and Wheat, Gol- I
denrod Steel Cut Oats, Goldenrod
, -i j
rouna l Meai- nroa
oats. Goldenrod Wheat Flakes. Gol-
denrod Farina. Goldenrod Re Flour,
' Mm1 Prfl1, " Rel,
r
risln Paake Flour. Goldenrod Gra-
nam. fiM 8J11 coarse. Goldenrod Tel-
ovulated Com MeaL Golden-
These foods are put up in car- )
tons, and inside of each is a paraf
fin carton, airtight, odor and moist
ure proof.
SHIP EAST TO NEW YORK.
Much of the product of this manu
facturing institution goes to all parts
of the United States and the British
nMhwtii
"We ship everywhere." said Harold
' ' !
""
have customers east to New Tork
,
antlr nnrthweat Alaska and th
entire nortnwest, AiasKa ana tM
Hawaiian islands. Tnis refers es
pecially to a series of Ralston break
fast foods we make. Poultrymen in
all directions buy our chick and
scratch foods. We manufacture all
manner and kinds of it, which w
sell to dealers in all principal trading
centers of the coast. We do no re
tall business, however. And It may
be at satisfaction to poultrymen to
know that we have as great Inter- i
esi ia ine Puction ot urst ciass
poultry food as In that we make for
the consumption of human beings,
If it comes from our mill it may be
relied upon to be both vholesome and
pure. Adulterated breadstuff s never
will leave our doors, nor anything in
ferior to the products' of any . mill
ing institution in the country."
NO TIME TO GET MUSTY.
The Goldenrod Milling company's
cereal foods go direct from the mill
to the dealer, and no one Is encour-1
aged to buy so largely that he can;
not always sell his supply before n!
has an opportunity to become, stale.
It will be obvious that this method
will eventualy win.
Tho Goldenrod Milling company was
established in Portland at least a
quarter of a century ago. It was
j on of the first concerns to go into
breakfast foods manufacture. At that
time it was located in a building on
Front stret, near Pine. It is but a
few months since the property was , advantage of her mother and kept on
purchased by Balfour, Guthrie & Co. I at her wrongdoing, all the time tell
Fourteen to 20 men. eA'dusive of its ' ,nB her mother she was straight. Mrs.
traveling salesmen, are employed by
the company in this plant.
The Standard Broom Factory.
The Standard Broom factory is
located at East Seventy-third and
Glisan streets, in a two-story 40x90
building, and employs from 10 to 20
broom makers, at an average wage
of $3. SO a day. and it has a capacity
of 60 dozen brooms every 10 hours.
It employs five road salesmen, and
they cover the country from the Sac
ramento valley to Helena, and from
Belllngham to Salt Lake city.
One would be surprised to watch
the packing of these necessary Port-
i land products. Hera is a lot bound
eastward, another marked for a
' northern destination, and others billed
for a, California 'city. Away they flit,
I soma to go into the hands of a
housemaid, others for the use, per
haps, of a Mexican, an oriental may
handle this one, and a moa or daugh
ter of Ethiopia the other, and -all were
made by the same Caucasian hands.
The Standard Broom factory was
established 13 years ago, and has al
ways been the recipient of a most
liberal' patronage.
"OREGON BROOM FOR OREGON."
"An Oregon ' Broom for Oregon Peo
ple." was the slogan first adopted by
the corporation. This was placarded
on every broom sold. In bold, black
letters, but the business has out
grown this declaration. . It now would
be more proper t - substitute Pacific
coast for Oregon, and yet this would
be too i circumcribed. . for Its field,
unless' Utah anl f Montana, were ln-
- - K:'Jr'- v -.'.-' .y . :
eluded in thia area, for five road
has stated that it is
necessary tO
! go to Kansas. Oklahoma and Illinois
' for supplies of broomcorn, for the
reason that Pacific coast -nights are
tnn innl fnr Mm rrnvth. . Some is
rown in California but it Is harsh I
and brittle and of 1UU value. Hot j
. . t.o t .i I
ern and western states.
u
In Portland it costs from $150
to ;
$250 a ton, and the very, best up to Tn, supreme court holds that Ore
$300 a ton. This ia higher than for 1 son cannot restrict the sale of Chl
. . , , I nese eggs, but, JubW the same. Ore-
many years, but The Journal was as- j gonians don't have to buy them.
sured that the European war Is not Oregon's delegation at Chicago
responsible for this. It is because seems to be going on the theory that
. , . . 'Oregon Republicans didn't, mean it
there have been poor crops . for a . when they voted for Webster . for
year or two. and the demand Is great- I vice president.
cr than the supply. This has caused i That new women's party, organized
Q . ,H ' i. ,,j.pj to control the 4.000,000 women's votes,
an increase in the price, the standard . bound to be' a ' fallure unless its
makes selling at from 30 to 90 cents
each. The 90 cent broom formerly
was sold at 50 cents, and the 30 cent
article, for a quarter.
Charles Hyle Is president of the
Standard Broom company, Henry
Bredenbeck. vice president, and Carl
Hyle, secretary.
Letters From the People
l Common lea ttona aent to The Journal for
publication in tbla department anould be writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, abou Id not
e i reed 800 worda in length, and rnnat be ac
companied br the name and addresa of the
tender. If the writer doea not dealre to have
the bum publiebcd be abould ao state.
"Disrnaalon la tbe greateat of an reformer.
It ratlonairaea eTerythfng It toucbee. It robs
principles of all false sanctity and throw a them
back on their reaaonableDesa. If they bare ao
reaaoDableneaa. It ruthlesaly cruahee tbem oat
or existence and aeia up Ita own conclnaioaa la
tfcelr atead." Woodrow WUaoa.
The Dual View of tho Bible.
Portland. June 3. To the Editor
Th. Tmiraol I Acohra tn ihanlr. C p
J. Leroy for his kindly Instruction re- ,
gardlng the two stories of creation in ;
t. a k
b . f tfa . , th , vGenefl,a con.
tains two accounts of creation, in
the Hebrew text of the first eosmog-
?eM" poaen or as j. onini
) translated "God." In the
,lne 8as
secend account deity is called "Yah-
, weh Elohim." translated "l ord God. '
The first is the priestly code, the sec-
; ond the Jehovistic document. Hebrew
.,Kholar' are unanteu,u,,Iy of t"e op,n-
ion that the two .accounts are of dif
ferent authorship, representing differ-
ent schools of thought at different
product of the earth: "And the earth
brought forth grass and herb," Gen.
1:12. In the second, God first cre
ates plants and then brings them to
earth: "'The Lord God made the earth
and je heavens, and every plant of
the field before it was in the earth,
and every herb of the field before It
grew," Gen. 2:4-5.
In the first account, fowls areere-
ated out of water: "And God aid. let
the waters bring forth abundantlv the
f?0 ,cretUe lhat l?th k"6' a?d
the fowl that may fly above the
earth." Gen. 1:20. In the second,
fowls ar.e created out of the iground:
"Out of the KTOUnd the Lord find
ioruwu every ucasi ui iqe iieia aaa
every fowl of the air." Gen. 2:19.
In the first account fowls are made
before man on the fifth day man
being created on the sixth ay. n
the second account, fowls are' created
after man: "The Lord God. formed
every beast of the field, and every
fowl of the air; and brought them
unto Adam to see what he would call
them. Gen. 2:19.
Did space permit I could cite at
least 14 other points of difference.
May I tell
Mr. Leroy that I have
studied the Bible eympatnetieally.
diligently. lovingly. conscientiously
and intelliarentlv It i ona nf the
greatest pieces of literature in the
world, and one of the greatest human
documents. It is. however, an error
to regard it as a textbook of science.
I love the Bible because of its errors,
so charmingly mingled with profound
truth. How like our human life!
L. T. BOYCE.
A Good Word for Mrs. Hodge.
Portland, June 6. To the Editor of
The Journal. The Journal is the only
Portland paper that did not add noto
riety and also try to scandal iza a poor
defenseless woman, who at the time
of serious trouble, should have had
the press back or her
iurs, aiiu iiuu g t; itrii iier itrai nun-
band In Pendleton and came to Port-
jiand to make an honest living. The
girl was left under the guidance of
k hth.r Th. riri ..m mr in
p.uinn h- rar-nrA it,.
will show, while she was under her
, father's guidance. The girl came to
! live with her mother 'one year and
five months after going wron. Mrs.
Hodge did not know of any of the girl's
wrongdoing and she trusted the girl
as any mother would.- The girl took
noago never iiuu Liie ieusi suspicion
of her daughter s wayward actipns un
til told so by the officerm. Mrs.
Hodge'a daughter swore while on the
witness stand that her mother Was not
j responsible for her downfall. So why
should Mrs. Hodge be convicted and
branded as a criminal all her life, for
her daughter's downfalls which did not
happen in this county at all.
Mrs, Hodge was convicted by the
girl's confession of wrongdoing in
Portland;, and I would like to ask how
many mothers in our clty would be
convicted if the truth were known of
their own daughters.
MRS. ROSE BQ ALT.
Wilson and the Mexicans.
Bend, Or., June 4. To the Editor of
The Journal I notice in the Orego
nlan that our president has been ac
cused of duplicity by Carranza and
should be supplanted. Surely this is
a question of moment. Not only that,
but Mr. Wilson does not pleasa Villal
Can we Ignore it? Mr.-Wllspn does
not nlease any of the Presidents of
Mexico. ' Men and brethren, what IThe Monroe doctrine was the declar
shall we do? Oh, sure, be pleases us. I ation of a foreign policy, proraul
but -who are we? We are easily ; gated by President Monroe and in
pletued. Now with Mexico It's dif- ' sertel In his seventh annual message
ferent. They have yet to find the , to congress December 2, 1828. It was
man, living or dead or running for ' the formulation of the sentiment, then
his life, who can do it. Carranza beginning to prevail, that America
himself can't do it. Even Villa i was for Americans. One of the prin
can't do it. When did Mexico! have a 1 ciples of the neutral policy of th
ruler whom she did not murder or i country which had been established
exlle? And can we. who are Just j with much difficulty had been that
pleased, term after term, with. honest the United States would not interfere
presidents and let the "villains -ripen in European politics; and Monroe held
gray with age," hope to came to thi
full measure of the stature" of Mexi
co? AVhy not allow Carranza to name
us a president? Looks like we could
do that much, anyway. Ever; so, it
would likely be, as in their own selec
tions "which shall it be? I looked at
John; John looked at me," There are
a few names even in , Sardls wno
might be acceptable (though not 1 im
mediately available), who arei . be lug
supported by the country in' a-1 differ-
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE.
If Portland wor nnt jtn mndrnt It
mitrht brut! fnrevee nhnnt that Rose.
Parade.
It is an' open question whether theS
mfcer "or "not nouhT
- . .
JJSSr waT" tabe'8 mVa
nation can least afford to lose
j auorrm3btileonce'nin "avvhUe Fbut
on a bucking broncho.
Carranza should be careful abou
his demands. Some day American
trooDs mav eet out of Mexico and
leave him to Villa's tender mercies.
leaders have vest pockets big enough
to lug arouna trie 4,ooo,uuo.
Queen Muriel has been licensed as
a life insurance agent. European
royalty, if It amounted to as much
as the Oregon variety, would also try
its hand at making an honest living.
JOURNAL
38-A Scale of Miles
COLUMBIA RIVER HKilfWAY NU. 3.
Before we go farther let us have
clearly In rfTlnd the chief points of in
terest along the Columbia river high
way and the distances of these points
from Portland.
Troutdale is 17 miles by Sandy boule
vard and the Automobile club is about
the same distance on the Base Line
road. The distance between these two
points, both on the Sandy river, is
about two miles.. Crown Point, the
great viewpoint of the highway, la in
tho neighborhood' of 24 miles by" auto
road. Rooster Rock, or -Chanticleer
ROCk.
Is immediately below Crown
Point, and Waehougal, Wash,, is almost
directly to the north. Corbett and
Rnnstur Pnrk am the O-W. R. & fi.
stations nearest Crown Point, which Is
725 feet above the river.
a a
The remarkable section of the Co-
,umif 7'. hlg??;lJ A Zr
un'n. l " the highway is
own Point Here the highway U
. near .a , A " 7- ir art never ex-
600 feet in a 40 acre tract, never ex
C uTo'urri ."2 flr.t of the
t011
j important waterfalls found bordering
highway in going from PorUand
and
It is about 26 miles from the
City.
Then, in their order: Shepperd's
Dell, 27 miles; Bridal Vei'. falls, 28
miles; Coopey falls, 29 miles: Mist
ft'lls, 31 miles; Wahkeena falls, 33
miles; Multnomah falls 32t4.milea.
Benson park includes Wahkeena and
Multnomah falls. Oneonta Gorge, 33
ent capacity but could be paroled.
If there is one thing that gets on
the nerves of a Mexican one thing he
1 will not stand for a-tall it is du
i SUClJ 7L?ln tLhu' tolrr ut
aon is not acceptable to Carranza. out
with him and get a man who is a
man who meets the requirements of
our friend, the enemy. He demands it
i , - " "
brought against Woodrow Wilson.
JOSEPHINE WILDER.
One of the Blue Hen's Chickens.
Pleads Old Soldiers' Cause.
Ashland, Or., June 6. To the Ed
itor of The Journal I have read eo
many articles in The Journal in re
gard to the homesteader - that T
should like to ask why Uncle Sam has
turned his back on some of the prom
ises he made at the beginning of tbe
! clvll war- Dla ha not Promise every
roan that served two years or auring
I the war that if they were honorably
I discharged they should have a KOV-
ernmenl deed for 160 acres of land
wherever tney aesirea itr uia any
et 11 Yes. 11 lney lo ln" lanQ
CVll VJ EV l" vu0n ua-s vaaw r
and be bound down worse than the
slaves of the south. Is that all? No;
the old soldier Is begrudged the pit
tance he receives today, but very few
get enough pension to live decently
on. Few own tbelr own homes, and
if they do they have to pay exorbi
tant taxes, when they should be ex
empt from any taxation whatever.
Now If Uncle Sam thinks this Is a
square deal. I don't; and I am not
alone, either. Yet he has plenty of
misguided ones that will take up arms
today against the wage slave when
they themsejves are the poorest paid
' wage slaves in the United States. I
oo not aavocau war. una mcie
! be no need of it either, if it were
! not f Or greedy unions and trusts
Down with the whole business, and
then, and not till then, shall we see
j the dawn, of peace.
A. N. C.
Upbraids a Kerchen Accuser.
Portland, June 5. To the Editor
of The Journal Apropos of the Ker
chen trial, it is not generally known
that the chief instigator of the
charges brought against Mr. Kerchen.
a man named Rugg. acknowledged on
the witness stand that he had lived
in the United States for U years
without thinking it. necessary to be
come a citizan. He it was who ac
cused Mr. Kerchen of a lack of pa
triotism and disloyalty 'to the flag.
If he possessed a due sense of loy
alty or patriotism it seems to me he
would be fighting for his country In
the trenches instead of seeking a re
treat in the Portland public schools,
prating of loyalty and patriotism and
antagonizing intellectual concepts too
lofty for his grasp. No wonder there
is turmoil in our public schools when
such elements are admitted. Progress
under such conditions is out of the
question, and the only remedy to pre
vent our schools becoming a mental
slough is to reinstate Kerchen, and
dismiss such as his accusers.
FLORENCE HAGELY GOLDBERG.
Monroe Doctrine.
Crawfordsville, Or., June 5. To the
Editor of The Journal. What is the
Monroe doctrine and how did it orig-
. lnate?
8. C.
, this policy to inciuae me converse as
a necessary coronary mat is, mat
Europe should not interfere in Amer
ican polities, .whether In North or
South America. The occasion of pro
claiming this doctrine .was the ru
raored intervention of the Holy Alli
ance to aid Spain In tbe reconques
of her American colonies. President
Monroe believed that 'socb, a poller
entered jipon by tn. milled -continental
power of Europe would b -dangerous
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
The Iake county fair board has de
cided to make an effort to secure the
short course instructors of the Oregon
agricultural college for fair wetk.
The business men of Fossil have ar
ranged for a free picture show tor
farmers and country people every Sat
urday afternoon, commencing June 10.
For approaching festivities Ashland
I KntMini. a a fa A k t a n A nf 10 it 00 fit
12.000 seating capacity, which, the '
Tidings says, will e by far the larg
est ever erected in that part of the
state. m m '
Colonel Clark Wood of the Weston
Leader finds a visiting old-timer In
town, of whom he says: "J. F. Kllgore
of Cornelius, Or., is one of the few
subscribers who have taken the Wes
ton Leader continuously since it was
established by Black & D'Heirry in
1878. While talking together. Mr. Kil
gore and Jerry Baker were approached
by Mr. Black and signed for his paper
at $3 a year before tne first issue had
come off the p.ress."
"George Peebler, prominert Pendle
ton pioneer who was Saturday elected
president of the Umatilla County Pio
neer association," ays last Monday's
EasUOregonian. "will leave tomorrow
by auto for Albany, or., to visit for a
month. He will be accompanied hy
his wife, grandson and niece, Mrs. W.
8. Mayberry of Milton. Mr. Peebler
will follow as closely as possible the
old emigrant trail which he first went
over in 1853."
JOURNEYS
for the Grand Highway
miles; Horsetail falls, 33 miles: St.
Peter's Dome and other monoliths
border the road east of Horse Tail
falls, about 36 miles from Portland.
Bonneville and Tanner creek. 40 miles;
Eagle Creek, 42 miles; Cascade Locks.
44 miles; Shellrock mountain, 61
miles; Mitchell's Point. 57 miles;
Hood River, 67 miles. The mileagr.
by railroad is in all instances le
than the distances given, by one-half
to two miles.
The Dalles, present terminus of the
highway, although other roads lead
to eastern Oregon and Pendleton and
on across the continent, -or south
across central Oregon to California,
is 84.4 miles by railroad and about
87 miles by automobile.
Multnomah county's investment in
the highway will approximate a mil
lion and a half dollars. There was
spent In grading and preliminary
construction, $738,077.45; paving con
tracts totaled J466.418.08; In the
budget of 1916 the county provided
$73,661, these figures giving a total
of $1,278,156.53. " The government bus
estimated $17,000 as the cost of de
veloping Columbia Gorge park, bor
dering the highway between Warren
dale and Mitchell's Point. A fund of
several thousand dollars was secured
by public subscription and from the
government in building the Larch
mountain trail, leading from Multno
mah Palls. H. Benson and his son,
Amos S. Benson, spent a larpe amount
of money in acquiring and developing
Benson park before dedicating it to
the city.
I to the peace and safety of the United
States; he therefore declared that
'we would not view any intervention
for the purpose of oppressing them
(the Spanish-American states) or con
trolling in any manner their destiny,
by any European power, in any other
light than as the manifestation of an
unfriendly disposition toward the
United States." The Monroe doctrln
waa asserted against Napoleon III'?
attempt to found an empire in Mexico
in 1863-67, also in the boundary dis
pute between Venezuela and British
Guiana in 1896-96
Queries on the Recent Election.
Portland. May 31. To the Editor of
The Journal What kind of election
laws do we have in Oregon? Are they
made to be broken? Are there any
penalties for officers who do not ob
serve them? Has public sentiment
sunk eo low that the purity of tho
ballot is no longer observed in Oregon
elections? ,
In the primary election held May 19.
in precinct 77, a man, his wife and
sister-in-law all sat on one election
board. A Mrs. Benedict, whose hus
mand Is a deputy under County Clerk
Coffey, acted as chairman of the day
board in precinct 77, and chairman of
the night board in precinct 84.
Why were favorites selected, from
whtom garages were rented to be used
as election booths, for which the own
ers were paid 110, while across the
street equally good could have been
had for $5. Why are not such things
put on a competitive business basis?
This may not be exactly political pork,
but it is at least breakfast bacon, for
the man that can rent a garage two
days for $10.
It might also be asked, why were
the tally sheets torn down in certain
precincts within five days after the
election, when the law requires that
they be kept posted for 30 days?
Why, in dozens of precincts, were
votes not counted that responsible
voters had taken the trouble to writ
in on their ballots?
GEORGE SMITH.
Accuses Public Employes.
Portland. Or., June 6. To the Edi
tor of The Journal. As one of the
taxpayers of this county, I am some
what surprised at the method some
of the county employes take In spend
ing our money. I am In a position
to know that they use the county's
automobiles for Joy rides, as I have
seen them myself. Tires and gaso
line cost money, as well as repairs,
which are sure to be incurred in this
sort of uncalled for work by the ma
chines. And again, their sense of reason Is
very lax, for when they are discharged
for the good of the service they won
der why they weVe let out.
I win say with all sincerity that
more should be tagged, or told to cut
out the Joy rides at night at tax
payers expense. A SUBSCRIBER.
Lowers the Parade Figures.
Portland. June 6. To the Editor of
The Journal I see from your paper
you refer to the number of marchers
in Saturday's preparedness parade as
15.009. From actual count I ran as
sure you that this .figure Is far from
correct. By actual count (and as near
as such a parade ran be counted en
account' of some of the marchers being
out of line) there were 6100 marchers
in tbe parade, arid this includes bands
and all. The. pa,rad was one hour and
10 minutes In passing. We made the
count at txtb . and Stark streets.
Where marchers were out of line we
gave the benefit of the doubt to the
parade. It is surprising, how deceiv
ing a parade is, until you count a while
and ' see for yourself how many
marchers it takes to get 1000 counted.
I write this merely to correct a false
impression, and this is not Intended as
a slur on the parade. ,
M. V. HOWARD.
Still Sending Tenors.
From the Indianapolis Starr
The pinch of war has caused Italy to
put an embargo on the export of maca
roni. . But not nntft it stops sending
out tenors stall w-believe ths situa
tion Is becoming; serious- ;,.- 7; r
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TKDnce Oer
BY RF.V l.&MPMAN
ODMEIIoW" said a friend of
J mine from down t.he stnte "the
old town iloi dn'l se, m the -same as
in Roso Festivals of yore." ;
And he siKhe.l and took a drink
from a street fountain.
first blowing ofr the foam
which wasn't there.
And then he wiped his chin absent-mindedly.
and said No he wouldn't have
another he'd take a cigar this time.
lAnd I roused him from his rv-"
erlts by handing linn an Owl.
and he took It saitly and said
he'd sworn off using tobacco.
but he guesBed this wouldn't make
any dlffereti'-c.
And I asked him wherein had
the old town 'changed?
II And he looked at me with an
ey.; like one of the salmon down in
tho market and said:
J "Can't you set?"
And 1 said "No I live here."
And then he told me -how he
came to town--with th.- name lyric
lilt in his heart as in years koii) by.
and reglsteitcl ut the same hotel.
and the sumo clerk handed him
the pen.
and said the same thing that he
said last year.
and everything.
f And lie went into the bar -and
thorp, were the same bartenders.
and the same fixtures.
--and everything looked about the
same.
J And he . said -110110 Charley"
to the bartender.
and the bartender grinned just
as of yore.
and said "Whadda a goln' to
have?"
And tho first thing that niv
friend, from Gold . Hill really noticed
was wrong was when ho went to
put his right foot up on the brass
rail.
and found himself pawing the
air.
And he looked up and down the
bar and saw that it was piled with
food.
And he said "Glmm a peanut
butter sandwich."
J And after that hp remembered.
V And he's been taklnar a sort of
I census of the places he used to know
! in the old days.
I And one is a shoe store.
and another is a tiru- btore.
and they sell cumly In another.
and another is a jewelry stole.
and another is a drug store.
and they're nelling picture poat-
i cards in another.
and so on.
J And In making his investigations
J my friend sas - lie has drunk
, enough loju -and - hopskl 'and oilier
substitutes to make him an Incbri
al e. 1
ajAnd Johnny Heed - of Gold Mill
who is here on business isii k the
friend I refer lo.
of course not.
But Johnny cannot sing the old
songs either.
JAnd the lights don't ftrem to
bright.
-nor nothing end
J LISTEN - They've turned marly
all his old haunts Johnny says Into
food garages!
and a man can only eat Just ao
much.
The Children's Parade.
"The fairies are abroad today,"
I heard the White rose tell the red,
"And blithely they will daix e and play
All blossom garlanded."
And now a wondrous pageant comes,
A glowing, rainbow fantasy
Long heralded by fairy drums.
Pausing, moving endlensly.
See! the radiant legions pass
Adown the eager, throngfil street
Like petals on fresh wind-blown giass.
Is the stir of countlessvleet.
Dance on, oh sprites, lu tireless round
(if airiness and rhythmic grace.
Gay Itoseland'a elves, each ljlosoin
crowned With a happy mortal face.
Sadie Belle Neer.
life's Infinite Variety.
Qulta an Inlerent la lMng manlfeated tn (lie,
writing achonl that la to open nnt Monday
f mlng In the rlty hall In Sherwood. The
regular rlaaa nlghta are Monday, Wedneadaf
aud Krldar. Stiarwrood Newa.
M. C. Currier aieped blithely Into THg
i Halmm teat Thuraday afternoon, with the In
' ti-iilioa of getting a lne, bntwhlla lo the
chair hp fell ailrep. Dag, tn bla uual tlior
oi-gl. manner gare him a clean ahave. moan-
tB-he and all. When M. C atepped out -Into
the atreet again h waa aurprlaed to find that
' Ma old frienda did mrf know him. He waa
! fMled with horror when be dlarovered that bla
Igrtnteiit facial adornment waa mlaalng. Pata-
lry ITeae.
a
Lewla NItpi), who hag been attending acbool
at Hokan during the pat winter, will re
turn liome tlila evening. Needleaa to ay the
fatted ciilf will I aacrlfl'-ed on the altara of
tlie Mren home. Kot. of enurae, in the aena
that the firat fat calf wa led to alaughter,
but a mark of rejoicing ('itijron City Kairle.
Manager HIiarrK, nf the Star theatre thu
noon took a moving picture of I'op Oaten. In
the gurti of a tramp, with blonde balr. crawl
ing out of a Inn car on atie Jacksonville road
aide track. Other niorten nore takep. while
an Intereated crowd wnlched the proceeding,
the difficulty being In keeping aniall bos oat
of Lb way. Medford Mall-Tribune.
Mlaa Mildred Marnnka and Mia Rnth GlrhMf
received qulta a frtglit lat Thursday. They
started from home about 8 o'clock In tbe morn
ing, with their dog en route- to the Clover
Iaf acboolbouae. On th way on of rhe dosa i
took aick and had a fit.- The girls thinking be -had
gone mad. -llinbd a tree where they
stayed for five hours. By that flme tb due -had
recovered and then they returned borne.
While In the tree tbey saw a man going along
tbe road. The girls called for belp and tbe
man atarted to run towards them, bat when h
tvrsrd "mad dog" be turned nd raa away, .
leaving tbe girls to tbe mercy of tb mad dog
and fate and b didn't abow op again. toil
Bock Tlmea.
AppreolaUoa.
For Kzra Thralls i
I'd leap the gorge;
He never calls
The waiter "George.
Kansas City Star.
My muse, she sings
of Henry Skaggs;
fie never springs
Those' Ford car gags.
WHAT'S tV A VaVKBt '
Speaking of literature, here are the
titles of Ring Lardner's magazine stor
ies In 1916: Alibi Ike. Harmony.
Horseshoes. My Roomy, Oh, You Bone
head! Sick 'Em, The Poor Bimp, Wher .
Do You Get That Noise?
An Appeal.
China tb errantry that waa, and la, a ad
I to eotne.
Tuan tbe traitor has fallen.
One man will rise.
That man la Dr. Sun-Vat sen.
America moat hack him.
He ia tbe only man of true spirituality and
thought.
The hour of action ta at hand.
America, fnr tbe faith nf liberty . he arltb blml
Henry Clifford Stuart. SB19 Wood lay Piasa. ,
Waablngtou. V. C. j
Uncle Jeff Snow gajs' r
I would rather be captain of a bunch ( ;
of school girls In the children's paraded
than a major general, trying to snoot
a clear way to Paris or Berlin. Bora e-:. '
how cucumbers at-., 10 centa' apleos".
don't taste right to mtv; , f