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Newspaper Page Text' V J 4 THE OREGON - SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLA ND, 'SUNDAY i. MORNING, V JANUARY 2 V 1917. AN'INDEP8JNrENT NEWSPAPER ;. . JACKSON... . .Publtohei . PulilUbed erery day. afternoon and morning i except Bandar afternoon) af In Journal lullding. Broadway and Yamhill stretta, Portland. Or. Ej. tared at the poatofrlca at Portland, Or., fot - trananuaaioa truugh tb nialla a aecoaJ v class natter. . TKLBPHOKES Mala 7173; Horn. A-0051. - All departments reached by tbeae number. ' - Tell th operator what department ran want. FOBBIQK ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Benjamin Kentnor Co., Brunnwlck Bid . - xa rift Are.. New York. 121f People'-. ; 5 ; Uu Bide.. Chicago. aufcacrlotion terme by mall or to any addres la the United States or Mexico: DAILY (MORNING OB AFTERNOON) On year $5.00 I One month.. $ -K SUNDAY rw.. .... 1" fin ! fln month S -25 DAILY (MORNING OR AFTKBNOOK) AN1 SCSDAY rn. ..... 17 .V) I month I -65 If we traverse the world. it la poaal ble to find cltlea without walla, with out letter, without king-, without wealth, without coin, without achoola and theatre; but a city without a tern pie or that practlaeth not wort nip, prayer and the like, no one erer eaw. v Plutarch. THE APARTMENT HOUSE A' CCORDING to a story from Los Angelea one person In every five of the population of that city lives in an apart ment house. The total number is 100,000, Perhaps Los Angeles has somewhat more apartment dwellers than other cities, but probably not a great many more in proportion to the DODulation. That way of 'life is much In favor everywhere , Upon the whole it Is cheaper than the isolated house and it is far more comfortable. TO WILLIAM SPROULE R' ECENTLY, The Journal directed the attention of William Sproule, the able head of the Southern Pacific lines on the Pacific coast, to the almost certain benefits that would come to his company through a policy of greater faith in and larger Justice to the public . In line with that suggestion, The Journal again offers advice to Mr. Sproule. and it is advice wholly intended to establish a greater confidence in and a kindlier purpose toward his company among the people of the Pacific northwest. The hotel men of the northwest, representing all the people of the northwest, are striving to secure elimination of the Shasta differ ential which the Southern Pacific Is struggling . to perpetuate. That corporation is now using all its resources to induce the Interstate Commerce commission to vacate its ordr eliminating the differential From a check kept for two months during the Panama Pacific exposition, it is estimated that only 7 per cent of .those who Journeyed westward to visit the exposition passed through the Pacific northwest. This means that 93 out of every 100 fair visitors came to the coast and returned home via southern routes. That is an extraordinary circumstance. Most of the travel was in the heated ( summer months when northern routes were obviously more attractive. In selecting the southern routes for both coming and going, picturesque America, which has its headquarters in the north and northwest was, for some reason, Ignored by the tourists, who passed over longer distances in most cases and through less attractive country in going to and from the exposition. . ., The Shasta differential, which is a rate discrimination of $17.50 against Portland, Seattle, Spokane' and all other Northwest territory, is ascribed as the reason for this avoidance of the Pacific Northwest by American tourists. Mr. Sproule's company, in seeking to perpetuate this discrimination is pursuing a 'policy that cannot be defended, and that naturally awakens intense opposition in the territory discriminated against. It Is a policy of making the Southern Pacific a California road in stead of an all-Pacific-coast road. Whether so intended or not, its ef fect is to subordinate .everything on the Pacific coast to California, and to submerge Oregon, Washington and the rest of the Northwest region as minor and unimportant. This is the conviction among the people of the Northwest. They are now fighting through the hotel men and their allies to remove the Shasta handicap. They are struggling to put the Northwest states on the same map with California as to tourist rates. In the interest of his company, the great influence of Mr. Sproule ought to be Joined with that of the people of the northwest in securing the removal of the Shasta Arbitrary. Its removal must come some ern lire. Teachers -' everywhere caught his Inspiration and learned his educational theories. It is only the cloistered pedagogue, joined to his Latin and Greek idols, who rejects Washington's educational gospel. A California legislator proposes that pistols beleased to responsi ble persons who wish to conceal them on their persons, and has in troduced a bill for that purpose. If It becomes a law. It will tend to curb the indiscriminate carrying of concealed weapons. The pistol is an implement that has a hundred crimes charged against it for every good service it ever rendered, with the saloon. It should pass on. P' MIGNON RETTY nearly all of Portland's musical ability seems to have I cooperated for the production pf Ambroise Thomas' charm ing opera, "Mignon." The sympho ny orchestra led by Waldemar Lind will attend to the instrumental side. Mignon, Wllhelm Meister and all the other parts are to be taken by Portland singers and the chorus of fifty voices has been or ganized by Mr. Corruccini from lo cal sources. We have often said that the best way to promote musical culture in a city was to make the most of local ability rather than to import artists from abroad. Mr. Corruccini and the symphony orchestra have followed out this principle in pre paring for the production of Mig non and we hope to see ample fruits ripening from' their praise worthy effort. In almost any Letters From the People A BALLAD OF MANILA BAY We might enumerate some of its time because it is wholly indiffensible as a general railroad policy in ! land there is plenty of musical ability 'and training to form a good comforts without taking much which the rights of localities of -the same group are to be respected trouble to think them up. The and recognized. Since it must ultimately come, it would be infinitely servant problem is evaded. Heat, better for it to come with the Southern Pacific's consent and coopera light, water and Janitor work are tion than over its bitter opposition. all taken care of without worry on There are few steps that Mr. Sproul could take that would do more the tenant's part. The family can to lift his company in the confidence of the people of the Pacific 'live near the center of the city Northwest, -without bearing the expense of a separate house. There are no route. Trajan's troops took help i, taxes, no visits of the gas man, meets in the Balkan country and the electric light man, the water became the parents of the modern man. Everything is paid for in one Roumanians montniy mil witnout iret or iusb. It la well known to students of In many ways the apartment house American social history that the life is ideal. campaigns of the Civil war made How much it is liked in Port- many a good match. The southern land we may see from the number belles detested the "Yankees" at ot big apartment buildings which have been built In the last few first, but, liking them better on acquaintance, they took many a would remedy this bad business. It makes indigent children, who re quire treatment, charges of the county judge where they reside. Upon proper complaint made to him he may order the child to be sent to the medical school of the state university where it is to re ceive the best of medical and surg- opera company if it were only or ganized and utilized. Our symphony orchestra has kept the good work going' for sev eral years under great difficulties and with only partial encourage ment. Now we are offered a fine opera produced entirely by local artists. The only way to make a city a musical and art center is to give ample recognition and reward to local enterprise. Everybody is eager to see and hear the distin guished artists from New York and Europe who occasionally visit us. Our eagerness to encourage home years. Their inmates have greatly boy in bu'.e to their hearts and I Increased in number while the thus helped most effectually to ob total population of the city has literate the old sectionalism. risen rapidly. The truth is that At the 8ame time tnere haa been the apartment house with its con- a neavy northward emigration of veniences and comforts, its free- ambitious youths from the south aom irom worry ana us economy, in recpnt Vears. Thev have founded Is rapidly taking the place of the fortunea in tQe n0rth and made old time home. .ven tne lnm- hnm h wirh Yankee wives to vldual kitchen, so dear to many nhahiT thm Thna the eternni in- hearts, is vanishing and people terchanee m-oceeds. The Chroni- are learning to eat at a common cle ls rIght in 8ayillg that it is table in the apartment house din- wpll fn onr rltiZens "to move round a little." There is nothing like a good circulation to keep a body healthy. ical aid with a bed in a hospital and modern nursing. The expenses i la,no, aIwava Kn minifMt tl ,7,Vt y 1 ! Vniy wer?lAnd yet if we were truly lovers of the child lives and the medical art and music we should all UQite and surgical treatment will be ren-jto make the most of tne gifts we dered by the university officials as j have at nome part or tneir regular duties witnout extra fees. We can think of no better solu tion than this for the problem of the indigent child who needs treat- Violation of the law is responsi ble for the death of three men burned in yesterday morning's fire ICommualcatloiu nt ta The Journal for I pvt llrattcn iQ tlii 4evartm-nt anoald be writ- i' on uuiy one aide of jne paper, aooaiu mn exceed 3uu worda In langta and maat be ae eenpaaied by the Bd and 4dreae of t seaver. If the writer doea Dot deatre t bare ine name publltbed be abould ao atate.i The "And or Ox Case. La Grande. Or. Jan. 17. To the Edi tor of The Journal In connection with your publication of a comment from the Detroit News, you recently pub lished another editorial criticising m supreme court of Oregon for its de cision in the famous "And or Or" case, rt ported In 1S8 Pac. Rep., at page 173 and 527. and strongly Intimating that the tuDrama court of Oregon ta responsible for the great delay in the final determination of that case. Be llevlng that soma other member of the bar or some bar association would be fore now call to the attention of the press certain pertinent facts arising in this case. I have until now refrained from saying anything upon the suo :ect- However;, believing that the su preme court of Oregon ls unjustly cri ticised and held to account for the al leged ahortcominics in the adminlstra tion of Justice between the parties In that case, I proceed to give my rea sons for such belief As early as the September term in 187J of the Oreeon supreme court (4 Or. 288) the rule was squarely laid down that denials pregnant with ad missions are faulty: and. again, on ue cember 11. 1899 (38 Or. 259). the court reiterated the rule. The ruleof plead ing thus declared might not have been Rood law but it is evidence or wnat the law is and certainly was notice to all Oregon Judges and attorneys of what the supreme court of Oregon held to be the law. In their answer, the attorneys for the company in this case charged tnat White, the deceased, had "carelessly and negligently" turned his back upon the company's auto truck In passing. Attorneys for Mrs. White in reply de nied he had "carelessly and negligent ly" done so. Long before the trial, at torneys for the company interposed a demurrer, and, according to the court's report of the case, those attorneys notified the widow's attorney, prior to the hearing of the demurrer, in writ- j lng, as follows: i Upon the hearing of this demurrer defendant will submit that said reply to which the demurrer ls directed, be ing conjunctive In form. Is therefore pregnant with admissions of the alle gations contained- In the affirmative answer of defendant, and hence does not constitute a denial in law of said affirmative defense." Still standing upon his pleading, the attorney for the widow brought the de murrer on for hearing before the Judge, who overruled the contention of the attorneys for the company, based on this clearly declared rule of the supreme court, and according to an ar ticle on page 5 of the Issue of The Journal of June 23, 1916, said, in over ruling the demurrer: "We used to waste a lot of time when I was a boy talking about negative pregnantt, and I don t sup pose any boy after he has gone through the subject knows much more about the affirmation contained in a literal denial, but there has been entirely too much time taken up with that slush. Where it is manifest that an Issue has been Joined it ls'about time we get away from that stuff and come to the substance ftf the lawsuit and not the subtllties of the school men. Ec cleslastlcs used to devote a lot of time to idling how many souls could stand on the head of a needle, but we do not talk that language now Notwithstanding all of this notice By Charles G. D. Roberts YOUR threats how rjin, Correjidor; Your rarapired batteries, feared no more; Your frowning guard at Manila gate, When our Captain went before! Lights out. Into the unknown gloom From the windy, glimtnerinf. wide sea-room. Challenging fate in that dark strait We dared the hidden doom. But the death In the deep awoke rot then; Mine and torpedo they spoke not then; From the heights that loomed on our passing line The thtfhders broke pot then. Safe through the perilous dark we sped. Quiet each ship as the quiet dead. Till the guns of El Fraile roared too late, And the steel prows forged ahead. So through the dark we stole our way Fast the grim warders and into the bay. Past Kaiibuyo, and past Salinas, And came at the break of day Where strong Cavite stood to oppose. Where, from a sheen oi silver and rose, A thronging of masts, a soaring of towers. The beautifol city arose. Mow fine and fair! But the shining air With a thousand shattering thunders there Flapped and reeled. For the fighting foe We had caught him in his lair. The dominant blood that daunts the foe. That laughs at odds, and leaps to the blow It is Dewey's glory today, as Nelson's A hundred years ago! JWTa and Bottatl Stories Fcom Everywhere ijw tan roiuit.i. ..n - - or ami In r Qu.. ,, . uia for. i the dT.oT.'." -.virij.j . The Trouble, of . ri.t . T iff ;t rvU e 'orporatloM Have I- the Mcn 'helr own- n of tnm arJST?" v'ry injured who One of p T " and threaten suit. r.D ,f Portland ., n.oat notahl. nuhlta Nrvicft r,u ...... i i luun Htm rir of rrutcl .K anj But every day h. d i:-. THE MINISTER'S JOB lng room. Thus economic determinism is bringing in the reign of coopera tion, without our noticing it. There A 1 1 t I J.1 1 1 .are mose wuo tuaiin m cuange m Th. nonB- haB naSSAd a nuhlfr. our habits of life is fundamental, buildines bnl that it Knows Presi- and it proceeds as quietly and im- L,--, W11ann Vftto. T, a : : perceptibly as spring follows win- I j,,. i,,u0, nn,Mom.. - I l.U V 0.1 Vll V UUOlUrrB. Vajll 1 CaBlilCU ter. Does it mean new flowers of vf niruiOI,a 9nnrnnriotiM with the expectation and desire ' i health and happiness in our na- 5& tional life or a crop of noxious yt weeds? Thinkers divide over this ques- f f tion. Some hold that the apart , T ment house is a baleful influence; others that it is destiny working '. out. Objectors say that, since it gives . no outdoors and room on green lawns and big open spaces for them . - 'to play on, .the apartment house that the executive will veto them are unworthy of their positions. RUSSIA in Portland. There were no lights ment. The bill provides for him and no night locks on the doors the best there is and gives it free- leading to the fire escapes, though Klven the attorney for the plaintiff, IV, Bo far aa the nhilri anrl hi a tam. . wiu uoikiuiouum., w, ily are concerned. nitlnn nf thp stn.bllshed rule on the At the same . of the building had been repeatedly part of the trial Judge, the interests time the university medical school j warned by Fire Marshal Stevens' of the widow were hazarded and ai- will nnt he without enme return ia lowed to go to trial Derore a jury. since the reception of these un- appliances. The three men died fortunates will provide it with in- within easy reach of. safety be structive clinical material. j cause the warnings of the fire pre- iwo features Of the bill merit i vention Rprvire were iimnrerl. Hn many other owners are violating the safety laws? R USSIA lives up to her historic role. After weeks of defeat and retreat she has "come back" in the Roumania re gion and is now forging ahead again. Since the recapture of van- is not a favorable spot for children, deni by the czar's troops the fall and that the true home is a cottage of Odessa does not seem quite so in the suburbs with its patch of imminent as it did a while ago. green, its flowers, its shrubs and If we may believe the reports, its free uncontaminated air from the Russians are pressing heavily the big outdoors. on their foes in the neighborhood of Riga. It is said that their ac- Don't buy stock in fly-by-night tivity in that quarter has brought concerns or In any concerns until the German advance in the south you have the word of some banker, almost to a standstill. The news merchant or other reliable person is obscure but things are working that you know, that the venture out as if it were true. is honest and promises to be sue- We may look for a great envel- cessful. Before he risks his money, oping move on Constantinople from every Investor should take the the east and south in the spring, trouble to insure himself against The British are active in the Sinai loss caused by irresponsible con- region and we hear vaguely of cerns gotten up to get something Russian operations in Armenia. It particular comment. The first is a provision that the child shall "not be used for the purpose of experimentation." The second is the provision that almost any per son may bring the needs of the af flicted child to the notice of the county judge. The proceedings be gin without much ceremonial and are carried through with celerity. When you have in mind the pur chase of a lot or a tract of ground, go to the assessor and ascertain its assessed value, and then recall that the law requires that all prop erty shall be assessed at itST-irue cash value." Then go to the owner and inquire if he wants to sell the property. If his price is more than double the assessed value, be ware. It will mean that the land lord is profiting by undervalua tion to the state for assessment purposes that he is either cheat ing the state or proposes to profit unduly off of you. IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS 0 for nothing. MOVING AROUND E READ with pleasure in the editorial columns of The Dalles Chronicle some comments on the guards men who have settled in. Arizona. The arid country repelled them at first, but after a while they were caught by its mysterious charm and now they do not care to come back home. The same spell fell 'upon the lotus eaters in olden time. The Chronicle remarks that is quite likely that a large com bined operation has been planned which may at one stroke wrest Asia Minor from the Turks and leave Constantinople comparatively defenseless. The eluding of the English blockade by the taking of the" prize Yarrowdale into a German port with selected cargo and pris oners from the captured merchant men is an astounding feat. It Is proof to the world that the British blockade Is not a real blockade. and that fiermnn sffscrlmniica ( J ,v. V. l - a. I - .-.uvoa la lib 6uu ui mo w""4 u"try almost unmatched. to nave citizens move arouna a .little now and then." Exactly so. Arizona will gain by the move and Oregon will find new citizens to fill the places of the exiles. lit la quite a habit among sol diers campaigning in distant lands to make homes where . they nave - served. There is a story that many .British Tommies are taking French wires and learning vine culture and other callings on the sunny slopes of Champagne and Nor mandy. . Alexander's soldiers on their long campaigns in central Asia took wiVea, from among the nai ttves and made themselves : new homes : in v the . cities which the great conqueror founded along his A INDIGENT CHILDREN BILL of which Senator Hus ton has taken charge aims to provide medical and surg ical treatment for indigent children. As Journal -readers are Bttuiy aware,, eucu cnuaren, the situation stands, often go with out adequate treatment for years, during which they constantly suf fer, while ailments that might be completely cared if taken in time, finally become Irremediable by de lay. Thus by; Ignorance and neg lect many; a person who might have been a useful citizen hecomes a permanent charge upon society. ine dih or. which We speak BOOKER WASHINGTON TK or our- entertaining ex changes, the Pittsburg Lead er, pokes some rather imper tinent inquiries at the federal government. They pertain to the incomes and profits of the' various trusts which so needfully look after our food. coffins and tools. The papers have pubiisned tne increases or wages which the trusts have bestowed upon their workmen of late Some of these increases have without any request from her own at torney to amend her answer, or any suggestion that such a course betaken from any source. As stated by the supreme court, the widow's attorney should have confessed the demurrer and obtained leave to amend, which would have been cheerfully granted by any court. Having persistently re fused to do this, we cannot remedy tne omission here." In the light of these facts, ls it not unjust to the supreme court of Oregon to persistently pub lish to the world that the court Is responsible for the retrial of the case and for her failure to secure as large a verdict from the second Jury, and for her being taxed with the costs of the first appeal to the supreme court and likewise to publish letters writ ten by her to her attorney, apparently drink, elothirfe. at his suggestion, wherein she delin eates ner present, exireuuy Binigni. ened circumstances? In view of the fact that her attorney seems willing to have this case persistently discussed in the newspapers, it seems to me no objection may properly be taken by him to an expression of an opinion on the part of one who also practices be W. J. C Id Detroit Newa. A Michigan pastor has reigned as shepherd of his flock because the flock desired to do some shepherding on its own account for its shepherd. have used those terms Just to ahow ow inadequate they are for th average church situation; for churches no longer regard themselves seri ously as flocks," and as for ministers being "shepherds" they must wield heir crooks verv diplomatically or ho "flock" will hold a meeting and replace him. If a minister is content o regard himself as an amiable sort of Sunday lecturer, he can get along very well with the average church: but If he is really a called man and holds radrTal views of his duties and authority, he Is paving his path with Ijhorns. Sometimes he wins through; if he be an hlglrfy spiritual man (and spiritual men are usually endowed with plenty of common sense) he does win through; If not. he usually de cides he can be more useful in some other field Only the other day a clergyman told me that after he was installed In his present church he was visited bv a committee and solemnly informed that he need not greatly bestir himself in making present-day applications of the teachings of Jesus Christ. (The gospel ls "safest" when kept to the flowing robes and allegorical lan guage of 8yria!) But what struck this minister most forcibly was the evident feeling of the committee that they were doing him a favor in thus l errolttlng him to vegetate In his new charge. But he wasn't of the vege tating kind. He informed the com mittee that they might fossilize If they wished, but that he owed It to himself to keep himself intellectually tnd spiritually alive. And he ls getting on very well not with the timber tepresented by the committee, to be sure, but with the younger generation which ls asking eager questions of the gospel. been praiseworthy. When the trusts are actually forced to raise wages fore tne supreme court, that if he win they often do it so gracefully that it looks like a free gift conferred from above upon the deserving poor. But our inquisitive con temporary wants to know how follow the suggestions of the court in identical cases previously passed upon by the court, and not accept as law philosophical disquisitions about the subtllties of schoolmen, he will have his verdicts for his clients promptly affirmed. And mpy I also add the sug N O DOUBT Booker Washing ton's figure will grow larger as It finds its true place in Time's perspective. He is one, of those men, few in number, of whom Emerson says that they stand out like pillars in the dark abyss of the past. The new biogra phy of Booker Washington by Scott and Stqwe calls liim the "builder of a civilization." The title is exaggerated, but it is not, far from the truth. It is commonly admitted that Washington revolutionized educa tion for the colored race. He did almost as much for the whites. It is to his thought and power of presentation more than to any other cause that we owe the great educational reforms of our gener ation. He never said outright that the education which is good for a black' man must,, in the nature of things, be good for a white man too, but his reasoning made that conclusion unavoidable. He asked the country td give him the means of industrial1 training, vocational preparation and realist mind devel opment for the negroes. The country answered by be stowing those benefits on all its children. At any rate, it has be gun to bestow them and will go a great deal -farther In that direc tion. v It is to Booker Washington that we largely owe; the decay of sterile classicism - In r our " schools and the -wholesome .influx of mod these wage increases compare with gestion that most lawyers are suf th nrofits of th tmstn them- ficlently sportsmanlike, not to say pro fesslonal, to accept responsibility for ""ICO. kUh f h ho. .a I vvnai percentage or its DOOty, squarely In the teeth of settled adju for instance, has the milk trust dlcatlons, and not permit, without pro handed out in largess to Its em- on6.neBPp.r"? V.? c".ci8e - . , i ire cuuii, even iiucicHkiaiij, i vi ue- ployes? We should not be .sur- ciarinfr to be the law in his case what prised to learn that the percentage it has expressly declared at least three is small, if there were any way of times rore ln & penoa covering 4 years. a.. learning not. The trusts Now the minister la human. In tensely so. No one enters aJtrustlc work who Is not human above the average. And aa a h.uman being he has his feelings and opinions. He knows the tight-wads who pray loud est; he knows the fault-finders, who work least: he knows the lovers of doctrine who will not practice what they say they believe. Rut ma v ha atand In M nulolt and 'denounce such people? Oh. no. That ls not what he ls there for. You and I may denounce them as much as we like. The newspaper, for example, fulfilling the duty of the publicist, may take the chief pillar of the ehurrh and castigate him publicly for his antl-soclal conduct. But the min ster's work ls to restore such people. He la working on them from the Inside, not from the outside. II regards the of fender as a soul a soul to be saved from its meanness; a soul to be re stored to what it was meant to be. If he began a course of denunciation, he would simply destroy the road of communication and Influence he may have set up between himself and the man denounced. And as a usual thing, r.c matter who or what the man is, he ls better off as a foundling ln the church than aa an outcast from It. A minister's lob moy be as easy as he makes it; it mr.v be as hard as his sense of duty. When the head of any other institution wants things done; the editor orders his staff, the fore man his workmen, the orchestral lead er his players, the stage director his actors, the teacher his pupils; but the minister Tnay not order anything. He must invite, persuade; the rewards he has to offer are not such as appeal to man's acquisitive faculty. If he be a man of power, he gets things done, even in a little church; If he be an ordinary man as most of us are he Just struggles along with many heart aches over tne indifference of people in general and "his own people" In particular; and sometimes he "speaks his mind" and destroys the relation ship between them and himself. Yet the minister has the aiame tc mptatton to "cut loose" on these misshapen souls as the rest of us have. Some ministers do that, and for a time are popular, because people like to hear others' faults exposed and denounced. But such preaching weara out quickly. The "called man" doea not fall Into that snare. And because he works on a con' structive Instead of a destructive plan, the minister is ofttirnes critl cued as being "mealy-mouthed," or "afraid to speak out." He ls - not afraid. More times) than we knew he speaks to the man directly. But he knows he has no more call to make public exposures than physicians or confessors have. And yet be knows what ls said about him by those wno never go to church, and who would corne him if he followed their advice and It ls not strange that sometimes he feels the burden of It. The minister's authority and the source of his power arc not ln his office, but ln his spiritualized per sonality. He lives in an age that re quires an intellectual approach to Wpiritual truths, and more than that, a spiritualized personality to exem plify them. His work is "the cure of souls." If he degenerate to a Sunday lecturcr or a moral publicist, or a Christian politician, he has his place in the world's work and a wide field before him; but that field ls not the pulpit. "The cure of souls" Is Just what it implies an Interior work. fast mTddi, h ' ,olore1 rlt"-n ' I asi middle aa. h .n .... as he alighted ,ron7 -jnted hlmaelf ,h. n; 'day claims department . mandlng consolation. " " was given a a bland standoff. ,. - .- uirr nis case, and cxery day he was surrerina. fiom tt. creasing lamenefs. until at the md of 10 day. he waa acarc. i able to dm. himself alone on hi. .rui.-h. " active ana bright old son. Th claim agent ff.-i t.im $50 to call It square.' and put i-.e mo-.ev be fore him a8 , corKr,,,e txumilU. ,;f ag gregated wealth. The inired cititen Of color could not resist the oUrr l signed the release nd slowly Mufled the money out of simit "Gen'men. Ah s much oMlged." he aald. "Ah's sure ah has no mo' use roh deae crutches Mmm,' dey ll he somebuddy else me time" And he walked out with a step that surprised even the claim agent. Whitewashing Ums ( attain. It was bitterly cold, t'aptain Price was officer of the da v. It was neces sary for him to Inspect the tuiaid lift er midnight, and fcnrrni nf iii- i,. i he sought prevention in hot toddy.' j says the New York Times. Kate de creed that he should be reported drunk on duty. Now, the men in the troop thought much of their genial captain. They petitioned McSwecney, orderly to the troop commander, to go to tha court-martial and swear to anything, but to be sure to clear the captam.. Bo lt came to pass that MrHweeney ap peared as a witness. The Judge-advocate said he must awear to the truth. lh whole truth and nettling but the truth. Then he thundered: "Io you know the accuaed?'' ' Yes. air." came the answer, "he Is my troop commander. Captain Trice. " "Did you see the accuaed on this date?" "Yes, air." . ' . i i . . . .... . " i waa me condition of the ac cused T" "The captain was sober, sir " The testimony reads that ha was intoxicated." No, sir." It ls further stated that ou hln the accused In hl miurlvm " "No. air. 1 went over to tha quar ters with the captain." ' It la aald that you helped the ac cused Into his bunk." "No. sir. I took off his boota " "Did the accused say anything I hat would lead you to aiiBpcct that he was Intoxicated? 1 "No. sir. He only said one thine." "What was that ?" "When I an leaving, sir. he nald: 'McSweeney. all me early I am go ing to be Queen of the May.' " PERSONAL MENTION But unhappily there ls perform the same Condemns Near Side Stop. Portland. Jan. 1G. To the Editor function in our body politic that wouia Hke to know how long the street a tapeworm does in the human in- I car company intend to stop the cars testine. They devour the food that should nourish the patient. The more the poor fellow eats the fat ter the parasite grows but his food brings no color to his own wan cheek nor does it round out the pitiful angles of his anatomy. Some of our national prosperity Is of the tapeworm variety. Xhe par- arasites wax comfortably rotund while the victims who nourish them totter like specters to un timely gTaves. There is a mournful reflection in the announcement that 2000 horses that have been used on the stage lines in Yellowstone National on the near side of the street. We had the present system not a dozen years ago. for a time, then changed back to the far side crossing, and If stopping on the near side then was not satisfactory, why is it now? It is a regular nuisance, getting on and off the car in the middle of the street. And that lsn t the worst feature, we have taken the best of care of our parking, the same as of our lawn, and the majority of the crowd make a staifTplng ground of our parking and. worse still, right in front of our plate elass window, and some have no more decency than to let their children romp on our lawn. I. with many others, am waiting im patiently for the change. E. B. of North He ta a visitor at at To Obtain a Patent. Tenmile. Or.. Jan. 18. To the Edi tor of The Journal where should I nnlv Ia ffet a. natent tn mn lnvnrlAn park are to be replaced with gaso- and how, and what win it cost? line and are to be sold to the allies I. h. p. for service In the war. From the I Write to "Commissioner of Talents, . . - ,.. wasnington. u. -., ana ask lor a quiet and serenity of a matchless 1 entitled "Rules of Practice." mountain park to the roar and ter- which contains forms of application, ror Of battle, from the delights Of with instructions, and Is sent free. It beautiful nature to the horrors Of contains all necessary Information. me uiuuu-Boaiea iieia i uie areaa- i trr v Tndwwt ful- transition - under which the rr ta. pittrt.org Di.r,,'cB. horses are to pass. The curse of I a commission of naval officers has man Is not only on himself bat on been named to select suitable sites for his most faithful ally In the anl- nvy yard: Vnr "l mrg its v tv- .- authority to disclose the unsuitable mal kingdom. The poor horses! ,ite f some we have? Passenger Agents Visitors. A party of Southern Pacific passen ger agents from southwestern cities are at the Imperial on a visit over the lines of the system. Among them are C. M. Reeves, Waco; S. Krtekson, El Paso: J. B. Porter. Houston; W. A. Snyder, Lake Charles, La. and Lewis' E. Nltachke, Austin. Texas. Auto Sales Manager Arrive-. T. L. Tlncher, district sales man ager for the Haynes Motor Car com pany, ls in Portland, on business with H. L. Mann, distributor for the local agency of the car company. Tlncher ls staying at the Multnomah. Banker Goes to Bay City. E. O. Crawford, president of the Lumbermens National bank, has left the city for a business trip to 6an Francisco. Army Officer at Multnomah. Colonel F. M. Caldwell. U. S. A., is a guest at the Multnomah. A. J. Splawn, ex-mayor Yakima, I at the Imperial breeder of fancy stock. J. M. Slocum Is a Salem the Portland. George A. Beavls is registered the Cornelius from The Dalles. P. Bogardus is a Bridal Veil arrival at the Perkins. Roger W. Moe, of Moser, is, at the Multnomah. Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Pittenger of As toria are guests at the Oregon. C. L. Knickerbocker Is a Sheridan arrival at the Cornelius W. C. Waahburne, a Junction City merchant, is at the Imperial. H. C. Meade Is registered at the Multnomah from Cody, Wyoming. , Mrs. George A. Tonee, of Bend, Is a guest at the Portland. M. L. Ienham. Elgin attorney, is at the Nortonla. C. E. Brown is a Stayton visitor at the Perkins. J. Q. Richardson of Salem, deputy state corporation commissioner, la at the Multnomah. A. H. Lea of Salem Is at the Im perial. R. C. Hoskinson of Bureil ls at the Cornelius. C M. Rosenberg ls an Oakland visitor at the Oregon. K. A. Hayes of Aberdeen, Wash, ta at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Johnson of Cay ley. Alberta, are at the Imperial. Dan Sommer, a business man of' El gin, ls at the Nortonla with Mrs. Bom mers. B. H Lage is a Hood River visitor at the Perkins. Mrs. E. M. McGinnls of Los Angeles ls a guest at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Johnson of As toria are at the Nortonla. T. L. Tlncher of Denver, western manager for the Haines Motor Car company, is at the Multnomah. F. G. Deckebach ls registered at the Oregon from Salem. The Torchbearer for Humanity. From the Detroit Newa. It is easy to lay blame noon na tions instead of where it belongs, upon war. Ail of the nations hiv. Ann things In this war that will not bear the light. Some of them are more ad antageously situated than others with reference to smothering Intelligence ot what they do, so that we come to think at times that only one side of the struggle Is guilty of harshness. AU nations have been terribly hard In this war. The war has made them hard. It is the province of a nation like the United States to hold the light of hu manlty over against the hardness and from time to time wrench a little relief from belligerent hands for the service of those who have been made to suffer even more than war ought to have made them suffer. The United States ls not neutral on the question of com mon humanity. us. The Limoufcine Look. From the New York Tribaae. Perhaps It is hypercritical of Riding ln a limousine is a magnifi cent and awful thing, and how should any plain mortal be expected to en dure It without amendment to his oui: otiii, irom our siaewsJK, we do observe and protest. Can no hu man being, even though to the llmou sine born, learn to ride in a closed car and avoid the closed face, that blank, toplofty aloofness of expres sion so alien to normal American worry and cheerfulness? ine limousine iook attacks any happy laughing debutante or bank president the Instant the door slams and they sink back in what Is tech nlcally known in motor car literature as "mlladl's drawing- room on wheels.' It comes on or off the face very much as do the detachable tops that convert an ordinary touring car of commerce into a miniature palace fit to stand before the biasing glory ot an opera house with a uniformed attendant banding in a very charming and ex pensive wire. . The Village Munitions To., Inc. FORMERLY THK VIM.A'.K R I. A k .- M I HI Under a spreading chestnut tree The smithy lined to tand. The smith, a prosperous man. In l e As any in the land. For many h sh.-Il In a forelm. ireneli Now beats the smithy's brand His clothes are new and fashioned " well. His foods a re rich and rare; His hands are nicely manicured. And freshly trimmed his hair . And he slaps the whole world in tin face. For he Is a millionaire. Week In. week nut. from to n till night. And eke from night till day. You can nep his fuctory fire aglow Three shifts at double pay None makes more profit than the rmlth In all these I'. S. A. And people coming home from work lok In at the open do"r. And rny. what time they see the fires. And hear the bellows roar: I wish I'd bought some Blacksmith common When It was 24 V Tolling rejoicing profiting with nleamre evldrnt. Each morning sees some shells begun For aome belligerent. Something attempted someone done. Has enrned two thousand per cent. F. P. A., in New York Tribune. Queen o the May in January. Bf Ella MrUnnn. At the corner of Broadway and Alder t reels yesterday afternoon stood a girl In front of a window where there were skates, sweaters and advertise tnenta of ice hockey games. With a cold drizzle and women hurrying past th their furs claaped close about their throats, the picture from every point of view was that of winter. Ev- rything except the girl. She looked a much like spring as peach blossoms or the early hyacinths. On her head she wore a straw hat. trimmed in pink ' and blue maline, of the vintage of 1912, when they called them cart wheels and the car companies kicked because, such hats interrupted and congested traffic, completely blockading the ves tibules of trains when the hats got stuck golag through the narrow doors. In one hand she held a suitcase, but that she was not traveling, had not. traveled and did not expect to travel. wan evident, for she stool close to th wall and concealed as much of her pink face as she could under the hugs hat. hlch cam protectlngly over the greater. part of her features. She was about 1, and it was reasonable to sup pose that she had some feelings of repugnance at appearing several months in advance of the spring sea son and several years behind 1)17 style. Women laughed as they passed her. and made remarks. Men looked shocked, but always with sympathy that so fair creature should be thus reduced to such estraordinary demands upon gar ret and rag bag. Only one woman boldly stopped ana ,; insisted upon Knowing ny u ap peared thus, and waa told that she ; merely felt the thrill of spring In her blood and wanted to come out in spring clothes. But the woman dldn t believe her, and so she stood between her and the curious crowd long enough to learn ' that she was being initiated into a girl's sorority. ; Uncle Jeff Snow Says: There was a feller here the last Sat-" urday before we finished the pertater dlggin' who 'lowed there wusn t noth in' in no foreign country" we wanted in ocr grand and glorious constitution. I jest a zed him if some of our constitu tion didn't com from England, and some from Holland, and wasn't a good idee liks a new kind of spjid. somethln to be took for what It was worth. And ho Mowed I was on of th dadbumed nmmultM mnA tnuat ur voted far Wilson.. Bom folks can guess right th first time, and ba snorted wben X congratulated him on tela suck a good guesser - . '.' ",' Y -. - . 0.