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THE OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, 1 AUGUST 2V 191V. if I. r I: AX IJDFPK?tDEXT xeWRPAKI c s. Jackson.. . PatHbr raeuafcad tot7 Aar, afLerbuoa and Bioraln (txrapl Bandar artarnoonj at The Journal foul kilo f. Bruadwar and YsaabUi atrawtt. Portland. Or. aauerrd at lu puatofftc at rurliand. Or., lot trmnaoJaatua Lkroujti the Mlia aa aacond riaaa Batter. lUJti-Hy.Nts- Uilt TITS; Hoaaa. A-atl. All eepartmenla reached by tbaaa asbera. Tall the 'jraioe vlial departoaeax Ju watt TO THE SENATE PROFITEERS w OaU.iti.S AM Va.it Hal Mi UJii'MlCak.MAI I a, BeaUuiio Jt kentaor Co.. ttronavlck bide. ZXS If Ik lit. Xtr lurk. 121S Feupia'a bit bill.. I blcagu. kabxTlpuon leriua b mail or ta as aUtlraaa la too Lalted Hum or Uaxleo: DAILY IMOR.Sl.se OR rrKoow) 9m 71X fe.iAHOoe uMOLb. f iO SUMMX Dm year $i.j ion moot a- I - DAILY UiJtt.SlSU OK AriEHNOOJI) AM) SIN DA X On far I7AO I oe Dwelt f -6 Wban the atTTB of l.attle Mow darkrat ad ragea hlrbeat Un- inemury of Waah Ingtoo atiall nerre erery American iirui aid cheer ererr American heart. It ahall rehimc that promethean fire. Uat aublliue flame ot paftotlioi which hla example haa -oaae-rated. Rufu Cboatr. THE AMERICAN REPLY P' OPE BENEDICT'S ppace pro posals are declined by Presi dent Wilson. They are declined because I "we raniot take the word of the ; present rulers of Germany as a J guarantee of anything that is to endure unless explicitly supported by such conclusive evidence of the will and purpose of the German people themselvrs ar, the other peo pies of the v.orM v.duld be Justified In awcptinK." And the president adds this adequate Justification for his stand: Without such p'l.irantf'es. treaties of sett lemen t. acremr nts for disarma ment, covenants to set up arbitration in tiie place cf fnn-e, territorial ad justments, restitution of small na tions, if made with the German gov ernment, no man. no nation could now depen.l upon. We must await some new evidence of ti e purposes of tf e great peoples of the central powers. God grant it may he c:on soon and in a way to restor the confidence of all peoples everywhere In the faith of nations and the. possibility of a cov enanted peace. The president's words reflect the conviction of the American people. Prussian Junkerdom cannot ba trusted. 'With It, a sacred treaty lt a "scrap of paper"; the rights of nations are nothing and the aspirations of free peoples a myth. No peace can be a safo ;eace until the guarantee are by the German people, uncontrolled by a brutal and conscienceless military despot Ism. Why the Irresponsible and power inad government of Germany can not be trusted Is. expressed by the president In the following Indict ment: -The object of this war Is to de llvsr the free peoples of the worlJ from, the menace and the actual power of a vast military establishment con trolled by an irresponsible government jvhich. having secretly planned to dom inate the world, proceeded to carry the plan out without regard eithex to the sacred obligations of treaty or the long-established practices and long cherished principles of International honor; which chose its own time for the yrar; delivered its blow fiercely and suddenly; stopped at no barrier either of law or of mercy; swept a whole continent within the tide or blood not the blood of soldiers onlr bat the blood of Innocent women and children also, and of the Helpless poor, and now stands balked but not defeated, the enemy of four fifths of the world. The president's reply 1s a Ions step toward peace. It will change and mold world thought Into a new resolution to end Hohenrol lernism. It will create a world psychology that will be more blight lng to the plans of William II than the loss of a dozen battles. HILE the senate debates on how much It will cot down the house war taxes, we are told that this Is to be a thirty billion dollar congress. A thirty biilicn dollar congress is 80 times as costly as the one billion dollar session of yesterday. And wht the senate Is aeoat ine is whether Just a little of war profits shall be taken or whether a reasonable amount of the profiteer's gains shall be applied to the needs of a thirty billion dollar congress. There are senators who would issue bonds by the billion and let future generations pay the debt. There are senators who want to make the war taxes as l'ght as possible and make up the balance in mort gages on the nation. On the other hand, there are senators and there are millions of others who think the cost of this war should be paid largely out of the profits of this war. If a vote were taken it is probable that 93 out of every 100 citizens of the United States would be found in the latte.' group. Congress passed the conscription law and under it the life of tho citizen Is subject to the call of the country. Why not make money equally, liable for service in the common defense? Is life less sacred than the dollar? Do the opposition senators insult this country by claiming that America entered the war in order to create a profit oligarchy so much richer and more powerful than any of the past that even Croesus pales into insignificance and the rich men of the past with their beggarly millions are reduced to nothing by men of billions? , Every day the boys in khaki are drilled and trained for the great hazard, and every day tho war profits mount higher and higher. Toll Is levied on our country's needs, on our allies' requirements, and on the neutrals' necessities. Even with democracy hanging in the balance the first thought of senators who defend the profiteers is profit, more profit. The money for carrying on this war cannot be extorted from those who have none beyond that required for their daily needs. It can only come from those who have it. The great masces have no more thati is necessary to meet their daily life coet. The excess war profits in 1916, that is the profits that were caused by the war, were above fou billion dollars. Why should not the profits made by the war bear the heaviest part of the cost cf the war? All other nations at war have adopted the plan of taxing heavily the colossal gains of the pfofiteers. William II charges that America entered the war In order that certain groups could , grow rich out o the carnage. WTiat better answer could congress make to the Indict ment than show that wc did not enter the war for that purpose by conserving war profits to nay for the war? If congress refuses to take that course, the charge made by William II stands confirmed. In a speech in congress the other day. Senator Johnson of Califor nla said: There is no Justification at ell in a time of stress like this, for returning to the steel trust 1280.000.000 of Its war profit. We estimate It will have $500,000,000 profit In 1817. We propose to take in taxes only $220,000,000 and to hand bark $280,000,000. At he same Time in this revenue bill it is proposed to levy consumption taxes on those least able to par. Kvery consumer's tax ought to be eliminated. One hundred and twenty men In this country had Incomes of over $1,000. 000 Inst year. Two of them had Incomes over $10,000,000. In this time ot our need we are going to take $5,000,000 from the man with a $10,000,OJ3 income and hand $5,000,000 back to him. I have voted to take the men of this country and put their lives in jeopardy, because I believe it necessary. We should have the same Inexora ble mental attitude toward the wealth of the country that we have toward human beings. If the senators who -are oppoelng the draft of war profits could time the, heartbeats of America, they would find a throbblnc amen to the utterances of Senator Johnson. The people understand what the figures quoted by Senator Johnson mean. Thus, the average yearly profits of the steel corporation for the years 1911 to 1913 were about $64,000,000. For 1917, its profits will amount to nearly $500,000,000, a sum so great that It is incomprehen sible to the human mind. The excess war profits of this gigantic cor poration are $436,000,000 in one year. In the light of these vast gains, can any senator devise a more just method of financing this war than by Jevying taxes In such a way that the colossal profits of the steel corporatjon be divided and nearly half be taken for government and more than half be given back to the corporation as proposed by Senator Johnson? To millions, the war brings only additional expense. Increased cost, reduced earnings and lessened profits. Do the opposition senators think these burdens should be made the greater in order that profits due only to the war shall be piled up in a few hands? President Wilson has pleaded for an equalized war tax bill. Us dragged the food and fuel control law out of an unwilling senate as a defense of the people against food and fuel profiteers. Secretary Daniels and Secretary Baker are struggling manfully to defend the navy and army against extortions. These things have won the lasting approval of the people. Their policy is universally applauded. How much longer will the opposition senators stand up for war wealth after voting to sacrifice life? cation public to visit these spots by building roads, erecting good hotels, providing amusement. Here is a field in which Portland cap! tal may find employment with profit to Itself and Immense advan tage to the state. A FAItSE niOPHESY A' employer by touching the magic pocket nerve. Why can not other employers do the same? There ar3 eeveraf reasons why Lend will be cleared and brought under cultivation, dikes built, new barns erected, lime applied to the soil and household conveniences they cannot, or will not. One of J Installed with the funds which the them is vanity. The man who j government wisely places at the Evidently President Wilson has t been made the chosen spokesman of the allies. He Is accepted by them as the commanding genius In the grasp and analysis of the war and Its issues. He is looked upon by them as the transcendant figure of the time, as the world's mightiest , statesman. It seems providential that he happens to be president of the United States at such a time. JUDGE GARY ON THE big subject of the re lation between labor and cap ital, or between employed and emrloyer, Judge Gary talk like a big man. He cites the ex perience of the steel corporation to show that peace between th man who toils and the man who pays him is both possible and profitable. "It pays," says Judge Gary in a pregnant sentence, "to treat workmen decently." The great steel corporation has surrounded its employes with pleasant conditions. The result is good health for the men send profit for the company. It has given them a stake in the business by the device of pensions, stock own ership and profit sharing. Tba result Is loyal devotion to the com- S4yi -welfare. Judge Gary and s colleagues have learned to etill the strife between worker and thinks of himself as "the whole thing" and of his workmen as part of the machinery in the mill usually wants "to run his o1i business in his own way," regard less of decency and right. No man should be allowed in the modern world to "run his own business in his own way" unless his way hap- I pens to coincide with the publlo welfare. Business, since It deals with the public, is always a public conoern. Another reason why some em ployers are alway3 in hot water with theif men is their mossback tsm. They are not modern in thought or act. They have not mastered the technique of success ful modern industry. They have not acquired up-to-date methods of dealing with men. They live like medieval recluses, trying to make archaic methods work In the era of the submarine and airplane. Of course they" get into trouble. We respectfully commend Judge Gary's remarks on labor and cap ital to the Portland Chamber of Commerce and Employers' associa tion. Both those reverend bodies might derivo great benefit from an attentive study of them. Such a mental exercise might lead them in time to see the futility of their present ideals and open their eyes to .modern industrial polity. disposal of the farmers. PARKS AND HEALTH CCORDINO to -the so-called prediction of the medieval monk, Malachl, who prophe sied somewhere near the year 1250, the war should have ended yesterday, August 28. The prophecy is not fulfilled, of course, but the vulgar mind marvels all the same at the monk's miraculous foresight. Anybody, monk or washerwoman, can make predictions which do not come true, but that consideration seems to be irrelevant. Malachi'e prophecy begins thus: "When the first number shall meet the ninth and when the two shall bo united to the first and sixth." and so on. Tbis is taiten to signuy 1916 when Roumania declared war on Germany. WThy does It signify 1916 any more than 1619. or 1116 or 1216, or any other date con taining the figures 1 and 6? In the year 1250 the world reckoned time by the Julian cal endar, which has since been ma terially corrected by Pope Gregory XIII. changing dates by 11 days or thereabouts. Malachl must have foreseen Pope Gregory's reform and allowed for it if his predic tion was to be acoufate. But that Is a mere trifle. When we givo full play to our credulity we can believe anything,- the more absurd It Is the more eagerly we swal low it. TRAVEL STORIES OF NORTHWEST By Fred LockJey and fearless champion ot human lib erty and good government for all the people, regardless of class or c reed In this venlng's Issue of The Jour nal there are two editorials whlcn deserve mention here: vis. A- Mar velous Time" and "Free Cuba." We are now la a World war to make all nations free to choose their own government. The sovereignty of mall a well as Urge nations. This Is as It should be. Our worthy president hail aalrf on mora than one occasion that we are in this war for a world, democracy and that all nations must be governed by the will of the ma jority. But, Mr. Editor. I. with mil lions of my race and blood In this country, am much disappointed that in speaklnr for the liberty of small nations he has not once mentioned that one nation that has been strug gling to get her right place among free nations for centuries and that. more than any other, has shed tor rents of blood for this great country that she may have liberty as a sov ereign nation. This republic owes Ireland a debt that only can be paid by this country's determined stand at the world Peace commission for Ireland's sovereignty. . Now that the Irisii race, native and American bora, are to hold a convention In a few weeks for the purpose of placing the cause of "Ireland a nation," free and Independent, before the great libertv lovlng people of the United States and the world, you, a great exponent of true liberty, I am sure, will do your part well, to help the cause to success. D. M. O'SULLIVAX. A Correction Portland, Aug. 25. To the Editor of The Journal I was greatly Interested In an article In your paper, in your issue of August 25, headed "Accused of Trying: to Halt Enlistments." It appears on page 10 of that Issue. In justice to myself and to your many readers I consider it my duty to correct a gross error which appears in the article. The book. "War. What For?" was written and published by the great COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE If Mr Wllaon now. oould on!r fol low up hla message to Russia with a personal interview! But let us not permit the dispute as to whether our soldiers abroad shall or hall not be called "Sammees" to ob scure the dispute as to whether the kaiser hall or shall not be called Atud. Kaiser William is said to have col lected a library of 10,000 volumes, on the war, written In all languages. When he gets time to read thorn ho will, of course, order most Of thern li; mod. a a Sightseers can't see very far hero about just now, but the wonderful beauty of the little landscape that may be seen at one view Is compensation. Those of the Middle West who can re member the glorious Indian summers of the old prairie days, now to be seen no more, will revive ancient recollec tions lr rortunate enough to visit me coast at this season. a a It is aa well to judge some things bv effects aa by causes. For instance. "it is. In practioe, about the same for Ku stria when some thousands or ner troops run away from the enemy be cause they are fools and everybody knows it. as it was when many more thousands ran away because their superiors were traitors and nobody but the German war lords knew it. a a "The active participation of the crown prince in the present crisis aug rest the belief that the kaiser la thinking less of a place in the awn tlian of a place for the son." remarks he Pittsburg Post, most aptly. And the kaiser is fated to find that, little room as the rest of the world would grarvt him. it will grudge a still small er reservation for his insufferable son. OREGON SIDELIGHTS Rag Tag and Bobtail Stories Trom Everywhere Salem, says the Capital Journal. 1 printed In a Philadelfc evidently another of the Southern Pa- ,illllt.rin,I1au & fiav:ool ciflc moves In iU long drawn out game J)?' " JfJ l"J0t of stalling tbe;publlc. I f""'- Claypoole. says M ! (To this column all read era of TUe Journal There was a. new moon Monday , ara invitod to contribute original matter fa night, saya the Lebanon Bxpress, but atorr, la vara or In ptUloaophical obeerratloa It waa a dry one, and weather prophets ; or atrlklng quoiatlooa. from any soarea. Con say it rtU not run until it change trtbotlona .of ascepoonaj merit will be paid for. atf ain. ' " th Jitor appraUal.) ' The rumor that work was about to George Washington and Ye Editor begin on the new railroad dpot at i-puE "Farewell Address" was first a printed In a Philadelphia news. s Daily Ad- the Phlla- , u'cuuib 1C1V irtua -uTe? iE!&FVi2&n u ot th manner ln which ho ob- cloud to the California orkhge grower, i tained the manuscript from Washing cays the Hood River News. Oranges , ton in 179: are scare and the apple should ProJ; "I received a message from the pres more nppular than ever luriag lh , ident. by his private secretary, slgnify coming months. ; 9 j ms desire to ee me. I waitod on A. number of Wwston farmers who him at the appointed time, and found had figured on handling their grain in nlm gating alono in his drawing room." bulk thia season will have to revert to H received ""me klndlv an.l aftr I the use of sacks, according to C. A. ,e ' V , .f lne K,na,y. and. aJte.r . Barnes who is down from Weston to- had paid my respects to him, desired day, says 'the East OreRonian. tlrain me to take a scat near him. Then, ad bins had been . improvised out of old dressing himself to me, he said that -warehouses and were not Hon he had for Borne time past con- enough to withstand the weight of the wheat. m , f?o far aa we have been advised." says the Canyon City Eagle, "the an nual county fair will be abandoned this year. Inasmuch as the county did not make an appropriation and the matter was considered so late it waa thought best not to attempt a fair at all this year." From a riw story In the Pendleton East Oregontan of last Thursday: Complaint was laia perore me coun- last evening that, wun many em templated retiring from public life. and had at length concluded to do so at the end of the then present term; that he had some thoughts and reflec tions uponthe occasion which he deemed proper to communicate to the people of tho United States in the form of an address, and which he wished to appear in the Daily Advertiser, of which I was editor. "lie paused, and I took the opportun ity of thanking him for having pre ferred that paper as tho channel of his ell . i , .... t. I f , . h.ln many idle men sit placidly on the curb-, communication with the people espeo stones and listen with indifference to ially aa I viewed this selection as Jndl- stnnes offers for their services. It was testi fied that some of the men seemed to b insulted when offered 14 a day." O. & C. GRANT LAND TAX STATEMENT Br Carl Smith, Waahlngtoa Staff Cor reapon dent of The Journal a . s Now we are told that the ship yards of Japan are to be offered the United States government for war uses. Where are those palpi tating souls who always see Japan ese Invasion of America every time they .look towards the Pacific? FARM BONDS P RESIDENT WILSON'8- frugal investment In farm loan bonds will turn many eyes to 'those sound and profitable securi ties. Farm bank money Is flow ing out rapidly over the country and the debentures based on. the bank's mortgages find a ready mar- TEPHEN T. MATHER has taken a dose of his own med lcine, with better results than some doctors would attain If they did not warily shun that re course. For" these many years Mr, Mather has been preaching to Americans the beauty and benefit of a sojourn in Rainier park, tho Yellowstone, Crater Lake park or any other big national playground He preached so fervently and bo long that he fell a victim to the disease he sought to cure. He came down with an attack of nerv ous prostration. The attack waa providential. It gave Mr. Mather a glorious chance to prove on his own person the potency of the outdoor medicine he had been prescribing for others Ho turned over his office of na tlonal park director to a subordi nate and hied him away to the glaciers and cataracts whose praises he had sounded. He has passed a summer "near to nature's heart" and he comes back healed, as everybody else will vho tries tho same dose Nature and her outdoor life are the great physicians. The wisest of our cities are those which pro vide as much of nature as possible for the rising generation in parks and playgrounds. Stinginess to ward these fundamental essentials Is always bad poller. We find strong evidence that Mr Mather Is "In his right mind" in what he says about Crater Lake park. It naturally falls to Port land to make this resort conven ient for tourists and vacationists. A hotel Is needed, Mr. Mather points out, like the one Tacoma and Seattle have erected In Rai nier Park at Paradise valley. Some thing more should be done ln ths way of booklets and posters to ad vertise its beauties. Judge Gary comes back from (he 1 Hood River country full of praise for its charm. Oregon has hun ; dreds of places quite as IovaIv. ket, according to reports, Most borrowings from the farm for its charm banks are for necessary Improve ment. They will give agriculture I Crater Lake is one of the world's a Btlmulus which. It sadly needs. J wonders. We must allortth t The tourist who comes to Portland and falls to spend a few days sight seeing in the Willamette vaiiey misses one of the most enjoyable or experiences At one time the vv ti lamette valley was an inland sea. bu no sea could be more green and beau tiful than is the fertile and verdant Willamette valley. It is an inland sea of verdure 150 miles ln length with an averagpe width of more than 50 miles. Begirt with mountains as is the valley of the Willamette, it is land of springs and is merry with the music of many waters. It is this and the Influence of the Japan cur rent which sweeps inland toward, the Oregon coast that gives to Western Oregon its mild and equable climate and Its almost tropical luxuriance of verdure. The sea breexe comes each afternoon to moderate the heat of the summer day and brings with it the tang of the not far distant 1 mingled with the balsamic odor of the evergreens. a It is a delight to drive or motor through the ever changing scenery of the valley. Pausing on the crest of some green clad land billow, the valley is spread out like some titanic checkerboard. But In place of the famllllar red and black square of the checkerboard you have squares ln in finite variety of sizes and of a score of merging shades of. green. Here a square as white as snow with the whispering blossoms of the prune trees; here a square of orchard s pink with the bloom of apple rees. Heavy-headed clover nods ln the breeze In the next square; then comes a pasture In which soft-eyed jerseys, graeeiui as iawns, stan a under spreading old oak. In lazy con tentment. In the distance on a knoll can be seen a band of Angora goats n tne varegrouna is a weatner-oeaten old farm house with Its garden of old-fashioned flowers. The air is redolent with honeysuckle. Sweet Wil liams and mignonette. The bees are droning contentedly in the big white clusters of locust blooms. a Surely this is the fairest of lands, and John Cradelbaugh was right when, in describing the Willamette valley, he wrote: Rlootna f a;pl and orchard treea. aeent of ckrrar and bam of bee. Spreading oak and towering pine. Billowing abeaf and climbing Tina. Tlakirnf brook by wild roae traced, RJrer with balm and wIUow aaced. Orer and glen and sun and bade, ralraet of lands that God haa mad. aaa rVr ao the gladdened 'eye eaa see. Meadow and rronk and flower aad tree. Ml lea on ml lea of emerald award. Moantalna that keep atarnal guard. Illlara of flame ln tho morning aaa. Pointing a Paradise lnat and woo, Wfcera aundtmn aleepa with bar banners for led. An emerald gem In the ring of the world. A network of steam and electric lines throughout the valley will takj the summer vacationist to a wide va riety of charming spots. He will find Innumerable camping places, where wood, water and. grass are to be had while he shoots China pheasants or makes his fly flutter over the riffles or lures the big ones from the deep holes. To - sit by the campfire at night and let the flames make pic tures for your roving thoughts, or lie out of doors with ' the sky for your blanket and watch the constel lations, or, of a summer day, to lis on some grassy bank within sound of the stream and watch the fleecy clouds drift across the blue, la an experience that makes you glad yon 1 are alive. ' a a A score of growing and prosperous vslley towns between Portland ana Eugene will take good cars of. the visiting tourists, for during the past decade with the coming of the tourls there have come to Oregon a large number of most excellent hosterrles to care for those who are accustomed to the best and are willing .to pay for It. Oo where you will in the Willam ette valley, you need but lift up your eyes to receive inspiration. oclaIlst. Mr. Kirkpatrick. I am no the publisher of this book, as your article states My record as a postmaster Is clean as the postoffice department record will show. The best citizens of Ten Mile will certify that I did my duty as a postmaster, fearlessly and con scientiously, and I am still directing the running of my office, even though I am a prisoner ln the Portland county Jail. I shall continue to do that duty until I am either acquitted of the charge against me or removed from office by the United States postoffice department. I shall not resign while under fire, uniy cowards do that. 1 am no coward. I believe you have been misin formed In regard to my being the pub Usher of "War. What For?" I trust you will extend me the courtesy of publishing this letter and will allow it the same publicity as you did your article which I am cor rectlng. GEO. W. FRANCE Postmaster, Ten Mile, Or. A Novel Conservation Idea Vancouver. Wash., Aug. 27. To the Editor of The Journal Conservation seems to be the principal topic of the press and the talk of the people also. And well it might be, for we are a wasteful nation, in more way perhaps than any other nation, and especially so along educational lines. Education is or may be all right if guided by the golden rule, but when not bo controlled it may prove the greatest curse, (Germany, for In stance). We have been running wild on education, nearly to the worship ping point. It is high. time we begin to talk and act conservation along this line. Two generations ago three months was the yearly time given to the ma Jorlty of the rising generation. About this time the people seem to have sur rendered the control of educational matters to the professional educators. They, being pecuniarily Interested. In creased the time to be spent for this purpose to three times aa much; which, in the Judgment of some of the people. Is not working out to the best for the students and their parents. These parents advocate half the time ln school and half the time at home ln. their different vocations they are likely to be following during their after life. This appears a more com mon sense view than the present cur riculum. If this new idea was in vogue now, the farmer's children would or could be at home at the time of har vesting the principal crops in the United States, and would be out of school in time to help put ln a large snare of them also. In our Judgment the conservationists and the president would be doing one of the best of acts to recommend the adoption of this curriculum of half time in school and half time at home for all public schools ln the country during the war. and that It would do more than any other one thing towards helping the rarmer produce to the limit what his farm Is capable to producing. That is what you are asking him to do. Issue the proclamation and see It done. After two or three years of the practical working of this new curriculum I believe the general verdict would be to continue the half and half plan as the best for the students and the parents. J. C. ENGLISH. Washington. Aug. 29. Exact figures of taxes due on the lands of the Ore gon & California grant are embraced in the report made by Acting Secre tary Vogelsang of the Interior depart ment to the public lands committee of the house. This report was rendered in connee Hon -with Senator Chamberlain's bill to pay penalties and Interest, as well as taxes, on these lands. It has little bearing on the bill, however, since the interior department avoids any aiscus sion of the legal tangle Into which the matter wa thrown by Assistant Attorney General Kearful'a opinion, to theeffect that the taxes are not an in cumbrance upon the land. It may be noted &s of interest that Mr Vorelsang merely accepts, as a matter of departmental procedure, the opinion of Mr. Kearful. observing that independent or any views on my owu part, it is apparent that, as I under stand the opinion, the legislation pro posed (that is, the Chamberlain bill) is unnecessary." a a Mr. Vogelsang says that the lands of the grant, so far as tax questions are concerned, resolve themselves Into five classes: First, the unsold, patented lands. Second, unsold. surveyed. unpat ented lands ln the primary limits of the grant, for which the grantee is entitled to receive the patent. Third, unsurveyed, unsold, unpat ented lands within the primary limits for which the grantee Is entitled to re ceive patent. Fourth, unpatented land within in demnity limits. Fifth, contracted patented lands or unpatented. If within the surveyed pri mary limits. The revested taxable lands fall within classes one, two and five. Those of class two cannot be exactly ascertained, being subject to certain diminutions and additions. Statements made by the railroad company show that 16,514 acres of das five are covered by outstanding contracts, and 26,408 acres were covered by contracts on July 1. 1913, but have since been written off. The taxes due n June 9, 1918. the date of approval of the Chamberlain- 1 Ferris act revesting title ln the gov ernment, with the penalties and Inter est, for each of the classes named ,1s given as below. Penalties, coats Taxea. and Intereat. Total. $1,27S.52.5 $2.8.3 &1. 504, ft" .00 JW.7UC.e9 7.033.21 43.7;.rt0 90,&tt:53 B. 7U2.06 30,32(1.19 Class 1 Cfeao 2 Caaaa 3 Totals $1,346,192.17 $238,714.52 $1,584,908.09 If these figures are brought on down to March 1 of the present year the taxes of course remain the same, while the penalties Increase to $370,433.21. making a total to that date of $1,716,625.38. Representative McArthur, who in the last congress was a member of the pensions committee, looks with favor on the plan of Secretary McAdoo for indemnity and ! Insurance for men of the armed forces, but says he is not prepared to commit himself fully to it until opportunity has come for closer examination. He takes the view that the plan may cost more than pensions would cost, but that it would be ap plied on a fairer basis, would be broad er ln its provisions, since it wou'.d establish protection . for , dependents from the beginning and would, elim inate the abuses of the pension system. a a Lleutenant Eldon P. King, son of Will R. King of Oregon, chief counsel of the reclamation service, now in the regular army service at tort Leaven worth, Kan., has been assigned to the Sixty-second Infantry and will leave next month to Join this command at the camp near Palo Alto, Cal. He was recently promoted from second to first li eji tenant. The Question of priority of steel supply for the manufacture of agri cultural Implements has been taken up with the council of national defense by Senator Chamberlain on sugges tion of Robert, H. Lord, reoresentlng the John Deere Plow company at Portland. Mr. Lord eaya there has been difficulty ln securing some of the Implements needed for farm work, particularly tractor plows, wheel ! plows, sugar beet tools, cultivators ! and mowing machines. The supply must be kept up, h aays, or there will be a loss of efficiency on the farms. eating his approbation of the principles and manner in which the work wu conducted. Ho silently consented, and asked when the publication could be made. I answered that the time should ' be made perfectly convenient to hlm-i self, and the following Monday waa J fixed. He then told me that his sec I retary would call on mo with a copy of ! the address on the next Friday loom ing, and I withdrew. "After the proof sheet had. been , compared with the copy and .corrected by myself I carried another proof, and then a revise, to be examined by' the ' t president, who made but a few altera- tions from the original, except ln the punctuation, in which he was very minute. The publication of the ad dress dated 'United States, September 17, 1796' being completed on the 19th, I waited on the president with the original, ani ln presenting it to him expressed my regret at parting1 with it and how much I should be gratified by being permitted to retain it. Upon which, in an obliging manner, he 1 handed it back to me, saying that, if I wished for it, I might, keep it; and I then took my leove of him a a a "The manuscript copy (in Washing ton's handwriting) consisted of 32 P&Kes of quarto letter paper sewed to gether as a book, and showed many al terations, aa in aome places whole par agraphs are erased and others substi tuted; In others many lines are struck out; in others sentences and words erased, and others Interlined ln their stead." Tho News by Airplane HOW TO BE HEALTHY Letters From the , People IGofnoionlcatlona aent to The Journal for peblleatlon In tbta department abovld be writ- en an only one aide of tba paper, a ton Id aot a 1 reed tmj worda la length and nail ba ae- coiapaaWd by the name aod addreaa of tba aender. If toe writer doea met aaalra to bar a tho nam pub Ms bed u lwmld ao aiato.J Irish Sovereignty Portland. Aug. 25. To .the Editor of The Journal I have watched and read the editorials In The Journal for many years, with much interest and always with the keenest desir to find out where It stood with re gard to the masses, especially the working classes; and. above all and beyond all. the welfare of this glori ous republic, and after much study PERSONAL MENTION Ret urn From Seaside Mrs. William Pollman and daughter f Baker and Mrs. Pollman's sister, Miss Geiser, are at the Imperial hotel from Seavlew, Wash., where they spent several weeks at the seaside. Mrs, Pollman Is the wife of the president of the First National bank of. Baker, nd be will join his family here Thurs day and some time will be spent In Portland before they return to East rn Oregon. Outlook Writer Is Visitor Marguerite Solomon, a writer for the Outlook, of New York, Is at the Mult nomah hotel on a coast tour. She came to Portland after a trip over the Cana dlan route from the East, and in Se attle she met Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Moore and daughter. Miss Elizabeth Moore, of Ban Francisco. They will Journey on to San Francisco ln a short time. a Xew Jersey Tourists Here Mrs. Louise K. Mabie and daughter, Mary Louise, are tourists registered at the Portland hotel from Montclalr, N. J. They made the trip over the Columbia river' highway this after noon. , a a Mr. and Mrs. J. R Slattery are reg istered at the Multnomah hotel from Paris. Fr,-nc- C. W. Fisher, naval constructor from the Bremerton yards on Pugt Sound, is staying at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. Fred K. Hlgbie and daughters, Helen and Dorothy, of Chi cago are registered at the Multnomai. Mr. and Mrs. C M. Manchester of The Dalles are registered at the Per kins. Mr. Manchester Is a merchant. Edward Peterson, merchant, and Mrs. Peterson, are staying at the Ferklns i from McMinnvllle. P. J. Reese of Wbodburn U at the Perkins. Il A. Richardson, sheriff of Harney county, is registered at the Imperial from Boras.. t. INFANTILE PARALYSIS. Grown ups are not exempt from "Infantile paralysis, but mostly the disease shows ltslf at some age before the second teeth arrive. The disease is greatly dreaded on account of the fact that it often leavee deformity of the limb. The course of Infantile paralysis and Its ravages depend upon its type. There are no fewer than seven differ ent forms that it may take. One Is called abortive." A person has the usual fever and general symptoms that are characteristic of the disease but does not have the paralysis. Ex amination of the blood of such people has indicated that they are endowed with a special immunity or resistance to the disease. The second form? the commonest type. Is like the first, plus the paral- sls, which docs not attack tne wtioie body, but one leg, perhaps, or one arm. or ootn legs, men mere is me "ascending" type, when the paralysis begins In the legs and afterward in vades the arms and- the trunk, often killing the patient In a few days. Another form Is characterized by paralysis of the eyes, face, tongue and throat. This type is often fatal. The disease sometimes acts much like corebro-splnal meningitis, with uncon sciousness and convulsions. It is then called the "meningltic" type. The "cerebral" type is another as pect of the disease, characterized by feyer, vomiting and convulsions, auid by paralysis of one side of the body or one limb. The "polyneuritic" form of the disease la painful, like neuritis. Generally the person Is ailing with a headache and pains in the limbs for i A hint of the difference which the airplane is likely to make In civil life is afforded by some recent accounts from France of the rapid way in which news is circulated, say .3 the- Christian Science Monitor. Before the war it was regarded as something of an en terprise to secure a late edition of a London evening paper, on the ame evening, at any considerable distance from London. Nowadays, the reading of late editions of the London evening papers at the front in France "at sup per time" is on record, the papers hav ing, of course, been brought over by airmen. The story is told of how a eoldier from the front, returning on leave, arrived in London on the day after the last great air raid.. Every one was eager to tell him the news, but discovered that he had read it "be fore he started." Presumably the air man was again responsible. Eastern Journalism The proprietors of a Siamese news paper have distributed handbills con taining the following notice: "The news of English -we tell the latest. Writ in perfectly style and most several days before he becomes sick j earliest. Do a murder git commit, we ln bed with a fever. Cases that arc hear of and tell it. Do a mighty chief... not fata! run an acute fever, af ter , die, we publish it, and in borders of which they drift along for a few ' comber. Staff haa eu:h one been col-; weeks before Improvement sets ln. , leged, and write like tho Kipling and Meanwhile degeneration of the affoet- jnf. Du-kens. We circle every town ed Umb Is manifest. As the child arui extortionate not for advertise grows older the atrophy of the limb ments. Buy it. Buy it. Tell each of Oopyrlfbt. 1917. by J. Keeley. is more marked. you its greatness for good.- Ready on The disease is caused by a speciflo Friday, .Number flrnt kind of bacteria, but no real cure na j yet been discovered. Tho bacteria are I The Mother found ln the secretions from the nose, in the blood and ln the brain and spinal ctord of people who are ill with the disease, er even ln those who have been well for some weeks, and they are also found in well people who have been near the sick. Evidently such well persons do not get the disease themselves because they have a spe cial resistance. a a Just how the bacteria find tbeir way from person to person is not ab solutely known, but there Is evidence that they ride on particles of dust or may be carried by insects. it IS ODVious mat trie iirut awjj in safeguarding a child from the disease im biuin hla vnArgl rAfl(tiinA a high as possible that Is, he must be I snore 1 fond glancing up the street feri nrnnorlv mutt hay frej bowel A waicn. in uaawm ;" How shall my voice rise threugh the night And wing its way to Heaven's height. That God, All Father, on His throne. Shall hear the echo of its moan , And bow His head In sympathy And bend a listening ear to me? O, God, hear me ln my despair. Teach me again the way to prayer; Lay healing hands upon my jaln. Let me forget the thousands slain And other prayers all said in vain. 4 And God, if Thou must stay Thy band. Give us who love to undertand; Show us the reason and the price Of youthful, human sacrifice. No more. O God, to plan surprise, To bring the clad light to his eyes. movement, mutt not become fatigued from play, must have plenty of fresh, clean air and must sleep a lot. He must be ke$t scrupulously clean and not allowed to 'put dirty fingers into his nose and mouth. He must not crawl around in tho dirt of a busy street. Tho backward, where there is grass and not traffic, is safer playground. Tomorrow: Sunstroke. ami tHAtie-ht T have no hesitation . In I I pronouncing Ths Journal the peerisss I. .Victor Brand," jweprtetor of the Carl ton, and Mrs. Brand, left Tuesday for a fishing trip on the Nehalem river. James E. Dorr of St. Paul Is a guest at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. S. D. McLain of Nam pa. Idaho, are registered at the Portland. Mano Zan, formerly a Portland busi ness man, is registered at the Portland from Seattle. Clarence Miller and Clayton Roth are staying at the Perkins from Corvallis. Donald McKay of Gateway is at the Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Landon C Rose of Chicago are staying at the Portland. President W. J. Kerr of the Oregon Agricultural college is registered at the Imperial from Corvallis. George IX Russell, stockman of Prinevllle, is at the Imperial. P. H. Hosmer of Bend is staying at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. H. V. McLean of Sa lem are at the Norton's. R. E. White of Cathlamet, Wash., is staying at the Nortonla. Mrs. Rtissell Thompson Is at the Nortonla from Wallaee. Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. E. Tlenney of Kalama, Wash., are registered at the Nortonla. No Justification From Chrlatlan Helen re Monitor It Is a remarkable fact that only the coal ojerators. and those who share with them in the division of excessive profits, eaa find any rea sonable excuse for the methods whiea they are pursuing. Take, for ex ample, J. Ogden Armour, who sums up the case ln these words: "We find that freight rates have advanced little or nothing; that the price paid miners'' has "advanced possibly 2.1 cents a ton, but that otherwise costs ln operation have advanced no more In proportion than in other lines." One of the principal sources of dis content' with the methods of the coal operators is that they have habitually used slight advances in the cost of production as excuses for exorbitant advances in the price of the product. They have, that Is, not only com pelled the consumer to pay for wage Increases, but have capitalized these. increases so as to swell their dlvi dends. Frightfnlnees and Sunday rrem OSpper's Weekly Why Germany selects Sunday for air raid murders of English women, old men and children is not explained. Perhaps it is on the principle of the bombardments Of Rheims cathedral. It accomplishes no good, but at least It beautifully expresses militarism's con tempt for religion. Victims for Alt rteis tM Jetosatowa Daily Democrat No sturgeon need complain nowadays about the difficulty of working up a practice. There X work tor all "some where Is Tnuf." ; No more ln living room or hall To hear tne echo of hla calif O God, Thou hadat an only Son, And this, too, is mine only one. - And when I think Thy Son was slain To save the earth from Satan's reign. Ah, then how can I ajsk of Thee Exemption from such misery? But this I ask, God, of Thy Krace, With eyes uplifted to Thy tin Give me new courage every day. Teach me with faith and hope -to pray j That they who fill the endless ranks, , Widowed and child bereft in France. May have no lesser thought of me Who bore one son to Liberty. Teach me to be, God, a I Khould, American in Motherhood. Catherine Powers In Boston Globe. - Uncle Jeff Snow Says I ' This idee'ot-passin' on to posterity -a debt of 'steen billion dollars or so ,; to pay fer the war seems to strike some statesmen as a mighty handy way of doln' things. Jlowever, posr ity may stand for it, and then' agin it may not. Posterity may be like a mountain mule Hank Nlghholder , traded for on the Membres river in ' ' New Mexico, and named Posterity, be- cause, he. said, nobody knew, what pos terity would do. That mule was passe-' '-. bly wllun' to worit at any Kina ox pullln' business but no saddle sad no body In a sadSls hadn't never been able to stay on him, as the rancher that raised him honestly told Hank. Now Hank was dead sure he could saddle andride Posterity a little bit, so he worked that mule somethln' seen-': :, 'lus fer two days thout feedln it jC deraed thing, and then saddled it . up . . " to ride to Silver City. Hank 'lowed if. : . a cyclone hadn't tuck him from behind and an earthquake in front, while the -, stars fell on him from' overhead, he could have kept on rldin' Posterity after the first 10 feet Jest as well as not. It-tuck -six weeks td- glt Hank . out of the military hospital at Silver Oty, and that mule. Posterity, wasn't -never saddled ne more. Hank lowed he deserved - distinguished consideration. 1 .-