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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1916. An IrfDKPKNDKKT NEWSPAPER. JACKSON . Publisher ' -ubliibel avcrr Us jr. afternoon sad. morning , (xcfpt aondajr afternoon), tt Tba loaral !. bonding., Broadway and XambUl straata, . Fort land. Or. il Entered at Ilia poatofiice at Portland. Or., fi transmission through, the malla aa aai class mattatr. for eaeaad la.Lfci'liONliS Main 71T3: Bo ma, A-S031. All departments readied bjr tbeae nombrra. Tall tbe operator what dapartroeat too want. OKfclCi.N ADVtttTlhl.NO KKPRKSKNTATlVK Benjamin aa Kcntuor Co., nrunavrick Bldg.. i25 Firth Ate.. New York. 121s feopla's (aa HUlg.. Chicago. Subscription terroa by mall or to any addreaa In tba United Htatea or Uerlco: DAILY (MOHNINO OB AFTERNOON) On j ear.....?.. ti .00 I Una mouth t .90 SUNDAY. One rr $2.90 One month .23 DAILY (MORNING OR AFTERNOON) AND (SUNDAY. On year 17. .10 I One month f M AiDTlrii asks nothing for herwlf hut wbaf aha baa a right to ask for humanity Itself. WOODRQW WILSON. Millions for defense, hilt not s cent fef rrlt.iite CHARMS C. (MNTKNKV It bnth bten anld that an unjust peare Is to be iri'f erred before a Jum war. - S. Uutler. IS II K ANOTIIEK PARKER? GKKATEIt than can be any re sult in Maine, more signifi cant than will be any other pre-November election result in its bearing on the presidential election, .Is the victory of Governor Johnson in California. Opposed by the Btandpat news papers, read out of the Republican p;rrty by the California "regulars," snubbed by Mr. Hughes at the be hest of the old guard campaign managers, publicly branded, be cause he had been a Progressive, as an "enemy of the Republican party," hissed at by Btandpat cam paign orators who proclaimed that they would rather have a Demo crat for senator than Johnson, Governor -Johnson .has been nomi nated by the Republican masses as their candidate for United States senator in preference to standpat ter Booth who was the choice of Mr. Hughes and the California party managers. Nothing could be more blighting to the candidacy of Mr. Hughes than this display of their mood and their purposes by the rank and file Republicans of California. In administering a crushing defeat to Mr. Booth, they administered a stinging rebuke to Mr. Hughes and the party managers, and it is a rebuke that bodes no good for the program of Penrose, Gallinger. Barnes, Smoot and Wall street to restore standpatism to authority at Washington. The result recalls the New York World's query, is Mr. Hughes to be another Parker? In 1904 tho Democrats nominated Alton B. Parker in a wild endeavor to side track Bryanism and get rid of Mr. Bryan. In 1916 the Republicans nomi nated Mr. Hughes in order to get rid of Theodore Roosevelt. Parker's candidacy was a Water loo because the radical Democrats would not follow a candidate whose nomination was brought about and whose campaign was managed by Wall street Democrats. The Cali fornia result seems to almost cer tainly foretell 'that for the same reason Mr. Hughes' campaign is to end in rout and disaster. It is somebody's business to see that the swimming tanks are cleaned up. They should either be cleaned up or be closed alto gether. BRIAND IT HAS taken- the allies some time to work out a practicable scheme of division of labor in the war, buMaey seem at last to have finished fhe job. Looking on from a distance one can hardly hope to figure out Just Low the division Is planned, but it looks very much as though France had agreed to furnish the brains white England supplies the money and Russia the men. WTe do not mean to say that the allied nations are not all sending their share of men to the front, but Russia evidently feels obliged to furnish the lion's part. If one were asked what Italy has contributed to the war besides the fighting force for her own fron tier the answer might look a imi scant. It Is only the other day mat She has taken a full hand in the game by declaring war on Ger many. Up till now She has tho. oretically at least, been at peace with Kaiser Wilhelm and at war with Frana Joseph only. We dam say that history jglll commend Italy and Roumania for their caution more than for any other military qualities, They have followed Polonlus' advice to beware how thy entered into a quarrel, but perhaps ther will soconduct them selves, as the good old man. nrged Laertes, that nobody will ever want to fight them again ; It seems indisputable that the Intellect needed so. sadly, on the allied aide comes from France and. to all appearances, the one Frendf brain that Is most effectively active Is Brland's. This man set oaf in public life as a socialist. Maybe be still calls himself by that party name, but he has grown into some thing bigger than any party. Ha is thinking for the whole of Europe outside the German, connection, and as time passes we see his thought acting more and more potently up on the course of events. Gold smith said of Burke that he had robbed humanity by narrowing his mind down to a party. Briand has done the opposite. "We think we know better how to run the railroads than do the politicians at Washington," said Louis Hill jauntily. And as Presi dent Wilson struggled with Mr. Hill and the other railroad presi dents to keep the country out of an industrial war as he has kept it out of other war, the thought that "we think we know better how to run the railroads than do the politicians at Washington" turned the scale doubtless against compromise and peace. GOD FORGIVE YOU; I CANNOT PRESIDENT WILSON, laboring to convert the railroad mag nates to humane and rational views, presents a curious spec tacle to the country. The presi dent is a modern man profoundly acquainted with current and past history, undetstanding the tenden cies of the time ansi sympathizing with the forward and upward as pirations of his fellow men. The railroad heads with whom he has been trying to negotiate are not modern. They are industrial barons feudal in their habits of thought and action. Each of them deems him self the absolute master of a cer tain industrial principality, irre sponsible to the public for his con duct, and the welfare of the nation is the last thing he thinks of. President Wilson cares more for the public welfare than for any thing else. He Intervened in the quarrel between the brotherhoods and the employers for the common good and for nothing else. In the negotiations which he has conducted the country has seen him acting consistently as a broad minded statesman. He has ad vanced no petty arguments. Ha has made no foolish promises or threats. He has kept his eye on the welfare of the country and that alone. If he could he would have persuaded the railroad heads to put the public first and their own advantage second, but that seem to have been impossible. With their feudal habits of mind they could think of nothing but their own power and profit. Being a modern man with mod ern enlightened views. President Wilson has shown consistent sym pathy with the brotherhoods. Ho knows that the concession of an eight hour day means nothing but dollars and cents to the railroads, while to the brotherhoods It means an increase of life, better homes, happier families, worthier citizen ship. The men want time enough from their work to live the lives of American citizens. The employ ers would at most sacrifice but an infinitesimal fraction of their In comes should they grant the men's demands and receive no compensa tion. The men on the other hand would gain advantages precious beyond all estimate. So the matter stands, the broth erhoods are fighting for their full and rightful share of our national life. The railroad magnates are fighting for dollars and power. The weakness of the employers' side comes clearly into the light when we remember that the president has promised them compensation through congressional action for all they might lose by granting the eight-hour day. But, while they are eager of course for compensa tion, they are far more eager just now to sustain their feudal abso lutism over their men. It has often happened in the course of history that the surest way to lose abso lute power forever was to assert it haughtily in times of crisis. The purely selfish stand of the railroad heads at this time of na tional peril is unpardonable. The country will heartily join in the president's exclamation as he parted with the railroad chiefs, "God forgive you; I cannot." The handicap that is that she and the terlor, though they grade, are compelled rates based on an haul. Do Portland terior Intend always the discrimination? Portland faces Columbia iu have a water to pay freight over-mountain and the in to submit to SPIRITS OP DEVILS IN THE battle of Armageddon aa described in Revelations, "the kings of the earth and of the whole world" were to be gath ered "to the battle of that great day." This comes pretty near to a prediction of the actual state of things on the Balkan front. In the advance from Saloniki 'British. French, Serbs, Italians, Russians and Roumanians" march shoulder to shoulder, and among the French and British -we must include troops from Africa, India and the ends of the earth. The Russians have Japanese am munition for their guns and no doubt some of our American pro ducta ot the same sort are in use there. Witu the Germans stand the Austrians, Bulgarians7 and Turks. Really, therefore, the vis ion of Armageddon that John saw on Patmos seems to be coming true. The prophet said tbe terrible muss would be caused by the spirits of devils working miracles.! In this part of his prediction also he hit fairly close to the bull's eye. The Portland health authorities have rendered a public service by exposing the filthiness of the swim ming tanks. They can now render another important service by re quiring the tanks to be cleaned and to be kept clean. 1912 OVER AGAIX THE fight by the "regulars" on those who strayed off into the Progressive party in 1912 is not confined to California alone. It goes forward all along the line. There Is Senator Poindexter, who was snubbed by the "regular" committee during the Hughes tour of Washington. Though a sup porter of Mr. Hughes and now a registered Republican, he was, be cause he had voted with the Pro gressive party, not invited to ac company Mr. Hughes on his trip through the state of Washington. In the United States senate tho other day. Senator Gallinger re newed his fight on Mr. Rublee. Mr. Rublee, a Progressive, wa3 appointed a member of the Federal Trade commission by President Wilson. Confirmation of the ap pointment was refused by the sen ate in a fight led by Senator Gal linger. The refusal of confirmation cut off Rublee's salary, but he has since continued to serve on the commission without pay. Even this plan was objected to by Sena tor Gallinger, one of the leaders of the "regulars" in the, senate. In his hatred of Progressives and pro gressivism, Gallinger is deter mined that Rublee shall be liter ally driven from office, though the latter is. acknowledged to be one of the strongest men on the com mission. The Philadelphia North Ameri can, which is supporting Mr. Hughes, entitles an article from its Washington correspondent . describ ing the Gallinger fight on Rublee, "Standpat Senator Read3 Progres sives Out of G. O. P. Ranks." The fight of the "regulars" against the Progressives is 1912 over again. The health authorities of land should immediately Port bring about a change in the conditions of swimming tanks and pools as described In yesterday's Journal. WISELY DECIDED REPRESENTATIVES of the grant land counties voted at Eugene Monday not to place the grant lands on a tax roll. It is the obvious course. It is the only course. Any other course would have been exactly the thing the railroad wanted done. The plan of taxing the lands after congress has attempted to revest title in the public would have been a declaration that con gress was without power to take the lands over for the public. It would have been equivalent to a declaration that congress had no power to set aside 50 per cent of the proceeds from sale of the lands to " Oregon roads and Oregon schools. The contention of those who wanted the lands taxed is the same contention that the railroad is making in its suit resisting the action of the government in the United States courts. Their purpose, if translated into action, would doubtless have been pointed to by the railroad in its suit as evidence that the people of Oregon are with the railroad and against the public and the government in the pending litigation. It is not impossible that representatives of the railroad slyly deluded the Eugene Chamber of Commerce Into passing the resolu tion which inaugurated the move ment for taxing the lands. In any event, the resolution in its effect was not widely different from the notorious "midnight reso lution" which slipped through the legislature while the forfeiture suit was pending, of which the supreme court in its decision said: "The interest and hope expressed seem like a prayer against the govern ment's contention." Nor was the Eugene resolution widely different in its effect from the action of the so-called grant land "conference" held at Salem, which passed multitudinous re solves and whereases but did not adopt one single sentence or word demanding that any part of the proceeds from sale of the grant lands be saved for the roads or school fund or for anything else in Oregon. The Federal government Is try ing to hurry the lands into settle ment. It is trying to bring them under production. It is trying to people them with homebullders. The work of classifying the lands for settlement Is being vigorously pushed, and men are waiting to occupy the long unoccupied tracts. It is a great work for Oregon, be cause it means more production, more importance for grant land counties, more money for Oregon roads and the Oregon school fund and more taxpayers to help sup port state and county governments. What is more, ' the federal gov ernment in the very bill iwhich took over the lands for the ublle and thereby made them non-taxable un til they again pass into private ownership, appropriated $1, 600,000 with which to pay back taxes in th grant land counties. If the county authorities had insisted on putting the lands on the tax rolls, the gov ernment would not pay the back taxes. If, as the Eugene resolu tion practically held, the law by which the government took over the lands is invalid, the ap propriation of $1,600,000 for back taxes made in the same law is also invalid. The action of the representatives of the grant land counties in de clarine aeainst Dlacine the lands under taxation was wise, other action would have foolish. Any been Letters From the People Cummunicatlona sent to Tbe Journal for publication In this driartment should be writ ten ou only one side ot tbe paper, should not eneed 'Mo words in lengtli. and must bo ac companied by tbe name and address of the sender. If tbe writer d'es nut desire to hare tbe Hums published be should so state. 'Dlwosslon la the greatest of ill reformer. It rationalizes everything It touches. It rob principles or all falite xauctlty snd throws them back on their reawjusbleuess. If tbey have no reasonabk'nesa. II ruthlessly cruabes them out of existence and seta up its own loocluaiouj la thrlr stead." Woodrotf Wilson. Labor Day. Castle Rock, Or., Aug. 26. To- the Editor of Tho Journal Kindly tell ua through The Journal if Labor day is a national or legal holiday. If eo. when was it created and hew and on what day does it oucur? LThe first Monday of September is Labor day. It Is nut a national holi day. In fact, there are no national holidays, in the si-use of their beins made 6Uch by act of congress, and tne Fourth of July Is no exce-ptton. Labor day is a legal holiday, however. In all the states and in the District of Co lumbia, Porto R.co, Hawaii and Alaska- In lSi2 the Knights of Labor paraded in New York city on the first Monday of September; in 1864 another such parade was held, and it was de cided that this day should be set aside for this purpose. In 1SS7 Colo rado made "the first Monday in Sep tember a legal holiday, its observ ance was taken up by state after state until it is now nation-wide. J The Reaction From Mr. Hughes. North Powder, Or., Aug. 25. To the Editor of The Journal One thing tho Democrats, and maybe some others, might thank Candidate Hughes for is his attitude of uncompromising; hos tility to everything accomplished by them in the past three years or any other time. We had certainly begun to tire of the constant songs of praise from Democratic political spokesmen often federal office holders for the grand, good deeds done by the party, largely by Wilson, or Chamberlain, when he was a candidate, and we pined for a new harmony. But Hughes' savage attacks on all the busines of state in Wilson's time, much of it sanctioned or made possi ble by Republican aid, cause wonder as to what he would do. For instance, If Germany resumes "unrestricted submarine warfare," what does he ad vise? His attitude is too much that of the old fashioned lawyer: "When you have a. weak case abuse the other side." So his violent denunciations make all the Democratic catalog of glo rious deeds "look alive," and we are charmed once again with "federal re serve," "rural credits" and all the rest of It, and wish Mr. Wilson "many happy returns of the day." SCOTT GOOD ALL. Hughes' Hearers. Canby, Or., Aug. 27. To the Editor of The Journal M. G. Pohl, 'writing from Myrtle Point, says Hughes ha,j no time to answer roois question?. Oh, no; he has no time to answer such questions as people must know, but he has time to abuse and sling mud at President Wilson, who is by far Hughes superior in every way. He has done nothing since he started out but abuse and slur the president and he isn't gaining any votes by it. He says he never hunted the. nomina tion, it hunted him. Let none believe it. The s!ate was all fixed lone; before the nomination, and Roosevelt was the chief of the whole business. They picked Hughes, as they knew well he was the only one that would stand any show at all. When they vote for Hughes they vote for Roose velt. Hughes 6ald in Colorado that Wil son "led us right Into war," and there had been several Mexicans killed. Does he think the Mexicans any better than our boys? He says the president tore the Mexican government to pieces. Not a bit of it. They never had a government, but President Wil son la trying to help them to have one. We have now in the White House the best president we have had since Washington, as Mr. Lincoln had but one war on his mind. Now President Wilson has the Mexican trouble andl the European troubles, and now has been called upon to help settle the railroad trouble. Hughes is traveling all over the country bemeanlng Wil son, when he ought to be giving him a helping hand. Who could vote for such a man as Hughes? Not I; and there are any number of people that think as I do. The president is for the right. 1 voted for him in 1912 and am proud of It, ard will vote for him In No vember If I'm alive, and I will not go to the polls alone. All that go to hear Hughes are not going to vote for him. Thousands that hear him are disgusted and come away and say It was all hot air. All are not fools. MRS. MARY F. HOUGHAM. Mr. Honstein Employs Irony. Portland, Aug. 29. To the Editor of The Journal The rebellious atti tude of labor against the authority of the school board, in presuming to urge the board not to open the schools on Labor day, points the truth of the contention of certain religious ele ments who deplore the lack of religious Instruction in the public schools. The threatened upheaval of the present so cial system, and the inauguration of the socialistic commonwealth, can only be ascribed to the lack of Impressing on the minds of the children that their highest aim should be submis sion to those in authority. The school board have shown their deep interest in the uplifting of the working class - in their decision to open the schools on labor's holiday, thus emphasizing to the children the Importance of not wasting a day In the struggle to win the mean of existence from a. reluctant and forbidding world. We may also have the authority of the Scriptures to Justify their action. We might have read to them on opening day I Peter 2:13: "Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man, whether to the king, as supreme, or unto governors." , This rbuke to their unionistic fathers could be strength ened, and the Interest of their em ployers be aided, by instilling la the children" a lege rebellious spirit with verse 18: "Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the fro ward. For if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God." The growing gross materialistic Ideals of the workers who turn phrases such as "full return for the value of service rendered," etc., can be con demned with Colossians 3:22: "Ser vants, obey In all things your mas ters, according to the flesh. Not with eye service, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God. And whatsoever ye do. do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men. Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward." When the truth once possesses the growing generation that the present standard of wags Is merely an ad vance payment for the most pressing current needs, with the balance (and Interest?) to be collected in the life after this, there will be no labor trou bles. True, the unbelievers, like the poor, are always with us. and atheistical critics will say that these things were written in the dark ages of an im mature world and reflect the atmos phere of the time; that we have out grown these ideas. Needless to say, there should be no confusion as to who Is the exponent of the truth. Mr. Benson desires the schools opened, and his opponents, the labor unions, stand condemned by the Bible and the Employers' association. LOUIS HONSTEIN. Consistency Invoked. Warrenton, Or., Aug. 29. To the Editor of The Journal Thirty thou sand people made an appeal for a change in the consor laws governing moving pictures, and 20.000 people's wishes were treated with contempt, because of a censor board that uses no discretion at all as to what should be admitted on the films. But and here comes the inconsistency of their Judg ment women will go to the beaches in bathing season and exhibit them telves to the public gaze in the scan tiest of dress to the shoulders to the hips chests partially uncovered, ar.d won't even blush when gased upon by the male man. who also exhibits his graceful form to be gazed at by the female observers. And it's all right, because it is not on the films. But let a graceful dancer on the stage exhibit bare legs, and dance In a bathing suit, and she will be Im mediately called to account for ex posing her person to the rude gaze of the public. Now, where does the difference come in? Men and women, two-thirds nude, bathing together, to be passed on by a board of onlookers and Judgment passed as to their physical points, graceful or otherwise (often other vise) ; this, or appearing on the stage, almost always in an exhibition of Grace and censored for so doing! It is time that such mock Ideas of modesty were done away with. The writer has seen films of all kinds, and never once has seen anything so sug gestive as are some of the costumes of the summer seasons. A. O. YATE.S. In Reply to Mr. Reed. White Salmon, Wash., Aug. 29 To the Editor of the Journal. In your Is sue of August 28 appears an article on "Tourists and Road Guides," writ ten by W. P. Reed of The Dalles, Ore gon. To state the point as courte ously as possible, your correspondent is not well advised concerning the true conditions prevailing throughout the White Salmon valley regarding hotels and garages. The writer does not care to enter in to any newspaper discussion as to what route the tourist should take from Hood River to the Yakima val ley or to Spokane, for the tourists are spreading correct Information, but 1 do desire to state that instead of there being no hotel or garage accommoda tions between White Salmon and Gold endale we have in White Salmon four excellent hostelries and three first class garages and repair shops. En route to Goldendale by the several routes are hotels at Husura, Trout Lake and Glenwood, with a large gar age and shop at the latter point. Let us cooperate, for the good of this tourist travel and our districts, and cut out this petty knocking. C. C. HUT CHINS. Remarks on Timely Topics. McMlnnvllle, Or.. Aug. Zt. To the Editor of the Journal There Is an advanced society In New York city the Humanitarian Cult under the au spices of Misha Appelbaum, editor of the Humanitarian magazine. I wish we might start something of the kind, also. The Journal has many editorials on live topics. Our civilization Is vers- WE PROGRESSIVES PERTINENT COMMENT AND NES IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE Admiral Cronan expects to Capture Astoria without firing a hostile pun. Why hasn't somebody thought of es tablishing u few training homes as well as camps? "Too Much Johnson"' will continue to be a popular refrain with California's old political gana. m A dangerous crank has been discov ered pursuing Mr. Hughes and yet we are told that his followers ar of the safe and sane variety. Roadmaster Yeon says speeders are giving the Columbia highway u bad name. Then it's lime to build another jail and to use if. m Those billions of bacteria discovered In. Portland's swimming tanks would be welcomed by the small boy were they located In bath tubs. Multnomah county's divorces are 50 per cent of its marriages und the divorce courts continue doing their lev el best to I reak their own re'JCids. Geology experts are still proving that the Bridge of the Gods never ex isted. But. fortunately, there ore a few pleasant traditions that cap be disproveu and sti!J be believed. Pendleton will have a larger Happy Canyon for the Round-Up. but it Is doubtful whether Pendleton can pro vide more happiness for her guests than she has provided In former years. That threatened railroad strike has resulted in cancellation of contracts for 60 carloads of the Salem Fruit union's prunes, grown for the Ameri can people. No wonder citizens every where fear the result of a strike. THEY CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS From Collier's Weekly. Speaking of prophets, some of o:ir economic Jeremiahs might make their lamentations more consistent and har monious. They will prodict you a Eu rope freed from war descending upon our hapless country end destroying our Industries with a flood of goods manufactured under aggressive semi military organization, mid then, turn ing round in one short paragraph, will put out the exactly opposed arsument that hordes of workers leaving a ruined Europe will drive our wages to the lowest depths and plunge our laborers into pauperism. Here is terrifying matter for cam paign speeches, but It is only crude material after all. If French, Ger mans, English, and other Europeans come over hero to get Jobs, they will hardly be staying at home to compete with us. On the other hand, if wages here are scaled down by immigration, then our competitive costs of produc tion ought to be lower that is. if pro tectionists are correct in their argu ment that European cheap labor is the main factor in producing European manufactures cheaply. ing on tremendous changes. Why are we not more prepared to meet the this "new birth" even the npw race." it Is called. Tho Euro-1 pean war is going to expose the great evils of povegfefc and shams. "Why should it be forioy for some and all sorrow for others?" I was pleased to read In a recent is iia nf The Journal an editorial on T ) - U . a TV l . T'. KRM Til IIIIIIIT. miin iciiiaiu " " - present literature, ana many ui u.e modern playwrlters are giving modern movements. If the plays and their Lhat majr follow Q war Wh writers had more publicity they would) trade betwef.n coun)r A an(j country be studied and read. 7 he papers are ; between count A anrT nT,,ll the greatest medium for circulating intelligence. Something noticed in the papers reaches farther than a maga zine article. I have asked many if they have read "Men of 1916'' (in the Febru ary Forum), but have never found one to talk over that very pronounced pre diction of coming changes. We are all asking ourselves today. What is peace? Has peace Just been class privilege? I am glad that The Journal champions peace. There are things we don't under stand about Mexico. There is the Mexican "El Triune." I believe we Ought to look -to ourselves. What are we doing? Walter Rauschenbosch in his "Chris tianity and the Social Crisis," tells us: "Man's dangers have always come from two sources nature and man. From the beginning until now, man has divided his fellows into those who were to be fed and those who were, figuratively at least, to toe eaten. The great ' estates ruined Rome. Six persons at one time owned the whole province of Africa. Wealth is too one sided with us. MRS. M. A. B. LINDEN. New York World. OKEGO SIDELIGHTS Peer story fro Klamath Falls Her. aid: "George i-tnpiirey tells of a mule tail dter btingkilled on August 16 thut weighed . pounds- and had 21 points on eachlde. Humphrey says th monstrous -k was killed at Dog lake, in Lake cony. He did not learn the name of thlayer." "That Curry unty's pleasures and resorts are graca.il y becoming known outside, and appelated when utilized, is no better wn," says the Gold Beach Reporterthan by the numer ous published aounts and letters re ceived from this who have enjoyed life in Curry, s Bports and cool breezes. The norwestei forest continues to score; the Albanyemocrat wltnesseth: "On a side traciat the depot yester day were a car d of long poles or piles, nearly coving three forty-foot cars. They werald to be llo feet long. The polerWere on their way to San Franclsct where they will be used In the ne Southern Paciflj depot Just be'.ngitarted there Two thousand of therrwlll be used In the foundation." For keeping evlastingly at it, Or egon can show n home town booster to excel the BakeDernocrat. In a re cent issue a ha column of 1ft tie boosts is flntshe with this super best: "If there eir was a time when Baker people had l abundance of ma terial upon whlcho boost thetr town and county, that:lme Is now. The city never looked(etter from a pro gressive standpoi. and the county never had better Rspects for general prosperity. It is to vou, Mr. Man to push a good thrr along.. This is your opportunity." , Possibly the iremlahs are all ; wrong, however, lrad of being omy ; nan wrong, as rve hinted. War attaches people m firmly to their 1 own land and thelnwn ways, so that ' they will not leavajnless driven out I by famine or by cquest as the peo-' l l" t-aiatine were by Louis XIV. Otherwise the will restore their own for their chlren's sake. This means that the reled energy of the first few years aer the war will probably be used tet the European nations back to a pee basis, to make I mwvi id U10.KO good war's materlaoamages. All this work wlliave to be accom plished 'with a labo force, not broken up as was that o the south after 1S65, yet weakened r countless deaths and wounds. Inteatlonal competi tion will soon assei Itself in lines in which various pedes used to be strong e. g., Brlth shipping, Ger man dyes, Frenchpecialtie, etc.), but any new or valy extended com petition seems rati- unlikely. The Jeremiahs will doueas keep going for some few year yet, and so will the United States. , "Trading WitHhe Enemy." From the San Frjclsco Bulletin. Although Englan has blacklisted several American p ducts and a num ber of American fms, she has not yet blacklisted wa aupplles, except, naturally, as theyare destined for enemy countries. Th reason, of course, is that she rants all the war supplies that can bobtained for her- een .ana ner suif .: 1 nets is a i . . I . . slm pl6 oornmerciai prtlpU here which .. n,iBfit th errara-n. .n- .. , nrf.hl. , :,,, D , i c. continue, whether Its artificially en . r - J ' couraged or not. Aer the war Eng land will buy all tl American goods that she can. profiibly use, and It will not be long Wore she will be buying all the Gernn goods aha can profitably use, and rying to dispose of some of her o goods In Ger many. If trade beveen the United States and German adds to Ger many's purchasing jwer, enlightened English merchants will regard the Americans to that eient as allies and not as competitors, tt is difficult to believe that & new ra of mercantil ism, under which ea( country will do all it can to cbokjoff the import trade, will follow thwar. There will be mutual bitternesafor many years, but if bitterness is an to cost money it will diminish. I is not recorded that the French osaclsed Germany after their defeat in (70. On tbe con trary, intercourse jtween the two countries never was I brisk as in the generation after lgi This war Is different In degree lather than 'In kind. The recovery mi take longer out wni coin. TFQnce Ger BVpw i.ANfPMAN TT'S ABOUT TIME it seems to ins that someone should expose to the case of all men the sham and I mockeryof these Ad club luncheons. -na i m going to d It right hars. and now. .-V--"s mrtA T ah' , Walt Whltcomb or anyone, else r thinks About it. because I know what I think. thi once anyway and I want to get it out of my system. . IJAnd I Wouldn't have felt this way I guess if I hadn't "one to the Ad club luncheon Wednesday, K And I was one of the speakers. JThat is they were having a cir cus. and they wanted me to help r make a Roman holiday. J And I went and they all laughed at me. not at what I did or what I aaid. but Just at me. t IJAnd Just before I got up the waiter hurried up. and left half a cantaloupe. and several beans in another iish. J And I got cantaloupe and a mouthful of the some bread. 51 And then they called on me. and I got up with my mouth full. and tried to swallow it without chewing. J And that made a great hit with ' them. and they said thlhgg to me which" embarrassed me. H And while I was embarrassed 1 had a chance to chew a little. and I gulped three times. and took a drink of red lemonade. and started to talk. flAnd the waiter rushed up anit took away my cantaloupe and the beans. b although I didn't care, about the h.nTL J And he left a slice of roast beef ana a hot dog sandwich, J And I kept on talking. . - 1 M uu evfjryuouy Kept Otl payinff "".-sav va CaitfjuilUII, that Is to their food. because they seemed to know intuitively what the waiter would do. il uiey iauerea ror an instant. J And Harry Rice took part of my roast beef. because he knew I didn't want It. and the waiter came along. and saw that part of the bef was gone. r and thought I was throuarh with tt and took it and the hot dog sandwich away. and left a cup of coffee. U And I glanced down and sew' what was happening there on the table wun Mano san eating all the bread baldn hla nwn fanA J And it discouraged me and I; choked and stuttered. and made an awful mess of my speech. and sat down, J But it was too late. because Mano was Just finishing the bread. and Harry Rice had drunk my coffee. so I drank my ice cream and was happy. J And I didn't maWe this up at all. aj It really happened. and while it was happening to him J. M. (Kewple) McLaughlin toll about it. fl And I thought it would be a good' thing to show what a sham a hol low sham an Ad club luncheon is. especially if you're on the pro- ' gram. 5 And It makes me hungry Just to te about it and arfelSTEN I think Til go out right now to a beanery and get something to eat Just as I did Wednesday after that luncheon. - A Sonnet to Kr, Xogbee Whiskers., By David McCord. O. thou divided monarch of ths chin, Result of time and trouble aye. of T, A , . , Expended on thjr fled skein that E.en through the hard campaign, to win Admiring glances, that hast ever been The policy of him who fain would be The shepherd of this common flockj Mere humbI."voter.. mak. -his kith and kin. What grace lies In thy twofold many curves. What beauty in the straight and manly part! The quality that makes admirers scoff At him who wears no spinach and preserves Distinction worthy of tonsoiial art; And yet Wnat would he look like wert thou shaven off! Stori2cP aft A "Bird" of an OwL LOU Reno, who presides behind tba desk at the Hotel Imperial, and Mrs. Reno spent part of the vacation along the Columbia highway. One day's excursion waa the ascent of Larch Mountain, They had barely set out oa tba climb when a Strang sound filtered through the trees. "Toot, toot." They went on; the sound became plainer. "Toot, hoot" "Hear that owl." said Reno to Mrs. Reno. "Toot, hoot." ; "Strange. I didn't know there were any owls around here," remarked Mrs. Reno. "Toot, moot." Then they came to a clearing. Tba . owl was an Industrious donkey engine used la logging. ... , ,.,: ,-V: Wreck! Total Loss! No IiurnranoA. THESE arc the days whan: The gas is left burning In tba house all day. The electric lights burn merrily all night. . -.. - The garden hose Is not turned off. " The dishes tre not washed. - Ths cat and dog are not fad, The beds are not made. Tba grass is not cut. v- r i , The front porch Is not swept. ' j - The garbage Is not collected. The laundry is not aent out.- The milk is not stopped. 4 The canary gets no water. The mail collects dust in the mall box. - .. ' . Newspapers lis in ths front -raj-4 unopened. . . ; . And tba door Isn't unlocked for days and days. , ,