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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,-' PORT LAND, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER l, 1917.
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ENEMY ALIENS
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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.
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- ' 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
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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
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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,
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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. -
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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
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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." ' - :.:
There U bow do question that indirld
sat hrflaoa can actually brine about tha
extension of liaman lit, and J doss so
stm at mrre tittaJon. It makes life flaep.
ar, fuller. nolr, and battar ia ererr aray, I
UU w iv a'v. r r
lar of ail health books, teaebae you hoar te
proVonr your youth, incraaae youi capacity
tot work, multiply your happiness, and abat
tha door on Boat ef your ilia. Wa- are
Just -b-ainain to realite that as erase of
preTeotkiD ts worth a pound of cure. A
crest health sMmncgt is Bow aweepinc
over tbe entire worid. Join In H by reed
ing and followinc tbe iajuactfons la this
book, and yoa will be healthier, happist
aod more eostanted than eler before.
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authority, sad reputation. The Life Es
tension Institute, Vat., whose members au
thorised and assisted in preparing iv ie r
simply tbe orcanizarioa ot tha country's
laadins authorities on hygiene, prereotloa
and- eare of disease, and euceafca, for the
rtlsssm Initio, of this vital kaowladsa. They
receive no financial return. They
are workta for the public welfare, and !
yon ess well afford te profit by thstr f
' teaching. .
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