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THE (OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, -PORTLAND. SATURDAY. JULY 29, 1918.
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DAILY (MoUNINf! OR AFTERNOON) AND
StINDA Y.
One year I7..V) I one month I .ftfl
was proven as far. back aa 1876,
when samples of Oregon flax at-
tracted wide attention at the Phil
adelphia Centennial. A grower at
Salem produced flax fibre in recent
years that was declared by Eu
ropean flax experts to be the equal
of the best Irish and Belgian fibre.
The possibilities of a great flax in
dustry In Oregon are almost boundless.
COMING SETTLERS
NEXT week government land
experts will take the field to
classify the grant lands.
Former Governor West has
been named as assistant United
State attorney to represent the
government in the payment of
a foreign power. Nevertheless when! saved Oregon much of to waste would-be reformer, Theodore
.. . - ... . - . tr. At A hi mi scientific
Roose-
I-
Napoleon offered Louisiana to the and loss that ha come from the it, hal'is UrwanL PERTINENT COMMENT AND NFW IN RRIEF
United States Jefferson forgot his j flax experiment. The governor Is FZLl '. " hu 111 LI VI VyVIYIIYlulM HINU HEWS UN PKtLr
compute the profits of Jefferson's i ,en " !T ""' ff Pvf- "l 1 originates from a nation palled
. I "'eed -u0 words In length, and mux be ae- originates 1 ru"' , ntf,u-n
bargain? j couipanled by the name and addreaa of the Ishmaelites. This race, unsnow n
Amerlra alci nothtnir tor herelf but what
be bus a rlnlit to k for hnmmilfy 1tlf
- WOODKOW WILSON.
Millions for Werie. Imt n"t n rent for
trlliiite. H UtLI S C riNCKNKY.
I fltul Hint ttin Rrrnt tnlim tn t?il
w-rll I not 1,, mill li w lit ro tr nd. na i
tn what rtlrefllon we nrr movlnif. j
(ii.iVKu wlnh.u.i. lloi.MF'.S. I
( ONI i.ssi:i
F
iAC'IN( the i-onffsorj rfsu Its
of inof fifion y and incompe
tency in the conduct of the
flax ("cuiTimcnt. (lovernor
Wlthycombe at a meeting of tho
state board yesterday tried to shift
the responsibility for failure on
his appointees and employes. He
charged that Secretary (joclin of
tho board, and Warden Minto of
the penitentiary bad tried to dis
credit the flax industry.
A news dispatch gives the fol
lowing as a part of what happened
at the meeting:
Tli'J Kovrrnur wriiil: "TliTe ha
ht.ni! nn .tfoit to ilinrrelit it in -Mr.
Cioodln'B offi-o inid ft tiie penitt-n-tiary.
Mr. (ifKulms report bIiuwh it.
it is an attunpl to build up :i big
expense arnmnl, with no offsets."
"Kliere hits bt-fii i:o effort 1 ri this
orfli'ii to discrclit nnvthiriK." repli'''!
(Jooilin. "My report shows Just wh:it
Uaw passed through t ti i m office. There
never his been tmythlnsr done In tills
office on which lhavo not consulted
the Rovernor, uml he ti.'ifl known all
about every action tliat has been
taken."
Warden Minto told the Kovernor
that at the penitentiary every assist
ance possible has. bt:en rendered to
make the experiment a success.
"N'o. you have no'." retorted the
governor. "We have had to hire teams
when I know that Mr. Cornelius t
th penitentiary has had teams nut
In use."
"Statements linve been made to
you that are not enrreet," insisted
Minto. "Because we have tried to
cooperate in this work.
"The first tirre I ever paid a word
to Manager Cady was when he hauled
200 tons of flax out onto the field
when It was so lnte In the year I
knew ho was making? a mistake. He
should not have- done It."
Because ho had been formerly
connected with ths agricultural
college, Ihe governor from tho be
ginning was given a free hand by
other member of tho board in di
recting the flax experiment. His
attacks yesterday on his subordi
nates aro sufficient evidence that
the experiment is a financial
failure.
If other evidence is needed, the
official report of Mr. Cady, Gover
nor "Withycombe's flax expert in
charge of the experiment, Is
enough. His report admits the
failure and in it Mr. Cady does
the extraordinary thing of trying
to shift the responsibility on Sec
retary Olcott and The Journal.
Further and final evidence of
the incompetency and blundering
fn the experiment Is the unassail
able fact that of the $50,000 ap
propriated by the legislature at
the request of Governor Withy
combe for tho flax experiment,
only $1,707.23 remains unexpend
ed "while the whole sum in sight
for sale of tho crop, exclusive of
Insurance that may be received for
fla burned 1s $13,916.25.
The Incomo from the crop is
only $132 more than the state has
Iaid out for labor alono on the ex
periment. Much of .this great waste of
public funds could have been avoid
ed. In a letter to the hoard last
December, Secretary Olcott pro
tested against the loose and in
competent manner in which the ex
periment was being conducted.
Long before that, The Journal
directed tho attention of Governor
Wlthycombe many times to the in
competency and blundering in tho
handling of the flax. These warn
ings "were all given In plenty of
time for a large part of the flax
crop to have been 6aved and far
better financial results to have
been obtained.
The only Attention the governor
paid to the warnings was his silly
charge that they were made for
political purposes. With a bull
headed belief in his own Infalli
bility, he went on in his foolish
course " and an Inexcusable waste
of public funds has been the con
sequence. If there afe to be any more ex
periments In flax in Oregon they
had better be placed under the di
rection of the state agricultural
college, which is maintained for
just such purposes.
Oregon is pre-eminently adapted
to the production' of flax. That
ties.
The machinery is thus already In
motion for opening the lands to
settlement. Nearly a million acres
of land classed as agricultural is
to be placed within reach of the
landless. It Is almost an empire
cf virgin soil to be opened to pop
ulation and production.
America is full of land-hungry
people. The rush attending the
Opening of the Colville Indian res
ervation in Washington is illustra
tive. Approximately 100,000 per
sons were applicants, though there
were only 3 000 claims in all and
of these not more than B00 are
such as would be looked upon with
much favor by settlers.
There is no way to misunder
stand the meaning of such a rush.
The lanMlesrs want homes. They
will be filled with desire to people
the Oregon grant lands. The 5000
claims in the grant district will be
sought by thousands.
Tho celerity of action with which
the government is proceeding is of
great value to all concerned. It is
opening the way for Oregon coun
ties to he paid their over-due taxes.
It hastens tho day when settlers
can reach the lands and when new
homes and new production will
spring up over a territory that is
almost an empire.
It was a vision of these great
Oregon areas transformed from
vast solitudes into a civilized
status, dotted with homes and
echoing to the hum of activity and
industry that stimulated The Jour
nal and Its friends and allies in
the great struggle for the legisla
tion that has opened this assuring
t rospect to the state.
scruples and grabbed at It, paying , a roan of good Intentions, but he reward la nothing but the cretary-
three millions and three-quarters doesn't know good advice from bad hip of th state. Tms, oi .u.
for this imperial domain. The advice ' VSTS Sr. uS
sessed valuation of Missouri alone Roosevelt selfish to the very limit,
is now a billion and a quarter and i pftprc Prnm thp PonnlA with an overgrown desire for leader
if we take in Arkansas. Iowa. Mln- Leueri rrom me reopie j 8hipwould Bhlft all his power to an-
nesota. Oklahoma and the rest of . ta Jml for ; Ttoo? Roosevelt tn
the Louisiana Sisterhood, Who Shall ptllcatlon Id thl department ebotxld be writ- r.-vehnloirica.l way we find that he
to
many people, is still very numerous
and powerful and has proved to be the
most traitorous and deceitful people
that ever lived.
To elect Hughes means nothing nut
to help the rough rider into the aJJit.
I also would like to call the atten
tion of the people that have learned to
reason, to the following fact: Roose
velt is. according to his own state
ment, against the German-American
aliens. Before he slaughtered tho
Bull Moose he stated that he woulJ
support Hughes, providing Hughes was
Xt ta a tmnntr nseiillirli tn mir nder. ir the writer doe. not deMre to &
history that while most of our i
name published be chould ao state.
Diarnaatofi U th .ivitMt nf all refnrmer.
Statesmen, have been worshippers j It ratlonalliea eTerrtblnr it touebei. It robt
v, .u..tyv i , ,v, principles of all false sanctity and throwa then
of the constitution in word they 1 thriT mwubteBn.' u u,ey h.T. no
have usually been ready enough tO reaonaWerea, it mttitewlT emabea ttmn out
, . . ,. . . . . . of rxlstence and seta op it own coocluslona Id
disregard it In deed when the wel-. twir tead." Woixirow wiiaon.
fare of the'eountry required. It is . . . .
. , , . j v A German-American's view.
our Judges who have permitted the, .... j..
taxes to the various Oregon coun- ,etter of the constitution to bind i . a,VJl - .hi r.T.
their wills and Impoverish their lowing few words in connection with
minds. the little breakfast scrabble as It was
If everv surireme court iudce ! olsned UD the other day by two Jew- oppoBed to tne German-American
had been as eX to act ion '-lah'hXTts'r,t'm' nff Hl never gave any expla"
nad been as reaay to act upon me th6 privilege to give my opinion , Roosevelt has become his
broad national principles as Jef- about the well directed Incident and ; 8Upporter Thla means and proves
ferson was when he came lo the the cause of the same. To me It tnat nughes is willing to execute the
pinch, our history would have been : hoka alf on. from Bukowina and wU anJ wish of Roosevelt.
brighter In manv naviculars and Ihe "e fJ.m Be,1',n er, Jt K ZS Wilson has often appeared, es
brlghter in man particulars ana for tne bigpest 8llce of the ple-the German-American, as a
-uiijc (iiuuiciuo nim-u " r.. ji.o vji jiukiio uiiuiici;. a. v.... sc&re-cro but whenever we siurneu
would have been solved simply and "y conclusion on tne ract tnai wm near enough we found that he was
caoilv in thoir Bmall hr pi nn i n B-s re Jews. 11 Bureiy wuum uc ui.
: tr ',n hiatniiif that taro TarUAlitoa r
The spirit of the constitution is all!posed other without a good rea-
right, at least when men like Jef-j son.-
ferson are dealing with It. t is i Personally. I am not for nor against
the letter that kills. ;ne ,r thtothr: tv.1 d"0t
(at all while from the other one l
' "... . . . , i
i v. v ,:Know lnat ne only la a narralcss ""l the German-Americans,
n: uic iicoi " a. . a iu i o : j a 1 1 n r u l worKer lor nis masters, mo
years, horses and cattle are dying standpatters and backward progressive
in rrpat nnmhprs in tho Mirtrt a eiciiitm. ui me uti iiuui-auici iv.o...a.
corn
Even so, the Germans are called the
only a eeare-crow with the backbone
of a rainworm; therefore harmless.
But that scare-crow will become
alive and active in the form of Roose
velt If Hughes is elected president.
And then a hearty and well deserved
good night will be the password for
e German-Americans, enforced by
the political night watchman, Theo
dore Roosevelt.
HERRMANN SCH REISER.
SMAL.Ii CHANGE
A little food and a little drink. Is
good hot weather advice.
The new coins may not be popular,
but everybody will be running after
them.
The Deutschland will either depart
In a few days or remain In Baltimore
harbor. So, what's tho use of worry
ing about It?
President Wilson had an apprecia
tive audience a few days ago when he
addressed TOO postmasters, most of
whom he had appointed.
Just when we feel like loafing there
coms the call for harvest han1s.
What a fine thing It would be If har
vest time came In winter.
m m
Everybody seems to concede that
the flax experiment was a failure ex
cept Governor Wlthycombe, who still
lovea it for what he hoped for It.
The most frraphlc description of the
fighting alone the Somme Is that of a
wounded English officer who says the
battle la like "a Belfast riot atop of
Vesuvius."
When Justice of the Peace White of
orant county saw a locomotive th.
other day. the first time In 27 years.
he expressed the opinion that the
styles in locomotives had changed
some.
a
Senator Penrose and Ex-Senator
t rane were not appointed members of
tne ttfpubllcan campaign committee,
but pant events have shown that thev
are both capable of doing a great deal
without appearing in the dazzling light
o: puoiic-ity.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
1 oxreeirjbvc
"Will you recognise Main street at
'No Censorship for Bull Ron
night after those ornamental lights T7HAT,8 nil this row about
are turned on?" asks the Baker Herald. ; V sorshin." Colonel Hnah nf
T-Vio tj-1 i . ' ....i.. Run naked Curt Morrt. k tki. mnm
way of building, the Democrat calls a s he walked into The Journal of
.new iiumes averaging - nave Deen laiKing to Ed My J
from $3000 to I&oim) are going up. with Ni,k Pioronir r,UR MetrKer I
meDenc?anteiavrre Wi"ter I't' 'f Smith. Jack" JohS
' i're I-eonhart. K.l Jnmes- and i
Crater I&ke report, from Mdfori
Sun: The road to the rim of Crater alout it
lake Is now open and cars are making J J
the trip without difficulty. The Crater ' "You see I have been sent her
Lake Motor Car company ha ben en- Investigate oetiHorshijj t.y the Bull '
gaped in break'np; a road throuKh thn Women's Vpim iraevje Mrs 1
Know rr gci'Wal d.v anil ni.lv r.nl..l . ' 1 ' MrB. J
the rim Sunday nlsht ." . ' unat"e B" account.
., , , making Jell and rami in' raspbe
on the up-grade. rt-Kardless of' the
present war conditions tnathave nf-
eiia loganDerry juice.
"So the women htrtt me. and I "'
fected this state. With ttio jurnlturc : been havlnp tlie tinip of my life cet'
factory starting up unde" mod.-m ! ing ltlllie Burke and MavRohon i
methods, with a first cla$i!niipment . i notlnir the effects of infsntli. r'n"
a loganberry Juice plant In operation. , ' . , 8n,?r J ,.P
furnishing the. best Juice In the coun- ' "nd eelnK 1 ho da the Vatrl S
try. and its old establishments in n Xn"t'ing. and trying to penet? .
steady operation, there Is reason for i ,,:' Mystery of the Iron Mask. i
future WirZ,"" refe,'eme l me that the mo
P'' Mires are a wonderful institu;
All cherry farm will hope the "Mood It I , a cunning phrase-maker
River Glacier may prove a true prophet. ,)v , . ,h , '
It asks. "Jlave you ever eaten dried I i ,'.. , . . 1 . "fj" T'1 P
cherries?" and then goes on to say: , ' , rs"N And lsn t It tho truth
W'ost Thp hillinn - dollar
. . , , , J nation or the thinkers ana poets, i. Rfw-lnlUtu in Conflict
crnn nf Inwn i KPrlnnsIv throat- i.i.. i ,,. socialists in t."iniltl
i v- -w,.. as u ii e u i mem. iia.na.tj auhi.i. . , . T . . , .. .. ... . ... .
ened by the heat. Oregon weather , even we. the German-Americans have j XhV7ou?-'k; 7ubricVty accorded
has critics, but ifajled to do our full duty toward M tne ,etter from the eo-called "Social-
fceives as CW " t" mrtv wher-pin thia oro-a n iz t ion
the whole human
This does not mean that ' ...
A
los yeu 1UH uut.s 1M . onlipd rebels.
' 1 stand un for th old halfway Ideas ... . , .
MONO the complications of those people who wish themselves be SocialIsts we COUIdn-t De anything
LUUCS WIWL14
brought upon this country at back in the good old
the beginning of the war was be,ons to the past and winch we neer
., ,, . . will see again, tnank God.
the collapse of marine in-i Tri thn rioint of mv thought.
else.
We cut ourselves adrift frorr.
the "Socialist" party because we could
no loneer stultifv ourselves bv sup-
To get to tho point of my inOUgni. . . rfrrm noliov of the nr.
SUrance. 'I have selected the quotation. -Eight j KaniEation ln thia 6tate. The whole
The suddenness of the OutbreakjV.it Hughes." as matter of tho little , of branch Gne ieft wlth ua The do.
Of war shook the world Men were discussion to express myself the near-i cig!on wa9 unanimous. Dry rot of the
shining Finanr-ft and hnsine : est and clearest wav- .... , tv, I mentality would have afflicted us Just
Stupltiea. rinance ana Dusiness , According to the constitution of the a3 lt has those wno havo remained
throughout the earth Shivered with United States, every bjiman being, citl- ; within that party. We refused to all
ffar. Panic hovered over every j zen or not citizen, is granted his 'u11 1 ourselves with an organization thur
i,,i i birthright. The birthright of a human 1 6tands for capitalist domination. A
. he ni. includes. accorain.T to my unuc-
ork StocK txciiange ( ; , orl.t eomn
The New
Profits of $750,000 on war con
tracts have been voluntarily do
nated to the British government by
V. P. Kaldie, president of the
Canadian Cartridge company of
Hamilton, Ontario. Yet, in the
American house of representatives,
"Pat" McArthur and 139 other
f.tandpat congressmen voted against
the revenue bill taxing the profits
of American makers of war munitions.
WHY VK REAM
w
E BEAM with pride and sat
isfaction over an invitation
we have just received to
help promote the "Hughes
Alliance" in Oregon. Some of our
joy comes from being asked to
work along with Miss Anne Morgan
and the lato K. H. Harrlman's
daughter for tho election of Mr.
Hushes to the presidency. Some
more of it comes from the notice
in the invitation that none but
"men of the very highest charac
ter" are wanted as organizers.
Naturally it flatters us to learn
that if we, join in the glorious work
we shall not be compelled to asso
ciate with common persons. The
Hughes Alliance promises to be
very select indeed. Its eliteness
will '.perhaps compensate for its
smallness.
The women's Roosevelt league
has cast its fortunes with the high
toned Hughes coterie and their
union is to be celebrated with a
pink tea at the Astor hotel early in
August. This gilded event Is ex
pected to win the hearts of New
York's upper ten to Mr. Hughes. A3
for the common herd, the promot
ers do not worry about thera. They
will follow, it is assumed, where
their social leaders go and none of
them will "ask why."
party advocating reforms hardly as
i .iinHini, rnnrcivinir and com p re u enu- : t a p advanced as those in the 1'rohibi-
was suspended. European nations . inK 0f things In general; also the. right ' tionist platform is not one that the
abolished the collection of debts, i and privilege to form his or her own j working class can take much stock In.
For many days and nights financial 1 opinion about the things in general and ; We contend and we are supported
. k . calculate upon the best means and t by the works and writings of Kari
America was on the verge of col-1 wayg to bing about a more rapid , Marx Frederick Kngels and Wilheim
lapse in the worst panic ever I pr0greas and developing of the human j Liebknecht that there should be no
known 1 race in harmony with the present j compromise and no political trading.
With civilization out of 1oint I "spirit of time." We are out to explain the process ot
vun conization out 01 joint, i -e Drivile ce to calculate and form ' capitalist exploitation and not to act as
the marine insurance companies' " nnininn, ahout the 'hings ; the hacks of the reformers in society.
threw up tJreir hands. They were j ln gPnerai also includes the right to j We can leave the reformation and
naralvzed with frisrht at the Dros- I express ourselves in whatever way, j palliation of the present system to the
Grants Pass is the city on the
Rogue river that Is the gateway to
the wonderful caves of Josephine
county. It Is a city that the tourist
would find excellent headquarters of
many trips. Ralph K. Riley, promo
tion manager of the Grants Pass Com
mercial club, answers a query as to
the tour opportunities of his city com
pactly:
"Replying to letter of July 18. I
would hy all means advise the tourist
to visit the Oregon eaves, 37 miles
from Grants Pass, a great natural won
der, fine place to camp, and beautiful
scenery on way up. Fishing near
camp.
"There Is fine scenery In almost
every direction. Down the Rogue
river through Hells Gate to the mi
ning district at Galice is a very de
lightful trip of 10 miles. Fine road.
"Over the Crescent City road.
through the redwoods to the ocean is
another scenic trip that is very much
enjoyed by all who take lt About !0
miles and scenery all the way.
"Fine trout, steelhead and cutthroat
pect of a naval warfare that woald,- - erf VewuS" the i ereU Cegie and the"Russf e
result in seizure of cargoes that ; , rht other human beings, p.ovid- foundation. The official "Socialist
would bankrupt them. They would , tnclr rlghts are inside the domain rarty ln its superficiality is seeking
were prohibitive.
It was a situation in which there I
nnl tr,a,,T-Q ar-noo t mtoo t h o ' . v, . - Kin(,rit t moony ine enects ot capitalism
v- tr,-" "V ""xu -"" "1 mew u.i w.. . irk.,, J 1 .Ilk .V, f oVwiMcV.
Selfish, personal Interests, unsound 'y C'.ic,;'-B lu -.".
..., 0n..,ia.in of various winds : the cause. We as Socialists point out
V Trsitie of life, have tht only by abolishing th
was no insurance tor tne wheat or ; fDrccd single individuals, parties and
American farmers en route to i whole nations to make laws contrary
Europe, no insurance for the pro- i to the birthright of every human be
, . . . . . . , . , . j ine- w-hich Is established by uncnange-
ducts of American mills destined "f-
, . . , . , able, universal laws,
for distant markets, no insurance i And now our slogan: "They Fight
for the foreign trade from which Mit Hughes."
this and every country seeks to Right here rises the question Doiore
my mind, which demands tne xonow-
ito ,. : uess.
XLO JIM ivmh lh. thonp-lltS Of Wll.Hun Wt
In 24 hours in Chicago, 56 per
ished from the heat, and a dozen
more of the prostrated are expect
ed to succumb. One new-born babe
in every five perishes. It occurred
on the 18th day of a heat wave
that is gripping all the country ex
cept the Pacific coast states. Don't
complain about the Oregon showers.
nrnflt
The marine insurance law, de- j There is no use to fight mit Hughes,
signed by Secretary McAdoo and i as long as Hughes doea not state
urged upon congress by President i which way he wants to use our useful-
Wilson was the result.
sage was opposed and predictions ; n acquainted. We all know
of calamity to come from the un- i the good he has done as well as his
dertaklng were freely made. There 1 shortcomings. Kven so, he has not
are always predictions of calamity , d0 for h6 GT'TTone
. J 1 . ! much as he maybe could have oone,
when the government proposes to We nlUKt glve nim credit for the little
do something which private Inter- j he has done. Considering the fact that
ests have been profiting from, just i not the president, but Wall street.
as in the case of the proposal for
the government to make armor
plate. j criticise him? Or do the lea.ding Ger
For nearly two years the law has i man-Americans not belong to the so
been in effect The eovernment ' calk'd "uId Kuard'"? YeR- lhcV do:
oeen in euett. i ne government, n io the fauU of tne mossc,
has conducted a marine insurance and standpatters of, every ruling party
business.
e cause car,
we obliterate the effects. The party
in Oregon Is full of people who have
little knowledge of the science of So
cialism. It is party that takes in
anything so long as they pay the dues
Into the treasury. E-ven then the or
ganization is bankrupt.
We intend during the coming cam
paign to expose the absolute rotten-
I ness of the "Socialist" party through-
rules the United States, why rhould
we condemn a man whose hands are
tied by the very same people that
The receipts ln insur
ance fees have totaled more than
$2,000,000. The losses paid aggre
gate something over $800,000.
There is a balance on hand of
more than $1,200,000. The cost
of administration of the plan as
organized and carried on by Sec
retary McAdoo has been only $20,
000. The saving in insurance rates to
the producers of the country has
been many millions of dollars.
You ought to have more concern
in your home community than
merely to seek to make material
profit out of it.
AGXESS
I
STATE CENTENNIALS
B
ETWEEN now and the year
1021 six members of our glo
rious Union will celebrate the
centennials of their state
hood. We glean this Interesting
item from tho Christian Science
Monitor which gets up quite an
editorial enthusiasm over it- The
first of the celehranta is Indiana,
which was originally colonized by
the French. It went to the British
In 1763 at the close of an Indian
war, and came under the rule of
the United States by the treaty of
1783 which granted our inde
pendence. The last of the six celebrants
will be Missouri, which entered the
Union in 1820. being carved from
Jefferson's Louisiana purchase.
This extraordinary purchase has al
ways excited the wonder of his
torians. Jefferson was a strong
state rights man and opposed to
federal concentration. He held
that th United States government
had no powers except such as the
constitution expressly conferred.
Certainly the constitution con
ferred no power to buy land from
that their platform is not more prom
ising and beneficial to the public at
large?
Again, from Wilson we know what
he has done and what he Is wllilng to
do, and especially that he stand Xor
peace.
What do we know about Hughes?
Nothing whatever!
All the statement we could get out
of him so far about his platform Is In
the form of two words. They are
"Undiluted Americanism."
Here I ask the question: How
many people are alike? How many do
think alike?
The public in general willingly dis
closes the meaning of the two words
except the leading papers of the Re
publican party. But who would be
willine to guarantee their definition?
t Not a single one. So why should we
accert their Ideas about the Ideas of
a man who himself seems to fear hie
own statement.
Kveryone has a right to form his
or her own opinion about the great
silence in which Mr. Hughes wraps
himself; and even more, we also have
a. right to be suspicious. And why?
First. Every conscious human be-
N HIS wanderings about the
state Fred Lockley has come at
last to Agness, a town on the
lower Rogue river where the
waters hurry by to the ocean not ! ln, real1zes th reat silence of the
m i il , ui-ne Kieai uuin ituuui 111s piatiorm
t aj , 11113 r v 1 1 ill-, ll il Lai 11 i
tower high into the sky above.
wonder why they spell the town'i ' called Kooseieit
I oe:uuu. r.erj lune rememoers tne
We 1 statement of the would-be srreat mazi
name with, a double s? But then
English spelling is always wonder
ful and perhaps it is better to let
sleeping dogs lie.
The name must commemorate
some lovely girl who lived in that
What do we know about Roosevelt,
and why should we intermingle him
and his "efficiency of politics" with
the little discussion about Hughes?
Here I call the attention of espe
cially the German-Americans to Roose-
velfs statement which he made about rs of lies and Immorality? Motion
out America. As John Spargo eaid
not very long ago, "It is more corrupt
than Tammany Hall." Instead of be
ing the party for the working class,
lt is the happy hunting ground foi
parsons without pulpits, lawyers with
out briefs, doctors without patients,
cocaroacn Dusiness men witnout cus
tomers. Its personnel, being unedu
cated upon scientific lines. Is an easy
prey to the men and women who fat
ten upon that Ignorance.
To vote in the forthcoming election
for a member of the "Socialist" Dartv
Is to vote for the contlnuanoe of slav
ery. We are willing to find a hall, a
speaker, and a large crowd for the
discussion of this letter, if that so
called "Socialist" party cares to
cnoose a champion to defend them
selves against these charges.
MRS. MAE MORRIS,
Sec'y Portland Socialist Club.
Censures the Vaudeville Shows
Portland, July 26. To the Editor of
The Journal With the decrease ln the
number of first class vaudeville
houses in the city, there seems to be
a corresponding decrease in the quality
of their programs. Having been an
Inveterate theatre goer for the past
four years I am in a degree able to
make comparative observations on the
vaudeville and audience of yesterday
ana that or today.
There was a time when the appear
ance or an actor in tights caused dubl
oui heaoshakes In the audience, but
maids and matrons now look on with
stolid indifference. On becoming fa
miliar with the male and female anat
omy, the aadience sighed for greater
thrills, and so to retain their patron
age, "actors" produce "laughter and
patter," most of lt base, amutty mat
ter which Insinuates all lt does not
say. Many times I have seen young
girls with gentlemen escorts sit with
flaming cheeks and nervous hands
while even the rabble of the audience
gasped at the daring "freedom of
speech." Such songs are sung that lt
Is a marvel they do not leave a curse
on the throat that utters them
In time the sensibilities of the audi
ence become blunted to this amuse
ment and something farther down the
scale is necessary to whet their appe
tite. If continued, will this not ev
entually result ln a condition similar
to that ln England in 1S42, when par
liament closed the theatres as breed
the German-American aliens. He pon-
beautiful Boot long ago. Terhans i "Pmned and denounced said organiza
she is dead now and the silent I'?'1 n? ?Uier ''"i"'81 ''."'T Ter
mountains veil her grave with their j nwn-Amencans 'as unworthy citizens
sort mists. Does she smile in
her eleep? It must be for some
lover whose lost golden locks the
long grasses now cover. Does she
sigh m her sleep? It must be to
deplore some sorrow the world
cares to hear of no more."
Or it may be she is a mother
with her children playing round
her. Those children will see
changes before their) time comes
to make the last journey. For the
Rogue river country is rich in min
erals and soil fertility and before I
a great while it will have an open
door to the world.
When Secretary Olcott pointed
out to Governor Wlthycombe last
December that the flax experiment
was being Incompetently handled,
Mr With vcnmh should havo Ho.
tened. Such a course would haveThu'uiS
and called them anything else except
someining good.
It is true that Roosevelt himself
skillfully killed the Bull Moose, and
he also buried him. But why? Thp
1s the question we should not forget
to answer.
To my understanding. Roosevelt
killed the Bull Moose single-handed
and laid him also away, so he rould
plant himself as night watchman on
the grave of the supposed-to-be-gone
one, with the power of his party well
ln -hand.
Comparing the last election with the
coming one, we f,nd that Bryan was
the soul of the victorious Democratic
party. As such he transferred his
power to Wilson, to the welfare of his
party. This act granted him an abso
lute. Indisputable right to demand a re
ward In the form of the secretaryship
of state, a position that was given Mm
as reward for all the work be had
done for his party.
Now, let ua answer the following
question: Who is the soul of the
man than the rreat
"Although It is probable that thev can- I " "' ' H' , r ft"' institution gets tj
tain less nourishment, they are more ; rrlrnilly to the people. 1 1 VI
palatable than California raisins. This '"'wspaprr, for example some 1
new method of preserving cherries or, crowd of poopt want to horn In
l-I-w1 l.'ii ..r n Hit Vinai )rtAri Iaq rhnil ....... i . .... ....
.h..".-.'. L .V k"' , i u " worry a lot
we will l:kely'f;ee dried chorrles Int-o-duced
on lor. markets this winter. We
predict that they become a perma
nent staple in the future."
JOURNAL JOURNEYS
89 The Caves of Josephine County
the common people, ttiey do. The-
i'P nights and worry about Whf
the hoi pollol's babies have hi!
wneiner tile rommon peok
k.dn have brushed thrr teeth on rj
"ru retirin. Wheth.-r their paw
n rinks like a fish now that Ofert
ry a.s a mm-ki-rd, and whether I
maw wits her hatn-and with a V
"I ce you have a new socletv 4
fishing ln the Rogue and many smal- I 'Jhp f'lety to Kxt Insulsh T?elesJ
ler streams. Flyfishing for steel
heads Is most thrilling sport to be
had anywhere."
Tha flyfishing Cpr steelheads of
whlrh Mr. Riley speaks cannot he en
joyed elsewhere than on tho Rogue
river. When ho says lt is the mowt
thrilling sport to he had anywhere he
probably speaks from experlenre.
Pound for pound, the steelhead, a sli
des of orean going trout, is the gam
iest fish that wears fins.
cietleH. They iniKht M;irt ln with
ensor Hoard.
I don t Imagine that the com'
people would ho corrupted if there
no censorship It nemis to me
the picture men themsolves want c'
I iciures, berause they pay. Ah
seems to me, too, that there's
er.ouRh lyln' around h.ofe for J
I.angguth and Chief Chirk to Inn
'.IPtlVltV nnv fillirv rihn with l-rf
...... ..'VI.
more than seventeen fort lonir. 1
"Anyway Tin no little Amer
And I ciios I'll stand up for
1 )' clarat Ion of Independence and
lie.-dnm of the press. And as fs
jw.ui nun h concerned for the freel
- the pictures
Portland's nearest sreelhead stream
is the Sandy river When one goes
fishing for the fighters there he at
taches a strong hook to a strong line,
baits the honk with fre.h saln;on eggs
and waits for the strike, which, win r
lt comes, gives Die confused sensa
tion of everything happening at onr .
lln. . , , , . V. . ....... , V. ........
I 1 J w IIIUI.U linn .IIIIF,, lllfll. III Hrl ,,..., . - j
be the flv casting for the same kind , ',,i"' bllt Who n,T,r them, OJi
ui inviuitiiinuig nan o ivu c& iipiiL I iii
and line.
Grants Pass' headline Is. "We chal
lenge the world on llmnte."
Hare Is a little song entitled "JUd
written for th people who
T WANT a little fain i to own, j
A Where I ran go ami live alone:1
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
From the New York Evening Post.
Several facts should he borne In
mind In connection with the epidemic
of infantile paralysis, technically known
as poliomyelitis, now prevalent ln the
city. They will not only make against
panic, but help the public to take the
proper precautions. In the first place,
lt is an Illusion that poliomyelitis is a
new, hitherto little-known disease, and
that the present epldemio Is of myste
rious origin. For more than 70 years
physicians have observed, described,
and, since 1S90, closely studied Infan
tile paralysis. Kpidemlcs hate oc
curred during that period In .Europe
and America. New Tork had two ln
the last decade, ln 1907 and 1903, more
than 700 cases being recorded during
the former year. In 1911, a non-epl
demie year, the Rockefeller Institute
observed 167 cases. Among the "mono
graphs" of that Institution, Is one on
poliomyelitis, published ln 1912. The
disease is constantly endemic in a city
like New York. Like scarlet fever,
diphtheria, typhoid, etc.. poliomyelitis
has Its alternating periods of quiesence
and activity. It has never been entire
ly stamped out.
Its Infectiousness Is one of the mot
Important elements ln the situation
No certain cure has as yet been dis
covered. Once the disease Is con
tracted, It has to run its course. All
the physician's efforts must be spent
in taking preventive measures. The In
fection Is probably caused by a virus
which penetrates through the nose and
throat Into the body, and Indirectly
brings about a deterioration of the
nerve cells of the spinal cord and
brain. This, in turn, causes the mus
cular paralysis from which poliomyeli
tis derives its popular name. This vi
rus, lt has been well established, is
present ln the nose and throat and res
piratory organs of persons afflicted,
and can then be expectorated or
breathed out. Flies, bedding, clothing,
anything that comes ln contact with
or near an infected person, may be
come a carrying agent.
TJnfortunately, the presence of the
disease is hard to detect ln Its early
stages, while the patient Is still mov
ing about and coming in contact with
other people. The symptoms are not
well defined, hut often resemble those
of typhoid. The diagnosis la difficult,
especially as parents do not always
realize that their children are 111 at
all. Thus the necessary precautions
to prevent contagion can not always
he taken. In fact, there are many
"abortive" cases which do not develop
Into acute poliomyelitis at all, but re
cover wJthout ever being detected. S i. h
cases, like typhoid "'carriers." may tc
centers of Infection for a long time.
Happily, physicians no longer have
to depend entirely on symptoms. Sev
eral real tests, not Invariably trust
worthy, have been worked out. Kxnm
Jnatlon of a suspect's blood and of his
spinal fluid reveal cell conditions
which, taken together with otlp-r
symptoms, make It possible, especially
I f .. T .
-1 luiiiiii-, i n warn mv wire to go.
inii i iiiinirii, dair a i ore or so.
To live itWmr. ., i
:i' 1 could use for n ,-lal ends;
rd want to he where neighbors aV!
.Whom I toultj viNlt in-,,: and far.
I t-row niorr wearv everv day
''f people staii, ling in m way;
! The elty rrowds make living inv.a
A half rould go. and lrjo.. rnounhW
, nr's bliss in not ho much In weal Jl
; As love Hud j.iv and booming healt
l',l 1,1,, ,11,, I!, .. !...)
, psi,,,... 1 1 , i un nan my p"ir
If I rould only boss invs'elf
I'd then l.e frre to cn r stay.
, .win nm a soul room say me nay; a
,i inr jiiji wnrrc i want to be
during an epidemic like the present. toO"M ",llv tll'"il' I wan! to see
recognize a case with a good dcgrei
of certainty, even before thp ncnte
stage has been reached Also the test
by Injection of spinal fliftd frm a sum-
peet Into the brain of a monkey will
often establish the presence of an i
abortive case. i
There ought, therefore, by theso new
methods, to he no Insuperable diffi
culty in detecting the disease mid
"If
I'lie rent. I'tl find bv telephone
And that s the way I'd live alone
.-now, .tun t you think this
scheme
Is verv like your own pipe dream?
W. Stowel) Mills In Brooklyn Ki
thiu man should write a fcn.
"Why X.1 in Bad, Wnea Ton C$
Give the Sun a Marry SmlisT" d
rrnm ine i nr ton Newa.
hen the nun
iniif riiiiu m irepn atin sweety
an- j druty and still. ex.- pt for the musti
'I In; the birds. Th.re busy when the!
I'h (.Times Up: they've been busy foif
keeping it under control. Tho gr at ', ,.,., .. ' LJ. .
requisite Is to recognize the epidemic, . ,lm (,f j,,; ,
-r,,u7,..eBS na Hi-Hi n ejtnrny as , tr, , ,, t k m.si
cholera or yellow fever or dlphtherl, j llH fmt'n ,M'I1(, .'J Zm0 up S
WOulrt he treated Tho health 1enf,,-t' ii, ., ... . "''IK
...v..L iiuuiinu a b.i oirni ui quuinu-
tlne which ought to be effeetlve. 'I
public, on Its side, must help as m
" . .o..c..i. ii"uiu irpuii an nour, in Jar! i:ut mit fveryt
l," i .cniies ai onto, v mniren else is slill and li s cool and h
should be kept away from all places . because the f l adous are so long
wnero crow as assemble. .No changes ; you feel that you are looking upot'
"""""t Hiiuuiu De lanen. in preven-i earl li trial's Just been fashioned
tlon lies the community's safety, and turned loose.
there can be effective prevention only It Is dlffeient from all the resl
oy eany examination and Isolation. I the da v. When the sun goon down
v nen all is done that ran be. there' earth Is tlied and dusty, and dark
reed be no excessive alarm. Mortality comes as relief from the toll.
In poliomyelitis ranges from 14 to 22 grows soft ami frill I as the won't
per cent. Several children's diseases I and the shadows are long, like theyf
taKe a greater toll or lire. Of the sur- l when the sun Comes up, but it'u
vlvors. a large percentage recover from ', ferent ln the enrlv morning from
the paralysis and regain the use of i other portion of the dav
their muscles. Poliomyelitis has tho
terror of novelty, while tuberculosis
continues Its ravages without causing
excitement.
The duration of the present epldemtc
cannot be foretold. Kecords of previ
ous visitations show a period of about
four months, usually In the summer
and fall. The New York epldemio of
1907 lasted from July to October, with
a maximum virulence registered during
September. It does not nocesHarlly fol
low that the present plague will last as
long as that. Proper steps taken hy
the authorities and the public may
shorten the period. Infantile paralysis
should he stamped out entirely. No
toally widely concerted effort to do It
has ever been made heretofore. The
disease should not bo allowed merely
to simmer down to a mildly endemic
state, only to flare up again and cause
havoc at some future date.
pictures of questionable nature have
been deplored, but how much more
powerful Is the Influence of flesh and
blood presence and the human voice!
As there Is a board of censors for mo
tion pictures, there should be double
that amount ln number and energy to
pass on the songs and patter of vaude
ville. M. E. DULIN.
Concerning Sunday's Origin.
Portland, ily 24. To the Kditor of
the Journal Just a few words in re
gard to a letter that appeared In The
Journal a few days ago concerning
(Sunday laws. A person signing the
name Viola Kaufman attempts to en
lighten your readers on how we came
to have Sunday as a day of public
worship. She seems very poorly in
formed on early church history. Any
one that knows anything at all about
early church history knows that Sun
day was kept as a day of worship in
the time of the apostles, for we read
In the twentieth chapter of Acts how
the Christians were assembled on thH
first day of the week to break bread
(which means to ;ecelve the sacrament
of th Lord's supper); and again, St.
Paul, ln writing to the Corinthians,
tells them to make a collection whtn
tlans at Jerusalem (gathered for
divine worship, of course). And Paul
tells the same thing to the Galatlans.
Another person, signing the name
Harrison. Informs your readers that
lt was Constantlne that changed the
Sabbath day. There could be many
texts taken from the Prophets to prove
that the Jewish Sabbath was to be
abolished. Those Habbath observers
seem to attach no importance to the
day that Christ rose from the dead, or
the day the Holy 8pirlt descended on
followers of Christ, known as Pente
cost Sunday. A.CARR.
are engaged ln the latter "Industry"
have good reason to oppose the meas
ure. Business men. farmers, mechanics
and all other useful members of the
community will reap untold benefits 1f
the proposed measure becomes a law.
IL A. RICE.
Everything Is clean that's the I
difference. Tho dunt has settled
Ing the night. The dew has b
everything in sight. Even the sk
bright and rustless. The leaves
the trees turn their glossiest Side
ward yop. It finn, and the rr&aa
fairly shines with the nioiature
upon it.
There are no harsh sounds, no
canny coloring of anything, no
dence of toil, no stains from the
of long hours, no moaning sound
Jar the nerves Just the clear, b
a - - i . . i . ii. a
Bi'llllUII Ul IVVIVIUK 111. Klltl ma c
sweet colors of the flowers, and
busy world rubbing its ayes
stretohlng ltaelf and yawning m
naturedly out of the gladness ff
heart to think that It has survived
night and Is ready for another J
activities.
Ye Xd. call upon the mill to
Him In announcing- th new arrtj,
ln the homes of his coastltueut.
(From the Saneca. p. . Klrkaf.).
Bowling Oreen. Ohio t. lis
Of a brand new H'N
Horn to fjcorge. If. Fertlnger,
Who think a pr'zn they've won.
Bowling Green, n
Venus has two lurkv rheps: i -
W. H. HparigWs HOY
A I91 model !
And ante to Ue them Joy.
Venus,
The Land and Ixian Measure.
Portland, July 27. To the Editor of
The Journal It appears to nie that
the arguments of Robert E. Smith
against the people'" land and Ioan
measure are rather hazy. He objects
to the measure because lt Is the single
tax. He objects to the single tax be
cause it is socialistic. He could as
reasonably oppose any form of co
operation on the same grounds.
Mr. Smith has not shown us any
thing against the measure as yet. He
fays. "It means the destroying of pri
vate ownership of every home, farm
and other class of land In Oregon."
This Is misleading and untrue. The
amendment does not disturb any land
title ln the least. It simply makes a
elight change in the method of taxa
tion, which is the unquestioned right
of any government or community.
Contrary to the statements of Mr.
Smith, the measure enhances and en
courages the ownership of hcrnies and
farms by exempting taxes on labor
products.
The biggest thing- it does, in my
they are gathered together on the first I opinion, is to make It unprofitable to
day of th week, for the poor Chris hold land out of use All those who
From One Who OIont.
Hlllshoro, Or., July 27 To the Tvlf-
torof Th M Journal '" .'!, 1- r,...
crat" Is a perennial question. The ', lT1 Vlf. home of ArfjoTd I-
democrat knows right down In his ; And his good wife, we find
boots that his policy is all wrong and Tlie sweetest little I.ASSIK that
tnat nia Deller la rounded on cusf e-d- j You a care to can 10 mum.
ness. He likes to hold the lines an I Venus,
boss things awhile, but in November, T . .,,. rnrv horn,
If Wilson is defeated, he will Inhale J f," of laughter sweet
the breath of prosperity and feci Ilk:pr baby Margaret Alice csm
a new man in a live, hustling coun
try, the same as oth!r people feel.
And still the old ouestion will always
be ln vogue "Why Is a I emo"r t ?'"
R. E. HATtBl.SO.V.
Offers a Correction.
Portland, July 27. To the Editor of
The Journal Will you please publish
ln your paper tb&t the Turkish offi
cial report of theT-apture by Hury Hey
of the town Mlnurata in Egtla with
200 officials. 6000 aold'ern and 24 can
nons Is simply fantastic?
DIt. C'AHUJ VKSETTI.
Royal Consular Agent of Italy.
Reasonably Safe.
Krom Puck.
In Memphis, a colored man was on
trial for felony. The Judge asked him
If he desired the appointment of a
lawyer to defend hint.
"No, sab." said Sambo, "I'ss gwlns
to frow myse'f on de lgnonce ob oe
cou't."
To make their Joy complete.
Oil cur,
Rex I.ampmin'ii little bungalow -Is
full of mulc merry.
A baby's come to cheer hi m Bp,
A pippin, 'gosh all Harry.
Oak Orors,
Xt Doesn't Make Any Difference to
What Ton So, but So Somsthlfif
GIVE YOUR j
VACATION TO -
YOtm COt TNT Ft T.
Adv
Or. to amend lt for the benefit
political spellbinders: "OlYS 11
Country a Vacation.
We Csrtainly Agree With. This
The Sedan Times-Star has advs
Its subscription price to $1.(0 a y
Weekly papers are rapidly comlcf f
this price and endeavoring to p.'
their subscription lists on pa. ,
basis. The fellow who never pays
his paper will soon be without a pay,
to read. Osage (Okls.) Journal. ,i-