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Lej us proudly remember that In oar
tlma the greateat, tbe graodeat, the no
bleat army of tbe world fought not to
. enaUTe, but to free; not to deatroy, bat
' to aiare; not almply for fliemaxWea, but
fcr other; not for cooqueet, but for coo
ertenoe ; not only for ua, but for every land
and erery race.- Bobert Q. Ingeraoll.
SHERIFFS AND MOBS
s
HERIFF WHEELER is the of-
"flclal who led a mob to deport
the mine workers from Blsbee.
When Governor Campbell
wrote him to inquire into the mat-
v ter. Sheriff Wheeler replied pertlv
that he could not guarantee the
technical rights of lawbreakers and
criminals. "He could not menaca
'the lives of loyal American citir
uens in attempting to protect mem
bers of the I. W. W."
He is a sheriff who is carried
.away with over estimate of his
authority. Civilized society does
v "guarantee the technical rights of
lawbreakers and criminals." That
is one of the features which most
clearly distinguishes civilization
from barbarism.
There is plenty of mob spirit in
v America without great examples of
i It being set by sheriffs and other
functionaries of the law. Law
breaking by one class does not rem
edy lawbreaking by another. Crime
does not excuse crime. The history
of human progress consists largely
. . lH efforts to abolish just such con
duct as Sheriff Wheeler in his
feverish excitement deems praise-
worthy.
Besides, the loading of striking
.workmen or I. W. W. agitators
upon cattle cars and throwing them
en masse upon some other commu
nity solves no problem. It mere
ly heightens disorder. It makes
ftrouble more prevalent by spread
ing it into communities that were
i free from it. It is without the
law even if a thousand sheriffs
- in the livery of official authority
are leaders in the proceeding.
.-' President Wilson properly cata-
by ilogued the Bisbee performance
When he said that it ia wrong for
the people to take the law into
their own hands, and that such
, tnethoda are not the most effective
way of dealing with such problems.
An effective home guard, organ
j ized. disciplined and acting with
in the law, settling with disturb
ers, incendiaries and arson squads
by legal processes and within the
;y Jurisdiction where offenses are
" committed or about to be com
mitted is the most effective rem
' ' edy. If reports are but fractlon-
ally true as to the multiplicity of
- secret destruens designs, there id
requirement forVdlscipllned and re-
sponsible action as contrasted with
Bisbee mob action.
; 'v; It is no time for I. W. W.-ism,
whether rVd by secret Prussian
t -agents or by Arizona sheriffs, to
, V9 permitted to cripple the country
I b practicing sabotage upon the
government and people of America
vin"a time when a united country Is
" the keyBtono to success.
In spontaneity and sincerity, few
' V ;lf any functions ever given in
't Portland in honor of a guest have
J' ' equaled that to Jay Stevens Tuesday
!";'' night. It was an occasion of real
heartbeats and compelling expres
; v lon. Nor has any guest deserved
. .more from those who honored him.
THE SHIP ROW
RESIDENT DENMAN of the
shipping board and General
Goethals appear again in an
angry dispute.
A few days ago, the country was
encouraged by the announcement
that : their differences had been
settled and that the seas were to
be -covered With steel and wooden
Ships in shdrt order. Now comes
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the, chilly counter report that tho
iTQw Is on again and the shipbuild
ing program again held up.
; The dispute Is agreeable to the
; kaiser "but most disagreeable for
President Wilson,, whose mighty
responsibilities ought not to be
i increased by the uncompromising
, mood of. the disputants. Natural
ly, the kaiser enjoys the quarrel
with no ships building.
"President WiUon's embarrass
xaent over this dispute is more the
THE SLEEPING GIANT
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NT WESTERN OREGON we hare
It is doubtful If the potentialities of Eastern Oregon are fully
realized, by its own people. It is a land of magnificent resources
In Wallowa county, a single automobile dealer sold 21 thirteen
hundred dollar machines in 21 days. They went mostly to farmers.
The transactions example the prosperity of that wonderful district
where farm output has doubled in volume within a brief period and
where wealth making is in the midst of a riotous carnival.
An excursion. train of several coaches pulled into-Joseph in the
early morning, and enough automobiles were in waiting to whisk every
passenger from the railroad station to beautiful Wallowa lake, where
the guests were entertained with meals In almost extravagant prodi
gality. Though a place of but a few hundred, there are two banks a.
Joseph and the vaults are gorged with golden deposits, the product of'i
the marvelous soil and wonderful sheep ranges on which average sheep
bring 10 a head and young ewes more. Breeders there are raising
the standard of their flocks and as well as on many of tbe other
Eastern Oregon ranges, fleeces average around 12 pounds while the
average for Oregon is eight. With Eastern Oregon wool bringing as
high as 60 cents, some idea of how that portion of the state U pro
ducing wealth for Oregon is gained.
At Enterprise, the county seat of Wallowa, there is probably a
greater amount of building per capita than In any other city in Oregon.
Enterprise is in the heart of this carnival of abundance and the touch
of the times is on the city's growth.
At La Grande there is a Chautauqua pavilion that is the rarest
thing of the kind in Oregon. It is an appointment of the city park
and its capacious accommodations are reflective of tbe tastes and
cultural Ideals of the community.
La Grande is in the heart of the wonderful Grande Ronde region,
a valley of delightful perspective and historic importance. That valley
was the nature's eden on which many of the weary and spent immi
grants, worn out with the long jburaeyings through deserts and aria
countries in the 5 0's, feasted their eyes and rested their teams, for
the final stretches of their journey over the Barlow route through
the Cascades or down the Columbia Into the far famed valley of the
Willamette.
There is a brisker movement in Eastern Oregon than on this sido
of the Cascades. The atmosphere is lighter and more bracing. It
incites to action and makes the step more brisk. It makes the mini
more active and fills the population with stimulus and strength.
The estimate of Eastern Oregon will have to be revised. As Irri
gation devolops and becomes better understood, a mighty impetus will
be given the region. Over in Wallowa where primitive irrigation sys
tems from Wallowa lake were long ago installed, the farmers are little
concerned with the present reports of burning crops. They put mois
ture into the soil at will and are little concerned with the current
drouth scare.
We shall have a wonderful Oregon by and by. We are Just begin
ning to find ourselves out. We did not know all the good things we
have in the way of natural endowment. Time will show it to us and
the wonderful influenco of the agricultural college In helping us to
understand all its soil possibilities will give us a commonwealth beyond
our most ambitious dreams.
Portland will make an unpardonable blunder if she falls to vision
this coming Oregon. She should early sense this oncoming empire and
prepare for a great part in it. Out on the plains and productive spaces
already peopled, there is still a little of the old suspicion of the alleged
selfishness and self-sufficiency of Portland. Portland's Installation of
grain elevators and new freight terminals as aid to the big farm popu
lation had favorable effect out there. That sort of thing and more of
visible cooperation and more in material help for the moving enter
prises and more sympathy with the aspirations of her great back
country will make Portland a favored part of this mounting com
monwealth. Rural Oregon is a sleeping giant. It is moving and stretching
.itself now as if to rls for action. Let Portland catch the spirit of
the time.
product doubtless of great forces
aligned against each other than !
to the dispute of two mere men
We have already seen example of
the selfishness of the steel mag
nates in the exorbitant prices de
manded for steel products. The
monumeatal figures they proposed
to extort flow from a purpose that
could also require all ships to be
built of steel and none of wood.
Beneath the surface there is prob
ably just such an insistence. That
men like Denman who know that
wooden ships have their place
should resist such a program 13
not amazing.
Meanwhile the real Issue is, not
what kind of ships, but how many
ships.
The report hat the loader who
sought to restore the monarchy In
China wa; in the pay of the kaiser
is not Improbable. William II
wants as many monarchies as pos
sible in the world. Each throne
that disappears is a menace to him
and his throne. That is why he
wanted a military empire all his
own, belting Europe and Asia from
Berlin to Bagdad.
A GOOD POINT
T
HE Washington supreme court
makes a telling point when it
says that workmen have no
iaore right to picket than em
ployers have to blacklist. Unde
niably both the picket and the
blacklist smack more of barbarism
than of Christian civilization. Both
will probably disappear when we
have learned how to live together
in the world.
The courts and the law can
readily put down picketing because
it is carried on openly. The pick
ets can be seized and Jailed by tho
police. The blacklist is not quite
so obvious. It slinks along in th9
dark. The courts can not arraign
it and tbe police can not seize it.
We should not be surprised to see
the blacklist in vigorous working
order long after our authorities
have demolished the pickets.
We all understand that It Is
working quite beautifully now. Tho
Washington court shows a sense
of the fitness of things by linking
the picket and the blacklist to
gether. As a toastmaster, W. F. W6od
ward is always pleasing. If he is
ever in the dumps, his habitual
buoyancy at dinner occasions makes
it seem impossible that he could bo
other than a perennial optimist.
These remarks are occasioned by
his mood and his excellence as the
presiding genius at the dinner to
Mr. Stevens.
OUR PRIDE AND JOY
T
HERE Is ground for satisfac
tion in the rapid rise of Wil
liam Waldorf Astor to the
Olympian heights of the Brit
ish aristocracy. Beginning life as
a plain American he rose to be a
not comprehended Eastern Oregon.
baron not long ago and now, with
a suddenness that takes one's
breath away for pride and Joy, he
is raised to the degree cf viscount.
The ranks of the British nobility
are, beginning at the top, duke,
marquis, earl, viscount and baron
So our admired fellow citizen still
has some way to go before he geti
to the top.
We will all pray that his rise
may be still more rapid in the fu
ture than in the past. As-a matter
of national pride sve want him to
become a duke before dukes dis
appear from British life, as they
are quite likely to do before long.
Our English cousins are growing
tired of the feudal nonsense that
imposes heavy burdens upon them
and returns no benefit. The tinsel
which delights the childish soul ofJ
ine expatriated Astor naa become
too wearisome for endurance in
its native land. Astor supports
his title by rents extorted from
New York's tolling millions. It
must comfort his victims to know
how beautifully their contributions
are applied.
One of the great factors in Pen
dleton progress is the East Ore
gonian newspaper. Its gifts in cash
to Pendleton activities the past
year totaled more than $1300. It
has a long history of active con
structlve purpose, and Its present
owners are bright, alert, lntelll
gent ana popular young men,
which means that it is a modern,
forward-looking and successful
publication, an institution of great
value to the city, the county and
the etate.
GRANT'S STATESMANSHIP
c.
W. FULTON'S letter in the
Oregonlan lauding Grant's
statesmanship and attacking
Muzzey with all his defend
shows what an expert spe
ers.
cial pleader can do for a bad
cause. But with all his skill
in making the worse appear the
better reason, his letter would have
been more agreeable if it had been
less Intolerant. Muzzey's book, ha
writes, "has no proper place in
the schools." He "regrets" that
one entertaining Professor Augur's
convictions "should be employed"
in the public schools.
Professor Augur, when he wroto
a good word for Muzzey, commit
ted the unpardonable sin of dif
fering with Mr. Fulton on a point
of history. Every reputable his
torian who has said anything about
Grant and his statemanshlp prac
tically agrees with Muzzey and
Professor Augur.
It may help the Impartial pub
lic to come to a fair conclusion
on this controversy if we offer the
following quotation concerning
Grant from an authoritative his
tory. It is from the Cambridge
Modern History, Vol. 7, which
says:
Grant was personally honest but
he was a poor judge of men, suscep
tible to certain kinds of flattery and
extremely dependent for advice In
civil matters upon his personal
friends. ,. ---
Who these "friends" were we
learn a little farther on in the
same paragraph of the Modern His
tory, where we read:
It was common talk that he had
fallen under the influence of a group
of senators of the less elevated
type-"
These "less elevated" senators,
who jupon occasion' could become
decidedly more elevated, led Grant
to make appointments which dis
graced the country. 'They drew
him blindly into the San Domingo
scandal which Mr. Fulton weakly
excuses. "
U. S. Grant was a great military
commander. "I will fight it out
on this line if it takes all sum
mer," is example of the spirit that
finally overthrew the confederacy.
Posterity owes Grant an illustrious
place for his leadership in war,
and his time was deeply indebted
to him for gentle traits of amia
bility that, are an adornment of
men.
But it is just to him and to his
tory to say that he was not a great
statesman in any sense of the
word.
Letters From the People
Communlratlona afrit to Tbe Journal for
publication In tbla department abould be writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, abould not
exceed :Xt words In length and 'mast be ac
companied by the name and addrcaa of tbe
aender. If the writer doea not dealre to bare
thie name published be ibo.ld ao atate.J
Salted Salmon
Cheshire, Or., July 16. To the
Editor of The Journal I would like
to know of some one that Is putting
up salted salmon. The big concerns
In Portland ten me that owing- to the
high price of canned salmon they are
not salting any. O. PETBRSCTN.
The Schmidt Packing company of
Astoria is in that business.
Divorce and Polygamy
Portland. July 18. To the Editor of
The Journal As there has been sooie
discussion in your columns on the
Question of divorce I would like to say
a few words in reply to tbe article or.
J. D. Rice.
The commonly accepted Idea of a
home is fast becoming a relic of the
past, owing to Industrial conditions.
The tenements of the poor of the
larrer cities, where the family sleep
after an exciting chase of the elusive
dollar during the day is not much or a
home. Neither may the palatial man
sion of the wealthy, with Its large
number of servants, be much more
than a private hotel. Therefore the
middle class seems to be the last
refuge of the home. Easy or strict
divorce laws would tend only to affe;t
that class. Moreover, does Mr. Kice
think we should only love or hate Dy
law? Close observers of the subject
seem to agree that love is voluntary
and comes and goes without regard
to any civil or religious law.
He also makes the statement th-t
the words of the Lord are definite,
and advises people to consult Him,
the greatest attorney. Then let us
examine Holy Writ and see how some
of the chosen ones fared in their
domestio life. Abraham. alter the
adventures of Sarah with the king of
Eev-Dt and the king of Gerar. naa
much wealth. Then he found an af
finity in Hagar. Judah also had an
affinity. King David sent Uriah to
the forefront of the battle to solve
the affinity question. These men con
sulted the great attorney frequently.
The men of those times were very
polygamous. They have changed.
Why? Bernard Shaw tells us why.
Polygamy, when tried under modern
conditions, is wrecked by Inferior men,
who are condemned by it; for the ma
ternal Instinct of a woman leads her
to prefer a tenth share in a flrst-ra:e
man to the exclusive Interest In a
third-rate one.
MRS. T ALEXANDER.
Thousand Legged Worms
Portland, July 16. To the Editor of
The Journal Please tell me if the so
called "thousand legged vorms" are
dangerous. I found quite a large one
In our basement, and it so closely re
sembles the poisonous centipedes of
Arizona that I felt anxious to know
more about them. E. G.
Certain tropical species of the cen
tirede are Wghly venomous, but those
encountered in the basements of
houses In this latitude are consid
ered quite harmless.
Enter the Concrete Ship
From the Seattle Time
War has given us some queer Inven
tions, but nothing more interesting
locally has developed than the pro
posal to build a ship of concrete. Ten
citizens of San Francisco think so well
of the Idea that thev have subscribed
$25,000 each to construct the vessel,
and they are confident that the experi
ment will prove their Judgment is
good.
The vessel will be built at Redwood
Harbor under a secret process recently
developed. It will be 300 feet long,
4J feet beam and 24 feet deep. The
process is said to give the concreto
the tensile strength and elasticity of
steel. Experts have passed on the
plan and it Is on their findings that
the backers of the experiment pin
tbeir faith.
Concrete has been successfully used
in the construction of barges, one still
ia use and said to be giving good
service having been built-as long ago
a 1910. It is claimed for it that
while it tows heavier than a wooden
barge, this Is due to construction and
rfot to the material used". Concreto
lighters have also been used with suc
cess. Norway is eald to even have
gone beyond this and built concreto
vessels of 3000 tons displacement,
though these boats are used as barges
and not as sailing snips or power pro
pelled craft.
The experiment at San Francisco
will be watched with keen Interest by
shipping interests.
AVonderg of a New Antiseptic
Of all the remarkable medical In
novations shown to the members of
the American Medical association,
whl4h met recently in New York, prob
ably the most marvelous is a new
antiseptic solution perfected after 10
years' work by Dr. Wilfred Fralick of
that city. Dr. Oscar . Eckstein of the
University of Berlin and Dr. A. C.
Allen of the University of Chicago.
It is Superior to the famous Carrel
Dakin solution, because. In addition to
everything' that preparation can do, it
can be used on tbe brain and in the
abdominal cavity and can be Injected
directly into the blood without danger.
The last-named quality makes it of
startling significance in the treatment
of blood poisoning.
While to put ths Carrel-Dakln solu
tion into the veins of a patient would
mean certain death, the new prepara
tion, a chlorinated solution of per
manganate of potash, can be run di
rectly Into ths blood stream without
disturbing anything there ' except tbe I
evil elements meant to be attacked.
In tbe Cumberland 8 tree t hospital.
Brooklyn, tbe visiting doctors saw Dr.
F. B. Plerson Inject more than a pint
of the new antiseptic through a needle
into the veins of a man suffering from
a serious septic infection of the glands.
No anesthetic was used. yt the pa
tient said he felt no pain.
Another operation was upon a man
with a compound fracture of the skull.
Splinters of bone and dirt were press
ing directly into the brain tissue. The
new antiseptic not only washed the
brain tissue at the surface, but car
ried away the small splinters of bone.
In such an operation as this former
ly brain Infection was almost inevit
able. But the visiting doctors were
told that in a similar case by the new
method the wound had been healed
without any signs of Infection.
Rational View of Billy Sunday
From the Outlook
A teacher of history once said that
every one of the greatest struggles
in history was over a difference of
emphasis. This is the root of the dif
ference of opinion concerning Billy
Sunday. Those who criticise him em
phasise his mannerisms, his slang, li:.
theology, and what seems to them his
lntolerence. Those, on the ftther hand,
who believe in him, support him, and
regard him as an agency of good,
consider that all these characteristics
are secondary. They see in his man
nerisms the means to which h re
sorts in order to reach enormous
crowds, as the actor must exaggerate
the normal tones of his voice and
the normal movements of his hands
and body in order to convey his ideas
across the footlights. They see In
his use of the vernacular the reac
tion of a man of the people from the
meaningless phraseology, the pious
platitudes, the patois de Canaan ot
the pietist, and the effort of such a
man of the people to put what he
regards as very real experiences into
language which the men like him in
the street will recognize as real. They
see in his theology the workings of a
mind not interested primarily in the
ological dogma, but impatient with
a good deal of current hair splitting,
and therefore determined to side track
theological disputes by assuming that
a traditional theology is not to be
questioned. And they Interpret what
others call his intolerance as a by
product of a man who is so very
much In earnest and who sees so
clearly the evils that come from lack
of conviction, the evils of indifference
to vital questions of right and wrong,
the nerve cutting effect of the doc
trine of the Laodicean, that he does
not stop to distinguish between opin
ions and convictions, and puts all
that he says on an equal plane of
intensity.
None of these characteristics should
b confused with either the essence
of religion and morality or the es
sence of Billy Sunday himself. If
some of the Old Testament prophets
should come to life again and use in
our pulpits today the language which
they used in the royal courts and the
open spaces of ancient Israel and
Judah, we should be more scandal'
ized by It than by anything Billy
Sunday says. And we forget that Paul
used the vernacular Greek and Jesus
the vernacular Aramean. And even
the theology of the Old Testament
and some of the current beliefs re
corded in the New Testament would
not be wholly acceptable to people
who criticise Billy Sunday's theology
The real test by which to judge
what Billy Sunday does is the ono
set forth in the Sermon on the
Mount "By their fruits ye shall
know them." What Billy Sunday has
Imparted to thousands upon thousands
is not his mannerisms, not his slang,
not his theology npr 'intolerance, but
his faith and the power to abandon
selfishness and self-indulgence and
laziness and a thousand other vices
petty and big, and the power to de
vote life and energy to rlghteousnp?
and Justice and cleanness and liberty.
He has done greater things than even
he knows. He has been the source
of new life and new power for right
eousness in many and many a com
munity. When the history of democracy in
the beginning of the twentieth cen
tury is written, it will be recorded
that Billy Sunday was a force in In
fusing that democracy with religious
faith and purpose.
Obstruction Made Easy
From the New York World
As soon as the prohibition Issue be
comes stale, the opponents of the food
bill might see if something could not
be done In the way of further delay by
tacking a woman suffrage amendment
to the measure or a proposition for
government ownership of railroads.
There are also possibilities in a
scheme to couple food control with
compulsory reading of ths Bible in
the public schools.
Don't Be Penny Wise
From the Youth'e Companion
No housewife should let the In
creased price of sugar keep her from
preserving all the fruit and berries
that she can get. A little figuring
will show her that the increased price
of sugar is less than half a cent to
the quart Jar.
PERSONAL MENTION
Tourists Here Fmm East
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph di Giorgio,
Miss Maria dl Glorsrlo, J. S. di Gior
gio and Miss Margarita M. Robert
are tourists on the Pacific coast and
are spending the day in Portland. Mr.
dl Giorgio Is a large fruit dealer of
New York. J. S, di Giorgio and Miss
Robert are from Baltimore.
Highway Commissioner Here
E. J. Adams, state highway com
missioner, is in the city on business.
He Is registered at the Imperial from
Eugene.
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Auto Party in City
H. H. Howard and Francis Davis
Jr.. both of San Francisco, are tour
ing the coast by automobile. They
were In Portland Wednesday, staying
at the Multnomah, and left thle morn
ing for Seattle. They will return here
in about a week.
Here From Saskatoon
Mrs. and Miss Thayer, Mrs. and
Miss Pastrel, B. M. Ingles and IL Bal
four, are tourists in the city from
Saskatoon, Sask. They are registered
at the Cornelius.
Dr. R. H. Hunter of Hoqulam, Wash.,
Is a guest at the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Young of
Seattle are at the Washington.
G. Springer, Crook county Judge, at
Prtneville, i a Perkins guest.
Mr. and Mrs. E, M. Paget of Chicago
are staying at the Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Tucker of Kansas
. City Mo.( are at ths Imperial
Mr. and Mrs. John Payne are at the
Washington from Seattle.
Leo Nelnberg of Newark, N. Y., is
registered at the Portland.
F Henderson of Roseburg is a Per
kins guest.
Mrs. W. B. Brinkerhoff of Seattle
is at the Cornelius.
Miss A, Ketchum la staying at ths
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Nicholas probably doesn't so much
mind losing his throne, if Mrs.
Romanoff would only let up on her
everlasting "I told you so'."
"How do you pronounce pleWscdteT"
inquires an esteemed exchange. The
answer is that what counts in the
ue of a plebiscite is not pronouncing
it, but announcing It.
Cabinet members, forming the Re
signers' union and affiliating with the
Abdicators' union, would make a dandy
starter .for the Grand International
Federation of Never Come Backs.
The lowering of the height standard
for recruits to a feet 1 inch will not
only vastly augment our military
strength but should supply at least one
man per company who can De caiieu
"Shorty."
Instead of admonishing everybody
not to peel their potatoes, the sane
thing would be to fix it so the raiser
could grow 'em so much bigger that
the peeling would never be missed.
And he could and would do this, if he
had the deal he ought to have and
which could easily be arranged for
him.
BurbanJfs Utest la described as "a
triple combination of the alligator
pear, the yam, and the apple.- having
the distinct flavors of each, and
salmon pink in appearance, with a tan-leather-flke
covering." And it will
probably cost as much as an alligator
pear, a yam, an apple, a salmon and
a Bide of leather.
A Boston neurologist gives the opin
ion that one man in every 60 selected
in the draft will be rejected on the
ground of Insanity. Which is enough
to make the slackers exclaim: "Weill
I hadn't thought of that. Glad you
mentioned it." That Is. if they would
rather pro to the asylum man me
trenches.
THE NORTH JETTY OF THE COLUMBIA
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff Correspondeot of The Journal
Washington, July 19. 'Is work on
the north Jetty of the Columbia river,
suspended by recommendation of the
army engineers and ratified by failure
of congress to restore the $976,000 ap
propriation stricken out by the rivers
and harbors committee In the house, to
be resumed In one year, or In several
years, or at all?
The asnwer will no doubt be found
in the future alertness and efficiency
of the Oregon delegation In congress,
particularly the house delegation, be
cause river and harbor bills originate
on the house side, and after they have
been framed, the ratio of effort to
make changes is greatly increased.
If Oregon had a member on the com
mitee the thing would be simplified.
Opportunity to present the Columbia
river matter and the Yaqulna Improve
ment in the most effective manner
was lacking In the house committee a
few weeks ago because no northwest
member was there. Oregon has yet to
learn the full measure as to how much
it may be damaged by the failure of
Representative McArthur or Represen
tative Hawley to go upon that commit
tee when the opportunity was open at
the beginning of the present congress,
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What the army engineers are going
to say about the Columbia Jetty in
the future cannot of course be fore
casted, but here is a quotation from
what Colonel H. C. Newcomer, head of
tho river and harbor division, told the
committee while it waa making up the
present bill:
"Those Jetties, particularly, are sub
ject to storm action and to deteriora
tion. The deterioration in this case
has not been so great as was expected
during the last winter and it Is mainly
during the winter that these things
occur. For that reason the district of
ficer reports a condition there which
he considers adequate to last over the
coming year, and he thinks, under
present conditions Of advancing prices
and greatly Increased cost which was
not anticipated when the former esti
mate was made, the work ought to be
suspended for a year."
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While Colonel Newcomer at this
point referred definitely to suspen
sion of work for a year, he had earlier
the same day intimated that work may
not be . recommended for "several
years." . In this earlier statement be
said:
"He (the district officer) thinks the
work should be discontinued for sev
eral years. The work so far done has
brought the Jetty throuchout practl-
lcally Its entire length well above high
tide. (Note The report of the dis
trict officer shows that for the last
200 feet the jetty slopes abruptly
downward to from seven to 75 feet
brlow datum, or mean lower low
water.)
"There Is a portion at the end that
the storms of last winter reduced
somewhat, and there Is a very deep
hole washed around the end of the
Jetty, as usually occurs in these cases.
HOW TO BE
SPARING EXPENSIVE FOODS.
The expensive foods fall largely in
the "body building" group meat, fish,
fowl eggs, etc. These foods are rich
In material that reconstructs tlssu
broken down in the wear and tear of
living.
But there are other foods among the
cheaper kinds that we eat for heat and
for energy cereals, vegetables, fruits,
etc. which contain some body build
ing properties, and the free use of
which enables us to cut down meats
and eggs in order to save expense.
Among the package cereals rolled
oats are found to be one of the most
economical foods to use to supply heat
and energy and also body building ma
terial at the same time, but bulk
cereals are cheaper and should beaused
by preference.
Among ths vegetables we may con
sider those oftenest used In cans, the
prices of which do not fluctuate a
widely aa do the prices of green vege
tables at different times of the year.
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In a group of eight canned vege
tables lentils, kidney beans, baked
beans, corn, peas, lima beans, toma
toes and string beans (reckoned by tno
pound, not by . the can. which some
times contains more and sometimes
less than a pound) cheapest In tht
list stands lentils, which at a cost of
20 cents a pound yield 1580 total cal
ories (food units), making the cost per
calorie only .00013 of a cent. The num
ber of protein (body building) calories
is 466 and. if the pound of lentils la
bought for that element In the food
alone, the cost Is .00043 per calorie,
still the cheapest in the list.
Next in the list, in order of cheap
ness, come kidney beans, which at a
cost of 15 cents a pound yield 640
Washington while hers from Los An
geles. Charles Bernard of Ventura. Cal.. is
s Multnomah guest,
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Haskell of Oak
Point, Wash., are at the Imperial.
Misses Margaret and Emma Hindert
of Minonk, 111., are at the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. King!ey are at
the Multnomah from San .Francisco.
E. Stauglsnd of Astoria is staying
at the Perkins.
Charles E. Buell and family of The
Dalles are at the Cornelius.
Mrs. V. K. Robinson is at the
AND7 NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
"Tourists on railroad and highway
often comment on the beautiful trees
with which Hermiston is surrounded."
says the Herald, "and well they might,
for the resident portion, especially, is
a ventabie shady bowr."
The most flattering results are at
tending the efforts of the committee
In charge of the petition for the large
irrigation district to be formed In the
Immediate future, including land ad
jacent to Burns and continuing out
Into the vallvy. the News reports.
The "poor man's mine" exists in
Grant county. The Canyon City Eaile
tells of one: "Jack Chambers made a
clean-up this week and was exhibiting
some fine specimens here this week.
He had some coarse gold which ran
Into several hundred dollars. He fs
placer mining on the old John Long
place."
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Treasure Island exists on every
farm, deducing from this story, in the
Lostlne Reporter: "George Chllden
is loading a freight car with old iron
this week. People are glad to have an
oDDortunitr to dlsDose of their Junk
and get It out of the fence corners
and other places. A junk pile means
a weed patch. They are aDie to casn
In these junk P-les to a good aavan
tag now,"
Who cares for heat, when he's got
an automobile and a mountain range
Here Is the recioo. as per the Rose
burg News: "To escape the hot wave
that settled down over the city and
valley Saturday afternoon, J. B. Bailey
and family autoed over to Krewsler
and SDent tho nieht In the mountains
Sunday mornine the party motored on
over the range to Coos county points
and returned to Roseburg Sunday
nieht Thev state that the trip was
delightful, and Saturday night pleas
antly cool where they etoppea.
so that any extension would be very
expensive at this time, and he sug
gests, therefore, a discontinuance of
any work on the north Jetty for at
least one year, and he says if that is
dons the amount estimated to carry
that forward for the year can be
omitted."
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An Oregon member, had there been
one on the committee, could at least
at this point have shown that a con
slderablo part of the Jetty is not "well
above high tide." but Is far below low
tide, and might also have suggested
that the "deep hole" at the end Is not
likely to grow shallow, or the exten
sion to become less expensive by leav
Ing the outer end of the Jetty in that
condition for one year or several years
An alert member of the committee
might also have referred back to ear
iler testimony given by Colonel New
comer regarding the jetties at St.
Johns river, Florida. The bill carries
J335.000 for St. Johns river, and in re
sponse to a question by Representa
tive Hulbert as to whether that was
urgent. Colonel Newcomer responded:
"The greater part of that Is required
for the Jetties at the mouth of the bt
Johns river, and It Is urgent to repal
them. The maintenance of that chan
nel depends upon the Integrity of th
jetties, and they have gone down a
good deal at the outer ends, and also
one of the shore connections Is con
slderably lowered."
Here, It could be pointed out, Colonel
Newcomer was urging as imperative
the protection of Jetties which "hav
gone down at the outer ends," the very
condition In which the uncompleted Co
lumbla jetty Is to be left.
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It's Mount Rainier. Not content with
its recent decision, when those wh
wanted to call it Mount Tacoma were
turned down, the United States geo
graphlo board has since Issued em
phatlc statements calculated
smother the Tacomaltes. The nam
Rainier, one of these statements says
Is fixed by "discovery, priority an
universal usage." It closes with th
declaration that "so far as known, no
attempt has ever been made by an
people, in any part of the world t
change a name so firmly established.
Dr. C. Hart Merrlam, a member of th
board. In a bulletin says there is n
more reason for changing Mount
Rainier on the maps In order to sub
stitute the Indian name of Tacoma
than there would be to rename Mount
Hood. Mount St. Helens, Three Sisters
and Mount Jefferson In order to make
room for their Indian names. When
the legislature of Washington as'.ced
for the change, he asserts. It did not
represent the opinion of the major
ity. There Is a closed-Incident, talk-no-more
flavor In the comment of the
government geographers. Thus the
Washington legislature, Theodore
Roosevelt and Congressman Albert
Johnson, all sturdy champions of "Ta
coma." arc vanquished. Congressman
Miller of Seattle lined up on the Rain
ier side of the controversy.
HEALTHY
Copjrlfht, 1 I T.
sy J. Kaa..
total calories, making the cost per
calorie .00027. A pound of kidney
beans yields 128 protein calories,
making the cost of the body-building
material .00119 per calorie, If the
food is being purchased for this alone.
Under such circumstances, of course,
the other calories in the same food
would be reckoned as thrown in free
of charge.
Baked beans are next In order of
cheapness, both for total calories con
tained in a pound and for cost of pro
tein calories out of tbe total, the cost
per calorie of all kinds being .00042
and of the protein calories, reckoned
as above. .00200.
When It comes to corn It Is next in
order of cheapness for the total num
ber of calories which a pound con
tains, but not next in order of cheap
ness for the protein element. The cost
per calorie of all kinds Is .00045, where
as the cost per calorie of protein Ik
.00382, which is higher than the cost
of protein In peas or In lima beans
which are .00215 and .00273 respective
ly, whereas their cost per total calorie
Is .00065 and .00057 respectively,
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Tomatoes and string beans srs the
most expensive In the list both for
total calorie and for protein colorles.
A pound of canned tomatoes yields
100 calories at .001 each, 21 of which
calories are protein, costing therefore
.00474. A pound f string beans con
tains 90 calories, costing 14 cents for
the pound and therefore costing .00155
per calorie, or .00737 per protein cal
orie of which type the pound yields
onlyTS.
Lentils and beans, therefore, are
cheap for conserving foods of the mor,
expensive variety among the meats.
Tomorrow Cheese to Replace Meat
Washington from North Yakima.
Wash.
Mrs. John B. Harvey and Mrs. E. H
McLean of Mobile, Ala., are at ths
Portland.
Miss Harriet M. Lyons is a Roily
wood, Cal.. guest at the Imperial.
M. Lewis of Chicago Is at ths Mult
nomah. F. A. Munich of Lebanon, Or., is at
the Perkins.
Dr. F. C. Page is at ths Portland
from Med ford.
John L. Lurkander la at the Im
perial from Stockton, CaL
R.a Taj? and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
I To this ctuBa all reader of Tbe Jtanu '
are larllod to cvouiUai original nattr 4a
tary la rrrae or laxihitnaoptitcal obarvaUoa-
me atrlktog tiuota tloaa. froro any aovrce. Cos-
trieattana r tirrftkoual aaarll am be pais Wi
t Uta aaltur a aptiralaal.
That Was 30,550 Too Many
NOTING that 30,a80 girls and U.
17o women ut.ed the municipal
wimming places last week, 1 am re
minded, says "Uirard" in the Philadel-
iila Ledger, of something that took
place while Miss Agnes Irwin of Phil
adelphia was dean ot Uadclltfe college.
They wanted a new swimming tank
for the gymnasium. A firm In New
iork wrote Prebldeiu Le Haron R.
14risgs offering to provide an iron tank
with a capacity of 40,000 gala.
Loctcr lirlggs wrote tack. "This is
larger lank than we shall require
for tume time to come. There are only
400 young ladles In residence at Rad
ciiffc at present."
Oregon Pioneer
You come again, dear friends of all
tn.i years.
Far from your homes. You bads
your luveii eood-bve.
In greetings fond, my juy Is merged
with tcara.
While nlran!rs' glances seem to
ask me why.
cannot tell them all that's in my
heart
On una glad day, when we In Joy
commune.
But there is ever, when we drift apart,
a memory uear, that s not lorgotten
soon.
We go our- way. each to his waiting
taste.
Content to know that, whatso'er
betide.
Old friends are true: that's all the
world could ask
Of taose who have pure motives
for their guide.
June McMillan Ordway.
The Barnyard Kpy System
Forrest L. Moe. an orchardist of the
Odell district, says the Hood River
Glacier, tells of a well defined system
of signals used by China pheasants,
cocks and old hens on his ranch to
warn of the approach of hawka that
frequent the neighborhood.
"Invariably,'' says Mr. Moe, "the
pheasants sight the marauder first.
The pheasant cocle will emit a rau
cous squawk. The barnyard rooster
immediately sounds his warning and
the old hens transmit the message,
telling of danger to the little chicks.
As a result of this war!ness, hawks
have not been able to catch any of the
chickens on our place this season."
Show Htuff
When Kmily Soldene was In America
many years ago, a godlets reporter,
ambitious to have his whack at one
of the standard Joke topics of the hour,
namely, the extra width of Emily's
mouth, wrote, "Miss Soldeiie's mouth
Is so extensive that it requires two
men to kiss her. Boston Globe.
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A humane society had secured a
downtown picture house to show a pic
ture of wild animals In their native
haunts.
Along came this caption:
"We were skinned to provide- a
woman with fashionable furs."
From a little spectacled husbffed .in
the rear came a plaintive iueak.
"So was I." Photoplay Magazine.
The best deadhead story extant In
volves George V. Hobart, author of
some of our most successful stage
literature. He was accosted at the door
of a theatre, where one of his plays
was on, by a tough looking young man,
who aaked for two complimentary
scats.
"Have you a card?" Hobart queried.
"No, but I'm tho husband of Vera
True, the serio comic.
"Well, you'd better tell your wife
to apply for the beats, and the appli
cation will be referred to .the bouae
manager."
"tiay, Cull," said the tough young
man, in a hesitant manner, "I can't do
that exactly. You see she doesn't
speak to me any more." Detroit Free
Press.
Pity the 1'oor Cougar
E. F Averlll, district Inspector of
the biological survey, has returned
from a trip through the Willamette
valley and southern Oregon. While
going over the trap lines on the
north fork of Rogue river with a
government trapper, says the Pendle
ton East Oregonian, they found that
a cougar, had made away' with one of
the traps. They finally found the dead
body of the cougar high in a tree. He
had dragged Hup, chain and stake into
the tree and. the chain becoming
caught over a limb, the cougar had
hung Itself.
Colonel Clark Wood Gets Ills
Colonel Clark Wood of Weston did
not attend the editorial cone-onllon.
says the Pendleton East Oregonian's
Weakly Bulldogger. He sent down a
weak alibi by his feudal foe Colonel
Fred Boyd of Athena, something about
having poison oak on bis face. Per
sonally, wo tnink he noticed that a
visit to the asylum was Included on
the entertainment program and feared
he would be Interned there.
Emblem of the U-Boat
(Dr. Henry van Dyke, on his way
back to America aboard a liner, wrote
the following poem under ths title
"Homeward Bound":)
Home, for my heart still calls me;
Home, through the danger son.
Home whatever befalls me,
I will sail again to my own!
Wolvea of the sea are hiding
Closely along the way,
,'nder the water biding
Their moment to rend and slay.
Blark Is the eagle that brands them,
Black are their hearts as the night.
Black is the hate that sends them
To murdar but not to fight.
Flower of the German culture.
Boast of the kaiser's marine,
Chooee for your emblem the vulture.
Cowardly, cruel, obscene!
Forth from her sheltered haven
Our peaceful ship glides slow.
Noiseless in flight as a raven.
Gray as a hoodie crow.
She doubles and turns in her bearing.
Like a twisting plover she goes.
The way of her westward faring
Only the captain knows.
In a lonely bay concealing
She lingers for days, and slips
At dusk from her covert stealing
. Thro' channels feared by tbe snips.
Brave are ths men. and steady
Who guide her over the deep,
British mariners, ready
To face the sea wolf's leap.
Lord of the winds and waters.
Bring our ship to her mark.
Safe from thin game of hide and sssk
With murderers In the dark.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
We all know there's food peolatloa
enough to beat a Turk robbin' a Ar
menian, but congress Is still debatlnT.
Some time back we was told Wilson
and the btg-browed statesmen In ths
United States senate fixed up a con
traption with a French name to shut
off debate, but the thing is like some
ether things ws have saw at times i
it don't seem to work the way the
clro'laxs says It wUL
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