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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1910. AM INHEPISNDENT KEWSPAPER. C. g. JACKSON Pabliaber 1'llMUhed aver dy. afternoon ami morninf texrrpt- Sunday afternoon), at Tba Journal BoiMlns, Broadway and XawbUl streets, - Portland, Or.V fcnfired at tlia posrofftoa at Portland, dr.. for transmission through Una malla aa second elaaa matter. AELKk-liONKS Main 71T3; Home.' AHM&l. All riartuiBt reacted by ttieae number. Tail tha operavor wpst depfcrtinent job want. WU&WX ADVlChTltHNU ktI'KK8h.NTA'rjVli ;. Benjamin St Keotnor Co., Brnmwlck Bids'.. , 826 riftta Ata., Nar York. UUi People's . (its BWg ., Cblcvgo. Sabacrlptloa terms by mall or to any adores ' la Cos L'olt-Statea or Mexico: DAILY (MORN I. NO OB AFTERNOON) One year $3.00 I Ona month I .00 SUNDAY. Cna year 12. GO One mootb $ .21 PAILX (MOBNlNf) OB AFTERNOON) AND ; , SUNDAY. On year 17.50 I One month I .66 - America tki nothing for beraelf but what lha baa a rig lit to aak for hnrnanlty Itnelf. -WOODKOW WILSON. MJIIIona for defenae. hut not a cent for tribute CHARLES 0. I'INCKNET. Tba farmera, it mmi To me, bara oc cupied hitherto a lingular position of dla adrttitage. Woodrow Wilson, oa tlg-nlng aural Credlta bill. EPOCHAL LEGISLATION fVfHEl statement is made that if . mw yivriBiuuB ui tue new ru- I ral credits law were applied to all existing farm Indebted ness and present rates of interest Continued, the present farm loans would be wiped out within 22 yeara without the payment of a cent more than present interest rates. The system is to be of inestima ble value to American farmers. The low interest and long time loans place the farming Industry on a v sound foundation. For the first , time in American history farmers wJll be enabled to get money on 4 basis comparable to the rates rail roads and other big activities pay , for loans. There is no reason why similar legislation should not have been enacted long ago. The farmer's land Is the best security in the world. Some system ought long ago to have been established by which such security as the farmer baa to offer would haye brought , him correspondingly low Interest ' rates. Ills Industry is basic He feeds and clothes mankind. All society rests, on and depends on him for survival. The function that he fills - in Human lire entitles him to loans , on terms as low as the railroads or any other enterprise. Nor has the farmer's income been . la keeping with the importance of his industry. High Interest rates have eaten up his revenues and left little return for nia worn; and his family's work. He has had only short time loans. Every two or three years lie has had to renew his lndebt eaness, going tnrougn tne costly ' process of paying for abstracts, commissions and fees for prepara tion of mortgages and other items . VI VApcuoo. All IUIO 19 ciiuiiuaiou 5, In the new rural credit bill recent . ly signed by President Wilson. . Under this bill the farmer will get money ai interest rates not to ' exceed 6 per cent and possibly to go as low as 4 Vs , and to run five to 40" years. By payment of a fixed annual sum, even low as It will be, the principal will be wiped out. What it means to farmers is best known to the farmers themselves. The plan. If applied to existing farm Indebtedness would wipe out all farm debts in 22 years without payment of anything except present Interest rates. It means that we are to pass into new era for American farmers. can farmers will mean greater pros perity for every other group in A m Avion "n rtnnnlnMrm fM- avarv. thing rests upon and depends upon the farms and the farmers. -Under the law and the facts, . Sir Roger Casement brought execu tion upon , himself. But what can .vengeance sprout a great empire when, in the eyes of so many Irish men, another has suffered martyr rlnm fnr Trish ffWrlnm? "GRAFT Wrrft GRAFTEKS" MR. OSBORNE, who tried to break the grafters' hold on ", XfJ omg omg prison in xview xorK came pretty near losing hla reputation in reward for his zeal. He has now been cleared of every taint ana sent back to tne Dig pris- - on to complete his work. But no sooner is Mr. Osborne " fre from the tolls of the corrupt rlngsters than they set upon Fred erick C. Howe, President Wilson's commissioner of. immigration at Ellis Island. Mr. Howe'a crime la the same as Mr. Osborne's. He has Interfered with the profits of the kleptlo ring that surrounds Ellis man a. There Is Just each. & ring sur - rounding almost every public Instl 'tutlon In the United States as the coyotes cluster around a dying steer n the plains. Mr. Howe has proposed to dispense with the food contractors at Ellis Island and feed the immigrants by direct 'govern- WHAT WOULD MR. HUGHES HAVE DONE? WE HAVE had two years of International crisis. The outbreak of waV drove the world to the verge of finan cial panic Collection of debts was set aside in Europe. Amer ica trembled for days over a deep gulf of financial collapse. Nothing but the president's proposal to throw all the money in tho national treasury into the situation and the further fact that the new federal reserve system was about to go into operation prevented the worst financial crash the country has ever known. But there have been f-ar greater crises In America during these two terrible years. Frequently a mere slip, a misstep, a wrong move by the head of this government would have involved the United States in the frightful European catastrophe. A breath,-a whisper, the slighfest mishap could on numerous occasions have plunged us into the most ghastly consequences. In these trying times, Mr. Hughes, disregarding the critical and complicated situation of two terrible years makes a rabid attaek upon the policy of the'president of the United States toward Europe and Mexico. Making no allowance for the Intensity and complexity and stress under which the president was always compelled to act, uttering no word of commendation for anything the president has done, Mr. Hughes, solely for political purposes and in an effort to advance his own ambition to be president, makes his attacks in a most partisan manner and in the most vicious terms. Stirred to action by the injustice of Mr. Hughes' attacks, a number of distinguished and patriotic American writers have addressed an open letter to Mr. Hughes, explaining that they do so in order that "funda mental issues mayjiot be decided in prejudice and Ignorance." Among other things they my to Mr. Hughes: Mr. Wll beliefs have been expressed in law and. in declared policies. He has ma an open record by which he may be Judged. Wise choice is not possible ur ess you yourself make equally specific statement of purposes and convictions. Without intent to offend, we feel Justified In charging that In no single public utterance have you filed a bona fide bill of particulars, nor have you offered a single constructive suggestion. These patriotic writers in their open letter to Mr. Hughes declare that "generalities are without value"; and that "blanket criticism is worthless." "What we desire to know," they add, -"and what It is fair that the electorate should know, are the exact details of your disa greement with President Wilson." They say to Mr. Hughes: "What has he done that you would not have done, and what has he failed to do that you would have done or proposed to do?" "Honesty and patriotism," they say, "demand that you put yourself upon record in such manner as to permit people to judge you as they are now able to judge President Wilson." They add: 1 Would you have filed Instant protest against the invasion of Belgium and backed up that protest with the United States navy? 2- It Is arrant nonsense to talk about action that would have prevented the Lusitanla tragedy. The vague advertisement did not appear until shortly before the hour of sailing. The occurrence was ,one of these things that civilization has made the world regard as incredible. The only honest ques tion is this: Would you have broken relatione with Germany at once? 8 Would you have urged upon congress an embargo upon the shipment of munitions to the allies? 4 Would you urge universal compulsory military service? 5 You are frank in stating that Huerta's morals were of no concern to America; does this mean that you would have recognized Huerta? 6 As matters stand today, would you be in favor or Intervening- In Mexico? I 7 Does your attack upon the Wilson shipping bill mean that you are la favor of ship subsidies? 8 You speak etithup' stlcally of the rights of the worker. Does this Imply that you Indorse '.ne Clayton anti-trust law and the seamen's bill? Or will you urge their repeal? 9 What are your specific complaints against the federal reserve law? 10 As governor of New York, you opposed the Income tax amendment: does this antagonism persist? Do you or do you not belieVe in paying for preparedness out of a tax on Incomes, Inheritances and munitions? These are perfectly fair questions. They are entitled to equally fair and open replies. Mr. Wilson has answered all of them by his record. Mr. Hughes should answer them by an open and frank statement to the American people of what he would have done and what he would not have done if he had been president. That is a proper cdurse by which to give the people a chance to Judge fairly between President WTilson and Mr. Hughes. These are times that try men's souls. Only twice in American his tory has there been a presidential election under circumstances so fit ful and so tremendous, to-wit: in 1861 and 1865. It is a time when a candidate for president must expect to submit himself to the acid test. As the writers in their open letter to Mr. Hughes say: "We agree with you that it is a critical period, by far too critical, Indeed, for candidates to talk in terms of office seeking rather than in the simple, earnest language of definite Americanism." ment action. Hence the shrieks of woe and a vicious attack on Com missioner Howe's integrity. Every man who honestly tries to serve the people has to pay for his temerity by enduring a storm of persecution. The "easiest way" is to "graft with the grafters." An American government tug accompanied the Deutschland on the way out from Baltimore to see that the departing submarine had full protection while in American waters, and American warships pa troled the ocean outside the capes to prevent any attack on the Ger man freighter by enemy warships within the three-" mile zone. The complete neutrality of America is perfectly revealed in these inci dents. BOILED MEN IT SEEMS as if human ingenuity should be able to protect the boiling vats at- a local meat works 'so that men need not stumble into them. A grating over the vat or a railing around It.might diminish the tale of human sacri fices. American industry has been un pardonably slow to protect life and pui uuuaui j limb. Tke mills ant roll ef a e annual slaughter in our mines is like the death European battle. There will stifi be accidents, of course, when the best of precautions are taken to prevent them. When few or no precautions are taken the casualties shock and shame us. Human life is too cheap in the United States. Our murder list runs far ahead of any other civi lized country's. Motor "accidents" tell a dreadful storz of our care lessness. Industry gilndg life into profits without much scruple. What is the value of a civilization where "wealth accumulates and men de cay?" The open letter of American writers to Mr. Hughes, though one of the biggest pieces of the news of the day, was not published by the Oregonian. When any newspaper falls to print both sides of a con troversy of commanding interest. It is no longer a newspaper, but a mere party hack. LABOR AND BOOZE rHILE has made a beginning of prohibition, though some of 1 . our more zealous haters of the Demon Rum will not agree that It has gone far. The Chilean prohibition law forbids the sale of "rum" In the open streets of .cities and on the public roads. The saloons are not disturbed by it. This Is something, but our American city of Duluth would smile at it Duluth has recently voted for complete prohibition, be ing the' largest city in the country which has taken that step without compulsion from rural surround ings. Portland's prohibition, such as it is, is an inspiration from the rural districts and not an auto suggestive motivation. The prohibition fight in Duluth was won by a young labor leader who told his union mates that they could make better use of their brains without booze than with it. They believed him and proceeded ot vote out the bottle, Jug and keg. Among the magazine writers who addressed the open letter to Mr. Hughes is John Reed, formerly of Portland. He is the son of the late C. J. Reed, who was appointed Uni ted States marshal for the Portland district by President Roosevelt, and served through most of the Taft administration. The younger Reed is a well known magazine writer and war correspondent. THE PENN ROAD THE great highway to be built lengthwise of Pennsylvania from Philadelphia to the Ohio line will follow the old route Of the westwarrl hound rl The course of the road is as his toric as anything we have in the United States and has been hal lowed by many noted travelers who came to see the country and its sights. The new road will b named for William Penn. Some of our money kings are al ready seeking perpetual renown by building roads. Perhaps as the great glory of the thing break into their minds others will folio w suit. What more splendid monu ment could a citizen desire than a higrrway leading from one metropo lis to another and bordered all the way along with thriving cities and happy countryside? We have plenty of colleges in the United States and some of our minister agree that we have too many churches. What we neel worst of all is a lot of good roads along which people can travel with unbumped delight to church and college as well as to market. Almost like a romance by Jules Verne is the story of the dash of the Deutschland. She is now in the open sea. And for the sake of her brave crew and Intrepid cap tain, most people are 'glad that she made a safe getaway. THE BOSSES' DELIGHT T l HERE are men, quite a num ' ber of them, who boast that they never vote anything but their party ticket. .These are the citizens who de light the heart of the gallant Colo nel because they do not "ask why." They do as they are bid and ask no questions. Some of them are Republicans, some are Democrats, alid we suppose the Prohibitionists and Socialists must have squads of the same sort. They never use their brains but go to the polls like "dumb, driven cattle" and per form the will of the party bosses. These are the voters whom the bosses love, for without them boss rule would expire. The man or woman who has a mind and uses it seldom pleases the party shepherds. Wrhat they want is a voter who either has no mind of his own or who is unwilling to use it if be has one. It is not uncommon to find a perfect specimen of this class. Letters From the People Communication meat to The Journal tar publication in this department should be writ ten on only one sia or the paper, douiq not excee.i aoo word in leugtu, and uuit be ae eonljaoieil by tile uame and juidreaa of the Mfiicier. If Uu writer does not desfm to bar the name publubed he should so stata. "Discussion la the greatest of all reformers. It rationalizes everything it touches. It robs principles ot all false sanctity and throws tbeia hack on their reasonableness, if they nays no reasonableness. It ruthlessly crushes them out oi existence and sets up Its own concius.oas in uieu sieau. wooarow wusoa. Condemns Great Britain. Corvallis, Or., July 28. To the Edi tor of The Journal I have taken quite an interest in the letter department of Ttie Journal and I am very much sur prised to find that there are so-called German-Americans who can express such Ideas aa those of J. W. Bertach in last Tuesday's issue. I, like Mr. Bertsch, am of pure German extrac tion, although my grandfather was born in America, and I still have some feeling for my mother country. Mr. Bertsch certainly did not stop to think what he was wishing on his old coun try friends and perhaps relatives, when he expressed the wish that Ger many would be defeated. He must know that if Germany is defeated she will be almost If not entirely, dis membered. England Is already making calculations on what she can claim for herself, and how much she can distribute among her allies, and on how she can most effectually pen her up commercially. Germany is fight ing for her very existence. And what good could result from her defeat? All the capitalist and militarist papers of the country are favoring the allies. Why? Because the big capitalists who control them compel them to. I think Mr. Penners. whom he con demns, is a man with good red Ger man blood in his veins, and a man who can be as good an American as Mr. Bertsch. And as for Germany being militaristic, where Is there a nation as militaristic and aggressive as Eng land? She is built on militarism. She is a regular barnacle could not feed herself six months but for her com merce, and has to maintain the larg est navy in the world to hold her po sition. She had to rake In some of the chestnuts in the Chlno-Japanese war and the Japanese-Russian war. She keeps the poor Hindus at the point of starvation, and I would like for some good pro-English sympathizer to point to a war that England has not put in her oar in some manner. Germany haa nearly all of Europe to face. She has to face the combined navies of England, France and Italy, and her only effective weapon is the submarine. If President Wilson had warned Americans out of the war zone the war would probably now be over, but he saw fit to allow the allies to obtain all the munitions they re quire to conquer Germany, and then deprived her of her only effective weapon on the water. How can- any German-American with red blood in his veins indorse such acts? I came from a generation of Demo crats and imbibed Democracy from my mother's breast. It would be ut terly impossible for me to vote the Republican ticket, and modern Democ racy has driven me out. In my search for a platform that I could indorse I finally discovered the Socialist plat form, end I find that platform con tains more Jeffersonism than all other platforms combined, and 1 have there fore allied myself with that party. And were It not for the prejudice against the name I believe that Ben son and Klrkpatrick would be presi dent and vice president next March, for they are the only candidates who really oppose war and militarism and we will never have universal peace until the people of the world unite In one grand universal republic. Should the allies succeed in crush ing Germany the same old process will be repeated; that Is, the allies are in duty bound to grant each of those that have assisted them its sov ereignity and as much territory from their enemies as they can get. And then they will all begin preparing again for the next round; whereas, if Germany is successful in holding them to a draw there Is at least a good, strong probability of a great European republic. SPECTATOR. Finds Oregon Best of States. Albany, Or., July 29. To the Editor of The Journal Being a subscriber and regular reader of your valuable paper, I read the "Letters From the People" regularly and often to my benefit. Once In a while I read things that can hardly benefit anyone, it seems to me. For instance: Under date of.July 17, C. 8. Bowles of Beaverton, rafts at Oregon's climate. T. T. Geer answered him very Intelligently, and Mr. Par nell Averill tried an argumentative an swer, but to my mind both made a bad diagnosis. Kicking, knocking and gloom are diseases that cannot be cured by argument or soft talk. Mr. Bowles mentions the fact that there are rascals in business In Oregon, and that It rains here, with the result that we have clouds and mud. No in telligent man will deny' these facts. But we have never to my, knowledge had to send back to the east for re lief from our floods having washed us and all we had away. I was born "on the banks of the Wa bash" and know all about the central west. I have lived in 11 states and been In nearly all of them west of Ohio, and I have found "sharks" In every one of them, and also "suckers." Three years ago we were called upon to contribute to the "flood sufferers" of Indiana and Ohio. My wife felt so bad about it that she gave most all of my wearing apparel. Several carloads of potatoes were sent from here, and we found out afterwards that they were sold to the sufferers at 60 cents per bushel by commission houses, though there had been a donation from here. So there must be sharks and rogues some place btslds Oregon. There is no place that I know of where the real estate shark Is so eas ily avoided as here. When I came hers to look the state over I went to the manager of the Commercial club, or Development league, at Portland and told him just what I wanted. Tom Richardson was then manager. He rave me letters of introduction to the presidents of the commercial clubs of 11 cities between Portland and the Cal ifornia line. These presidents Invar iably took me to real estate, men and told Bos not to part witb uy money ill back to them and they would help me Investigate every proposition thought looked good. They also saw j to it that I got the best of everything at hand. The consequence was that I did no worrying about the honesty or dishonesty of the real estate men. I came back here three and a half years ago, expecting to bury my wife 1 ? . . w--i- ! very soon, and if , I had stayed back tnera i surety would; Dut, sne weigns close to the 200 mark now and is mighty hard to get along with. If Mr. Bowles had spent more time investigating he would have known before he came here that it rains in Oregon, but he would also know that it does It decently and that the average rainfall here in the valley is Just about the same as It is In his beloved Ohio; only here It comes more deliberately and doesn't take people down stream with It. I would rather be a tramp and eat out of a paper bag In Oregon than to live In luxury in Indiana or Ohio and have to dodge cyclones, drink nasty lime water and be graded socially by my tax list. To my certain knowledge, any decent man can move among the best and be welcomed here any place so long as he behaves himself. I came here on borrowed money, and made no secret of it, but my friends are among the best people of this or any other state. As to the soils here, that Is not an argumentative question. Results are the only thing affer all, and Oregon can show them by record. The soil on my little place Is not the best by any manner of means, but it produces fruits and vegetables so abundantly that I can't find a market for them, and I take them to town and give them to my friends. D. C. M'CLURB. Penitentiary and Prohibition. Portland, Or., July 29. To the Edi tor of The Journal A few days ago a statement appeared in Tho Journal that the inmates of the Salem penitentiary numbered 40 per cent les.-. than last year, and that it we.s ascribed to prohi bition and the lessening of unemployed ranks. When the agitation for prohibition was on its opponents did not hesitate to say they would not obey the law, and their honest brazenness has been proven by the numerous arrests made. This leads to the natural inquiry how much less would be the number of in mates If its opponents had not with such alacrity proved their bragging to nor give any promises until I had come be correct. Notwithstanding tho fact words the compiler of Journal Jour that the taxpayers have been saved ! neys found a suggestion, the burden of providing for 40 per cent In a llttle wtiie it wm be eaay less worklngmen, victims of the sa- j enough to get to Harney county on a loon, we learn that the brewers are in- uiiman car. It will be a simple mat tending to try to get the voters to give I ter to travel from Portland to Burns, them a chance to again manufacture 1 the seat of Harney, In a fewx hours. in this state, and so make sure that j But with the coming of the railroad, more worklngmen find their way to the I WOn't there be some things missing Galem penitentiary. ! that you would enjoy now? For in- jto tnis ena, tjoionei c iii. a. vvooa, W. S. U'Ren, Paul Turner, E. E. Smith and others are shedding tears, over the worklngmen, who are robbed of their beer, and the nursing mothers, who are denied the nourishing beverage which innoculate their offspring with law breaking serum, as the records show. But they. don't want it to be very bad stuff, so they limit it to 4 per cent alcohol. Ain't that nice? The rich can get all they want of the strongest kind of liquors. So says Colonel Wood. But for the brewers' sake, and profits, the poor worklngman must not have it above 4 per cent strong, and the nourished babies of the future are not to have full streneth. and their fathers are to be hurried a little slower to the penitentiary. Of course, all nursing mothers will vote for the measure, and the working men will Just rush to get a chance to become burdensome to the taxpayers; and merchants who now collect ac counts mors promptly will become hil arious over the prospect of the good old times befoie this prohibition blight. JOHN WILLIAMS. "Highbrow" Elucidated. Portland. Aug. 1. To the Editor of The Journal In The Journal of July ! half naked negroes we will adopt have 26 J. Harold mentioned Dr. Loveland's a blessing to pour upon their heads, use of the word "highbrow." I wish i The finest bay rum In the world comes to corrept his mistake. Dr. Loveland j from St. Thomas, St. Croix or Santa meant a snob, or, more plainly, an in- Cruz, the other bit of land which is tellectual fool, who thinks he was! included In the purchase, offers sugar created better and wiser than anyone lend molasses to spread upon the baby's else. F. B. bread, when "piecing" between meals. A Farmer Answers Railroads. C. R. Cottrell, of Kent, "Wash., who Is a farmer and incidentally national marketing and rural credits commis- sloner of the Washington state grange, received a circular from the Western Railway Managers' association, asking for sympathy and assistance for the railroads arid attempting to show him the alleged injustice of the demands of the workers for an eight-hour day. Mr. Cottrell's reply follows: "Kent, Wash., March 12, 1916. To the Executive Committee of the As sociation of Western Railways: Gen tlomen: In reply to your circular let ter (a perusal of which leads me to believe that you r.eek sympathy from farmers in your adjustment of wages with your employes) sent to me, I presume, because of the fact that I follow farming as an occupation, I beg to state that if your committee im aglnes it will strengthen its cause by appealing to that class of people (the American farmer) who have felt the oppression of excessive freight rates for the past 20 years, they vill be somewhat surprised to learn that the farmer of today Is not permitting him- nslf v V-. . iicAfl n, n n nAf una tss 4n mill self to be used as a catspaw to pull chestnuts from any corporation fire. "I note in your circular letter that you very neatly sidestep the real cause why your employes are demanding an Increase in salary, but elaborate upon ths new inventions added to your equip ment which makes the occupation less hazardous than in former years. "In adding your automatic couplers and other labor-saving devices, have you thought that by so doing you have deprived certain former employes of the right to sell the only commodity they have to sell labor? Have you considered that your present employe pays a certain per cent taxes towards the maintenance of this unemployed brother? Did you say that he could take up land an3 become a farmer? Perhaps that would be feasible if you would assist in eliminating the waste between himself as a producec and (the consumer, but at present any railroad man on the continent would starve as a farmer. "If I have been correctly informed. It takes combustible material, properly placed, to make the various parts of your Iron monsters do the bidding of man and transport the farmers' crops to market at a price suf f iciehtly large to guarantee a certain per cent to your bona fide stockholders and large enough to pay dividends on the watered stock. The only added cost to jpu from former years Is the increased cost of labor to produce, as you own your own mines of fuel. "Has it occurred to you gentlemen that it takes combustible material properly placed to causa the human machinery to move and do your bid ding? ' Tour employe does not own bis mine, but must purchase in ths open market at a price from 60 to ZOO per cent in excess of what he bad to pay 20 years ago. Do you know that f 1 today will possibly purchase the same article that cost 20 cents 20 years ago? "No, Mr. Railroad Owner, Instead of using such methods Jo keep your em ployes down to the lowest level, you should seek the cause of this blah costt PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE The world war is two yeara old and has cut all except Its wisdom teeth. . Dfr , "..J?,0, g. lM ver may have some difficulty in cutting down Jjaks Pendleton's police business has fallen off 75 per cent a case where less busi ness spells greater prosperity. Buyers' week will mark another in vasion of Portland, with Portland eager to take orders from the invaders. Among the advocates of prepared ness should be the young mau who takes his best girl canoeing on the river. With Germany and England refus ing to agree on American relief for Poland, the Poles continue to starve, tiuch is war. Europe's belligerents seem to have quit blaming each other for starting the war and are now attempting to shift responsibility for continuing it. W'hen Puter of land fraud fame curses The Journal, every swear word is a compliment to The Journal for the part It has played in protecting the people's rights. General Funston proposes to banish newspaper correspondents who send out false reports of conditions in camps on the border. This doughty warrior seems to realize tllat facts are what the people want. Mr. Hughes has been asked to make his complaints against the Wilson ad ministration more specific and definite. As a former Judge, he knows the re quest should be granted, but as a pres ent candidate, will he do it? JOURNAL 94 In the Harney Country William Hanley of Harney, has been in town the past few days. Ho wad telling of the railroad that slowly, but surely is pushing its way Jnto the wide country, where previous genera tions have known only the roaming herds and the round-up. Mournfully for the past, but gladly for the fu ture, the sage brush philosopher told of the passing of one era and the dawning of another the passing of the primitive and the coming of a more intense civilization. In these stance, such a banner as welcomed the famous "automobile train" of 1910 "There are no locks on our doors." The writer never will forget the first' approach toward Burns. The eve- nlng was near Tne eun-8 ievei rays were shining upon what seemed atethe distance a great aggregation of mir rors, which upon nearer view proved to be the blades ot revolving windmills, fpr the people of Burns had harnessed the dependable breezes to bring from the depths their city's supply of water. WHAT DANISH WEST From the Kansas City Times. Here's good news for picknlckers. When Uncle Sam hands the king of Denmark $25,000,000 for the Danish West Indies he will own a practically inexhaustible supply of pimento. St. John, one of the three miniature islands which will change hands, is a plcknlcker's paradise. Pimento runs wild in its fragrant forests. And for those of the masculine sex, who us ually look upon pimento sandwiches and stuffed olives as a poor excuse for a juicy T-bone steak, medium, the These three islands, which lie east of Porto Rico, are a part of the Les ser Antilles, which stretch In a cres cent like a string of beads to the coast of South America. It was St. Thomas j which Uncle Sam wanted. St. Thomas is known as the "Gibraltar of Amer ica" With its harbor at Charlotte Amalle. a landlocked haven capable of sheltering 200 ships at a time, this island holds a strategic situation with reffpect to the coast of South America and commands one sea route to the Panama canal. Experts say that with its inclosing ridges and projecting pen insulas the harbor can be made abso lutely Impregnable to' assault either by land or sea. St. Thomas, 13 miles long and three miles at tts widest point, lies naked under a burning sun, 38 miles due east of Porto Rico. Once it was clotned j wUh foregl8 but jn(.se wcre cut away. All of its 13,000 Inhabitants live in or near Charlotte Amalle, its only town. About nine-tenths, of these are black. or "colored" of a diversity of tints due to a miscellaneous mixture of blood. By climbing to the crest of a hill Which half way encircles the town lQQk over t ne entire island and see few habitations. The soil Isn't e; uberantly fertile About the only industry is the picking of bay leaves and the distilling of bay rum from them. The natives sometimes are at sorry shifts to get a living. Fishing is superb and there are a few wild deer and migrant pigeons and plover on which they depend in times of stress. In years past ships from all parts rpm all parts of the world made Charlotte Amalle a port of call. It then was a distributing port. But the advance of steam en abled ships to go straight to the con suming countries without touching there. And Charlotte Amalie went to seed. Denmark has been losing money o'n its West Indies for years. Today the good warehouses which encircle the harbor are empty. But there is a large floating dock in the harbor, and it Is an important coaling station. There are three great coaling docks from which negro women carry great baskets of coal, balanced on their heads, down Into the ships, for a wage of J2.50 a week. Ordinarily the sur face of the harbor is as smooth as a mill pond. Great ships can put in there and have nearly any kind of re pairs made at the machine shops, where experts are employed. The town boasts two large 'hotels, good churches of several denomina tions, a public library, two hospitals, two tennis. clubs, and the Danish gar rison of some 30 men. It is a Mecca for tourists. The bay is dyed a deep blue In which silvery flying fish flash during the day At night the waters of bis living. Open up your closet door e.nd there you will find the skel eton of high freight rates between pro ducer and consumer. Go farther on and upon opening other doors you will find otser skeletons that will explain to you why your employes ask for ah advance ln wages. Tou have one of the strongest organizations on earth. Why antagonise your employe because he AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS Expatiatin upon the fins garden prospects at Condon this year. tn Times says that from all indication vegetables should be cheap and abun dant in Condon this fall. Klamath Falls reJo;ces in the assur ance, given by the state health author ities, that tpe city water "is abso lutely free from colon bacilli, the ba cilli that produce typhoid lever, and in bacteria is remarkably low." "When Charles Kishwalk, a full blooded Warm Springs Indian, paid for his marriage license at the court house this morning," says The Dallas Chronicle, "he wrote a check for "the money. Klshwalk Is one of the wealth iest young Indians on tr?e reservation. He will be united in marriage to Miss Mary Quashpama, a pretty Indian girl, by a Christian minister. The ceremony will be performed on the reservation and is to be witnessed by a large as semblage of friends of the young Lcouple." First-class nature story in Hood River Glacier: "J. C. Johnson is the, only man In Hood River who can enjoy fishinir at anv hour of tho day or i night. Across Mr. JohnsSn's place on Cascade avenue a little stream runs. Several years ago he placed several dozen tiny eastern brook trout fry. The little fish have now grown into W-lnch avaricious fellows. Mr. JohtiHen amuses his friends by allowing them to angle for the pets. Several worms are secuwed. They are then tied into the knotted end of a string attached to a rod. The trout strike readily. They cannot be lifted from the wuter, since no hook is Ubed in angling for them." JOURNEYS There are at the present time a variety of lines of travel that con verge at Burns In Harney county. You may go to Bend and then east through Hampton valley, or from Lakeview northeast acrqss the desert, or from Klamath Falls, or from Red mond via. Prinevill and Buck Moun tain over the old military read, or,ln it iooks, ooservea ensign c. w. from Ontario, on the eastern border or the state, or via Prairie City. Which- ever way you choose in a trip to Harney county, you will find rveoew sary now reliance upon the automobile or automobile stage from the nearest railroad, and you will traverse approx imately the same kind of country in every instance a road composed of parallel trails through the sage brush, md usually kmuoth. It Is always an Interesting country, The cabins of homesteaders are inter esting; so are the herds of cattle and bands of horses and more than all, i the people you meet. If you take a j run down to Harney and Malheur lakes you will tind them in season teeming with wild fowl. Many of the streams produce excellent trout. But the greatest reason for going over into Harney, aside from the eager expectancy of development of the rare, wild country, is the unrif-ma-ble charm of it that you must ex perience to know. INDIES ARE GOOD FOR sparkle with the glow of phosphores cence. In front of it, studding the green hills, are houses of white or blue or yellow, all with blazing red roofs. The narrow, winding streets swarm with grinning, chattering blacks, who speak a Jargon of English, Danish and African words. Everywhere vines creep over the crumbling walls of houses and old fortifications. Gaudily turbaned negro women, with trays of sugar cane, preserved tamarinds, gayly col ored fruits and fishes, and a hweet meat of boiled potatoes mixed with sugar cane, offer their wares for sale. Beneath the palms are delightful bath- lng spots, and if one tires of this, the native boys will dive for coins or chase sharks for a penny. St. John can be seen from Bt.' Thomas. It is xa rugged, forest cov ered strip of land, eight miles long by four miles wide, cut by small streams, and has marry sandy beaches. The island is abandoned to its 2000 blacks. It is a gem. among islands. Pimento, bay and coffee trees grow in confu sion. It has one harbor, which is as commodious as Charlotte Amalle, but it is visited only by coasting vessels. Coral bay is so secluded few mariners have seen It. The bay is hurricane proof, while Charlotte Amalie some times suffers from the twisting winds. Rusty cannon ate scattered about the island In decrepit fortifications the bucanneers constructed In the days when piracy on the Spanish Main was a paying profession. Wild pigeons, doves and humming birds are numer ous, and its waters are thick with fish. The inhabitants raise a little sugar cane, fruit and vegetables Just enough to keep them alive. Steamers rarely touch at the Island. St. John is of little accoutit. mm- fc St. Croix or Santa Cruz,ls the most promising, commercially, of the three. Nineteen miles long by five wide, Its population of -5,000 has a goodly sprinkling of whites in it. It has 74 square miles of fertile soil, some of which Is in a high state of cultivation. Sugar cane Is the staple product, with rum as a by-product. All the trees of the tropics grow there and cocoanut palms dot the landscape everywhere. St Croix has two towns, Christlan sted and Frederlksted. Neither Is at tractive except for the pretty houses of pink, white or yellow with the in variable red or purple tiles, surrounded by the waving palm, tamarind and mango trees and flower fields. All over the Island one sees pictur esque antiquated windmills with which planters, following the customs of their ancestors, grind the sugar cane. But there are several large plantations owneda by Yankees on which modern steam machinery is used. Good roads have been built by the planters. Columbus named these possessions we soon will add to our holdings. When he reaohed the first of the 50 Isles and rocks which make up the Lesser An tilles he began to bestow the names ot saints upon them. By ths time he reached the last group his religious vo cabulary was about exhausted, so he bunched them together and called them the Virgin Islands. Some centbrles later along came the buccaneers and rechrlstened the lot. St. Peter, St. John, St. Croix and the other saintly names gave way to Rum Island, Prickly Bear, Dead Man's Cheat and Broken Jerusalem. And as a reminder that at least one of ths Spanish pirates spoke with a brogue, there's a narrow strip of water down there which still bears ths name of Flanagan's Pass. has seen fit to follow the example you have set him 7 Kather seek coopera tion. "I take pleasure ln informing you that the farmers of Washington state are thoroughly vrganize-t and in har mony with organised labor. Oood luck to yeur employes. "Toare truly, "C R. COTTRELL, Farmer." Hex Lampmnn Breezes In. WHO BhouM breeze in this morn ing but Kex Earnpmun? The whole staff (what there Is lef t, ; with vacation season on in full blast) was surpriHed. In the first place he came back on time. Wasn't even a day late or even 15 minutes late. In the second place, he was glad to' be back. At least he Bald he was for several reasons: First After a certain length of time vacationing became work. Second He couldn't keep away from the office any longer. Third lie wanted to shove ths Street mid Town stories down to the foot r the column, i At any rate he's back and t'he staff Is glad except for this: Theday hn went away he cut off his moustache. And now lies let it grow attain. So that it will be a race between-hlm and Marshall N. Dana. And we will have to watch it. and talk about it. And we know the office perniflage will be merry, but tiresome. As for Rex' column, we'll turn It over to him tomorrow and he can "once over" once more to hla heart's content. And we do it gladly, too, for: A LISTEN. HEX- TI.ih thing of being bright and cheerful when you ain't, and funny and witty when you ain't, isn't all what it's cracked up to be. It's a Way They Have in the Navy. WJ. DIIUMMOND, executive f- fleer on the Marblehead, la an old navy iar, and during the recent cruise worked off jsome of the most ancient Jokes upon the officers at "mess," which means at meals. Among others he called attention of all pres ent to the lighthouse on Umatilla rocks ofr the Washington count. "The most' wonderful lighthouse in the United States service," said Drummond. "They ruise all their own vegetables on top of that rock." Must be a good deal larger on top . I "What do they raise?" inquired Llau- venttnt vj. ii. jctt. "Oh, lettuce, radishes, tomatoes and things," replied Drummond with stud ied carelessness. "I suppose potatoes grow " there, then," observed Chaplain J. Richard Olson. "Well, all I can say Is that tliay ril ' Hi il 4 !..... .... . . 111.. the best kinds obtained from the Cl jlnmette valley," assured tlio navigator. 'Do they manure the ground?" In quired Ensign 1m Tourneau. "I don't know," confensed Dmm fnond, "but they raise all their own vegetables, cabbage, cauliflower, or anges and bananas, and pineapples and things like that." "Aw, come off!" called Lieutenant It. I Heller. "I'm no agricultural expert, but they can't do all that. How can they raise oranges and bananas tliere?" "With a block and line!" was the re ply. Rut the shout that went up did not phase Lieutenant Heller. "1 knew somebody had to fall for It," he ex plained, "so I led the charge on the old walrus." One Hon Lied. CAN I'.utlrr county hens be educated to lay engraved tombstones and marble busts? The Poplar Bluff Citizen-Demon at thinks It possible, and bases Its opinion on recent Incidents of lucal chicken yards. Rome time ago a poultry fancier brought to town for exhibition an egg. and its shell bore in raised letters, "War, July 1, 1916." It was a wonder. Komeone, in examin ing the egg, let It fall to the floor and it did not break. That was wonder No. 2. Then another chlckon-ialner came along, brlnjrlntf another raised- lettered egg. This was after July 1 ! The egg bore the Inscription, "l'our hen lied." Kansas City Star. Show Your GneNta Courtesy. ONE of the real courtesies you can extend to your guests Is to have their visit mentioned ln the News-Reporter. They need not know that you did it. Their home paper will copy the Item, and their friends at the old home will be glad to have their townspeo ple's visit chronicled. It is such a courtesy that makes the visit of your friends all tho 'more enjoyable. Of course, if you do not care for your guests, let them pass unmentloned and don't lntroudce them to anyone. Mo Mlnnville, News-Reporter. Human Nature Is All the Same, SPEAKING of the pleasant, uncom fortably hot weather, how would you like to go bark to he early days of Alva, when we hod this same -sort of weather, With dusty, un paved streets, no ice plant, no shade trees and no water fit to drink? And re member also that you had to stay right here and endure it. Oh, no, the recol lection of these Is not a pleasant mem ory. But you hear about as much kicking and complaint now as you did then. People are just natural-born kickers and never satisfied. Alva (Okla) Pioneer. Here Is a Good Idea. IF THIiREJ is one thing that the bore at the front do like during their ab sence from tbe ofd home town, It is to receive mall from their folks and friends. It doesn't take much exer tion to write ft postcard to let the troopers know that you remember them and feel much Interest ln their new duties. McMlnnvlll News-Reporter. Look Under Ills Car. Tn thip Mtreet "rid Town Reporter. WJinfs beeom of the oM ftjihloiiefl gnttmsD whs oed to build a fire otidr a balky lir7 HUMANE OWICKR. WE haven't seen him for some time. But we never did think he was a gentleman. No gentleman would build a fire under a horse. As ! ,0 nl whereabouts, maybe he's under , his car. t, ,.,,,,. B ATHING Is not only a necessity, but a pleasure during this torrid season. To be able to take your bath in a running stream, where there is a clean sandy bottom, is a real luxury. There Is just such a place on the river Just west of town. Go and try It. -Sumner (Mo.) Star. His Ghastly Secret. T 7 HO is that man, PlffT' " VV "8h-h-h! Don't give the poor fellow away. He was once a candi date for lieutenant governor and came within a few hundred votes of being elected." Kansas City Star, . Bid You Ever Try It? THE poorest way to make a tolerably food boyobstter is to hold up an other boy he knows all about as shining example. Kansas City Star. We Never Trlpd It. GO HOME and tell your wife that you have saved $30 this month, and she will want to know why you haven't saved $100-. Kansas City Star. Smoke Smokes Smokes. CHAK. SMOKE sells cigars at 4 .Michigan avenue, Detroit. He smokes his own cigars. .