rTHE OREGON DAILY. jOtlRNAL,: .PORTLAND FRIDAY JUNE 1917.
:
f A.
" V.
A IKDKPKMDENT NEWSPAPER
C. IACKSON...
....PblUbt
ftbnsbed erer ear. afteraeea and gaoralac
(except Bandar afternoon) at Tba Journal
iHiuaiu. - Broadway ana iimiui intu,
frortlaaa. Or.
JEd tared at tba poatofYIca at Portland, Ur., fa
traoamiMloa tkrough tba malls aa aeepod
uaas maner.
XBLKPHONES Uala' T17S: Hum. A-H001
..All eepartmeota Teacbed bjr tlitM. B umber.
- Tall tba operator what department you
ORKION ADVERTISING RKPKK8KNTATIVE
Benjamin Jc Kentnor Co.. Brunswick BMt.
- ' S2o ftM'th Ave.. New lock. 118 Paople'1
J Uas Bldg.. OclcaKO.
. Subscription term by nail or to any address
IB tba United states or Mtxleo:
4 IMILY (M0EN1NG OB AiTERNOON)
Ob ear ......,.$3.00 ,'Ona month. $ .BO
SUNDAY
One Mi......f .12.00 I One month S .23
VAIUX (MOBNIMU OR APTEESOOK) AMD
. - IUN1IAX
On year.. $7.00 I one month t .66
' Integrity is the flint atep to true g-reat-
Seas, tin lore to pralw, but are alow to
practice t. To maintain It in high places
mate self denial; In li places it la liable
" to opposition, but lta end U glorious, and
I'tba universe wtlf yet do It botnttgi-.
G. Simmon s.
, FIGHTING THE SCHOOL FUND
there was the same .opposition - to
the federal government In Its ef
fort to restore the-grant lands to
the public. -' i
How singular it all is! 1 ,
We have good government In
Portland. No city has cleaner
government. Her government is
one of Portland's best publicity
assets. To vote for cither of the
new charters would be a vote to
go-backward.
UP TO YOU
A'
interest compelled -France and Eng
land to restore the safeguards of
labor. It Is only' because of a
healthy and contented working
population that they have been
able to hold their own against Germany.
fr
of
fen
sfJ"HE people of Oregon, have seen
I what the emergency board
J I did on Monday last In regard
;:: to the prosecution of the Pa
piflc Live Stock company cases.
i There was present at the meet
ing Attorney General . Brown, who
was pleading for funds with which
to carry the prosecutions forward.
; Sided with him was Secretary oT
State Olcott, who had taken the
position that the recommendations!
of the attorney general, as the:
law officer of the state, should bo
followed by the board.
" Then there was Governor Withy
Conibe who is opposed to the suits
but does not want to dismiss them.
"With him was State Treasurer Kay
who is of the same mind.
Besides there was Gus Moser,
president of the senate, who thinks
that the state land board should
assume full responsibility for the
cases, as to their prosecution and
their' financing. It. N. Stanfield,
speaker' of the house, ,was there:
the man whd contended from the
speakers' chair that the Pacific
I Ll,ve Stock " company has been a
i " great public benefactor. Senator
Wood was present, as wa3 K. K.
Kubll.
-.'The result of the meeting was
that 'the four legislators "passed
ihe buck" to the state land board,
which had been trying to pass the
buck to the emergency board.
v ."It is a merry game, this passin?
Joe buck. The governor has
passed it to the land board. The
.land board has passed it to the
emergency board. The emergency
board, with urbarie grin and legis
lative courtesy, has passed it back
. to the land board.
: - The next move will be awaited
with much interest. Very probably
the land, board, having carefully
considered tire result of the move.
, will next pass the battered insignia
.. QE the deal to the attorney general,
rnb its hands gleefully and mur
mur "checkmate."
' The emergency board told the
. attorney general to use the ap-
proprlation made by the legisla
ture for the general conduct of his
office in the prosecution of the
,' Pacific Live Stock company cases,
and that when this fund has been
exhausted it will authorize a de
- ficiency. The attorney general's
rply to the proposition is that
this would be a violation of the
law. His protest was not heeded.
So, with the attorney general
contending that he has no funds"
-waIco he may lawfully expend in
the prosecution of the cases, would
it not be a merry move in the game
of 'passing the buck" for the land
board to order him to go ahead
.and prosecute? It would. And
wo shall see what the future
rringeth..
. Meanwhile, an honest attorney
general is trying to get funds with
.'Which to gather up evidence
to prove in the courts that
there was fraud in securing title
to" the cattle company's school
'lands. The witnesses are becom
ing -more widely scattered and
some are dying.
Attorney General Brown has
' established the fact that John S.
Devine forged the signatures of
-numerous applications for the
school lands, that many of the ap
plicants were employes of Tod-
hunter & Devine and of 'T. M
Overfelt & Co. Some of these em
ployes were dummy entrymen, and
did not evenknow that the lands
. were' applied for In their names.
In some" cases, the money for ac
quiring the lands, together with the
money for payment of the filing
feet, was paid direct to the state
by T. M. Overfelt & Co. in the
'case of lands! in the Overfelt group.
, And meanwhile, there was the
came , kind : of opposition when
former-' Governor West brought
proceedings for -.-' recovery of .the
Ilyde-Besson.: school lands. - And
LL of us are habitually de
manding better government.
All of us are habitually
complaining because we do
not have more efficient government.
All of us are habitually crying
out against high taxes.
On these three facts we are alt
agreed. And we ought to be able
to agree on one further point And
that point is that when a public
official pfoves that he is efficient
and that he makes reductions in
the cost of things, it is sound pol
icy to retain his services. We can
further agree that such a course
will guarantee us a good official,
that it will encourage him to
higher endeavor, arfd that it will
encourage other public officials to
emulate his example in efficient
and economical public service.
On these propositions, there is
scarcely room for; controversy.
They must be admitted. As com
missioner, Mr. Daly ut the water
appropriation from f 1,730,000 to
(889,000 and at the same time,
by a cut in water rates, saved
water consumers (330,000 within
three years.
It is .doubtful If at similar cut
in the cost of thingB and a simi
lar saving for the pqople was ever
made by any public official In any
city In the world. It is a most
remarkable performance.
But Mr. Daly also -cut the ap
propriation for street cleaning
from $359,000 to (230,000 in spite
a 27.9 per cent increase in the
area of the city. It is a servico
hat constitutes a great advertising
asset for the city of Portland. It
is doubtful if there 4s a city any
where in which the citizens, having
such a public servant, would, on
any account, consent to part with
his services.
Having a public servant so ef
fective and so able to cut the cost
of government, if we do not retain
him, how can we hope for better
government? -Or what can we ex
pect but bad government?.
Or, what right have we to com
plain at high taxes?
fathers.'. We lire under state cot
ernment which are theoretically
'sovereign" and at the same time
under a national government
which is "sovereign" is a higher
sense.
Between the two sovereignties
there has been conflict from the
There is a fight on to abolish . beginning. Sometimes the conflict
delinquent tax advertising in Ore-has been bloody, as in the Civil
gon. . It is a fight that will con- war. Sometimes it has been mild,
tinue. Advertising the financial as in the clash of federal and state
misfortunes of citizens at heavy i liquor lawn. Military exigencies
public and private expense is now threaten to make it blttei
false and vicious scheme. Two' again. The income tax, for in
gentlemen in Portland think they j stance, contains possibilities of
ought to be elected city commis- j discord. Shall the state income
sioners. because they voted in the taxes yield to the national? And
legislature to keep the system there are- dozens of similar ques-
fastened upon the counties and tax-, tlons.
payers. They are K. K. Kubli and
John Mann.
'NOTHING BUT GRAFT
W
A movement has begun in Wash
ington to break down the dual
system. Talk has even gone to the
length of mentioning a national
constitutional convention to build
the government anew from the
foundation.
We fancy the system that has
E ARE having in Portland
open advocacy of delin
quent advertising. We
have two candidates for ron(, thfl t-, of Mnir-tiona of
city commissioner running on their jtlme the attractions of civil war
records m voting in me legislature d thftt haa back of u the tradl
iur pciJBluUOu ui ucnimucui "-,tlons and the reverence of a
vertising. They are K. K. Kubli mghty people, will not undergo
ana jonn Mann, ana Because mey consequential modification,
voted for perpetuation of delin-
quent advertising they are being
supported by newspapers that Want
that graft fastened for all time on
the taxpayers of Multnomah county
and the state.
Nobody but those who profit
from it defends publication of de
linquent tax lists. The system waa
unanimously denounced by the
county judges and commissioners
of Oregon. They know its mis
chievous workings. They come in
Letters From the People
Communications sent to Tba Journal tor
publication In this department abould be writ
ten mi only one aide of tba paper, abould not
mcwu ww words In lengtn ana mnai m c
coinpanied by the name and addna of tba
sender, if the writer doea not desire te hae
the name published be should so state.
The "Choices" on Mayor
PortUAd. May 30. To the Editor of
The, Journal Desperate- straits to
which the special Interests behind
i George L. Baker .re driven to Deai
In place of one, Thlnk.it ever. Tou
cn't lose." And I left him.
Personally. I am a farmer. I think
the roads most used should ba built
first. At present they' are a "millstone
around our necks.'" We don't set
enoueh money to make them perma
nent, while if they were one made
permanent we could take the money
sow spect on them and keep soma less
traveled roads in good repair. In fact.
we could tak this wasted money ana
make some more good, permanent
roads. It is too bad these much
traveled roads sometimes run parallel
with the railroads, and I can under
stand that they would rather have
tnetn built the other wary, rather than
have them built as competitors.
I Imagine that someone says, 1 11
bet ha is going to get a good
thing out .of these bonds." - I don't
mind telling just where my "graft"
comes In. I live on 63 acres, located
six miles from Scott's Mills, 15 miles
from any of the proposed roads. I
am going to sell butter, eggs, beef.
porK, potatoes, etc, to the lellows that
ouild the roads. I am going tokeep
on. selling them to the tourist who
visits Oregon after the roads are
uuilt.
Perhaps our friends, if they will Just
get on top of the jinx, may find there
is a little "graft" somewhere for thera
in' some of the' new things good roads
are sure to bring to Oregon.
- HUGH MAG EE.
The Anti-Conspiracy Ordinance
Portland, May 29. To the Editor of
The Journal Under the Initiative the
people were given the right to legis
late for themselves, and under the
constitutional provisions concerning
the Initiative It was the intention that
the title appearing on the ballot should
bo so framed that every voter would
have complete and full information of
what he was voting for.
Who can divine, or even guews, the
substance of the conspiracy ordinance
from the ballot title?
PERTIN ENT COMMENT AN DM EWS IN BRIEF
6MAXX. CHANGE
OREGON titUKUUUTS
VThr not organise a division of hunt
ters, who would mistake th Germans
for deer?
It's about time for the bear that
walks like a man to be getting up on
his hind feet again.
Mr. Hoover., aays there is plenty of
food. Mr. HOover's own peraonal ap
pearance is assuring.
While the inventive cenlus of Amer
ica is busy with the submarine prob
lem, the little old plodding navy is
making, the inventors' job just aa easy
lor mem as, it can.
After bo as t In r for so Ion of "our
unexampled wealth." it's no time to
go to stuttering- out evasions now.
Those Liberty bonds could auul should
be absorbed In aday.
Let's play get the U-boat. We 11 "e
the destroyers' Gunners, the hoe will
be the gun, and the weeds in the va
cant lot garden will be the periscopes.
Come on out and play.
An optimist, as defined by the
Kansas City Star. Is "a man who puts
a cigar in his pocket and expects it
to be in shape to smoke after he rides
downtown on a crowded streetcar.
And an optimist is also a man wno
hangs onto a half-smoked cigar all the
way down town In a street car and
expects his fellow passengers not o
hate him.
"Hubbard Is to be congratulated,
says the Woodburn Independent. "It
succeeded in selling its aewer and
water bonds at a good premium soon
after the state of Oregon failed to sell
bonds at par."
TtrTiftM'a name is added to the
list of towns with dogless streets. The
Record says of the debate in council-
According- lo tne manner in whicii
Rag Tag and Bobtail '
Stories From Everywhere
(Ta this column alt readers of Tba Joarnal -are
Invited to contribute u-lglnal njattee i.
story. In versa or In pbiioeovbleal cbocrTStloo
or striking quotations, (root an source. Coo
tiihuttona of exceptional aoerlt wlU b paid tot
at tba editor'a apprataal.1
A Good American Story
SOMETHING more than three and a
half rpn turirn airn thit Rav Jnha
the subject was dlscusted, there will R0gers died a martyr In England for
be no 'high collar- nor common dog hla reilg;loU9 beliefs. So bravely did
nereaiter, ior iney win mu yrw ji
plain dogs and served alike."
The. Coos Bay Harbor quotes a Coos
county farmer as declaring: "If this
country is not good enough, if we have
not enough confidence in its future to
h go to his death that bis friend
Bradford said:
"Valiantly did he break the ice" into
a new world of thought.
Young John L. Rogers of Phlladel-
Hnrmw n little nnri hnilri trnrxl raada. J " uoiiu no """"'l"""-
then. I want to know it. I'll pack up 1 Ledger, is the. twelfth generation from
my traps and ko where the country la I the martyr, and for two year he has
not so good but the roads are better, ' been fighting with the American
and I won't have to drag my life out
through the mud." i
a
In view of possible labor shortage
-the Canyon City Eagle believes that
the little towns of Grant county
should be able to hlD solve this prob
lem. It savs: "Towns like Canyon I
City and John Day can close up ror
several days ach week. This would
release 75 or 100 men. They could be
transported by automobiles and their
labor would rapidly dispose of at least
the hay crop."
THE'LIBERTY LOAN OF 1917
5. Opportunity the Loan Gives Yon to Do Your Bit.
Written for the United Press by Frank R.
Wllapn of the Federal rariu Loan Bureau,
Cnlted Slates Trer.sury Department
When a man of the standing of
W. B. Ayer gives public warning
against the so-called anti-picketlng
ordinance, it is time for citizens
to think. Mr. Ayer signs a pub
lic notice charging that the ordi
nance means a great deal more
than anti-plcketing and that it
will have a far-renching effect
detrimental alike to those who are
supporting the measure and to all
others. You would better investi
gate the measure before you vote
on it. "
l . I .Wn(
contact with the poor and the fi- V1 " Jf I0.r orr V.r.n-i meVhoVi
... . 'sudden flop to the preferential method
nanclally embarrassed who are , of votlnK. Heretofore they have op
caught In the scheme and penalized I posed all such "new fangled" and So
ny it ! ciallstic ideas, but this year they are
- . , . ... j 1. r.tA. t,ntf
An Oregon county judge person- VraeVn. wh"v there were
ally told The Journal of women thfee men posing" as "business men's"
on whom the advertising fees candidates for mayor. Mr. Josselyn
added to their delinquent taxev?t
third
tears and desperation for
kind of relief from the injustice
some : would elect the mayor.
; It seems to have dawned on these
' 1.1 i. ... ,V.n. Xf PoLar'u f
He related how everybody strug-. 0in Vhl old c.u itb.
gles manfully to pay their taxes, , nkely to prove very enticing to the
and how when thev cannot nav. it women. They also knew that to lose
- -tKi ,,t imr,r, ! these and the other decent elements
.... . " .Z. I would be disastrous to their candidate,
XO BACKWARD STEP
A'
the
S THE American people enter
the war for liberty jthey are
proud to believe that the gov
ernment will avoid many of
initial mistakes which have
proved so costly to other nations.
Notable commissions from England,'
France and Italy iave visited us
bringing lessons which they have
learned from dreadful experience.
We are all confident that Presi
dent Wilson and those around him
are eager to profit by their instruc
tions and warnings. .
The nations by whose side we
are now fighting can guide us in
nothing more surely than in the
difficult problems of labor under
military conditions. At the outset
of the war both France and Eng
land made the experiment of relax
ing their legal restrictions on the
labor of women and children.
Many protections which had been?
thrown around male adult laborers
were also broken down. The exi
gencies of war seemed to demand
ravenous sacrifice of, the welfare
of 'all who worked.-
The reason for the sacrifice was
patent. England and France had
to face in a sudden war for life
and death a country which had
been turning all Its' energies to
military preparation ' for the last
fifty years. England was totally
unprepared except for its fleet
France had a fine army but hardly
any munitions. Labor was called
on in both countries to cover in a
few months the remissness of half
a century by tolling long hours
and giving up its relaxations,
Wrhat was the consequence? The
consequence was the same In both
France and England. ! It was. found
that after the first j grand spurt
longer hours did not: increase the
output. As the safeguards of la.-
bor were broken down labor lost
its productiveness. The psycholog
leal dependance of the laborer's
output upon his mental health
demonstrated Itself fearfully. Long
hours and no relaxation weakened
the toilers' physique. Children
grew listless. They slept at their
tasks. Night work - for women
brought on hysteria and insomnia.
Industrial accidents multiplied at
a ruinous rate. Child delinquen
cies more than doubled,
And nothing was gained by all
thia misery. The oujtput of mu
nlticns , actually :: declined.
" ' s.- -!
advertising charges upon them
that are often more than the ac
cumulated taxes. And, as he said,
the only end served by the delin
quent advertising 'is that it affords
a profit to the newspapers, a profit
that is blood money wrung from
folks already financially embar
rassed. The county clerks of Oregon
unanimously , voted against delin
quent advertising. They know tho
workings of the scheme and how
It almost tears the heart out of
people who have had financial mis-:
fortune and for the moment can
not get the money to pay their
taxes, to say nothing of the money
to pay advertising fees that are
often bigger than the amount of
the delinquent taxes.
The Portland Realty Board unan
imously declared against delin
quent advertising and appealed to
the late legislature to repeal the
law. The members of the Realty
Board know well that 60 or 70
columns in fine type in Portland
newspapers giving the names of
persons who are unable to pay taxes
is a proclamation spread abroad
that Portland property Is not yield
ing enough to pay taxes on it, and
that the publication is discourag
ing to business. They know that
A great war is a nation's supreme
test. To conduct a war successfully
reauires the marshalling of all of the
Any voter from reading the ballot 1 nation's resources as well a? its phy-
tltle could tell that the propesed ordl- sle&l strength. It is the part of the
nance was one to prevent carrying young men to make the nation's phy
banners in front of places of business, steal strength felt on the firing line.
but who would guess, know or sur- it Is the part of those who cannot
mlse that the proposed ordinance con- give their services at the front to be
talned provisions preventing two or the sustaining forces behind the line,
more workers, brothers and sisters, it is tho part of the women to fill In
husband and wife, from gotng to tne the roles that the men have been play
boss to appeal for a raise In wages or Wng and to keep up the nation's effi-
change in working conditions? I clency. It is the part. of those who
Voters are being told that the con- I can afford it to lend their capital to
piracy ordirance Is one to prevent the enable the nation to prosecute the war
carrying of banners In frort of bust- with the greatest effectiveness.
ness houses; they are not, however, The Ubarty loan offers this oppor-
So. in order to grab off these elements.
which Mr. Baker could never reach, two
others were Injected Into the race-
Mr. Josselyn and Mr. Wheeler with
the idea that the two latter would pick
up these odd ends, while all hands
would boost Mr. Baker for first choice
votes, and thus everything that could
in any manner be reached would be
taken away from Mr. Daly, and at the
same time probably many who would
not vote for Baker first choice would
unthinkingly give him a second or
third choice. Thus, when the first,
second and third choice votes were
counted, they fifjure that Mr. Baker
may stand a show, whereas, in a
straight fight with Daly, they knew
his goose was cooked.
It seems like a very neat little
scheme, but possibly Mr. Josselyn's
enthusiasm ran away with his Judg
ment, and he ."squealed" too soon.
Daly's friends, if they are wise, will
adopt the only effective weapon at
hand to counteract this move of, the
enemy, namely, vote for Mr. Daly first
choice and then quit right there. Don't,
under any circumstances, vote second
or third choice for any other than
Daly, If you want Daly for mayor, be
cause every second or third choice
vote cast will count directly for George
L. Baker. This is the only offset there
is, it seems, for this cute little corpora
tion scheme. E. E. SOUTHARD.
belnrr tcld by those favoring the ordi
nance that It makes It a conspiracy
for two or more workers "to agree
not to trade with any particular per
son or to ask for a raise in wages or a
change In working conditions." And
here lies the joker.
I apprehend that most persons, at
heart, are opposed to the carrying of
banners as well as the necessity
therefor, but how many mothers
whose daughters are now working in
the various stores and business estab
lishments -are there who desire to cast
a vote to deprive their own of the
right to ask for an increase In the
daily, wage when it is right that a
raisa should ho granted? Vet, under
the provisions and terms of the antl-
anner Ordinance, every voter who
votes to prevent the carrying of ban
ners, of necessity votes to make it a
conspiracy for any two or more per
sons to ask for a raise In wagea or a for c. tftat ia as much our, as
rnn In work tip rnndltlnrnL and I .. . . .. ... ....
. v. - i v. i " j . 7, theirs. Tne violation or tne neutrality
Villa UUO IU L.IC UUUU1Q ailU UtLCJJUTU
manner in which the so-called con
spiracy ordinance Is framed
banners in front of business houses
or to picket, you at the same time
vote to make it unlawful for you and
your wife to agree not to trade in
vote to make it unlawful foV you and
your sons or you and your daughters
to ask for a change in working con
ditions or a raise in wages.
The provisions of the proposed ordi-
A Parmer's View of Road Bonds
Seotts Mills. Or., May 29. To the
Editor of The Journal Yesterday I
talked to two professional men doc
tors. I said to one, "Oregon has as
nice and as attractive scenery as Cal
ifornia, If she only had the roads."
M KAiri "Sav wprft vnn vi In rnM-
these publications cause strangersS f0rnla? ' i spent a few months in Los
to look with question upon Port
land property as an investment. In
San Francisco recently, copies o?
the Oregonian and Telegram con
taining delinquent tax lists wero
posted up conspicuously as indi
cating the unsatisfactory financial
and business conditions in Portland.
Mr. Kubll and Mr. Mann, as
candidates for city commissioner,
may be proud "of their records in
voting to perpetuate delinquent tax
advertising. They have n. right
to continue advocating delinquent
advertising and a right to con
tinue to use their influence
In favor of piling up advertising
fees against people who have not
the immediate means- of paying
their taxes. They may claim and
the newspapers that profit from
the graft may claim that Mr. Kubli
and Mr. Mann ought to be re
warded with public office for vot
ing in the legislature to perpetuato
the sjtem, but The Journal dif
fers ylth them.
Anotice by mail to the delin
quent taxpayer will do all the de
linquent advertising will do. An!
enough of the money of the county
and of the taxpayers was jjald out
in Multnomah within four years to
pay for mailed notices for more
than 100 years.
We know that there was ras
cality and graft in Portland under
the aldermanic system. We know
that there has never been one
single charge of official crooked
ness or public graft under com
mission government. These facts
alone should be sufficient to doom
both the aldermanic charters to
overwhelming defeat.
GREAT TALK
T
HAT the war would cause pro
found political changes in the
United States as well as in
other nations has been pre
dicted more than once. Some of
the coming changes seem, to be
taking shape already. - They affect
that "dual, system", of government
Self- j which - we have Inherited from the
Angeles, and it's a beautiful plac
a beautiful place." I said, "No, I have
ivever lived In Los Angeles, but I have
some relatives Ulvlng there and they
are Just tickled to pieces to get up
to Oregon for the summer.' "Oh
said he, "I am going to vote for the
road bonds because we need all the
roads we can get, apd we need them
now." "But did you ever figure Just
:-.ow much roads that $6,000,000 will
buJ2d?" I said "No, and if I did I
would have to get an expert's advice,
oecause I don't know anything about
buildinc- roads.
The other doctor said, "Sby, do you
think we ought to trust those three
men to spend all of that money?"
'Well, I said, "I only saw one of
them and ha looked all right to me.
If California and Washington can vote
bonds, and more bonds, and trust some
one to build roads and then more roads
Until they have spent more than
dozen times what we wait to spend,
don't you think we might try It Just
for a starter?" "Oh, he said, "I am
going to, vote for the bonds, because
we need roads just as fast as we can
get thjcm, but I don't like the method
of handling the money." "Well.
said, "they aren't going to spend all
of this money in one year; if wa don t
like them we can kick them out, can't
This morning I talked to a Salem
attorney. I said, "How are the road
bonds going to go in Salem?" "Well,'
he said. "I don't know. I don't like
the dig the paving trust is going to
get out of it," "Why." I said.
thought tha people had been promisod
that the state would build its own
plants for the work if the bids were
too high." "Well.'' he said, "someone
would graft a lot of It if they, did.'1
I said, "As I understand this thing.
the money is coming in during the next
20 years, and it lobks to me like there
would be more chances to graf 4 in
that time than in less than one-third
of that time." "Well." he said,
think the bonds ought to be voted, if
wa lose 50 per cent." I said. "It
looks like California and Washington
were satisfied; any way,-they are going
ahead building roads, and wa flon'
hear any big yell about graft."
Tne next renow i talked to was
working for $15 a week. I said, "How
about the road bonds?"' and he said,
"It looks like a graft to me, so
don t think I will support it." "How
much of the tax will you pay?'
asked. "Well.'' said he, "I've got
lot out here assessed at $250." "You've
got the biggest graft I have found
yet," said I.- "You pay cents per
year on these bonds. You could helD
start something that has at least you
have got to admit a chance to -get
us some gooa roaaa. it it works ou
all right it may go on for years.
may give work to someone who may
oine time be a candidate for your Job.
you wouia do voting xor a Job for
FEEDING THE YOUNG BABY
(NO. 2). But if the baby is fortunate.
it will not have to rely on substitutes.
In tha event that the flow of breast
nance I am calling attention to are as milk hn been established. It abould
iowows: k nursed at Intervals or tnree nours
A conspiracy is defined aa "any Snm authorities advise four-hour ln-
comblnation of. or agreement between. I tarvala Much will depend upon the
two or more persons not to buy from, heartiness of the baby's appetite, the
or sell to, or have dealings with, any amount of milk taken, and the condi-
person or persons in tne City or Port- tion of the digestion, a nearty oaoy
land." v ma do better on a longer interval; a
I wonder how many voters in Port- less vigorous child may have to take
land who were or are desirous of ipsa food at shorter intervals
voting to prevent the carrying of ban- When In doubt, consult your phy-
ners really knew they were also vot- I alcian
lng for or being called on to vote for I The same applies to night nursing.
the above provision? Nursing after 10 p. m. is not required
A conspiracy under the proposed after the fourth month. If the baby
ordinance is also defined as "any com- thrives well without night nursing
blnatlon. Or agreement between, two there is no need to feed it as a matter
or more persons to induce, or attempt of routine.
to Induce, others not to buy from. The baby should be weaned, as a
sen to, or have dealings with any rule, after the ninth or ten?i montn,
person or persons In Portland for the by substituting modified milk for the
purpose or with the Intent breast milk, first for one feeding, then
to limit their rate of waes or their eraduallv increase the number until
time ox service. at one year the cnua is entirely
How many are there wishing to vote weaned. It is usually not wise to at-
to prevent picketing who are anxious tempt weaning in midsummer.
to oe limited in their personal rights
trinity to every American patriot.
It is inconceivable that the people
of the United States will ever be called
upon to meet the privations which this
war forced upon the people of Europe.
European nations have already ex
pended $50,000,000,000 of their resources
to prosecute the war and thtir people
have given, not only their lives, but
they have subjected themselves to tre
mendous sacrifices in every way. Five
million European homes have been
visited by death itself. Fine cities
have given place to ruins. Rich and
poor have gone on government food
rations; Individual liberty has been
sacrificed to national unity of action
in order to rain national efficiency.
Women, who have been accustomed to
fine clothes and the constant round or
entertainment, have taken their place
as day laborers in munition factories.
All of this sacrifice has been made
The Important thing now Is for
Americans to realise that this 1 our
wax and as participants, we must do
oar utmost to bring It to a successful
conclusion. The thing which is most
available and which can be given at
onoe Is our wealth. Zt Is the patriotic
duty, therefore, of every American to
help make the Liberty loan an over
whelming ruocess.
a
It is the unusual privilege of Amer
legion In Flanders. In his laH letter
home to his father. Joseph Rogers,'
widely known as an editor and author,
this young soldier said they had-Just
got the news of America's entrance
into the war.
"We put up tho American flag and
our band played "Yankee Doodle,'" he ,
said, and then added this:
"Tell the American boys to come on'
over. The water Is fine."
And he i only lugging upon his
back 90 pounds of accoutrement, whlta
nerving his gallant battery. But be de
clares he docs it as easily as be used
to carry his overcoat, so splendid has
j been the physical training.
I That is the sort of stuff martyrs
descendants are made of.
These Birds Are No Slackers
Aunt Mary came In Tuesday with
a dm k and a drake for her ulster, Mrs.
Hansen, to help clean the garden of
hups an.l fIuk. writes the Myrtle
Point correspondent of the Coqullle
Sentinel. The liirJs proceeded at once
to do the work.
The Swatter Outdone.
"Bridget, why have you put the fly-
leans to take this first step in helping r-aPjr out on the grass? .
the fighting allies without great sac- "They aln t no more flies to ketch In
rlfice. Even If yoir do not wish to . the house, mum."
rttfil. Trrtnr 1iK-r i rt inn An t K. V, i '
June
'TIs June! it is written on hilltops
in purpling afternoon;
It is written attain in the shadows .
By the mellowing light of the moon.
of patriotism, you might reasonably
place it on tho basis of investment. A
26 per cent government bond, tax
free. Is an excellent investment.
The purchase of Liberty bonds to
the extent'of $50 means that you are I It Is sung by each voice in the foreet,
lending your resources to pay the keep j And Is hummed by the busy bees;
of one soldier for 10 days in the 11 is whispered by hundreds of bird
trenches of France. Surely you can T J,"'5, , ,
. , ... . ,i in mystic l.. dinar in trees,
do that much. Many can do much j
more. It Is warbled by gurgling brooklets
. ! That rush from rifts in the hill;
Let your response to the Liberty n is told lv the bloBHom bo sweetly,
lean be your approval of the words of With voices that-will not be still.
President W'ilcon: . I
i. nM , i It Is told by the children a-playlng,
"The ritfht is more precious than, And borne on the butterfly' wing;
peace and we shall fight for the things No tlrne ln th year )g thert mUBic
which we have always carried nearest Like voices in Junetime sing.
our hearts for democracy, for the j
right of those who submit to authority : There's June on the check of the
- ..!.. - t-h . - rn., maiden. ' '
, .. nv.,-M. And June. In
of Belgium was Just as much an
affront to America as to Oreat Bri
tain. German autocracy threatens the
To vot. to mate it unlawful to carry .tty of free institutiona every
where alike.
small nations, for a universal domin
ion of right by such a concert of free
people as shall bring peace end safety
to ail nations and make the world
Itself at last free.
To srach a task we can dedicate our
There's June
brrezen
And the grasses
dance.
the yout'n s eager
on the breatn of the
that playfully
No time is. like Junetime for music;
i.ei s ever Keep June in the neart:
lives and our fortunes, everything that J 'Twill fill life to the full with glad
we are ana vexyvaiag inat we nave,
with the pride of those who know that
the day has coma when America has
been privileged to spend her blood and
her might for the principles that gave
her birth and happiness and the peace
which she has treasured.'
HOW TO BE HEALTHY
Copyright, 1817.
by i. Keeler.
The normally healthy child gains
regularly in weight; has a warm,
moist skin, breathes quietly, eats
heartily, sleeps peacefully; has one
or two regular bowel movements
daily, and cries only when it Is hun
gry or 111 or uncomfortable.
Learn to recognize any change In
your baby from the normal. Unusual
flushing or pallor of the face, lack of
energy, loss of appetite, profuse
sweating, especially of the head,
peevishness, frequent vomiting or
diarrhoea, give warning that some
thing is wrong.
Consult the doctor.
If the baby cannot take the breast
you will aave money, and perhaps
much distress, as well as the life of
the child, by consulting a specialist
recommended by your physician, and
having the progress of the child's
feeding watched in an expert way
until he is well on the road to good
nutrition.
Don't experiment In haphazard
methods. Follow some good nursing
manual, such as Holt's, if you are not
within reach of a skilled physician.
Tomorrow Rest for Tuberculosis.
ness.
And youth that will never depart.
Nellie Beckley.
Uncle Jeff Snow Sa)'::
Russia Is sorter tied up with a
suction flag fer a banner and a I. W.
W. bunch for a congress, bul'mebby
she'll scratch out and help reg'late
the kaiser so't he'll know hetfer'n to
think he has any divine right to be
chief deputy of Old Nick.
as above set forth? Yet, such a pro
vision is in the proposed ordinance.
Following the above provisions and
ln the same ordinance are the provl-
vl T -r:;:" -.i' " work" He said. "All right; come
u""' uU pH-acuug. in orainance I . . H T .,- v.. told 200
is autocratic in its terms. l. .un An 1 ?,AtnTrl
iiLiinre tun namci w -
building quarters for the soldiers.
The foreman in charge told me to
come Monday. I said, "If I bring my
tool chest I want to be sure of
lean, and should, for the good of
Portland and Portland's gro-ving inter
ests, be oereatea.
Vote "X 111 No'" and you will not
be guilty or being a conspirator.
D. C. LEWIS.
A Penitentiary Query.
Portland, May 25. To the Editor of ame,
The Journal From the posters we
were about 200 men there; but nona
of them got work unless they were
union men. I and several otners
went to the quartermaster an4 he
said he would see that they made no
difference, and I suppose tbey said
they would not; but they do. Just the
for I was on the ground ror
two or three days ana every man
learn that $400,000 will be required to that haJ a card goi work- and t1r"
build a new state penitentiary No al at least 100 men 1!vin8' Y1 Van'
one who has Investigated the condi- couver that can't get wor thera I
tions at the now standing building nave worked on the garrison on all
will for a moment dispute that hu of tn quarters tnat nave neen pur. up
manity and Justice demand that a new ln tne lMt thteen years and I have
building be Immediately constructed, worked direct for the government part
But why is $400,000 required? Of of the time, I worked at the pump-
what material Is it proposed' to build inK station of-f and on for a number
this needed institution? The land f yrs and when the service corps
does not have to be purchased. There waa Put on by the government l was
are nearly 500 men incarcerated, whose out of a Job. ' And now the union
services could be employed (and who won't let me work. I suppose I will
no doubt would be only too glad for have to starve. i am 63 years ota
the chance) with a few skilled meulhut my age is not mining me yet
ln charge. Sunlight and air cost noth-1 for work. All I want is a square
lng. A good, sanitary, wholesome deal. B. F. PEYTON.
building of concrete or some Inexpen- I
PERSONAL MENTION
Salt Lake Party Arrives
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Daynes Jr., ac
companied by Joseph D. Daynes, Ed-
slve material where men can be made
better, but not a hotel or palace, should
b erected, we must have a new state
penitentiary in Oregon, so let's not
make it prohibitive by an amount
which the people cannot afford and
whlrh ( not at ail neeewnarv
I believe. T vole the aentlment. nf ward Hi. ana Jwmw amimi u
manv when T atate that a. r,rftiv Charles B. Stewart of Salt Lake City,
good sanitary penitentiary could be are maaing meir nni inp w.ibi
built for less than half the amount de- ciflc coat. They will be here over
manded. Those who must be taxed I Sunday, and win visit otner cuiea
should know for what and it la rw- along the coast. They are registered
spectfully asked that we be Informed I t the Portland.
wny ou.uu is necessary. May we l Spokane Man Visits
"VFO w vM.5.vu-iu tlUUU Vila l I . . -a e- c-.1.-.
most excellent agency. The Journal? r. Mr- A1, A- ."i
t r d ! are registered at the Multnomah hotel.
The writer of thla letter would Thy hav 'turned rom f1-
probably derive benefit from reading fornia. Mr. Morse owns one of the
an article on this subject which ap- Ur apartment houses ln Spokane and
in The Journal nf M -A is planning on building another on his
7. columns 2 and S.J i return For a number of years he
I was engaged in the hotel business
A Carpenter's Complaint (along the Pacific coast
Vancouver, May Z7. To the Editor 1 George W. Warren of Warrenton !
or tne Journal auways reaa. toe I t the Portland-
editorial page or The Journal, as l jj. E. Weber of Grants Paas is at
always get. some imormauon or so I the Perkins.
doing. I am writing this letter so I us. Sherman of Fairbanks. Alaska,
otners may set imormauon itney I la at tha Multnoman
otherwise would not get. j. K. , I Mrs. Edward Kiddle and Miss Lela
I am a carpenter and " on Tours-1 Kiddle- of La Grande are at the Im-
Idav. Mar--17. .1 aonlled - for wrrii4r at turlal
t he other renown rwo enancea to work I Vancouver barracks. ' when they art I - Mrs. H. L.. Douglas and Mrs. LC E.
Howe of White Salmon are registered
at the Nortonia for tho week.
C. H. Breck of Baker Is at the Cor
nelius. !
F. Sandstrom of Seattle is at the
Carlton.
William Sueum of Pullman is at the
Oregon.
Samuel R. Lindsay of Provo, Utah,
is at the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Taylor of Marsh
field are at the Perkins.
Allen Keith of Albany is at the
Multnomah.
Leon Turner of MeCoy, Or., is at the
Oregon.
Mrs. E. J. 'Bundy of Prinevillels at
the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Lee of Rainier
are at the Cornelius.
M. Graham of Detrolt'ls at the Carl
ton. J
John P. Gray and daughter of Couer
d'Alene are at the Portland.
A, W. Dockstader of Eugene is at i
the Perkins.
Mrs. H. M. Page of C&thlamet. i
Wash., is at the Waashington. !
c-naries trie Kaon of Astoria is at
the Multnomah. I
C. M. Chrlstenson of Hlllsboro is at
the Oregon. 1
C. Vaughn of Hall. Wash.. Is at the
Imperial. !
Mr. and Mrs. J. Stadleman of The
Dalles are registered at the Cornelius. ,
M. Graham of Detroit is at the
Carlton. 1 I
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Soot and Miss
G. Soot of Winnipeg are at the Port- i
land.
T. W. Robinson of Olney Is at the
Perkins.
Charles Erickson of Astoria is at
the Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gilbert of Tilla
mook are at the Oregon.
T. R. Terry of Auburn, wash.. Is at
the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. McArthnr of
Salem are at the Cornelius.
J. P. Hansen of Astoria la at tha
Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Graver of Trl-
ams. Wash., are registered at the Nor
tonia. ' )
Miss A. Lewis of St. Louis, Mo., is
at the Washington.
A- G. Allingham of Redmond Is at
the Perkins.
R. P. Holmes of Klickitat. Wash., ia
at the Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. W. 7. Mahrt of Klon
dike, Or., are at the Oregon,
Guy TU Smith of Eugene is at the
Carlton.
8. R. Rose, a business man of Nel
son, B. C, accompanied by Mrs. Rose
Is registered at the Nortonia. ? ..'.
PEACE WITH0UT
ANNEXATION
The Russian Formula'
by Frank H. Simonds.
An illuminating article in
which Mr. Simonds spe
ulates on position certain .
warring nations find'
themselves in as a con-,
sequence of the Russian
revolution and discusses
new angles taken by the
ultimate solution.
ANTHONY '
EUWER SINGS
TO OREGON
By Lucia B. Harriman.
Poet and artist brings
new fame to the Oregon
country by his "Rhymes
of Our Valley," while
his new work, "Limer
atomy," seems certain to
place him high in the
humorist ranks.
FICTION
MAGAZINE
IN NEW FORM
Beginning next Sunday,!
THE SUNDAY JOUR
NAL Fiction Magazine J
will appear in full -page
size, being folded 'inside
the Comic Section. Its
contents are of the same
high quality as character-1
ized this feature when it
appeared in tabloid form.
OREGONIANS
AT THE PRESIDIO
First - photographs from ;
the reserve officers' train
ing camp at the Presidio :
in next Sunday's Jour
nal. tJ
THE SUNDAY
JOURNAL
Five Cents the Copy,
Everywhere -
NEXT SUNDAY
.'- ' ?
.- a -
aaSMBSaaaaasBSi
- --.
.-
.1
i