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THE OREGON. DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, FRIDAY, OCTOBER -5, 1917.
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'.' Ha truent teat of cliliatkn It not the
eenana; uur the tn? of the el t lea; nor tb
rrop but tba kind of meu tbe country
turna out. Kroenmn.
and tb logging camps In and near
Portland. , .
But what If tbe strike la pro
longed .for weeks and months t
f In tbelr moments of calm ind
quiet reflection, how can ths work
ers afford to let tbeae ship con
tracts go : glimmering? . -
... The most drastic measure yet
applied in the war is the embargo
declared br Great Britain against
all exports to northern neutral
Europe. Holland, Sweden. Nor
war and Denmark have " been a
fruitful source9 of food supply to
Germany. It is, expected that
within a few weeks ' those countries
will he driven by their own neces
sities to lay an embargo against
all tbelr own exports to Germany.
If carried out, it will be one of
the ' heaviest blows yet dealt the
kaiser. ' .
HER CRUSHED SJtULIi
T
HE iron bar, the crushed skull,
tbe sjnonsclous wife, the
jailed '' husband, the sorrow
ing daughters, tbe riven
home in the case of the Clackamas
couuty farmer, are tragedy cli
maxed. The horrible remorse of the
man the sorrow of the children,
tbe shock to the community, the
appalling Inhumanity of it all,
raises the wonder that such things
could happen in a twentieth cen-
ttury civilization
Of course, the cause of it is the
unfortunate bent of individuals to
give way to what we call temper,
jrT is a Doia program upon wmcn wedo not restrain anger. We ao
I the Portland shipyard workers Uot throw the brake on advancing
1
DEADLOCKED?
have entered. It is a hazardous
business. It is to be wondered
- If those in the movement have
. soberly and carefully weighed the
.consequences.
!i . In the minutes ot the confer
ence between the employers' and
employes' committees on October
1, there appears this record:
Th undersigned have been ap
pointed ii a. committee by the shtD-
I builder of the Columbia river dis
trict to confer with you as a com
mittee representing their employee,
and with Mr. O. X. Harry, federal
mediator, retarding the pending
strike
Aa you know, WE HAVE. ON lE
HALF OF THOSE WE REPRESENT,
OFFERED TO StTPMIT TO THE
FEDERAL, ADJUSTMENT BOARD.
ABOUT TO HOLD ITS HEARINGS
IN THIS CITY. ALL. MATTERS OF
DrFFERENOE AND TO ABIDE BY
THE DECISION OF THAT BOARD.
WHATEVER THAT DECISION MAY
BE. WE NOW BEO TO CONFIRM
AND REITERATE THIS OFFER-
..The BugRestlon, has, however, been J
made' that all matters of difference
may not be determined by the fed
eral adjustment board, and we, there
fore, further assure you that. If the
employes now on strike will return
to work, we will Immediately upon
the announcement of the findings of
the boardtake up with you for cajn
lderatlon any matters not deter
mined by the board.
, Here was a definite offer by the
employers to submit "all matters
pf difference" to the federal ad
justment board, and to "abide by
the decision of that board, what
ever that decision may be."
. The strikers' committee did not
accept this offerV Instead, it pro
posed that work would be resumed
If the employers would sign tao
agreements proposed by the Metal,
, Trades Council under which there
Is provision for the closed shop.
rne language or the workers' te-
ply(ls as follows:
Operations In Our shipbuilding
plants ran be Immediately resumed
by simply complyln with tbe agree
ments as presented by the Portland
Metal Trades Council, which agree
ments are only binding from month
to month.
The government has urged the em
pioyers to resume operations, tem
porarily at least, and that they
ould assure the employers their
profit on the work done.
In the meantime, a labor adjust
ment board ran quietly and without
ODstrucuon, .perform its functions to
the very best of its ability. In the
vent that the employers are- not
KiiBiicu witn ine result or tne rep
ommendatlons of this adjustment
board, or of the result of the work
lna of- th agreement, tlje employers
ana privileged to cai.1 for a confer
ence to adjust the differences. In
the meantime, work can still be con
tinued.. At the end of SO days, K
no agreement can be reached, the
agreement simply ceases and we pro
ceed to do the best we can.
These expressions from the em
pioyers and from the employes dis
close , tne attitude on both sides
Elfted down; the workers' commit
tee insisted upon the. closed shop
v ana is on tnat issue that nego
tiatlons are, seemingly deadlocked,
It is a radical stand for, the
workers to take at this timet It
would be different if the country
needed no ships. It would be less
serious if ships were not so vital
v factor, for' America in 'the war.
These are sobering facts. The
, question of how. much thisetrike
Is crippling America In the war
. Is . a question that every worker
must answer to his conscience. ' It
Is not a thought to be lightly mit
aside. -What if the strike should
be prolonged; for weeks and months
on the demand for a closed shot)
There Is another fact that the
worker must take home with him
and carefully consider. Here It
la; ..There is now a chance for. hint
. to enjoy for a long period the best
wages he ever had in his life
There Is not only a chance for the
' highest wages,: but for .the most
work he ever1 had in his life. An
Immediate and ; permanent settle
ment of tbe strike would enabl
the. employers to take, many con
tracts for building ships, send every
. added wooden ship, for example,
. means half a million dollars to be
- spent mainly 'among -workers In
the - shipyards, the lumber mills
indignation. We make little or no
attempt to' curb rising, rage. We
have bidden a long-farewell to
that soft answer which turneth
away wrath-
This self indulgence in out
bursts of anger gradually brings
on near mental disease. It be
comes chronic, and' undermines the
gentler impulses. . It gradually
breaks down tbe moral fibre, and
makes tbe ugly moods more hu
merous and more violent. Resent
ment becomes anger, anger : ad
vances. into rage and rage mounts
to rury ana tnen you are a near
maniac. .
It wasso with this Clackamas
county husband. His outbursts of
anger had grown and grown until
they went the limit. of tbe iron bar.
He indulged himself in unrestricted
petulence until in fits of wrath
he was sometimes a near madman
He is merely one example j of mil
Hons of his kind. "
The divorce courts are fed by
wives and husbands who encour
age themselves in ugly moods. In
stead of the smile ot other dayK,
they .'cultivate 'the scowl Tender
ness for each other is still smolder
ing In their hearts but they sub
merge it under' an unthinking,
growing indulgence in angry words
and unkind acts. The more the
husband cultivates the sneer and
snarl, jthe more the wife swings
along In the same direction. Pres
ently each is ready to, give way to
an outburst of passion on. the
slightest pretext and there you
are.
Gentle words, kindly acts.'a mild
curb on temper, resistence to lras-
ibllty the8e are insurance against
the iron bar. the crushed skull.
the unconscious wife, tbe jailed
husband, the sorrowing daughters,
and the riven home in the climaxed
tragedy in Clackamas county.
And they are a first rate process
for making a ' home happier and
its Inmates longer lived and
gladder.
compels : us to make, - whether we
will or no, can - accomplish . no
more for weal or woe than- the
comparatively modest expenditures
of former wars. But the necessity
to waste with the wasters Is upon
us and we must submit. '
We are selling Liberty bonds
because we cannot raise enough
money by taxes to finance the wax.
We are compelled to have' the
money in - order to feed,' ' clothe
and pay the army and navy; The
money for this purpose is tbe most
Important thing connected with,
the war. -
THE MYSTERY OF CO AI
T
HAT coal ' dealers . and opera
tors in America are resisting
the effort of the government
to ' reduce the "price of fuel
is declared by Dr. Garfield, fed
eral "eoal; admlnstrator.
Their ways of resistance are re-1
vealed by the " Christian Science
Monitor. It says;
Regardless of the fixed price at the
mines, regardless ot the Sherman law.
forbidding Combinations la restraint
of trade, the consumer seems, to be
utterly at th mercy of mine opera
tors' and coal dealers' associations.
This is an assertion that may be put,
to tne test by any Doay , in a ; smaai
or a Targe way. . Let an inquiry go
out from tbe center of . almost any
community, or district, regarding the
price of a ton of coal, delivered, and.
whether, responses come from, a, doaen
or from a score of handlers of this
essential public commodity, they, will
be practically . uniform. The
sponses, like the rates, are evidently
association made, ' and both Indicate
the existence, despite the; fact that
the Sherman law remains a statute.
and despite the enactment of the 'food
and fuel control bill, of a certain sort
of " commercial . combination.
The attempt, of a .group of peo
ple In a Middle Western state to
buy a trainload of coal at : the
mines at prices quoted by mine
owners during the time of the
food and fuel legislation is des
cribed by tne Monitor.
These people accompanied their
order with certified checks, guar
anteed all - freight - and . other
charges, took, in fact, every pre
caution to Insure prompt delivery
of the fuel, fn reply, the mining
concern blandly informed them
that it could sell coal only "through
the usual channels." Selling coal
"through the usual channels
meant, of course, selling it with
regard to the profits of .the coal-
the jobber, the wholesaler, the
broker, the retailer; with regardTl hosts of Turkey and Russia.
heartbreaking disadvantages.
Often he won In spite of every
thing, and saw success blooming
around him lnv.his declining years.
Too often circumstances were too
hard for him. He fell Into the
clnteb.es - ot - the money ' lenders.
Mortgages ate up his ' homestead
and a tenant working for the Ideal
banker replaced the retired veteran.
Today, In Illinois, there are V as
many as 150,000 tenants living
from hand to mouth on farms
which the - government orignally
donated to independent citizens.
One cause of their ruin was the
lack - of a proper market for their
crops. ,-, - - m .. i ,'
THE MAN
ABOUT TOWN
By Fred Lockley. ;
One need not leave Portland to be
able to travel abroad. Right here In
our own.; city are scores of industries
and Institutions as interesting as you
will find In any of the far-flung Isles
of the sea or the ports of he seven
seas... - -
.
A day or two ago I stopped at the
corner of Tenth and Alder to look at a
display of oriental rugs in the show
window of Atiyeh Bros, store. My cu
riosity was aroused, so' I dropped in
to ask a few questions. My few ques
tions developed Into an hour's talk
with Azis Atiyeh, In which I learned
many interesting things svuout the
marketing of oriental wares In thin
country.
. Azis Atiyeh and bis brother George
were born In Tripoli in Syria and at
tended the Syrian Protestant college
at Beirut, an American Presbyterian
college. They opened v store here in
Portland lh 1900 and from an humble
beginning have built up a coastwido
business, Portland Is their headquar
ters and distributing point for the Pa
cific Northwest .and Los Angeles for
the Southwest. . Branches are main
tained at various other western cities.
"We have approximately Z000 oricn
tal rugs here in Portland," said -Mr.
Atiyeh. . "Where do we get them?'
Well,' a good many of these rugs
were gathered for the Turkish govern
ment's exhibit at the Panama-Pacific
fair at San' Francisco. My brother
George was director of the Imperial
Ottoman commission, and be traveled
pretty well over Asia Minor, securing
the rugs used In the Turkish govern
ment's exhibit. In addition to the ex
hlblt of the Turkish government, we
had our own private exhibit there, from
which we sold over $750,000 worth of
rugs. Incidentally, we have taken the
grand prise at all the fairs held on
the coast since the Lewis and Clark
fair. k
"We get our finest rugs from Per
sla, but just at present the rugs woven
In Persia are more apt to be stained
carrying railroads, the profits ofle
sla is the battleground of the warring
leaves that made the ; mora elicat
colors? Do i they ; know r care how,
she selected the light yarn fori the
weft, . the medium for the warp ; and
the heavy for tho piling? part of her
life is woven-Into the rug, but today,
who river a second; thought to the
days and weeks and months she spent
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
' To paraphrase the esteemed alma-
in tyhag the infinite number, of knots I herrings across the trail the' war
to bring out the design of the Tree of J traiL-w,--.-!
f " nld,t& mosaics ana u Grraan laligj,ge newspaper, in
iA all their harmony of line and color? I Amertca ara i compelled to Drlnt in
iTh voice of the dealer brings me e.nK.i'h mA ?ult in MOm hHh
back to the present as he points out the I - , .
delicate designs Mike some old etcn-1 oeneoici Amoio, msteaa or the con
ing of palm tree and cypress or show. -PK"?
a rua in I r w ; r . ; " ..
ut wuvaz uiose Dmeni. -
me the date worked into tbe rug In
Arabic numerals. ;
Very few. antique rugs come- to
America nowadays." said Mr. Atiyeh.
Most of the rugs we secure are com
paratively modern;: You can use a rug
in your home Tor generations, ana au
the passing time will do to it Is to
soften its colors and make more har
monious its neutral tints." .
Letters From the People
an oiWi 1 VAtlRSP-
ful power Gerabed if he wants to. If
it will put us in the way of establish
ing the appropriate nomenclature for
the kaiser. :
And now that w mosII It tins .
Bernstorff bunch did roar-during and
long after that frisking they got at
&u? on their way j,om. from
Washington! .
It is too bad that words so far apart
in meaning aa 'initiative" and. "imita
tive" should so often camouflage urh
other past the Intelligent compositor
sua tug vaniui yiuuireaaer
"The Swedish govern ment.'1- remarks
the witty and observant Spokane
ftpekesinaa-Review. "has comman-
oeerea aii iacs; excepting, of course,
the Argentine fat. which is in th firr
But please add fat in certain wits we
WOl OI.
m
Thomas A. Edison has been saying
for years that if the earth's magnet
ism could onlv be lifted out of it
then we ahould ned
true story, hoping it will be printed inl for it to flow through as it ran back,
time to help sell a few tags for that jsnd the Bower problem Would forever
worthy institution. The nurses do not! 5? ore be solved. If Garabed T. K.
(CommaBieatleoa aeat to "Th Jcmrnal for
pnblicatloD la tbia aepextntent abeaid o writ
ten on on It one tiAm at the naner. ahoold sot
exceed 300 word in length and moat be a
comuealed br , tbe name and addreaa of tbe
aenUer. If the writer does not deeire to bare
the name pubiiahed he ahoeld ao state.
Little Billy's Good Friend
Dallas. Or.. Oct. 4. To the Editor of
The Journal I notice that the Alber-
tina Kerr Baby home' Is to have a tag
day on October 6. and send in this
Twenty, thousand airplanes jare
under construction and within a
reasonable time will be sent by
America to France. It is a part of
the effort, to give the allies mas
tery of the air; and mastery pf the
air is now conceded to be one of
tbe great factors for winning the
war. To pay for the airplane is
one reason why we are selling
Liberty bonds. '
In short, to the profits of the
usual string of middlemen, too
often parasites on legitimate trade,
- Confirmatory testimony is given
by the Monitor In the case-of.Lemi
B. . Jackson of Atlanta, director of 1
the ., "Georgia;.. Bureata of Markets.
Mr. Jackson's investigations showed
that an Atlanta coal buyer applied
to the agents of coal .mines that
supply - the South with ' coal, for
several thousand tons at the price
fixed by President Wilson. -He
asked for either the amount he
required or any fraction thereof
at the president's price.
The mining agents laughed at
him. "We ' have no coal to sell."
they told ; the would-be purchaser.
"Our books ake filled with stand
ing orders, and we can contract to
furnish no ; more coal at any
price." TheJconclusion" reached by
the Monitor is as follows:
"The tacit price agreement." re
ferred to by the ' director of the
Georgia Bureau of Markets, has ap
parently become a fixture no less
established than notorious in the
coal trade, from the mine to the yard.
We have had to resort to new fields
to secure our rugs, and my brother-tn-law
is now in China buying rugs. The
Chinese rugs are ornate and well made.
but, to my mind, they do not compare
in
If the workers in the Portland
shipyards continue the strike long
enough to drive away all the ship
contracts, what would " it profit
them to win the closed shop?
LAND FOR SOLDIERS
I
A .MINOR INCIDENT
A
MINOR incident of the cur
rent British advance in Bel
glum was the destruction of
three German divisions num
bering some 45,000 men. "The
poor devils were churned into a
bloody loblolly," says the calm
report. Death reaps his harvest
on a grander scale In Belgium
than ever before on earth, and
with labor-saying machinery of the
most Imposing power. - ' , '
It is interesting to compare the
forces engaged in this war with
those which have decided some of
the epoch making battles' of former
dAys. At the battle of Hastings,
for instance, where England- was
lost and won, William, the Norman
conqueror, had at the utmost no
mbre than 10,000 troops.. His
antagonist, Harold the Saion, had
a few more men, but only a few.
The battle fixed the destinies of
England forever. - .
A decisive battle of our Revo
lutionary war was fought at Sara
toga Springs between Gates' and
Bupoyne. It ended with Bur
goyne's surrender, the central
event in tbe. war. Burgoyne had
7000 men, about one seventh of
the- total ' number in 'those , three
German divisions just annihilated
in the by-play on the Flanders
front.
The modern' world has grown
wasteful ot its men and money In
war. Just as it is wasteful of food
and human welfare in peace. :The
vast expenditures which the Kaiser
T IS ODD to reflect how often
the exigencies of history repeat
themselves. An article in the
current number of the Yale
Review speaks of the ' measures
which the Roman emperor, Augus
tus, took to provide his veterans
with land at the, close of the war
with Mark Antony. To obtain
the land required for this laudable
purpose, he dispossessed a large
number of old, established farmers.
The father of the poet Vergil was
one of the dispossessed. Very
likely it was by virtue of the
right of eminent domain that he
took their estates for public -use,
though he omitted to pay for them.
At the close of our Civil war
the . federal government had to
face the same problem of settling
the veterans on land. Fortunately,
it had plenty of its own without
dispossessing anybody. The un
occupied public domain in the
year 1867 was wide and rich,
Homesteads cut out ot the fertile
prairies in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska,
were plentifully provided for the
soldiers.' i ;' '
The scheme was ? satisfactory
from many, points of view, "but not
from all.' Upon the whole, It did
not work so well as that of tho
Roman . Augustus. The -farms
which he gave - his, soldiers were
in full cultivation, well stocked
with animals and slaves, provided
with good roads : and . excellent
buildings. All the retired veteran
had to do was - to . sit under his
vine and ? fig tree and enjoy the
fruits thereof. - - , .
Tne retired Union veteran, on
his prairie homestead,; was less
enviably "v situated. ' Her had no
stock animals," no roads, no " build
ings and no slaves to provide them
for him." He had to do everything
with his own hands,', often lander
fineness of weave, in delicacy of
colors or in texture with the ruga of
Iran, as the Persians call their coun
try- - . .' -
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"The best rugs we get from Persia
arethe Kir mans, the Sehnas, the Kur
distan and Khorasskns, the Sarabands
and Youraghans, the Shirazes and
Mousuls. While Persia furnishes the
larger part of the rugs of commerce,
we get some very choice rugs from
Turkey. I myself have traveled rather
extensively in Asia Minor and in Per
sia, buying rugs at the local basaars.
You can pick up very fine Koulahs
and Ladlka, Bergomas and Anatollns
there. We get our Bokharas and
Samarkands, from Turkestan, tho
Afghans and Knivas from' Afghanis
tan, the Beluchistans and rugs of that
type from Beluoblstan, while the Shir-
vans, Kabistans, Tsitzizes, Kasalcs,
Darbends and Cashmeres come from
Caucasia.
"What do tier sell for? That is
like asking what, does a diamond sell
for. You can buy a diamond for $25,
Just as you can buy a rug for the same
figure; or you can pay several hun
dred dollars for either a diamond' or a
rug. Come into the-fireproof vault.
and I will show you rugs that range
in price from 11200 to $12,000.
"Here, said r. Atiyeh. "is one
made for . Sultan AbduL Hamld at
Herecke, just across from the Golden
Horn. It is of silk and has all the
play of colors of a fire opaL'
m m
As one rare rug after another was
unrolled ror .my inspection I was
transported in imagination to Smyrna
or Bagdad, to Hamadan or Ghlordes,
with all their . eastern mystery and
charm. As Mr. Atiyeh, traced with his
forefinger the text of the Koran on
some ancient -prayer rug or the deli
cate verse of some long-dead Persian
poet on a soft toned hearth rug, I could
almost see: tne tents of a wandering
tribe of shepherds. In the background
are bare, rounded, rocky .but tea rising
above the sandy plain. ; In the distance
are herds ef sheep and goats grazing
on the trpland, while a caravan of
camels is silhouetted against the "ky-il
open-fronted tents are two crotched
poles supporting.! a crossplece from
which, fine as spider webs, are sus
pended the warp threads of silk or
wool or perhaps of linen.
Sitting on the sand in front of the
frame is a young woman, her seal
brown liquid eyes dreamy with thought
as she knots ; the bits of lamb's wool
threads to the .strands of the woof.
She is tying COO knots to tbe square
Inch, for she Is making her marriage
rusr. and as the design grows slowly
"Kinder her skillful touch, she is weav
ing into the rug her hopes and Joys,
her aspirations and her love. Listen,
and you can hear the musical "Bon
gyun Allah couveti ilan" (Today with
the heJp or Uoa) of the bearded patri
arch who Is talking with. her. father.
Today we look at the changing lights
of its design as the dealer lets it slip
lovingly, through his Sands to display
to the best advantage its softened and
mellowed, merging tints. :
,
Let the magic carpet of imagination
carry you over the countless leagues
to where It was made, "and try to fol
low it In its wanderings Before It
came to Portland. You wilt see it on
its Ion journey on camel back to some
local bazaar, rhere it is displayed with
many others of its kind, i Now, follow
Jt to Constantinople, where, it is shown
with rugs from . Kurdistan, -if rod the
Kirghiz steppesT from Kashmir and
Angora and. from fertile and faraway
Farsistan. v 'Sbe who made it has long
been drifting dust. Her ears closed
to the soft whispering of-hsr' dark-
eyed lover years and years ago. The
band of the Infidel is smoothing the
lustrous folds of. Iamb's wool that he
wove. What do they know of the care
with which she ombed the lambs to
get their softest wool, or bow carefully
she wasnea ana onea ana carded and
snun the wool? Do they know or cfer
bow she dug the tMlzorin root to make
tbe dye ert gathered the shrubs and
know of this incident, but they may
recognise the child, as be baa been an
Inmate of their home for some time:
Little Billy lay in bis buggy trying
to get bis dinner from the bottle be
held in bis thin, weak bands. He
tugged away desperately, but there
was no perceptible dimunitlon of tbe
milk in the bottle. He tried again and
again with sobbing moans, but not a
drop could he get for his hungry llti
tie stomach. There was an old. soft
rubber, nipple on the bottle and it had
collapsed, cutting off the flow of
milk, but Billy 'did not y understand
that: ,' He knew the bottle was full
and be couldn't get any, so be put
forth all tbe strength of his lips and
tongue, only to meet with dlsagpoint
ment again.
Tbe bottle once held a pint of bluing
and, was made of heavy glass, and
presently when the 'tired little bands
lost their hold, it went crashing to the
floor. Then Billy beat frantically on
his soiled gingham dress and kicked
his feet against the old rickety buggy,
but that didn't bring back tbe lost bet
tie.; Instead, his stockings, which bad
not been pinned on, went flying oft
onto th"e floor, leaylng his little cold
feet colder than before. There was no
fire in the stove either; because every
one had gone out and the fire had died
from neglect. But Billy was used to
hardships. His mother was dead and
he was being cared for by the older
children, who were too young, ignor
ant and careless for such a responsibil
ity. So, often his milk was sour or
cold, the nipple collapsed, or the bot
tle was on the floor with no one to
pick it np. And Billy showed plainly
that he lacked care, for his face was
white as flesh -could be, his hands
were pitifully small and thin, and he
was not more than half as big as a
yearling should be. Moreover, he lay
all day in his buggy: and bow could a
baby learn to creep, much less to walk.
if he never was put on the floor and
given an opportunity?
He had had trouble with that same
rubber nipple for. several meals,' but
no one had noticed it,' though someone
did remark that Billy was not taking
aa much milk as -usual, and wondered
hy. And so on Thanksgiving day he
was half starved, and crying in his
weak, little voice for his dinner.
On the streets near. Billy's bouse.
people were passing, going up to groan
ing tables, loaded with turkey, vege
tables, desert and all the good things
anyone could want to eat. Occasion
ally someone would hear Billy's wall
and say, "There's that baby cry
ing again. I don't see why someone
doesn't go in there and do something."
And another would, reply. What s the
use? The family are a shiftless out
fit, anyway, and I don't believe in
spending money on such folks.
I wonder, if It baa been the cnrist
child lying in that old buggy crying
for food, whether they would have
gone in to help Him, or whether they
would have objected on account of His
folks?
Giragossian has effected this "llftlna"
or its equivalent. -Mr. Edison will be
the very first man to throw up his
nut ana- yeu nooray:
OREGON "SIDELIGHTS
is extremely gratifying.' says
oneer. "to see the city of Madras
ng the present building activity
"It
the Pioneer,
enJ ovine
despite tbe very lean crop year and
tne consequent snort incomes, it ab
dicates cltarly tbe full measure ft
confidence in Madras entertained by
tbe business community, " ; .
There, will be no wood famine in
Crane. ' The American, can be quoted
on that subject as follows: "The
buss of tbe power wood saw ean be
neara in town, xne euszaaw is not
cutting sagebrush. . but on the - con
trary is working on Juniper and moun
tain mahogany, which Is brought to
town by the wagonloed every day.
A great business has sprung up (n
picking and marketing wild black
berries at Willamlna, according to the
Times. The yield this year has been
marvelous. Scores of people, old, young
and middle aged, have been harvest
ing the crop and yet most of the fruit
will not be picked. Borne pickers have
been making asmucha 16 a day.
Exdolt of an axed fowler, related
in the Iia Grande Observer: "Hunt
ing's good. So says Constable-I, W.
Faulk, who, although 18 years old.
yesterday rambled over some 10 miles
ef country over fences, through brua.-i-and
across streams and returned with
three pheasants and two ducks. Con
stable Faulk says -he can keep up with
the rest of the yOung fellows."
A challenge on cheese Is issued by
the Gold Beach Reporter, which eays
that with northern Curry taking first
prize at the Coos-Curry fair for cheese,
and the Wedderburn factory taking
second prise recently In tbe entire
state for the same produee. "the bal
ance of the state and the entire coast
should take notice that there are many
good things in Curry that other sec
tion cannot boast of.
Ratfajr land Bobtail
Stories from Everywhere'
UNCLE SAM AS MARKET REPORTER
' ' - . By Cart Smith. Waahlnjrton Staff Correspondent of The Jon real
Washington. Oct. 6. Among the un-1
usual suggestions of war time Is a
ptoposal for a government monopoly
on market news, which has been put
forth among resolutions adopted by
tbe United States livestock committee,
signed by some ef the foremost live
stock raisers of the country. .
Buried in a mass of resolutions, and
paled by world events' of the day, this
declaration in favor of doing away
with the publication of all -unofficial"
press reports concerning market con
ditions has escaped particular atten
tion. In view, of the patent inaccura
cies which t-ccur from time to time in
government reports, the proposal to
suppress publication of any other in
formation is an interesting develop
ment. "
The resolution adopted was put for
ward by the beef cattle raisers, and is
probably Intended to apply to the cat
tie market, but it is not so limited by
the language of the resolution, which
reads:
"Reliable daily information as to
market conditions is most necessary
We therefore recommend that tho
btffeau of markets of the department
of agriculture, at the earliest possible
date, arrange to furnish suen inrorma
(ion by wire to the press and to all
markets, and that when such arrange
ments are completed the sending of
unofficial reports to the daily or
weekly press or to the public mar
kets be forbidden." .
see'
The beef raisers, before adjourn
ment. named a committee of five
which is to confer with the secretary
of agriculture-and Food Administrator
Hoover from time to time on questions
affectlnr their Interests. This com
mittee consists of United States Sena
tor J. B. Kendrickf Wyoming, Dwtght
B. Heard of Arizona, E. K. Mlddleton
of Mississippi, W. T. McCray of Indi
ana and A. S. Gage of Texas.
Tbe dairy section of the general
committee contributed resolutions de
claring that the price of milk and
dairy products has not advanced in
proportion to the advance of etber food
products, and in purchasing dairy
products the government is asked to
pay prices that will fully cover the
cost of production, so that slaughter
ing of dairy cows may not be encour
aged. The sheep section, calling attention
to the contraction of the public land
grazing area, adopted a resolution de
claring that practically no lands re
main that are fit fof any other use
than grazing. Congress should there
fore arrange for the use of remaining
publia lands for this purpose. It Was
declared, selling" or leasing the land
under regulations that will insure their
use to their full grazing capacity. Jay
H. Dobbin of Joseph, Or is one of a
special committee of tbe sheep men in
structed to keep In touch with the gov
ernment ageneies.
Tbe bog section of the general com
mittee, which also framed part of the
resolutions, urged that grain be re
served in feeding so far as possible In
favor of pasture and forage crops, snd
recommended that pigs be marketed at
a weight of not over 200 pounds.
The livestock men of all desertp
tions Joined in approving the purchas
ing of meat supplies for this and the
allied governments tnrougn a common
agency, at a price insuring a reason
able marcin over the cost of produc
tion: the use of the licensing power
, ...rh .TiMinni rtv the nackine Inter
ests, and tbe elimination of specula-In
tion in the marketing and handling ox
livestock and Its products.
.J1? tda eohims an readers ef The Jours!
are inyitad to tsontrlbnte origin matter (a
xcr7.l.a. or 'n pbiloeopbieal obaervatiae
tri button at escepUoaal ment whl be paid tor
at tse editor's apprtiiai.1 '
The Actor's Indifference
IT Is probable that the height of in
, difference is reached In tbe. veteran,
actor..- One saen at the Press club re
cently, says the Washington Star, eon
firms this suspicion thoroughly.
He is In a good show but has a
mall part, appearing only in the first
act. - " : -
"How is the shew?" be was-esked.
"Pretty fair, I'm told," he answered.
"What's it about?? ' . i..
-Can't say." ;
"How does It end?"
"Don't know.'' v
"For goodness sake, haven't you -even
see the play? You are In it
yourself!" '
"No," be answered with a' look of .
being bored. "Several times I have
thought of going around front te see
wnat it was all aboutbut. my dear
old chap, I have never' seemed to get
around to it." -
But There Still Are Slippers , .
Mrs. Hive Why are children so
muh worse than they used to be?"
JWs. Bee I attribute it to im
proved ideas in buy ding.
Mrs. Hive How so?
Mrs. Bee Shingles are scarce, and
you can't spank a boy with a tin
roof." ,
What He Needed .
Stubbs was feeling bis wav te the
Ucitchen stove in the dark, says the
Buffalo News, when he fell over the
coal scuttle
"Oh, John." called Mrs.' Stubbs
sweetly. 'I know what you need. You
should get what they have on battle
ships." i
What's thatr growled Stubbs, as
he rubbed his shins.
"Why. a range finder."
And what Stubbs said about wom
an's wit was a plenty.
The Nightingales of Flanders
"Le rossignol n'est pas mobilise."
A French Soldier.
The nightingales ot Flanders.
Thev have not rent to war-
A soldier hoard them singing
Where they bad sung before.
The earth was torn and quaking.
The sky about to fall;
The nightingales of Flanders, s
They minded not at alL
At intervals' he heard them
Between the guns, he said,
Making a thrilling music
Above the listening dead.-
Of woodland and of orchard
And roadside tree bereft.
The nightingales of Flanders
Were singing. "France is left!"
Grace Hazard Conkllng in Every
body's. Uncle Jeff Snow. Says: j
Old Fop Meacham in his patriotto
lecture to the lodge t'other night
used np a heap of mighty good lan
guage but he never landed oneet on
these here big trusts and labor fight
ers, and mostly lambasted the little
slackers. There is sure a-plenty of
both kinds, and as none of us present
was big slackers mebby'lt Is all right
to fire accord in' to your game, and
not go huntin' cottontail rabbits with
elephant rifles. . - -
HOW TO BE HEALTHY
Copyright. 1S1T.
hy t. Kaelay.
SMALLPOX AND VACCINATION.
The negro Is especially, susceptible to
smallpox. The.death rate in the negro
race from this disease Is IS per cent
higher than that of the whfte man.
The Importance of vaccinating against
smallpox large numbers or negroes
migrating to the territory of the white
man is evident. This is a special pro
tection to. the negro.
Th efficacy of vaccination In pro
tecting against smallpox was discov
ered nearly 160 years ago. Cows some
times suffered rrom a disease wu"
resembled smallpox and which was
called cowpex. But humans wno too
the disease from tne cows smieiw
and were tnero-
Hrht ill effects
Did Billy get any dinner that day? after Immune to the dreadful smallpox
Well, yes. he did. His friends dlscov
ered his plight, and gave him a bottle
of warm milk, warmed up his cold lit
tle bands and feet, treated bis poor,
neglected back with a soothing rem
edy, and he took a long nap that
Thanksgiving afternoon.
No, this didn't happen in India,
where they throw babies into the river,
a more merciful death than slow etar-
fv,ot was so terrible ana aeaaiy w
humans. Dr. Jenner. now famous as
having first discovered the protective
power of vaccination, became con
vinced of its usefulness byobserving
that 'when there was injected Into the
blood Of a human being some matter
from a cow sick with cowpox the
person developed slight constltu
Hmniomi of no special im-
vatlon. V This odcurred within a few I portance and was subsequently ren-,
miles of Portland, not long ago. dered immune to smallpox. This was
Tirh.i K..,.nw. T3in.. tT v.. I .k. K.irtnnErifr nt a. ereat movement in
in the Albertlna Kerr Baby Home for behalf of universal vaccination, wmcn
some time, growing into the kind of a at once reduced death rates tnat naa
been as wgn as z perwv.vw
The lack of understanding or vac
cination has led in some quarters to
baby he has a right to be.
BILLY'S FRIEND.
: Indorses "Striker's WiW
Portland. Oct? 3 To the Edlter of
The Journal Where - does "A- Union
strikers wire- get mat iaea aoout - . . f formal,
union - men .being .the most patriotic term .ha. come to tandf or any formal.
in the worVQT i ror one xaiitosee it. l -
Is it patriotic to strike for "blood
money" during time of War? Is it not
also deliberately "killing the goose
that 'lays tbe golden egg." industry,
which means employment and pros
perity for ell?" The present strike is
opposition to the measure. The trag
edy of relaxing vigilance against tbe
disease was Illustrated by an experi
ence in Montreal They bad had no
smallpox there for many years and
the necessity for vaccination was not
apparent to many people. , As a result
there was a large unvacclnated popu
lation. A Chicago. Pullman car con
ductor was taken with smallpo Jn
Montreal, and was carried to a hos
pital. He -was not- "solated and in a
short time a servant caught the dis
ease and died of it So the authori
ties dismissed all patients who
showed signs of infection and they
were allowed to go to their homes.
The disease had already infected
some of them, however, land was
spread by them until It developed
like wildfire, and wltnin nine months
31(4 people died of smallpox in
Montreal.
The disease varies greatly in In
tensity with different individuals.
Some attacks are so mild in character
that they are often mistaken for
chicken pox. But usually the dis
ease presents a terrible picture, Justi
fying the horror " and . fright with
which it is associated. Death may
occur in two weeks. Vaccinated people
are generally -immune, or if they take
the disease they usually have it In its
milder forms. .
Tomorrow Mllk a "Diet."
other official documents have been im-
nv tiea wun rea
PERSONAL MENTION
Inspecting Timber Interests
Tr.rA on his annual fall trip to
thoroughly disgusting,, and reminds me look after bis timber and other bnsi-
of the dog in the manger. ness properties of the Northwest, W.
r-wonder if "A Union Striker's Wife" p. wheeler of Endeavor, Ps-, is at the
Is in any way connected with the food Portland hotel today. He was ac-
trusts, for she tells us she has made a companied on the western - trip . by
storage of her pantry (which to me Mra Wheeler and they will remain
seems very .nnpatrlotlc at this time), ner- fOT bout a month. Mr. Wheeler
and-thereby upholding tbe food prices naa heavy timber holdings in the
i or lue.wsB lurvuuaiv vmD wuv-cii.iv, I Coast range.
are unable to buy-in quantities or else I
axe unselfish and patriotic enough not Film Officials in City
ta hoard foods. We are told only to Hiram Abrams, president of the
preserve all perishable foodstuffs, but paramount Pictures : corporation of
not to make "stock, rooms of or ork: B. P. Schuelberg. his sec-
pantries to the detriment of others.
Maybe A union .singers wiie . can
Inform me why her husband -Is strik
ing,; when she apparently seems so
well off, - '
I have great respect for "Strikers
Wife," Whose husband eagerly desired
to do his bit by working and basten
ir the eomnletion of Uncle Sam's
much-needed ships and not thinking
how mucn "extra . money ne coma
"demand"- for his services. : :
I am extremely proud to tell . "A
Union Striker's Wife ' that my husband
is a member of the "Home .defense
guard" and that ... there is no "extra
money coming to us, 'either. as a result
of the war. I should indeed feel hear
tily ashamed of my nusoana were be a
"striker during tnis most critical
time. My motto is, . "Live and let
live." .. ' ' " "-
A SPANISH WAR VETERAN'S WIFE.
"Red Tape
Portland, Sept. 28. To, the Editor ef
retary, and Herman weoDer. racixic
coast manager k for . the Paramount
corporation, were in the city for a
few hours Thursday, anaTrtben went
on to Seattle. iiThey will Vreturn to
Portland on a business mission Satur-
'-, - J - . " - , -Pendleton
Residents in Town
Colonel and Mrs. J R. Raley - are
spending a few days in Portland from
Pendleton. - - -.
i ; Considlne Her Frdm Seattle
.John W. Considlne. Jong prominent
in the theatrical business on tbe Pa
cific coast ' and I owner of important
business properties In this city, .is
registered at the', Portland hotel today.
..' V ij - .
Colonel Geerg S.'Toung, who Is 1n
charge of the local army recruit tng
station, returned Thursday -morning
after an' inspection tour of about a
week In tbe eastern part ef the state.
ThV JoHrnalpl.ase let mT know H. will ru, harg. of hi. duties
through your columns what the phrase at this post. ?
"red tape" means. SUBSCRIBER. J. H. Dunisp, lumberman. Is at the
IThe term is significant of the delay Portland hotel f font; LatourelL '
attending official or other formal ac- - Mr. and Mrs, H. Bailey of Pendleton
are at ine rortiano.
tlon, due to the observssice of legal
forms, ancient precedents sad obstruc
tive routine. Inasmuch as legal and I
Amons the out-of-town visitors reg
istered -at tbe hotels today were Mrs,
D. C. Crawford and Miss Lura Craw
ford of Pendleton.
Hoyt 8. Gale of Washington. D. C.
reached Portland from the east this
morning. ',
Percy Goslett, formerly a "horse
buye for the French government in
the northwest, is in Portland from
Nampa, Idaho.
Mrs. M. H. Abbey, of the well known
Ab&ey hotel at Newport, is registered
at the Oregon hotel.
Mrs.. Madison Cooper, president of
the Barnett bank at Wasco, and Mr.
Cooper are at the Oregon boteL
James Sherman of the Saginaw
Timber company at Aberdeen, Wash,
is at the Oregon hotel.
N. P. Stedman ts in Portland from
Washington. D. C.
.V. D. WUllamson, a prominent busi
ness man of Spokane, Is at the Mult
nomah hotel.
S. P. Fleming, representing Seattle
shipbuilding interests, is at toe ju.uk
nomah.
'Joseph Hi Conn of Washington, D.C,
Is at the Multnomah hotel.
Grant Smith, railroad contractor,
shipbuilder, capitalist and part owner
Of the Multnomah hotel. Is registered
at tbe Multnomah this morning from
St. Paul.
A. H. Jones an official of the Dodge
Motor Car company, is at the Multno-
mh from Xetrott. Mich.
C. D. Mobre of Bridal Veil is at the
Washington hotel.
..- S- L. Goderd is at the Washington
(nim Cottae-e Grove.
G. W. Hunter of Corvaills is at .the
Washinarton. - .- -
H. W. Sim pa on Is at the Washington
from Sookane. : - - v
Howard 'Dayton, lumberman, is at
the Perkins from Bridal Veil.
j. K Johnson,- manager ef the eamp
at Breitenbvsh Hot Springs, is stay
ing at tbe Perkins betel . for a few
davs.
A. Sohler, stockman of Wheeler, is
at tbe Perkins.
- D. C. ' Freeman, publicity ' man for
the North Bank lines, is attending the
Interstate- Fair' at Prlneville this
week as, a representative of bls- eom-
pany. . - -
THIRD BRITISH r
OFFENSIVE AT YPRES
In his Sunday war article
Frank II. Simonds goes
into detail concerning the
strategy of the British of
fensive now being waged
at Ypres, and contrasts
the condition of the well
manned and well-quippei
British army of today with
the valiant "First Hun-
dred Thousand" who
waged an historical de
fense on this "same ground
nearly three years ago.
This analytical article
holds special appeal for
those who would' under '
stand the guiding policy
in the campaign in the
west.
FROM CAMP AND
CANTONMENT
News letters from the sev
eral training camps where
boys from the Oregon
country are being . pre
pared for service overseas
constitute a feature of The
'Snday Journal that re
ceived instant recognition
from the very time it was
inaugurated. -
Everyone at home is inter
ested in the affairs"tf the
gallant lads now in the na
tion's' service and look to
The Jouriial to keep them
so informed. '
AT HOME AND
"OVER THERE"
- Pictorial review that in
S eludes scenes of war and
preparations for war on
both sides of the Atlantic. ,
FICTION
AND FUN
Two incomparable feature
; sections that supply a de
mand for quality stuff. In ;
the field of the Sunday '
; comic The Sunday Jour
- nal fun sheet is supreme.
Its fiction magazine feeds
, the hunger for the best
' . short stories.
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