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He that Judgee aright, and pergereTea In
It enjoy a peruetnal calm; he take, a tnie
proepect of tlitnc; be observe an order,
ateeaure, a derorura In all his actions; be
baa a benevolence In hl nature; he aquares
lila life in cording to reaaon; and drawa to
hlinaelf lore and aiulratlon. -Seueca.
DO THEY REALIZE?
D
O THOSE senators and con
gressmen who are blocking
food legislation know what
they are doing? ,
Do they realize what embarrass
ment and confusion they, are bring
ing upon the country's great food
drive?
Probably not. It is inconceiva
ble that even one of them would
willingly throw a monkey, wrench
Into the great food-driving machine
Ithat has been organized all over
the ; country for conserving and
Strengthening the nation's food
supply.
Yet that is exactly the effect
of the long delay in passing the
food bill. As early as June 1 there
was in every state- in. America a
perfectly organized army of food
soldiers, awaiting the command to
pile up an enormous food surplus.
In every -county in every state, the
food army was mobilized. . There
was awaited only the passage of
the food bill which provides funds
and clears the way for all the food
saving soldiers to move forward.
But this vast organization Is
practically at a standstill. The
food bill has not been passed. Gen
tlemen here and gentlemen thera
want it changed to suit some per
sonal view or fit in with some per
sonal prejudice.
One group wants It weighed
down with a committee to supervise
war expenditures, something that
has no more to do with a food bill
than a frozen flea at Timbuctoo
has to do with the temperature
of Sahara. Other gentlemen want
a food board of three Instead of
Mr. Hbover. And many of the
gentlemen want to make speeches,
speeches that take up time which
Ought to be given over to action.
An1' All tVlla HmA lha erl an A K A
? frind Hrlvn nrcunlzatlnna In rh-
states wait, wait, wait. They can
not go forward until congress actn.
Weeks and weeks of valuable time
have already been lost. Some foods
that . could have been saved are
gone.
The food planting army did its
work. A great volume of products
Is almost ready for the harvest.
Some are already gathered. How
to take care of It all, where to
put it, the canning, the drying and
the distribution, the movement of
the food captains through the coun
ties and neighborhoods advising
and guiding in the great endeavor
of saving everything all this waits
upon congress.
. Cannot somebody carry the word
to the obstructives as to how their
delays are paralyzing, demoralizing
o Tl rl d!cfnlirQ tri n cr tha tnnt Airiva
Cannot the city government in
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resisting the ice trust secure the
v adoption of a scientific system of
-deliveries? One family in one
block receives ice from one plant
and the wagon must next go to a
family five or ten blocks away
rfor the next delivery. There are a
lot of things that could be done to
give Portland consumers ice at
treasonable rates instead of war
rates.
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AIRSHIPS
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RIGADIER GENERAL
K GEORGE O. SQUIER demon
strates by his reported con
versations that he is a man
'fy of Ideas fempered with sound sense.
He. grasps the secret of defeating
.the kaiser when he says that It
must be done through the air, but
, he Is discreetly silent about par
ticulars. How many airships shall
?i we build? General Squler prefers
not to commit himself. How shall
- the Invasion be carried out? Gen-
r taf Struier prefers not to take
the j world, including Hindenburg,
V Into his confidence, which Is well.
, --..The; $640,000,000 appropriation
J, which " congress has made will
L build 32,000- airships if it 1b all
r applied-to that purpose and spent
economically, reckoning : the ..' cost
at 2Q,000 the ship. - This is.eaid
to be rather near the mark,
A; fleet of 30,000- aeroplanes
would command the air perfectly
and by so doing It would unques
tionably hasten the end of the war.
With Russia out of the running
for months to come we must now
think of applying our inventive
genius to the problems of the cam
paign. There Is a glorious opportunity
at this moment for the young in
ventive geniuses or the Unltea
States . to win everlasting renown
by perfecting the airship and stand
ardizing its component parts.
The courage and consecration of
the Russian women's "Legion of
Death" in snatching victory when
the men had failed on the eastern
front will be Inspiring to the Rus
sian people. When the history of
thjf war is written they will be
aa'naled on one of its fairest pages.
THE WORLD'S HOPE
"N
O LONGER have we a
royal autocrat ruling by
divine right of kings and
not responsible to the peo
ple, but rather a constitutional
monarchy In which authority is ex
ercised within strict limits."
This is a description of the new
government of Greece by Premier
Venizelos, the head and soul of
the new Grecian democracy. His
statement was made at the end of
a meeting of the Grecian parlia
ment which Is described in the
news as signalizing "the complete
resumption of popular rule and the
end of autocracy in Greece."
Thus one more nation joins the
ranks of democracy. The spirit of
resistance to . absolutism is ram
pant the earth around. The doc
trine that people should not be
governed without their consent Is
surging in the mind of the races.
It is the most dangerous foe that
William II as to face. The havoc
he has brought upon his own peo
ple and the other nations Is exem
plification of what is meant by the,
power of absolutists to make war
at will. ' The millions of men sac
rificed and the appeasements of
ambitious rule by divine right.
If the races ever had incentive
to overthrow the monsters of abso
lutism it is now. If, one by one,
other nations, do not proclaim the
right of the people to rule, cause
will almost seem to no longer gov
ern effect and all maxims of hu
man experience be reversed.
And when the good fight is
ended, 1776 will have brought man
kind into deliverance and tran
quility. The war department cannot get
enough blackberry Jam for the re
quirements of the army ration.
WJiy not accept the rational rec
ommendation of Congressman Haw-
ley and supply the deficiency with
Oregon loganberry jam?
THE WARLIKE WOMEN
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NFIRM of purpose, give me
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the daggers," exclaimed Lady
Macbeth when her husband
weakened at the critical mo
ment. Lady Macbeth in all her
unflinching determination and fear
lessness seems to have reappeared
in the Russian regiment of women
who marched on the foe and
wrested victory from defeat when
the men were In full flight.
When the Romans under Titus
were besieging Jerusalem, Jose
phus tells us that the Jewish
women encouraged the men to re
sist up to the moment when fam
ine caused some to devour their
own children. In the old battles
between the Gauls and the Ro
mans the barbarian women fired
the soldiers' hearts and drove
them back to the field when the
day seemed lost.
At Carthage there came a mo
ment In the last Punic war when
resistance to the Roman3 was fail
ing because the men had no more
weapons. Even bowstrings were
lacking. The women cut off their
long hair and twisted It into new
strings so that the besiegers were
fended off a little longer. We
have always been moved to smile
on hearing objectors to suffrage
say that women could not fight.
A little knowledge of history clears
up many a misapprehension of
that sort. J
Dr. Foster of Reed college has
been selected to go to France as
a member of .the war council of
the Red Cross. There will be in
telligence ana vision in his find
lngs.
THE ADEQUATE COLONEL
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HATEVER may be said of
the Colonel, he Is neve
uisappointlng. He lives up
to .his exciting . reputation
and invariably does the most sou
satisfying thing conceivable in the
cricumstances. What could have
been more completely restful and
soothing in this dog day weather
than his warlike measures against
the unspeakable Mayor Thompson
of Chicago?
Thompson, who boasts that he
is "mayor of the sixth largest Ger
man city in the world," has made
himself a spectacle by his genu
flections to the kaiser. Of course
it is all in quest of votes, but that
does not make it any the less
odious.
The Colonel was Invited to sit
beside this person at a meal in
Pittsburg while the Loyal Moose
were "celebrating. He declined the
fragrant privilege Just as he de-
fclined.t o. sit down to lread with
odorous Lorimer some years ago.
. The Colonel is.ofttimes a cross
bat there are occasions when he is
transformed to a blessing. Upon
the whole we are thankful for him.
AMERICAN LETHARGY
THE usual attack on improve
ment of inland waterways was
I delivered in the senate
Wednesday. It was led by
Senator Kenyon. We are told that
he "ridiculed" the rivers and har
bors bill.
' Perhaps it is ignorance of trans
portation. That is, at least, a
charitable view.
In Its acceptance of the railroad
as the only means of carrying traf
fic, the public mind of America is
inert. It refuses to act. It is so
self-satisfied that it declines to in
quire into the subject.
This is shown by the simple an
nals of the decline of steamboating
graphically totd by Walter Parker,
special assistant to the secretary of
commerce and one of the chiefs
sent out to stimulate water com
merce as a war measure.
He says of river transportation
there was first the raft, then the
temporary barge, and finally the
great steamboat, with its extrava
gance and waste, and the steam
towboat and towed barges. In this
period the floating craft enjoyed ft
complete monopoly. It had no
competitor. There was no compell
ing incentive to do things In ao.
economic way. He adds:
It mattered little to the boatowner
that the rain spoiled the cargo at un
improved landings, since the shipper
paid the loss; or that the shipper com
plained of the service, since the ship
per must continue using- the boat, as
there was no other way in which to
move his commerce.
Cities developed on the banks of
the streams where most convenient
to the boats, and these cities con
trolled all interior commerce. Nex.
came the railroads. There being
no concentrated commerce except
that -along the navigable streams
wljlch the boats had developed,
the railroads began seeking means
of taking over the business of tho
boats. Mr. Parker adds:
The railroad owners soon found
that outlay for rails, equipment and
overhead made the per ton mile cost
of transportation greater by rail
than by water. They also found that
the cost of handling frelg-ht to and
from boats which had practically no
terminal facilities, was excessive and
that the cost of handling: commodities
to and from railroad cars could be
greatly reduced through the building
of convenient and economic terminal
facilities. Then began the systematic
development of the railroad terminal
at the little towns and the big- cities
and at the ports.
He says system In the solicita
tion of freight became a big factor
In behalf of tho railroads, and free
dom to quote any rate that might
be found necessary to take busi
ness from the boats developed into
a far reaching power. The handi
cap of mountain ranges was over
come by terminal efficiency, by
systematic business methods and
by free play In the making of rates.
Under such conditions, the boata
were starved Into the Junk pile.
And this Is why we are nation
ally accepting the decadence of the
river boat as manifest destiny. We
have forgotten that the rivers ma7
afford the lower rate and that rail
traffic requires higher rates and
constant demand for higher rates
We have overlooked the fact that
business efficiency, fit terminals
and scientifically developed meth
ods have never been applied to
river commerce except In Isolated
Instances, and that steamboating
and the towed barge have never
been given a chance to play their
great part In American commerce
as they are playing it in European
commerce.
We have dreamily and lethargic
ally accepted the railroads with
their costlier per-ton-mlle as the
only transportation , system, and
have done it because we are ex
travagant, non-saving and wasteful
In our national character. It Is for
these reasoas that men like Sena
tor Kenyon, ignorant of every
maxim of transportation and un
versed in the wartime needs of the
country in the supplemental trans
portatlon that the rivers and canals
may handle, stand upon the floor
of the senate and "ridicule" a
rivers and harbors bill; It Is a
tragedy.
The federal trade commission re
ports how bn the entrance of Amer
ica into the war, manufacturers in
creased the price of flags 300 per
cent. Dollar patriotism is one of
the ugly things prevalent among
some of our illustrious citizens.
Driving bargains on the flag is
about as low as any enterprise to
which an American citizen could
stoop.
THE USEFUL SNAKE
T
HE JOURNAL gladly awards a
word of praise to O. G. Hugh
son for his letter in defense
of thousand legged worms,
snakes and such small deer. The
thousand legged worm's worst sin
Is his proneness to eat his way
into every peach that falls to the
ground and lie there ready to un
curl when a person goes to hits
into the luscious cheek of the fruit.
Otherwise, as Mr. Hughson says
he is harmless and sanitary.
As for snakes, they ere better
than "harmless." With their rela
tlves, the warty toads, they are
positive aids to the gardener.
Snakes live on mice, slugs and ver-
mln of that sort, which they devour
in countless numbers. - - V
Moreover, as Mr. Hoghson re
minds us, there are no poisonous
snakes In this part of Oregon. The
poor . things, connot bite and have
thus no way of defending them
selves against the hatred they In
herit from the days of Eve" and
Eden.
If they coil up and pretend to
menace the bad boy and the foolish
man who are bo over-zealous to
kill them, are they to blame? "I
would not number in my list of
friends the man who needlessly
sets foot upon a worm." Even
Tnpper sometimes shines.
Letters From the People
Communications xnt to The Journal foe
publication in tble department aboald be writ
ten on only one aide of tba paper. abocM not
xceed 800 worda In length and eaut be ae
ccmpanled by the name and addrees o tke
aender. If the writer doe not deelre te Be
tke name published be bo Jd ao state.
The Grain Elevaor Site
Portland. July 26. To the Editor of
The Journal I am wondering whether
we are to take the city dock commis
sion seriously In their selection of a
site for tbe grain elevator. In their
explanation of making tbe selection
where they did, they say It will bo
necessary to move 2.000,000 yard- of
earth by dredging, which in Itself is
some Job. It will cost many times
more to do this than the original cost
of this or some favorable site. It will
be an unwarranted burden upon the
taxpayers.
But, to make the matter less seri
ous, the explanation leaves the infer
ence that ' the Malar-key tract was
large enough for the terminal pur
poses, but there was not room enough
to store all the dirt dredged out to
make a channel to the property and
the commission decided it advisable to
buy more land upon whlcit to store
more surplus dirt.
This would sound all right from the
non-serious pen of Bill Nye or Mark
Twain, but such a proposition being
put up to real taxpayers asa serious
thing looks too much like a Joke, to
be considered. The Idea of selecting a
site so far from the channel, and one
which will require so much expensive
dredging, doe not appeal to the tax
payers.
We will not only have to dredge a
channel, but a large turning basin at
the property and along the entire
front oT the property. This will be
expensive. And lust this suggestion
Nature gave us a water grade from
the Inland Empire. The dock com
mission, in Its explanation, says it
will have to make a 1 per cent grade
to the property from the railroad. It
sort of looks as though the commis
sion is handicapping us Just the same
as nature handicapped other coast
ports, by steep grades In this case
unnecessary.
Is this- decision on a site by the
commission a Joke, or are the mem-
Ders serious 7 c. W. AUSJtAN.
In Praise of Strong Men
Eugene, Or.. July 27. To th Editor
of The Journal The leading figure In
the nation and the leading figure In
this state are men for whom I voted.
when they were candidates of the
Democratic party, although I have
voted for many more Republicans than
Democrats. I voted for George Cham
berlain for senator because of the
howl his vetoes had caused. Those
vetoes Indicated a character and indi
viduality that are still manifested in
a course In congress that has made
him a leading figure in that body, If
not the most conspicuous one, and his
worK mere, as in the vetoes, has been
an to tbe good.
When Mr. Wilson first ran for re-
ment, i voted ror Mr. Roosevelt, be
cause of the same characteristics that
nau uuinmeiiaea unamDeriain to me
absolutely independent conscientious
ness in the performance of dutv. Th
itrst term In the presidency put Wll
son into me same class in public es
timation. He has not been a client
man. like Grant, but when he ha
talked he has always had something to
say. Moreover, when be stopped it
has always appeared as If he could
have said more without any flagging
of the Interest of his hearers, and
when the psychological moment has
arrived that seemed to call for more
facta he always appears to be able to
produce something- from the reserve
h holds something so convlnclnar
that he usually ultimately achieves
me oojeci or nis effort.
Wilson Jn the White Hous n
Chamberlain In the senate appear to
me as the most conspicuous modern
instances of "ths right man in the
nini juace. " CITIZEN.
To Make History Truthful
Portland, July 24. To tha ldltnr n f
The Journal As a former pupil of
Professor Auger, who defended
Muzzey'a History from the atncir. nt
Judge McCamant, I should like to my
u, lew worus.
Knowing how easy it is to discredit
a man because he tells .the truth 1
resent the Judge's hint that Mr.
Auger was actuated by ulterior mo
tivesor, in other words, was bribed.
1 should not be surprised If nr
former instructor knows considerably
more about teaching than the Judges
kndws. I know that he knows mora
than any other teacher I ever had.
When we study the histories of the
various kings, we study all about
them. We learn not only Elizabeths
good qualities, but her peccadillos as
wen. wnen we sum up Henry IV of
Navarre, we Judge not only his wo-k
for a European court to settle dis
putes between nations, his edict af
Xantes and his attempts to better the
condition of the peasants. but hi
turning from Protestant to Catholu
for political reasons. We cannot but
realize that hell is paved with good
imciuiuns, aner reading the story ot
josepn or Austria. And even that
much hated sister of his. Maria At
tolnette, and the later Louis, and ths
btuarts, Catherine, Peter, Louis Phil
ippe, etc., are analyzed in order tht
we might know the entire truth about
But, according to Judge McCamnnt.
in American nistory we shouldn't studv
tne works of our great men; we should
canonise them. Imo other nation's nt
tories do It, but we should. We should
sacnrice even the truth for Bar
bara Prltchle and Frederick Funstou's
swim, we shouldn't learn all about
Grant, or the Chase and Spauldin
bond Jockeylngs, or Thaddeus Stevens
forgetful of the fact that in outside
study, which every student must do,
he will learn all about them.
I for one, go to school to learn. It
I spend my time studying history. 1
do not want to get some half baktJ
Idea -of a lot of saints, and an equally
shadowy idea that the saints were not
so saintly after all. STUDENT,
No Promotion by Politic
From the Chicago Herald
A number a small number, happily
of the men in the training camps
have attempted o discover royal roads
to commlaalons. They seem" to have
thought that by the processes of poll
tics the coveted promotions would be
obtained. ' So 'far, attempt of this
character have resulted in failure. Mot
only the commissions sought, through
congressmen and senators have not
been secured, but the indiscreet appli
cants have been dismissed from the
training camps. Politics is not to be
tolerated in the new army. So strictly
Is this commendable rule being fol
lowed that, according to private re
ports from Washington, members of
the cabinet have not given any privi
leges to members of their own fami
lies. This is reassuring. In the na
tional army, so far as Is possible,
worth will win recognition. Political
pull will be a liability, and not an
asset. The sooner the truth is gener
ally accepted, the better. Disappoint
ment and bootless Intrigue will be pre
vented. Chamberlain's Rise
Scott C. Boca Id Seattle roat-Inteniffencer
Oregon, through George Earle Cham
berlain, Is today conspicuously repre
sented in the United States senate.
Tenure does not account for It. Ha
has worn the toga only eight years.
One fourth of bis colleagues hold pre
cedence In continuous service. He
ranks eighteenth of class, with Fletcn-
er of Florida, Jones of Washington
and Smith of South Carolina, who si
multaneously took their seats March
4. 1909. and are serving their second
term. Of the quartet. Jones only is a
Republican.
Chamberlain hails from a normally
Republican state, but has been the
beneficiary, for a prolonged period, of
abnormal political conditions. Al
though a Democrat of Democrats, of
the uncompromising degree, the prod
uct of the sway of non-partisan poli
tics to which Oregon became addicted
In Populist days. He, In worthy serv
Ice to state and country, furnishes a
notable exception to the average run
of such politics ordinarily barren.
In the transformation of -the senate
incident to the upheaval of 1912 and
the election of senators bv popular
vote. Chamberlain had the good for
tune to gain the chairmanship of the
committee on military affairs, second
place on the committee on agriculture
and membership in fifth rank on the
committee on appropriations all at
the end of his first term. And as
these committees have had to deal with
war, and war's problems he became at
once a large factor In national legis
lation.
Oregon may well take pride In his
rise and distinction and the manner In
which he has acquitted himself In the
crisis and crises.
A man of vision and foresight.
Chamberlain early grasped the peril
of the international situation and the
pressing, imperative need of adequate
military preparedness.
While the house committee, feebly
manned, was formulating crude and
impossible armv policies and at odds
with the administration and war de
partment, the senate committee, under
the direction of Chamberlain, was ac
complishing real constructive work
and producing results. It evolved an
army reorganization measure that. In
the main, commanded approval and
enactment Into law.
From the very Inception of war
Chamberlain has been a stanch, un
wavering administration senator and
a worker. Dilatorlness has had no
contribution from him or his commit
tee, and Majority Leader Martfhhas
ever had In him a ready and forceful
coadjutor In expediting war legisla
tl6n. Indeed. Chamberlain has shared
leadership throughout this war ces
sion. Recalcitrancy on the Democratic)
side of the chamber has rendered the
situation most difficult to handle.
He has a seat of vantage, the first
in the front row immediately before
the presiding officer. In close touch
with Martin, but one seat removed,
and, when not occupied In committee.
gives alert attention to senate pro
ceedings and the advancement of ac
tion. Party man and patriot, be Is
useful.
When he entered the senate, eight
years ago, the Republican party was
In ascendancy and he gave little prom
lse of becoming a marked figure In
that body. He was overshadowed by
men of his "own party. But, as already
said, the upheaval of politics, the
transformation of the senate and the
coming of war combined to give him
his opportunity and he has measured
up to it splendidly. Few United States
senators in the history of congress
have achieved so high, a stauidlng In
so short a time.
To Kerensky!
From the Chicago Poet
They made Napoleon consul of the
republic, and tbe republic vanished
when he crowned himself emperor.
Yet It came back. The France that
followed the revolution was never
again the France that preceded it.
Kerensky has been made dictator of
Russia. The act is the last throw of
the Russian spirit In the desperate
game against treasonable fanaticism
"made In Germany."
Can it save the new Russia? We be
lieve It will. But If it does not, we
know that not even the vile reactlon-
lsm. of Germany can throw the Rus
sian people oack Into the abyss from
which they sprung in throwing off a
Germain-ruled czar.
Across half the world today we
would send to Kerensky, dictator of a
democracy, an American godspeed in
bis fight against anarchy bought by
autocracy.
The Plug Hat
Prom the Seattle roat-Intelllgeoeer
If we are not engaged In war and
did not have a lot to do. It la likely
that the summer season would be en
livened by the ceremonies attendant
upon the centennial of the silk hat.
Perhaps there are persons so particu
lar abour a year or two that they will
contend that the plug hat appeared
upon the outraged landscape Just prior
to the war of 1812 Instead of Just after
Its close. However, for purposes of
celebrating the anniversary, 1917 Is
Just as good as any year. The big
question Is that for a century man's
skullpiece has been encased in the
foolish two-gallon hat of our fore
fathers.
Recently the Minneapolis Journal
hailed Louis W. Hill as a crusader
against the tyranny of the silk hat.
When the Belgian mission visited St
Taul. Mr. Hill bought a crate of silk
hats for the plain clothes men who
watched over the visitors, but was
content to wear a soft, fuzzy creation
known as an Alpine head covering.
Under the leadership of Mr. Hill, other
citizens of St. Paul Joined In the re
telUon against the silk hat. In com
menting upon the vision and the vir
tue of Mr. mil's crusade the Journal
says:
"The masculine skull has been
fretted by many curious and aboml
r.able 'cadles' In the history of the
world caps, hats, bonnets, bowlers,
helmets hoods and whatnot. Even
now the men in tb trenches wear lr.
verted steel bowls to protect them
from flying shrapnel. But It Is doubt
ful whether In the whole history of
I the hat a more barbarous instrument
or torture nas ever oeen imposed upon
masculinity by custom than the
'stovepipe.' with Its silken coat that
must be so carefully kept smooth, and
Its severe cylindrical outline like noth
ing in nature or art.
-Men. hats off to Mr. Hill! lis Is
our friend."
If all the money which is Invested in
PERTINENT COMMENT
SHALL CHARGE
Ths word "Hooverlxe" has arrived. It
means, xor one thing, getting away
with all the stuff you take upon your
piate. And it goes very nicely wltn
Fletcherize, by the way.
. a
On perusing the Pittsbura naper.
one gets the impression that a gentle
man named Baboock is running for
mayor there. Which suggests the Bab
cock extinguisher; also, the .Babcock
separator.
Democracy on the battlefield is out
of place, however, and the only way
to ooviate the inconsistency-Detween
that fact and democracy's broad claims
is to knock our war; which will best
be done by putting up with undemop
cratio military discipline until autoc
racy Is knocked out. Wouldn't you
think that even a moujik or an I. W.
W. could see thatT
a
"Each house may determine the
rules of its proceedings, punish Its
members for disorderly conduct, and
with the concurrence of two thirds,
expel a member." This Is the language
of clause S, section 6. article 1. of the
constitution of the United States. One
wonders why that about expelling
members seems to have been generally
overlooked as a remedy for what alls
little groups of wilful men.
TO CONSOLIDATE. &
Washington. July 17. There la a
market for Oregon timber now, and
officials of the interior department,
who will have Oregon timber for sale
under the Chamberlain-Ferris land
grant act, want to be in position to
sell some of it. Since the govern
ment has only odd-numbered sections.
with private holdings scattered
through, better prices could be had In
most Instances if the timber were held
In larger tracts. It la upon this Idea
that the department bill la drawn
which ifecretary Lane has suggested
congress should pass, allowing ex
change of odd-numbered sections for
private lands of approximately equal
value. The bill would authorize the
Government to receive In exchange
lands either within or contiguous to
the former limits of the land grant.
and contains a provision that all lands
secured by virtue of this exchange
shall be disposed of In accordance
with the terms of the Chamberlain
Ferris act. That Is to say, all timber
thus acquired would have to be sold
nd the lands subsequently offered
ror settlement. They couia not De
placed in a reserve or taken outside
the operation of the Chamberlain-Ferris
act. Some timber companies now
operating in sections adjacent to the
grant lands are anxious to secure such
legislation, whereby they might ex
change part of their lands for grant
Ifinds, thus consolidating their own
holdings and enabling the government
to do the same thing.
Congressman Taylor of Colorado Is
trying to secure consideration for a
bill to create an official record In
every cdunty of the United States of
all enlistments for the present war
with Germany. Including men con
tributed to tha national guard, the
regular army and the new draft army.
He argues that this would be Import
ant to the future practically and his
torically. It would not only preserve
for each county and state a complete
record of Its contribution in man
power, but may aid In settling debat
able questions about pensions. Insur
ance and inheritance, such as arose
out of the Civil war. He proposes to
direct the council of national defense
to cooperate with the governors and
state councils of defense In producing
an adequate record to be kept by the
countv clerk In each county. Colorado
is preparing to do this work, he says,
HOW TO BE
UNDER THE TYPHOID BANNER
The grand army of typhoid has no
difficulty in securing recruits. Kvery
year as many people are enlisted under
its banner of death as were killed In
six of the greatest battles of the
Civil war not counting all those who
are sick of the disease but do not die.
Many a brave soldier has come un
scathed through terrible battles, only
to be conquered by a weak little germ
too small to see. One of the nation's
health experts has said. "Every time
you die before your time, and you do
it but once, either someone has killed
you, or you have committed suicide."
This is particularly true of typhoid.
Improvements in the water and milk
supplies of different communities the
introduction of water filters and the
sanitary regulation milk production
have always given startling results.
They are startling because, by th con
sequent fall in the death rate, the citi
zens were made aware of how many
people had previously been murdered
by neglect of these measures.
The knowledge concerning typnoia is
now so extensive that It has been pos
sible to prepare a vaccine which may
be administered in a simple way and
will render the person Immune to the
disease. It has been practically
stamped out of the army by this meth
od. Jt is more particularly useful
where there la a known family suscep
top hats were available, the Red Cross
would have plenty of funds. There
Isn't a man In the country who would
not be willing to donate his plug hat
to the cause and give three loud
whoops. Mr. Hill's crusade may ba
far-reaching. It may be that. In the
fight for democracy, the plug hat will
be lost.
The Business Man
Prom the London Mall
Before the war we used to hear a
good deal about the value of the par
ticular person called a business man
in the art of governance. No doubt
there are more sorts of business men
than the one, but during the war the
business man has been given his op
portunity; and the result is not un
naturally a certain sense of disap
pointment. There is, in fact, no mys
tic virtue in business, which may mean
anything from operating on the stock
exchange to selling goods across a
counter. The quality chiefly required
lit administration is the gift of organ
ization, which Is frequently possessed
by men who know little ot commerce.
A Real Casus Belli
from the Vanroarer Columbian '
"Senators wrangle for nours over
Hoover," reads a Washington dispatch
Usually the senate wrangles for hours
over nothing. It is refreshing to learn
that once in a great while they have
something to wrangle over.
PERSONAL MENTION
To Inspect Army Horses
Captain H. R. Richmond of the
Thirteenth cavalry. U. S. A., at Tort
Riley. Kan., is at the Portland. He
is here to inspect the horses which
are being bought by contract for the
cavalry. HBt artillery and siege ar
tillery He is to make Portland his
hesdquarters. and will be here for
some time. Assisting him In the
work are Captain John R. Valentin.
AND NEWS JN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
TV--. V r a ahnut 1-tI vfi at tn COD- I
elusion," aays the Woodburn lnde-
pendent, "that an Oregonlan is not
happy unless there la rain and plenty
OI 1U" . . .
Under blankets, with a fresh sea
to"i,"Swl nvbnrnisht"ewhi?;
.it,.. of the state swelter at
maximum temperatures, according to
the Toledo Sentinel.
The Pendleton East Oregonlan
doesn't like either "bammiea or
'SwnmMV as a title for our troops
e e
T,Erta
lamps every half block on Main street
and on Court street from Main to Vin-
fnr I7n 200 candleoower nl-
trogen lamps in the residence districts,
a. number sufficient to S1 1'lnmp
ior euiiiw-v "
T.i RiVtf IMmoent KnOWS OUW l I
say the P1"0,"1."1..! J
ffam'of during' summer"?.
gd fortune indeed. The summer ell-
mate here Is the best In the world
and the many mountain resorts offer
opportunities for tne dcix ma ui un-
mer outings.
C. TIMBER HOLDINGS
through action by the governor and
ltrlditurt Hta Idea IS mil a locui
record will save much trouble here
after and will help tire folks at home
to keep track of their boys, since tne
record In each case would include tne
hranoh of service and so far as prac
ticable tell where the soldier can be
addressed up to the close of the war
Tn rut th data now and carry it
but after a few months It will not bo
easy to obtain, and after the war la
over. If this is not done, tne oniy rec
ord will bo the official archives at
Washington, which are difficult to in
spect and too far away to be conven
ient for the people at home,
a a
President Richardson . of the Alas-
kan road commission. In a long tele-
gram to this city repudiates state
ments recently made In a message
from the Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce to Senator Chamberlain. He
says the Anchorage people take high
rank for exaggeration. Anchorage and
itary post roads. Anchorage contends
tha? part of this should go to the con-
struction of feeders for the railroad
Mr. Richardson says this was not the
purpose of the legislation, and lndt
cates that the commission will go
ahead with plans for development of
Interior sections by highway building.
a a
Oravfiah. packed at two Pacific
coast canneries, is now being offered
to the public with special labels with
the approval Of the department or com
merce. On one side of the can the
label reads: "A new food fish. Packed
at the special request of the United
States bureau of fisheries and pre
cared under methods approved by It
Secretary Redfleld says he Is glad
these canneries have started on the
west coast, as the fish is nutritive.
and the packers are under obligation
to keep prices down in consideration
of use of the label. The retail price
is to be two cans for 25 cents. The
department of commerce has been ire-
tlve in spreading the rame or tne gray-
ti.y. .. . food hu nreDared recipes,
and Is still giving It publicity as one
means of slapping tne mgn cost or
i living.
HEALTHY
Coprrtgat. 117.
hy J. Keeley
Seward are in a heated controversy, it VI "IT .
arPers over the spending of money ,ar8 ,not aY lfh1" wn fbout -
" .,;, -.. v,vin annrn- curslon. et his political enemies got
l0S"hV,: ".XVrTn- remark that he had "gone
UUHICU la.A U. iitnvii - - - - I.,-, ?A1 .. 1 . . S I . . i
tibility to the disease, where ona or flee Is on the third floor of a build
more members have already had It. ing 49 stories high. One of our client
Other members not possessing natural
immunity, as evidenced by the fate of
their near relatives, may obtain such
Immunity by vaocinatlon or, rather,
protective Inoculation.
Nature's own natural Immunity
should, of course, be kept at its high
est efficiency. The vitality must not
be lowered by Improper living, by
harmful eating and drinking, over
work, late hours, worry and other
nervous exhaustions.
Since the disease Is caused primarily
by a little germ. It is essential, of
course, to keep the germ away from the
body and not depend upon tha body's
defenses entirely. When there is any
doubt about the water and milk being
clean and pure, they chould be Dolled.
Flies must be rigidly excluded from
the house, their breeding places de
stroyed and tbe food protected by oov
erlnga The drain from a country
privy or tba excreta of cattfo, must
not be allowed to coma In contact with
the water supply.
Typhoid fever Is said to ba one of
the most preventable of diseases. It
Is largely a matter of willful oholce
as to whether one enlists In the dead
ly army of typhoid or In the Joyous
army of bealtn.
Next Monday: Deadly Fungus of
Grains.
U. S. R, and Captain R. E. Strau
bridge. U. S. R., both of Philadelphia.
They are both registered at the Port
land, as well as Lieutenants S. H.
Shindleman of Brooklyn, N. Y., and
James H. Evans of Waukesha, Wis.,
both in the United States reserves,
e
Mr. and Mr. Joseph A. O'Brien. Mrs.
P. J. McArdle, Mrs. J. P. Cassidy and
Miss Mercy Cassidy of Jersey City,
N. J., are at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Tillson Miss
Jessie M. Holcomb and E. M. Townsend
are Salem, Or., guests at the Norton!..
Mr. and Mrs. M. 11. Douglas and J.
K. Jones have motored to Portland
from San Francisco and are registered
at the Perkins.
F. 11. Caldwell Is a Cornelius guest
from Newberg, Or.
C. H. rinn is at the Imperial from
La Grande.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W". Sprinkler are
at the Portland from Centralla.
R. E. Clanton, master fish warden.
In charge of the fish hatcheries at
Bonneville, is at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. Byron R. Dorr ar at
the Multnomah from Dorr, Or.
Among the late arrivals at the Cor.
nellus Is Herbert A. Harris of Inde
pendence, Or.
A. D. Ramsey and Mrs. Ramsey of
Hood River, Or, are Washington
guests.
Dr. J. W. Titus, well known In Eu
gene, Or.. Is a recent arrival at the
Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Little, residenis
of Madison. Wis., are at the Nortonia.
Mr. and' Mrs. D. A. Weln r at the
Portland from Silverton, Or.
Guests at the Perkins include It. 11.
Van Akin of Raymond, Wash.
Multnomah guests include Mr and
Mr. M. K. McKenzl of Anaconda,
Mont.
Mr. H. D. Green has returned from
California and 1 again at the Nor
tonla.
Bunro- Oshlmo and T. Kimura ara la
the city from Tokyo, and ar staying
at the Multnoman.
Ra Ta and Bottail
Sto
ns From Erirywom
(T this colamn alt mAm -f v. t- t
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at U editor's appraiaai.
The Legend of Salt River
TUG DrODl Of tha I7nlt S.) v...
1 always been prone and aulck ta
catch a happy or unhappy remark or
phrase in politics and to make tha
most or it to the advantage of one or
the disadvantage of another party. ThV
iweiorjcai importance, havlnr thli '
or,glnin.omoffhadorVhouC.h.r
Presalon. Careers of promise hava
Keen made or unmade by sayings In-
troduced into a cinoilrn it i. ...
says Christian Science Monitor for
anybody even casually acquainted witk
me political past of tbe nation to re-
call hrw nr.Mntti.
n'anlngless words have been used to
candidate, with the result,
perhaps of insuring his defeat,
Some leaders are happy even In their
most casual expressions. Lincoln was
one ot tnese; Grant was another, it
usea to De sa.ld that the difference be
tween Lincoln and his greatest general
was that while one drorted De&rTa of
speech, the other dropped pearls of
silence. Nevertheless. when Grant
said that he proponed to fight It out
on this line if it took all summer, and
wnen tie said. "Let us have peace."
ha furnished his friends with political
cami-aign material of the first order.
irey were sayings simple as "With
charity toward all; with mailoe toward
none.' or ou can fool some of the
people all of the time and all
I of the people some of the time, but
Once. a long time ago. a defeated
office seeker, in order to "get himself
together," left honi soon as he be
came aware of the result at the polls.
a rriend, inquiring for him a little
later, was Informed by a member of
his family that he had gone up Salt
river. Salt river was and Is a modest
Utile atream that rises in the hill
country of Kentucky, and after flow
ing through a more or less picturesque
district for about a Bcore of miles
empties into the Ohio. It was In those
days a good fishing creek and the kind
or stream a Jaded and disappointed
" """
hh1' meant tha nd of Publc
career.
The saying spread from Kentucky
Into other states, and for more than -half
a century it has been used to ex
press the idea that a politician has
been "driven to the woods" for good.
"He's gone up Salt river" has come
to mean. In fact, that a politician has
been "put out of business." has been
so badly beaten that he cannot "coma
back," has "Sfen his finish." Tel It
is not true that mere is no return
from Salt river, for many who have
taken canoeing trips up that stream
have actually returned and made a
greater stir than ever In the field of
politics.
His Fall Not Unchecked
Two insurance agents a Yankee and
an Englishman--were bragging about
their rival methods, says the Atlanta
Journal. The Britisher was holding
IO"h on tne system or prompt pay-
" ic i,u
trouble, no fuas, no attempt to wrlg-
gle out of settlement.
. u," "1'
uuucu, uii w iuu w wuma receive ner
money by the first post tomorrow
morning."
1'ou don't say?" drawled th
Yankee. "See here, now, you talk
of prompt payment! Well, our of-
lived In that forty-ninth story, and he
fell out of the window. W handed him
uis. check as be passed."
Fine Road for a Creamery
As a testimonial (o the pleasure of
riding over the roads of western
Walla Walla county. Deputy Sheriff
Charles Anderson of Wallula, says the
Walla Walla Bulletin, this morning told
a tale that seemed almost unbelieva
ble and if true, promises to Increase
traffic between here and Wallula dur
ing the fruit canning season. Mr. An
derson left here Saturday afternoon
with & 80 pound box of cherries In the
rear seat of his Ford. Upon his ar
rival at his home in Wallula. he found
his fruit had been transformed Into
Jelly, the seeds extracted, and that
all Mrs. Anderson found It necessary
to do was to place the Jelly In glasses
and put on the lids.
Tact," said the deputy sheriff this
morn In a- "Tha bumnlnr and hnnnolnv
those, cherries got completely Jellied
them. I was afraid it Would be over
done before I reached home, but man
aged, by driving carefully, to make
the delivery in first class order.
"There's no use of women of this
county burning up fuel to make 'Jelly,"
continued Anderson. "All they have
to do Is to take the fruit over the
Wallula road once or twice."
The Drummer"
H must hurry in the morning, when
the mists are hanging low;
He must bite a hasty luncheon when
it's noon;
He must order up a T-bone, with his
eye upon the clock.
For the Limited will shriek It sig
nal soon.
He must beam with glowing Interest
when he talks of wares and
trade.
Thou eh his tongue and head be weary
from the strain; L,
He must chat of soaring prices, t effing
how the change was made.
And upon the bloomin' kaiser plao
the blame!
Sunday eve. when flames ar dancing
In the fireplace at home.
He must pack his shirts and gather
up his grip;
Though the voices of his babies seem
to be him not to roam.
He must ride the rails and pungl up
the tips. .
Oh. It's each one to his notion, and the
tales may all be true
That are told on those who rid tha
rails alway;
But to me they're Just some fellows
who must live the same as you
They're the PAID tramps of the good
old U. B. A.!
Grace E. HalL
Uncle Jeff Bnow 8ay:
When Governor Pennoyef was run
nln' things In Oregon some contractors
in Corvallls had a lot of trouble with
their men and sent to Pennoyer for
militia to feed 'em lead and restore
law and order. Tba governor answered
fer them contractors to feed the men
and pay 'em. which two little pints
had been omitted In the program by
the contractors. Flndln' that he wasn't
goin' to send no soldiers till th con
tractors played square, they don that
and the trouble was over. Soma of
our governors needs a little sand, and
both mixed has a quletln' effect en
mill and mlnln strike. Old Pnaoyr
had a little stock or both, and he rot
along pretty tollabl welL -
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