TUB OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. -PORTLAND, FRIDAYj FEBRUARY 16, 1917.
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"invincible lorka; mrtninka 1 aee ber a an
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aONCERNlNO the "midnight
resolution ' slipped through
at 3 a. m. the closing night
of the 191S legislative ses-
MBlon. the suDreme court of the
inUnitedStates said in the land grant tax "bil1- As th Joseph Herald
J U decision, "The interest and hopo J'8. tne publication of delinquent
l expressed seem like a prayer lists ls "an easy method for cheap,
l against ths government's conten- claptrap politicians to repay at
-'tioh" J public cost debts of gratitude for
'!! The "government" was suing the inesPaPf r" K v v
J! railroad for forfeiture of the grant'! Yet ,thb,U ? & llsh Jt haS
' lands. The "government" was f countered legislators with axes
, atrivlng to -have the landa restored Jn elr hand redf . , beat " to
tn ii,. r,m.i on th r-m, that dc&t encountered legislators with
-Jithe railroad had violated all the
: terms of the grant act and had erea legators witn cmo
!i withdrawn the lands from sale al-;Tof0rm refd to,re lt a. Pamlesa
together.
J The "midnight resolution" di-
reeled the attorney general of Ore-1 fort or the and Farmers.
,igon to Intervene in the case then union committee at Salem, friendly
..pending before the high court at members on the floor of the two
. Washington and endeavor to have houSes, and constant publicity in
.the decision so framed that the Tne Journal and Bome of thQ
. lands would remain on the tax friendly up.state newspapers, that
h rolls of Oregon. The opinion of tne meagure haa been ke t allve
the high court, after taking note for BUch eventualities as may
.: of the resolution as presented by me in the dangerous closing
.jjthe attorney general of Oregon wasihoura of the segsion.
: ;that "the interest and hope ex-1 Thft bm ig an economT measare
; pressed seem a prayer against the j and is pendIng before legislators
contention of the government." . who went
to Salem with lips red
j; House bill 302, by Bean of Lane, with pledges of economy. Its
" which passed the house Wednesday 'purpose ls so undeniably whole
j!on Mr. Bean's representations, also some that, were the legislative sys
1! prays to have the grant lands re-item what it should be, its enact
!I main on the Oregon tax rolls. Tliey'ment into law would naturally
. Jlafe lands, the title to which, con-'be looked upon as a matter of
jgress, after the decision of the high course.
; court, has revested in the United! Yet, behold the treatment It has
j States, and has devoted half the 'received. Slowly but surely, the
. excess proceeds to the public legislature is undermining iteelf in
i schools, good roads and irrigation the minds of the people. Some
I'jin. Oregon. The"government," still legislature, if not this one, may go
, J 'struggling against the illegal acts Into history with the unenviable
!;of the railroad in the land gran!, ( distinction of having been the
t,B uvw uicuuius iu icsiBiaiiuu ju
,, which congress, acting on the deci
JJsion or the high court, is giving to
the railroad all that It was given,
Hby the grant act, and ls at -the
same time saving to the people
bout 140,000,000 of value in the
; aTands to which the court has held
a the railroad Is.not entitled.
f I Acting on the autho.lty of the
I new act of congress, the federal
r ; government ls now classifying the
2,'la.nds for settlement an.d ls prepar-
; 2'Jg to pay back taxes to the grant
J land counties. The railroad claims
the federal government has no
- right to do this, and has a suit to,
i prevent consummation of the gov-
ernment's program.
! It is at such a moment that the
S Bean bill, declaring in effect that
-; X the "government" had no right to
Z take over the excess proceeds Of
" the lands or to revest title in the
. United States, is presented to theiIn tlmes Uke thi3 a11 80rts of silli-
' house and passed, placing the house ness ana weakness are naturally to
. squarely on record, against the,be expected from weak and silly
' "Uhited SUtes government and PPle- But, as we have been see
: squarely on the Bide of the railroad ,lne him Mr- Bora& comes in nelth
, i In the present litigation. er of those classes. He has always
: "The Bean bill, if Passed br tna'ed to us to have a virile, sane
v " senate and presented to the high
court at wasnmgton, would again
eaa tnat body to say, "The Inter -
est and hope expressed seem a
tilprayer against the contention of
lithe government."
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The railroad's own attorneys
J'lCould not prepare a resolution more
the liking of the railroad com
pany,
.1 3. Delaying the delinquent advertis-
I Big bill to the closing hours of the
tjPfeiBaloa is.a.plot to do by skuldur -
" . tHory and in the dark what cannot
-b done Ma the open. If there 1s an
assassination, all the facta Will be
j.idragged out into the light.
A ROLL OP HONOR
IRE is a roll of honor. It Is
a v list ot the house members
who voted under resonsider-
ront he delinquent tax graft:
Anderson, Belland, Brown, Bur
"T3n, ; CartmUl. : Chllds, Clarlt; r C3or
' iaa Crandall Dedman, Eaton,
'"Elmore, Qoode, , Gordon, f Griggs,
mill
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Hodgen, Walter B., Jones, Latir
g&ard, Lewis, Lunger, llackay, Mat
thleu; Peck, Porter, Portwood,
Itowe, Small, Stephens, Sweeney,
Thomas, Tliompeon Ticbenor.
Any sheriff can put the grant
I lands on the assessment roil at any
time, should the Charnberlain-Fer-
posed in Bean's new "midnight res
olution."
THE LAST STRAWWHEN?
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LL over Oregon men are
wondering why it Is often bo
difficult to get legislative
consideration of a meritori
ous measure.
Thus, the legislature rejected
the direct primary, and the people,
at the next election, pa'ssed it by
use of the initiative.
: Th legislature rejected a local
?ptkn bill, and, the people passed
It at the next election.
,' The legislature rejected a cor
rupt practices bilf and the people,
at the next election, adopted it.
The . legislature rejected the
gross earnings and corporation tax
bills, and the people, at the next
election, passed them by a vote
of about ten to one.
Measures of doubtful Or mis
chievous character often go
'through as if on greased skids.
i Witness, the "midnight resolution"
slipped through at the dead hour
of 3 a. m. of the last night of the
1915 session. Witness house bill
302, by -Bean, taking the side of
tention of the federal government
in the pending litigation before
1U. TTh.j m.i .
i"e unuea estates supreme court,
! On the other hand, behold the
i tar riers, pitfalls and obstacles set
UP In the way of the delinquent
dirbs d .cut ita vi.ls ?ut'
journey into the sweet subse-
ntipntl v.
It is onlv hv nlpaIstPT,t ...
straw inai Drone tne camel s dick.
A woman led the fight for recon
sideration and secured substitution
of the minority fov the majority
report on the delinquent tax bill.
With a woman a pledge of econ-
omy is a pledge of economy,
'not made to get into office,
but to keep. Mrs. Thompson, rep-
r-sentative from Wasco county, is,
by her record at Salem, Justifying
the faith of her constituents ex-
pressed in electing her, and is vin-
dicating the claims of women that
they should have a voice in gov-
eminent.
SENATOR BORAH
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NE of the many astonishing
things in the current troubles
over wars and rumors of wars
is Senator Borah's attitude.
mln(i and to use his brain effec-
i"TC1' ou curreni questions.
1 oul wum air. Boran says
iaDOut tne president s Ideals we can
discern nothing but narrow pro
vincialism and blind loyalty to
uu imuiuon. mr. wiison ac-
' knowledges that times have changed
for the United Spates since the days
or Washington. It was wise. then.
to talk about avoiding "foreign en
tanglements," because . they could
De avoided.
isolation was safe
, the because lt was possible. But
iMr' Wilson, like all other students
ot current human affairs, knows
mv muiaiiun is no longer possible.
ine scientific inventions which
I have been made since Washington's
time have revolutionized human re-
A a. ana .
iauons. ine Auantic ocean Is no
longer the barrier and defence that
it was, Steam, electricity and the
gas engine have brought us as near
to .Europe today as England was to
France in 1776. These are facts.
is dangerous folly to ignore
inem.
Mr. Wilson does not Ignore them.
cut jar, soran does. He Datheti.
cally dreams that the tJnlted States
Is still as many thousands of mllea
way from troubled Europe as lt
was when Washington wrote his
Farewell Address. And he pleads
for the same isolation that Wash
ington held up to us for an Ideal.
He pleads in rain. Whether we
wish it or not, the isolation is gone.
We may blind ourselves to the new
conditions for a time if we so elect,
but events will rudely open our
eyes. Senator Borah is a lotus
eater. His eight is veiled with dim
mists. He lives in a land where
"it is always afternodn." The dif
ference between him and the presi
ident la easy to state. The presi
dent acknowledges facts .and tries
to cope' with them. Mr. Borah fan
cies that he can charm the faits
away if he keeps on dreaming. He
is like the girl in the song who ex
claims, "Break not the blissful
seeming; Oh, do rot wake me yet."
Or, perhaps he is more like the
sluggard, who begs for a "little
more sleep, a little more slumber,
ft little more -folding of the hands
to4 sleep."
SIR. BEAN THEN AND NOW
THE federal Court of appeals
at San Francisco haa af
firmed the decision of Judge
woivenwn in ius vooa nay
Wagon Road land grant.
The decision has important bear
ing on issues in Oregon just now.
The grant consisted ot 90,000
acres of public lands, and it was
made by congress to the state to
aid construction of a wagon road
from Roseburg to Coos bay. It
was provided in the grant act that
the lands should be sold at not to
exceed $2.50 per acre and in lots
not to exceed 160 acres.
In turn, the state turned the
lands over to the Coos Bay Wagon
Road company which constructed
the road. Instead of complying
with the provision that the lands
should be sold at not more than
$2.50 per acre and In lots of not
more than 160 acres, the company
sold the lands to the Huntington
Interests In California, and the lat
ter, in turn, sold them to Elijah
Smith and associates of Boston.
All the transfers were in violation
of the grant act.
Suit for forfeiture was brought,
and Judge Wolverton handed down
his decision after the decision ot
the federal supreme court in-the
railroad grant land case. The in
teresting feature is that he fol
lowed the line laid out in the rail
road decision on which the Chamberlain-Ferris
law was passed by
congress, and the San Francisco
court of appeals now affirms his
decision. That is to say, the two
lower courts, the district court
In Portland and the court of ap
peals in San Francisco, have inter
preted the supreme court's findings
as giving the grant ee3 a $2.50
share in the grant lands and no
more, and. as giving back to the
people all the value in the lands
above the $2.50 per acre which is
tne exact assumption on wnicn
was based "legislation giving half
the proceeds to Oregon schools,
roads and irrigation and returning
the remainder 'of the proceeds to
tl e federal government.
Incidental to this significant de
cision at S&n Francisco, during his
administration. Governor West at
tempted to secure passage through
the legislature of a bill which pro
posed to do the exact thing with
the Coos bay grant that the courts
are now doing. His bill proposed
to reimburse the present holders
and take over zhe grant lands,
paying the holders $2.50 per acre
and returning to them such taxes
as they had paid on the property.
It was proposed then for the state
to sell the lands and turn the pro
ceeds into the common school fund.
Though the measure aimed to
do what the courts are now doing,
it was beaten in the legislature.
A leader in the fight against it
was L. E. Bean, then a state sen
ator, now the representative who
persuaded the house Wednesday to
pass house bill 302; which takes
the side of the railroad and goes
against the federal government in
the litigation now pending before
the United States supreme court.
In the Coos Bay Wagon road
legislation, Mr. Bean took the side
of the grant land magnates Just as
he takes the side of the railroad
in the present litigation.
The Multnomah delegation could
have saved Multnomah taxpayers.
delinquent and non-delinquent.
$7000 by pushing the delinquent
advertising bill through. Some of
them tried to do so. But others
are voting to perpetuate the graft.
These three voted for the graft in
the house Callan, Corbett and
Kubll.
COUNTY HUNTERS
IT SEEMS perfectly in accord
with the law ot evolution that
Klamath county should havo
an official hunter. We have
always had sheriffs to keep down,
the Inroads "of human vermin. A
hunter like Klamath's Fred W
Star, to stay the invasions of pred
atory beasts, may be almost as
useful.
Vermin and agriculture do not
thrive together. Sheep vanish be
fore ravenous dogs. Squirrels de
vour seed corn. .Gophers lay waste
the garden.. Coyotes with . rabies
bite everything and everybody they
see and the dogs they infect are
as bad as the wild vermin.
; .Oregon -owes the first steps to
ward ' ft state - government to plo-
neer activities i asalnst wild bea&ts.
The famous "wolf Weeting which
led on to the provisional .govern
ment was called for the same pur
pose that Klamath had In mind
when Mr. Star was made official
hunter, .
"The publication of delinquent
tax lists has constituted a graft
from time immemorial, during
which it has provided an easy
method for cheap, claptrap . poli
ticians to repay at public' cost
debts of gratitude for newspaper
support," says the Joseph Herald
on this page. The case has not
been better stated. When the Her
ald pointedly adds, "This thing of
waxing fat on misfortune has been
In vogue altogether too long" its
indictment of the publication sys
tem becomes complete and unan
swerable. Letteri From the Peopla
Commonlratkma aecf to Th Journal for
rulllcntlon In thl dciiartaicnt abonld b wrtt
ozi on only one aide ot tba paper, bruld not
xcfrd 800 words In length and mutt be ac
companied by the na:oe and addresa of tbt
aoncer. If the writer doea not desire to baa
tbe nana publlabefl b aboqld o atata.
Says Soldiers Trained Quickly.
Portland, Feb. 12. To the Editor of
Tha Journal I hav read In the lead
ing Journals articles referring .to mili
tary preparedness. At a time when
lt would eeem that such would be nec
essary, we see the advocacy of able
statesmen, even to the degree of com
pulsory training- of our youth between
the ages of 19and 26, of six months
of each year during the flower of
their early career. Just at a time when
our young men are laying the foun
dation for their future life of useful
ness. What a calamity such might
mean to the average young man, to
forestall his ambition, as he haa al
ready passed the stepping stones on
the road to success, as ls more often
the case.
Having been trained In military
tamp, I became efficient In a very
short time, even in diversified maneu
vers. To my mind it is certain that,
under compulsion, at a call for im
mediate action, such ls the intelligence
of our average citizen that we could
turn out the finished product in 60
days, as the larger percentage of our
people are familiar with firearms.
As to mettle when entering the battle
line, long terms of drill or prepared
ness don't determine this. In the
event of war. If we were well supplied
with efficient officers in sufficient
numbers, and trained men from our
military schools, those Who have made
lt a life study, w should not roaKe
the mistakes that the old world has
made in the past, stepping over ability
to offer leadership to men of
"nobility," or those in higher walks
of life, and being forced, in the end
to turn back to the strategist who
has risen from the ranks by hard
study and hard knocks. In my ex
perience, men of ability as officers,
witb competent rifle Instructors, In SO
day a, with Tankee determination
could, when absolutely needed, offer a
finished product to go anywhere.
J. M LARTT.
Wonld Have All Boys Soldiers.
North Powder, Or.. Feb. 6. To the
Editor of The Journal Discussion of
general military training, which I be
lleved best soon after the war began,
and thought to urge on Senator Cham
berlain till he championed it, will soon
win the country. Two most potent
reasons are seldom mentioned:
First, every boy ls entitled to euch
training as his due. In any foreign
war the boys will come, full tide, to
enlist, whatever their lack In training.
and the nation owes them the personal
defense of skill at arms as much as
they owe it their lives. Such skill
In war, is more needful than the com
mon school education for good citizen
ship. No more American soldiers
should be sent untrained and ill
equipped Into battle, as has often
been done.
Again, this ls a government of the
people. Our voters make laws and
select officials, and from the people of
ficials are choaen. Popular opinion ls.
under the constitution, the accepted
authority. Bo the country's power
should be in these same hands, trained
to efficiency. It ls accepted phllos
ophy, and can't be denied, that In the
last analysis the power In a govern
ment which has the greatest physical
strength will dominate. An absolute
government keeps its armed strength
superior to any opposition, or it falls
So here, a free people Bhould hold in
their, own united strength the greatest
armed power of the nation, not lodge
lt Jn great standing armies. Then their
wishes will always be law. Patriotism
would be encouraged, for the boy
trained under the colors to defend his
country should be a loyal citizen, prob
ably also more wise and more exacting
as a citizen and voter. Furthermore
a little discipline wouldn't hurt most
American boys. SCOTT GOODAXJj.
The Poor and Patriotism.
Cascade Locks, Or., Feb. 11. To the
Editor of The Journal I think lt
would be very appropriate at the pres
ent time, as this country seems to be
on the verge of war with Germany, to
ask what the- majority of American
workingmen havs to fight for? The
great majority that go to make up an
army own neither land nor home, and
where would they gain anything if
we were to whip Germ any, and where
would they lose anything If Germany
were to whip us 7 They get nothing
but a bare living, anyway, in peace or
war. and must live upon the cheapest
kind of food at that, and If a Jap
or Chinaman or an.y other foreigner
comes along and-offers to do the work
cheaper than they do, he rets the lob.
Ixok at our own soldiers we sent to
the border of Mexico. They are back
home now begging for work, while the
Japs. Chinese, Greeks and all other for
eigners seem to tie supplied with work.
Anyway, they don't seem to be ap
pealing to anyone to take care of
their families. Is there anything In
this to inspire patriotism in a' man to
fight for his country when he doesn't
own any- country and stands a pretty
sum chance or every owning anyT
am not an I. W. W. nor a Socialist, and
am open to conviction, and If you or
any of your readers can show me
where the American who is put Into
Jail for walking the streets because
he has not any money, as has been
done in your city, has anything to
ngnt ror, unless it is to keep out of
jau, i wouia luce to nave them do It
I. M. REAlICK.
The Assault on the Initiative.
Aurora, Or,' Feb. 14. T the Editor
of The - Journal The letter .of Flor
ence Bv Olson,: as published in Mon
day's Journal, contains warnings of
the intended assaults upon the Initia
tive by the legislature as set, forth In
H. B. 7, now pending. Tha letter
should arouse all friends of the
initiative to a protest against the
passage of the said bill or any other
dm IM such purpose originating In
th Oregon legislature. Why should
a secondary- legislating body medals
wit a law enacted br the whole
people erf they stats f ' WbaC excuse is
there to either morals er law tow sucit
Interference - Tha enemies of direct
legislation by the pople are numerous
and powerful and are seeking by sub
terranean and lnsiduous methods to
undermine the initiative and finally
overthrow it and restore the old time
regime of legislation fey nd for the
benefit of the few. If the present
initiative law needs amending, which
is denied, the proper authority to
make any such amendment is by the
direct vote. of the people and not by
JO persons, although assembled as a
legislature. Let the 293.000 other
voters in Oregon havs something to
sax In the matter.
It may be assumed, as a joke, that
It is only because of solicitude for
the welfare of the average voter that
Gordon and companywould throw ad
ditional difficulties in the way ot
starting the Initiation of a bill by the
people. Solicitude of the same kind is
shown in the measures of the bone
dry. bill, the sterilization bill and the
Sweeney anti-cigarette bill all fh
tended to nake Oregon one "Paradise
Kegameu," but wbicn will proDaoiy
fill the State with paid spies and
peeping Toms.
Let the cry of The Journal be re
iterated: "Leave the Initiative As
It Is." NAPOLEON DAVIS.
"Waste and Prices."
Vancouver, Wash.. Feb. 10. To the
Editor of The Journal An editorial
headed "Waste and Prices." in last
Thursday's Journal describes the
source of our national troubles. "Think
of the waste." Truly, "each superflu
ous wagon stood for a superfluous
store," and "the man with the hoe" is
taxed to support the whole parasitic
swarm.
Yes, but what are we going to do
about lt? We realize that we are fast
approaching a condition wherein we
will live through taking In one another's
washing. But knowing this does not
help ua What we need to know ls
how to avoid such condition. .-
The country ls swarming with Jerk
water politicians and reformers, the
most lnsiduous parasites. Which hon
est labor is taxed to support, but of
statesmen we have few. If Almighty
God would see fit to raise up an Amer
ican Lloyd George he might drag us
from the slough of despond. Some
years ago many saw in Mr. Bryan our
coming Hoses.
Truly our great national trouble was
not "mads in Germany." It ls a home
product.
In your editorial you are dealing
with the greatest curse of this ooun
try distribution. Mr. Edison asserts
that we have six distributors for estch
one actually needed. I know the
United States more thoroughly, and
have spent many more years in lt than
has Mr. Edison, and I say that we have
BO distributors for each one actually
needed. READER.
Osteopathy and Materia Medics-
Portland, Feb. 14. To the Editor of
The Journal The osteopaths, who
have always had as a basic principle,
the cure of disease without the use of
drugs or surgery, and who have
pointed to this accomplishment with
pride and on some occasions in a boast
ful manner, but who now recognize
the efficiency and necessity of drugs,
wanrto have the authority by law to
administer the most dangerous drugs
ether, chloroform, cocaine, eucane,
etc. to the people of Oregon without
any knowledge whatever of their ac
tion. ftL P. Bloxham states in his let
ter of February 13 to The Journal,
that materia medlca ls not taught In
the osteopathic sehools, thus admitting
that the osteopath knows nothing
about the action of any drug; yet he
wants the legislature to give him au
thority to use the most dangerous class
of drugs with not even a rudimentary
knowledge of their ability to kill and
kill quick if not handled properly and
by skillful bands.
H. M. GREENE. M. D.
National Self-COntrol.
From the Chicago Herald.
Americans will read with unfeigned
astonishment that Germany practical
ly regarded Ambassador Gerard as a
hostage until assured of the safety
of Ambassador von Bernstorff. They
will contrast this attitude of suspi
cion with the scrupulous arrangements
this country has made to insure the
departing German representative all
the consideration he oould desire or
claim.
Germany evidently underrates 'the
self-control of the American people
even in critical momenta Even If the
tension- were much worse the idea
of Insulting or otherwise maltreating
the representative Of a great nation
would be foreign to the publics mind.
There seems to be some evidence that
this tolerant spirit is not as preva
lent In Germany as lt ls here. The
German government's attitude toward
the American representatlvo supplies
an additional bit to the same effect.
The news permits Americans to
dwell with natural satisfaction on the
mood of calm and sober self-restraint
which the nation has exhibited from
the very moment of breaking off dip
lomatic relations. Ther has never
been a time when Jingoism was so
little in e'vldence. The people have
realized that this is no time for cham
pagne patriotism or magazine strat
egy, but for a serious rededlcatlon of
each and every one of us to the land
we love. It ls a serious situation
taken with a proper seriousness.
A Rotten Graft That Should Be
Abolished.
Ttvm the Joseph Herald.
The Portland Journal ls waging war
on the Oregon statute providing for
the publication of the names of de
linquent taxpayers, a process that
emblasona to the curious eyes of the
world individual misfortune or dere
liction as the case happens to be.
The papers of the stats do not uni
formly Indorse this propaganda, lt
was not expected that they would. To
follow tbe lees expensive and unos
tentatious method of notifying delin
quent taxpayers by mail would ab
solve the common herd from a graft
that will be relinquished by the coun
ty seat publisher in about the manner
that the suckling pig relinquishes
the teat of the sow. This thing
of waxing fat on misfortune has
been in vogue altogether too long.
And lt ls a decidedly hopeful
sign when a publication "of The
Journal's standing declares against
such practice. The publication of de
linquent tax lists has constituted a
graft from time Immemorial, during
which it has provided an easy method
for cheap, claptrap politicians to re
pay at public cost debts of gratitude
or newspaper support.
There is a broad distinction Between
advertising of a broad character
wherein the entire public Is Interested
and that involving the individual. It
is desired by all fair and understand
ing people that' this distinction shall
be recognised by the people's repre
sentatives in the state legislature,
who, after giving due heed to the im
portuning of selfish, sordid county
seat newspaper publishers, should
proceed to serve ths whole people.
The Toboggan Route.
From tbe IadlaaapoUs Kew.
Switzerland has an advantage over
soms other neutral powers, in that
when she gets tired of her German
ambassador all ah has' to do is to
put - him on a sled ; and - giv one
hove, . i - . -
PERT. N ENT CO MM ENT
SMALL CHANGE
When the auto show season is over,
what'n the matter with a water wagon
show.
Doubtless the Colonel has Snlr de
ferred his visit to Jamaica to soms
season when there is a shortage in
the ginger crop.
An imnnrtiiht Imcnt in the hlCh
cost of milk, doubtless, is the rise in
the price o tne wire ciom vast iiruo
era are made of.
Seattle's council is considering an
ordinance to put a "verboten" border
A "Th ft tar ft nane led Banner.
Which once more prompts the inquirTj
national anthem? ,
"The n. it. R. sav3 it Is almost out
of coal for car heating. ' says the De
troit News. Well, wttn ail its zauus,
tht P R., L. V P. loesn't warm its
cars with coal stoves nor, a lot ot
them, with anything a-tall. if yevver
noticed.
Actoro who go through their parts
while in the midst of great grief or
Buffering are lionized when the story
comes out. but all the world's a stage,
and all the men and women merely
players, and each one in his time gets
away with a lot of this stuff and very
few of them know there are such peo
ple as press agents in the world.
The hero of the Lady Elgin is dead,
aged 81. Saved 17 lives. Ever hear
of the Lady Elgin? Celebrated dia
aeter in Its day, and a song was writ
ten about it a most lugubrious song.
Also was one written about the Brook
lyn theatre. Remember them? But
there are uo many Eastlanda and Tri
angle sweatshops, in these later and
busier times.
SENATE OBSTRUCTIONISTS
From the New Bepabtte. 1
Incredible though lt seems, the end
ing of American isolation has become
a party question. With a few excep
tion's the Republicans in th senate in
tend to obstruct and if possible to
wreck the policy enunciated by the
president. The Democrats as a whole
are supporting it, though with an in
competence which ls ominous. Now no
sane man supposes that difference of
opinion on this the greatest of all is
sues before our people and before the
world can possibly b honest opinion if
It divides on party lmes. So far as the
Democrats go. the truth Is they are. In
considerable bewilderment, following a
leader. The Republicans are merely
demonstrating again what the last
campaign proved, that they are a party
without principle or purpose, a collec
tion of irresponsible factions, an or
ganized Incompatibility. They can
agree on nothing but anti-Wllsonlsm.
For Lodge and Roosevelt to Join hands
with Borah and Cummins in defense of
American isolation ls the very "depth
of absurdity. Senator Lodge knows
better. He knows enough about inter
national affairs and the facts of mod
ern life to see that a restatement of
American policy ls necessary. Just as
in the last campaign the Republican
party threw away every trace of con
viction and appealed shamelessly for
disgruntled votes, so today It is trying
to line up opposition to the president
out of extreme pacifists, arrant mili
tarists, out of men who want a know
nothlngism about Europe and mfcn who
think we should have gone to war for
Belgium. This is not wisdom, it is not
critical opposition, lt ls not common
sense; lt ls petty politics and vicious
prejudice.
There Is a powerful faction of strong
pro -allies sympathisers, especially
along the eastern seaboard, who need
to watch their step. They can no more
afford to make common cause with the
Borahs now than they could afford in
the last campaign to remain quiet
under Mn. Hughes effort to capture a
hyphenated-vota They are putting
themselves into a state of mind where
their prejudices against Mr. Wilson
will nee more cause them to sweat
with the discomfiture of their position.
HOW TO BE
EUGENICS. Eugenics, as the Greek
derivation of the world reveals, means
the science of right breeding. It does
not, or at least should not, mean that
men and women be mated like sheep
or cattle. It ls not the science of im
proving tba human stock by mar
riages that are academically ideal but
lack the element of Individual attrac
tion and instinctive love. It means an
Increase of love marriages.
Eugenics does not mean, as many
persons at first might think, anything
like the old Spartan practice of killing
off weak- children or of ruthlessly ex
posing children when born so that only
those who wer superlatively strong
and vigorous might live. It does, how
ever, reveal that we inherit the phy
sical and mental traits not alone of our
fathers and mothers but of their par
ents and grandparents In a far line.
For that reason eugenics deals with
the vital subject of Improving the In
herent type and capacities of the in
dividuals of the future.
By r'ffht living, physically, men
tally, morally, we improve not alone
our own lives but influence the lives of
the generations to coma In this re
spect, as in others, the study of eu
genics Is valuable. Though lt ls not
proved that one may inherit consump
tion, he may have inlrerited physical
weakness or a type of organism which
lacks resistance to germs and has
other 'precipitating factors that bring
about the disease. Therefore, one with
this inheritance should guard against
PERSONAL MENTION
Inspect O-W. It. A N Line.
M. j. Buckley, superintendent of tho
Oregon-Washington Railroad &. Navi
gation Co., left Wednesday night on an
official inspection of th line.
r. P. Traffic Man to Seattle.
Gerritt Fort, passenger traffic man
ager of the Union Pacific system, who
arrived in Portland Monday, left for
Seattle Thursday for a brief stay. Mr.
Fort, who ls accompanied by Mrs. Fort
and daughter, will return to Portland
Saturday morning and leave in th
evening for California.
a
Steel Manufacturer Here.
James E. MacMurray of Chicago,
president of the Acme Steel Goods
company, is a guest at the Portland.
He is accompanied by Mrs. MacMur-
ray. .
W. S. Lysons, ex-mayor - of Kelso,
Wash., is at the Perkins.
R. Gillespie is registered at the
Multnomah from Vancouver, B. C.
O. A. Schultx, Tillamook lumberman,
is at the Oregon.
Judge A. S. Bennett, The Dalles at
torney, is at th. ImeprUl.
George Vogel, Haines, Alaska, min
ing man, is at the Portland.
W. S. Stewart of Independence is at
the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Johnson are As
toria visitors at the NV)rtonia
Marie A. Barnett, Wasco banker. Is
at the Oregon.
Captain Charles Green, master of
th steamer Multnomah, is at the
Oregon. -
J. M. Carpenter, Los Angeles lum
bannan, with Interests tat Cherry
AN D N EWS IN BRIEF
OREdON SIDELIGHTS
The Pendleton East Oregonian re
marks that record breaking land deals
in eastern Oregon are now the rule
rather than the exception.
The Grants Pass 'school district ls
Jaat about at the point, the Courier
says, where the construction of a new
school building to accommodate pupils
on tbe south side of the river is an
absolute necessity.
Now that C. wt Puckett has demon
strated that it ls possible to raise
and ship potatoes from Myrtle Creek
in carload lots.it is Up to the owners
of good potato land to take th cue
and .get Into the business, says the
Myrtls Creek MajL
According to the committee which
has been soliciting memberships lor
the rejuvenated Rosebarg Commercial
club', 100 members are now pledged
while others may be added. This num
ber is considered sufficient to guar
antee continuation of the club's act
ivities. m
"The coming tax, due In April, will
be the largest in the history of
Halfway," says the Pine Valley Her
ald, "but there ls consolation In the
fact that it will never be so lar;e
again. The levy for the town alone
is 35.8 mills and the total levy is
67.7 mills." . ,
Tf the Eugene school board acts 'fa
vorably on a request of the Kujcene
branch of the American Physical Kdu
catlon association, the oJd central
school building will be altered ami
made into a play center and place for
working out other problems for the
entertainment of younir boys during
the summer months when their time in
not taken up with school work.
They will simply mak themselves
ridiculous if after all their talk about
Belgium and France and Prussian mil
itarism they refuse to aid the presi
dent in his effort to start an organiza
tion of th world in which the crimes
of this war are lees likely to be re
peated. They tell Us day after day
that they cannot hold up their heads
for shame becauae America is not
fighting to support Civilization. And
when they are offered a chance to
prepar America to defend it in the
futur, they rush to the senator from
Idaho and tell him he's a grand man
because he wishes to commit this na
tion to permanent neutrality. Is lt
any wonder if reasonable mn concludo
that deeper than their concern for civ
ilization, deeper than their feelings
about Belgium, deeper than their dis
like of moral neutrality, is their prej
udice against Woodrow Wilson?
For the Republican party to make
itself the defender of American isola
tion is a confession of bankruptcy.
From every, platform and editorial
desk it has been telling the country
that it was the party of national re
sponsibility and International purpose.
The Democrats were negative, irre
sponsible, without policy, and blind to
the facts of the modern world. Yet
today it is a Democratic president who
grasps the truth that isolation is over
and strives to guide our entrance into
world polities towards stability and
safety. It is the Republican party
which proposes to croUch at its own
fireside, build a high tariff wall, arm
against the whole world, cultivate no
friendships, tak no steps to forestall
another great war, and then let things
rip. The party which was Inspired by
th idea of American union is becom
ing a party of secession and states'
rights as against world union. There
ls nothing in the party, nothing in its
tradition to Justify this policy. It Is
born of partisanship and hostility to
th president, an,d when the issue Is
carried to the country, it will be found
that the American people do not toler
ate Petty politics In this affair. It is
altogether too solemn an issue to be
cluttered up with the fate of parties,
the prejudices and ambitions of lead
ers. HEALTHY
Oopyrigbt, 1917,
by I. Keeley.
infection and avoid unhygienic living
habits. On the other hand, the child
of a consumptive parent may be
rugged.
"The study of eugenics conveys a
warning to those who are about to wed
and are to be custodians of the lives
of children to come. It conveys a
warning to the young woman that the
prospective husband who ls addicted to
alcoholism ls liable to be the father of
children who are weak physically or
who may be mentally and morally un
fitted to succeed in the world. Ths
germ plasm Is known to be directly af
fected by alcohol. Those who Join in
a family line which ls strong in re
spect to traits In which their own is
weak ara supplementing, their deficien
cies. For this reason love matches, es
pecially the strong attraction of per
sons of opposite nature, are apt to be
desirable.
Musical ability ls known to arise
from traceable hereditary sources, as
also artistic composition, literary abil
ity, mechanical skill, calculating abil
ity. Inventive ability, memory, military
talent, aptness In languages, generos
ity, industry, reliability. Independence
and will power. Many families possess
inherent traits of ability which never
have had an opportunity for demon
stration. This may account for the ap
pearance of great men and women
without an obvious hereditary back
ground. Tomorrow Too Much Meat Bad for
Health.
Grove, ls at the Oregon, with' M. S.
and W. L. Haskell of Cherry Grove.
J. J. Carr ls a La Grande arrival at
the Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. Will White of Grants
Pass ate at th Cornelius.
. Gus Peterson is registered at the
Washington from North Bend.
E. K. Ingram of Salem is at the
Carlton.
4. M. Hodges is a Pilot Rock visitor
at the Imperial.
C. H. Williams of Pendleton ls at
the Nortonla.
Harlan A, Barrett of Florence Is at
the Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Price of The
Dalles are guests at the Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Hysing of Wallowa
are at the Washington.
H. M. Stevens is registered at the
Cornelius from Albany.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Sandstrom ar As
toria visitors at th Carlton.
F. R. Beats, Tillamook banker, is at
the Imperial.
R. F. Richardson. Salem undertaker,
ls at the Oregon.
L. Wilson ls registered at ths Wash
ington from Rldgefieid, Wash.
W. B. Barney of Lewiston, Idaho, Is
at the Carlton. '
Dr. R. O. McCall ls a Toncalla visi
tor at the Pertflns.
William B. Freer rf Klamath agency
is at the Imperial. '
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hitchcock of
Glens Falls, N. T ara at th Portland.
John P. Collier and family of Manila,
P. I., are at th Multnomah.
Charles Read la an Ion visitor at
the Perkins.
M. Wakefield of El ma. Wash, is at
th Nortonla.
R. Alexander, Pendleton merchant,
is at ths Imperial. -
Mr. and Mrs. K. T. Stafford ot "s
attl are guests at the Portland, .
Rag Ta and Bottail
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tt rolmnn all reader ef Tha Joan:
intid to oontritMita original matter la
wry. In ere or in pbllaaophkal obaarrattoa
or airlkhie qnctathma, fTD any amirea. ."xm
trlbatlona of rxwptknal merit Wilt Pl'
at tha editor' a jtrpralaal.)
The Upturning Hero.
ERASTL S FHINNET. black, S3, sm
in uniform, stood befor th
Judge. He, bore, the marks of rt
battle, says Cas and Comment, but
smiled pleasantly through two- or
three stitches and a yard or so f r
court plaster.
"Charged with assaulting fiva men
at a dance," said the Judge. "What
have you to say, Erastus?"
"I suttenly did raxoh Uem coons," .
admitted the prisoner.
"You're Juat back from Mexico, too, "
I understand."
"Yas, suh, yo' honah."
"Have you no respect for your coun
try or your flag?"
"Now, listen, Jedije, dem thing
didn't hab nuthln' to Uo wld hit at all.
I went to dis dance an' mah unifawm
done attract de ladies. Dey des flocked
an' d.'y flocked. Iat's whtfl mads
dem yellow no 'countn mussy. Dey
Jealous. Jedffe. I done took fo
han'some gala to de Ice cream countah-
and den de trouble begin."
nut you invited it. Ul1n t yon 7
"No, jou honuli! Hit des' follow Us" '
to dn le cream. l)en one ob dem -chocolate
coons, he say: 'Niggah, yo
ls de las' drop il sweat offn de las'
candle, and It's kaze yo' tongue is a . J
wick dat make!) yo- sputtuh when yo j
talks.' An' dat ui whuh de rasuh I
j wui drawn, yo' honah." ' i
You'd Xevor Guess His Nam.
A real oowpuncher from Texas, clad
In cowboy raiment of the most ex- C
pensive kind, a silk nhlrt. a S15 dicer, '
a pair of hand-carved leather boots,
and good looking' khaki, make a social
call at the yard office Tuesday, re
lates the Caldwell (Kans.) News. On
his shirt front blazed a carat sparkler;
another blazed on his hand. To better"
balance himself he toted a six-shooter
on on hip and a dirk on the other,
all in plain sight. In one hip pocket
he carried a pint of firewater and In
the other a roll of over $1000 in
honest-to-goodness United States cur
rency. And, Gladys, what do you
think the gentleman's name ls? Red
Eye Bill? I should say not; No less I
a personage than Mr. Lovelady, of
Texas, en route to Kansas CHy with
ten carloads of fattened steers.
Strength.
Onoo I was veak. who now am strong,
And life was Just a bore, ,
Dent.lte the fact that I vas rich
Had diamonds by thu score.
Now I am strong, who one was weak; -There
is Joy with me ench day.
Despite the tact tlint Fnte came
And took niy gold away.
William Trull. 293 10th St.
Uncle Jeff Snow Hays:
Ma says that down to Portland they
employ professors to teach 'em flow
to breathe, and what with gas stoves,
e4evators and 4'tneys some of the best
people don't take a full breath ones
a week, and act 'slf the air cost food
money to fill up on and, that tbe
money was needed for necessities of
life. Ma 'lows a buck saw and a
wash tub In each family kep' a goln
would make 'em breathe 'thout bein'
taught.
HOW PORTLAND
WOMAN FLED
BELGIUM
When the Germans invaded
Belgium in the late summer
of 1U14 Miss Beatrice Young
of Portland was studying in
; the university at Brussels.
The sudden turn of events
necessitated immediate
flight. How she and her
companions made their way
from Brussels to Ghent and
Ostcnd is told in graphic
fashion by Miss Young in an
article that will appear in
THE JOURNAL next Sun
day. BIG TASK Op
PORTLAND
ENGINEER
The Canadian government
has under way at Halifax,
N. S., the greatest port proj
ect in the world. Ultimately
thirty millions of dollars will
be invested in waterfront
and terminal facilities. Work
has been under way for two
years and the end of the
present year will see the
completion of the first unit,
to cost eighteen millions of
dollars. Johnston Porter of
Portland is general manager
of this gigantic project,
which will be described iff
picture and text in THE
SUNDAY JOURNAL next'
Sunday.
THE WORLD
AT A GLANCE
The usual factorial news re
view of world events and the
chronicle of the week's hap
penings in paragraph form
will be presented to refresh
the reader's mind.
FEATURE
RESUMED
The Serial' feature, "The
Straight Girl on- the
Crooked Path," appearing
on the back page of THE
SUNDAY JOURNAL
Fiction Magazine and
which was unavoidably
omitted last Sunday, will
be resumed next Sunday.
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