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THE OREGON ! DAILYJ JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY, JUNE 19. 1916.
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' hiikday. I caa politics and it is ono that
OoevMr $2.50 I on month $ every American citizen, whether
UAii-r (Mt)EMisf(LORAArT;Ksooit AHihe be Republican. Democrat. Pro
n,rr $7..-' i month . . $ wt j gressive, Socialist or Prohibition
I Amartra aika oothtna for irfmeif hnt wui:.. ,i. a I knows and our Charlev knows. The on "arms.
L saa bat a rlUt t. Mk for bamaslty ltlf. menuou udii a iuku auv, - Smoot'S breast and there would be
woodkow wilson. women In Portland whose names aeeP secrets in omooi s creasi anu
I uuiion. fo, d.ferut not . rmt t j and pictures are seldom printed Root's breast and Murray Crane's "ier spreader,
itni.ote. cii.rlm c. pisck!v. . . H Tri,ira ool ,n n breat and Barnes' breast are in h devised one
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Oti!ir 1 thp tax man iiaya to tfce
public for lx1ng ernliifnt. Stwift.
M'Vieiti vn . iitr.',Qiii.'V'r
N
OBODY questions the right of
German-born citizens of they have become popular and the markably gay and festive ror de
America to oppose President i ea of unselfish devotion to any- feated men- No groom at his own
Wilson Vnhndv nnpstinna . v, io rnoiiont t wedding was ever more jubilant.
)VSk right of Candidate Hughes to
! accept and solicit their support, j
But it is highly -regrettable that!
,ftn issue of the kind should have
Leen croiected into the camnaitrn.
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. , we are in me miasi oi a worm
- - r. Crisis. Europe is on fire. America
;t has been repeatedly on the verge
. 'of being dran into the inferno.
;Only patience, forbearance and
' wisdom of the highest character
- Jin the president have succeeded in
j, keeping this country in peace. I
. Jj Greater complications than any
; yei encountered may ai any time
..appear. mououy Knows wuai a
jlday may bring forth. Even when
everything seems most tranquil, !
man exiloslon may occur to sus-
ilpend our peaceful country over i
lithe abyss of some new and dis-;
, jjtreBSing complication. j
! It is a time when there should
- ;;be no divisions or factions in
jAmerica. It is a crisis in which
' dividedcountry will essentially
i weaken the power of American di-
J'plomacy. and tend to increase the
probability of war. If the hand
jot the president is not upheld by
jhi8 countrymen, it will be notice
jto belligerent; with whom we are
I In .controversy that the president!
ihas not a united country behind
him, and that his diplomatic rep
resentations in behalf of American;
jtights and American lives may be
.defied with impunity. .
i It is in such a crisirTthat cer-
I tain German-Amerieaa organiza-
jtlons which do not include all Ger-
Pian-Amerlcan citizens have begun
a systematic effort to defeat Pres-
ildent Wilson and to secure the
j election of Mr. Hushes. A sample
j'Utterance of newspapers' represent-
jlng these organizations is that of
ithe Cincinnati Freie Prense, a
;German language newspaper. It
iSayB:
I Justice Hughes has expressed sen-
jtlments which are in accord with th
Oerman-AmericanuH
him and his ideals.
What are Mr. Hughes' ideals
with which tlyj Freie Pres?e is "in
thorough sympathy"? That news-
paper Is against President Wilson
because of his notes on the sink-
lng of the Lusltanla. More than
100 American Pves were lost in
that disaster. The protest against
President Wilson and the effort
to elect Mr. Hughes i3 because of
the president's attitude i:i the Lutd- senile eyes. j of raids Dack an1 fortn We could accroPlisnes this vpoeo and is ln
Unia horror and in the subma-1 So he went to Europe with his find excuse for sendin- punitory Pration ln 8corea of Oregon, Wash
rine controversy. It is proposed to invention and it was adopted by expeditions into Canada and our lngton and ldano m!lls-
eievi mi. nuKiies in oruer to pun- tne uruisn, t rencn ana Kussians. friends over there would natural
ib. Mr. Wion for his course in The Germans are said to be mak- ,y ,-eturn the compliment so that
the controversy with the German lng an imitation of it. We may , ln a 8DOrt time we should be en
Imperial government. possibly detect ia this incident one . wtc, , ,
It Is easy to respect the feel- of the reasons whv th I?nitrt i,LJ - chine. Is being built by Mr. Tenney
iu ivruucl Li Turn
ings
blood
by
should
ties
painy or a uerman-Dorn American
should go out to the cause of the i
kaiser and the fatherland. There
of those of America who have States is so unDreuarerl. V hava u.. 1. f.rU. at his works. Two are completed
ties with tnose surrounded Hnnt monev enoi.eh in tha lat . . " ' B. n" 't, : cmmon 8eP.8e and the foundation la being laid for
the European inferno. There twenty veara to have nlntv f . LZ. , A , 100 rnOHy- a big business in this line next sea-
be the expectation in these marhinn trims, submarine pnH fiv.l " Q , t3ealuB 1L uoes nolPro-i-on. He owns a patent on this ap-
of relationship that the eym- Inir machines but it has hepn nafH 3 enougu. puratus, and looks forward to the
buuuw uo siauieu to u.m tne rignt we give them to more agreeable
to support the presidential candl-', uses than buying guns and subma
date .w.th whosn ideals he is "in J rines. Who would waste cash on
inorougu Bjmpamy.
i W ,.1.4 ,
. u w U1.v.al ul tt uurning
world, what the people of Amer-!
Ica have to consider is the effect '
that a dofeat inflicted on Presi-1
dtnt Wilson would have in inter-'
national politics. If, with all
the German-American newspapers
tittuug ivu. vv iiHun as iney are,
Mr Huches should be elected pres-1
i: ldent, his success would unques-'
tionably be accepted throughout
the world as a tremendous victory
.for Germany in the United States.
, It would be looked upon in
j every country as definite notice
that the German vote and
. i ,
w uciujou fcuv -
, eminent. Holds the balance ol
; p6w?r la American olitica. It
TTt01
; - that no president of the United
; SUtes could hereaftef ; hope for
i reelection unless his foreign pol -
. lev waa satisfactory to th Oerman
imesrial- Eovernment. it wnw!ftrwhVoh 7- b
, cause the foreign' policy ot Amer
left hereafter to be framed in Ber
v .ii . :
.Hn Instead of in Washington, that
Washington named for the citizen-
oldler who led the armies of the
colonies to freedom from European
control.
Finally, it would be definite no-
tc - everv Tnm.dAer.eA hpllisrerent
"Cf, W ?n1
his .Und for American rights and
American lives did not represent
...-i. vpn, m.. no u
been rebuked by defeat for taking
that fnd n,i thn hoToutt tnr.
chancellories mav hold liehtlv :
etn chancellories may hold ligntiy
any
diplomatic representations
from Washington.
That is an issue that has been
Unfortunately projected into Amer- .
ist, must soberly and conscientious
ly face.
Some of our political cardinals
.who recently" nu rued boomlets can!and giory jn jjls eye announcing
now appreciate the soliloquy of
Cardinal Wolsey: "Farewell, a
long farewell to all my greatness."
POLITICS,
W
E DO not think that pol-
itics is the most Important !
subject in the world nor i
noHtkiana th most
nnrtr,t nml rt would b aav i
month than all the politicians in j
ithe state do in a year.
1 Politicians usually work for
themselves, not for tha public nor
for any cause. Indeed it is a rule
with them to shun causes until
t.iem. 11 requires a great deal of forti-
y likely DOllticians are not'tude for men who have been
u fffthldrSS S luted" to shout for joy With
onA thk nhor.,fv ' i, k. it a Penrose throwing up his hat and
. . ,
I. io lane must ui iuiu bbii-
OUBly The people who are truly i
llt.., T QKt ,...!, ftrL.
quietly. persistently and without
any thought of personal gain.
sometimes they run for office,
but when tbey do tQcy are com.
moniy abused for it. Tbe politi-
cians have a queer notion that
the offices were created for their
particular benefit
One probable result of the Eu
ropean war Is the loss by German
students of Rhodes scholarships,
it is reported that the trustees of
the will of Ccil Rhodes will ap-,a
piy to tbe British parliament fori
a bill to abolish the Rhodes schol-1
arships allotted to German sub-jive.
jects. One of the hopes of Cecil
Rhodes in establishing the scholar-
ships was that it would lead to
an understanding between the
three great powers, Great Britain, '
Germany and America, that would
render war impossible. Such is
the irony of fate.
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COLOXEL LEWIS
C
OLONEL ISAAC NEWTON
LEWIS, the American in
ventor of the best machine
gun in the world, says that
te two great lessons of the big
war for us are the submarine and
the airship. He says that "these
two arras have proved their ef-
fectiveness beyond all doubt." Ab
to dreadnaughts and heavy land
suns he speaks with more fcau-
tion. They are essential, no doubt,
uut they are inordinately expensive
an 11 takes a long time to get
j them ready. But the submarine
aud tne airship can be built rapid-j
ly and at comparatively small cost.
It is odd to remember that both
'the submarine and the airship are
' American inventions, like Colonel
I-ewis' machine gun, but we have
lert their development to other
nations. Colonel Lewis, who is a
retired United States officer, of-
fered his gun first to his own
country but it was rejected. Our
sapient ordnance board could see
no merit in it and the inventor had
not "pull" enough to open their
for other purposes.
The sages who control our mil
itary affairs can put all the money
ia .,m w w j
" BycuulthPlr nrmiPs lnirl Srhln wacto anrl
'it in excessive Drices for nrmnr 1
piate? stripped Montenegro, or lt3 inde-
pendence. Now the tide of for-
For a man who said he waa not tune haa taken another turn and
randidato Mr H,.hOH in. ioa;tlme seems likely to bring in some
'time in acceDtinir than rti i
! any man who was an avowed can
' dldate
A PEOPLE'S WAR
I
T IS mere idle babbling to say
that the various peoples of Eu-
rope have not consecrated heart
' notice and soul to the war. It Is well I It is a great pity that the Balkan eeed 300 word tn ienftb, od Jnu--t i c
through known that Russia's trreat r.L., ' T J. 1 ,t ' . f 7. ", pstusd by tbe Am. snd sdars ot ue
iery irum me aeieais ot last sea-
( son must be attributed to the peas-
ant. who have organized them-
'elVe8 fm th6 ZlUn? defense
every village. They have in many
. instances undertaken to equip the
1 troops and their vigilance has
hi AffArtaiiv
; " "Z t, , . "
ine Kussian armies now ad
vancing into Austria are well sup
plied because the Russian people
have supplied them. No thanks
are due to the politicians and pro -
fesslonal officeholders. Stories of
popular devotion come also from
France. The New York Times pub-
MsheS a picture Showing four
PAnrh wrrw, f,n1cM 0hM for
the troops at Verdtm. Two of
hem are young two are nearinj
D..V . v., i
ears a- tut all are busy ana
seemingly happy in their work.
7116 Present war is a war of peo-
,
Tha rpfimal nt a woalrhv man in
ioan hlH hrnthr a million dollars
na8 been cited &8 & proof of 8aQ.
ity by the defenders of his will.
i ii .
PROGRESSIVES ALL
T
HE Honorable RalDh Williams. I
reactionary's onliest own ;
Rnlnh cnmi hark frnm rhi-
1fh , hi toneno'as
that the nomination of Hughes is ,
a rout of the old guard and a '
Victory for the people. j
The Honorable Charles Fulton,
also a well known pillar of the"
old guard, likewise hurries back
J?. u wlth tldvin,gs f h(?w ln
the Oregon delegation helped make,"18 iUUU wuia te.
im-,"16 old Suard blte tbe dust-
What Penrose knows, our Ralph
our Ralph's breast and our Char-
uream. ,
a defeat of the old guard, why are
"-v" "w D,"&
lng Paeans OI victory, iney are re-
Smoot throwing up his hat and
, . r Tir-iu a v.
W"U"U1U,1"
Honbrable Fulton of Oregon throw-i
lng up their hats in ecstacy on
the so-called ground that they have
been licked by the people, we are
afforded a grand example of Chris
tian reslgnedness and martyrlike
consecration.
Perhaps, however, we have been
confused in terms all along. Doubt
less Roosevelt is an old guards
man, and Pinchot an old guards-
man, and Garfield an old guards
roan, and Hiram Johnson an old
guardsman and Raymond Robbins
reactionary.
On , the other hand, Penrose is
a progressive. Root is a progress-
Barnes is a progressive. Smoot
la a progressive. Ralph Williams
is a progressive. Charley Fulton
is a progressive. j
All the old boys, are for the !
people.
2 i timber and lumbering business, and
It was in the month of June, ' has brought forth implements of jn
the month of brides, school com- terest to those industries. For ex
mencements, political conventions i ample, his is the only factory in the
and preparedness parades.
UNPREPARED
T
HE latest panic Of the jingoes
hails from the Canadian bor-
der. Have you ever reflected
upon our terrible unprepar-
edness along that frightful stretch
of three thousand miles? For
that whole distance we join lands
with a nation which may some
day bo hostile to us. It never has
been hostile since memory began
to run and the chances are heavy
that it never will be, but still it
may.
Hence it Is criminal negligence
rot to build forts along the boun-
dary. About one fort to the mile
is what the more moderate jingoes
want, with a big fleet of dread -
naughts on the lakes. With this
array would naturally go a system
of spies, passports and plots to
keep up the interest in prepared-
ness and furnish occupation for
the border guards.
With the boundary thus a(je.
quatcly fortified we should preB-
ently be able to work up a series
PERHAPS
MISTAKE
L
AST season everybody was say
ing how wisely the Bulgarians
had chosen their alliance.
United with the Germans
.
of thOBe revenges which make the
world interesting and terrible.
The Russians are sweeping west-!
ward with irresistible momentum.
No doubt if victory continues to
favor them they will presently di
rect their attention to the south.
Then
It Will De Bulgaria S turn
to undergo famine and slaughter.
kioo vau uvi uuim tuiu a icuci al
republic. If they did so they
could defy the external world and
SJSw, !hVr histor
'federation requires more intelli-
gence than those countries have
yet displayed and a little less Trv-
Ility tT hat
. w nateiui supersuuons. to
long as peoples continue to kiu one
i anotner on account or secta
sectarian
feudsas they do in the Balkans.
there Ts little, hope for them on
earth.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
,.fTb lBentor-manufartnra !a tne here of
l!Jtort:.No.- Lrf7b.1. JL'J M"1.?!
Jjf, :uSJDnte?w ta"nu.
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...HEX IL O. Tenney bought the
w
Multnomah Iron works be bad
been in the agricultural imple
ment business for many years. He
knew that game from start to finish.
It was this knowledge that turned
attention, eight years ago. to the
manufacture of several things needed
tne farmer, Dut not made by any
of the factories with which he was
j familiar.
j One of these was a peculiar type
r a reed roller mm for crushing
oats - wheat and barley for stock food.
It proved an immediate success, and.
Indicating its popularity, he has
sold and delivered 145 already this
season ana has orders for 125 more,
"And the season has not yet opened
either," Mr. Tenney says. He expects
to Pu out 1000 between this time and
tne firKt of the 'ear- They seI at
75 each- and ar as valuable to the
larmer or stockman as a mill cost-
A FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTOR.
Mr. Tenneys has spent much time
and realized the demand
for a first class fer
AsBembling his wits,
began manufacturing
n d-he . pretty nearly a moS.-
r '
them on his ranch. They have a
spread of 10 feet of, not barnyard
manure, but land plaster and such.
The price is only $45 each, and they
sell like hot cakes. Mr. Tenney Is
doing a fine business in these devices.
Now that marketing grain in built
and not In sacks seems on the eve
of adoption in all markets of the
coast, Mr. Tenney saw an opening
for the manufacture of what he calls
, .
maiviauai ia
raaer elevators, and Is
ln up to his eyes ln that line, too.
lie has already turned out 100 of
these this year and has sold them at
$150 each. They are for elevating
grain from the farmer's bins to his
wagon box, and from the box to the
cars. When the time comes that all
grain is handled without sacks, there
will be an enormous demand for
these, and Mr. Tenney will be in
shape to supply it.
IS MAKING GRAIN TANKS.
Another of his farmer inventions
is a grain tank for their wagrons,
which he sells at $40. This is one
of the splendid devices which does
away with sacking also. Those farm
ing any considerable amount of
eround will find them indispensable.
They win save their cost in dis-
pensing with sacking, even on a small
farTn and are proving a ready seller
wherever their merits are understood.
Mr. -Tenney also understands the
state making portable pneumatic,
electric, steam and .gasoline drag
saws. In lumber camps they are
used to cut wood for donkey engines
and for the cook and the sleeping
apartments. He sells them at from
$150 up to $600 each, and says one
win pay for itself in the saving of
labor in 60 days. The higher priced
ones supply more than one donkey
with fuel. Four hundred hav been
sold to loggers of the coast.
He also manufactures log-set
works for sawmills. This is tha con-
trivance which enables a man to han-
die a sawlog on the carriage of a
mill as if he owned it and it was a
'toy. His own new ideas are embraced
in tbe appliance, and It works like
a charm!
j EDGERS FOR MILI-S.
! Edgcrs for mills are" still another
of Mr. Tenney's productions, which
be himself invented. There are hun-
dreds of kinds of edgers, but still
th nppeared room for improvement.
and Mr- Tenney seems to have
j dropped into the apartment. On each
cut there are always boards which
retiulre edging the wain cut off so
they are marketDle- Tllia machine
A combined harvester which can
be operated by two men and six
horses, as against eight to 12 horses
and three men by the ordinary ma-
time when they will be constructed
in Portland on a large Scale. They
will cut and thresh 15 acres a day,
and the grain sacks are not scat
tered hither, and yoh over the field,
but are placed in rows so it Is easy
to pick them up by the wagon which
w '
follows.
Mr. Tenney has no partners In his
business. He runs it alone. He dos
most of his outside business hinj-
self, and manages to keep his 12 to
15 emDi0yes busy ail the time. His
novrou runs between $7500 and $10,-
ooo a year, and his works are at
Thirtieth and 'icolai streets.
Letters From the People
; i Pommnnlctlona Mat to Tbe Jonrnil t-
! pabiicntion in this .dePrtent'ulJh'2Mw:
DdeF. II vo writer ue uv ucpu w usiv
e M pubUed J
uicaioa to the gre.teat of u reformers.
fcB?b'T!!? JtfZ'X
: S SuuSd US W. ciu.k,
u .d."-woodro, wuoa.
The Elephant's Tastes.
Qr.. June 12. To the Editor of
The JO'urnlllwi,at awaited It. though
Tumbo bath fought with beasts in AC
rica, if he knoweth not yet the char
acteriattca of the emblem of the O.
O. P.? Has ho forgotten that ths
colonel fed him a quid of tobacco four
r.
years ago? He fairly snorted at the!
scent of the colonel's hat in tbe ring. '
Twice he has barely escaped annihila
tion at the hands of the big beast w ae
ro ay yet even scores with his forror
keeper. Doubtless If tbe old elephant
could voice bis sentiments regarding
the colonel, as Baalam's mount did.
he would express himself as tbe
boarder at the country hotel did to
his landlady when asked how he liked
his steak -Well, madam, while 'it Is
not much on flavor, a firmer muscle
1 never saw." The Rough Rider might
try the mule, as moose riding is tame
pport. The little animal has twice lain
down with him and the G. O. P. has
put its foot down flat, once again, on
a shanghaied president. There's a
kick or two left in the old mule yet
At the last round up he kicked over
the elephant and the moose at one
performance and Is backing up for
action again. If you think he is dead,
better follow Mark Twain's admoni
tion and stand at his head and weep.
Kindly let me know If there Is any
truth in the report that the colonel
is on the bargain counter for presi
dent of Mexico, with a big placard
on his bj-east "Take Me Home for 1--V
with the little moose tethered out
side as alternate.
Say, nt..t time he swaps horses, let
rrte know, win you? For that infor
mation about Mexico, ask any Moose.
JOSEPHINE WELCH.
Opposes Rose Festival Tax.
Portland, June 16. To the Editor
of The Journal. I have read your
editorial in yesterday's Journal on
Taxes for the Festival," and feel con
strained to offer a few words on the
subject. It is perfectly natural for
c'otumon working people like myself
to coryecture that the transportation
rompanies, the ' hotel and restaurant
teepers and the merchants are all
-leartily ln favor of the scheme. What
i relief it would be for them to know
hat they would not be called upon. ,
n future tn Hic niV 1 nor ppnt n "
heir Increased income incident to the
vnflux of many thousands of tourists!
flow nice it would be for the people
who labor in mill, shop, factory and
elsewhere, trying to pay tor homes
and raise money enough for the al
ready excessively high taxes, to also
pay the expenses of the aforesaid in
terests in conducting their annual coin
harvest, otherwise the Rose Festival!
No, Mr. Interests, if I do not mis
take the temper of the common peo
ple, you will get a jolt .you will re
member whenever you try to "put
over" taxation to support the Rose
Festival. Taxe are now excessive.
They always bear heavier in propor
tion on the poor the small holder
because they are mostly honest and
would not evade taxation if they
could, and could .not if thev would.
ONE OF THE COIIMON WORKING
PEOPLE.
Grant Iand Applications.
Crabtree, Or., June 15. To the Ed
itor of The Journal. In Tuesday's
paper in speaking about the release of
the O. and C. lands you say, "The
lands will now be open for purchase
at a reasonable price so that the man
of average means can buy." Is one
to infer from this that a poor man
will not have a chance at the lands?
And will you please tell men when
one can make application for a sec
tion of this land and what will be
the terms. A SUBSCRIBER.
The recently enacted law provides
that, after classification (as agricul
tural lands, timber lands and power
site lands) the agricultural lands
shall be opened to entry under the
homestead act so far as residence and
cultivation are concerned, but the en
tryman shall, on filing, pay the gov
ernment 60 cents per acre, and on
making final proof shall pay $2 per
acre additional.. The .manner of hand
ling the applications is to be pre
scribed by the secretary of the in
terior. The Inquirer will do well to
watch the columns of The Journal for
these details, and can lso obtain
specific information at all times by
addressing the register of the land
office ln which he resides.
Plea for Itose Slogan's Author.
Portland, June IB. Editor of The
Journal. During the last week I at
tended every public demonstration of
the Rose Festival, parades, concerts,
etc., and not once did I hear or see
any recognition of the author of the
Rose Festival 1916 slogan, ,-For You
a Rose, in Portland Grows."
A year ago, I believe, the 1916
author was given public recognition
by being given a eat of honor in the
parades, etc., and I ask why tho
1916 author was not recognized or
even given any credit for it on the
little sheet of music given away to
the public every day.
v Like myself, the many other friends
of the slogan's author. Bertha Slater
Smith, feel the slight and inattention
shown to so noble a character, who
so justly deserves a crown of roses,
a seat of honor, for such a tribute to
this year's festival.
Old and young alike are singing the
war cry day and night.
On behalf of her friends, is she not
entitled to a public apology?
MRS. G. OSE TORR.
Tlie Municipal Golf Question.
Portland, June 16. To the Editor of
The Journal Some of the daily papers
have printed statements that the
council had decided to reconsider the
municipal gol links ordinance and re
pass it without an emergency clause
because John H. Stevenson and Isaac
Swett had "complained'" of the emer
gency clause and its consequent defeat
of the power of the referendum.
Now, I am not answering for Mr.
Rwett but the statement, as applied
to me is. to say the least, in the lan
guage of Josephus Daniels, an Inex
actitude. At no time and at no place
have I complained about the emer
gency clause. I have said that the
council passed the ordinance with an
emergency clause, but as a matter of
history and not of complaint. If the
council feels that this city can strug
gle on no longer without municipal
golf, there can be no possible objection
to an emergency clause. The sooner
the emergency is met the better.
All I have ever said or done about
this whole distressing subject is to
rise and inquire whether in view of
the ever-mounting cost of govern
ment and the sky-line altitude of
taxes, coupled with the further fact
that thus far the clamor for golf has
not yet become loud enough to be
heard by a person of ordinarily good
hearing the time is ripe and the hour
here when the city should extend its
governmental activities to include the
golf business.
Personally, I shall, have nothing to
do with invoking the referendum on
this ordinance, but If the council
wants to know how the people feel
about it, and the exigencies of the sit
uation will admit of our being deprived
of golf for one more year, why not the
council refer the matter to the people?
JOHN H. STEVENSON.
Standing on the Steps.
Portland, June 10. To the Editor of
The Journal Are there two wiyi of
enforcing laws ln Portland? I have in
mind the fact that It is unlawful for
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
company to allow passengers to stand
on the steps of streetcars. During the
last week many such incident were
noted. Thus far I have failed to note
In ths public prints any mention of
the street car company, being arrested
for these alleged violations of ths law,
although quits a number of Jitney
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Another thine to be gladabout: The
cantaloupes ue losing their potato
tiste.
It is hardly possible that Carranxa
assigned Ueiierai u. liegone to bis staff
to get rid ot lum.
Now comes the suggestion that the
colonel caa plead he shot tbe Bull
MoOie iu self detenu.
That concerted drive by ths allies we
have heard so much about seems to be
conducted exclusively by Russia.
Professional viewers with alarm can
get busy on the report that Hood Riv
er's strawberry crop may be 26 car
loads shy.
It might be a good plan for progres
sive and standpat wings of the Q. O. P.
to form a league to enforce peace be
tween them.
A New York court rules that an ele
vator is not a vehicle. Quite right, for
a vehicle runs over people and an ele
vator by them.
If the G. O. P. really wanted to make
a hit with the people it would offer
candidate Fairbanks' services when
hot waves become too hot.
An entomologist declares there is no
reason why people should not eat bugs.
.Some of them may be all right, but we
have our doubts about the baseball
variety.
L'nable to support his family on $700
a year, a Connecticut preacher resigned
his pulpit and got a job in a munition
factory. If he ever returns to preach
ing he should be an expert on the ef
fects of brimstone.
JOURNAL
49---From Cathedral
COLUMBIA U1VER HIGHWAY NO. 14.
ln the vicinity of the cathedral
rocks along the Columbia river high
way a spring bubbles up out of the
ground at the side of the road. It
flows through a culvert under the
highway and is lost to sight. Unless
you look carefully you will miss this
spring, but if you want a drink of
water, clearer, purer, colder, perhaps
than you ever enjoyed before, try it.
No one knows with certainty whence
comes this spring. Several tests were
made with .the idea of establishing a
tountain but the little stream, was not
located at any of the higher points.
The bold' summit seen immediately
after passing St. Peter's dome and
Lev ens cieek, traveling east, is Katani
rock "place of rocks."
The high mountain of this vicinity
is named Yeon mountain, honoring J.
B. Veon, the millionaire, who for two
years has given his service to the
county as roadinaster without com
pensation. When you have traveled by the sta
tion called Dodson you will come to a
small stream, once known as Devil's
Side creek, and now as Tumalt creek,
as an honor to the memory of old
Tumalt, who camped at the mouth of
the stream in 1&&6 and helped the
Hamilton family escape from the Cas
cades massacre.
VV'arrendale is an Important point of
location. Here is found the west
boundary of Columbia Gorg'e park,
that magnificent mountain area ot
14,000 acres which has been set apart
by the United States government for
perpetual public use and recreation,
the government, through the forest
service formally recognizing Its uses
for the pleasure of tourists, campers
and hikers as greater than for com
mercial or agricultural purposes.
"JUSTICE TO THE PRESIDENT"
From the Omaha World Herald.
The tember of many Progressives was
Indicated by Governor Johnson of Cali
fornia when he said ln the convention
Just a few minutes before the blow
fell: "Oh, how our souls sang in 19121
Oh, the glories of those days! And to
night, God help us, finds us sitting at
the feet of Reed Smoot and Nicholas
Murray Butler!"
Now that it is over, the same tem
per is revealed ln the words of Baln
brldge Colby, who made the speech
placing Colonel Roosevelt ln nomina
tion. Mr. Colby says:
"It is easier to get excited about a
subject than to think about it, and the
Progressives propose to do a little
thinking and leave the tantrums to
others. Among other things they de
sire to do Justice to a president who
has been called upon to grapple with
problems almost beyond human faculty
and who has endured with unflinching
steadiness a volume of criticism which
haa no parallel in our history sines
Lincoln's time.
"We recall the answer of Lincoln to
the cry In 1864, that his administration
was 'merely stumbling along.'
" It may be true,' said Lincoln, "but.
please God, I think we are stumbling
along in the right direction.'
"If the president has stumbled, haa
It been in the right direction?
"This is worthy of a little reflection,
and tbe Progressives are thinking."
To do Justice to the president! It
really is worth thinking about. Isn't ,lt?
What Mr. Colby says Js true, and
the truth Is known of all Americans.
President Wilson has been "called
upon to grapple with problems almost
beyond human faculty."
He has "endured, with unflinching
steadiness, a volume of criticism which
has no parallel ln our history since
Lincoln's time."
And if he ha "stumbled," it ha been
In the right direction."
The happiest and most prosperous
jiopie in the world today are the peo
ple of the nuea oiai.es.
Shall it be saia oi mem iimi iney
are content to "sit at tne leet or Keea
Smoot and Nicholas Murray Butler"
refusing, the while to do justice to a
president?"
It is proverDiai mat. rupuonta i
ungrateful. But proverbs are danger-
drivers have been "cinched" for vio
lating the same law. Or Is It possible
that the Portland Railway. Litht &
Power company has a special dispen
sation to do as It pleases with the city
ordinances? H- H. C.
There Is One Already.
Mosier, Or., June 14. To the Editor
of The Journal Would it not be fit
and proper to honor and perpotuate
the name of J. B. Yeon by naming one
of those immense peaks on the fa
mous scenic .Columbia highway with
its thousand castles of green and gold.
Mount Yeon? The revenue and pub
licity which this great way is bring
ing to your city was mostly made pos
sible by Mr. Yeon'a unselfish efforts.
J. K. M'GRKGOR.
Yeon mountain is south and east of
8t Peter's Dome, on the Columbia river
highway.
"Ono Thins or the Other!"
Portland, June 1. To the Editor of
The Journal I agree with Mr. Lln
scott that It should be "one thing or
the other," but I favor the "one thing"
but not the "other." It seems strange
that any roan will say, "Let us re
turn to the old system and knock pro
hibition into a cocked hat," after all
that has been seen and heard of ths
better conditions sines Oregon was
AND (MEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
ng i iw-
berg, the Enterprise says, over the tact
that a new and better cannery is uemg TTnd all the fbest story-tellr rs
bu,lt- , . nd romancers and . raconteurs for
Harry T. Drill, of Yamhill, has been miles arouiul wil b there,
elected principal of the Pendleton high . . . . iii..rf huM.
school to succeed L. P. Gambee, le- ,0A' d, Nuh 1 oi whom It hurts
,igne(j , t0 sniilu says i w ri 1 be a regular
' c.ij"101111'2"'0" of Veterans of the An-
The library committee at Sheridan ttniaM ,
reports 240 volumes donated to u
library by cilUens of the town ana
farmers, sines January 1.
The Baker Herald submits a sug
gestion for "a Fall Buying Week, or
something similar, have special cut
frank open bid to stock up many ranch- ,
ers and others on their winter sup-!
Plies." m I
Gold Beach, the Globe asserts. Is In
the front rank of progress. "No mora
me iruui raui ui piu;io. v
horse drawn delivery wagons ln in a
man's town nowadays; all tbe stores
use motors." says the Globe ln proor ;
of Us main assertion. i
. . ... . I 1 . . . ..Iah I
And lt'a not a bud suaaestlon at that
this one, from the Grenham Outlook: :
"Just to keep things humming we
would suggest a 'splash' day. Jc
unnsun
rruli venter la Kettiniz the oroper tern
perature. Besides, It is well to know
how to swim."
City Commissioner E. A. Whittler
of Baker has reported the purchase or
two blocks of ground from linker
county, to be used by the city to fur
nish gravel for street improvements.
Prospecting for sand to be used in
making cement for use on the pipe
line is being carried on.
JOURNEYS
Rocks to Bonneville
Just here, let us speak aKaln of the
folders descriptive of Columbia Gorge
Park which have been printed by the
forest service. Copies of this folder
may now be obtained without charge
at the forest service offices in the Beck
building.
East of Warrendale, the first stream
crossed is called McCord creek, in
honor of W. K. McCord, who built the
original salmon wheel on the Columbia.
A quarter of a mile from the highway
are Elowah falls of McCord creek.
These falls, more than 150 leet high,
may be reached by a trail soon to be
looped underneath the tails.
Two milei east of Warrendale is an
other beautiful stream, Moffett creek,
spanned by a bridge which has nut a
duplicate in the country. The bridge
is 170 feet long and rises only 17 feet
ln Its span. it is the longest three
hinged concrete bridge in the world ln
proportion to the rise of the arch.
The canyon of Moffett creek la very
rugged and beautiful, and Is to be made
more accessible by the construction of
a trail, which will provide a way to
Munra point.
Particularly beautiful are W'ahe falls
of Mollett creek. Munra point, or
Mount Munra, ia
the summit, about
2000 feet high, between Moffett creek!
and Bonneville, and is named for
Grandma Munra, who for many years
kept an eating-house at Bonneville.
As you swing down the slope to Bon
neville and the fish hatcheries, you
may be able to see remnants of in.)
petrified logs that were discovered
when the highway was under construc
tion, l'etrltjed logs that had been fir
and oak in some prehistoric period,
some or them 200 feet long, were un
covered. ous things.
Anyone who has ever tried
to see Into the hearts ot the people,
anyone who is ln touch and sympathy
with his own neighbors, who under-j a"d by that time -help would
stends his own friends, knows that : con"'-
i if his horse would onlv go home,
people are not ungrateful. Ingratitude; ,ut lho n0rBi Htuvk ar1;(J
is one of the ugliest of sins, but, glory j aj And the Ihlra duy a l.inul dan
be, It Is one of tbe rarestl j gll Juki aboethe Juniper tree.
Charles Evana Hughes Is a big and! 5T Antl Wen giujbbed it und a
.hi. .. a,i .... pull.
same as Woodrow Wilson is. But while
Wilson has bared his body to the storm,
while he has been called on to endure
all the agonies that come to one to
whom are entrusted the destinies of!
a mighty republic, the welfare of a
hundred million people ln time of un
precedented danger, Hughes fcaa been
a. peace and at rest on the supreme
bench. He has been a passenger, se
cure on the great ship that Wilson Is
bringing through the hideous storm
safely Into port. It is to the worn and '
faithful pilot, not to the passenger,
that the gratitude of the republic is
due. And the time will come, we. hae
no doubt, whatever may be the out -
come of the pending campaign, when
Charles E. Hughes himself, the pas-
senger. will regret that in almost the
hr.nr that h nenned hla letter r.f
resignation, he wrote, ln his letter of
acceptance, so slashing an attack on
tho president in whose capable hands
American peace and honor and pros
perity have been safe.
Progressives will remember, forward
looking men of all parlies will remem
ber, that it was ln a convention alt-
ting at the tect of Reed Smoot and
Nicholas Murray Butler" that Mr. '
Hughes received hi. commission. They
will remember the services and the
trials of the president whom Mr.;
Hughes nttacks so ungenerously In his
eagerness to wear his shoes. They will
be impressed with this thought of
liainbridKe Colby's: I
"It Is easier to get excited about a
subject than to think about It, an8 tho ,
Progressives propose to do a little ,
thinking and leave the tantrums
others. Among other things they de
sire to do Justice to a president who
has been called upon to grapple with
problems almost beyond human faculty
and who lias endured with unflinching
steadiness a volume of criticism which
has no parallel ln our history since
Lincoln's time."
voted dry in spite Of the mixing of
IWO quarts OI wniaaey uin 4 quaria
of beer with prohibition.
The people of Oregon voted the
state dry yes, dry as powder. All over
. . v ,.,.,,,., , ,u-. arroyd the Ktirraee ur trie large com it tnaile.
our state there is dissatisfaction that , ,Jb (rjuil ,t,Pljr ud ,,. WO) t9I1()rr
these two quarts of whiskey and 24 i ei.ot.gb, but thttir pOnttrttttng ability la nmr
quarts of beer have been allowed. i reioua wbeu thy c4u break tiirougii uii a
Again, I agree with Mr. Linscott- j "&fa Q' Ad4m t-
ZVbirvTvo!e6'ltr-VJiy site" ' A fa.nre 1. A Morgan" In the Ode., dl.trte.
have what we voted for a dry state. Tr,rlrA ,a , Ilion ,.., ,ht n.i.uM.
A question is never settled until it
is settled right."
MRS. L .W. PANTALL.
'Resents Cartoons,
Portland, June 15. To the Editor of
Ths Journal-Is It not time for the
clean minded patriots of this state to
dispose firmly and finally of the per
sonnel of the Oregoulan? I call their
attention to the Oregonlsns unpatri-
otic cartoon of June 15. If I interpret , th press; club s story-telling con
tbis cartoon aright the highest Ideal j , ... t
of American democracy is pork.
How long are we to tolerate the In
decent, unpatriotic cartoons of Presi
dent Wilson, which the Oregonlan has
had the audacity to publish, for
roonthsx past?
The authors of these disloyal and
irdecent cartoons and uttorancos
should be 'summarily dealt with.
MARIE D. EQUJ. If. X).
TKQrfcd C3Uer
SOMETIME SOOtN jjp at the Press
clubin the Elks building there's
Koing to be a etory-telling contest.
, .
JAnd Nick will there himself.
to greet his old . comrade!.
And he's g 'iiis to tell two funny
Jokes from uudevllle.
J I here a 1 1 1 -; two he says and
n Knows them botii.
And Ad Jici.iteti Ttio Is going to
tell some siort n-t hat were new
when he was :v boy b:u-k ln New"
York before tin- M.ir- says Nick's
im i-eiorr im- l.ir- says
Jokes Miouia be barred
:
--because ther oukIu to b
limit for age. ;
u ml hn ......... ... ... i r
be some
-and he i-xnedts ti take first nrlxa
-f r teiilng tht uli!et jike.
nd lie simply ; e.in't
unpcte
. i With aiHlevllle stuff.
Which -Ad days Ul, us ,f,.n handed
down from nunnh. in mouth by
vaudeville actorii rtoni th mists of
antlyully.
or sometiiiriy yke that.
JAnd Wen Oavlijesn -t lie sage of
Vale has been ln Iti rt.
JAnd if he a
get a rating rroift
lie' sure
to
the Judges.
J He's got One story -about on
time when he was riding along
wondering wh.Uior Garfield wuuld be
fleeted or not, ;
JAnd his i.er-SB ; stopped cjulrk.
und he wnts. 0w r the h'Tse's
head.
unci down a canyon.
And he would j,He fallen clear
to tin; bottom-iihout 300 feet.
JAnd he mltfht have been killed
or badly hurt.
only his wat.-h chain caught' on.
a Jumper tree ubbut i;o feet down.
and three buttpns Jerked off his
vest.
but the
be hung.
others held -and there
still wondr1ii"Jj whether Gurfleld
would beat Hancot-k. .
JAnd after . lie ligurrd out being
a itepubllca n
that tliiil'leld couldn't
lost ho
1'HlUKl ; lilXOH ll 1 III tO
I what could he. floiie.
t l W()11dll , BiJJ ,,,, Wl ,okell
about him -ta wiu what could be
done.
only that's what they always do
ln w ild u esH hUh i n
when hefoen - like W'rs lind
theinnelveH InfclMHt peril.
JAnd (he flrHt- thing he thought
of was how fclml ho wuh t' at Mrs.
Cavlness hud juM; hewed the bullous
j on h, veht- ?y '"'' ore.
5J And h- itoJild 1,
his horse-
named Kpsmit .Miunpun; mound up
at the edg
t tlie illlljiill.
piilleU h.niMlf .up
JAnd he
the Juniper.
Into
and wondered how lung he d have
I to stay there, f
and made up bin mind to take
I as lung a Une' u possible--in dying.
I JAiid he coutiljed the Juniper ber
ries on the tree.'
lo see how ipany he could eat
each duy and lie the longest.
JAnd there wWe ai berries on
the whole t rte,
JAnd he dtlcrrlhlncrl to cut 30 h.r-
rlen thcIi da)
: w hich
wuv.ld inuke nearly
11
I days.
H A"d 11 ar'k hl'
up the. canyon .
lo u"' l0P
JAnd W'ph exjTWil to hee a pally
of rescue! b. ;
U ,n ?fi nobody ihcie ex
cept hpsoiii itiidc -
J LISTEN --l le : was wlmidlrig w ith
his feet set $0 Jfeet ,Hc k from ihe
edge of the tsinyon - with VV e own
laiint pulled lunl lin lho jiorn of
the .saddle to W'es' Wttiait.
Tli Kiiy Ktret.
1 love a Imsy, loiihtling town'
" "'ey pu( the pitting down,
A 11 "Hi.d smooth und swiei; and
' N,.xt rta'v'thy toar It .up flKHlfi
Kiom one enfl of: the Mieet l.a. k to
Its other nd, tnrti x wimt they do.
And then lhe gt it smooth and flat.
Ana fiite i. no um ,uin,i pui,
And then theje i a sniiek of fear
("omen from the. city rnglneei -
Hi has mi.shild his mniiiify wrri.cjil
And Inn tan 1 1 v1 they htart a trench
Anrt tuhti.the pavement a" around
I n t ; I the motikey wrench Is found!
And then thuy ta,mp the dirt In light,
AMI get it leul)ed ofr all tight.
And surface It with hard connote.
And inuke u wtrert a 1 a street
By putting Mind and brick on tuat,
Ai d i he stearti roller makes It flat
Then tliey . pleK-e that pavement
Tf) '' ,,pe "r .'wo'
Tt,OI1 they inj.nlr that and It lls
Smoothly ilentrt the hummer akles
For, It may be, S day or two;
Then there a a newer to run through!
Now. when ome one you chante to
Tslk of the-"buy city htreet "
That's what ho ineans in this man's
town.
The street that s gettlns: up and down
tola run, - ,1'' 111
Judd Mortimer Lewis ln Houston
Post.
Life' Infinite Variety.
W. A. pi am! ' 'xi Jim, Jolin Oarhart,
tl., i'L.L. ltfl., f 'MU lfit.l1 .MttiA At.uttk
fr,mi ciilanilt ;wdiiedar . prewtejr I"Wor
. buu.
1 r. it. Wyeoff la tb nw band dlrvrtor. He
la an old cornet ila?ur. but owing to iImmdc
of front leelli be only dlrecfa now, but be ia
j . paatroaaler In -tlie jy-1-.'1""11011 Uerald
On J. O Aditnia Uert tlila araaa liaa cent
tt tender Ik ot tliroigb a aolld four ln b ut
HHphultle nm'Tte par-face und bad ao punc
tured t:e Kurribe ua tank a prart Iraiijr
tniui gr.emwani on tim iaeiunt aud l-
nooJ ung tt aejlabbwa not to leul lila
fatlier any lobseco In order lliat Hie young
financier will l enabled to lry a nl'ke on
hla reapcctMd parent; tor getting It for him
from tu Tillagk atoTa. Tu tuotlra for thla
Diemal activity too prt of tb youngater
la aald to be a henUbj auwllte for lc rtaai
; i-u u.rew.
i However.
I can't saf that the story printed
above, about j We t'avineaa' escape, is
a fat cutnnlA . wha t will hk ftffrAd
test.
But I print; It to show what kind of
competition there will be.
I don't know what class Wes should
I enter It ln.
Kernel W. P. Keady says
it should go
in as Pure Fiction, and
wants to enter it as an .
i
Wes says he
Actual set.
I j think It
J by Itself.
should te put ln tv Class
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