THE .OREGON ' DAILY' .JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY. . AUGUST " 10, 1917.'
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6000 names before it .Is abznltted j the same offense, he would not call
to popular vote. The 'machinery- ! ' strikes on us, anless they were
complicated. But that matters 'lit- really over the plate.
tie. The point Is that these' "fool
measures" should find so much
faror In staid old Maaaachosetts.
WHAT?
T'
HE. Alexander ' case cos-' tho
school district 1500 in at
torney's fees.
What is the status when
there must be trials with' $800
THEIR STUPIDITY
I
r SOMETIMES seems as If
great masters of business anl
captains of industry re hope
lessly stupid. -
They, were clamorous for war.
It has been charged against them
that they wanted- the ,war with
Mexico or the war with Germany
lawyer's fees In a matter of school 'for business' reasons. As soon as
by the
management that should have been
settled in an 'afternoon?
What if a dispute should arise
we were dragged by the kaiser
into the European conflict, they
raised the price of ship steel, for
in which the board would.be at i instance, to $95 a ton.
legal war with a dozen teachers j It seems incredible that
at the same time, with the lawyer's American would want his country
fee in each case $800? And what j to go to war for th financial
would, be the situation some day I profit it- might bring him. It
if all the teachers should give legal j seems unthinkable that any mas
battle to the board and $64)0 bo -ter of business or captain of in-
the cost of the district's legal serv-1 dustry would really advocate a war
ices in each instance? in order to get opportunity to coin
All tbese happenings are not an 'riches but of blood.
impossibility. And what kind of in 1910 the steel men were
a situation is It when lawyers nd i selling steel plates 'at an average
Was not so much from desire to
protect the publle as. to protect
495 steel and .high . priced . coal for
the nary and to protect' other in
dustrial giants .who want to coin
over-night fortunes out of the war,
Coming from such source, the
proposed committee' could scarce-
ly be looked npon as sympathetic
with the .known purpose of the
president. Secretary ' Daniels, Sec
retary Baker, the trade commis
sion and the other departments
which guard th government, the
country and the war against extor
tions and greedy raids on. the pub
lie treasury.
Just, because they are going to
any Tmcreaae the cost of smoking to
bacco is no sign that they are
going to decrease the amount of
smoke.
JRAVEL STORIES
OF NORTHWEST
Br rrad Lockley
twisted or distorted into any , desired j
meaning; yet I have confidence enough
In the liberality of your newspaper to
warrant my belief that yea will pub
lish the a bore.
I am not an -X. W. W, a German,
nor a pro-Oerman, ao pleas do not lm
pura my boUtm. MBA..!, .
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE.
To the conference now in progress
at grand headquarters the kaiser,
through oversight.- has, it seems, failed
to summon his j unior partner.
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The German government, : in lta
Can Work and Wants Work
Portland. Aug. I. -To tha Editor of
Tha Journal Under th ' rantrDn
"Wants His Own Kind of Work." Mr. I treatment of helpless foes, seems to
"Almost 46" accomplished something PTf. on Jha theory that Kvery-
in giving a strange sort of comfort to
a fellow sufferer, or rather suzxer-eas;
that la. if it Xm really true that "mis-
body's, got to die some time anyhow.
- A grand moderator to avert labor
trouble - at shipbuilding p. ants, an
nounced by tha, federal government
erv loves com Dan r Sunnoarlnr It is I nouncea by tha, zeaerai government
l?r.ToZ. TiJSSSm old X? bttBln-
ant and able to really do things, had
to come to Portland three months ago
and give up. the position I held in an-
The wise interstate commerce com
mission has Bravely found that cir
cuitous freight routing is wasteful.
This is a discovery comparable with
other city. Being .young enough (three the finding of scientists that water is
montns ago) to have plenty or cour- 1 wet.
courts and witnesses must be called
in to settle a school row?
Since they seem to be a part
of our present school machinery.
why not make it the business o.
the district attorney to represent
the board?
Be barpr. Ho not aUow jourarlf to
be raail after-tad. '.'ak car of your
fcwlth. Tear nmhlna. it,-t duubt cvm
'plrta acya. Napoletm.
Jt Is now unlawful, by. ordi
nance, ior any person to dismantle,
strip or wreck an automobile in
Portland without having first filed
The kaiser, complains of King George
because, as' (alleged, he promised to
keep Great Britain out of the war and
then didn't do it. But what about the
kaiser's own promises? Haven't Car
ranaa and the mikado any kick?
a
There are many plain slackers, and
a few rioters, and there are many
worthless wives, and some faithless
ones. We read about all these in the
newspapers. Let us not lose sight of
the millions of the pure and the patri
otic about whom little or nothing is
ever published.
Drarnfi hu An arnli aliif t hat in I opened if of good material) and poorer I --...i., 1. 1- r aim.
of about $31 a ton. The commls- all tha world Is unrivaled. Lakes in paper -(It's expensive), and have care-1 covery that the average able-bodied
sioner of corporations, after a I the craters , of extinct volcanos are I fuUy worded my answers to the ads 1 1 American cltlsen of milltarv, are was
thorough invesgatlonf announced to b. found in Hai island - peo- ffiCT. Zok 'h been
1 iiiuia ai jauivi aisb a lslii . vrvsa 1 1 1 j.nj.j A u..iu a k. . .4
. 1 1 ai u x x . - .x wiBci w uBLiuriu lu uuuu Liifa gu in t mumsk-
many and France, but nowhere la tho ku ana nut nave tune to write fications so as to in most cases fit
age, and having ability which If put
into a classified ad would make the
reader say, "If sh can do all these
things, why hasn't she a Job?" I com
menced looking.
Again, like Mr. "Almost At." I don't
want a "poor thing, she has people de
pending on her" job. I have something
to give in the shape of service, and my
best is worth something to the work
Where it Is expended, and therefore to
me. Now, then, I've used a great many
good envelopes (thinking they'd be
XOW WE KXOW
HR 15 per cent advance in
railroad rates wag denied.
During June, 153 American
railroads showed net earn
ings of $88,283,329 against net
earnings of $80,405,183 in Jane,
1916. And 1916 was the high,
record year in American railroad-
' Inf.
It is to be noted that these are
net earnings, and that they take
, ; lntoaccount all Increases in oper-
; atlng cost, including application of
v the eight hour day. We were toH
J .first, that the railroads would go
..'bankrupt If they did not get the
- advance in rates; and told second,
- that the Increased cost of opera
tion on. the roads on an- eight
hour basis would be destructive
tf ' the transportation industry.
- We all remember the calamity
fstatements given out by the rall
JfOad :. .managers while President
' JWllson was trying to seUle the
Jeontroversy between them and the
Jlralnmen. We all remember tho
, 'flamboyant, predictions of. financial
disaster, that would be caused by
r passage" of . the Adamson'-law, and
, Jrefiaetnbe'r . .. the - .uncompromising
' front T-lrejnted when- President
Wilson was appealing to the man-
Jagers to compromise.
' t-' We all remember the crocodile
tears shed by Mr. Hughes during
tthe presidential campaign over the
. . 'Adamson law. and remember the
"sorrows and dismal prophecies of
in their
notice of such Intention with thi j kind of administration at Wash
police. The ordinance does notfington, the higher figure would
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an embankment and wrecks both
himself and his machine.
at the time that there was a profit
of 10 per cent at that price, world is there a lake that compares in j to h d.ltor-
That was an abundant return. I beauty and majesty with crater
vm ti os . llake. in Southern Oregon. It is a na-
is an extraordinary advance.' There !craterlake is 15 miles from Med
has been increase in cost of pro-1 ford, and th road to Crater Lake de
duction, or course, but no increase tlonal park and to the very rim of
me laaa liaeii la Mteiieuu
The 85 mile trip from Medford to
Crater lake is one of rare beauty. For
miles the valley of Rogue river is fol
lowed. In places the river has cut
through solid ston and is to be seen
wisely decided to build the army speci
fications so aa to in most cases fit
tha avtiraara ahla-hndleA American ciM.
What next? .Maybe a sandwich man, I sen of military age.
to warrant a triple price.
If there had been a different
to walk on the streets with a chart of
my qualifications and a trumpet to her
ald his coming, would bring results.
Tis enough: 'tis ruining my disposi
tion. Tour advice, if you please. Mr.
Editor. All I want is "a" place, not
my" place, in the sun.
A 8ITUATION HUNTRESS.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Hood River, the News says, has
Vn onmnAlllxt tA' MltBOM Diana for
resurfacing - several hardsurf aced
streets because a sufficient amount of
crude oil cannot be secured at mts
time. ;
Noting that work Is progressing
upon a new Southern Pacifio depo.
at Hubbard, the Salem Journal con
jectures that "a promise to build a
depot in the city of Salem will be re
newed in a short time unless all aigua
falL" 9
"We have thought." as the Can
yon City Eagle, "that It was the heigut
of folly for the county to Import flou.,
bacon, ham. lard and hay, but when
it comes to shipping in cord wood the
limit is being reached. Grant county
is one of the moBt heavily timbered
muntiM in tha state and yet it has
come to pass that if the cook stove
is to be kept hot It will have to be
with wood shipped in over the 8ump
ter Valley railroad and then tran
nortad bv auto truck. Grant county
people are entirely too aristocratic to
chop wooo.
This price comparison Is noted in
the Coauille Sentinel: "Among the
lata Mr. Levafs papers Mrs. Levar
came across a bill of the Pioneer mar
ket at Marshfleld for $163 worth of
supplies sold to John Levar In 1873,
when he was running a lumber camp.
The prices compare curiously with
those prevailing here now. Kor in
stance there is 130 pounds of beef at
$6.50 a nickel a pound while 113
pounds of pork cost $11 a dime a
pound. Flour was $1.90 a sack then
and grapes $1.60 a box. Cracked com
at 3 cents a pound wasn't especially
cheap, though.
Ra Tag and Bobtail
. Stories From Everywhere
pre tkto colons all reader t TSe Journal
are Invited ta oontrlbate orlflaal mttrla
Story In versa or la philosophical obaerraUe-.
or trikhif quoutlone, from aoy aoorce. -Con-trlbatloea
of xcettoaa aoertt will be paM for.
at tae editor's appraisal.
Father Adam
A LITTLE fellow who had just beea
spanlteu turned to his mother, says
JSvery body's, and asked:
"Mother, did grandpa spank father
when he was a little boyT"
"Tes, he certainly did."
"And did his father whin him when
he was littler
Yes."
And did his father spank him?"
Tes."
Well, who started this thing, any-
r
way
LAND TAX FOR WAR USE PROPOSED
By Carl Smith. Waehlnstoa Surf Correspondent of Tha Journal
THE SLOW FARMERS
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doubtless have been allowed. But 1st the bottom of sharply cut rock walls
Secretary Daniels arbitrarily fixed far below, like a n rr nf.rc" . .r which bears upon its fce the strong
.... . . 1 Thara t fa m'f row nf WAndrrUliV D1C I v
of steel for the navy
the price
at $65.
It is certain that Secretary Dan
iels was well Informed before he
fixed this figure, and it is equally
j certain from his own statement
that Mr. Daniels has been liberal
Washington", Aug. 10. Too many
natural resources, held in private own
ership, are being operated to yield
dividends, and too much that might
be used is held by private owners out
of use, for the high cost of living
to be adjudged to its proper basis
until some decided changes are made.
Such is the opinion of a conference
An thjb nrim fT llv-lntr rwvntW held
Hugo Haase, a member of the revo- hen at whlch a number of distin-
The
The Missing Chapter
From the Chicago Post
The London Times publishes a story
resemblance of truth.
There are scores of wonderfully pic
turesque points along the Rogue, but
natural bridge and Mill falls, the lat- lutionary Socialist minority, permitted I suished men gave their views,
ter being near Prospect park, the half- I himself the luxury of saying certain resolutions finally adopted favored the
way station to Crater lax a. . 1 plain and startling- things in a relch- I government taking over coal, ores, oil,
When one stands on the edge of the stag speech. He denounced the war mber land and water powers on the
. . I - ... I Kostlaa BnS iKa nsj4alf Sl VS? ft A V. m as V
vf t-K nna.t m vn rriA Ana I m m tha rrru1tit f rZarmo n v' amh tlniia I -" vmi-
I rfii, .k. I have prudently Invested.
mltting that
OMMENTINO on the deliber
ate ways of agriculture the
Saturday Evenine Post re
mVl tn,t whiu "twn Trlinal ir' anieia nas oeen ierai locks down a thousand reet or more rulers; he ridiculed the idea that it
...... 1 mil lub dlcci uicu. luib ii l & Li I " , , u, u u v,.. v . v. . " " - i wa nriin a a n.r.n.iLr. wot m T HA
of war prices have doubled tne r . . . , p-,.. i. v it ur to understand ; ; . . . , , ' ; " mutinj tnat sucn suggestions may
. 7 , T i h i J .k-. horitr we are ufe ta auumlot c".rf JV JV.SS ill t in July, 191(, u tm have been deemed extraordinary in
output of steel and iron.' they,... ' Am.naA was both "b"ieA Z.! S.fPpr! fateful day when the decision was !h gT9 "that ue food
hsve only Increased the acreage
of the chief cereal crops nine per
cent. From this the Post, some-
ad
may
tttaat tha 195 demanded wag both o"' u.;."Th. "y ,W.T ne. . BMU O w other times, declared that tie food
i uw w oiicuvi j j reacnea tut ita lnaviUAiT ta tba rrt . i ... .,
appearance of the surface of the struggle. "l" "na
twira tha tnma it seems 1 7.5 Ti . , . . . I are not less remarkable manifestations
' oVw wVidrTre. lllL Toml L"d Vil of the fact-that public opinion is be-
" wv it ii.ii i ipkraius ssss nuiiruir it n n i
I extortionate and impossible
It was blundering stupidity for
what hastily concludes that "ag-! "y"- I:
riculture is and must always re- J industry in America to end them-
mnln th lnst mnhil nf tha in- .Belyco- al oul;" tt lu DUC" "
dustrles."
The immobility
titanic opal. A roadway 1 belna built I imnn,.ihu rinnht- ri... ,
oy me pnerwnroi arouua w.o. July 5 1914,'there met at Potsdam the
that Victor Rock. Ll-0 rock, Korr
Notch. Eagle crags and the other
nternrin Socialists and radicals C J""". r p,t general von ralkenhayn. the
enterprise, socialists ana raaicais beauty mpota about th, ux. win belx,,,. FredT,ck 0f Austria; Count
nova Ir-r nrpahri that war wm ia.iM. I . . ...... " ' 1
an institution designed by
hind the doing of some unusual things.
So, he said, a special tax may well be
laid upon land, instead of taxing so
heavily things that are produced by
toil.
lialitint KiAMtirT Pnf nt tha Aa-
yon Berchtold Austrian foreign mln- partment of labor said that the rall-
kalser, the chancellor. Admiral von Tlr-
of agriculture,
which strikes the Post so forcibly,!
Is due to lack of capital mora than
anything else. That handicap, to
gether with a chaotic market mud-
uie, prevents mo ianners irom rt th,t ft mad for crater of the lake is about 4000 feet cept for the entrance of Great Britain I . n ,, '
r . I . . . ... . I - ..!, . I l-W--. lV.-. " .
life. Western Starr and George
aa. . 1 , . . . ' - 1 uunuieni
A short row or a trip by motor boat 1 ister; ouni iisza, Hungarian premier r h -,,t-. inn aM hnMir
more will take one to Wlxard Island and the and other statesmen and military lead- out of UM -noush land to produce the
At that I food that ia needed for the war. Such
lake should miss a trip by boat on te meeting the ultimatum to Serbia was ind h, contended, should be reached
Inlra- T t i m am thAUih sin as rr mflctnt I drafted And a t t h At rnMHnr t h ira cn I ' -. . , ,. - .
Strong men in the government, this jn .t"n bluest of summer skies. The possibilities were fully foreseen ex- fJi X burden, thai T aran laced bv
rnnitnlfnt - rlSRa 'to Artnrt
frofii out of the sweat of labor. Phantom ship, and no visitor to the ers of the central empires.
But for the timely resistance of
advancing their business with any-th -BHhm.nt of nrofiteers would deep,- the water at 1U deepest point fas a belligerent,
thing like the speed of other ia-! ?t " 11 11,1 . ? ? The .urfe Then the kaiser
dustrles. But there is no reason Jt-nj
to suppose tnat tnese nanaicaps
the partisan newspapers
t maledictions upon the trainmen
and President 'Wilson for the al
eleged great catastrophe that was
Jto befall the railroads and
are necessary or eternal. A fair
application' of common sense would
femore pbth. .'. ' ' '
The -arm hanks are actually
remeTylng the want of agricultural
capital. No doubt the new food
law will enable the. administration
to take hold of the market chaos
and bring order out of ita confu
sion and waste.
The profits which are made in
v- - KfV. tr. I . I -- --- -7- . : riinp.wn, moiuuen w moiiwi vuiu
1.- of tnft Iane ij ,177 -eet above tne level provide nimaeir wun aa aiibi wnen tne mitte on hirh llvin cosL SDoke on
oi tne sea. wixara isiana nsas aoove .iiu ruc. , ,. i n and Fredriok C Howi
the surface of the lake to a height' of If this be fiction, it fits amazingly commissioner of immigration at New
' ieei ana in its wimmii mere is a i- -nown iwcis. i is me missing vorlc url a mevtmanf ta tnaka un
era i or bv led in aepin. uoeimeo i -n net ui HLwr ox lningus xnai
have wonderful sport fly fishing or I every student has realised was lncom
trolling for the Balabow trout in plete.
i o one wno nas xouowea J-uropean
history since the German confedera.
Ninety-five dollar steel would
have been a startling confirmation
It would have been deadly ammu
nition In the hands of socialism
and I. W. W.-ism.
There could hardly be a more
shocking example of sodden stu-
Crater lake.
Crater Lake lodge, with its 14
rooms, is located on the very-: rim of
tha crater and nrovidea axcallent aarv-
pidity. The very men from whom loa to the tourist and sightseer. No
the most should be expected In description can begin to do Justice to
. . . , , Crater lake, and the person who sees
time of national stress are ap- u a memory 0f -a
pareuiiy too lgnui-ui, oi ue uuu beiutjr that will never fade.
of citizenship to be a stay and
tkn has ever believed that Austria
used lands pay, a higher proportion of
the eost or war. The conference
finally voted In favor of a federal tax
of 1 per cent on tha present assessed
values ot land and 3 per. cent on all un
improved land, the proceeds to go. to
tha
J country,
I The answer to It all is the most
'prosperous 'June in railroad his-
itory, the most prosperous May, the
most- prosperous April the rall-
J roads ever knew.
The painrul thing in the situa
tion -is that such a hullabaloo
- should have been raised over
nothing. The. railroads discredited
J themselves in the process. . We
- Jknow now that all their spasms
: over the Adamson law were-, hum
' bug. We know now that all
J their arguments for a 15 per cent
advance in rates were' ' mere
"bunk."
. a -
- Tha railroads and their fiaws-
paper and political backers are so
- discredited by what is happening
a that the next time they come be-
a . a v 1 4 tii v
ylure fc 9 .WUUU Ik OIU B TCI ;
: I hard for people with good mem
, pries to believe them.
I
. According to the official word
-sent put from the semi-aonua) gar
?ment show held In Chicago by the
National Association of Dress-
J makers, the ladies of the land ar?
to blossom out In "femlnalls," the
low brow synonym for which Is
; "britches," during the coming fall.
and thereafter. Thus does hopo
-deferred turn Into sweet antlclpa-
Hlon.
- a- .
a
the steel and Jron business from . support of national life. The steel iVffarc. Frnm fh Prnnl
war nrlcea ea to the rn who hav-tlma-or. on thotr mannr nf mn LCUCI3 1 1 Ulil UIC CUpiC
war prices go to the men who have
their time' and money Invested in
that line. The . profits which re
sult rom war price3 on food have
not, for the most part, gone to the
farmers but to speculators. The
Post might possibly discern in this
fact another reason for the slow
expansion of cereal crops to meet
the demands of war.
makers and their manner of men
are doubtless more of a trial to
challenged Slavic Europe to combat ward defraying the expense bf the war.
without the assurance of Germany's a .
support. No one familiar with the Senator from the Pacific coast and
story of diplomatio and commercial In- from Idaho gave a solld vote, 'with one
trigue by which Germany obtained con- exception, in favor of submitting the
cessions of a railroad aoro ai. prohibition amendment to the 'states.
Minor and the desert to Bagdad and I TbT divided on the Harding amend
Basra, wormed her way Into the state- mnt. which requires ratification by
craft and military organisation of Tur
key and supported Austria irf her proj
ects for Balkan aggrandizement
m i . I e ' uu.a?;ui cut
Oom nalcatiooa eant to li,- JonrnaJ for I o j. .
the struggling; administration than Fnbutto? ta .dep.rt.t .bouid writ- VTJ::"7.. t'ST1.
- ... . I ian oa oiy oae aiae ar ui paper, aboukl not I " wn -i j ncne-
are all the agitators and Prussian o4 soo worda ia leogu aad moat ba ac-1 govina is so simple as to think that
sympathizers.
192S, and there were some variations
of opinion on other amendments.
Senators Chamberlain and Brady
were the only members from the fou
states who did not take opportunity to
join in the debate on the amendment
Senator McNary. in a brief address,
presented some data to show that pro
hibltlon has had a good effect in Ore
eon. and he referred in a complimen
tary way to the results of popular leg
islation in that state.
"It has been facetiously said of Ore
gon," he remarked, "that it la one of
the experimental states Un the field of
legislation. I accept that statement as
an honor. We have introduced several
forms ' of government and have not
made a single failure. I am In accord
with the senator from the Pacific coas
(Johnson of California) when he says
that it is safe to leave any question
with the people.
"Within the human minds of our
state and along the whole coast there
has been clearness of thought and
squareness of mind among the people
upon all questions of government com
inr before them to settle, whether it
Involved a statutory or a constitutional
problem. I have abiding faith in the
people, and I believe the constitutional
amendment should be submitted.
m m
Votes of senators from the Pacific
coast and from Idaho are shown on
the various amendments brought to
a vote:
Harding amendment requiring rati
floation to be accomplished by 1921:
Teas, Chamberlain of Oregon, Jones of
Washlngeon, Johnson and Pheian or
California. Noes, McNary of Oregon,
Polndexter of Washington, Borah and
Brady of Idaho.
Borah amendment to extend the rat
ificatlon period to 10 years: Yeas. Mc
Nary. Polndexter, Borah and Brady
Noes, Chamberlain, Jones, Johnson and
Pheian.
Newlands amendment to limit the
-nrohibition to distilled spirits, leav
ing -wine and beer unharmed: yeas.
Johnson and Pheian. Noes, Chamber
lain, McNary, Jones, Polndexter. Borah
and Brady.
Stone amendment, to pay damages
for property of the liquor interests,
same vote as on the Newlands amena
ment.
Pheian of California was the only
senator from the states named to vote
finally against eubmlttlag the ques
tion to the states.
e-pnled by the Dae aad adSreea of the I the dual monarchy moved on ita own
sender. If the writer doea not daelre ta have .... X . 8
HOW TO BE HEALTHY kWMg:
Ua aama publlabed ba aboakl aa state.
initiative when it sent Serbia an Im
possible ultimatum.
The memorable day when the kal-
DEATH IN THE POT" It is no
saving to eat food that is spoiled.
It Is about as eco-
Retail gasoline dealers are being
notified, so it ts reported, that
future deliveries of gasoline can
not be guaranteed, which leads us
to wonder If it is possible that old
Dobbin Is going to be permitted
to .com- back.
TTLET PLAY BALL
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FOLLOWING THE FOOL
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REGON used to be called "the
fool of the family" by local
sages because it adopted the
..famous "system" which In
; eludes the initiative, referendum
land recall, together with the some-
what Illusory corrupt practices law.
Now . this system is finding ap-
iproval and perhaps imitation in the
haughty east, where there are no
i fools.
t The committee of the ilassachu
e setts ; constitutional convention to
.whom the Initiative and. referen
t dam. , were referred ' have": reported
J favorably on those measures.' As
Jthe project comes before the con
J ventloa an - initiative bill requires
20,000 signatures, a constitutional
-amendment 40,000. The hill mast
-be rejected by. the legislature be
Jfore ft .can- go. to tha . people. A .
'referendum can be called by 15.060
'slgnatnres.:, - -;.
- iVt- InlrfaMva Mil till he
"rejected by the leglsiat arr-ihere all would' kill- the umpire at the
-must be a now petition signed with ane,tlme with the same hat lor
DT so very long ago a Port
land contractor attempted to
secure a contract to do cer
tain work in Seattle involving
the expenditure of approximately
$50,000. He filed his bid in due
form, and it was the low bid. A
Seattle firm filed the high bid.
When It came to awarding the other traffic. It helps reduce the
bid certain-Seattle business men! car shortage. It is a cooperation
went before the' awarding body that will do much to make railroad
and told It that, tn order to hold ' transportation more effective at a
the contract In Seattle, they would j time when effectiveness is greatly
put up the difference between the desired.
high' bid of the Seattle contractor I The crop movement Is at hand
and the low bid of the Portland At best, the situation
contractor. The Seattle man' was
given she contract.
They play inside ball at Seat
tle. They make' sacrifice hits to
advance their runners. They watch
their signals all the time and It is
not often that they are 'caught
napping on the bases.
Had those bids been opened In
Portland In connection with a
Portlaifd job, and the position of
the bidders been reversed. It is a
pretty safe hazard that the Seattle
contractor wocld have done the
work.
We do .not play big league ball
down here. There are too many
Ty Cobbs on the Portland team.
We sit In the grand stand and root
generally, leaving our ' runners to
Bteal home without any. signals.
hoping that they can. spike the
catcher at the ' home plate and
make him drop the balL Every
one tries to bat the ball over the
center field fence, and too many
times they pop oat to the short-
atop.
If we played a hit and ran game
like Seattle does, we would have a
higher, hatting; average, and more
money in the club treasury. ' If we
Of 12 native born Chinese, sub- I. W. W. and "Law and Order
1ect to military duty, examined in Portland. Aua. . To tha Editor of nr went to Vienna ami ! h.4 I evr so snjnuy
Los Angeles, all were accepted and Th Journal For some time past the Francis Joseph, declared he had donned nomlcal to do a tMng of that sort aS
nona claimed exemption Tha l- W- w- nave been charged-with com- his shining armor in defense of his It Is to hire an expensive French
n ' vJi-u iuvuvu. nilttlng every crime in the decalog-. yet ally stands out like a fingerpost in chef to lave your apple and potato
companies to wmcu iusy are as- after carefully reading the text of the history pointing to the real source of parings.
Signed ought to have good eats. I news articles which recorded their al- Europe's agony. , If lamb chops have been kept for
anvwav leged misdeeds. I noted that such qua!-1 Austria was the catspaw. Let the five days and have a strong putre-
I ricil Ana aa "It ia llrA " "It I- mm. I rhanrollorloa nt t , s-r1 t. I nAnr tha K oanta o nniinil
-. v , -. " ... . - - . w ..ul,a VUlUil CO I wv..w ., v v ..w. .
nrd" and "It m rrtartnA'9 uwavi r. I eivm tt th vafM tha a,,, . .a . n 1 . A,nMf tiilanM th. baaltH innira
ltLttlll Art . I peered, and not in. a single instance I grams that Passed batwean Rarlin mt,a I tion. for thav moat aaauredlv reduce
have they been charged with the act-1 Vienna during the days of the Jul-1 tha health fund of the body, which
AILROAD manager In tho ual commission of crime. j crisis if they dara. In them lies the I the saving in money can never re-
On the other hand, let us see the I proof. , I place.
record of the advocates of "law and ine aocuments published are the I 'A certain poor family bought a
order." The press has reported the I carefully concocted alibi. Even as they I chicken for use when a relative was
following: "Wholesale deportation I 'tana, tney are contradicted by the to return from an extended trip. The
without charges; tampering with the I mnner In which Berlin evaded every return was delayed and the chicken
telegraph, and censoring news by mine I e-iert to avoia war oy conciliation or I was held. When the member arrived
officials, which in time of war Is I arbitration. I the chicken had "turned" In spots,
treason; threats of drowning counsel I If the missing chapter as It Is now I with a greenish color. The family
R
northwest are appealing to
shippers to help keep traf
fic moving.
It Is a most reasonable request.
Shippers can aid Immensely.
They can load cars to capacity.
They can be nrombt in getting bills for the I. W. W.- the lvnchlnr of a I Id err in date or names, we do.bt not could' not. so thev thousrht. afford to
of lading into the hands of Sta- I cripple by a gang of masked thugs, the j that when lips are unsealed by the car- j lose the chicken, so the queer looking
tin manao-ora Th.r m in anrf announced purpose of the "Loyalty n arrival of Nemesis in the camp of spots were cut out and the chicken
W. W. urope oetrayers we shall get its I was cooked only to make the wholo
ww- --... v- --- le--u'' to axtarmlnata, tha, T
unload witnout aeiay. Apparently an act Is not a erlme
Dispatch in loading and unload- when perpetrated on members of the
ing releases. equipment for moving l- w- w-. 1111(1 despite a few lame apol
ogies ior moD ruia 11. is aiiricun 10
escape the conviction that the press
parallel in substance.
and prominent men In public life se-
household sick, running up doctor's
bills, to say nothing of the expense
to health. h
. Th worst of it Is, money oonslder-
but I atlons will Influence one's taste and
are I smelll A person who does not have
greatly strained. Even
cog in the vast transportation ma
chine "moving like clockwork, there
will be ear shortage and conges
tion. It Is loyalty to the United States
to respond to the railroad man
agers' appeal to help keep the
traffic moving.
...After all, the food bill passed
the - senate 66 to 7. There were
but seven senators who arraye-1
themselves .against it on the final
vote. Then why all the talk?
ITS SOURCE
A'
MONO . those who assailed
President Wilson for his op
position to a war expenditure
committee was Senator Wads-
worth of New XotK.
.-benator waaswortn is a reac
tionary of 'reactionaries. He was
opposed in - his nomination by a
former Progressive.' He is the
type of corporation senator that is
gradually 'being, driven out of the
senate. '
? Most -of. those who stood with
him' for the wats expenditure com
mittee were of " the same brand.
Perhaps, alter ; all the proposal
for the wfLr-expenditure .committee,
Celerity and Competence
rreot tb Chicago'' Herald.
General Ooethals' picturesque
unhappy statement that "birds
cretly and In some Instances openly still nesting in the trees out of which to think of the cost, but who concerns
approve of mob violence when prac- ln wooaen snips are to be built has
tlced against the I. W. W. received a remarkable comentary in
Like a aorry and mangy breed, the th refr1 achieved in the construc-
hapless I. W. W. are bullied and driven tlon of tne military cantonments,
by the more subtle and select spirits, Fairfax Harrison, chairman of ths
to have I war ooara, nas arawn at
tention to tne fact that within five
days trees growing in the Mississippi
them from punishment, as no one - is I 'orests nave been transformed into
simple enough to think that our em
himself only with the wholesomeness
of his food, may be very keen at de
tecting the first faint glimmer or
putrefaction, whereas one to whom
a penny looks as big aa a dollar will
put out of his mind any Idea that
some aged food contains putrefactive
germs, and will make the best of the
taste and Jolly himself along.
He may Jolly his mind, but he can
not Jolly his insides, whose laws work
as rigidly as do the wheels and levers
of a machine. They obey their mis
tress. Mother Nature. Her rule is
rigid. You cannot blind her Into bus
pending those laws. Tou canifot evade
them. If putrefactive bacteria or
other poisonous products are taken
into th digestive tract their action
upon the health is inevitable. Think
ing may make a difference, in that
worry reduces tha power to resist the
evil, whereas good cheer improves it.
But the main difficulty will have to
be pvst by the digestion. One dose
ef spoiled food may not kill you off
at xnce, but repeated doses certainly
lower the vitality and promote de
generative diseases of the heart
blood- vessels and kidneys. Death
simply claims his prey by slow doses
Tomorrow: The Fallacy of th
Food Fill. '
A Pro-Ally Domicile
"Pension Francaise House recently
occupied by Professor von Mnnsler
bcrg. Opens August 1. Educated, re
fined French rarally offers board, room,
laundry to professors,, students an.
others. Ucasonable terms. Excellent
table. French spoken exclusively.
Write or come, see at once, Mn.a. Le
nlor. 1 Avon street Somervllle." Ad
fiom "The Tech," semi-weekly organ
of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
Cutting the High Cost
Thus said I to my better half
"We must economise!
Spend less and less, save every cent,
Thus you may win the prise!"
"Well," said -he, with her sweetest
smile,
"I'll meet you hair way. there:
You shave yourself, now. alt the while.
And I will cut your hair!"
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She telephoned the butcher for some
meat to feed the cat, and told him to
deliver It, five cents' worth quick, at
that! He wrapped it up and started
it (nor waited for the morrow), when
quick a countermand there came the
cat had caught a sparrow!
Rufus Ames.
A Heal Kansas Pioneer
Hcnry W. lionnell of Horton is a
real Kansas pioneer, ays Capper's
Weekly. He Is one of the few remain
ing Kansans who voted on ths Wyaa
dotte constitution In 1859, which is
the constitution under which Kansas .
was admitted to the Union. Mr. Hon
nell was then living In Brown county,
where he has resided ever sine. He
is now more than 80 years old.
The Elephant
When first I irated i.nmi tha anrM
My nose was. like a rosebud, furled;
'Tww small and pink and retrousse.
A very fetching little -ties.
Alas! it grew. It touched my toes.
I found I'd lost mv littla noaa. '
I almost thought that I was drunk.
Mv nose had turned Into a trunk
That seemed to have no useful end
You see I didn't comprehend.
One happy day I saw with Joy
A peanut on a little boy
And all at once I, blissful, knew '
Why to such lengths my small nose
grew.
Margaret Armstrong, in the Century.
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Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
'Pears likely that this winter we'll
be shuttin' up our houses and llvln'
In one room, like Laplanders, on ac
count of the fuel trust needln' the
money. There's plenty of wood, coal,
electricity and water power, rivers to
carry stuff cheap, on and sawmills
burnln' up stuff 'by the thousands Of
tons to git rid of It. What some of
needs is a operation to git the
bones out of the inside of our heads
where the brains had otter be.
I will be wno aro foreslghted enough to have
... j "law and order" (sic) on their side,
wun every I a-d whose economic position shields
PERSONAL MENTION
Paint Manufacturer Here
Making a tour of the coast by auto
mobile, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fuller and
their children, Margaret, Frank Jr. and
lumber and laid down at Louisville Dana, are in the city for the day from
inently resDectabU citizens will ba i for th use of the army engineers. Ba Francisco. Mr. ramwr owns large
haled before the law for such a trifle I Trees felled on Saturday were kiln I Interests in paint factories on the
as lynching a "Wobbly." Yet It would J dried on Sunday, loaded on Monday and I coast.
be interesting to know what would
happen to the I. W. W. had they
lynched a mine owner. But. then, they
are not disciples of "law and order."
This lsWiot written in defense of the
I. W. W as I know nothing of their
program, nor have my daily sources of
Information published their version as
yet. but it is a simple statement of
facts as gathered "from the press,
which cannot be accused of friendli
ness to the L W. W.
If any of the I. W. W. commit a
crime certainly their cases can be
handled by the authorities, .but to
actually delivered at the Kentucky
camp on the following Wednesday.
This unquestionably is a record in
which both 'the lumber companies
and the railroads may lake a reason
able pride. mat it is not excep
tional Is revealed by the fact that
within 0 days of the time the first
order was placed 12,000 carloads or
lumber arrived at the training places
for the national army.
In this mobilisation which' necessi
tates the transmuting of the most
peaceful of the great nations into
an armed camp there have undoubt-
,--. j ,...,. . t edly been some hesitation and blun
harass, and persecute an organisation I , ,. ,,
by such aggreg tlons of organised vio
lence as "loyalty leagues." "citizens'
leagues" and "vigilantes'' is a strik
ing commentary on the class prejudice
of our authorities.
Before closing., permit me to offer
a suggestion for disposing of the L
W. W.; this ia not original, .but ap
peared In
derlng. But upon the whole an un
precedented task is being accom
plished with marvelous celerity and
competence.
Dairyman Visits From Amboy
"The easiest business I was ever In
was maklnr money honestly," says A
Q. Ervin, 11-year-old resident of Am
boy, Clarke county. Wash. He Js in the
daVry business there and has been sue
cessful. With the aid of a crutch he
gets about freely. He will be is the
city until Saturday.
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Tourist From Philadelphia
In a touring party from Philadel
phia at the Imperial , are Miss S1U
Blnford, Mrs. John G. Miller Miss Iver
O'Connor, Mi s Sara Wilson. Miss Bara
Cummlngs. Mrs. E. a. Leign and Mrs
J. E. Cannon, who conducts the party
for the Gillespie, Kinports and Beard
Touring company.
Bayer Formerly Lived Here
Among the merchant visitors in
Portland this week is E. O. Eaton,
The Allies Are Not Fools
From the Washington Post
The peace proposals from Germany
letter, to the New York I are as insulting to the intelligence as
Times by that lovable lady and author. I they are to the sense of Justice of the I for many years a resident of Portland
-ertruae Atnerton, towit: Bhoot the allies. It Is humiliating to see the snd a prominent prohibition worker,
ringleaders, and. deport the rank and Oermans persist In the notion that the He is now located at, Nam pa, Idaho,
file to a. desert Isle, In emulation of allies are gullible' enough to cease connected - with : the Peoples'. Caen
the French bourgeoisie, who shot -00 fighting snd talk peace while the burg- store. Numerous friends have beea
syndicalists at the opening of the war Iar is In the house packing his booty, entertaining Mm. since his arrival.
In order to Instill patriotism into the This low estimate of the intelligence ", . .,. . '
rest of the. members, ; ' r -i I of the allies constitutes proof of the I Mercnan. unner acwspaperinan
In conclusion, I am ouite aware of I unconquerable stupidity of the Ger-1 Eixle Thornhill. merchant of Kel-
the fact that it-Is ."poor maxt a rs"-to I mans in International matters and em- J lore. Idaho,- an old-time- Portlander
aay a word In defence of an organ laa-1 phasixes the necessity for dealing I and one time publisher of a Wardner
tion whose '-chief "crime consists ,of I with Germany with bullets Instead of J newspaper. Is, visit tag hia mother and
having a naxoe -whose initials can be 1 negotiation v-. --A;w----'r ? lelsterr.-as-'t!; Gladstone, amtnue-and I
buy inr Portland made stoves and
rumdture for his store.
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Guests at the Portland include Or.
and Mrs. Allan E. 8tewart of Chicago
Mr, and Mrs. M. C McQrew are at
the Kortonia while here from Pres-
cott. Wash.
W. s. Petree is in the city from
Washington, D. C. and la at the Im
perisx
A well known timberman of Albany,
j. j. coiims. Is at the Perk'ns.
E. D. Stout Is at the Washington
rrora orest Grove, or.
Marshall Hooper and Charles H.
Stewart of Salem, bank examiners, are
at the Multnomah.
M. L. Clifford with his wife and
two sons is in the city, having mo
tored here from Tacoma. The party
is at the Multnomah.
oeorge a. wuneim, owner of a
flouring mill at lunetion City, and
a frequent visitor' to Portland, is at
the imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Anderson are at th
Nortonia from Hampton, Neb.
A Cottage Grove, Or., guest, at the
wasmngton is . K, Spenoer.
Mrs. A. A. Nielsen and Miss Ger
trude Nell Houlahan are at the
Portland from Galveston, Texas.
Miss Ruth Barclay and Mra A M.
Shellit. tourists in the city from Los
Angelcs. are at the Multnomah.
i- a. Parker of Hood FUvar la at
the Perkins.
C. B. Cooper, a prominent buwiness
man of St. Paul, is at the Multnomah.
3?o Danger In Minimum Price
From Capper's Weekly
Farmers should not confuse the
"minimum price" with price fixing.
The eetting of a minimum tm merely a
step to Insure the farmer against the
possibility ef a loss. It -oes not pre
vent a higher price tor-, wheat.-'. -
1918 VICTORY
YEAR FOR
ALLIES
So declares Frank H. Si
monds in an exhaustive ar
ticle in which he sets forth
his reasons for this reassur
ing conclusion, based on
first-hand knowledge of con
ditions in Europe and close
observation of the march of.
events. Look for it in next
Sunday's Journal.
THE WORLD AT.
A GLANCE
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the week's events at home
and abroad that keeps one
informed of the trend of af
fairs is an important feature
of The Sunday Journal.
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height. Watch the resort
pages of The Sunday Jour
nal for announcements of the
leading resorts and for per
sonal mention of your
friends who are enjoying
themselves there.
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