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Right Is the etrnal inn; CLe world
nnot de.aj lLa cvnilus.
Wendell riil HI pa.
themselves a living power forgracs
and merer if they were set moving
in that direction. It is better to
settle a neighborhood row than
to crack a skull. We think Chief
Johnson has seen the true light
and wish him well In his great
adventure.
The citr of Toledo, In Ohio, en
joyed the shining beauties of a
mayor who gained the title of
"Golden Rule Jones" by bis faith
fulness to Chief Johnson's Ideal.
He held office several terms and
had the friendship of men like
Brand Wn.'tlock and Tom Johnson
aat
But. nls career was stormy. We
war Chief Johnson that any pub
lic man vno makes the uolden
Rule' his law of life has trouble
ahead, but what of that? "The
light shiaeth in darkness and tho
darkness comprehendeth it not."
The American National Associa
tion of Masters of Dancing has de
clared war on the American Na
tional College of Dancing and are
going to gas the jazz bands and
the eynchopated glide. If the
evolution of the art does not stop
pretty Boon no one but a centipede
will be able to execute all these
fancy dips and twists.
PORTLAND CARMEN
FA I LI SC. FRIfiHTFl' LN" KSS
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ILLIAM II must be alarmed
at the swelling consequen
ces of his ruthless subma
rine warfare.
In no other way can hi3 back
down with Argentina be accounted
for. His reply to the Argentina
note granting freedom of the sea
to that government's ships is
complete modification of the diver
policy. It can only le interpretel
, as springing from a weariness with
adding one nation alter another
to his already huge list of antag
onists. It must mean that lie has
come to understand that ruthless
diver warfare on pa.t lines would,
in time, drive every nation in the
world to arm against him and his
tottering allies.
In effect, it is nn initial confes
sion by the German government
that the diver program is not do
. ing all that was expected of it.
If William's confidence in di
verism were as strong now as in
the beginnng he would have made
no concessions to Argentina. If
he had ever intended to make any
concessions, he would obviously
have made themvp America and
kept her out of thewar. He has
changed his mind since, the L'niteJ
States began to arm,
It is tacit acknowledgment by
the German government! that it
cannot afford to go forward with
the indiscriminate inkin of the
ships of all nationsmd that ex
ceptions must be made in the case
of some nations as a means of
adding as few as possible to the
already overwhelming number of
armed opponents. It is practical
confession by the "German military
clique that it was mistaken when
it figured that it could enter upon
a policy of terrorism without
arousing the civilized world to an
ger and resistance.
If William II excepts Argentina
from diver depredations, he will
make other exceptions. That will
be the beginning of the breakdown
in submarine warfare. It will be
the omen on the horizon that di
ve rlgm, though not beaten, faces
the prospect of faflure.
It is a situation already fore
shadowed in the falling off of
sunken tonnage. Sinkings that
ran far above the thirties and even
over forty in a week, dropped lasc
week to 18. The week before they
were 16 and the previous week
but 14.
And the nation from whose in
Yentive genius and colossal re
sources the repression of diver
frightfulness is most expected has
hardly begun action.
William's concession to Argen
tina is an open sign of his desire
to escape the obvious consequences
of his submarine folly and a plaiaH
admission that diver frightfulness,
his last great war play, is not all
that he exported it to be.
Frcm experience, William knows
now that the colossal blunder of
the war was in not acknowledging
to America the inalienable privi
leges that he now recognizes in the
case of Argentina.
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"a dateless bargain with engross
ing Death."
Poor souls, where are they now
Are they sleeping in the coffins.
decked with pale lilies which their
weeping friends lowered into the
same grave? Have they gone to
some far world to face the sentence
of a God who has issued his
"canon 'gainst self-slaughter?'
Perhaps their love has redeemed
them. Perhaps in the other world
they are sentenced to mourn for
ever the sin they committed by
leaving this one.
It has been figured out that Or
egon should produce 50 per cent
more wheat next year in order
for the state to do its bit agricui
turally in the war. An American
has returned, to New York from
residence in Germany since the
war began with health impaired by
ack of nourishing food. He de
scribes appalling conditions of
hunger among German people
Even in adjoining Scandinavian
countries, coriee costs eu cents a
cup and it requires 12.50 to buy
a square meal. We have warning
of the Importance of providing
against hunger.
THE APPEAL TO CAESAR
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HERE ia a controversy over
wages and hours of Portland
carmen.
It ought not to be allowed gave his holiness to understand
to drift. The present reasonable that Wilhelm is a person "whose
mood of employers and employes I word no man relies on," like
RESIDENT WILSON in his
note to the holy father at
Romo used some pretty plain
speech about the kaiser. He
American soldiers are said to
have Initiated the staid and conser
TatiTe Londoners into the mys
teries of the good old game of
craps, with beneficial results to the
Londoners. The boys are probably
Jast engaging In a preliminary
skirmish pending the time they
teach their allies the great Ameri
can game of draw poker.
ought not to be permitted to float
on into the inevitable state in
which unreason takes the place of
reason and passion replaces peace.
Portland wants no scenes of vio
lence like that in the San Fran
cisco streetcar strike.
The Portland public is an In
terested party. It furnishes the
money for the company's revenues
and the carmen's wage. It has
a right to be represented.
The carmen insist that they are
entitled to larger pay. The com
pany replies that its revenues are
so depleted that it cannot afford
to increase ltj wage expenditure.
The increase in the cost of living
Is a pretty sound claim on which
the carmen are basing their de
mands. What a dollar will buy
now is far short of what it would
bring a year or so ago. Wages
have increased in other fields and
the claim that there should be in
creases for the carmen is impres
sive.
The public, which ultimately
foots the bills. Is confused with the
counter claims of the carmen and
the company. There Is a sourca
from which reasonably authentic
information may be obtained.
Why not have a statement of all
the facts from trie Oregon public
service commission?
The commission has no power to
settle strikes. But it has power
to supply the public with facts. It
framed the accounting system by
which the company's records are
kept. It spent some years in mak
ing a physical valuation of the
railvay properties. If there ever
was a time when it could render
service, this seems to be that
time. Thus, the commission can
Inform the public
1. As to the amounts invested
In the operating properties.
2. The commission can in
form the public as to the amount
of revenue received by the com
pany in the operation of these
properties.
3. it can inform the public
as to the amount of interest and
dlvideqds received by those who
hold the company's securities.
4. It can inform the public as
to what it would cost the company
to meet tha demands of the em
ployes, including information as to
whether or not the revenues of
the corporation are sufficient to
meet the added expense.
5. It can inform the public, in
case present revenues are not suf
ficient to meet the increased wage,
as to what means can be taken
by the company to provide new
sources of revenue and whether
such a resort is necessary.
And when this Information is
supplied, all concerned will be bet
ter prepared to intelligently con
sider a subject on which most peo
rle are now completely at sea.
Charles II of England.
But no foreign potentate ever
went over Charles Stuart's head
and appealed directly to his be
fooled and enslaved people as Mr.
Wilson has done in Wilhelm's case.
His note to the pope is full of in
citement to revolution in Germany.
It says in plain terms that while
honest men can not trust the de
ceitful and intriguing kaiser they
respect the German people and
would willingly make peace with
them.
But what is the nse of making
peace with a man like Wilhelm,
who wrfuld seize the first occasion
to break his agreements? To trust
him is simply to give him a chance
to stab one in the back.
It is not often that kings and
kaisers enjoy the opportunity to
hear such plain talk as Mr. Wilson
hands out to Wilhelm. Even his
divine appointment is discounted
since President Wilson translates
it by the word 'irresponsibility.
It is getting to be an evil world
for the divinely chosen.
are hearing from the country. It
is one case in which senate debate
is a virtue. It gives time for sen
ators on the wrong side to get
a glimpse of the real sentiment of
the people. That sentiment is 100
or more to one In favor of heavy
taxation of war profits.
DOGS
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ROBABLY after a little reflec
tion W. C. Rochford will
wish to modify the statement
in his letter to .The Journal
that "the dog remains as worth
less as ever." It does seem, as Mr.
Rochford sayc, that the poorer peo
ple become the more dogs, the?
harbor, but there may be a fore
sight in this which he has not fig
ured out.
The Indians who were our pre
decessors In this part of thet world-
kept a good many dogs which a
careless observer would have pro
nounced useless. But the fact was
otherwise. The Indians made soup
and hash of the dogs and found
those edibles both sapid and diges
tible. The Lewis and Clark ex
ploring expedition were often in
vited out to dine on dogs and re
port that the feasts were relishing.
Our less opulent citisens may
therefore be making unconscious
provision for a rainy day by sup
plying themselves cdpiously with
dogs. Fido may be destined to
follow Old Dobbin into the soup
kettle and the roasting pan.
TRAVEL STORIES
OF NORTHWEST
By Fred Lockley
Every mint in America is coin
ing silver at five to eight times
the volume of past years. It is
said that the demand for silver
coins is so great that coinage of
gold is to be temporarily discon
tinued, and thafan? increased force
of operatives will te put to work
In the mints. The increased de
mand for silver coins is described
as one of the results of the war.
TWO MILLION' PEOPLE
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THE GOLDEN RULE
PORTLAND once had a mayor
who announced his intention
"to humanize the polic9
force. The ideal was a good
one. , The mayor may nave gone
some steps toward attaining to it.
bnt he hardly reached the goal.
The present police chief in his
t speech to the Ad club takes the
Golden Rnle for his standard. This
- may possibly mean the same thing
as - ""humanising' the police. In
any event It Is a little more intelligible-
, Oar" gallant ' cops might make
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It never hurts to investigate. A
survey of the working hours and
conditions of the steel corporation
a few years ago, revealed that
tens of thousands of the employes
were working 12 hours a day
seven days a week. The survey
precipitated reforms in the steel
plants touched upon by Judge Oar
when in Portland. An investiga
tion of Portland telephone rates
can't hurt and might help.
ROMEO AND JULIET
n ORROV
V row."
transit
ORROW'S crown of sor-
wrote Longfellow,
Iatlng Dante, "is re
mcmbering happier days."
Dante wrote the line in the story
of Paolo and Franceses whose sin
ful souls, united In death, share
an eternity of tears together. Thi
one favor supreme justice coVild
grant was that death should not
part them.
May the Almighty show the same
mercy to the boy and girl whe
died self-slain in one another's
arms the other day in an Iowa
village. Romeo had been marked
by fate for the draft. Juliet could
not live, without him. So they
died together, signing and sealing
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CROWD of two million people
is pretty big. Persons who
have attended the Pendleton
Round-Up and gazed on the
20,000 spectators who assemble
there, usually think they see a
good many human beings. But
the crowd which witnessed the
final review of New York's troops,
about to depart for their southern
training camp, numbered 2,000,
000, co it is reported. It would
take one hundred RoundVUp crowds
to come up to that mark.
The interesting note in the ac
counts of the parade is enthusi
asm. New York is in dead earnest
over the war. Her citizens go mad
with affection for the soldiers.
Her men of large affairs are for
saking their business and pleasure
to go into training.
There Is much genuine devotion
to American Ideals in the east.
The people of that quarter are
not quite so much in love with
political novelties as we are in
Oregon, Lut on fundamental prin
ciples they are as sound as the
soundest. The general public does
not know bow much radical
thought is going on among New
York's leading citizens, nor how
radical its radicalism is. Elihu
Root's declared sympathy with the
Russian revolution and his com
mendation of its aims shows how
many conservative minds are work
ing, or rather minds that have al
ways been conservative.
It has been pretty thoroughly
impressed upon men like Elihu
Root, whose Intelligence is keen
and whose knowledge is wide, that
the old order has to change. The
era of privilege and privileged ex
tortion is about to close down in
the United States. Some of the
men who have gained most in ma
terial advantage from the old or
der will be among the most eager
to welcome the Saew and among
the first to understand what it
means.
One can hardly be an Intelligent
enthusiast for the war without be
ing, in many ways, a radical. The
two million people who cheered
the New York soldiers on the
march had fires of 'seal for liberty
burning in their breasts.
Oregon has a wondexful recreational
asset as well as a commercial one in
Its national forests. Their total area
Oregon Is l,5ff.93 acres. In
some counties approximately half the
rea Is national forest. Grant county.
pproximately the .size of Connecticut,
1th its total area, of 2.892,800 acres,
is In national forests 1.434.611 acres.
Benton county, though having over
5,000.000.000 feet of standing mer
chantable timber, has but one square
mile of national forest, and within the
entire county less than 10 square
miles of public land.
Like all of the Willamette valley
counties Benton Is a fertile and well
watered district. To those who enjoy
boating or the quiet beauty of a tran
quil stream the Willamette makes an
irresistible appeal. Long Tom, Mary s
river, the South Fork of the Luckia-
mute and the Alsea river, with their
tributaries, afford excellent fishing
Grouse and American pheasants in the
timbered foothills and Chinese pheas
ants in the low lands furnish excellent
Sport. In Kings valley and along the
Alsea and In the country about Blod
gett and Summit, deer and bear art
found.
milk or cream to a condensery. cream
ery, cheese factory, milk depot or any
manufacturing plant, but said conden
sery, creamery, cheese factory. miUc
depot or manufacturing plant la held
responsible for the process of pasteurisation.
On the other hand, if dairy farmers1
are making what is known as "dairy
butter," or any other milk product and
selling the a&me directly to consum
ers, then and In that rase, they come
under the purview of this act.
Section 8 of the act makes provi
sions as follow "Milk from any cow
or cows whose owner or'lessee shall
apply to the state livestock sanitary
board to have such cow or cows tuber
culin tested shall be exempt from all
of the Provisions of this act until such
time as such cows shall have been
tested." This application should be
made to Dr. W. H. Lytle, state veterin
arian, Salem, Or. J. D. MICKLE,
Dairy and Food Commissioner.
Advice ' Misdirected
Culver, Or.. Aug. 27 To the Editor
of The Journal I read In almost every
issue of your paper something about
people using economy, eating less and
saving more. It seems that it is the
farming and laboring classes that are
expected to do all the saving. Now
they don't, as a usual thing, waste
anything, for Jt is about all they ran
do to make a living and save all they
can. We farmers' wives make our
own, soap with the meat rinds and
cracklings, make Jelly and vinegar of
fruit peelings, and save in a hundred
and one ways that the wealthy know
nothing about. For instance, cook
apple parings, take the water for Jelly
and then soak them for vinegar, then
feed them to the hogs. Of course the
hogs don't get very fat on them, but
we save them the peeling. I think it
Id about time for someone else to begin
to save and", let the poor old farmers'
wives have a rest, for I don't see how
we can use more economy unless we
take shorter breaths, so as to save the
air. It seems some think we need
very little to keep us in condition to
produce the food for those who live
in idleness, so please don't ask any
more of the poor class, but "dig" In on
those who have plenty and will not
save. MOTHER PECK
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
Speaking of scraps of paper, there's
air. wuson s latest.
Now that the 1917 wheat price is
fixed, how about the 1917 loaf price?
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If it comes to the point of allitera
tive slogans, what alls "Berlin or
Bust?"
As a strafer of England, the kaiser
must be conscious by this time, Oott
Is at least taking his time about it.
German peace proposals are like
German war bread, which has things
put la it so nobody will want to eat it.
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We used to think there wasn't any
body much worse than a Chicago thug.
out now, what are a few plain thugs
more or less?
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All true Americans are for once con
strained to disagree with eld Bel
Franklin, who said there was never a
good war nor a bad peace.
Whatever mav be true of the wheat-
lees day and the meatless day, there
never has been und never will be any
thing the matter with the eat less clay.
Judging- from its name Clav Center.
Kansas, where ex-President Taft re
cently suffered acute illness, is sit
uated in the midst of the surrounding
country.
Two regiments of Hussians retire on
the approach .of the enemy. Which
looks a little worse than retiring on
the approach of the recruiting officer,
but if' so, how much?
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Mr. Hoover's amended admonition
concerning food portions, advising
diminution, will be taken by the cafe
teria people as a priceless indorsement
of their traditional policy.
In the midst of war. the tired busi
ness man remains our one constant
factor; though there are signs that he
is going to be snickered out of the
tired business at a reasonably early
date.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
1Tb tat eoloain all readera f Tt Journal
are lerlted to contribute erifunl matter is
tory, la verte or la philosophical obaerritiou
wiams quotations, rroin any aourt.
Though travel for this year is about
over. Albany Is moving; for the es-
n order to be equipped good ana early' , of vxceptionai m.rlt' will "bi
for the 1918 traffje. pale for at Ih. .alter', appraU.i.
The federal employment office at
Mitout
Pendleton has closed, after a success- , nrHE pretty young German girl who
fSlpESSSnf rr?ngingthe5 I ' P-sided over the soda fountain hi
TkL'w. iiin annlicants for em- " drug store, says the Milwaukee
ployment. 9
"Three of Sheridan's churches," says
the Sun, "have combined for Sunday
evening vesper services. The pleasant
Sunday evenings are now enjoyed by
the three congregations in God's own
temple in the shade of tho trees at
the city park."
The wild plum crop in Lake county
will not be nearly so large aa was ex
pected, the lakeview Examiner says,
although in some instances the bushes
ere quite heavily loaded. Even in the
Summer lake district the ciop is not
so large as usual.
T B. Gurdane. who haj reported at
Pendleton from the 8mythe-Boylen
sheep camp near Meacham. says bears
A ... nuAA.i i .i 1 1. a mniintnln, thin
year, lie has se.en many deer during !-lust had a letter from my schoolmate
Sentinel, was accustomed to serving
patrons who did not know their own
minds, and her habit of thought waa
hard to change.
"Plain BOda," said a man of generous
proportions, as he entered hastily.
"You have vanilla or you have choc
olate, or "
"1 want plain soda without syrup,"
interrupted the customer testily.
"Yes," tranquilly replied the young
woman, "but w'at kind syru you want
him mitout mitout vanilla or mitout
chocolate?"
Rural Society
O mother," cried Mabel, who had
never visited la the country. "I have
the past few weeks and more rattle
snakes tnan ne nos ever seen mere
before.
Aftor listinc a nice line of new ce
ment sidewalks soon to be laid in the
lively new'Stown of Crane, the Ameri
can cays: "Theee new walks, in addi
tion to those already completed on
Main street, place Crane in the lead
in Harney county as far as substantial
cement walks are concerned."
Smoke conditions the worst In five
years, is the report from the Des'hutes
national forest, the density being such
that the lookout on Paulina peak was
unable to see the Paulina or East lakes,
only 2500 feet below. However, the
heliograph works through the smoke,
so that signaling is possible. ,
THE SENATE AND THE PROFITEERS
B Carl Smith. Waa&loatou Staff Cor respondent of Tba Journal
inviting me to spend two weeks on her
lather's farm."
Mabel's mother looked up languidly.
"Yes, dear," she remarked, "and what
docs she say about the society In tho
neighborhood? Docs ahe mention any
oi. e?"
"No." answered Mabel thoughtfully,,
"but I've heard her mention the Hol
steins and Guernseys."
"O well," said her mother. "1 pre
sume they are pleasant people."
PERSONAL MENTION
Some years ago I drove to Corvallia
and thence by way of Philomath, Alsea
t nd Tidewater to Waldport. on the
coast in Lincoln county. The road
swings through a low pas8 Just south
of Marys peak (altitude 3.".00 feet) and
follows the Alsea river south and west
toward the ocean. The streams one
passes are a constant temptation to
get out one's fishing rod, for most
of them yield good results.
The automobile tourist will find, both
at Albany and Corvallis, excellent
hotels and there are many beautiful
roads, or to be more exact, there are
n any roads, through beautiful country,
radiating out from Corvallia.
The road from Corvallis to Salem by
way of Independence Is a 34 mile spin,
while the run from Corvallis to Eu
gene by way of Monroe and Junction
City takes you through some 40 miles
of very picturesque pastoral acenery.
The trip from Corvallis to Newport is
very delightful; the distance, about 61
miles. You pass through Philomath.
Wren. Blodgett, Eddyville, Chitwood
and Toledo and thence to Newport. Be
tween Blodgett and Eddyville there
are some very steep pitches, the grade
in places exceeding 26 per cent, and at
one point, almost midway, the grade
is t: par cent, but for the most part
the road is in pretty fair condition.
Alsea is but 30 miles by road from
Corvallis, and one passes through very
pretty country en route."
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The tourist can put Jn a day or more
very pleasantly, at Corvallis. for here
are located the buildings of the Ore
gon agricultural college, one of the
most efficient Institutions of its kind
n the United States. Here. too. is
he state game farm, where China
pheasants are raised for distribution
hroughout the state. A trip through
he farming country of Benton county
quickly demonstrates why Benton is
ermed the Blue Itibbon county of the
state. The influence of the Oregon
Agricultural college Is shown in prixe
winning herds of stock and in ideal
farm and orchards throughout the
entire county.
Tourist Travel Heavy
That the tourist season is at its
height now is shown by the large num
per or eastern travelers passing
through the city daily. According to
the old time "greeters" in the various
hotels of Portland, the business this
year is the best since the summers of
1911 and 1912. the 1915 fair year not
excepted. The western business this
summer has not only been large, but
It has also been steady, while the big
tourist traffic in 1915 came rather in
spells, with quiet periods between.
With European travel completely cut
off, there have been hundreds of tour
ists in the Jaat two months, from the
extreme east, the Atlantic seaboard,
in fact, while the number from the
middle west, the usual field of Pacific
coast tourists, has been much larger
than usual.
Letters From the People
The French are preparing to
take 80 per cent of the war profits.
In America the senate profiteers
hare abandoned their old position
and made concessions to those
senators who demand that profits
created by the war should be taxed
heavily to pay for the war. They
(rkHnmanlrattona sent to The Journal for
publication In thla department abould he writ
ten on milr oue aide of the paper, abould not
fril &JO words lu leosth aod truat he ac-
-nipanlrd by lb oame and addreaa of tbi
e udrr. If the writer doea not dealr to. bars
the name pubilahed be abowld ao atate.
The New Pasteurization Law
Portland. Aug. 28. To the Editor
of The Journal Judging from corres
pondence coming to this office It
would seem that considerable misap
prehension exists among dairy farm
ers relative to the requirements of the
law passed by the legislative assembly
of 1917, whioh requires the pasteurisa
tion of all milk and cream sold to con
sumers and all by-products of cream
eries cr cheese factories if not pro
duced from tuberculin tested cows.
Would you, therefore, do me the favor,
and your subscribers a service by al
lowing me space in your valuable col
umns to place before your readers the
exact text of the law. which is known
as Chapter' 312 of the General Laws
of 1917; section 2 of which reads as
follows:
"That from and after September 1,
191 1, it shall be unlawful for any pT'
son. firm, company, corporation or as
sociatlon. to sell or offer or expose
for sale or exchange, for human con
sumption any milk from cows that
have not passed the tuberculin test.
unless such milk shall have been pas
teurised as hereinafter provided. It Is
understood and hereby expressly stated
that nothing In this section shall apply
to the delivery of milk or cream to
creameries, cheese or condensed milk
factories by the producer or such milk
or cream, or in bulk to the wholesale
trade."
It will b noted from the reading of
the above that this part of the law
does not apply tn any way whatever
to any dairy farmer .who is sell ing his
Florida Residents Her
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harris of St.
Petersburg, Kla., are staying at the
Carlton. . They are on a four months'
tour of California and the Northwest
em states, and express themselves as
being delighted with Oregon.
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Mr. and Mrs. George R. Healy of
Los Angeles are touring by automobile
along the coast. They are registers
at the Carlton hotel.
Grant Smith, the St. Paul, Minn.,
railroad contractor, shipbuilder and
financier, is staying at the Multnomah
while looking over his business inter
ests in this city.
A. W. Herger and E. G. Boerner. of
ficials of the bureau of markets. Uni
ted States department of agriculture,
are registered at the Multnomah from
Washington, D. C.
M. Hagelstlne, an automobile manu
facturing official from "Detroit, Mich,
is staying at the Multnomah while jn
Portland on a business trip.
w. B. Heath of Hood River is stay
ing at the Multnomah.
H. W. Mason of the Washington
state fisheries department is reg
istered at the Multnomah from Seattle.
J. H. Preacott of Seattle is a Mult
nomah hotel guest.
Mrs. John II. Kirby, Mrs. N. C.
Crawford, Mrs. E. A. Stewart, Miss
Sophia Schnare and S. G. Haines of
Houston, Texas, are making a thrve
months' automobile tour of the coast
and are registered today , at the Port
land.
Dr. and Mrs. L. W. White of Wash
ington, D. C, are staying at the Port-
and.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sharpstein of
WTalla Walla, Wash., are registered at
the Portland.
Dr. G. M. Albee of Worcester, Mass.,
is staying at the Portland.
Frank Davenport Jr. is registered
at the Imperial from Hood River.
Mrs. James W. Purcell of La Giande
is at the Imperial.
Mabel E. McClain of Eugene Is stay
ing at the Imperial.
Dr. and Mrs. Eidred B. warrie are
at the Imperial from Astoria.
Hector Macpherson, head of the
economies department of Oregon Ag
ricultural college. Corvallis. la staying
at the Imperial with Dr. W. J. Kerr,
president of the school.
Judge Henry L. Benson of the state
supreme court, with Mrs. Benson and
their daughter, are at the Imperial
from Salem.
J. Gooch. Ray McHatton and Mrs.
Jessie Mitchell of La, Grande, are at
the Imperial.
L. H. Ossman is at the Perkins from
Medford.
J. Darling, tlmberman and real es
tate dealer from Eugene, is a guest at
the Perkins.
George A. Graham of Clatskania Is
registered at the Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Marshal are
staying at the Nortonia from 8t. Paul.
Minn.
Mrs. James H. Gwin of Pendletort Is
a guest at the Nortonia.
Harry Watkins of Silver Lake.
Wash.. Is at tfce Nortonia.
it. E. Escobar, United States consul
to Chile, 1s stopping at the Nortonia.
E. F. Maas and family, on a pleasure
trip down the coast, are registered at
the Carlton from Bremerton, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Heary of
Los Angeles, touring the coast by au
tomobile, are staying at the Carlton.
Miss Helen Jullch of Salt Lake City
Is Maying at the Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. I. W'lllocky axe reglr
tered at the Washington from San
Francisco.
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Kerin of Lewis-
ton. Idaho-, are staying at the Wash
ington.
Mrs. Ella Nichols is a tourist regis
tered at the Washington from Sa
vannah. Mo.
Mrs. R. C. Sargent is at the Cor
nelius from Aberdeen. Wash!
V. V. Moorte and Miss Eva Moore
of Pendleton kre, staying at the Cor
nelius. 1
W. W. Kent of Drain. Or.. Is at the
Cornelius.
A I.. Clarke, road contractor. Un.
Clarke and L. F. Clarke and eon, all
of Rainier, are staying at the Cor
nelius for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Chi Id era of Mil
ton, Pa., are at the Cornelius. ,
Washington. Aug. 31. Those wh
believe in drafting swollen profits
and large incomes, as well as men,
for the war. made a remarkable rally
In the United Stales senate. In the
words of Senator Stone of Missouri,
who much regretted this turn of af
fairs, they gathered "unexpected and
formidable strength." The defenders
of privilege, believing themselves se
cure, did not for some time awake
to the progressive attack on the
revenue bill except In the most per
functory way. Their defenses were
beaten down almost before they knew,
by successive blows, delivered for
the most part by Johnson of Cali
fornia, La Follette of Wisconsin,
Borah of Idaho and Hollis of New
Hampshire. La Follette cannot oe
denied credit for having done much.
Probably he could have" accomplished
much more except for the fact that
he has so recently been offering
violent opposition to war measures,
and just before the revenue fight be
came hot offered a so-called peace
resolution which many or nis col
leagues deemed to be close to aiding
the enemy. These things nave wra
ened La Toilette's Influence, and dam
aged his case. Other progressives
who sympathized with his position
on war profits and considered ni
loaic upon it unanswerable, were yc
inclined to hang back a little wnen
he attempted to constitute hlmsel
their leader. They have not wished
to have their names too closely as
sociated with La Follette just at this
time.
It was therefore a clever move on
the part of Chairman! Simmons, in
charge of the bill, to charge that the
unexpected opposition to tne dh
sprang from those who are fostering
opposition to the war and trying
cause dissatisfaction with the acts
of the government. This charge does
not stand up under examination, how
ever. Senator Borah was one of
those who refuted this charge by
showing, while the Income tax wa
under discussion, that comparatively
few rav income taxes, and that no
demand for keeping down income tax
rates and war tax rates is made even
by these interests. This is a time.
said Borah, whe men are called upon
to show a spirit of sacrifice, and
wealth, he argued, cannot complain
if asked to sacrifice profits. Ha
read from statistics of earnings t
show that If congress should take 80
per cent of war profits, as in Eng
land, many of the great corporations
would still make four or five timei
their normal peace profits. Discon
tent will be fostered, he said, if tho
mass of the people find that congress
is not requiring all classes to do their
share' according to ability.
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Stone, who followed Borah, was
plainly disgusted with the failure of
Jhe senate to accept abjectly what
the majority of the senate finance
committee had prepared for it. The
substance of his argument was: What
is a committee for, anyway, if it is
not followed? The committee gave
painstaking study to the problem, hi
said, and the senate could not be
expected to improve- on Its work.
Stone is hioaselfthe ranking majority
member of thaJg.'icommittee. of which
Simmons is chairman. Others on this
committee wfio gave the "painstak
ing study" which Stone was anxloi's
should be followed are Hoke Smith of
Georgia. Boies Penrose of, Pennsyl
vania and Reed Smoot of Utah. These
leaders of the committee were aston
ished when the senate, refusing their
leadership, voted to accept the t,en
root amendment, which the " house
placed -fn the bill, increasing the sur
taxes on incomes above $60,000 to
produce about $46,000,000 more reve
nue. a a
The vote on this deserves to be
studied. It Is one of the clearest
alignments made in this congress of
the forces of progress and reaction.
Two test votes were taken, on dif
ferent paragraphs. They involved
Identically the same principl-s. but
because of changes, in pairs and tem
porary absence from the chamber
they were not identical. Three' sen
ators. Indeed, reveYsed themselves or. j
the second vote, and one of these,
Shields of Tennessee, explained that
his first vote in favor of the senate
committee schedule was due to a mis
understanding of the issue. Ransdell
of Louisiana and Smith of Michigan,
who also reversed themselves, made
no explanation. On the first vote tho
yeas, in favor of sustaining the com
mittee. weVe 31, and the nays, in fa
vor of the Lenroot amendment, were
35. This is the vote:
Yeas Calder and Wadsworth of
New York, Colt and Gerry of Rhode
Island, Dillingham and Page of Ver
mont, France and Smith of Maryland,
Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, Hale
of Maine. James of Kentucky, Kel
logg and Nelson of Minnesota, Knox
and Penrose of Pennsylvania. Lewis
of Illinois, Lodge and Weeks of Mas
sachusetts, McCuii':ber of North Da
kota. Martin and Swanson of Virginia.
Myers of Montana, New and Watson
of Indiana, . Ransdell of Louisiana,
Sanlsbury and Wolcott of Delaware,
Shields of Tennessee, Simmons of
North Carolina, Smith of Michigan.
Smoot of Utah 31.
Nays Ashurst of Arizona. Borah
and Brady of Idaho, Broussaid or
Louisiana, Chamberlain and McNary j
f) Some Other Murphy
Tom Murphy, says the Bend Bulle
tin, returned from Portland today but
did not bring with him 32SO.00O.
"There never was that much money in
the Murphy family," he told friends
who questioned him when he stepped
off the train. The trip to the city
was made in response to a call from
the postoffice department, who were
seeking a Tom Murphy to whom be
longed the modest fortune advertised.
Several days ago the local representa
tive bearing the name put in bis claim,
but it was rejected.
A Toast to Old Glory
Old Glory! Old Glory! how dear those
words to me!
It la the emblem of truth, love and
prosperity.
It waves today in honor, -Without
a stain upon her.
Old Glory, that's a toast to thee.
Old Glory! Old Glory! with, your red,
and white and blue!
I pledge allegiance, heart and haad,
and everything for you.
As your colors fly
In the sunny sky.
My head bows down to- you.
ALICiS THELMA BUSH.
I'ncle Jeff Snow Says:
Ike Meldrum goes down to Portland
in his old buzxeart about ever' month,
or such a matter, and he swears
they've got a new and re-slmpllfled
set of traffic rules ever' time he turns
Into the burg, until they've got liiui
so confused that last week he went up
the left side of Washington street fer
three blocks 'fore a traffic cop caught
WAR NEWS AND
REVIEWS IN
THE SUNDAY
JOURNAL
The entrance of the United
States into the great war
with the varied activities at
tendant upon its full partici
pation therein has created a
news situation that The Sun
day Journal is meeting to
the satisfaction of its readers.
Developments on the fight--ing
front, the preparation of-5
the armies at home, activi
ties of administration offi
cials in meeting the needs of
war in an economic way.
have given rise to new news
fields that are covered in
concise yet comprehensive
fashion.
0 r rofnrt PnH la y-A Thnrrninn nf
Kansas. Fletcher and Trammell of him and made him apologise
Florida. Gore of Oklahoma, Gronna
of North Dakota, Hardwlck of Geor-1
gia, Hollis of New Hampshire, (lust
ing and Lu Follette or Wisconsin, i
Johnson and Phelan of California.
Jones and Poindexter of Washington.
Kendrick of Wyoming, Kcnyon of
Iowa, KTfby and Robinson of Arkan
sas, McKellar of Tennessee, Norrls
of Nebraska. Pomerene of Ohio, ReeJ
of Missouri, Shaforth of Colorado,
Sheppard of Texas, Sherman of Illi
nois, Smith of South Carolina, Sterl
ing of South Dakota, Townsend of
Michigan, Vardaman of Mississippi
35.
On the second vote, which stood
2G to 37, Brandegee of Connecticut,
absent on the first vote, was recorded
in the affirmative. It was announced
that Williams of Mississippi. Smith
or ueorgia, uainnger or iew iiamp-i
shire and Goff of West Virginia,
would have voted aye had they been,
present. Also, on the second vote,
Culberson of Texas and Kendrick of i
Wyoming, absent on the first vote, I
Joined the negative, and Shields of j
Tennessee, Ransdell of Louisiana and ;
Smith of Michigan switched from
aye to nay. It was announced that
Thomas of Colorado, if present, would
have voted in the negative, and Suth
erland of WTest Virginia, who was
prevented by alr from voting, also
would ha voted nay. Not one out
standing progressive stood with the
committee on these votes. James
of Kentucky, Lewis of Illinois and
Kellogg of Minnesota, who have pro
gressive tendencies, were ranged on
that side, probably out of a sense
of loyalty to the committee.
The negative side 'is made up of all !
the clear-cut progressive members, 1
along with a number of those who are j
seasonal or 50 per cent progressive,
and including also one or two sena-.
ors who are ranked as reactiharies, I
but who wer led by some cross
current to go with the other side.
Hardwick of Georgia and Curtis ot
Kansas are of this misplaced class.
Senator McNary, who joined with
other northwest senators in the Len
root amendment vote, issued a state
ment saying he would vote to in
crease the rate of taxation over the
senate bill because the money spent
in the prosecution of the war should,
be drawn "as far as practicable from
the pockets of those wjo enjoy the
greatest profits as a result of the
world conflict." "In addition there
to," he said, a beavy rax snouia oe
Imposed upon those 'who harvest an
nually an abundant income. The- re
mainder of the tax. large as it must :
be, will be collected uncomplainingly
from the masses of the people. A ,
system of burden sharing involving J
these features will in my opinion en- j
list the patriotism of the people." He
announced opposition to taxes on ,
sugar, coffee ?nd like necessities n.s
bearing too heavily upon those al- 1
ready called upon to bear the greatest j
sacrifices. I
HOW TO BE HEALTHY S?:
HEALTH KNOWLEDGE FROM the drop is by sticking a needle into
BLOOD Few people realise what a ' the end of the finger, or into the lobe
simple matter It is to find out whether jf the ear. It should always be done
or not they have anemia. In spite ft j by a physician, who can so arrange
the simplicity by which this can be it that it does not hurt and does not
determined, there is a great deal of j cause infection.
. 1 : Tt... . V. 4 1. I
gueSS WOrK !allK j - " vi who ui ivt u rai iuui
This is a condition about whlh no-1 o
Ys m aan fa!! 1ns urhaeA vaup V.lstswt
body should attempt to guess. b(,me- v -f J Z.t ' , . 1
times pale people who you think are
anemic (lacking in red blood cells.or
coloring matter in the red cells) are
found upon actual examination of the
tilnrw not to be anemic at all. and
other people who look round and full
may, upon examination of the blood,
shew anemia.
The way to find out Is to test the
blood. One drop is all that Is needed
for this purpose. From this drop It
is possible to learn what percentage
of red blood cells or coloring matter
is lacking. If any, and that tells the
percentage lacking In the blood of
the whole body -
Generally, the-.method of obtaining
stands in the matter of percentage of
red blood cells and in the amount of
coloring matter.
The knowledge thus obtained is
fundamental to the cure of many
ailments, such as feeling tired all the
time, or weak, or havingr many head
aches, or feeling depressed. Or the
knowledge may be useful In correct
ing beginning conditions which might
lead to these symptoms later. -
Certainly, in an endeavour to main
tain . perfect health, the information
derived from a drop of blood js a
valuable help and guide.
Tomorrow The "I'm Afraid" Atti
tude. - .
The presence of so many
Oregon boys in the several
training camps and canton
ments attaches special news
importance to those posts
and news letters from them
that appear regularly in The
Sunday Journal are read
eagerly by the soldiers' fam
ilies and friends.
ALLIED TACTICS
IN NEW DRIVE
Frank Simonds explain why
the British and French on
the west front have adopted
General Petain's plan of in
tensive attacks along small
sections in preference to the
former method of campaigns -
of magnitude, in an article in
which he again expresses his
opinion that the war will be.
brought to an end in 1918.
The Simonds war letter is a r
regular feature of The Sun
day Journal that is appreci
ated by all who seek authori
tative interpretation of Tic
developments in the field.
WITH THE
CAMERA IN WAKE
OF THE NEWS .
The Sunday Journal's pic
torial news review contains
a careful selection from the
best current news photo
graphs to be had.
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