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Newspaper Page Text1 m t L V THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,-' PORT LAND, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER l, 1917. AW IWTUCPENDBKT WgWBPAWS iaekaua., .Publisher .' ", abilsaes'every ear, afternoon a ad snorela Ecpt euaday attemooa) at Tbe Jf"" , nauaine, Broadway ua uwm' PortJaad. Or " lusters at tba Boatofrice at rertlaa. Or., (o transmission turoufk tb malm ae second v '". class asstter - ' i ai.LiCfHOMaj Main 7173: Bom. A -006 1. AU aepartnienta reached by taeao numbers. - iu too operator wsat eeparaaeni yon wn. . - i 1 Benjamin aentnor Co., Brunswick BWf .. ? 2 fUth era.. Mew Iota. Wis Faou Was .: iMd., Cateaco. ' ' - ' . subscription terms by mall or to any eadreee La , ts United States or Mexico: ' DA1LX (MOBNINO Oft AVTBENOOSV -Pas year... ,.... XX lone month. $ .00 J" SUNDAY . Oae rear. tlM ! One month t M DAILX (M0BMIMO OB AfTTaNOOIO AMD 8DNDAT One year .17.60 (One month .. JM Z&oV ra&a im kro and &n oriel to a mwA aVn . ahev itarann (vhaiaaaa L hm ms Wei aa danced Talue. ENEMY ALIENS ip RESIDENT WILSON'S proda-, mation for registration and control of enemy aliens is a . long anticipated and highly advisable war meannre. Rnnrt to , jit in America dates back to the . earliest days of the republic. applies to all unnaturalized .Germans of over 14' years of age. 'tThey must register with proper 'authorities, an(j must make re J ports of their whereabouts at y- I stated Intervals yet to be an jnounced. They are forbidden to ! approach within a certain distance ' of warehouses, docks, terminals, railroad stations and other places. Justification of the step is com plete in the cablegram sent by the 'German general staff to Count von ; JBernstorff, which said: -'" j For military atUche. "you can find , I particulars FOR CARRYINQ ON SA f BOTAOH IN THE UNITED STATES '.AND CANADA FROM TKB E"OLr ; JLOWINQ PERSONS, etc. eta . j 7 Thus was the German govern , ment, while still at peace and pro )L rfessing friendship for the United 'States, officially directing its am 1 irfeassador In America to carry on . sabotage by bombing industrial plants, burning up factories, plant ing time bombs on American ships and other violence for destroying . 'American property and' snuffing ? out 'American, lives. 'f. Unnaturalized Germans in Amer ica yield their allegiance to the ..- kaiser. As the kaiser's subjects directed by the kaiser's American ambassador, on orders from the ' - kaiser's government at B e r 1 i n, .. these (Unnaturalized aliens were ". looked to by Germany to carry' on a. Prussian war in the heart of America. . That has been done. It Is still being done. There was a fire in :'; an. American transport while at '-' her dock yesterday. There is an f incendiary fire at American docks, '. - Jin American warehouses and at n American factories every few days. J.There Is an explosion at some 'American munition works or in v1' isome American industrial plant .every week or so. Violence, man J killing and property - destroying Violence is regularly carried on, all N lover the country. "It U the 'sa - Jbotage" of which von Bernetorff 'was told by Berlin "you can JDnd particulars" "for carrying on Jin the United SUtes and Canada." ";. It . is full jind complete Justifi e.catlon for the president's require Jments as to enemy aliens. ; J Clarence .Darrow, famous Soclal- J 1st, pacifist, defender of the Mc jNamaras and author of. a book ad " jrocating non-resistance, is making epublio addresses urging prosecu tlon of the war until kaiserdom is defeated. Mr. Darrow explains that . Jhlst doctrine of non-resistance is PPllcable to normal man in nor L mal times, but holds that Germany running amuck among the nations calls for the same defensive action dealt out to a mad dog or an in- ,sane man. He says the nations must defend themselves or pass lout of existence. 4 - ' COMING TO PORTLAND lECRETARY WILSON and his commission arrives in Fort land Monday, and it is ex pected, among other "things. ;" that'i they will endeavor to 'settle the paper mills strike. F6r:flve weeks nearly 1700-men , tn the jmills at Oregon City, Camas - and Lebanon have been on a strike. " tThey ask for elimination pp. Sunday work as far as .possible, for time and a half for overtlmertherlght ;; to collectively bargain but not for " the closed shop and an increase of . v; 1 5 , icents a, day in all classed of , employment. , : -'f ' Unskilled workers are now; paid - $2.90 x per . day, or 8 5 . cents ; lesa . thatx . the schedule fixed by ; the t wage adjustment board In the Bhip'. : ; 'yards strike. The working day 1 for Unskilled operatives . Is nine . hours, -" - -- '. ; r At Oregon City ; about 1000 5 trllcers are oat, at Lebanon about I 75, and at Camas abont'600. At each place some nave returned to I work, though the percentage Is i very small. About 60 per cent tof I the men are in unskilled service. I : Secretary Wilson and his .com-great mission have . been, extraordinarily successful in settling the labor p troubles in Arizona and California. , Their mission is not only to settle! strikes, but to assemble informal- tlon and secure adjustments' that will allay labor unrest. The crooks are at large. So called "farm loan associations" aro in imitation of the farm loan plan. offering loans to farmers ona 4 per cent interest basis which fig ures out to be 6 per cent. Person3 professing to be government agents call on housewives and undertake Mr Hoover 1 to commandeer food h riAnnnnmri them u nnnrtons. The farm loan board has warned f arm. against t h no called farm loan associations " HOPE FOR RUSSIA A T A great meeting last night, Portlanders were told that Russia will stand steadfast I ln the war. The assurances were made! by Russians. A. J. Sack, graduate, of the University of Moscow and Nii- rector of the Russian Information bureau of New York, was one. Th8 other, was . Lieutenant Commander Hwoschinsky of the 'Russian' navy, during most of the war an infantry I off leer pn the eastern war front, and now an attache of the Russian embassy at Washington, mV t.ll ' at- . li ins xaiter was tne omy surviving otcer .'Of a regiment that went into fe battle in one of the Galician campaigns 3500 strong and came I freight train from Akron to Bos out with only .135" survivors. But ton,' running oh a regular schedule this officer and his 134 men had penetrated to the Prussians' third line and captured 50 guns. - Petrograd Is not Russia," these men declared last night. The Bol-1 shevlki government, they insisted, la not representative of . the Russian democracy. ; In recent municipal elections throughout the republic, J too uoisneviKi party cast out two per cent of the vote in the smaller towns. In the larger cities, it cast but five -to seven per Cent. This was declared by Mr. Sack to be a fairly accurate reflection of shevikl strength in the country. He preaiciea mat .me present regime at retrograd would soon, fall, and that It would prove to be one of tne last eruptions to piock the way of. the Russian democracy. Three million Russian peasant, are now on the 1200 mile Eastern! iront, noidlng the line of their own volition, because they have faith lnthe cause of the allies, By thus remaining in the treaehes, they are holding two and a half million Geraian and Austrian troops at Day, ana preventing them I from being withdrawn for use on tno western iront. Tne hope of Russia remaining in the war is the moral - fibre and Idealism of the people. They know the difference between the mate- nansm or .Prussia and the ideals of liberty and democracy of the entente nations. , xne curse ot KUBSia since tne Deginnuig or tne war nas been tne German intrigue, ; in which, as stated last night by Major Wash- burn, 140,000 persons are now en- gaged and in which x5V,ooo,ooo or uerman money nas been spent in prdpaganda and in corrupting men since tne czar was deposed. The tragedy of the war, as pic- turea Dy Major wasnburn, nas Deen itussia. uerman conspiracy at retrograa Kept tne array unsup- plied with arms, munitions and ra- uns. uatues were rougnt in which mora was a mio ior every tentn man. nussian soiaiers waited m tne rear to move zorwara ana arm themselves with the rifles of com rades when the latter had fallen. Many a battle was fought with ! Russian soldiers resorting to the bayonet without artillery support. and-thls against the best trained and best equipped soldiers in Eu - rope. Returning from France, the presi- dent ot Hobart college declares wai uermany is DUUQing airpiane3 wun ievensn energy, mat tne kal- ser intends to make air raids on American cities, mat he is building nuge nyuro-airpianes ana biplanes to carry two tons of explosives that will operate at a bright of 20,000 feet and make 100 to 200 miles an hour. He insists that Germany ex- pects to win the war with air- planes.. Let Oregon hurry up her spruce. HELP FOR HOOVER t HE Pittsburg Leader prints "an extraordinary story of food decaying m cars near the dty while people are starving. Six ty-eight cars laden with potatoes caoDagea and apples stand on the tracks, says tne Leader, with their contents anoiline. sltiA at tViA time food prices are at the famine level. Inasmuch as the Leader prints a picture of the 1 cars and shows specimens of their lading we feel that there must be some truth in its story. It is well known that much eond food is going o waste within easy reach of Portland this tall lor want or a market. The farmers would be glad to selr. City conanmers would be glad to buy, But the connection between seller and buy- er seems difficult te realize. ' The New York food commissioner re,- porta the same -condition in . hla! state and Frederick Howe, repeat the tale In a recent arttcle on food i conditloae. Mr. Hoover Is un-l doubtedly doing all lie can but. his work - Is overwhelming - and every function requires time. The Increase rates asked by tne rauroaas aoes not apply to roads west of Chicago or south of tQ OWo rtver. Nor does the pro- posed Increase affect general class rates. If granted, they would apply only to some commodities. The increase asked is 15 per cent. ONWARD A" V auto freight train of four trucks I now in regular serv ice between Akron, Ohio, and Boston. The train covers a distance of 1510 miles in a week A regular schedule is maintained. and the J rates of railway express companies sire met.- inere is going to, be a great deal more or tnis Kind or trnsporta- uon. ic nas Deen wiyi real vision that The Journal has, for a long time, insisted that the Columbia highway and other trunk lines In Oregon are to fill a most impor- tant place in our transportation system. That is why this paper has urged that ,the Columbia high way should take the most direct route along the river! so that by means - of feeders the route would be of the greatest service 'tQ Jhe greatest number, On this page today fe an edit- orial from the Portland Oregcnian which urges trunk roads and feed- ers with auto freight trains as of M I a .a immeaiate vaiuo ana capaDie Qi vital service in the transportation system of Oregon. The auto and successfully competing with railway express rates, is proof of the soundness of the claim or the auto truck and the improved high way as a transportation factor Take Eastern Oregon. The farmers of that region are paying rates on their grain based on the haul over the Cascade , mountains! to fuget sound, in Hearings De fore the Interstate commerce com mission, railroad representatives have, , in their briefs and argu" ments, actually made the state Bol-knents: that the rates to Portland from the Interior are based on the rates to Puget sound, . No farmer hanline his wheat to market would think of crossing a mountain range with his auto truck if there were a route" by which he could reach his market without crossing' the mountains. It would cost him too much for gasoline, and his engine could pull but one half "or one fourth as much of a load over the mountains as it could draw along a level route I , vet everr wheat srrower in j Eastern Oregon or Eastern Wash lnrtnn tnrlav la navlne freht rates baaed on tha over mountain ana i8 paying for it out of h3 wheat-price every year, mostly, 0f course, without knowing or realizing it. The amazing thing 13 that the farmers have submitted Tnn? tn thin .Tar.t!on without raislne a nrotest The river offers the lowest cost haul known to transportation. The Hver Im-nroved and nsed bv bateres. the. Columbia hiehwav and feeder roads covered .with auto freight tntn. ladpn with m-aln wonld eava iniand Empire farmers millions of donara everv year If the Krain er0wer would once vision the dosH Bibilieies and -put fundamental prln- j cipiea tnto action a smooth and level road and the aut0 truck th the improve- menta yet to be made in it, are part o evolution of transport l jorl WHAT TO READ A CrvILr engineer, a graduate from the leading American university, 'who lias some what tardily awakened to bis 1 fearful state of ignorance, Writes the New Republic to ask what books he ought to read. This ex- Umnlarv graduate tells the New Republic that he "knows nothing of nolitiea. economics, commercial Maw, banking, bonds, stocks, in vestments." h.nd so on. His "edu cation" at the'leading American university" no doubt consisted of a little genteel dabbling in Latin syntax with some casual dip's 4nto rhAtnrir He must have learned some mathematics or he could not have beeDL an engineer, but the chances A , n 'that vnlear lcnnwledern at some less elegant place, than the leading university." . Think of our foremost institution of learn ing graduating its yonng men with no knowledge of politics and eco nomics when those ' two subjects are ffce breath of life to iis-. The education, so-called, which too many American boys get -at our colleges gives them a hard, pol- ishd. conscious culture and nothing more. If they take the cynlC atu toward our social problems what else could be ex pected of them? EMBALMED POULTRY , . : i - W EJ ARB learning' much these ..days. War measures i are , illuminating, f :,v Thus, "the Immediate dale Of all TwmVtrr - in J tttrtTatra ': frnm last year" Is ordered by he food adminlstrafldn: - It, Is now past tie middle of November, 1917; What we learn from the order is that poultry, put away la cold storage warehouses 'Hast year" is still taition in the mirror, v. in my excitement storage It must have been in stor age at least a year. How much longer would v It : have remained in storage if the food administration had ' not . ordered it sold? v; Indeed how much of it now held ,may have been put In storage warehouses the year before last or' the year before that? Only one thing could cause this poultry to be held out of the mar ket so long. It is held out of the market to prevent poultry pricea j from being regulated by the natu ral laws ot supply and demand and to ' enable somebody to regulate prices by artificial processes. By keeping it off the market at the time producers sold it, the manipulators were enabled to ex tort larger prices from consumers. By keeping it off -the market Indef inite periods, the visible supply is limited and artificially inflated prices maintained. . The rlserve stocks in v the warehouses enable the manipulators to beat down Jthe price at which they buy of the pro ducer, and by keeping the stocks out of sight In the market they are at the same time enabled to push up the prices 'to consumers. It Is robbery of both through the medium of cold storace, that cold storage which ought to be a bless ing to mankind instead of a means of oppression! which It Is. We are learning much from ap plication of war measures. We are uncovering a lot of ways that are dark and tricks that are vain that we did not know about. journal: man ABROAD By Fred Lockley ! While going from fcGoldenale across the mountains to Toppenlsh In the Yak ima valley by auto with Samuel Hill we were misdirected and finally wound up in a farmer's back yard several mites off our road. "If ever I become a mem ber of the board ' of regents of .a col lege, superintendent of public. Instruc tion, or a school director," said Mr., Hill. the first thing I do wlu be to cut out of the course some of the purely cul tural studies or those taken merely to give the students mental gymnastics, and substitute for them a course In common sense,- clear thinking and self-1 possession. Did you ever notice how few people can give a stranger brief and explicit directions how to go from one place to another? They haven't been taught to think clearly. Their minds can't travel In a straight line. They become rattled In an emergency. They are not cool and self-possessed at the time when they most need the Jul! possession of their faculties. There is something fatally wrong about a sys tem of education, that fails to train a child to meet the testing times and emergencies of life." ' I have had frequent occasion to ob serve" that Mr. Hill was right as to people not keeping cool in emergencies. Some years ago, whUe making a brief sojourn In a Willamette valley town. I took, as was my custom, a brisk walk before turning In for the night. On a side street I noticed flames coming from the side of a house, just below the window. I v ran down the street. Jumped over the front fence and knocked vigorously on the door. A woman's voice asKea nervously, wnax uo you . want?" "Your , house Is on fire. Let me in; I will put out the fire." I said. "Go away, or I will call the police," she responded. "Open the door or I will break it open." I replied. The key turned and I pushed open the door. "OeU , - m , . i i ii r , - . ' B) mo a pail ui waier, quicit, a ioiu ner. She hurried away and returned with a teakettle full ot boiling water. I took the stairs three at a time and ran into the burning room. The smoke was so thick X nearly strangled. One side of the room was ablaze. In a crib across the room from the blazing wall a baby lay asleep. I set down the teakettle of hot water and dragged the crib out of the room. The woman had followed me up the stairs and at once caught up the baby. It began to scream lustily. She ran down stairs. I threw the, hot water on the blazing wall and ran down stairs to get more water. I found a pall, filled it with water at the kitchen sink and hurried upstairs. X threw the water on the flames and hur ried down for more. The woman had dragged a trunk from a closet and left it squarely across the -foot of the stair way. X discovered it, to th -great dam age of - my shins and Xhe bridge of my nose. Another woman came from some where and I organized a bucket bri gade. After a 'quarter of an hour's hard work I got the fire put out. It had burned a hole large enough to crawl thrdugh, in the side of the house. A lamp turned low had exploded, caus ing the fire. A year or so later I hap pened to mention the Incident to a clti sen of that community and he said, "Tbe - people whose ' house so nearly 'burned up have always wondered who It was that put out the fire." A few months ago I stepped at a hotel In a-town within a hundred miles of Portland. I was given a room on the fourth floor" and was told that If I wanted a bath I could use the bath room on that floor. I undressed Jn my room and In lieu of a bath robe! put on my long cravanette overcoat and went to the bathroom. 1 had Just filled the tub and got in when I heard frantic cries ofv "Help, help," from across the alrshaft. r Jumped out of the tub,, slipped on my long overcoat and hurried " to the point from which the cries were coming. It turned out to- be the ' woman's - bathroom. Ax young woman was dancing up and down, screaming for help. One of the pipes had burst and a perfect geyser Was spurting from the broken pipe. The room was filled with steam. . X took one glance at the lady : and said, "Go to your room. I will fix this." I groped back ot the tub and finally found where the water In the burst pipe could be shut off. By this .time the night clerk had arrived on the scene and I returned to my Interrupted bath. Next day I met jthe - lady of the bath in a more formal manner and-ah said, "What did you think of taeV: I didn't know how to-answer her, so I gave her an evasive reply. She turned fiery red as she said,. "I want-toi thank you for coming to my rescue,1 and I want to make an explanation. I had Just filled the tub and stepped in. It -was so hot I turned the cold water on. Suddenly something burst .and a stream of what I thought was scalding water Btruck me on th back. I tried to Jump out of the tub and slipped and fell hv Then I fell out of the tub on th floor, and the wirst water pip threw ice cold water, all ever me. X tried to turn it off, and instead I K turned on the hot water. Then, I called for' help.' I de cided to slip on my klmona. -It Is cut low in the neck, sol wrapped tha bath towel a round my neck. -'-When X got to my room andtqrned on th light X nearly died 'from frighl for I thought re. " tTa A JLia X had wrapped mr kimono around, my neck and had overlooked the towel al together. I realized then why you had sent me to my room, and I Am- cer tainty grateful that A had cot fo It he fore the night clerk came up." . Frem all of. which anyone can see why I Relieve Sam HU1 was right In wanting coolness and self possession made a part of the curricula of schools and ealleges. Letters From the People Communications sent to The , Journal Tor I ?nbllcatlon la. this depart man t sUbuld ba writ es on only one aide of tlta paper, aoould not exceed' 300 words In length and most b ac companied br tbe name and address of tha aender. it the writer doea not desire to hare tha name pubetahed he should 'uo state. J The Dollar's Value Ashland, Or., No. 20. To the Editor of The Journal Dr. Irving Fisher and J. B. Carr have tried to explain the puz zle of thSs. dollar's value. The silver dollar was the unit of value (420 grains) from about 1790 to 187 when sUver was demonetized. Since then $5 In silver Is the limit as a legal tender In payment of debts. I know 100 cents make one. dollar, but. if the stamp clerk In any postoffice is up to the scratch no one can buy more than 25 1-cent stamps with pennies at one transac tion. The limit Is 25 cents as a legal tender In this coin. Again, only gold and about $300,000,000 of the first "full legal tender" greenbacks, now held by banks, are receivable for duties on-'lm- ports. National and state bank notes are only a medium of exchange for things in dally use. . During the days of the Populls party I was for a year secretary of the Knox county, Tenn., central committee. I had to learn the values of United States moneys. ' In six months I thought' I knew It all. In two years I found I knew very little about It. What punc tured my bubble waa "Intrinsic value." Sliver was 47 cents to 100 cents In gold. I asked Mr. Ault. cashier of the Mer chants bank In Knoxvllle, "What does It cost the government to make non- coupon bills after the dies are made?" He took a small book out of a desk, used a pencil abojut a minute and Bald, "Less han 5 cents for paper. Ink, print ing, signing; and issue." Then I said, "If we have intrinsic value In gold and silver, why not in gold and paper? How much paper would it take to be a gold dollar's worth In a one dollar bilT?" He said, "One wheelbarrow load." AMOS DAHUIT. A Protest Portland, Nov. 16. To the Editor of The Journal I desire to "protest the action of the city authorities in trying to force allopathic medical treatment on such women of the underworld a have been arrested In the anti-vice cam paign. Those suffering from venereal diseases are already the victims ot orthodox medical treatment. For 100 years the medical profession has been doping syphilitic sufferers with mer cury, which never cures, but only drives the disease In and .causes It to remain passive and a constant menace to the patient and his or her progeny.' The use of salvarsan has blinded and nara lyzed and killed thousands outright, and the men of medicine are powerless to cure or even relieve the disease. Syphilis is a dlseftse of fear chiefly and is easily cured by natural and rational, methods of treatment without drugs, if the pa tient can be treated before being doped by mercury- and 606. The segregation of these people Is am Invasion of their personal and constitutional rights. They are 'legally allowed to choose the doctor and such methods as they see fit. and neither the state board of health. Mayor Baker nor anyone else has the authority to lock them up and force these out-of-date medical methods upon them. This city at the last election gave a majority of 10,000 against compulsory vaccination- and medical methods. I favoyneither vice nor venereal disease, K .v. r.iw aJ. but any persons who are forcibly de tained and treated should bring suit against the authorities who compel them to submit te this method of treatment. , The state board of health consists of svn orthodox allopathic doctors ; therefore It is an illegal body and exists in violation of the state constl- txflion; bsldes. It Is not a legislative body and can make no laws, or enforce them. he appropriating of something like 750,000 of the taxpayers' money for the purpose of fattening the purses of a few alldpathlo doctors, In these times of stress. Is an outrage, and - If per sisted in, -the recall should be applied. to some or the gentlemen "higner up ' who are fathering these measures. r PR. W. A. TURNER - Old Coins Portland, Nov. 19. To the Editor of The Journal Please Inform me through The Journal If a United States penny dated 1S58, with a flying eagle, Is of any value. Where else could I go or write to find out. ALBERT ROT HER. (Will the inquirer please send his complete mall address to The Journal. 1 PERSONAL MENTION Visiting Here From Haines , Mr. and Mrs. C"C. Olson of Haines are registered at the Cornelius. They have a large circle of friends In Port land and visit here frequently. Mr. Olsen.ls a prominent stock man and is here to attend the stock show. En Route to California Mr. and Mrs, Fred S. Piowatl of Grand Rapids, Mich., are at the Mult nomah. They are touring the west and are now en route to California. Mr. and Mrs. fiewltt-'Nelson of Minne apolis are at the Cornelius. Mr. Nelson' has Just recently returned from Russia. The following stock men of Prlneville are at the Portland hotel : M. R. Brlggs, Norris Morgan. Vill Medford, Carry W. Foster. , A. M. Vernon and CaroU Whit of McMlnnvllle are registered at th Cor nelius. E. K. Jones from Coos Bay Is at the Oregon. t W. H. Effenberger of Nehalem Is at the Carlton. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Green of Seattle are at the Washington. D. C McClure, A. A. Gordon and E. G. Cox are registered at the Oregon from Albany. "O, W. Loomis. insurance man of Se attle, is at the Multnomah. E. J. Snelling from St. Helens Is at the New Perkins. S. F.- McDonald Is registered, at the Carlton from Baker. Mrs. E- C. Carmon of Belllngham Is at the Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Mel Slgmon from Dufur are at the Cornelius. Frank Griggs of Pendleton is at the New Perkins. L. M. Sims of Kalama Is at th Wash ington. F. W. Gaston, an Insurance man of Tacoma, Is staying at the Multnomah. Dr. F. W. Close of Lewis ton Is reg istered at the Oregon. C. G. Hulls -of Moro is registered at the New Perkins. C. C Collins of Lebanon 4s regis tered at the Washington. . , S. i. Slmmonsen. a stockman of Yak ima, is at th Portland.. Bv F. Edelman of Hood River Is in Portland at the Perktoa v - ; i Mrs. George Flavel andher daughter, V S- COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE . We i know very little about Copen hagen, buj that's 'nuff. Looks as though Vemliht get by all winter with the B. V. D.'s. It isn't so much what the boss says that counts. It's the way he says It. It was a" sad day for Daschund Hln denburg when he snapped at Bulldog Halg. With whiskey at a. quart what In ducement does the town offer to a poor burn Is It possible that the Winter nalsce at Petrograd will be known' this season as the "Hotel de Gink?" The use of Dublicr hair brushes has aa aa am been prohibited by law in Louisiana. Someone's always taking the joy out oi lire. Leon Trotsky. Rusalan revolutionist. aa aft ak trotted lnskfc and he may reasonably be expected to turn right aroundskl and trot ouiovitcn. Kissine mav be unsanitary, as set forth by eminent medical authority, but that doesn't matter, because people don t kiss for their health anyway. Men on parole from the Oregon state penitentiary who enlist for military service for the United States will be re stored to citizenship. What more could tney ask 7 With all due resDect to htm as he Is. SB a it appears that it would add much to the military bearing of General Tasker H. Bliss If he would shave his mous- tachioa. - m m 9 v The nhiloBODhcal. the suDerstltlous. the religious and the pagan may find significance In this: British forces are nearing Nazareth, In Palestine, and there is probability of a battle near the birthplace of Jesus Christ. And Christ mas tide approaches. HIGHWAYS ONE WAY OUT From tha Portland Oregooian, NoTsmbar 20. In planning, a policy ior rai Portland commerce, the people would be wise to follow the lines of least resist ance and, therefore, of most rapid de velopment. While they should not de lay nor relax their efforts to bring about such a change In the sytm df railroad rates as will give the port the full benefit ot Its natural position as compared with competing ports, nor to develop to its fullest extent Inland wat er transportation, they should remember that the former Involves- a long strug gle against powerful lnterestsjind that the latter requires a long process of upbuilding by providing modern, eco nomicai crart, oy prroni ,"vr Reamer, unloading . them at the other by obtaining Joint rates wh.r&roaK!Tnd of trip to another wagon or and bv constructing highways to the rivers as feeders. Unremitting effort in these directions should be accompanied by the fullest development and use of other means for Improving the traffic situation as one main factor In build ing up ocean commerce. Th most promising of these other means is a system of paved highways, extending through Oregon and north ward through the Columbia basin, and over evhlch auto trucks can carry heavy loads. Work upon It Is already under way, and can be delayed neither' by lititratlon nor by the lack of port facil ities, nor by th need of large blocks of private capital, nor by railroad oppo sition. The pubuo has been lea to isk too limited a view of the Columbia river highway as a scenlo road which opens up the natural beauties of the Columbia Iver gorge, but it Is far more; it Is a main line of transporta tion which will be completed a year hence from the mouth of the river Into the heart of the wheat and cattle country beyond Arlington. The Joy riders cart and should be outnumbered by tractors hauling heavy trucks loaded with wheat, fruit, fodder wool and all other products direct from the farm to docks at Portland or even direct to steamers loading at these .docks. Similar highways are already under construction up th Willamette valley and to the, southern boundary of Ore gon, through Central Oregon southward to Klamath. Falls, down the coast from the Columbia, and from the west to east midway of the state's breadth. Stretches of these roads have been or are being made and as sodn as a stretch of road has been made It comes Into use. By pur suing with accelerated pace the policy on which It has already embarked, Oregon can In a few years construct the main framework of a system of three or four main highways extend Tlng from west to east and an equal number from north to southi Their value would so quickly become ap parent that -each county would soon build connecting roads between them. As these roads are built and as their use Increases, the saving of time and money by auto truck transportation should become so obvious that they will swarm with such vehicles, the de mand for paved roads should grow and opposition should melt away. Most people thick that they have one a great thing by voting 16,000,000 of bonds. If they could have foreseen ten years ago. when the automobile came into use, the developments of the present and of th near future, they would doubtless as readily have voted HOV "AMERICANITIS" (No. 1). He told the story himself, and as he was a high American government, off lclal with only one rank between him and the president, everybody listened, and learned. What made it interesting was the contrast of his looks to th kind of man he des cribed in the story. Tet that man was himself. He was 43 years of age, youth ful in figure, his hair was still black and he had the facial expression of a kindly, patient, charming disposition, which is most generally the accompani ment of normal physical processes. At 20, he said, he was a nervous wreck. He had suffered front nervous Indigestion for 20 years. M& was under nourished and anemic, harassed with nervous discontent. Irritable, unable to sleep or rest. In fact, he was afflicted with that disorder which SxGerman physician visiting this country termed "Amerlcanltls." "always on the go," muscles held tense, never really resting in any part of his being, day or night. He had put himself through th regular siege of nerve specialists, rest cures and nervine hospitals. Then some on in England, where he was still seeking Mfss Nellie Flavel from Astoria, ar at tha Portland. J F. M. Rothrock, a stockman of Spo kane, is. attending the stock show and Is registered at the Portland. C. J. Strong of Condon ts registered at the Washington. Oscar Smith of Aberdeen is a guest at the Portland. , Oscar Hayter of Dallas is at th Port land. H. L. Fletcher of McMlnnvills Js staying at th New Perkins. Paul Clagstone of Lewis ton ts at th Portland. : Mrs.' F. H. Collins of Goldendale Is staying at the Oregon. G. A. Gee. a stockman of Taklma, li registered ; at th Portland. ' C R. Essllnger of Grass Valley Is at the New Perkins. . T. E. Preston ot SUverton is a guest at th Corneliua f : Mrs. J. D. McCuQy and her daughter. Miss E.i McCully, of Hood River, are at th Norton! a , . Mr. and Mrs. Wt'"V7'. FowelJ. ef Spc- NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS 8 tan fielders, the Standard says, are think! fle it la hisrh time they were se curing a charter and thus broadening the powers o tne municipality, l The oreenam outlook, says it wouia like to suggest that Mr. Rockefeller endow a chair of Corn Breadery In the University or Chicago and iut a south ern mammy in it" MolaJla is doing a lob of paving on the contract system, a bid submitted having been rejected for the reason that it was aooui no per cent oi tne engi neer's estimate. - Tim conservation is to be effected by the county court of Douglas county bv classifying its business and setting aside distinct periods tor the various classes. The farmers Tn he Nyssa district. the Nyssa Journal says, have had a vrv nrofineroua vear. which is reflected in very active building operations In the shape ot new and modern, farm homes. More modern farm residences are now being butlt thereabout than in any one year in the nistory oi mat secuon. "The Oregon farmers have most ot their crops safely gathered all except the potatoes and these are dug." says th Kalem Journal, "in thlsavored sec tlon of the footstool as wanted during th winter, and enough left in the ground for seed for next year's crop. At sure IS a great rounirjr iui m "Another Interesting' find was made In the drv bed or Thorn latce recenuy mn-rm th Silver Lake Leader. "Henry Egil found three stone moccasins. Tbe formation la almost oerfect In two of the stones, whereas the third is Just a little Irregular In shape. From the sev eral .relics found In the lake bed re cently it appears that it would be worth whilA to make ud a little research party and spend a few days-exploring ana excavating. ten times as much money. There need be no misgivings about ability to raise the money wherewith to pay principal and Interest of road funds and to maintain roads. Th growth of traffic on ex isting "roads should automatically pro duce, in license fees, the money, to main tain them and to build more roads Th economy pf motor transport Is so great when paved roads are provided mat it seems a mere trifle to the own ers of vehicles. areai pare or m cost or rail or river transportation is accounted for Dy terminal and transfer charges naunng goods to the railroad station or wharf, loading them on car truck to be hauled to a warehouse perhaps to be hauled again to another railroad or wharf. The shorter the haul, the rarger percentage of the total freight .bill do these- terminal charges constitute. They would be al most eliminated by auto trucks. One of these vehicles could load at a farm or could take small lots of freight rrom several neighboring farms, and coma go aireci to an ocean dock with out breaking bulk. Four or five trucks could be hauled by a. tractor. They could travel faster than any river steamer, and would save the time as well as the money consumed In tran fera. In: speed they far excel the rati road, for, the average .daily distance covered by a freight car Is far below 140 miles, Which could be traveled by a truck In four hoars. a All this does not imply that the highways would supplant or reguc to b. secondary position eimer tne roads or the river. They m ay bee serious competitors for short traiiic, duc tne otner systems my expected to retain .through traffic and would have an undoubted advantage In carrying the heaviest loads. Th highway system Is likely to stimulate settlement of the back country, and consequently, to swell the volume of trafflo to such a degree that all three rail, river and highway will be fully ' employed. Railroads would be relieved of congestion and would the give quicker service and compete more effectually. But all ports would get the full advantage of their natural location and, as the principal roads lead dow hill to Portland, this port would prof) most. The highways should be th automartio rate regulator, and. as it would be cheaper to haul down the Columbia and Willamette rivers to Portland than over the Cascade moun tains to Puget Sound, the present rale discrimination ' ' would doubtless be ended, in spite of the railroads and th interstate commerce commission. As the traffic would come from the interlor'to Portland, ships would sure ly come her after It. It would be gathered In not only from Oregon, but from the Washington side of the river over the Interstate bridge. The river counties would rebel against subordination of their Interests to those of Puget Sound, and would, force construction of roads to their natural market. Thus the trafflo of the Inland Empire would return to Its proper channel, and Portland would again be Its chief port. Jtaul be TO BE HEALTHY Oopyrlgbt, JflT, er t. Keelay. solace for his physical ills, taught him a trick that cured him. It was as simple as rolling off a log. It didn't require medicine, and it didn't require money. But out of this one simple hyglenlo measure he gained health and efficiency, poise and contentment. What he learned was the art of re laxation. When he lay in bed he learned to give himself up to It entirely, a dead weight, and let It hold him. Instead of holding himself In it. When he lay his head on the pillow he caught the sensible Idea of letting the pillow have the full weight. Instead of half holding the head himself. Th fatiguing sleep of Improper relaxation was soon fol lowed by a wonderfully refreshing night's rest. Unruly thoughts that kept him awake were allowed to take care of themselves while he attended to th interesting process of. letting go of muscles. The result was, however, that the "imps ot thought" soon followed suit, and the "senseless" working of the machinery In th head let go also. Tomorrow :- "Amerlcanltls' (No. J). See another story "How to Live," foot column eight, this page. kana ax in Portland at th Multno mah. Mrs. A. R. Remnls of Kelso is a guest at th Washington. , Mr. and Mra W. A. Capell of Spo kane ar at th Washington. A. V. McClean of Salem is registered at th Norton la. . : Mr. and Mra Ed Kraas ot Seattle ar at th Nortonla. ' C. E. Robinson of Seattle Is a guest at the' Washington. Mr. and Mra W. M. Blakeley of Pen dleton are In Portland at th 'Washing ton.. Joseph Hunt of Gardiner la registered at the Nortonla. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bliss of Vancou ver are at the Washington. ; No' Place for Xentrala -1", . . .' '-'z . tfcm tbe IsdlaaaeeUs Raws .. ' However, v you : can't expect u to have much sympathy for th neutrals. After all that has happened this world Is no placsvfor a neutral. v Ratfax and Bobtail Stories From Everywhere A Pow'ful Wise Old Ape IJN'CLE JOE" CANNON - dearly loves a circus, especially one with -large monk c v. hihann ana In this connection, says Elteha Hanson in Cartoons Magazine, he spins a yarn. ' y. aown m North .Carolina, Cannon and a cornfield negro went to- ... vs loetner. Upon entering th sideshow they were attracted by a large ape. It was an enormous brute, th cannon says, that he ever has seen in his 18 years of existence. The negro was so fascinated that he refused io ouage rrom tne cage. Long after all uio omer ioikb nad passed into the mala tent, the hegro was stalled if) the side- ' show. Finally, satisfied that none ex- cept Cannon was about, he approached - mo oars. "How is yo'r he asked the ape. No answer. The necro looked arnunA again to make certain that he was not observed by strange eyes. now is it 7" he asked again. Still no answer: and a third t!m h spoke to the ape without receiving a re ply. Then he burst put : Dat's right! Don you sav a alne-l wuhd. If you does, dey'll hab you out of dat nice straw an' a hoe in yo' han'i In a minute." v The Red Cross Docs The Red Cross dos are very brave. i inry auuw JUSI wnat to do. They're doing their bit to win this war. Saving soldiers good and true. There ar people who teach the Red Cross dogs . To faithfully do their bit; io num. ior soldiers behind the logs. Bringing back a shoe or a mitt. The doss can follow the scent of a man. j..t.u bl(um) iiiy waier. They follow to bring back whatever ' they can. To the lied Cross nurse or master. When the Red Cross dogs go out at night. And find soldiers that are hurt. "n-"'y bo dhck wun an thrir might. With a shoe or a piece of a shirt. There are soldiers out in No Man's Land. Wounded by Germans close at hand. Saved by the faithful, honest oiir. God bless these Gentlemen in Fur. William fci. ormandy (aged 9). HUlstipro, Or. Wrote His' Vinon Her Photo A soldier's will written on the back of Ms sweetheart's photograph was probated in London the nther day, says Capper's Weekly. He had simply written, "In the event of my doath, I leave all my effects, lnriiiding all moneys laying to my credit, to this young lady." The will was dala in April. an4 t.he soldier was killed two months later at Ypros. Th govern ment turned the photonraph over o the detectives of Scotland Yard who soon found the original. NevexSatlsfied The man who sighs for the bygone day. When a bfrefoot boy he ran, Is the grownup Jfld who usrd to say: "Gee! I wlsht I was a man." Boston Transcript. v Tossing a Coin Two business men did disagree About a deal one day. "Ivt's toss a coin," said A to B, "And, settle It .that way." But B refused. He wouldn't toss. He firmly set his Jaw. Since neither man would come across They had to go to law. Expenses pilp tip thlrk and fast When men in lawsuits join. Tbe Jury sattled things at last By tossing U a coin. " - .Louisville Courier-Journal. Vncle Jeff Snow Says Rooshy is like a family I knowed down near San Antonio, Teias. oncet. An Irishman had married a German girl and the result was good Ameri cans, of course. But the rumpus could be heard clear acrost a big block when the family was argufyln'. One city election Mike never showed up. an he explained he wss so busy persuadin' Katrina she didn't need a new carpet that he had no time to roll political logs fer his friends. Before he got so h could see out of one eye that he got blacked In the debate, Katrina got th carpet. . 0 Stage and Screen Br Edua lrrlna Otis Skinner In "Mister Antonio" ts headed coastward. . Bryant Washburn has purchased a home In Hollywood for 135,000. Olive Tell says she wore S65 gowns In th screening of "The -Cn foreseen." Taylor Holmea rode in a horse car from Boston to get his first Job on the stag. Ma Murray's waving curls and piquancy of feature afforded " inspira tion for th original Nell Brinkley glrL In New York cnoruaes this season th beauties ar mostly small and winsome. Th stately ones whom we were wont to admire have benn discarded. lavld W. fiiifitii has taken .to wearing highly colored cravats and perpetually carrying a stick, sines he's been to London. a . Julian EHlnsa's friends say Be has an idea that he wants to make pictures for himself, now that his contract with Lasky is nearing evplratlon. lf you can't hold your husband, you're humiliated." saya Arabella In "Romance and Arabella. "If you can, you're bored." How would" you like to change clothes 24 times a day? That'e what Guy Bates Post ha to do every matinee day "Th Masquerader" fa shown. . Learn to Live - As You Should ' - Know Your Body and Mind as You Should Know Them Know "How to Live." 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