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THE OREGON DAILY- JOURNAL, PORTLAND. MONDAY, MAY28. ,1917 -f Alt TfcDEPENpBXT NEWSPAPER (C. 8. JACKSON .Publisher PublUh.-l eer Iar. afternoon and morn In 15 lexcepi auDita; afternoon) at in journal Balldiog, , (Sruadwaj and A'as-blU atrceta, f orUand, Or. atred at tie poatofflce at Portland, Or., for 1 tranamUalon liirougb. the nails aa second -, I -lass matter. STVLCPHONEft Mali T173; Bom. A-6061. I All depaitutents reached by tbeac nambere. - f 111 toe operator what departa-tnt , you 1 want. IOKKIU.V ApVEUTiaiNO BEPBE8ENTATITE .. penjamln Ken I nor Co., Brnoawlck Bid., 228 Hflb Ave.. New York. 1218 People'a Gaa Bid., Chicago. tiulnxiiptlon lerma by mall or to any addresk in in united stales, or Mexico: DAILY (MORNING Oil AFTERNOON) One ear 3.X ,'Oue motn........ .60 SUNDAY One rear .... 50 I One month.. 9.23 PAILY (UUB.MM; OR AFTERNOON) AND ! SUNDAY One year $7.50 I One month S .65 It la not by any amount of material splendor or prosperity, but only by moral freatnenn, by ldeaa, by worka of Imagi nation, that a rary ran conquer the fu ture. -Jamea Kusaell Iwell. THEIR RESPONSIBILITY w MERELY A WAY STATION E HAVE Been in these articles that the northern roads domi- couraglng to him at this time than an overwhelming popular subscrip tion by the people of. America to nate the railroad policy of the northwest Their interesU ;." !"; At S1 Ktlmf' being on Puget Sound, they fix the railroad policy for the ".a subscription to the bonds .,., a a -,, .hnnM k mnhat-' would do more to make him think lcally a Portland road, the Union Pacific, including the O-W. R. & N., ? peace. thn wa the reat def eat ,va h-w . hIs armies sustained at the Marne, accepts that policy. '.,. .i ...., -. Thus, the Union Pacific, including the O-W. R. & N., Is making- JT vl . B ,,-h ,r,-.ir,i t 4. m-i-,ttnir,- tmriin r.onTi Actions .t Seattle. If yu wa-t the coming of peace l VU VV UUUWt J-- ...., vm B aw.-w a - but none at Portland. It. is building costly docks at Seattle, but none at Portland. We have seen why the Great Northern and Northern Pacific do not permit the North Bank to become a serious factor in building up Portland. They own the North Bank. If either diverts transcontinen- hastened, buy a bond, no matter how small. After reading about the Illinois tornado maybe we can bear up a tal or other traffic to the North Bank. It must pay the other, halt daT? r "n' THE 'Emergency Board is about to decide whether it shall vote $3000 to enable Attorney General Brown to prosecute the Pacific Livestock company cases.' It is not a question of the S3000. . It is a decision as to whether the state of Oregon shall "attempt to recover 26,000 acres of the best land . of Harney valley which It has reason to believe was taken from the school fund and the school children of the state through fraud and deceit and in violation of law. . It . involves a question of public policy. It goes far beyond the mere question of money to de termine whether the state shall or shall not condone unlawfulness, fraud and public wrong. Seven members compose the Emergency Board. They are James Withycombe, governor; Ben W. Ol cott, secretary of state; Thomas B.' Kay, state treasurer; Gus C. Moser, president of the senate, Robert N. Stanfield, speaker of the house; W. D. Wood, chairman of the senate ways and means committee, and K. K. Kubll, chair man of the house ways and means committee. It Is up to them, and to each of them, to say whether the state of Oregon shall punish al leged fraud, or condone It. It is up to them to decide whether they shall stand for the school children of Oregon or for a cattle company of California. ' . When they meet, the report made by Attorney General Brown to Governor Withycombe will be be fore them. Attorney General Brown in that report says: ' Most, If rot all, 'of the applications and assignments for the school lands In Harney county were forged by John S. Devlne, of the firm of Todhunter & Devlne. The forgery is bo apparent, upon comparison of the various documents, that there can be no question about It. Speaking of other lands now beld by the Pacific Livestock company Which the attorney general clalma! ere fraudulently obtained, the re port says: Peter Clemons lived & few miles - from Burns and his affidavit has been procured which, recites that the sig nature pn the application and assign ment is not his, and that, he .knew, , nothing about the application being , filed. The report 'shows the testimony of two other men who are on tho record of the, land office as having made application for lands now; held by the cattle company. It says: Angel Bustamanta and Juan.Redon " lived near the postoffice at Andrews, Oregon. Redon's statement is to the . effect -that he' did not knowingly make . the application above referred to and "did' not authorize anyone to .make affidavit for hlnv and that he paio. ;no money. Angel Bustamanta maites affidavit that he did - not apply for y'. any school' lands. The report says: C. E. Kenyon is how in a bank at . Welser, Idaho, and he admits that he purchased the land for the benefit of - the company and at its request. And ao it proceeds. It Is an astounding relation of sworn state ments that tend to confirm the at .torney , general's ' allegations of , fraud, land looting and lawlessness. The people of Oregon will watch ' with much interest to see whether ' the Emergency Board will take Its stand for them, or against them. the revenue from such traffic carried by the North Bank to Portland. If either carries such traffic over Its own line direct to the Sound in stead of diverting it to the North Bank, it saves to Itself the revenue that would otherwise go to its rival. That is to say, the very owner ship of the North Bank for obvious reasons, destroys the possibility of that road from ever being much more than a local line and prevents it for the same reasons from ever engaging even in the slightest com petition favorable to Portland as against Puget Sound. How com pletely true is this situation is proven by the fact that 'the North Bank has never been permitted to build branch lines that would serve as feeders In gathering up even local traffic for Portland. With this as the situation, the activity of the Union Pacific, includ-i-nr; the O-W. R. & N., in adopting Puget Sound as its real terminal, its building of big docks there and none at Portland, its maintenance of steamship connections there and none at Portland, its routing of trans continental traffic for offshore destinations and the non-routing of such traffic through Portland, presents a most extraordinary con dition. It is a condition the inside workings of which are exemplified in the higher grain rates to Portland even where the distance to Portland is less than te Puget Sound. A sample rate is that from Pendleton, 330 miles to Seattle, at the same figure as from Pendleton, 218 miles to Portland. What makes this rate ' peculiarly Illustrative of the favoring policy toward Puget Sound, is that the revenue on the 330 .mile haul to Puget Sound is divided between two roads, and the haul 'to Puget Sound is over a costly drag over the mountains against a level haul down the river to Portland. And all this time, the natural terminal of the O-W. R. & N. and Union Pacific is Portland. They can deliver Vladivostok munitions and other traffic to tidewater at Portland with a saving of 186 miles as against Seattle. With 75 miles aa the average locomotive run, Portland delivery is a saving of 2 days in locomotive capacity and a similar economy in freight cars, those freight cars now so scarce and so badly needed. There is also the saving In man power, a matter of very great consequence to the stockholders of the roads, those roads now clamoring for Increased railroad rates. At Portland, the O-W. R. & N. and Union Pacific are practically without rivals. If they tried, they could make Portland their Portland. By devoting their energies to building up Portland as they are now doing Puget Sound, they could .create her an enormous traffic that they would have practically for themselves. The northern roads as history Bhows, the moment they reached Puget Sound, began to estab lish offshore connections and to make great investments in terminals and facilities. They cast their lot there in spite of the over-mountain handicap. Some of them established - steamship connections in advance and the day their newly completed roads opened for business ships were in waiting to carry traffic to the orient. Those roads are entrenched on Puget Sound. And the Union Pa cific and O-W. R. & N., which should be Portland roads, are proceed ing to entrench themselves on Puget Sound instead of Portland. Do the latter suppose that Portland will always be content to permit all th,e roads of "the northwest to make Portland a mere way station? mist that has been dampening our springtime ardor for the past few days. Letters From the People (Communications sent to The Journal for publication In thla deDartment abeuld be writ ten on only one aide of tbe paper, abould not exceed 300 worda In lena-th and mint be ac companied br tbe name and addra of tbe render. If tbe writer doea not dealre to ha me name pubUabed be abould ao atata.i Ing that Its contribution . is dis bursed to the beat advantage to the state. To the state road fund of this year Multnomah county will give $80,990.85. put of a total of $219, 69Q.98 from all the counties of the state. In the past four years since the quarter of a mill tax has been ef fective Multnomah county has con tributed $346,072.32 and received practically nothing In return. In 1916 the auto license fees of Multnomah county amounted to $55,531 gross or $45,564.57 after the expense of administration had been deducted. Next year under a law passed by the last legislature the motor vehfcle fees are to be transferred frojn the counties to the state road fund. They will also be practically doubled. This means that Multnomah county will contribute to the other counties of the state approximately 100,000 out of a total estimated at $310,000 contributed by all -the counties of the state. Hence it is plainly manifest that the Interest of Multnomah county in the road bond issue is a most important one. It is a matter of great moment that the present wasteful expendi ture of state road funds be discon tinued and a plan on business lines adopted which will Initiate a com prehensive plan of Improvement In uring to the benent of the entire state and proceeding by a conserv ative method through a number of years. A few years ago the state of Washington laid out a state-wide plan of highway development and has slowly been following It with the result that it is now about half completed. The burden of taxa tion has not been felt. Multnomah county Is greatly concerned In the adoption of a similar plan by. Oregon. of these five men. It was a serious business. Concerning the Old Regime. Portland, May 24. -To the Editor of The Journal In today's paper, over the signature of Marlon B. Cleveland appears a letter against commission government. May I ask the writer what good is it to put good reform laws on the stat- ute'books, by initiative or otherwise, then elect men whose duty it should be to enforce them but whose lives and party affiliations are directly and irrevocably opposed to all reform and progressive laws in the Interest of the common, people as a whole? For Instance: George E. Chamberlain or Oswald West, as governor of Oregon, and a etandpat legislature to thwart every move In the Interest of the peo ple that it dared oppose. Then Harry Lane, as mayor of Port land, and a standpat council to head him off. Then, to cap the climax, a commission charter for Portland, and elect a majority of the commissioners to see to it that commission govern ment was a failure. Will Marion B. Cleveland please state why none of the present com missioners of Portland made anything like the improvement in their depart ments that Will H. Daly has? I pause for reply. Again, how many of them gave him assistance In what he has accom plished, unless compelled to by public opinion? Did they not have the same opportunity to improve that Mr. Daly had? If not, why not? Who are the people, or the element, if you please, that are opposing Mr. Daly today? Is it not ths same crowd that were in the saddle previous to Mayor Lane's administration? Baker, for instance. And is it not a fact that the commission has been compelled to tear up and rebuild some of the old rotten Jobs, pulled off by the glorious old councilmanlc government? And how about some of the new Jobs by the same crowd? the auditorium, for instance, with its $21,000 overpayment. No wonder they want the old palmy days back again. And if the people are foolish enough to put them back, let them take their medicine. The road through progress to good by stata, district or municipality, dur ing the period of the war very, try unpatriotic, to say the least. No bonds should be issued by any except the United States government.: It Is now K very common expression, Don t buy - any Portland ' property. Don't trade for any Portland property. I would nave sold, but they wanted to trade in ome Portland property. I would have sold out, but they wanted me to take part Portland property." The only thing now needed to fit Portland for a' decent burial is a few more issues of bonds. Notwithstand ing all the drawbacks, I will buy a lew Liberty bond., as I am patriotic. I believe ours a Just war. O. L. PAXTON. A Ranchman's Dilemma. Lakevlew, Or., May 14. To the Ed itor of The Journal In The Journal of May 4 is a personal appeal to the farmers to grow more food. problem confronts us here In this part of Lake county that to a cer tain extent is causing quite a 'little waste in regard to the conservation of beef. We are a lot of small dairy farmers and our herds are crossed up with Holsteln and Jersey and we have some registered stock among them. Of course the increase of our herds are either fullbloods or grades and the buyers foe the packing houses discriminate between them and the beef breeds to that extent that if an animal shows the least bit of Holsteln or Jersey bloodf they cut them out and we have them on our hands. Some of us are overstocked now have more than we can feed and pasture and to buy feed and hire pasture puts us on the debit side of the ledger. I would prefer disposing of my surplus stock at weaning time, or Pertinent comment an.d news in brief SMALL CHANGE Good mornfnr n fl,raAAfi t JL - Have you subscribed for a Liberty bond? What a wanted now on our sub marine chasers is some of that good old squirrel-rifle shooting that made the Revolutionary sires famous. . Our excellent and most exemplary friends the Quakers are easily hep to the difference between a man moved by the apirlt and one moved by cold feet. t That well known American charac ter who "went into the war a private and came out a brigadier general" isn't going to have anything on Doug las zi r. .a a The rule of the road gives right of way to the vehicle approaching from the right. And if that vehicle is a locomotive you d better make it from the left. also. Note the movement to barge for eign bound grain down the Mississippi in unlimited quantities to relieve rail congestion. Also, note what a lot of things that are perfectly feasible in stress of war are going to be awfully hard to get away from when peAce re turns. t 9 V Let us remember the difference be tween shooting at a target the sise of the Christ obal Colon, broadside on, and one of the size of the U-77's periscope, and remember also that if there's any body who wants to hit the U-boat any worse than we want him to, it's the man behind the chaser's gun who. by the same token, is also the man in front of the U-boat's torpedo. OREGON SIDELIGHTS Rag Ta Bobtail Stories From Errywkre Many of the older students of the Run ftchnolii r maJiinar application for leave of absence to do farm work, the Uuard states. In the cases of stu dents who are well up in their work. permission is given. A number of high school boys of Heppner. the Oasette-Tlmea says, have Joined in the food preparedness cam paign and have gone out on the various firmi to ajisist in the work of making crops secure. Every fellow Is doing his bit in some form or other. A fine bunch of gold from the Cape Blanco beach mines and a fine array of' coarse gold from the Rock creek mines, the tiold Beach Reporter as serts, is ample evidence that there is "some gold scattered around this sec tion, even if Curry does not claim to be the golden shore which the departed spirits seek for their perpetual abode." Rhododendrons will feature in the decorations on Memorial day In Eu gene, according to announcement of the committee in cnarge, instead oi rones, verv few nf which are vet in bloom. This is the first time in the history of tho observance of the Jay in Eugene that roses have not been plentiful, say the old soldiers, as quoted in the Res-i-ter. . I No better counsel than this, from the Wallowa Sun: "This year, above all years, we must have gardfens; we need chickens, and we will npt get along without our pets. In most municipali ties, laws are made relative to the keeping of stock. We should each one. If we have chickens or stock, see to it that they are not a nuisance to our neighbors." To thla column all' reader Tbe Journal are tarUed to eontrlbnt original matter la atory, 1s 'trie or la pslloaopbtcal obaerraUoe or atrlklng quota Hon a. from any aoorce. Coo tribattona of exceptional merit wiU be paid tor. at tbe editor' a appraisal. TWO BILLION DOLLAR LIBERTY LOAN Th rtrnvnnla- . ir. mB ' government does not lie via the old ine orogonlan on May 26, one i -,., Jkt tm THE ROAD BONDS tJLTNOM AH county Is vj tally Effected by the six million 'dollar state road bond pro posal, notwithstanding the hill - provides that none of the money Is to be expended in. the county. . The growth of Portland is de pendent upon the development Qf. the state.. -This is. so obvious It needs only- to" be stated , Another important reason is that Multnomah county contributes ap proximately, forty 'per cent of the week before the election, gave Its candid advice to the voters of Port land. What it said Is above. Mr. Daly was elected, and he cut the cost of street cleaning from $359,000 to $230,000 In spite of the enlarged area of the city. He cut the appropriation for the water department from $1,730,000 . to $889,000. He cut the water rates and saved consumers $380,000 within three years. The Oregonlan was right. Mr. Daly was the man for the place. The Oregonlan had not then Its personal grudge against Mr. Daly because he refused to supply water at public expense and water con sumers' expense to the Oregonian's private castle on the heights. and no one at all familiar with that system, and not In effect affiliated with the old gang, will vote to return to it at this election. C. J. MTLAIN. as vearllns-a At nu T don't nro r.. .--,,-. k I Br WllHaia a Mcaooo. Secretary of the i v . ... I iTeaanrr. some of my neighbors are in the . 1 ond 'f8"' w..X..bI! same dilemma. Last year during Sf1 a ? "D"T oaJtJ.. V i , . unnea states roTtrnmrai "vuui, -- uie nay iiib season atiiu seu.raii ir- i T. . i -hlrt m vest I butchered my yearlings and ln ,,1 t7-.7 peddled the meat out through the t 0,ld tov Ppl $ country and during the winter P T . .v . .v. . j . -i nart tho necessary money to carry on io mo lima war was ueciarcu wiui i - - - ... , .... Germany I butchered several calves th wltlJ ,aTnanT;-..f! r o ,. ..!,- . ., v. ,,. will be Issued In denominations of $50 rl , w ".: "-ivr. I" to IIOO.OOO each, with interest pay neighbors. -manually. d are exempt Now I call that a waste of food- o aU taxation by federal. and Tin,.. t t- w municipal authority, except, of course. I don't want to do this butchering, the Inheritance t- The 1 bonds are w... . . . ..w Ian absolutelv safe investment and or- htr,- tv,. at. ,. w., j fer a happy medium through which resented, or kill them as soon as I low. rich and poor, can ren- find them, and throw them to th, r indispensable a!4 to th, wvrn" -. ment in carrying on the present war. The date has passed that Mr. Hat- I Wars cannot be conducted without zel was to reach the farmers, so I monev. and we not only must finance write The Journal and ask the edl- I the needs" of our own government, but tor to place this letter in the hands I W9 must help the allied governments of the proper committee. I making common cause with us against R. K. FUNIC I Germany and making common cause l'with ua in our effort to establish lib- Wants Help to Be a Farmer. -rt-. throughout the world. That is Portland, May 12. To the Editor of the reason we call it the Liberty loan. The Journal There seems, to be a na- I The money derived from this loan will tlonai cry for farmers and farm prod- be dedicated to the right lor ma es ucts, for us to win out in thla war tabllshment of free government among which we must admit is true. all the peoples of the earth and the All right. I am a working man with destruction of the autocratic military a family, earning 12.50 per day and svBtem conspicuously that of Oer would be more than glad to go on a many, which has always been the farm, but without capital it is impos- I most serious menace to the peace or Bible at the present high cost of living. I the world. It is unquestionably true There is good land in Oregon lying that the future peace of the world and idle and the banks have the largest de- the. security of liberty throughout the posits in history, hoarded up. Is that I world rest upon the universal estab money doing the country any good? I lishment of the principle that all Just Can't somebody suggest some way I government rests upon the supremacy of putting the working men on farms, I 0f the democratic principle. - Every furnishing the land and capital, the I neonle must become self -governed, we working man furnishing tho labor on I are now engaged In a death struggle the crop payment plan? I between progressive civilisation and We know the capitalist will aay, the foes of progressive civilisation. "There is a Farmers' loan." But that Free and progressive America belongs Is for the man who is fortunate I in a fight of this kind. Sam Moore of Corvallis origi nated the state manufacture of lime for use of farmers. He pioneered the plan, and but for his Indefati gable campaign for It, there would scarcely have been legislation. In the appointment of a state llmo board, Mr. Moore was ignored. The best posted man in Oregon on the subject was ignored. Why does not the board in its session at Salem today take some steps to utilize Mr. Moore's Information, his en thusiasm and his services? Is tho state lime business to be a dupli cation of the state flax business? TO HASTEN PEACE 1 N A community where the ordi nary tax levies total 30 mills, the real interest ; on a Liberty bond Is 6 per cent. This is consequent from the fact that Lib- The Woman As Commissioner. Portland, May 28. To the Editor of The Journal Having seen nothing In any of the papers In encouragement of the mother candidate for city com missioner, I beg space to give the readers of your valuable paper some points for thought along this line. We have in this candidate, who is a wife and mother, a person selected by her comrades without her asking. Now I'm not a Socialist, unless the belief that all humanity Is one great family, where weaker members need more pro tection than the stronger members, makes me one. Woman's Judgment upon financial matters begins to grow the jnlnute she finds it necessary to get her money's worth out of the merchant, the grocer, the market man or her household al lowance. . And since this necessity comes to more than nine tenths of our women, you. can readily see the skill being developed and the wonder ful progress along this line. So that public opinion, the most powerful of all governors, is recognizing the eternal fitness of this growth, and woman is coming into her own. And I believe she Is as much needed in the business world as she Is needed to make the . pure . atmosphere- of the ' home and the right standard for oiir social life. She is the natural house keeper,, and no man-made laws or sex prejudice can destroy this trust, de veloped through ages of toll and serv ice a trust likened unto the air needed everywhere and by everybody. So she has entered the business world to stay. We are not advocating a reversal of customs but a businesslike arrange ment that places woman by man's side, as In every other relation of life to bring her perceptions, and her conscientiousness Into the legislative field, where they have been sadly needed. She will elevate and diversify these viewpoints, for it has been well said, "Through all ages the higher virtues have become more and more the vital moving forces in private and borne will have a wholesome effect upon the people. Taxes will enforce economies and curb waste and ex tra vaganca To the extent that they produce this effect; the burden will be diminished and scarcely felt. Good fortune has for many years favored us, and we have grown -healthy, wealthy and fat. We must not get too fat. Wholesome taxation for a noble pur pose is the best antidote for the fatty degeneration with which we have been long threatened as a nation. To do big things in a big way has always appealed to the imagination of the American people, and to .do big things in a big way for a-nobla ideal makes an irresistible appeal to the American people. If every man and woman in the United "States gets back of this Liberty loan, puts the fire of energy and patriotism into the work, the first $2,000,000,000 installment of this loan will be oversubscribed. But the loan will not sueceed through its own momentum: we must all work with patriotic fervor. able to buy a bond or bonds should subscribe promptly; those who are not able to do so should get some one who Is able to buy a bond to do so. It should be remembered that every subscrip tion, however small, 1 helpful to the government and an honor to the sub scriber. Loans to onr alii- tn Europe at this time constitute a two-fold benefit to our own country. They enable us to give vital aid Immediately la pros ecuting the war In which the whole world is concerned, by furnishing the soldiers and the artillery of our allies on the battlefronts in Europe with the munitions that make them most effi cient fighting units; and. secondly. Where Hot Ig Is No Mere Joke. WE SPENT next morning selecting horses, or rather ponies, for our trip and visiting the dog market, where the Igorotes bought and sold half starved canines with visions of a great feast off the protruding ribs, says a writer In the Christian Herald. Th Igorotes. are about as much like the cultured Kllipinos as they are Ilka cul turerd Americans or cultured Japanese; but the fact that the Igorotes vat dogs has done as much to prejudice us against the Filipinos as has the etoty that the Chinese eat rats to turn us against the well-bred Chinese, who not only do not eat rats, but even have a distaste for caviar and Umburger. Our first 12 kilometers from Bagnio were made in a motor car on a narrow trail, with primitive bridces and sharp turns. On the way we passed parties of Igorotes returning from the moun tain metropolis, leading gaunt dogs with cords in the ml. idle of which a stick was tied, or black porkers with lead reins knotted through their ears. Our motor car caused no surprise. Mr. Moss, whose 13 years among the moun tain peoples makes him an authority, says that the Igorotes would be sui prised if the Americans did not sur prise them. One Way Out of It. She was condemnatory in her man ner, says the Baltimore Sun. "I re fuse to take this paper cutter," she declared sternly, "because It is not Ivory, and I want to use It as a gift." The clerk looked at her with the "I- don t-doubt-your-word-madam" expres sion indigenous to clerks. "That's very strange," he said. 'The elephant must have bad false teeth." enough to own the land. It would certainly look good to see some of the tightwad, money hoarding. so-called patriotic citizens come for ward with the money, and not "sug gestions," to put the working man on farm lands. A SUBSCRIBER. The great Liberty loan la not going to bring suffering upon our people. On the contrary, it is distributing over a long period of time a part of the cost of the war, ann by that means Is Just ly relieving the present generation of a part of the burden. These bonds also . . 1 Jtl M .twiA.titn(f v - In. Soldiers' Teeth and Weight, ; Th. onie Portland. May 25. To the Editor of -r th TTnttd States. These savings The Journal Please tell me through v. invested In government bonds the columns of your paper whether a I -., -r,oint aecuritv. The bonds man 6 feet in height weight 132 pounBs ouht to Dft an inducement to every and who has artificial teeth, but is oth- " -A wom.-, n the land to save erwise perfectly sound. Is ellgibU for ---, m-v- Investment which service in the United States army or , K mnA return a W. B. HALL. I ----- Knt win t the same time be the means of patriotically sup plying the needs of the government. All wars, compel sacrifices. Our people were never more prosperous and more able to make sacrifices, at least the icrificea Involved in stopping need less and extravagant expenditurea We can finance this, war out of the sav ings of the people of the United" States if they will really economize, inn is one thing I should He to impress upon they keep our farms and our industries busy producing the things that are needed for our allies, and thua stim ulate essential production In the coun try, while at the same time they make us more efficient in the war prepara tions we must undertake for ourselves and in supplying our own armies, which must immediately go into training in the United State a We have already made initial advance of money to England. France and Italy aggregating $500,000,000. Wa shall undoubtedly ex tend aid to the new republic of Russia, as well as to stricken Belgium. We are, in fact, a basexof material A New Kind of Separator. How the residents of the little North Jersey hamlet of Alpha were enthralled for hours by -the operation of a won derful little "money-making" machine, which turned out dollars, half dollars and quarters with the precision with which a mill grinds out grain, was revealed at a conference in the office of Matthew Griffin, in charge of the Philadelphia branch of the United States secret service, says the Phil adelphia Evening Ledger. Alpha Is in Warren county. Just across the Dela ware from Eastoa. Pa. LJke bidders at a country auction Those who are the residents of Alpha fought to buy mis maenme irom a wen oreuw stranger, Michael de Dlskovoni, who, with the volubility of a vacuum clean- ' er salesman, expounded the advantages of "making your own money at home. But, as is almost always the case, the money power prevailed, and the handy little "money maker" was knocked down to the richest man in Al pha, Charles Sidova, who drew his all $240 out of the bank and turned the money over to tbe stranger. Pressing business then drew the "money mak ing" machine agent to other parts, and he has not been seen since. The stranger gave a demonstration of the machine In the boarding house, which was witnessed by many of the villagers. Alphaltes opened their ! mouths with amazement when they saw De Dlskovoni pour some hot metal into a hole in the black box and then turn a crank. Immediately a silver dollar appeared at a little opening and passed on. Its place being taken by an other bright new dollar. The specta tors gasped; everybody wanted to buy the machine! There was some bested bidding, but Sidova. got the box be cause of his greater financial re sources. After the stranger departed. It did not take Sidova long to find out that he could not make money with the ease of the stranger. In fact, the machine went on strike reserve Corps? Artificial teeth are a bar to enlist ment. A man 6 feet in height must weigh at least 149 pounds. PERSONAL MENTION Inventor in City. Earl Voglesong of Oakland. Cat. In ventor of the American coin machine, la In th rtv tn attend th pnnvun. tin-, --e- n-n ..tiisitnr. hi,t hr- tii I the cecals of tie country, the neces. week. Mr. Voglesong will be In town Mty for economy the prevention of some time after the convention closes waste. and Is registered at the Multnomah. Hugh McLaln of Coos Bay is regis tered at the Portland. H. E. Webber of Grants Pass -is at the Perkins. R. J. Irvin of Connersville, Ind.. Is at the Multnomah. H. B. Swayze and William Kennedy of Hermiston are at the Multnomah. erty bonds are exempted from all 1 pu"fcto a'fairs . 'n proportion as the "Coroner Dammasch hag been called to' the colors," says a news story. That ought to have a dole ful scrand If the item ever reaches the German battle front. THEN AND NOW HH only duty the people of Port land have in the election of June is tneir duty to them selves. We are to select four com missioners. Shall' we have Clyde, Baker and one or two others like them belonging to the Rushlight ma chine; br shall we have four of the twelve suggested by the committee of 100? . We think the city would better cast its fortune with commission ers like Mr. Daly and Mr. Brewster or others of their class. Oregonlan Edi torial. May 26, 1913. - r In the spring of 1913 the people of- Portland were about to launch a new form of 'municipal govern ment. They were about to entrust the management of city affairs, the enactment of city laws and the con duct of city government to five men. . .They were engaged In the state road, fund and the motor ve hicle license j fees. Therefore tbe i task of checking their public rec county has a direct interest In see- i ords preparatory to the selection taxation except the inheritance tax. The absence of taxation in effect adds three per cent to the three and one half per cent Interest the bonds draw. The security is the best In the world. The bond is backed by all the property of the government and by all the resources of the peo ple of tho United States. It is backed in addition by the good faith of the richest nation in the world. It is as safe an Investment as is gold coin Itself and is better because the bond bears Interest and is exempt' from taxation while the Cold does not bear interest and is not exempt from taxation. But the most attractive feature of the Liberty Jbond Is that pur chase of it helps fight the war. It may turn out as Secretary McAdoo said that it we furnish the allies with enough money,' they may be able to win the war before Ameri can soldiers can be sent to Europe. The kaiser dreads the effect great supplies of money from America thrown into - the conflict In this critical time may have against -him.' He knows the terri ble effect money has in deciding the fortunes of war. He knows that if enough money Is piled up against him; his armies can never win.; - Nothing .could be more dia- utlllzed. All laws of nature are planned to strengthen this principle, and her natural rights, duties and obli gations can be delegated to no man. and he can no more represent woman hood than woman can represent man. so if any degree of perfection is to be reached there must be a combination of these forces, and no place is more urgent than In our city government, both in the council and on the school board. So I am appealing to all women to forget petty differences and remember that in the big things or lire we are as one. and be sure to give this mother, Mrs. Emllie Beyer, at least one of their choices. And I make the same appeal to men who believe in the old saying, "Taxation without repre sentation is tyranny." (MRS. A.) KATE BONHAM. Liberty , Bonds Above AIL Madras, Or.. May 24. To the Editor of The Journal Tou insist on the farmer buying Liberty bonds, and' agree with you that, generally speak Ine. under favorable conditions he should buy In proportion to his ability to pay. But we of the nortn unit ir rigation project. If we counted the thing selfishly, would stand to loae If we bought Liberty bonds at 3 H per cent interest-and sold $5,000,000 worth of irrigation bonds at 6 per cent in terest. I think there Is a goodly num ber of farmers in this district who would willingly buy bonds if they could be assured that the irrigation bonds would not be voted during the war with Germany. If the officials of the state, and the president, will throw cold water on the project, es pecially the C per cent bond Issue, I will vouch for the buying T of the bonds. I conaide any Issue of bonds. The security of business and the prosperity for the future will te strengthened Immeasurably if we eco nomize rigorously during this war, ano Invest our savings in war bonds, while at the flame time paying our Just share of essential taxation. If we economize all over the land, the cost of living will be decreased and not increased, and we will be In better position to T. B. Johnson of La Grande is at " " " ' , fteld .nd the Imperial. . our navy upon the high seas. It is Mr. and Mrs P. 8. Scbnlta of Forest bly jn-Jant that the people of Grove are at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. J. Lewis of Duluth are at the Carlton. Miss Hllma Toungberg of Oaksdale, Wash., is at the Washington. the United States should buy these government bonds out of their own moneys and out of their own savings We must not rely upon the nanus MrTVnd Mrs" John "Hampshire of !?. J:.JlZ Grants Pass are at me rortiand. in.tmnta hut there Adolph Peterson of Astoria Is at tti "-.v,., maiVidnal ma. Perkins. r .' ..V. . Vu im. .n7 n W. A. .eaa "I DUI is i .ua l , ,,,, r-,A .hiri. -...! V I "1 M'O 1U1C.HU..". juuiuiuuiui. . ,1V. hnnAm TlanVa mm) A. J. Lustlg of Everett, Wash., is at ":"": t r . I a. I oil ..iiiob . . . trie urea-on. , sonably liauid. ao that they can carry r, .t th- Tmi.n.i on the essential business of the coun- UIV11U. . sa v -a- -- 1 . wa - W 1 -. ai an x 1 . a-i h-x W t. -DlAla14 TXTs-.K nr. J. nCfClOrC, 1119 WRCr iug auiuuui ti.ul """" of bonds bought by the people them- E. S. Efferstrom of Stockholm. Swe- I . V d'2rr- tI warrs and Henrr Waters the .more useful we make the banks of Goldendale, Wash., are at the Wash- of the country. ington. I As to taxation: Of course, taxes E. N. Wilson of coulee tnty, wssh., must he increased, but the very fact is at the Portland. that additional tax burdens must be F. m, warren oi -miur is at ine Perkins. C. V. Blade of Sllverton Is at the and supplies for all the nations of Eu- and wouldn't even turn out a quar rope, and the credits we are extending to them can be expended by them with the greatest advantage in this country. We do not, of course, impose upon our allies any obligation to spend the money we lend tnem -upon supplies ter. He complained to Chief of Po lice Zelt. who is also mayor, coroner and barber of Alpha, and who took enough time off from trimming the whiskers of the oldest Inhabitant to compose a letter to Chief Flynn c the here, but It is to their Interest to do I United States secret service at Wash- so aa It La to our Interest to BMO .-unit uuii-icu ur.-: them do so on the most advantageous terras. This is our war as much as their war, and we must make every dollar we lend them tell upon the bat tlefronts in Europe with the utmost fin and the latter Journeyed to Alpha and brought back the box. Examina tion of the box developed that the "dollars" which kept appearing in the little opening after the metal was effect.' After this war is over the fact I Poured In were Just one dollar, fixed that we have rendered material and u" " wl comnmca wnicn causea 11 financial aid and that the blood of our ! to appear intermittently at the hole. sons is intermingled with the blood of , Arr. ir.- a , their sons upon the battlefields will " , create indissoluble ties of friendship! We 11 go down on our knees, boys, and make the allied nations an im- j and ' the seeds around, houting pregnable force of liberty. - .k J . ' . ? " Thru hon Issues ouerht to have this ' "- - ' . " " wholesome effect upon our general f rPun.dr ,Kr th b?tiU.crjr economlo altuatlon. provided that, at of em: n'on" f?"vr! PuVn th. m. Vim, taxation la aDDlled your Je&n"i cnP down the pig-weeds; the same time, taxation is PPea ,h bemns; go we-n ra to wisely and vigorously to provide a . ,r. , . . laree Dart of the cost of the war. As I said before, most of the money in vested by our people in these bonds will not become inactive behind the walls of a foreign country. Most of it ! light, shotting the battle cry of "Feed em I" A. W., Mllwaukle, Or. France Redlvirns. will be used in this country in our own ! Kre yet the drumming guns awoke 1 K Before wars ftery tempest broke preparation for war and will be rapid- -V)th or Juh mta half believed that Francs was ly out back Into general circulation through the purchase of supplies for our allies and for our own govern ment. If the situation is handled in telligently these operations should not prove hurtful they should be helpful. Let us, each and every one of us, see to it that we Invest some part of our means In this great Liberty loan. If we can't buy a $50 bond at once let us buy It in Installments. Provi sion will be made for Jhe sale of these bonds in lnstallmenta Let us lay now a secure financial foundation for every need of the government in carrying on this great war for human freedom and progressive civilization. The more quickly we supply the adequate means of defeating the enemy and re storing peace, the greater the service we render, to humanity, because the shorter the war the more human life we save and the less human suffering we enforce. And dead. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith of Salem HOW TO BE HEALTHY. Coprrtr-t. ltl7. by J. Kaeley. Her sfrh had set the legend ran Upon the day of red Sedan; And on the field where vainly bled Her heroes. France's fame lay dead. But France and Frenchmen better knew. And to her ancient fame were true; They knew the sun of glory yet Would shine on Gallic bayonet. And give the lie to those who said. And those who hoped, that France was dead. The tern pew t broke, the thund'ring guns And countless legions of the Huns Hurged to her frontier and o'erpassel. Upon the Marne to break at-last; And where' her noblest blood She gives Her gyns in thunder speak: 'Frane lives!" "France Jlvesf" Superb, magnificent! Her steadfastness and valor blent Into such high and holy mold As was the Crusaders' of old. are at the Oregon. AVOIDING MORBID IDEAS Do not ' Aldlne Bartmess and Dorothy A. Bat- o to morbid picture shows or morbid tey of Hood River are at the Imperial plays. Do not listen to conversation- Mra E. M. K-imy or a-arysviue, ur, which launches the mind upon a cur- is at the Cornelius. ret of unhealthy or forbidding thought. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Garner of Ta- Cultivate a wholesome mental 'view coma are at the Carlton. point. C. S. Howard of Baker is at the Practically all persons realize the Washington. I potent effect of the mind on the body, Mrs. A. Banknna of camas, wash, i but it is ths duality of the mental Is at the Portland. ectivlty rather than the quantity that H. A. Maccauiay or Astoria u at is important. A single unhealthful the Perkins. I suggestion may linger In the mind for B. C Greene of Cpsmopolis. Wash.lriv etmerlallv if one is nervous or is at the Multnomah. j otherwise depressed: A moving pic- H. I Brown ana ueorge croner of I tyre scene of a mnrder may linger in Eugene are registered at the Oregon. I the consciousness of a child for years. Mr. and Mrs. R. p. Riggs of Dallas. it is often said that a morbid life Or., are at the Cornelius. . conduces to the production of works E. M. Letts oi caigary. Aits., is at of renius. In support of this asser- the Carlton. I tun the writings of many dissipated Mrs. C. Miller of Independence Is at I men are cited. It Is undoubted that the Portland. I these men would have done better by Phil Bogardus of Bridal Veil Is at I th world If they had lived normal the Perkins. I lives and had not riven Infected llter- S. Q. Conn oi Pendleton Is at the. atu re to posterity. If their creative Oregon. - ! v ? , 1 ability was nourished on unwholesome W. F. Crone of Walla Walla Is at 1 living It would have been bttr had . . 1 . I T ..... i ..... . . - uw jutuytjj . , - '. . i ency not wmian ai an. - ... . .: . ... - , - y - V. f t ' V .- France lives'." Nor has she bled In vain. ' I it . .-.!- -uie th i ii rrrn n , Unwholesome impressions received where Meuse ran crimson to the main; at night before retiring do not con-1 when Freedom in the balance hun duce to a sound, healthful sleep. Chil dren, whose Imaginations are usually vivid and Impressionable, and nervous persons may be affected by motion pictures or startling tales that would have little effect upon an older per son or one with more mental poise. But do not avoid diversion for fear of the unwelcome .surprise it may bring. Constant worry, even Jf mild, is far more exhausting than occasional spells of excitement or depression. Before you retire read something that is diverting but not exciting. Choose s-fcok, a friend, a play or a motion pi-Are that you know in ad vance will bring about a (pleasant frame at mind. - While the unhealthful ideas we may receive from outside sources are in jurious, those inn t we nurture In our own consciousness are the more dan gerous, because they are the more in sidious. The best way to escape in Jury is to reject them at their begin ning. . " Tomorrow:- Paralyals. i . . ... -.- - ' .- .-- Kark from her lines the foe she And all her .thund'ring guns gave. tongue , , To Freedom's foes Freneh valor gives Answer in shot and shell; "Franca lives!" When once again shall shine the sun Of peace upon thy hills, Verdun, And veterans tell of freedom won. Pilgrims from far shall come to view The ground that such red carnage knew; And eah, as reverent praise he gives. Shall murmur: "God ba thanked, 17S-.--.i live-'" 6tephen Gaillard, In Chicago Herald. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: I don't calclate to make nutbjn pac' latlng in' pert ate rs. We sold all our"a last fall, and come out well enough. But when I travel past so many thou-; sand Idle acres as I seen goln' to Ivu gene and back, it makes me blleve that most likely the land speculator Is aheap more of a sinner than lb, food specta tor, and has mora to do with lbs mighty : tight cinches the average American dUzaa has on him, ' ,