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THE OREGON DAILY- JOURNAL. PORTLAND, TUESDAY, . AUGUST . 21, 1917.
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UNDER GUARD
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WINO .to reasons of state,
the government decided to
transfer to a new resi
dence the ex-emperor and
ex-empress, who are detained un
der guard."
These impressive words are a
sentenee from the official state
ment announcing the removal of
former Cxar Nicholas to Tobolsk. I ey lender can be reasonably cer
Uln of their success and is willing
orchard. There is a long, heart
rending struggle between the
breaking plow and the 'harvest
The settlers on the two projects
approved br the irrigation securi
ties commission have gone through
that purgatory. They have battled
with the desert and have subdued
It In such partial degree that
moneyed men will acoept the val
ues their Industry has shifted from
the potential to the actual as the
basis for financial aid. They have
reached the point where the mon-
kxemii::; at home
I
T IS as important to defend
this country against enemies
at home as enemies abroad.
It is token of the mighty change
in Russia. The monarch that used
to hold sway over 170.000,000
subjects and exiU them' to Siberia
is himself deported "under guard"
to the land of prison camps and
sorrows.
Tobolsk is capital of a province
of the time name. In 1910, the
population was 22,000. The prin
cipal buildings are the governor's
residence, bishop's palace, munici
pal offices, churches, arsenal, bar
racks and hospital. The manu
factures include brick, soap and
tallow. The province is in North
western Siberia, js about six times
as large as Oregon and the chief
occupation is agriculture, cattle
raising, fishing and hunting.
From this far av.ay frontier
Nicholas Romanoff looks back on
the ruins of his fallen empire.
There, as the wintry winds sweep
over the steppes of Siberia, he
will hear the spectral sighs and
gToang of the caravan of exiles
that moved, chained together,
spent and weary, afoot on their
way to 11 vi 13 doom in the terrible
prison mines. It used to take
tv.em a year and often more to
make the frightful Jorrney to the
campp. and many a time they were
without knowledge of why they
had been thus condemned. A hun
dred thousand of them were thus
to back his vision with cash.
There may be a good reason,
but It is difficult for the average
layman to understand why a 16
ounce loaf of bread ' should be
worth 8 cents when it is baked
in one oven and 12 when it is
baked in another.
THE KITCHENS
annual picnic given by the O-W. I the nam of the butcher that be sold
R. A N. company to the homeless I re for centals the date of
children of Portland at Bonne- L "?L
ville, scheduled this year for Au-1 always found to be absolutely reliable
gust 21. I on market quotation. Finally, to
now rum hew much money tbe extor
tionate batcher rets out of his veal
or anything- else for that matter, I will
tun M yyi remt avi, tA him for Six
EOPLE who pay their money! months and let him pay the running
to hotels and restaurant are expenses. At the end of mat time
entitled to have the food thev ne 'n bur u at a ,alr Jutin nd
eniiueo. 10 nave me iooq iMf continue to be one of the -high living
receive in return kept in city folk" himself, end If my place
clean places and cooked In clean don't suit him I will guarantee to se-
kltchens. Accordingly, the pro- cur Wn r n " t,r-
I . a, A. I V AV UUJ t-W f Will J. . JrAlp a,
posed campaign against eating t. a raany other who afnU8e
places wmcn ao not maintain a themselves by calling- others cut
good standard of cleanliness prom- throats and robbers when they them-i.-a
k ,v, ..i. 1. .,111 selves wouldn't work the hours that
'" """u butchA-a d for whafa In It
nave the sanction and support or This Is no whine or kick at eondi-
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COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
aaaa aaa aaaaa aaa
The price of bopskeeps bopplnr.
The word Is Hooverlxe. not econo
mize.
the public.
when the public goes into aa
eating place it naturally has to
exercise a lot of faith in the
management and tbe cook.
tions; it U a challenge to seme would-
be wiseacres to be at least fair In
their assertions.
B. H. DEERY-
Qui Salt?
CHANGING WARFARE
E
crops rot in the fields" would be
dealt with by the military power
of the nation. That was done in
? the arrest at Spokane by federal
troops of the I. W. V. leaders
' responsible for the order.
The American wheat crop is
400.000,000 bushels short of the
volume require.! to supply this
country, the allies and the neutrals
which dej end upon this nation for
s. bread- The situation "is so strained
that the jeople are asked to in
augurate wheatleS days. The cri
sis is such that Uie most drastic
measures are applied to harvest
" and husband American foodstuffs.
All the feverish ejsWgy in ship
building in Amerinl is effort to
supply enough ships to carry suffi
cient food to the allies. The
great food drive is America's stu
pendous effort to feed herself
while feeding England, France,
Italy and th others. The whole
endeavor of the' American fleet is
to curb tho divers and save the
allies from starving.
The order to "let the crops rot"
is a blow at one of tho main war
measures of the United States. It
is open war on American military
and naval plans. It is exactly the
same kind of war made by the
kaiser in blowing up American
munition works and planting time
bombs on food ships leaving Amer
ican ports. If carried out. its ef
fect in weakening the power of
the United States in the war would
be greater than anything the
kaiser, in his present situation.
could do.
War makes famine. Nearly all
the fighting nations are on the
border lino of starvation. Even
the neutrals near the tone of con
flict are hungry. With all her
abundance, America, the land of
plenty, may be brought by the
war to conditions of grim neces
sity through a foodstuffs strin
gency. It is the usual lot of war
In such a situation, the order
to 'let the food crops rot," is in
surrection. It Is near civil war.
It is a blow aimed at the food
tuff activity, the chief activity
upon which America depends for
success in the conflict.
The effort on each side In this
world struggle Is to starve the
- other side. All that the divers
are trying to do is to starve Eng
land and France. All that the
gigantic British fleet is trying to
do is to starve Germany and Aus
tria.
If William II can starve Eng-
land and France he can easily de
feat the other European allies an J
America will have to face the mighty
German military power alone. In
that event, the blood of American
ons and sires would flow as rivers
to the sea. That is exactly the
. thing that is Invited by the traitor
ous ordr, "Let the crops rot."
And that order was issued, not in
the Interest of the labor cause,
but to compel the release of alien
agitators who were Jailed for dis
loyal acts and seditions utter
ances. Enemies at home ar as deadly
"as enemies in Europe. They must
be faced, and it is usual and it is
proper, In inch times as these,
.for their offenses to pass under
military authority.
VIDENTLY warfare is under
going change on tbe western
front.
It is declared to be due to
the constantly Increasing prepon
derance of British and French ar
tillery. The Germans are said to
be abandoning their elaborate sys
tems of trenches, because of the
accuracy with which the allied
guns have been able to batter
them down and slaughter the men
who manned tbem. 'Shell craters,
sometimes connected with under
ground tunnels and- strengthened
with timbers and concrete arc
more used by the Germans, as
has been shown in tbe recent ad
vances by th Canadians and
French around Lens.
One of the Maxims said some
years ago that no matter how
strong steel armor might be made,
guns and projectiles would be
fashioned that would pierce it.
The British and French, in their
perfection of artillery and their
extraordinary skill in using It.
have apparently made Maxim'
words come true.
In any event, at the end of three
years, the war and warfare are
changed in aspect. The alrplanen
have become an active factor, be
ing used not only as the eyes o;'
the artillery, but, with their ma-
ers, Nicholas Romanoff knows how! chine gun fire, a destructive weap-
wasted were Eis life, his works j on of attack on moving columns of
and his opportunities. The masses infantry. The clumsy British
of men are forbearing and forgiv- j tanks which were looked upon
ing, and if. In the exercise of his j with wonderment when they first
vast powers, this man had been ! appeared, have evidently a strong
half Just to them, he would still confidence from the allied com
be a praised ruler instead of a
prisoner, and they a happy and
contented people instead of a
rude untutored mass.
In his banishment and lmpo
tency, Nicholas Romanoff Is a
pathetic figure, an omen of a
modern epoch, and a new land
mark of history.
l.iHlo eine rmiM have been n exile wnen tne jtomanoii inrone
expected than that the men who tottered and fell.
Promulgated the order to ' let the " ' government resung on
force, instead of government
founded upon the great American
doctrine of the "consent of the
governed." It wes a violation of
the fundamentals of democracy,
and the structure fell as all such
must irltlmately fall.
A prisoner in the bleak land to
which he used to send his prison-
would be a comforting sight to r-h. T.i
see a rating card hung on the kno-Q would answer this query: "Why
wall of your favorite restaurant, these tears?"
if that card gave tbe desired rat- w "ifoY..
ing. It would be a testimonial cents. On reading. It proved to be
of the utmost value to restaurants, Identical with an article I read sev
to aay nothing of th. patrons. 'r! if Z. 1
A credential of the kind dis- addition to the article mentioned there
played in the public eating places was quite a quantity of more or less
-ih o.c.n.0 th.t It a In each accepiaDie literature. xoaay out 01
case placed there after an honest number of books and booklets on sale
and Impartial survey of the prem- from E0 cents up, that I hal read in
ises, would greatly augment the njagaslnes at an expense of perhaps
, . ' . one tenth the price in book farm. For
volume of patronage. Owners of m Vm th, ... ..chailD-.
the places should welcome the I purveyors of acceptable literature, for
plan. It costs them no more to pre
pare food In a clean kitchen than
in one that is filthy.
Sanitary kitchens are almost as
Important as sanitary milk, and
sanitary milk has proven to be a
my Income Is net large and I like to
read from these modern Olcltenees et
al. OWEN MOORE.
Price of Bread
Woodland, Waeh.. Aug. 1. To the
Editor of The Journal In your Issue
of August It. I notice that H. D.
splendid Investment for Portland. I Wagnep shed many tears over the
patnetie picture or a, lumper snovers'
wife having te pay an excess of $10.23
for a barrel of flour, after it Is baked
into bread. Mr. Wagnon has come
about a near "diagnosing" her case
as he has to guessing the weight of a
barrel or flour. Why don t Mrs. "Lum
ber Shover" bake her own bread and
make that profit herself, and also have
better bread: that is, if she has prop
erly learned the "trick," snl If she
TRAVEL STORIES
OF NORTHWEST
By Fred Lockley
If the love of the open is in your
The state labor commissioner
shows a calm serenity over the
farm labor situation which is
cheering to everyone who has no
prunes, hops, apples or pears to
pick. There Is a lot of difference
between writing cheery message
to Washington and "roundlm up a
;i ; l
George Himes ought to take a
picture of the valley railroads
when they transfer the remainder
of 'last year's hop crop now in
storage from one warehouse to
another without any freight
charge. Such a picture would
make a most interesting relic fo"
manders in their efficacy because
of the increasing numbers in which
they seem to be used.
The effect of the evolution is
that it is impossible not to see
that tbe stupendous offensive with
which William II began the war
has lapsed Into a desperate de
the Oregon Historical society.
FINANCED IRRIGATION
w
ITHIN a month workmen
will commence the task of
remodeling and extending
the old and constructing
the new canals and laterals of the
Ochoco irrigation district near
Prlneville. By the first of May,
1918, these canals will be in Bhape
to spread water over some 7000
acres of fertile land- By May 1,
1919, the entire flood waters of
Ochoco creek, or as much as may
be needed, will be impounded be
hind a dam ready for the recla
mation of 22,000 acre of hay and
grain land. Bonds of the face val
ue of $900,000 have been Bold to
Insure the completion of the con
struction work.
It means a good deal to the peo
ple who own the land, to the stock
men of the Crook county district.
to the state. It means that the
fear of crop failures will cease
mlthin the boundaries of the frrl-
gation district and that where
meager returns have been rained
by dry farming in th past, always
proportionate to the kindliness of
the season, dependence can annu
ally be placed in some 44,000 tons
of alfalfa or its equivalent in al
falfa and grain combined.
This is the second irrigation
project approved by the irrigation
securities commission created by
the 1917 legislature since that act
became effective. It indicates that
the act. by stabilizing the securi
ties of sane and feasible irriga
tion projects, will enable the secur
ities of such projects to find a
market. Aa a result the develop
ment of irrigated land, will go on
apace in Oregon.
Some day the federal govern
ment or the stats, perhaps tbe gov
ernment and the state, will real
ize the har-iships and the unrequit
ed toil that confronts the ma'u
who is willing to go upon tbe raw
land of the desert to reclaim it.
ana will come to his relief with
adequate legislation and financial
aid. When that time arrives the
waste places will become gardens
and the deserts will disappear.
Men who have money to loan
hesitate to accept untamed arid
reaches, no matter how potentially
fertile they may be, as the. basis
for credit. It is no easy matter to
transmute a rough stretch of sage
brush into a field of alfalfa or an i
A thoughtless headllner says
"Burden of Proof on Married Men."
Why continually remind us of the
sorrows of life?
A GOOD PROPOSAL
T
HE announcement of the
United States attorney gen
eral saying he will stipulate
that the land grant counties
of Oregon may accept the princi
pal sum of the taxes due on Oregon-California
grant lands to June
9, 1916, without waiving any
rights they may have to penalties
and Interest accrued and accruing
marks on more ?tep towards the
opening of the grant lands to settlement.
With such a stipulation formally
of record nothing will stand In
the way of the payment by the
secretary of the Interior of the
taxes due the counties. The mon
ey Is available In hia hands, and
the amounts due tho different
counties have been checked up and
verified.
.With the taxes paid there would
seem to be no valid reason why
the lands now classified, as ag
ricultural in nature should not
soon be thrown open to entry.
Most of the classification work
has been done, the reports of tho
field workers turned In to the
department at Washington and
checked over by that department.
It is generally supposed that
the opening of the lands has been
delayed by the tangle into which
the tax payments have fallen. But
under the terms of the proposed
stipulation, it would seem to the
ordinary mind that the principal
sum of the taxet could be paid tho
counties, the department of the
Interior could go forward in the
administration of the Chamberlain.
Ferris act and the agricultural
land could be opened to entry,
while, at the same time, the coun
ties and the government could pro
ceed to try out their controversy
over the penalties and Interest.
The squabble would undoubtedly
be determined by the courts or by
congress prior to the time it
would be necessary to issue patent
and title to any of the grant
lands.
It Is to be hoped that common
sense and not legal technicalities
will rule In the matter, for tho
sooner the grant is opened to set
tlement, the sooner homes will
begin to dot the vacant places,
and the sooner the grant lands
will begin to make returns to tho
assessment rolls of the different
counties.
Li -a 111 e. it 111. I
u.uuu. ou win im v,rc- hju, M m, M bJ we f h tQ
5 v.U ,Swthe fth Cer. ut ln on f hours she spends
delight. Mountains, rivers. Inland at tne "movies" learning. Any "lum-
lakes, sea coast, all Invite the camper. Der shover" wife whq buys bakers
Here in Oregon the camper will find re- bread at those prices may expect Mr.
turning to nature an easy and delight- Lumber Shover to remain one all his
ful process. Oo almosr where you will life. Absolutely no hope for him.
ln Western Oregon, you will find Mr. Wagnon quotes prices of bread in
plenty of wood for your campflre, clear, I Belgium, hut if I read correctly, Bel
pure, ice-cold water, abundant forage glum is largely an object of charity.
for your team or packhorees. with fish I and also I rather think that In Eng
and gwne. Though Western Oregon I land, France and Belgium they are
has been settled for three quarters of not bedeviled with a lot of J. W. W.
a ocntury. it Is still an angler's para-1 n others of that ilk, who clamor
diee and the sportsman's happy hunt- ,or tQr 's"ht hours of loafing and
Ing ground u, u won-n uey get 11, nowi ror
. something else, and .thereby Increase
The cloud-crowned sentinel peaks, prices of necessities.
the mountain-born and glacier-fed No. sir; those bread prices are for
streams, the vast forests, the beautl- those who can afford the luxury of
ful waterfalls, the picturesque rivers, 'asinesa, and there are altogether too
the fertile brook-fed valleys, the rug- manr People trying to gratify a cham-
ged palisades besides the Columbia's f TD PP?te on beer income. Dur-
sinuous shore, the wave-washed head- jn ese times of plenty of work and
lands of the Pacific, are no less beau- JL1 wfe' " t not necessary to shed
tlful today than they were when the mtn,f ff dr?w V)?,110 W?J"d
fjirlr tmnwr. anrl trajWa vaviufi Pictures; for If One bOS a little Of the
early trappers, and traders, oyageurs Bp,rJt of tnr,ft h lu . b
and explorers, missionaries and pio- abIe t0 b th, ..makln.. J bad
neer first saw them but today they but wlll aUo ba ablo t0 b 8hoe9 f ;
are more accessible. No longer must his family. H TOUNT
we follow a blaxed trail or travel by " . '
the compass to visit the beauty spot Sixteen ef Them
of Oregon. Today there Is no excuse Portland, Aug. 10. To the Editor of
for any Oregonlan not knowing his The Journal Will you please rive the
state and its soenic resouroes. Oa.no- names and locations ef the shipyards
line and good roads have brought the ,r or near Portland, also superintend
far place near. The automobile has en, ot " U possible in The Jour
ellrainated time and distance. n1 and oblige a subscriber.
It Is not etrange'that for genera- rwiiaofi Rmih
tions the habit of Jakipg a few weeks fihip company. Aetoria; Warrenton
off and going to the seashore or to the Engineering Co., Tcon bldg. Portland
mountains has prevailed in Orsgon. Sommaratrom Bros., Columbia City'
Originally Oregon was almost entirely St. Helens Shipping Co.. St Helens;
a pastoral state. When the crops were Columbia Engineering Works, Llnnton,
l arvested, it was the habit to hitch up Or.; Porter Bros., Grant Smith Co
Birerv nrlce Is going up except the
price of peace.
gave the rice for food. Don't throw
it away at weddings.
It 1 not" likelv 'that Mr. Gerard
would again be persona grata at Pots
dam,
It is a little previous, but what lan-
f uage will be talked at the peace con
erence? Hearty welcome to the Oregon boys.
Glad to see 'you, colonel, major, cap
tain, lieutenant.
One advantage about the wheatless
day Is that there is nothing left over
for bread pudding.
The glare of the auto headlight now
Illuminates the page of the statute
book containing- the dimmer law.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Rag Tag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
t
ITo this column all reader ot Tba Journal
ara invited to oootribnta origin! matter li
atory, In vera or In polloaopblcal flbaerriUoe
or atrlklnt quotation, from any aourca. Onn.
trionuona 01 exorvtkjoal merit will be paid toe
Paul Biersted of the Watta section,
says the Washington News Times, re
ports that cucumber bugs are threat
ntrBv tha aweet corn.
If nvon. doubt, that Oregon 1 bone ' " th d,t-' W"U
dry, says the Eugene Register an ex
amination of some of the gardens in
this valley ought to convince him.
About 40 Knlgntof Pythias from
Sllverton and Hubbard visited Hermes
lodge of Aurora last Friday to es
tablish closer fraternal relations.
Those few hop g'rowers. says the
pniir Pmintv Itemizer. who did not
plow up their yards or contract their
crop at a low ngure, win
healthy profit on their output this
year.
The Yamhill Record has given up
keeping an aocount of all the new
autos Detng purchased around Yam
hill. It says "What's the use ln try
ing? If we hear of some man who
nas none we wm iniuuuu nun.
CREDIT DUE TO CHAMBERLAIN
Bj Carl Smith, Waablng too' Staff Corraapondcnt of Th Journal
Washington. ' Aug. 21. Senator
Chamberlain has received many con
gratulatlons and more than ordinary
praise, from his colleagues and from
tttte press, for his patient skill In oar
rying to success the food control bill,
in many ways the most momentous
measure with which congress has had
to deal for generations. Through dajt
and nights of tension, with contending
elements seeking to load the bill down
with outside matters, and not a few
trying to em harass the administration
by various maneuvers. It became bis
duty to stand guard and fight off
these attacks, both open and seeret. In
the long debates preceding the passage
of the bill; Senator Chamberlain did
not occupy much time. He explained
Its provisions, and made clear the pur
poses In view as circumstances .ac
quired. He wasted no time, but he
was always at hand. He did not "fly
off the handle" and he kept driving
for the main point.
a
Under the caption "Credit Due to
Ohamberlaln." the Washington Post
says:
"The president's lieutenant In the
senate ln charge of the food bill was
Senator Chamberlain, to whom credit
Is due for engineering the measure to
success against opposition that time
and again threatened to wreck it.
"Senator Gore, chairman of the agri
cultural committee, opposed the funda
mental features of the measure, and
declined to take charge of the bill.
"Senator ChamDenain, to whom this
responsibility fell, has been In com
mand of practically all the war legis
lation passed by the senate, this large
ly because of his chairmanship of the
military committee, and he has loyally
and ably supported the president
"Among the measures he guided
through the senate were tne national
defense act, the creation of the select
ive, draft army, the bill to provide an
airplane fleet and appropriating
$(40,000,000 for that purpose, two army
appropriation bills carrying enormous
amounts and, finally, the food bill.
a
A senate attache, who has served
for IS years In a position which brings
him Into close touch with senatorial
proceedings and with individual sen
ators, and who has seen the leaders
of the aenate come and go, remarked:
"If some of the other senators I might
name ware in charge of this bill, we
would have seen write-ups ln the pa
pers about what he had done with this
bill. I know what has happened in
the past Yet Mttle has been said In
the big papers about Senator Cham
berlain's work on this bill. He is not
seeking advertising, but in that quiet
way. of his he goes ahead and gets
things done. He ought to have the
credit for it."
For a senator who has served only
eight years, the position of leadership
attained by the senior senator from
Oregon is remarkable ln congressional
history. The rule of seniority has a
strong hold on the senate, but ln spite
of the presence of many who have
served twice as long he has been as
signed to lead the Une when the time
came for having things done.
HOW TO BE HEALTHY
Copyright. 1917,
br J. KetWj.
FOUR - YEAR - OLD Frank Plumme
Barnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. K t.
Barnes and grandson of Mr. and Mrs,
O. M. Plummer, la spending the sum
mer at one of the big Alaska salmon
canneries, and in connection with . the
cannery there is a general store, which
Is one of Master Frank's favorite
haunts. On the occasion of one of his
visits the young woman clerk inquired:
"Well, Frank what do you want to
day?" "Oh, nothing,"' was the reply. And
the clerk, thinking to teaoe him, said:
"r?hall I wrap it up and put it In
a basket for you?"
"No, you can send it horae by par
cel post.'1-
A Pretty Smooth Car
I have the smoothest-running c ar
That any man has ever seen,
It runs out ln the country far
And then runs out of gasoline!
E. K S.
American Feet and Legs
America's physical foundation tho
feet and' lege of her citisena is un
sound, if we are to believe P. A. Vallc.
who has made a study of feet. If we
do not discard the present monstrosi
ties in footgear and get Into the habit
of walking, using our legs and feet
Instead of the automobile and street
car, he says we will become human
penguins. He calls attention to tho
fact that Dr. Lloyd Brown, the examin
ing physician of Harvard, found that
696 of 746 members of the 1916 fresh
man class stood ln a manner that Indi
cated "a potentiality for sickness," and
that 476 of the 596 students had feet
and legs so Imperfect that they weri
Ineligible for military duty. Lack of
leg exercise is supposed to be the cause
of this condition. Mr. Vaile says that
the American woman ha neglected
herself for so long that her legs and
feet are suffering malformations.
There is no longer in her leg the beauty
of the class line. Popular Science
Monthly.
Circumstances Alter Cases
Uncle Abe Simpson, having fallen
heir to a large fortune, left him by
a brother in the old country, returned
yesterday morning, says the Amity
Standard, from an extended visit to.
the county poor farm. He was met at
the station by 181 relatives and a brass
band.
the team to the largest wagon, take
along enough flour and bacon, sugar
and coffee and other supplies to last
a few weeks and leave the farm ln
charge of the hired man or some neigh
bor s boy and go camping. No won
der the sona andVdaughters of Oregon's
hardy and courageous pioneers love
life in the open. No wonder the de
scendants of Oregon's trallmakers and
empire-builders revert to the life of
their forbears and go back to nature
and live on fish and game each sum
mer. The custom they have established
is a good one. We need to hear the
music of the wind in the treetops and
the soft swish of the waves on the
sandy shore, are need to come ln from
long tramps with red or g-iin and smell
the delicious aroma of frying bacon
and fragrant coffee occasionally or we
will become little better than cash
registers.
It isn't how much we leave that
counts. It Is how much we get out
of life from day to day, and hew much
we put Into life, to make things better
for our being here that really counts.
We go this way but once, and if we
put off enjoying, life till a more con
venient season, that time will never
come; we will become old before our
time and will miss much of the Joy
end pleasure of life
Here in Oregon we can live enjoy
ably day by day, for we need bnt to
raise our eyea from our work and we
can see the evergreen-clad foothills, and
silhouetted against the skyline the
poble outlines of the glaeler-clad
mountain peaks of the Cascade range.
If you haven't taken your vacation yet
this year, put it off no longer, for a
few weeks ln the open will bring you
back revitalised and reinvlgorated for
your work.
M.uitnoman Hotel; Foundation Co
worm western Bank bldg.; Klernan &
Kern, foot of Jefferson street; North
west Steel Co., foot of Sheridan street;
Columbia River Shipping Corporation,
foot of Sheridan; Coast Shipbuilding
Co., Concord bldr ; Supple & Ballln, foot
of East Oak street; Albina Engine &
Machine Works, Lewis and Ixrlng
streets; O. M. Standlfer Construction
company. Northwestern Bank- bulldinc;
Motorshlp Construction company, Ben
in; building, Portland
Branch Bank Wanted
Portland. Aug. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal What's the matter with
the banks that one or other do not
have a branch bank at Alberta? It is
almost an impossibility to get cheques
ana gold enanged, especially at the
week's end when th residents, em
ployes of Portland houses, are oald
off. Why can they not be paid ln
specie that Is easier handled than
cheques and large gold? Alberta feels
the want of a bank and that alone
would help the place much as people
nave to spend money to go to the
city and then, of course, they will buy
merchandise, thereby hurting their own
home place. OSBORNE- YATES.
"MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM."
The common stiffness and soreness
that we get ln our muscles and which
we diagnose for ourselves aa "muscu
lar rheumatism" has in reality seldom
anything to do with real rheumatic
disease, which is an Infectfon.
There are hardly any known dis
eases of the muscles except "trlchl
nlasls." This Is caused by tiny worms
that get Into the muscles from the
eating of bad pork. It is an acute
disease that causes fever and often
delirium, and Is often overlooked and
diagnosed as rheumatism ln its mild
er and chronic forms-
Just exactly what causes "stiff
ne"k" is not absolutely known. It
may soTnetlmes be due to acid prod
ucts of muscular overaetion. It often
occurs in damp weather, or following
a too rapid cooling off after getting
specially heated. Some medical writ
ers claim that It Is a kind of neural
gia of the sensory nerves of the
muscles.
The same kind of an affection some
times attacks the lower part of the
back, and then we call It "lumbago,"
or It attacks the musoles of the side,
and then it Is often erroneously called
"pleurisy." The correct name is pleuro
dynia. It Is all the same malady.
Men are more commonly the vic
tims than women, presumably because
they are more exposed to heat and
cold, and are more likely to strain
muscles in lifting. People who have
had one attack eeem to be more liable
than others to get the condition again.
When It is acute the doctor gener
ally administers a sedative, as the pain
is such during that period that no hy
gienic treatment can be undertaken.
When the acute stage is over the appli
cation of heat and massage is general
ly effective. Rest of the affected mus
cles is essential and protection from
cold by a flannel. In the case of pain
ln the chest muscles, strapping of the
side with adhesive plaster is often
beneficial.
A Turkish bath will sometimes cut
short an attack of the ailment, if the
bath Is taken as soon as the first signs
of disturbance appear. The bowels
should be kept freely open and plenty
of water taken. Dry heat Is the best
remedy.
Muscular pains are sometimes due
to infection from foci In other parts
of the body, such as tooth sockets.
Always have the head cavities ex
amined when there is chronic pain ln
Joint or muscle.
Tomorrow Face Veins Prominent.
Letters From the People
( Com m on leatlon aaat to Th Journal (or
publication Id tbl department (boold be writ
ten on only one aid of th paper, abould aot
exited word in length ad meac b a,
rouipaolvd br tb name aod addraaa of tb
prniier. tf the writer doe not daalre to bT
IDc name published h iboald o late.)
Once ln a while we see Indica
tions that a corporation Is not
soulless, as is evidenced by the
Defending; the Butcher
Portland, Aug. V- (To the Editor
of The Journal.) The letter ef John
T. Dliney In tonight's Journal surely
calls for a reply, st least to one asser
tion made therein, to-wlt: That when
he has a beef or veal to spare, the
butcher wants It at 10 cents a pound
and sells it st over 10 cents per
pound. As one of those "extortion
ers." permit me to say that I have not
purchased a vea.1 for lees man ti
cents a pound for over three months,
and most of the time 15 and 16 cents.
During that time he could buy veal
shank for 8 cents, veal stew for 12
and 15 cents, good roasts for IS and.
indeed, we charge even more than 10
cents for some cuts. A good deal of
this is necessary because some sloppy
farmers kill their calves in close
proximity to the manure pile, quite
a percentage of which reaches town
In the form of a necktie draeelng for
the em.lt, making; considerable ot the
same unfit for human food.
Let rae suggest that Ur. Disney 1ve
More About Economy
Portland. Aug. 19. To the Editor of
The Journal Being a subscriber to
your psper, I take an interest In let
ters from the people I read one Au
gust 14, regarding economy and signed
A Motner. In today's papee I see It
is answered by one from Harrlsburg,
signed "A Mother's Son." Now 1
think the one by "A Mother" bad a
good many pointers in it. and I be
lieve that all women like to bear about
such things. Oh the other hand, the
one signed "A Mother's Son." Jt is
about sn even bet. was written by a
butcher or by one who is sponging off
his mother. He says he is getting tired
of reading about economy. Perhaps
If he was where he couldn't throw his
feet under the old mans mahogany,
he wpuld practice It hirriself. Let us
hear more from mothers about eco
nomy and less from the sons who are
Inclined to knock it. Little boys should
be seen and not heard.
J'A BOOMER."
Separation not Divorce
Portland, Or, Aug. !0. To the Edl
tor of The Journal Kindly inform me
if a couple separates does the law ln
Oregon give the household goods or
furniture to the woman?
A READER.
Mere separation does not affect
ownership of property. Law will de
termine in divorce proceedings.
PERSONAL MENTION
Better Than Expected
Crops ln Eastern Oregon are turn
ing out better than was expected, ac
cording to Joseph V. Coffman, assist
ant chief of the Pendleton fire depart
ment, who is in the city for a short
visit with his brother, Orville Coff
man. Joseph Coffman will go from
here te Vancouver, B. C, before going
back to Pendleton.
Morgan Joins) Arm Engineers
Preferring- ertiee is Trance to serv
ice in Alaska. Percy D. Morgan, well
known press telegrapher, formerly of
Portland and now of North Yakima.
Wash., enlisted In the army engineers
corps rather than the signal service,
which many newspaper telegraph op
erators have entered. He Investigated
the signal service and found that he
was likely to be sent to Alaska if he
Joined that, so chose the engineering
corps instead. He Is the son of Mrs.
L. J. Morcan of 1S42 Bast State street.
He Is very well known in Portland,
and was one of the charter members
of the Portlajid Press club.
a a
California Tourists Here
In a motoring party at the Mult-j
romah from Providence, R. I., are Mr. 1
and Mrs. Charles Madison, Mrs. B. I
Mumphrey and Mrs. F. S. Manton.
They came west to California, and will
go back by the northern route.
Army Officers at Imperial
Amy officers at the Imperial in
clude Captain A. J. Bush. Q. M. U. S.
R.. who is here from Vancouver bar
racks with Mrs. Bush, and Lieutenant
It. Bishop, who is with his wife from
Oakland. Or.
A liandy Helmet
Multum in p-rvft in thn win'" for
all Inventors dealing in war equipment.
arid any one article that can fill many
roles is lndei.-d a boon to the heavily
laden HOldU-r.
Among the new Inventions is a ste.l
helmet that is a perfectly good trencli
topi as well.
What else Sammy will use It for,
only the future can forotcH, but prob
ably It will function as a stewpan-at
least, in addition to its other uses, as
it looks like one.
It has a head-shaped, cavity, with
an expansion which teKminatea in a
handle. Thus it affords all the' pro
tection against bullets given by any
steel helmet and can be usod at the
fame time to "dig in," which is Moldirr
talk for digging a trench. Assaulting
Infantry must dig themselves ln wher
ever they happen to be. and a helmet
which serves the double purpose light
ens their equipment.
We all know the many uses tha bay
onet is put to; it seems to do every
thing from cutting the "pants" but
tons on enemy prisoners so they can
not run away, to holding bacon over,
the fire, all ln addition to the sinister
uses for which it is Intended. And now
the helmet comes along, to Join the
(general utility corps.
,
In and Out
The Irrepressible John M. DeMoss
rushed Into the Observer office just
before closing time Saturday afternoon
last, says the Moro Observer, left an
order for Job printing, reported that InV'
was now driving a new "Sally Ford"
car and thut his bunch of oVi-month-
a partisan himself. Another thing
that caused the runs of criticism to
rwt tni-nert nnon the aecreterv was the
fact that he swept tradition aside and , old White Leghorn pullets were laying
r.rrwHe tn rei,ivnatA and modernize ! egs regularly, "turned around and
the navy, cutting out old-time customs
and red tape, a procedure that was
anything but popular with the old fo
gies in the service. The influence of
the aristocratic officers who were
shocked by the effort of the secretary
to make a real efficient organization
out of a sleepy old sort of a yacht
club brought many eastern newspapers
into the fight against the man who
was putting the sai.ie kind of pep into
the management of the department
that had distinguished his successful
efforts ln building up a large news
paper.
rushed right o'St agjn."
Veteran in Trouble
A taxl-drlvor. who had been wounded
in the retreat from Mons and had, up
to recently, after sufTerlng from pa
ralysis of the spine and shell shock,
been drawing a pension of 26 shillings
a week as wholly incapacitated, was
charged at Westminster, says the Lon
don Observer, with drunkenness whilo
driving his cab. His name was Alfred
William Ketley, aged 4 a. .
The charge of drunkenness was dla-
Nelll E. Bailey, a government offi
cial of Prescott. Aric, is at the Mult
rorrvah with his wife and child and
Mrs. W. D. Wood of Pittsbajrar, Pa.
The party has motored here front
Prtscott.
Thad Sweek. mayor of Tualatin. Or.,
who has been in the east for some time
! ln federal eervice, is at the Perkins.
G. Scott Anderson of Wallace. Idaho
is at the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Miller are at
the Imperial from Salem. Mr. Miller
is a member of the state public service
commission.
L. Lowrey, ln the transfer business
at Astoria, is registered at the im
Derial.
D. W. Anson of Wssco Is a Perkins
guest.
Allan H. Doughorty is staying at
the. Portland while here from Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Williams are reg
istered at tbe Washington from Lewis
ton. Idaho.
Charles D. Whiteside, who ia with
his father ln the picture show and shoe
business ln Corvallis, Or., is an Im
perial guest.
Among the late arrivals Monday at
the Multnomah were Mr, and Mrs. Phil
Norton of Apache Trail, Arls.
H. C. Stearns of Yoncalla, Or., is at
the Cornelius.
Mrs. O. W. Fenwick and daughter
are registered at the Portland from
Eureka, Cal.
Thomas L. Bright of The DaQes, Or.,
la a Perkins guest.
Charles S. Todd is a recent arrival
at the Washington.
Benjamin J. Cooper is staying at
the Imperial while in the city from
Corvallis.
B. L. Lewis of Harper, Or., is staying
at the Cornelius.
puted. and finally failed, though the
However, Secretary Daniels Is not a divisional surgeon declared that tho
quitter and he is still running the accused was "undoubtedly drunk.''
navy now thoroughly effective and It was contended that his erratic
fully reorganised. It Is a fighting ma-j gait was due to his war injuries, and
chine that any nation might well be 1 that he was actually a teetotaller. He
proud of and the tens of thousands i walked with great difficulty, and all
of young men who have been enlisted I his movements were cramped and pe-
ln the service in the past few years cuiiar. one or the medical certlfl-
are being trained in many useful occu
patlons, while rendering faithful ser
vice to their country. The natural se
quence of this condition Is that real
critics of Mr. Daniels Iiave become less
numerous, and he is simply a target
for the venom of narrow, small-fry
political organs which must find some
thing to criticise ln an opposition party
administration or there would be no
excuse for their existence.
William C. Whitney and Josephus
cates which ho held said he "would
always walk like a drunken man."
For driving dangerously, however,
Ketley was fined S pounds and costs.
In France With Pershing's "Men
The. people of all nations 1
Have reached the end of their patience
With the kaiser and what he's done.
And so they've undertaken
His empire shall be shaken
Peace with honor shall be won.
Daniels will go down ln history as the j Belgium is calling.
Why Daniels la Attacked
Secretary of tbe Navy Daniels has
always been the target ot tbe partisan
press, probably because he came up
from the South, where he was a pub
Usher ef. a newspaper and naturally
two most efficient secretaries of the
American navy. One laid the founda
tion for a modern navy and the other
brought about the realisation of the
former's hopes and ideals.
Two Dollar Wheat
From Ism Anre'ea Bipreaa
The proposal to guarantee the far
mer 12 a bushel for his best wheat will
guarantee large wheat production for
the period of the war and will assure
prosperity to the farmers. But If the
great consuming public is to figure
hopefully in the transaction, something
more will be necessary.
The wheat speculator must be ellml
nated. He constitutes a luxury in
which the public may be permitted to
indulge in time of peace, but he has
no place in our national economy in :
time of war.
The farmer must be taken care of
if we want bumper crops of wsr
wheat Heretofore the speculators
have been robbing him of his Just
reward. Two dollars for his best
wheat will produce the needed wheat
and also- reward the farmer, but It
will leave the gultimaf consumer ln
the squeese, unless the ruthless spec
ulator is enticed or forced Into legit
imate business,
Credit Spokane
From tynkeainaa Rvlew
Spokane makes a genuine recruiting
record by sending to tbe navy a com
plete band of musicians. Only one
other city in the country. New York,
has done this. Credit is due not only
to this city, hut to the enterprise of
the naval officers, who conceived and
executed the plan.
Her sufferinga are appalling,
nut sne nas xouna a rrierid;
And, although the time is fleeting.
True hearts are for her beating
In France, with Pershjng's men.
Oh, hear the "bugle calling.
See, England's sons are railing.
But Uncle Bern his aid will lend.
The bullets they are straying
And mothers' hearts are praying
For our brave boys, Pershing's men.
The kaiser, be is waiting
And his U-boats he is baiting.
Hoping for our sudden end.
But Uncle Sam is listening
And our brave boys' guns, are f lis
tening In France, with Pershing's men.
Cheer up, tho' war is calling;
Its awful crimes apnalllng.
And bloodshed without end.
The souls Of men are trying
But the Stars and Stripes are flying
In France. with Pershlnx'S men.
Julia Ramsay Tualatin.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Mar and Jerushy Invited me to go
It a highbrow lecture down to Port
land t'other night where tbe feller wa.
goln' to sorter preach on the infinity
of solitude or somethln' that sound jd
about like that; but I declined, rue
nomination, preferrln' the hoc air of
the Corners War club, which. Is some
net up at times and has fireworks vn'
parks a-flyln' all around. So the
women folks started out with the Junk
shop on wbeels we keep in the cow
shed garage. They rot back the nsx
day at noon with some tourist towin'
'em clear up and over the divide.
Jerushy 'lowed they could have
goln' sarin, all right, only It takes
gasoline to be towed.
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