iTHE OREGON DAILY; i JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY, ' JULY . 26, 181V.
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5. W. W. SKATORS
HERE are several kinds of I.
W. W.-ism.
Tho dupes and illiteratcb
misled by unscrupulous prop
aganda are bad enough. But they
are not the worst.
I They can do little harm com
pared with men like Senator Pen
rose. Ills assaults and the assaults
of men of his kind on the conduct
of the war are more dangerous
than I. W. W.-ism. Their position
and their trappings of power give
them audience and give them fol-1
lowers. !
In the senate Tuesday, Senator
.James told the truth, about them
when he said:
If this spirit of criticism of those
lh charge of the war continues, Amer
ica will -foe crippled at home right in
this chamber.
And it is true. The attacks cre
ate division when unity is the para
mount essential. Division will crip
ple America; unity will strengthen
America.
Penrose's criticism was on the
navy for withholding news of the
diver attack on the American expe
. ditlonary force five days, and on
the bureau of public Information
which supervises the giving out of
naval and military news.
Every government at war must
" safeguard the rftovement of troops
and 6hips by preventing premature
and reckless publication of Informa
tion. The whole country realizes and
expects It, Relatives of men who
must make the great sacrifice at
the front want it. There could bo
no abler director of public informa
tlon than Mr. Creel, a journalist
and publicist of national reputa
tion. These are petty things on which
to base a two hours' debate in
the senate when vast war enter
prises await senate action. It i3
not statesmanship. It would be
horseplay were its effect upon the
-conduct, of the war not so demoral
izing. ' About the time Senator Penrose
.was assailing those who are doing
all in their power to make Amer
ica strong In the war, the kaiser
liWas ridiculing the part America is
to play in the conflict. On what
other ground can kaiscrdom hold
lightly the war power of a republic
Of 100 million with banking re
''SOurceTs greater than that of all
"the belligerents combined, than on
the presumption that "America will
be crippled at home" by the dis-
i rtcord. and division and domoraliza
"tion created by the Penroses and
Uheir kind? ,
I" In union there Is strength. When
Z every citizen is ahoulder to shoul
Jder in holding the Republic fast,
there is power.
fc..i We should have no I. W. W.-ism
in. the senate.
JpT The Elks are raising a million
a uunau H iui uso iu caring
for
v &maimed soldier members and their
families during the war. In the
5 Worthy things the order does, the
Jtworld must doff Its hat to .the
fcElks.
THE STATE BLUE BOOK
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ECRETARY OF STATE OL-
COTT'S latest book has come
damp from the press, and is a
pleasant visitor.
V Its title is the Oregon Blue Book
and, in keeping with the spirit
KoLthe days in which we now live,
I the flag floats above the title.
It . is a very instructive volume,
f There are not many things of in
hterest about the official aotivity of
khe state, past and present, that do
t"not find lodgment between its cov
JVers, It is now, and still more will
Jibe, a hand book of state informa
"t tlon, . statistical, historical, finan
Cial "and institutional. If every
t)oy and girl in Oregon and every
adult for that matter, were to take
-Author Olcott's latest volume into
- the study hour and master tho
t" many things it tells concerning the
t state In " which r we live; they, could
not help being better citizens for
the experience. ' c
.There are those who hare con
tended that the small appropriation
made for the publication of the
Oregon Blue Book might with bet
ter results be utilized otherwhere.
But The Journal does not believe
It. It believes that .no more in
structive effort comes out of the
capitol.
With the embargo on American
exports In operation, American
foodstuffs and war material can
no longer be smuggled into Ger
many through neutral countries.
Heavy supplies of both are declared
to have reached the kaiser through
Scandinavia. Little is said about
it, but the embargo measure is
one of the most powerful weapons
America is using in this conflict.
It was the weapon with which the
confederacy was finally crushed in
the Civil war.
THE SEATTLE STRIKE
T
HE Importation of seven car
loads of strikebreakers is the
attempt by the streetcar com
pany to introduce blood and
Iron methods In settling the Seat
tle strike.
It is a lamentable procedure at
this time, if not at any time. The
employes offer to accept media
tion or arbitration, and the com
pany refuses. The refusal is on
the ground that the company will
not in any case permit its em
ployes to become members of a
carmen s union.
The firm that owns the car sys
tem is one of iho richest in Amer
ica. It is one of the largest own
ers of developed and undeveloped
water powers, in the country. Its
monopolized water powers in the
South and other parts of America
return the firm enormous profits.
Much 'of its revenue is from over
capitalization qX natural resources
that are not a legitimate source
of uncontrolled private gain.
So long as employers organize.
they must expert employes to or
ganize, and vide versa. The im
portation and employment of pro
fessional strikebreakers for the
purpose of settling labor difficul
ties by force is not sound Judg
ment. There is not much patri
otism in capital that is willing to
plunge Seattle into civil war and
paralyze the city's industries over a
technical question of whether car
men may be members of a labor
organization. There is mighty little
consideration for Seattle when this
non-resident firm insists on the
club rather than negotiation and
compromise in dealing with its em
ployes, especially when Seattle is
looked to by the rederal govern
ment for great assistance in ship
building and other war enterprises.
Every city ought to have a board
of mediation, conciliation or arbi
tration for dealing with industrial
disputes. If there is no such need
at other times, it certainly exists
when the Republic is straining
every nerve and mobilizing every
force for meeting a foreign adver
sary in conflict.
There are always misunderstand
ings that negotiation and concilia
tion can remove. hen both sides
meet face to face before a board
of mediation rfnuch of misunder
standing and prejudice is removed.
That process may not always suc
ceed, but if in a decade it peace
fully settles one dispute, it is more
than worth the effort.
The kaiser sneers at the part
America may play in the war. He
has had to revise his original opin
ion of what England would do. The
moral effect alone on the worll
of American entrance into the con
flict, to say nothing of the money
loaned to the allies ls one of the
most serious forces that the kaiser
has to face. That effect is the
world-wide cry for democracy, and
lt is already rocking v illiam s
throne.
OLR LAND
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HE land situation in Oregon
is provocative of meditatioa
and. possibly, of tears. The
state still has barely short
of 16,000,000 acres of public land
open to entry by homesteaders and
the like. This is a great deal
more than three times our whole
area of cultivated land. The cul
tivated land falls somewhat under
5,000,000 acres. The uncultivated
tillable land in private ownership
exceeds 5,000,000 acres. This
means that a little more than half
the total area of our farms is per
manently unused.
No doubt the larger part of the
16,000,000 acres of public land
subject to entry is scarcely tillable.
With irrigation it would produce
crops, but where is tha water to
come from?
To be sure the art of storing
winter rains and snows for summer
use is yet in its feeble infancy.
Things will be done in the future
along that line of which we now
do not venture to dream. In com
ing years much Oregon land .which
we now stigmatize as "arid" will
support a numerous population but
that time is far away.
Pretty nearly all the land Ma
Oregon which is readily tillable is
now in private ownership. It may
amount to 12,000,000 acres, count
ing in what is farmed and what is
not. This is just about one fifth
of the total area of the state. On
the 12,000,000 acres which we
more or less faithfully farm or
rneglect and in our cities we sup-
port a thin population which cer
tainly does not exceed three quar
ters of a million. This allows a
liberal IB fertile acres for the sup
port of each individual.
A farm of 15 acres properly
tilled under modern scientific hus
bandry will feed a family of five
persons and produce a large mar
ketable surplus. Oregon should
have a farming population of about
4,000,000 on its 12;000,000 acres
of easily tillable soil-. It should
have as many more people in cities
and villages engaged in useful
trades." We must stimulate the
cultivation of unused land.
Portland's one force for recover
ing what is lost by the new inter
state commerce decision is water
borne commerce and facilities for
carrying it on There is no hope
that the order will ever be set
aside. Indeed, the probability is
that the policy established will be
further extended, and Portland
Buffer other loss of trade field.
Our last remaining weapon is the
water carrier on the ocean and on
our rivers.
IT NEEDS ATTENTION
0'
NE of the most serious obsta
cles to navigation of the Co
lumbia above the mouth of
the Willamette is just west
of Cascade Locks. It is in the
vicinity of Sheridan's point. Now
that the national council of defense
is calling for greater use of water
ways as supplemental aid to tho
railroads, this obstruction should
receive immediate attention from
government engineers. -
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The current at the spot for a
considerable sjretch is six to 12
miles per hour, according to the
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stage of water. A current so swift,
as all students of water transpor-
tation know, ie almost prohibitive
of economical and efficient water
- . .
service. Only boats Of high power
are able to overcome this current,
. ..
Practical river navigation re-
quires low-powered boats with
small operating cost and large
carrying capacity. vvith the ob-
stacle at Sheridan's point removed
by even a temporary expedient, a
long stretch of the Columbia would
, j .
be wide open to profitable steam-
boat navigation on a practical
DaSjg
The Columbia is now fairly nav-
leable 'through most of the year
fnr He-hf rfraft hoats of hlfrh nower
. . , . . "
as far as Priest Rapids. The
Snake ls open to use by the same
class of boats four or five months
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With the railroads confessing
their inability to handle anywhere
. i c ftn
iiuui iu ov lei ui ui uu
country S trainc ana Wlin tne gov-
ernment calling for larger use ot
,, . , , ,
tne lases. canais ana nvers m
moving prouuew, me uoairucuou
at Sheridan's point would seem to
deserve immediate attention from
government engineers.
A single Bing tree at Salem
yielded 1500 pounds of cherrie3,
worth at kthe producer's price of 6
cents, $90. It is not difficult to
realize why they call Salem the
iherry city. It merits the title.
J CORRUPT PRACTICES
I
F MR. U'REN'S complaint is any
guide it must be confessed that
the cbrrupt practices act might
as well not be on the statute
Vvnlro or, far oa Mtv Dltlntta - Q 1
. Jt A,
wulciucu. xua lauumdies, nut-
cessf ul arid unsuccessful, serenely
ignore it. When Mr. Root was ln
, , ,
Russia he praised Americans for
their law-abiding habits. What
would he have said had he known
how Portland politicians ignore
the corrupt practices act?
Th onfnrremATif nf tha law now
nr.lt. nnxn i a nntnM t .It.
Ty,., uhuu --.r -
torneys. It sometimes happens
that in their view law is not law.
Wnrrla Hr, not mpan whor thav
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say, dut. tne opposite. ,in case una
rule of construction should be ap-
nliprl ftlwRVs to the rorrunt nrnf-
tto on It to InUroclln. t
WlWi tt, V- l A V at? sUbla VtJLliif, IU lis,-
quire Whether aJ"superior author-
itv remains to wh6m the case could
,von
nffpndem la nerhana nnlte as rlan-
gerous as that of the I. W. W.
An estimated saving of $64, 000
a year in city expenditures ls
. . . r,
counted on as a result of Commis
sioner Barbur's cut in the force of
employes in the department of
public works. If commission gov
ernment can go on pruning its cost
and keeping up its reputation for
efficiency and daylight methods, it
will be easier than ever to defend
it in future attempts to have it
laid aside for the aldermanlc sys
tem.. Commissioner Barhur is
doubtless convinced that his de
partment can be. equally efficient
with the reduced force and for
finding that out arid applying it, he
is entitled to this commendatory
acknowledgment.
A GOOD DESIGN
T
HERE are grounds for saying
v i v , ..,, j
"b iiiu u in ia uie iiauu-
somest educational building!
in the state. The original design
was a sort of Gothic with pointed United sut T an T c-f the state of Or
windows. It harmonized well with egon and his organization called Into
the surrounding country and
charmed the eye. Later additions
have used round window tops In -
ste?d of the pointed design and the
unity of the building is thus some
. . . . , ... ...
what marred but the total ef feet
is still pleasing! It has an' air ot
modesty, quiet, aspiration.
We like. particularly the effect
of the sharply slanting roofs. Tho
same idea has been used in the
Washington state capitol building
at Olympia. The broad roofs
slanting upward are far more im
posing than the flat design of the
agricultural hall at Corvallis, for
example. The latter style may save
space and be otherwise economical
but, as applied in our public build
ings, it la not beautiful.
We hope that the new buildings
at Monmouth, when they are
granted, will be of the old semi
Gothic design of the original
Bchool house.
Letters From the People
Communications seat to The Journal tor
publication la tbia department abould b writ
ten on only one aide of tha paper, abocld not
exceed 800 words In length and must be ee
cempaaled by tbe name and address o tbs
aender. If tbe writer doea not dealre to bays
tbe name published be iho.ld so ststa.
Billy Sunday Critics Critlcisea
Portland, July 25. To the Editor of
The Journal After reading the article
In your paper of yesterday I am con
strained to ask space to say a merited
word anent Billy Sunday and his crit
ics, notably J. P. Averill. who says
at the start of his attack on Bill
that he in the past had an intimate
acquaintance with him. Billy Sunday
ls the greatest evangelist the worldJ
has ever known and is telling the
great truths of Qod Almighty so that
they,, get home to folks and save the
souls of men and women (and not
largely little children as Mr. Averill
would have us believe; though I
never read in my Bible that it was
anv crime to save m bouis oi mue
"m",?- Averill will read the Bible
he win find there are a lot of things
ln tne book of NumDers tnat ne
uoesn t Know anyming aooui; iirst ot
whlch j3 tnat lt was not the Amalekites
whom the Lord commanded Moses to
""1,UHr' 11 eiyJ A
ent bunch, the Midianltes, and there
waa a reason, too.
I realize that Billy Sunday does not
need defense from me, but lt
mfk" 'JLtL,11 nr
all over the country c.bout , man of
whom it can honestly be said that lt
is too bad ther are not 10,000 of
him going up and down the country
today teUing the truth and. by aod's
grace, saving souls, regardness of
thoso who say folks don"t stay saved.
T1411 .' - , V. 1 .1 m 1
drlft. rather l3 he to be ,auded to
the skies for every man, woman and
child who has, because of him, turned
T. ' y &re num"
bered by the thousands,
Mr Averiu says no decent man
would read certain portions of the
Bible to a mixed audience. Not, per-
imps, ii reaa in me spirit in wnicn
he would read it; but the whole world
ls today on the high road to hell be-
causd or tne Browing tendency to
strain at Bible gnats and then swal-
h0w a devil s camel whole wa h
criticise Bill's "slang" and methods
to much. and the Words 'sto crude-
isneu. satanic refinement of twentieth
i ...
century sin don't bother us a little
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And Jt would be a fine thing to teli
the whole truth about Bill, too. Tell
aooui nis various ana numerous bene-
raf "ona 10 tne down &nd out. wh!le
talking about his farms and money.
Ten about his great gifts recently to
t.ne ea cross and to the army Y
M. C A. and then read the Bible be
iuio tmiL-isins a regular man. who
has done and is doing some real good
in mis poor, old, sin-cursed, world.
JOEL, R. BEXTON,
A Right to Damages
Murphy, Or., July 19. To the Editor
of The Journal A young man under 21
applies to a railroad company for em
loyment. The company will not take
him on until the parents sign a re
lease with stipulation that said par
ents will not claim damage of said
company ln caae of the minor son's
getting killed or crippled. Will that
stand in law, or ls there such a law
enacted? SUBSCRIBER.
If there was a guardianship pro-
ceeding empowering the parents to sign
the contract for the minor with the
iiniud-u company aiiu me court Or
dered that such contract might be
signed, it might possibly bind the
minor and guardian. Otherwise, on
coming of age, the minor could repudi-
ate the contract and sue for damages
ln caso of ,njury Sucn a contraC8
would probably be declared void as
&eaJnst public policy, and the probate
court would refuse to permit the
guardian to sign lt for the ward.
ljTTOT 111 Uraft 1Jst
I DAhtrsfAn r Till 9 T'. !- T7A
.u., iu moxnu-
itor of The Journal In the draft list
published last Saturday serial No. 607
13 225 in order drawn, and is also given
as 3497 in order drawn. This must be
a mistake. Will you please correct?
Also, can you give any information
regarding huckleberries In Klamath
county; Just where they are and how
1 lu Q"u l"ey ripen:
I JJ1 g JJLLY
At the same time that the lists were
Published in The Journal lt was ex
piainea mat misiaKes mignt occur. Que
Ivu vcicbiiiiiu iiaiiauiiasiuu auo. er
rors incident to repeated copy-
nB. since th figures Were handled
iiiuai iiiuea ueiwceu 1119 urawing oi
the numbers and their appearance on
the printed page. It was also stated
that correction will necessarily be de-
t7 cv u.w mo "iui ums irom
Washington headquarters are in poses-
Blon of tne local exemption boards For
information concerning- huckleberries
in Kla-math county, the inquirer might
county, Klamath Falls. Oregon."
Oregon's Moratorium Law
Ashland, Or., July 23. To the Kdi-
tor of The Journal Will you pieaso
answer the following questions
through the columns of your paper
Does Oregon s moratorium law cover
such enlistments as the three months
required for the second training camp?
Does it apply to officers as well
as enlisted men?
Does it apply to bonded street im-
provements?
A SUBSCRIBER.
Following ls the text of- the law:
io suit, or action snail be com
menced or maintained during the
period hereinafter provided for, to fore
close any mortgage upon real proper
ty or to collect the debt secured
thereby lf the land covered by the
umngagc uc on iieu. wuuiiy or in Dart.
navy or tne united States, who shall
have enlisted therein in the volun
?r wh Bh,aU ha,v be
the service of the United states; aad
V,uoI!,""
I for the satisfaction of any ludement
during the period hereinafter provided
?'; pfrvia' , at. th,ts moratorium
I shall extend only during ths Derlod
1 Cf actual service ia the army or "navy
forces of the United States, and In
no case shall begin prior td the day
on which the congress of tbe United
States shall declare war, nor continue
after 60 days subsequent to the con
clusion of such war; provided, that all
statute of limitation In effect in the
state of Oregon shall be suspended
during the period above described, as
to the mortgages, debts and Judg
ments la this act described." This
act was approved by the governor
February 19. 1917. It applies "to
such enlistments as tbe three months
required for the second training
camp." it applies to officers as
well as to enlisted men. It applies
to "bonded street Improvements."
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The Day
From the Chicago Herald (July 30)
Today is and will forever remain a
great day In American history. What
ever may be our grounds for complaint
as to the dilatory way in which other
war preparations have gone on there
can be nothing but pride in the steady
progress made in executing the pro
visions of the draft law. From the mo
ment that congress patriotically
adopted the principle by a majority
which surprised even its friends and
astounded its enemies and the traitor
ously Inclined in our midst this part
of our great war program has at least
been free from debate, hesitation,
deadlocks and delay.
And now comes the main event to
which all thingsgone before were lead
ing up. The decision which will sTum
mon hundreds of thousands of our
youngest and best to take their place
In the ranks of the new national army
will be mado by lottery. As to the
fairness of the method of drawing
thr question. As to the honor
of being called to serve the nation
there can be even less question. And
just as the passage of the draft law
first made a somewhat incredulous
world understand that America meant
business, so this event today will serve
to convince lt, particularly the nation
enemies, that America Is moving
steadily toward effective action.
We salute in advance every young
man who will have the honor of hav
ing his number drawn for actual serv
ice today. We salute the new national
army, (to be composed of the pick of
those who are drawn. We salute the
defenders of American rights ln Amer
lea, abroad, anywhere on the face of
the earth where national honor and
safety demand the exercise of national
armed power. Europe will yet see and
learn of what stuff the young manhood
of the republic ls made, and those who
go and those who return will deserve
and receive the gratitude of the re
public.
Fanatical Nationalism
From the Wall Street Journal
It will occur to students of history
that while we have ample evidence that
the world has not outlived the resort
to arms ln settlement of international
disputes, there Is one class of wars.
and that perhaps the most devastating
of all, the revival of which is unthink
able. These are the wars or religion.
No one, for instance, could imagine a
league of the Catholic nations of
Europe going to war to compel Prot
estants to accept the doctrine of the
immaculate conception. But lt would
have been quite conceivable to Louis
XIV.
But there has been a substitution ln
the case of Germany of something
which psychologically amounts to
nearly the same thing. This ls a fa
natical nationalism in place of relig
ion. It is frankly pagan and so pro
fesses itself. It is, moreover, the ob
session of a whole nation, and not, as
so many apologists suggest, of a smalt
governing class. It is the fruit of an
intensive system of education such as
the world has never seen before.
To the well balanced mind It seems
almost unbelievable that Germans can
see the moral reprobation of the civil
ized world directed against them with
out asking themselves if they are not
in the Vrong. But their fanatical na
tionalism has been cultivated to
fpitch of fervor which resembles the
spiriWof the mob In the massacre of
St. Bartholomew.
Michaelis' Responsibility
From tha Victoria (B. C.) Tlmea
One of the demands of advocates of
parliamentary reform in Germany is
that the chancellor shall be made re
sponsible to ths relchstag and through
that body to the German people. That
demand ia not new. it has been an
important plank ln the platform of
German Socialists for many jears. The
great Rebel, Liebknecht and other tri
bunes tirelessly thundered for it, but
in vain. The chancellor, whether Bis
marck, Caprivi, Buelow, Hohenlohe or
Hollwcg, merely sniffed ln disdain.
He was appointed by the emperor and
to him alone was responsible. Holl-
weg on several occasions has gone out
of his way to remind the relchstag
of the fact. "Gentlemen," he said at
the commencement of his chancellor
ship, "Ido not serve parliament." By
this ne meant tnat ne aid not serve
the people. If he had served parlia
ment he would have lost his head long
ago, for the relchstag more than once
has passed a vote of censure on him.
Nevertheless, Hollweg was prepared
to go a long way with the relchstag
on the subject of peace terms. Out of
the welter of reports and interpreta
tions from neutral capitals this fact
stands forth clear and indisputable
Austria's anxiety for his retention of
office, expressed even to the point of
interference ln Germany's private busi
ness, is sufficient evidence on this
point. The adhesion of the Catholic
deputies to the peace party ln the
relchstag was aimed really at the
Junkers. The accuracy of this view is
borne out by a dispatch today which
predicts that the majority in the
relchstag will demand of the new
chancellor the same course it demand
ed of von Bethmann-Hollweg. and
which caused that statesman to fall
foul of the war party. If Michaelis
leans In the same direction as his
predecessor did, he also will lose his
head. If he leans in the other direc
tion, as a faithless Prussian bureau
crat rr)y he expected to do the atti
tude of the relchstag majority in time
will become decidedly antl-dynastle.
PERSONAL MENTION
Canadian Engineer in City
Sergeant A. Rutherford of the engi
neering department at Montreal is at
the Portland, where he arrived late
Wednesday night, and will remain un
til this evening. He leaves tonight
for Vancouver, B. C, and will go from
there to Montreal. He expects to be
In France within two months. He Is
in the city in the interests of the
Canadian government ln forestry and
engineering matters.
Tourist Party Arrives
Under the direction of Carroll
Hutchins of Boston, a touring party
is in the city from the east. Including
Mrs. Charles L. Guy, Miss Folly Guy,
Miss Virginia Lee and Miss J. I. Stow
of New York and Mrs. James Went-
worth of Schenectady, N. Y.
Hercules Superintendent Here
John Bernard, superintendent of the
Hercules mine, one of the largest In
the world, ls ln the city from Wallace,
Idaho. witn mm ls nis foreman.
Thomas Cain.
Motoring Parties Numerous
Many . motoring parties are ln the
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE r
Pennies, nickels and dimes are
being hoarded, bankers say. Art yours T
Same hers-
It is still in order, however, for
Mother to sing "I didn't raise mr girl
to be a picket."
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If there is any wind ln Missouri
Senator Reed will certainly bo shaken
by it when he gets back home.
Speaking of a name for the war, the
perspicacious Boston Globe remarks
that, -for us it s the German -American
war- Rrlghto- but If we lost It. lt
would be, tne Germertcan war.
As you consider tne cherry pis, do
you not wonder more and more at the
intrepidity of the youthful Washing
ton in daring, first, to chop down a
cherry tree, and then to confess ltT
It has been suggested that Contan
tlne. formerly of Greece, might while
an exile soiournins; In Switzerland ore-
pare himself for earning an honest
living by qualifying as a yodeler.
Why not look to China for some
thing in the way of flehtinsr? Are
Chinese incorrigible pacifists? Chi
nese pirates fight ln a way to make
the ancient berserker look like a fu
gitive from Justice. And then, look at
our own tong fighters.
"Carranza has asked the Mexican
congress for power to negotiate a loan
or 1100.000,000 gold," says a news dis
patch. Which, at all events, beats the
old time news dispatch, which stated.
as a rule that Villa had built a fire
under the haciendado and asked him to
tell at what particular Point on the
hacienda to dig ln order to exhume his
pesos.
THE CASE OF A TEMPERAMENTAL OFFICIAL
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff Correirpofldent of The Journal
Washington, July 26. The enforced
resignation of Dr. E. E. Pratt as chief
of the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce of the department of com
merce recalls the "tiff of that offi
cial not many months ago with Sena
tor Chamberlain over the suggested
appointment of Ernst Kroner of Port
land, Or., as en agent for timber mar
ket investigations abroad.
Dr. Pratt's oownfall came about, ap
parently, largely as a matter of tem
perament. Stcretary Redfleld thought
he assumed too much authority in di
recting regulations made under the
embargo law. It was ths Pratt tem
perament, also, that caused Senator
Chamberlain to take a whack "at him.
The Oregon senator thought he as
sumed too lordly a tone in lecturing
the Portland Chamber of Commerce
for recommending the nomination of
Kroner.
Senator Chamberlain in the Kroner
incident acted merely as an inter
mediary in presenting Kroner's name
to the department. Pratt became all
stirred up over what he said were
efforts to bring pressure to bear upon
him. Senator Chamberlain resented
the .tone of his letter, and told Secre
tary Redfield so, ln plainest of terms.
The secretary upheld his subor
dinate ln that controversy, largely be
cause of matters dealing with Kroner's
availability. Senator Chamberlain let
the matter rest there, because he had
not attempted to Interfere in the choice
the department thought oest to maKe
but Insisted that courteous treatment
should be given to those concerned, i
well as himsalf.
It now appears that Secretary Red-
field was given a done of the same
medicine, and he would not stand for
lt. Dr. Pratt was asked to submit his
resignation, and Burwell S. Cutler, his
assistant, is holding down his desk
until a permanent appointment ls
made, ,
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In the Arizona fare case. Just de
cided by the interstate commerce com
mission, the Arizona corporation com
mission showed comparative rates to
the northwest as a ground for con
tention that passenger fares into that
state should be reduced.
It was shown, for example, that
from Chiccgo the passenger rate to
Pendleton, Or, 2056 miles, is $46.10, or
2.24 cents per mile, while to Phoenix.
Ariz., 2065 miles, the fare ls $6S.80, or
2.6 cents Per mile. To Connell, Wash..
exactly the same distance a Phoenix
from Chicago, the rare is Mb.iw, tne
same as to Pendleton.
The commission remarks that the
complainant "apparently considers that
the fares on the northern lines snsuij
be adopted as the standard of reason
ableness of fares for similar distances
to points tn Arizona.
In refusing to reduce tn Arizona
fares, the commission points to testi
HOW TO BE
TTTTC DIRIGIBLE OF DISEASE It
has a thousand eyes for eluding cap
ture. It carries Its ammunition oi
death on 1U six hairy legs and on its
.inn. It allrhts at bases of filth
and disease and transmits them to the
dinner plate of the workman, to tne
mea of the soldier, to the milk supply
of the baby. Then It flies away, leav
ing death in its wake.
It returns again to me dim oi uv-
ply This time lt ls nungry ana mis
its ' crop with the filth, which later
may be vomited on the food in the
household pantry, to be re-eaten by the
fly dirigible as food if the human
enemy does not swat it out of exist
ence before lt gets a chance. In that
case the human eats the vomit In
stead. . . . ...
It is not a pleasant suoject. tenner
Is it pleasant to die of typhoid, one
disease by which it kills, or of dys
entery. Knowledge of an unpleasant
subject may save a life; lt may save
thousands ot live.
city. At the Muitnoman is a panj
including H. S. Stephenson ana,oaugn
ter of Chicago and Miss Motter of
Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W.
Salz have also motored up from San
Francisco. At the Perkins ls a party
of Salt Lake motorists Including Mrs.
I. Jennings, Miss Florence, Jennings,
Miss Ijoulse Manning and Miss K.
Chapman. At the same hotel are J. A.
Miller. C. W. Hinkle and R. C. Briggs.
who have motored here from .Los
Angeles.
Captain Budd at Inmperial
Captain E. R- Budd, superintendent
of the fifth division of the O-W. R. &
& N company, is at the Imperial. Cap
tain Budd has been living ln the city
until about two weeks ago, when he
left for the summer to make his heat
ouarters at Ilwaco. Wash.
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President P. L. Campbell of the Uni
versity of Oregon is at ths Imperial
from Eugene.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Browns of Haptum,
Col., are at th Portland. .
Among the new arrivals at the
Washington are Mrs. J. H. Drlscoll and
daughter of Des Moines, Iowa.
Mri. J- A Rundle is a guest at the
Nortonla from Kalama, Wash.
Dr. Anna Rels-Flnley is at the
Multnomah from Held, Or.
Benjamin Brick, a well known mer
chant of 6alem, is at the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Joseph of Walla
Walla, Wash., are at the Imperial
H. A. Macauley ls a Perkins guest
from Astoria. .
.2alaae Charlotte, Minerva and WU-
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Josephine county's new courthouse
approaches completion. Plasterers are
now ln the rooms of the first floor.
Mayor Banister Is investigating the
advisability of oiling Weston's trets
again this year. The cost would be
$00. , .
Independence has a faithful ser
vant in Dave Boydston. mail carrier
between the postofflce and the de
pot He has been 25 years on the Job
without missing to exceed half adosen
days, the Monitor says.
This practical suggestion Is fur
nished by ths Salem Jouraal: "Why
would lt not be a good plan to have
the state fair about the middle of
July when rain ls generally so badly
needed T'
"The drouth Is serious In Oregon,
but there are few, if any crops,'" says
the Eugene Register, "that will not
pay for harvesting, wherein we are
far better off than many other lo
calities are when they receive such
a meteorological visitation."
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Wednesday, August 22, is the date
and Rivervlew park, between the butto
and the river. Is the place of the big
picnic to be held Jointly by the Cham
ber of Commerce of Eugene and the
Pomona grange of Lane county. A
beef barbecue will be a leading fea
ture. The cost of living In Curry county
pets a swat occasionally. The Gold
Beach Reporter describes one such:
"Large numbers of sardines have come
ashore at the mouth of the river the
last couple of days, and residents have
had an ample supply by simply gather
ing them out of the edge of the break
ers." mony concerning washouts, lack of
water, necessity of transporting coal
and oil from other states, and other
difficulties of operation, as an offset
to other testimony intended to show
that operation on the northern lines
is more difficult.
The commission also says that, on
the record, it is not warranted in find
ing that fares to Pacific coast desti
nations are a proper measure of the
fares to Arizona points. The Arizonl-
ans had submitted figures to show
that between Chicago and Los Angeles
or beattle the fare per mile is 2.67
cents, to Portland 2.61 cents, but to
Phoenix rises to 2.93 cents. The com
mission said that competitive condl
lions, including water transportation
between Pacific coast cltlec, make a
situation different from that of th
fares Into Arizona.
The house committee on patents has
reported a bill to investigate the gara
bed. The garabed is a machine, taking
its name from the first name of the ln
ventor,, Garabed Giragossian, an Arme
nian, of Boston, Mass. If the claims
for the garabed are true, aeroplanes will
not run out of fuel, neither will ships
and factories. Coal famines and oil
famines will be abolished, and power
machines will Just keep on going until
the machinery wears out. The machine
sounds fanciful, but the inventor has
convinced many congressmen of hi
good faith, and iney cannot give a good
reason for denying an investigation
Giragossian offers to pay the expense
of an investlagtion by a committee of
experts and to give the government the
use of the machine free of charge lf lt
is found to be what he claims. Senator
Chamberlain was so far Impressed with
the statements of the inventor that he
introduced a bill for investigation ln
the last congress, but It was never con
sldered. If a new way of supplying
power has been found, the senator ar
gued, this is a good time to make use
of lt. Giragossian repudiates the idea
that he is reviving the theory of per
ipetual motion. He is not denying
gravity, he says, or arTy other estab
llshed law of nature. He simply has a
new way for utilizing force and gets
his energy without the use of fuel.
How about municipal canneries to
take care of the surplus fruits and
vegetables where the supply Is large
The committee on public Information
has called attention to an institution of
this sort at Lake Forest, 111., which ls
said to deserve particular attention be
cause of the efficient methods em
ployed. Notice of the food adminis
tration officials has been directed to
prices of canned salmon in ths east
ern markets. It ls said that Alaska
pack, sold last year at $1.50 per dozen,
is quoted at IJ.&0 in the Hast, and that
some of the cheaper grades have In
creased In greater proportion.
HEALTHY
Oopyrtrbt. 1917.
by J. Kaslcy.
Perhaps friend fly ls only getting a
drink of milk. But by that little act
he may have poisoned the whole basin,
ful. If by chance he falls ln and
swims around as long as his endurance
Kits, by the time of his last convul
sion he has washed himself pretty
clean of the germs. The milk fly
bath ls then drunk by the baby or
the young daughter, or the aged par
ent. The typhoid germs from the fly's
body then find themselves ln rich in
testinal soil, where wanton damage
and destruction are carried on. Thus
the fly wreaks his vengeance by tak
ing another life for his own.
In modern human warfare barbed
wire fences are an effective check to
the enemy. In modern fly warfare
the screen ls a valuable protection
against ths Invaders.
"A yard of screen at the window ls
better than a yard of crepe on the
door."
Tomorrow Potato Poisoning.
ma Thrall are registered at the Cor
nelius from The Dalles.
Among those to register at the
Nortonla recently Is C. A. Peters of
Kelso. Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Morse are Sacra
mento, Cal., guests at the Washington.
James Bell is staying at the Port
land while here from Vancouver, B. C
Among the prominent guests at the
Multnomah ls George A. Torrey of
Seattle.
F. D. Small, a prominent real estate
man of Tillamook, Or., ls an Imperial
S UCBb,
Misses M. M. Cutter and C. S. Cut
ter. are staying at the Portland while
in the city from Washington. D. C.
Miss Ethel Dobbins of Hoqulam.
Wash., ls registered at the Cornelius
E. M. Swasey is at the Multnomah
from San Francisco.
D. A. Erdle of Wallace, Idaho, ls a
v asmngion guest.
At tho Portland are Mr. and Mrs
Thomas D. Etlmson, Miss Terry and
auss eeveson of Beattle.
Each Saved His Soldier
From tbe Ronton Trarelar
Another notable service by the Boy
tscouts of America. I nrough their ef
forts, moro than $2,000.000 of Lib
erty bonds were sold. Every scout
"saved his soldier," ana a little mora
The organization now registers 151.189
and ls truly national ln its scope.
Working under patriotic Impulse, It
subjects Its members to wholesome
discipline that helps to establish the
proper attitude toward state and In
dividual. We count it a great national
asset. , ' .
Rag Taj? and Boltail
Stones From Everywhere
To this col u ma all radr tt.
ara invited to contiihur nrti.i i
tory, in Terse or ln Dhlkoibi.-.i ot.. .ui.
au-Ulng quotation, (ruui any autre. CtoSV "
7, .VS.r T1,UOM4 win be-pals far,
at Us saltar'a spraJasl.) - .T'
Case of Dachshund Eat Dachshund '
THE story lias reached New York, ;,
savs CaDDor's Wuuiv n v.
Yankee captain, caught with a. u.hAr f-
on each side of him, turned a trick x-
u oappened zoo miles off Ireland. May
?n u A a . v. . - - - -!
uu vessel swung - '
sharplyacross her course. As the -
maneuver was being made, a rorpo-J -
irom one or tne U-boats whlxxed by "rr
wio Bicmners dow, missing the ship,
but striking and sinklnir th i
boat.
Ode to an Elusive Pellet I
Little olo number, four-fortw IK,,
The gov ment went an' wished von nn
m. .
Stuck you in a capsule, stirred you up
good,
A-mlx;d you well In with your kindred
brood.
You must a' got sore, an probably hid. -
ie you was siipp ry an' con- v
stanilv fclld
Away from the finrers of Mister
Drawee
For which we re grateful. Ill four- '
ioriy-wi ree.
Not 'cause we wouldn't .MHIfIi
go-
Not 'cause we're scared of the subs
uJH Df LOW . -)
But bec$se of a wife and babies threa
lhat need us. So bless vou four.
forty-three. ,-
-One of Them. :
No, You. Certainly Can Sot
A. L Tlbbetts. a locksmith of Fourth
street, bought a fjne new kalsomlne
brush, intending to do some work for
himself as a blow to the H. C. L. But
before hecould refresh a single cell
ing a neighbor came and wlthTordlal -
thanks and profuse promises borrowed
mo Drusn. Alter a lapse or an ex- '
tended period without return of tha
brush, Mr. Tlbbetts went over and , i
asKed Tor It. "
"I'm dreadfully sorry." lamented ths
borrower. "The fact of the matter IS
a nuig juur uruau uul jiui-mv
hopefully I've Just got a brand new
one here myself that I'd ha a-iaA to J
iena you ror a day or so.'
Working at His Trad
Some time ago the police in a ctr-
club where gambling was suspected of
taxing place. The names and addresses
of those caught on tha premises were '" '
summoned to appear In court. One Of .
the offenders, says the Baltimore Sun.''
on be.ng asked what trade he followed)
repuea.
"1 am a blacksmith." - .
"What were you doing when the po
lice entered?"
"Well, your honor," came the answer,
"I was Just making a bolt for ths :
aoor.
When the Submarines Are Qone
(Air: Marching Through Georgia)
We are with you Woodrow Wilson
now. a hundred million strong.
We can feed the nations when the sub
marines are gone.
The allies and democracy- are surely
then to win,
As they go marching to Ber-lla.1
CHORUS:
Hurrah, hurrah, when Submarines are
gone;
Hurrah, hurrah, we'll give them wheat
and corn.
The British, French and Sammies and
their allies sure to win
As they go marching to Ber-lln.
Their first cry was "On to Paris.
with their more than million
host.
But they sadly failed to get there, and -It
was a German boast.
Their Waterloo at Verdun made them
rather thin.
There the cry changed: "Back to Ber
lin." Now fata dot Kalner Villlsm unto his -
deluded bun h :
"Ve been quick mitoud a echob; bet me
1 got a hunch.
Dem allies und democracy, you bet rae
dot vill vin,
For day coom marching mlt Ber-lln.
CHORUS:
'Ach, Hlmmel! Ach. HlmmH! der sub
marine vas srone
Ach. Hlmmel! Ach. Hlmmel? dot pees
rtf.. vas All wrfin or
Ve yoost cry 'Ach. Hlmmel!' above
di battle din.
Der allies coom marching mlt Ber-lln.
Tf dot goot old Doctor Hlndenburg
don't anderllze fler rax.
Better me and my bum bunch quick
ro und hide soma hlnro
Der greet big shpeech mU Holleveg
ach! he vas too tin,
Der allies coom marching mlt Ber-lln.
w. F. Hunnlcutt,
Beaverton, Or.
Hay, Rube!
W. T. Hlnes. who owns a 700 acrs
farm near Potter, sold 13-year-old tim
othy hay ln Atchison last week, says
Capper's Weekly. It was placed in a
hay bam on his farm In 1$84. and
was In fine condition whfn he brought
ii io town.
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At the age of 76 years, C. G Howe
ls the champion alfalfa pitcher of
Smith county, barring neither age nor
nationality. His services are eagerly
sought by farmers, and he Is making it
very embarrassing for the younger
pitchers, who cannot keep up with him.
The Spirit of Old Glory.
The spirit of Old Glory
Has been wandering o'er the earth
Since that summer li.orning long ago.
i ne aay or r reeaom s Dinn,
In that peaceful Quaker city
Whre the bell ran out so clear
The tidings of our liberty.
For all the world to.hear.
And the spirit It awakened,
Has been wandering on its way
Through all those years, 'mid smiles
and tears.
Until hn present day.
She wn1rred into Cuba.
And the other islands, too
Hawaiian, and the Philippines
With her red and whits and blue.
The spirit of Old Olory
Stands for Justice and for right:
And she want those things where'er
she goes.
E'en though she has to fight.
She's wandering now In Ireland;
She long has been ln France:
And she soon will be ln Germany
If she gets half a chance.
She Istelv passed through Russia,
And told her of her right
To liberty and Justice,
For which she had to fight
She put new life into their hearts.
And made the people see
They must put sn end to csardota '
And its cruel tyranny.
Thus, the spirit of Old Glory '
Has been wandering o'er the earth
Since that summer morning long ago.
The dav of Freedom's birth.
And she'll keep on with her travels
Until all the earth is free.
And everv nation In the world
Proclaims democracy.
Mrs. R. Blade.
Vncle Jeff Snow Says: .
A lot of perfesh'nal prophets would
of been run into the Insane asylum ten
year ajro if they had of foretold con
gress givln' over six hundred millions
of dollars to buy flyln machines with.
We come mighty nigh ruaaia' three
men out of the Corners one time for
prophesyin' that women would b
votin' all over the United States by
1920. That was less'n ten-year ago.
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