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AW IHDEFgXDEKT ItVWiPATZTk Ck . JACK BON. .Pobllaber : ftobUabad 'every dar. afternoon and morning Hxorpt Bandar afternoon) at Th Journal fcolldlng, Broadway and Yamhill streets, r PortUaa. Or. . .. , , ... at the raataf flea at: Portland. Or., far traaamlaalon through to jnaila aa second eieas matter. . OLEPBONES Main T173f Horn. A-O0G1. AU departments reached 67 tnese number. . Till toe operator waat department roa - wnat, - - fOBEIOM ADTEBTISIKO BEPRE3BNTAT1VB '; Benjimln A Kcntnor Co..' Brunnrlck Bide., f I2S rifth 'At., Nar Xork. 1218 PeovU'a V Qaa Bldg., Chicago. . (QUOUUT) I battle. There la, a difference of hilt nna mil,. (i'f) MotiKA 'flnt the rate ion grain from Walla Walla to i Seattle 1b 13 cents against 17'centa from La Grande to Portland. It is because of the higher rate of 3 cents to Port land for the same haul and many other rate discriminations of the same kind that The Journal is dis cussing the Portland situation in a series ot articles. -The La Grande discrimination and other rates will be discussed in tomorrow's Sunday Journal. ! nbeerlptiea term by mall or to an addresa " . to the United Btstea or Mexico: DA1I.X (MOKNI.VO OB AFTEENOON) l Ona 7ar ..S3.00 J Ona month....... .00 ; SUNDAT Oa yaar........ 12.60 Ona month . .25 ? PAILI (MOttXINO OB AfTEBKOQN) AND ' SUNDAI -. 0na year. 17.50 Ona month ..$ .08 I Vnk npon Indolence aa a sort nf aiil etde; for the man ta effectually destroyed, though the appetite of the brat may sur vive. CbeaterfleUl. L SADDENED CONSUMERS F NOT FOR CONQUEST IEUTENANT COMMANDER BLACKBURN is quoted as having said the following in a speech in Portland: I think I am voicing the navy's Vlsh when I express the hope that when this war ts over the American ' ?lag will fly from the Canadian line to Panama. I With proper respect for Lieuten ant Blackburn, who is described as a fine young man, it should bo ald that if such is "the navy's wish," it should not bo voiced at this time. J If it is ."the navy's wish" it is direct conflict with the wish of ne commander in chief of the xavy, who for the time being is . -Woodrow Wilson, president of the ' United States. a I ' ! It is in direct cyfffliet with the .views of the .American congress -'which, in its recognition of a state of war expressly declared that this is a war, not of conquest but of defense. It Is In direct conflict with the views of the American people as' a: whole who are opposed to any war of aggrandizement. ' -The lieutenant's remarks would not make good reading for Gen eral Carranza at this time. ' Nor would they he pleasant contempla tion for Guatemala, Nicaragua and the other Central American repub lics, some of whom are support ing us in this war. The kaiser is looking for Just such inflammatory and boastful utterances to be used by his secret agents in Central and South American countries to arouse those excitable and volatile peoples to hostility against the United States. The kaiser's spies are still In America in numbers and there is - nothing they can find of such value in serving the kaiser's gov ernment as to be able to transmit to the kaiser's spies in pan-Amer lea, utterances asserting that it is . "the navy's wish" that "when this war is over the American flag will fly from the Canadian line to Panama." If officers of some of the South American navies would publicly declare that it is "the navy's wish' that when this war is over South American flags would fly from "Panama to the Canadian line," it would arouse bitter resentment in the breast of every American What can we expect but that the Jingo utterance about, the Ameri can flag flying "from the Canadi an line to Panama" will arouse similar resentment in the, mind of every pan-American who hears about it. And what are the kai ser's agents in America for but to see that they do hear about it? 'As assurance to Mexico and the . neighbor nations of America on this hemisphere. The Journal ven tures to quote from an address delivered at Hotel Biltmore to the officers of the American navy at the, time of the review of the , grand fleet of the United States off New York in 1915. " Addressing "Admiral Fletcher and the gentlemen of the fleet" at the time, Woodrow Wilson, com mander in chief of the United States navy said: The Interesting and Inspiring; thing . about America, gentlemen, la that she asks nothing for herself except wnat sne nas a ngnt to ask for hu manity Itself. WTO WANT NO NA TION'S PROPERTY. We mean to v question no nation' honor. We do not Wish to STAND SELFISHLY IN TUB WAY OF THE DEVELOPMENT ,.. OF ANT NATION. . Finally. In his addresa to 'Ad . t feilral Fletcher and thet gentlemen of the fleet", the . commander . in chief of the navy said: 7 The mission, of America Is the t 'nly. thing that, soldier or Bailor r should, think -about. He has nothing .to do With THE FORMULATION OF '. HER POLICY. HE IS TO SUPPORT JIER POLICY WHATEVER IT IS; : - but he 1s' to support her policy wtth f he spirit of herself. " ' v : ; IPTEEN dollar hogs, 38 cent bacon and 23 cent hams with 24 cent lard are problems now uppermost in the minds of the consumer. Alj these. prices are wholesale and there Is an added profit of 15 toj 20 per cent for the retailer before the con sumer "gets his." Nine dollar and j eighty cent flour per barrel means an extreme cost for daily bread.! The loaves are ; getting lighter ;and 'Smaller day by day and there seems to be no relief in sight with wheat com manding sky prices. For instance. at Chicago yesterday (May delivery wheat went tp $2.25i per bushel, while case stuff waa. worth perhapi 15 to 20 cents per bushel more. At Portland wheat went to (2 a bushel. 1 Lack of ships is causing an acute famine in sugar and specu lators ate making the most of the matter by demanding premiums from their unlucky customers. Potatoes are selling at $4 per hundred pounds in carload lots at countrjr stations. This means bet ter than 5 cents a j pound to the consumer and potatoes form a large per cent of jthe American meal. 1 Cheese prices have taken wings and the same is true of butter, both of these products again reach ing record values, due to greater demand than supply. Rice is going Tiigher almost every day and beans are no longer the boarding, house joke. They are how in the luxury class; as Is, in fact, practically ; everything the consumer must purchase. Fruits of all kjnds, including oranges and apples), are touching new high points almost every day. All of these, are sad facts for the consumer. There are all sorts of wild rumors regarding the cause of all this, but in th,e main it is the lack of suTficient supplies, due to the world war. Conditions would not be nearly so bad if these were even a ray nf litrht fnr the Ifntnrft. With the winter wheat acreage through out the world the smallest known for many years and with no car ryover from the last season, it be gins to look as if daily bread Is to become a dally extravagance. of . Shackleton and two associates through ice and sea to, the South Georgia . whaling station for help, the. four efforts required to final ly rescue the men j on. Elephant island, and lastly, the expedition that picked up the survivors-of the crew of the Aurora, awaiting the ' arrival of the original party on the Australian side of the Ant arctic continent, were told in a matter of fact way by this man of the antipodes. He had led' BI3" men into the wastes of the the South Polar seas in the service of science and his country, and when unforseen perils faced them, his sense of re sponsibilfty' asserted ; itself In . re sourceful 'astion that dfd not relax until both parties were. returned to safety with the loss of but three lives.' Between the lines of his gener ous expressions of appreciation of the service of his companions, one senses the courage of the leader whose determination wrought suc cess out of failure. And the flashes of humor that briehtened the narrative were as sunbeams illuminating the char acter of a big man. cast doubts on the validity of the road bond issue, should it receive an affirmative vote. It "would cast doubt ' npon the fate - of all other measures ' upon the ;.. ballot. It would result in a "chaos of un certain ty and litigation. The court,.Bhould. recall its or der and permit the law to take its course. If It does not the supreme court should be asked to teach the ourt ot Curry county the limitations of its authority, the fullness of its dutyy and the limits of its jurisdiction. , PEACE TERMS T HERE is good ground to be lieve that a new peace move rcent is on foot In Germany, forced by the entrance of the United States into the war. The Handelsblad, a responsible Dutch newspaper, declares that Pfesi dent Wilson's war policy will be sure to make peace come speedily because "Germany can now have no hope -of ultimate victory." It seems that the initiative in the new peace movement is to come from Austria. That country has already given Letters From the People Communications aeet to Tbe Journal for publication in tola department ebould be writ ten an only on aide ot tbe paper, aboold not exceed 300 words tn lengtb ana maai oe ac companied by tbe name and addresa of tlia mender. If tbe writer does not desire to bar tbe name published he thonld ao state.j Pisgah Mother's Preparedness Plan- TA1Mil Anrtl 1 Tf. t lift KVl i - s. v i latiu, v w lor of The Journal I notice in a.ie- cent Issue of The Journal that J. A Uemenson urees ua to agricultural In- duatriousneaa and thua avoid a aerlous food nanic. I thlnlL he hits the Key note. With the present high cost of living beans 15 cents per pound, pota toes over"? cents, and $12 a sack tor onions it behooves us to look ahead and plan for 'the future. It takes patriotism to go off into some Isolated place to raise beans and potatoes. It takes patriotism for a woman to plow and hoe a garden; but women have done it refined, cultured women. patches draw today, of the numberless iictlma of czarism etreaaning lorcn from Siberia, toward home, liberty, and a new life. From the prisons, trom the mines, from the convict hoepitais ana settlements, " from the f roxen villages Of the Arctic steppes, the hapieas pio neers of freedom, the youth and con science and aspiration of Russia, aTe called back to the realization of a great dream, backto take their place in the upbuilding of a new nation, by the side or their comrades from the aungeons of St. Teter and St. Paul and Schlus selburer. "Ha h t h nut down tbe mighty from their seats and exalted themfl low degree." Not even In the French Revolution, was there uch swift and complete . repayment. "One man Jtrom the Irkutsk city Jail 'wore the gold braided uniform tunic of the dismissed governor of Irkutsk nnder a ragged and greasy overcoat." Such flashes of corned v. aealnst the tragic background of the hideous past emphasize one of the world's greatest dramatic climax es. It was as if a voice said, "Iet there be light and there was light." In the Capture of Bagdad From the Wail Street Journal. Germany's dream of world dominance received its severest setback when Bagdad fell into the hands of the Brit ish. In the near east Uermans aimea at oconomie control of an empife. in extent which promised to supply her In the future with all the raw materials which she now imports from outside countries and ooen markets tor her flnshed sroods. Bagdad is the eastern terminus ot the railroad constructinc to connect tbe capital of Germany with that of the ancient- caliphate. Germany neiu Turkish concessions for exploiting and My monopolizing nearly everything In this PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SHALL Cl&XGE mother sent all her boys to wax and3rfsa between the Dardanelles and the the and my sister plowed the fields i Titrris and the Persian border. Some the first and second years of the Civil lf the earth's most fertile soil is in this war; and then, the last year, they left reirion. The 'ancient cities of Ninevah the fields and went to war themselver, and Babyion prove this, and Bagdad as nurses. It looks as though we may itself had a population of 2.000.000 cen 1'ave the same eal. and I believe the turles before Christ. Engineering women of today .are not one whit be-ljrojects were under way that would hind In patriotism any past genera-1 restore the Mesopotamia fields to tlon If put upon their mettle. We all their former productivity. The restor want to do our part. I ation of this land would mean, for What are plowing, sowing and gard-i Germany a plentiful supply of wheat enlng compared with the thought ofKnd other grains, fruits, vegetables, letting our younj boys go into the cotton, wcol and livestock. trenches? and even that is our un- There la a rich oil territory north- murmuring duty when our country I east of .Basdad. which was being con calls. Inected by branch railroads. Copper. I would like the cooperation of all I Oliver, coal, cement and other minerals our citizens in Ret tins: all the old men and mpial r found In Anlatie Turkev. out word that it will -not support together, and the women (why not?) I and thest, were under the German con tha Prussian clioii in nnv nttftmnta to go out to the Pisgah colony and cessions. Not only the "Cedars of iu annex new terruory ana xne there as real patriots for the purpose which Germany needs were practically leiwi oi Jis siana dkh ueen puD-ioi serving our country we Desi we i under her control and every year Tur lished in the Frankfurter Zeltung. can wlth our Hmlted strength, to help key was becomin more firmly bound nwu " i. a.iiimo. uiu mtu ni'ui m vassaiage to Germany. cannot a-o to th camns or do a. hardl r.,t f.tii Dma.imiim !. . ... w. . . . 1 " M V liiB IfkW. . A UOIUll.Vtll. - . . autnorities. U3 evident purpose cays work that calls for a man's itnow n tmd hut rr ham mined n Is to prepare the German people- f ort can a much in light garden work, J to the militarist, Germany could not for t ho cnHancA nf thA mat or-I ; . . . . "'"" I great unless sne masierea ail oiner. tor tne collapse ot tne great ex- plervty of land can plant be- The Bagdad railway must be a means tiayuua im nmtu iuv aaisci i iween uie stumps, umer pauiois wnoi0f aiding a world dominance by force, hetrin th war. I are engaged in otner lines of nusi- Th Porsfan ruif is rn. to th A formulation of th TevitA neBS renaer aia in neiping proviae world and policed by Britain. Wrest . . , , . I " m I WlBbl WUUQ1 I L Will UVr B'J L K terms upon which the kaiser would their products are maturing and being DaB6j oould be established there con grant' peace, to his conquered an- b'ot ready for the market. All the nected with the railways and a military i'"' a " usm; i.uv peupn 10 yui " i line wouia be open from tne Baitio to crops, now many wui neip proviao for these workers who are willing to put lrr crops? PISGAH MOTHER. Phone Tabor 2492. What -we are all looking for now is a retreat labeled "Made in Germany." The men in n trenches are the ones who will end the war and keep tne next one from starting. Bulgaria went into the war for what there was In It. She seems now to want to get out of the war for what there is out of It, - When they run out of military euphe misms for what ails Hlndenburgs forces, the German strategists can call it homesickness. And so the Englishman is to rclin qulsh his bit of tea. Weil, if it Is as hard to break the tea habit as it must t to form it here s sympathy! The btcV to tha soil caJl has a sne- cial appeal for the unsuccessful mid- uie atea man wno. as a, iarmer ouy. aa rooilsh, enough to turn his bad to the soil. a To remain beautiful, eat an onion. half a grated turnip and a handful of cranberries daily, a domestic science lecturer nas advised clubwomen or &t. Paul. But suppose you are not beau tiful watcha gonna eat then? In Argentina bakeries, groceries and cigar stores may remain op;n on Sun day until noon, provided they are at tended exclusively by their proprietors and no cleiks or laborers are em ployed on tbat day. Next time,the lid ded town is in issue, somebody might start something like that. "There are 21 species of bees gen erally known to be indigenous to lira zil, but few of these are domesticated," says a consular report. Of the 21,000 species indigenous to the U. S. A., the best known being the presidential bee, OREGON SIDELIGHTS tagonists comes by way of the New Republic from the Journal ,de Geneve. The term3 include an indemnity of three billion dollars, the surrender to Germany of Calais or some other channel port, Prus sian garrisons permanently in Ant werp and several other Belgian the gubernatorial bee and the mayor alty bee. all are so thoroughly domes ticated that thev .never seek the tim ber until after election. The Baker Democrat exercising con siderable restraint, lets it go at this: "Just when everyone was getting their rakes limbered up and their lawns cleaned off for the summer, the rain came along yesterday: and stopped the gooa wortt ana tne weatner man th moisture may continue indefin itely." - , Forest Grove is probably as clean as the majority of cities of equal else. and it has its annual clean-up cam paign, but the Express wants to see a week devoted to thin work this year; especially, in view of the old soldiers and other visitors who will fee coming in June. -"In times of .political campaigns,' says the Sumpter American, "oratois tell us of tbe great many things the government Is doing- for the people, but this Ik time wiven we must show the government that every cltlaen has an oongation io tne government, n is a Door proposition that don't work both ways." The imperturbable, weather prophet of th ontlmistie sort In thus mildly panned 6y Ham Kautxtnan of the lloulton Herald: The local weather nrnnhct K.ild for the last two week un. we ll nave ary wcainer uer un moon fulls.'.. The moon lias beeh full for a week and it has rained almost rnnstantlv pvcrv dav. He saTS now: 'Oh. we'll have fair weather when the moon changes. Th rain irniitrp ar Toledo, the Sen tlnpl Riivs. showed that 13 inches of rain fell during the month ot March. "Of course, we must believe u. we lly admits the Sentinel, "but.it would be "quite aa easv to bellero that 13 feet of water fell. Judging from the per sistency with which It perambulated down through the cloud. Ilke Kill Nye's leaves, 'the rain ia jrnlly fall ing, falling everywhere, fallinp: in the atmosphere, likewise in the air.' " Rag Taj? and Bobtail St ones from .Everywhere THE COMPLEX MODERN BATTLESHIP the Persian gulf, a standing threat to India and the Suez canal. A southern extension of this road throVgh Syria could threaten the west eru end of the canal and lay Egypt open te attack. How else could Eng land be so successfully "invaded?" How helpless would she be if her east ern connections were cut. Success would mean a threefold ln- Rogue River Fishing. Grants Pass, Or., April 12. To the Editor of The Journal It has been brought to our attention that Mr. Mao- towns, the control of the Belgian taken the necessary steps to crease In the empire's population and norts and railroads and nreferen- .DU,OB"1"1? T" ? " lay the world at the kaiser's feet. But .., ,' r, ' Z4? a D.m 1 reguiM tne taxing oi th6 British now hold the eastern ter "ii lauiio iui wiiuau ubucliw i saimon in Korue river, wnicn action I mi.,,. e ,- t i 1 m - . . M 1 wva. o i V tiirj ii j vi ierms HKe tnese are, OI course, I nas oeen muorjea by tne unamoer oi fnV nnm wnonmnHnn in narmanv commerce or your city, in connec- l"1 """"" wu.uww - uv.uu.uj. . V, . .1 Jl 1, . All V, , "11V". " ut ui cav-o tentlon to the following fact: irom tne Kaiser were to convince fate or the hand of providence? During the many years that the late th fiprm.m neonlft1 that h Is Mr. Hume operated the cannery at the waCinc a war of rtfpns I mw r u sreavesi paca waging a war OI aeienSB. I AM. not. tmnnnt tn an mijoh oc innnA In his war message to congress, cases in any one year, while during The kaiser is- to announce within President Wilson used the slgnifi- the yearsof ins nd 1W6 there was . . . . .i 1 n t wnrda "hrinff tnA crnvAvnmAnt I PaCKed a tew aays me extension or me r" . I cases, if operations continue on this Back to the Farm. from Leslie's. Many a farmer boy would be better off in this era of high prices if he had stuck by the farm and put Intelligence as. well as hard work Into its develop ment. The young man from the coun try often has to accept a menial po sition In the Industrial life of the city. Driving a trolley car in the city is by no means so Independent or re warding a pursuit as that of the young farmer who hauls his load of .milk to year more than rflMsiriH nnntlnuA barred zone to Include the entire of the German empire to. terms scale It will be but a comparatively North Atlantic, use of which will and end the war. short time until the salmon of Rogue - ;.! -xi. mo infn,-mtinn thmrh Amn river are exterminated. Under the De oeniea tne snips oi an nations ", , existing laws and conditions, the Mac- r?rmer T00- .Vs nl JM or .milk to nn nennliv nf hpinsr cunt withmit . sador Gerard as to conditions In iM, (.,.,. ..in.. the nearby station. The younr man warning. In time other oceans Germany, knowledge of the effect nets, can take practically all the fish mnllJ f" 27 n2,l" nf t vi rnirintr intn ho iAnn pf ot i mat euier me river, aiiowinsr vr rv i - - doubtless, even until we may hold the spectacle of the Prussian sources or America in credit ana The Portland Chamber of Commerce, autocracy claiming dominion over foodstuffs and supplies, must have Jn indorsing the action tMr. Macleay, all the waters of the world. Richard Smith ia Leaua'a. The modern battleship is probably the most complete and complex ma chine man has ever produced. anJ though the picturesque features which surrounded the wooden men-of-war of years ago have gone, their place has been taken by features a thousand times more interesting and inspiring Here Is the last word in a cold, brutal fighting machine that is also a home for a thousand men; a machine that fairly radiates personalty and proves Itself both a workshop and a self-supporting community able not only to clothe and feed, teach, employ and amuse those who live In it. but also to supply virtually everything that the average man's comfort or interest le- mands. Truly the modern battleship offers community ltfe developed to the nth degree Probably, too there is no more com plete and startling proof -of the value of discipline, drill and cooperation for maintaining not only efficiency but also safety, than that given on a bat tleship. Responsibility rests on the shoulders of every roan on board and vital re sponsibility rests on the shoulders of many hundreds among the thousand. That is why practical, not theoretical. trainine is necessary, why the maneu vers at Guatanamo are the most valu able side of navai life, why laxness 1 not tolerated. Too many million dollars' worth of property and too many hun dreds of lives are at stake to permit of Inefficiency or carelessness. With such a complexity of duties In mind, as falls to every man from common sea man to captain, one may readily un derstand why the government wants only its best and most Intelligent among the young men of the country in its navy. Consider tor a moment the personnel of a battleship. At the top, with full command and responsibility, stands the captain, the administrator. He is, perhaps, as near an absolute monarch when at sea as the civilized world offers. After the captain comes the executive officer, on whose shoulders his chief places responsibility for maintaining the general and military is getting; more wages RETRIBUTION T HE frightful destruction of houses and farms as the Ger- been considered by the president ls lendlnsr af?lstnc to a Plya-te mo v j nopoly of the fishing privileges of as Bound ground on which to assert Roerue river, against the best interests the conviction, "bring the govern- .of the people of the entire state of I ment of the German empire to Oregon, in view of this a resolution uuuniiuuusiy out'pitsa oy tne ; Chamber of Commerce of Grants Pass terms and end the war." he Is in the grip of steadily rising prices and that everything he use he has to buy. One thing that the era of high prices emphasizes ls the error of the coun try to city exodus. The effect of ex perience and practical certainty that high prices of food products will con tinue should turn the tide back to the Unless the extraordinary should protesting against the attitude of the f1-- mans . flee through France haDDen there seems reason for serves no military purpose, hope that mankind may not have Some excused it at first on the lone to wait for a world of de- ground that it would delay the mocracies and a world of peace, British pursuit, but It " has done nothing of the sort. The British The British army Is now astride tJr , I a"- a a ..v Hiw Portland Chamber of Commerce 1b this matter. Grants Pass worked hard to keep Rogue river from being entirely closed to properly regulated commer cial fishing and if Mr. Macleay per sists In his efforts to kill this bill it means a river entirely closed to corn- years from now. Trade experts are predicting that when peace comes the cost of living will be still higher, .due to an enor mously Increased European demand for raw products, particularly foodstuffs. Farmers have been enjoying remark able prosperity for a number of years, and there are yet better days ahead. The south, more than any other sec tion. Is responding to thU opportun war dogs are at Hinaenburrs parts of the Hlndenburg line. Thlr- We consider substitute house bill No riiAla liiat th an m a aa If Vi a YiaA I .on tnnnaanH nrlcnnsn onJ 1 Alt I 248 nrnvldes a fun htiA ntitrh1. 1am not made so many French families German guns captured since last frT,I,Ant1re8t" conei!?rnfj? vln f.,,sn,n l 1 in. - j i . j j, . iv. ii t-. I ,- """"'u O-llUWBU uuujcicdo. .mo ucou uuuuu ia wau i AiDQUaj uiBcuuiii iu cai iier cqiuh i to become effective tonly malignant. annonncements that the German "We would respectfully solicit your The loot of St Quentln Is said retirement is Hindenburg strategy. and assurelou'ufe SSr7i to have been done by order of Reverses like these, following close BOUthem Oregon and Portland are Prince Eitel Frederich. one of on tne nurnng oi tne vast resources identical. j. PARDEE. the kaiser's sons. The crown prince of America into the conflict on he , Herd Law. ... . . II. .1 lL. .11!. X J 3 I perpetrated tne same crime around siae or me ames, may not uiscuur- Elkhead. Or.. April ll. To the Edi Verdun before he was driven away age the kaiser. But they will dis- tor of The Journal I would like- to have found it profitable beyond expec- . TWa nHncoUnira r,in a orn, courase and dishearten the A us- K.now " tn nerd 1&w carried all over tation. $815,000,000 of the $528,000,000 In crease In agricultural production of the whole United Statea A writer brings out the point that large numbers of southern business men in the towns and smaller cities are buying and op erating1 farms. Having taken up the work at first from a sense of leyalty to their section of the country in bringing about Its development they a great courage deal of nrdnertv. When the war trian, Hungarian, Bulgarian and ls. over It should be levied on re- Turkish people and make them lentlessly to pay for the damage think of peace. they have done. The private for- aflc" tune upon which Prince Eitel Friedrich expects to live in luxury and Idleness when he gets home from the war would retrieve the miseries of many a worthy French family. It should be devoted un sparingly to that purpose. A DEFIANT COURT T the state, or If it was Voted on by each county separately. J. CD. I Grim, Unromantlc War. rnnnjui.... . . I ivuuuiuuus vary so areauy in Ore- I ivmi th. mu.hM. p..nn. t.. nn . h. v,. i v.- v.. . I . . ' ' "..i. uecu maue i . The aanaicap we Dear is that our largely a iocai matter, 'ine Inquirer war will not have on the surface the WOUld do Well tO address the COUnty I nvmintlx rlnmnur thut n . thrill attorney of his county, if In doubt as through the youth of Europe. The foe iHE county court of Curry county is net a bashful trl bunal. It does not believe, evidently, in being bound by precept or rule. It has declared to the law in his locality.! Join the home guard by putting every available space of ground into a food producing garden. was at their gates, insolent, flaunting, for a time invincible, and therefore leaving no question in the minds of high spirited men as to where their duty lay. Our foe will not show us his face. He lurks In the water be neain a meiai roa ana spies for us through a device'of little mirrors. For the present, at least, war will be more like routing out vermin than fighting IiEADERSHIP To the youth of Europe the appeal to actlOL. was inevitable and irresistible Women did lot try to keep men home. The distance from La Grande jtO' Portland ls 292 miles. . And it Corn in War Time. "Girard" la Philadelphia Leuer. Said Rabelais nearly four centuries ago. "Corn is the smews of war." To what better use can thousands anil the statute calling the special elec- j thousands of school and college boys tion for June 4 to be unconstltu- devote their next vacation than to help uceu iiiTrt,iiiij voucu. it uas en - i potato paten ana xne corn row, in the tered a formal order f n which ft dairy and the furrow. says that "notice ls hereby given U-iL. ... 2T5r.7l - Tr1?0"' The maidens, the babies, of those na tht thla .-curt will rf., t L"'.L',U"'- "iuo"e" Doys tions were are still Imperiled. Once .. . . i woo ao nui so imu me army ana nur. .1.. v... 41 a . . . HE penalty of leadership thorize, the holding of such election shal them upon the thousands of farms of chivalry In German life appeared is loneliness," aeciarea in uurry county or to pay any ex- " "JVit .v-7 . 7. face to race with the men of the allies Sir Ernest Shackleton, dis- penses incurred by reason of such need " " uunorm ThJ German soldiers charged machine tlnguished British exnlor- election, and the clerk ls hereby Corn. I tell you. Is the great element Z 7ZL mS ir. .V VZSz er, in relating the experiences of Instructed to refrain from taking f th,ls wa,r'L7cJ coIn J u eulv- steel, however oontemptibie might be ms. expedition to the Antarctic any steps toward holding such nro. r.fc A'. AVr"". "'"",r'''u: the efficers who spurred them on continent. ftPr hMrin ni " a in 1"" - .Z1tr: J1" n England has burled heroio Germans , o " ma 1 yvatu ci.uvu. iuuw raiu iivm uk.kuu vua uiier in- with military honors auaience BUDsenDea to the corol- It is a new experience In Ore- auguratea n i suDmarine Brutalities in our immediate task we shall have 44 and so brought the United States Into war. Your T.ncle Reuben Corn tassel lary that the reward -of leadership gon for a county court to usurp ls self sacrifice. the functions of the supreme court His recital of. the almost super-land, beyond its pwer, to set aside I marches first among the captains of human atruggles of a mere handful the mandates of the legislature, r"""""' of men against infinite might in H is a novelty to see a court by the Ice-bound south polar seas was formal Order direct an admlnls a powerful narrative because,, of trative officer to refuse to heed the simplicity of its telling. the law. mv. 1 . il. , . I xiio wieva ut Lue tunaurance in The spectacle would ue amua- the Weddell sea, the heartbreak- In er If it were not serious. Fail Ing journey of the hardy seamen I ure to hold the special election la 'iwif t succession of emotional crises to reach the forbidding land of Curry county, in common with the ' which the world has experienced la the Elephant island, the 800 mile trip 1 other. eounties of the state, would .Z&XP "' Th Sou of Freedom In Russia. From tbe 'ew Tork Erenlnf Post. It ls not the dawn of freedom we are witnessing in Russia, but the full sun of freedom bursting through the murk of despotism. 'Tha broken shackles of the slave are literally true. Not all the .ittle of war's romance, but. Instead, the concentrated essence crt all that is bad in the Prussian system for th U-boat symbolises all its wickednes -nj nothing of what ls good in Ger many. Yet In the long and tedious self sac rifice before us, unlllumined by pageantly, ruggedly practical, there is teally the greatest possible test of our national character, They Like It. Are goats fond of music?" T should say so. I had one that last three years -can steel us to Ah late up $60 worth of phonograph rec- effkriency of the ship. He is the cap tain's representative and to him every question ls referred. The heads of de partments and all officers and men are under his direct orders. Under the ex ecutive officer, who may have one of several ranks, but on the larger snips Is likely to be a lieutenant commander. comes the first lieutenant. To him ls delegated the care and order of the vessel. I.i short, he ls "the house keeper." Then, day and night some of fleer muii be in temporary and full charge of the deck. His headquarters we on the bridge. He is known as the offlcer-of-the-deck. On these officers rests the main executive control. At the heads of the various depart ments are the medical and pay off! eers, the officer In command of the ma rines or "sea soldiers, " the chief en glneer who has charge of the motive machinery and lighting and heating plants, the navigator, the gunnery r ordnance officer, who is responsible for the real work for whlcn tne snip is built, that of destruction, and the chap lain. These men, witn tneir aireci suo ordlnates down to the younger ensigns. torm what is called the ward-room mess. The captain however, dines alone. Other messes or "iamJlles" din ing together are those formed by the Junior, the warrant ana petty oriicers. Divided up among the various de tartments of the ship are the warrant officers and the petty officers of many classes and rrades. The boatswain and his mates, acting under the executive officer and lieutenant, have charge of the decks, anchors and cables. They summon the crew to Its duties by whis tle and r.ass on all orders to the men Thev are experts In seamanship. The Biinnera and their mates have charge of the ship's ordnance and electrical eauipment, under the ordnance officer or his division officers. The carpen- t.r. .nd their mates have ts their duty the maintenance, In good condition, of the shin. The quartermaster and his assistants come under the navigator and ee-s to the carrying out of all or- Jwrs which have to oo witn navigation The masters-at-arms act as ship police Th yeomen iform the clerical force In the different departments. Coxswains act aa boat crew commanders. ITo this column all reaitera af Tbe Journal are larltcd to contribute original matter-Ma -atory. In Tro. or la pulloaophlral ooaeratloi su-iKinc quotationa. rrtxa aay source, uon tritatiuna of cxcrplloeal mTit will be pa!4 tor. at ua eaitara appralaaLJ Colonel Driggs' Peculiarity. XXfHEN Rodger Dolan used to tend bar " in his uncle's saloon 25 years ago In. Indianapolis, one of the regular patrons' was Colonel Bill lriggs, who owned a dig cnair factory in the neighborhood, -says Cornell's Magazine. The colonel called at ltotiger's. uncle's wet groo ery every evening for his Jolt and very . frequently at noon and sometimes evin in the morning. The colonel was a real colonel a commissioned officer both in the Mexican and Civil wars, wore a big-peaked broad-brimmed hat, heavy mustache and goatee, a' cape cvercoat a typical aggressive military man of a generation ago, authority as serting, quick to express displeasure. He carried a huge ivory-handled cane that had been through many a battle that 13, through the descriptions of tnem. - Now", the colonel always called for Bourbon whiskey. There were two bot tles back of the bar. out of which the ' customers were served, one labeled Wye and the othr Uourbon, but as Itodger's uncle did not have any con-iidom-e In the epicurean taste of, his ustomers, both iKittles were filled out the Famo barrel of whiskey. Very requentiy wben Colonel Drtggs -came ror nis lolt of Bourbon. Rodger would make a mistake and pass out the' rye oottie. usually the colonel would discover it, but always after he had UtKcn his drink, when he would begin o couch, heave, snuttpr and caan. lief ore the coloml roul.l eel hi wind urriciently to bawl lilrn out. Rodger' would know his mistake, ery humbly poioglze and ask the colonel to have nnother, a drink of Rourbon. on the house which he wtjuI.1 accept, but si ways with some muttering and much scowling. Rodger says that ever flpc this ex perience lie ha noticed that life is pretty much a matter of labels. HOW TO BE HEALTHY OopTT'cbt, l17 r a. Cly. PXEUMpVIA Three there are In the van of the "hosts or aeam tuberculosis, heart disease and pneu monia! Because pneumonia is qj- tlnctlg a cold weather disease ana makes its principal raids in crowded cities between December and May, at tention should be focused on it at this time. According to the United States nnViiiA health service, 10 per cent oi all deaths In this country result from pneumonia. There are numerous pre disposing causes of pneumonia. One of the greatest ls Influenza, more com monly known as "grip." The acute con tagious diseases or cniianooa aiso prepare the way for pneumonia, espe cially measles ana wnoppmg cougn. So do exhausting diseases of what ever nature, or habits that lower bod ily resistance. While pneumonia finds Its easiest victims among the very young or very old. no age la exempt. tne neavy drinker or the man wno taxes -jusi so much every day" proves easy prey. The alcohol saps their vitality, and when the germs attack, the body has no means of defense. The overly rat man, who won't exercise but will al ways eat. must fight against heavy nAA when stricken with the disease. As a rule, he has worn away the re sisting power of his vital organs by dally overtaxing them. His heart is likely weakened, ills Diooa most iine ly is poisoned. As pneVimonia gener ally "runs its course" in six days, the normal man's heart can often stand the strain for that length of time and he has a chance of getting well. The heart of the fat man, tbe drinker or the excessive smoker rarely hold out. a Debility. either temporary or chronic, developing from any cause, increases-'susceptlbllity to the disease, the commonest of debilitating influ ences being cold, exposure to pene trating winds and the chilling of the body surfaces as a result of wetting. Bad housing, mental or physical har assment and overwork also act as advance agerlts for pneumonia. Stay ing long in evercrowded, overheated rooms, ofices or workshops, or in overcrowded, under-ventilated street cars, are causes that may bring on thA disease. Thus plenty of cold, fresh, moving air ls vital in the prevention and in the treatment of pneumonia. At the Presbyterian hospital in New York City pneumonia patients are treated in the open air wards on the roof. The patient, with head and body wel protected, being placed where cold fresh air can blow over his face. I for any reason a patient cannot be taken to the roof the bed is placed against an open window. Where there is complicating bronchitis, how ever, cold air must be used with cau tion, especially among children. ' a When Major General William C Gorgas, U. S. A., was called to the Rand mining district in South Africa to assist in controlling pneumonia, he found housing conditions largely re sponsible for the terrible Inroads of the disease, natives from the inter ior, accustomed to living in separate houses with their families and to working in the open air, had been brought to the mines and housed in barracks with double-decked beds placed as close together as possible. The work of the natives was under ground, their rest was in the over crowded, unventllated. lodgings with the" result that they quickly suc curnbed to pneumonia To check the disease Gorgas advised scattering them over the countryside In small individual huts, a method which had been tried in the Panama canal gone with entire success. The secret was simply FRESH AIR! Next Monday Stimulants to Be Avoided. IreparInei. "Dis is de fust time yo" been to prayer meetin' in a long time." said the pastor of a colored congregation. "Ah hai to come," replied Mr. Kras- mus Pinkiey. "Ah needs t rengthenln'. Ah s eot a job whttcwasMn' a ct rkpti coop and buildin' a fence around A watuhmclon patch." PERSONAL MENTION Oregon Track Team Arrives. The University of Oregon track team, here for the Indoor meet to be held at Cblumbia university, is quar tered at the Imperial. Dr. and Mrs. C." E.. Stafrln of Ka lam a are guests at the Nortpnta. Mr and Mrs. Claude W. Kemp are Maplewood visitors at the Portland. O A. Copeland is registered at the Perkins from Roseburg. un Dean H. Hayes of Eugene ls a guest at the Multnomah. John H. Lewis of Salem, state en gineer, ls at the Imperial. Ben Wise, Ilwaco merchant, ls at the Oregon. I. H. . Scott is a Eugene visitor at the Cornelius. 13. A. Jones of Camas, Wash., ls at the Carlton. W. H. Eccles, Baker lumberman. Is at the Oregon. President P. I Campbell of the University of Oregon is at the 'Im perial. C D. Grant Is a Eugene visitor at the Washington. Hector - Macpherson of Corvalls, member of the faculty of Oregon Agri cultural college, is at the Imperial. R. C. Hlllman of Culver Is at the Perkins. Mrs. J. O. McNab of Vancouver, B. C, is a guest at the Multnomah. J. W. Sifton Is a Hood River ar rival at the Carlton. Miss E. Brask is registered at the Washington from Skamania, Wash. J. W. Thomas of Vancouver, B. C. is at the Carlton. , A, N. Orcutt ls a Roseburg visitor at the Portland. Mrs. R. K. Hanson of Corvallls Is at the Nortonla. Oscar Kelsay of Fossil, sheriff of Wheeler county, is at the Oregon. ' Ralph X. Carter of Klamath Falls ls at the Cornelius. EL Howard Spencer ia registered at the Nortonla from Houston, Texas. II. M. Vendsyssel of Copenhagen Is Jan overseas visitor .at the Portland. H. S. McGowan of McGowan. Wash-, tie at tne imperial. gon. - E. F. Blade of Salem ls at the Mult nomah. ' - '-r : ' : , A. P. Carlton Is registered at the Nortonla from Seattle. , Almn&t n l?4&rii. "That's funny,'" rntiscl Iauncelot. one of trie knightly hoarders at King Arthur's tnVle. "'That's funny." he re peated. "I haven't rescued a damsel .in lis tress for almost two weeks." At that moment. Kays the Detroit Free I'ress, which reports the matter. though as news it neenis ome cen turies stale, a piercing, but sweet, scream issued from behind a clump of laryngitis trees. "Sic 'em, Hcmper Tyrannls!" . chuckled Iuncelot, ard spurred hia good steed Yea-Bo. Hehlnd the. .laryn gitis tree he found a Talr, golden haired, dark-eyed iemate bound hand and foot, while a gront hulking wretch ImIIi.. What ho! Ho what!" cried Iaunce- lot, and prepared to spit the 'fellow en his lance. Nay, nay, good knight, rood knight!" cried the dark, fair one's tor- nentor. "Do but. give me leave to ex plain. This wenon Is my wife, and many a time and oft have I warned her it would go hard with her If I fame home once more and found her ut the "mnnlea" Instead of tfcxne. nrenar- ing supper. And but Juat now I came home famished to find no supper and my-wife at the Tunnies.'" "Give it to her good. Go to it!" said uuuiKciui kuu men iimiience. The Dairy Lunch. By rata .IfMunn. . The simplicity that characterises the dairy lunch has long been an object of my admiration. There are no alleged works of art to weary your already wearied eye; there is no "mu sic to mak'; you chew your soup; there is no table cloth to absorb coffee, gravy and soft egg; you do not have to wait 25 out of your possible $0 minutes for your food, since you take It along with you, and everybody else being tn as big a hurry as you are. they do not bire you with their views on the high coft of living. But. ' man-designed and man-operated as they are, there ars.-ntill a few of the accessories of polite living that can scarcely be dispenaed with. I re fer chiefly to the ad-called linen nap kin that sheds fun on your dress or your trousers, according' to whether you are a man or a woman. If they will give you paper napkins, they should hand out a rock with each ' one, that you may anchor them, since, when the door is opened, your napkin flies away like "a bit of thistledown on a spring hurricane, and that of someone else nettles In your dish of tomatoes. Your tray also has a fool ish way of sliding up and down the marble slab on which it Is placed, and. since von have no jutiice whan your cup runneth over, it makes a ma rine view. In which your biscuit flg urcfi as an island. The cup, too. Is as thick as the cement dam at the wa terworks, and props your mouth so wide cpen'at the corners that a large portion of the liquid for which you have paid good money oozes out and trickles down your neck. But at least you escape the Imbecile of the cafeterias who Is always ask ing, "Two?" I mean, the man who takes your tray when you have filled it and leads you to a table where there are other people, who don't liv en up noticeably at your approach. Some time I am going to say "Seven." and see what happens. - He will . be lieve it, since, with no encouragement whatever, he already mistakes me for Siamese twins. The Two ITayers. I knelt at the feet of Wladom, A thirst, an hurwrered for Fame. I prayed for the key to knpwledge That would my ambitlri gain. "Oh. light me the fires of genius," In impassioned tones I cried; "Fan them into raging flame." Wisdom sadly replied: "Go strive for the things you crave; There is naught that I can dot Succeed or fall whlche'er you may. It rests alone with you. There Is no royal road To the place which you aspire. But you must gain whate'er you gain By the strength of your desire' . I knelt at the feet f the 'Master. 1 prayed to be free from sin. My soul was Weary with striving;- . I longed for the peace within. I cast my desires that were carnal I destroyed them one by one; I surrendered myself completely And said, "Thy will be done. -"Go work out your own salvation In fear and trembling,", said he. "Bv their fruits they shall be known - This for man as well a for -tree And the talents I left in your keeping, I will require them all asaln. So be not weary In doing well," And humbly I said. "Amen"! - . Orris KyibvrWapinttla, Or. I'ncl Jeff Snow Says:" -The declaration of war by Cuby on Germany don't mebby amount to much, but H shows the right kind of sym pathy wtth Uncle Sam. If some kind of a picket rope can be put n the speculators and grain gamblers, -we won't have o much of a hard times war la the United Statu, , . ... A