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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, , MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28; 191?. ''" AH INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER . . a 8. JACKSON.. . Publiaher rubllebed nt day, afternoon and morning ea - , cpt Sunday afternoon) at Tbe Journal Btuld . Ins. Broadway and XambiU treu, Portland, ' Oron. nlm4 at tb poetoffice at Portland. Or., for - traramkaaoo through tba mailt aa second claa " matter, -v " laXEPHONE Main 7178; Boom, A-60B1. . AU departmenta reached by theee number. Tail too operator what department yw want. 11(J1UJI ADVEBTISLNa BEPKKaENTATlVB Benjamin Kentnor Co., Brunawick Bnikllng. ; ,22ft rutb are,. New Tora. 121o People a Gaa btiulding. Chicago. ButMcrtpUoa ternu by mall, or to any addreat la tba united State or Mexico: ' DAILY (MOKMNO OK AFTERNOON) On year,. . . . . .5.00 One month.....! .80 ' .- -. 8 UN DAI One year.. $2.60 I One month f .25 daily, imoenlno or afternoon) and Vi. . SUNDAY One year $7.60 I One month t .65 , WaVeannot accomplish our object in thU (Teat war without Mcrifice and de votion, and In no direction ran that aacri flre and deroltoh be ibovrn more than by each home and public eatltif place in the country pledging tt aupport to the food administration and complying with it re quests. Wood row Wilson. MR. ROMPERS T HK nation's greatest efficiency In prosecuting the war can. corns only from Its insistence that em ployer and employe cooperate to the fullest extent. American federation of Labor. Such is the formal declaration .of the convention that has elected , eimuei uompers president or me Americarr Federation to serve his 1LI.A allL - .a a a . ' luiny-ium year as neaa or me or ganization in Arnerlca, The fed- aflllAn Wfla nrcraniTAH in 1 fifiO with about 15,000 members, and Mr. Com per b was its first president. fHe ..has been its president ever since with the exception of a sin- irU'uak oKmit 1 0 O K n 10C Tin ; has always been opposed by the : Socialist or more radical wing of 'the organization, and repeated at tempts' have ' been made bv that class v to . dislodge him from the presidency. Some years ago Mr. Gompers was asked to state 'bis objection to the Socialists, and he did so in a pungent letter. One of its strik ing sentences was: Economically, you are unsound; so ' dally.' you are wronr : industrially. f you are an Impossibility. ' ' Atv times, efforts have been t made by opponents of organized I labor to identify Mr. Gompers with violence in connection with labor . . troubles. He has always advo i 4 a t e d lawful, conservative and united -procedure. To an advocate 'of.; violent methods after the lat- ter's I impassioned speecjh at a , federation convention at Chicago a -few years ago, Mr. Gompers said In reply: We cannot win by violence or thug gery. Brutality only grows. If wj have to win by that method, It would be better to lose. ; ', The 1917 convention, which has proclaimed that the highest effi ciency of the natlonln war is to be. attained by cooperation of em ployer: and employe, has given proof of its sincerity in the elec tion of Mr. Gompers for a thirty fifth year' as leader of unionism. In the present crisis, Mr. Gomp ers, has used his great position to , strengthen the hands of those f charged with conduct of the war. He has set .the example of loyalty .by appeals, addresses and public ' statements, calling upon union J men everywhere to support the war .and to do all in their power ' to .defend the country against ' Prusslanism. - The reelection of . Mr. Gompers is the official in 1 dorsement' by unionism in its own convention of the course of Jpy : alty which Mr. Gompers has chart ed and pursued. In the organization and in his leadership of unionism, Mr. Gomp . ers has exercised enormous influ- j ence upon the affairs of his time. - He was born in England. Janu ary 2T, 1850, of Dutch ancestry. He, was the eldest of eight chil i U t CIA a. AUU AAA O OVUVV AA LI -,U LXO LO ,XJA of -; day schools in England from i his sixth year to his tenth year, ; and night schools at intermittent . periods after that, including some night class, work in New York city, Hi '.''parents were very poor, and - a large part of the burdens of the family fell upon him at an early ; age. Tb-fi family came to New York In 1863r. and Samuel worked as a ciararmaker's apprentice. When 14 years of age he helped organ ize the Cigarmakers' International unions which, was the beginning of : his long and honorable career In ; unionism. - ..With soldiers on guard 1th loaded rifles and under orders to shoot '-all ,! who - do not answer questions,' the New York water front is at last under martial law and better, protected against alien enemies who have been burning up docks,: planting time bombs on ships and committing other acts of sabotage, i Pro-German sympathis ing under the American flag seems in fair way to transform the whole country Into an armed camp. j It Is the one way . to deal effectively with disloyalty and treason and to protect the boys in France against attacks from the rear. BOTH WAYS LOADED H' ERE Is a fact for Portland to consider. i . In operating a railroad. It is Important to have cars loaded both ways. If a car is I brought loaded to Portland, It la highly important to the railroad to have it loaded on the return trip. A stream of loaded cara coming west to Portland and re turning east empty is a far less profitable business to the company than if the cars returned east loaded. There is not an honest railroad man in the world who will not admit that It is far less expensive tov a railroad to haul freight down the "Columbia to Portland than to ha,ul it over the mountains to Puget Sound. On the other hand, railroad people will say- to you that if they have the business but one way and must haul the cars empty on the back haul, the profit from the downhill haul la partly absorbed, and it is a contention In which there is much truth. It is therefore of the utmost im portance for Portland to seek steamship connections that will supply eastbound traffic to the roads,. The traffic can be had. Take, for instance, Calcutta bags used in sacking grain for ship ment. Scarcely any of that heavy tonnage is brought direct in ship3 to Portland for distribution through the interior. It is taken by ships from the Orient to San Francisco or Puget Sound. It Is one Item of many kinds of traffic that would easily and promptly accommodate itself to a Portland route were steamship connections established, and the effect would be to give the railroads the eastbodnd haul that would save to them the profits ef the cheaply operated trains westbound through the Portland gateway. Besides, the direct importation of raw materials through Oriental lines would cause men of capital to establish new industries and new payrolls that would in turn supply traffic for distribution east- fward, furnishing loads for cars that might otherwise go east empty Nothing could be more constructive In its effects, more upbuilding for Portland, more fruitful of local prosperity than an offshoref busl ness 'carried on by ships operated out of .Portland. An incessant worker for a mari time Portland, a walking encyclo pedia of lnformatlpn on matters pertaining thereto, a tireless striver to bring about the" day when this town will profit from its unequaled geography. Executive . Secretary Dodson is one Portland er who is leaving nothing undone that can be done by one man to make Portland commercially ascendant. LEARNING RUSSIAN T HERE is a free class in the Russian language running three nights a week at the Lincoln high school. It is said that a native Russian teaches it. We gather that adults are wel come to share Its benefits if they desire. Russian is a difficult lan guage but not impossible. We dare say the main obstacles con front one at the very outset in the shape of the preposterous alpha bet and conjugations. Perhaps those obstacles are nothing more substantial that scarecrows to the earnest student. Russia is the most Interesting country in the world Just now. It is an enigma, a hope and a terror. Few even pretend to understand what is going on there. Many hope that it has solved the world-old problem of equality and justice. Some dread its influence on this and bther nations. They believe that the Bolshevik doctrines will thin the patriotism of the peoples as rattlesnake poison thins the blood. All this Is exciting and im portant. Ten years from now the person who knows Russian will be sought for and promoted. Whether we make up our minds to go to school to the BolBhevikl or ti fight them, we must try to under stand them, for they are, at least. a temporary power. The list of salaries paid Red Cross -workers ln Portland as print ed in Sunday's Journal shows that the activity in this city is economi cally administered. It is reassur lng to the thousands who are con tributors. PRIMARY TRANSPORTATION T HE subject of transportation Is of great importance at all times, but It is doubly so when every effort is being made to win the war. The. rail way systems of the nation are being strained to the breaking point Yards are congested with freight and the shipment of : commodities la being restricted to war essen tials. To meet the situation, which Is ever growing more serious, the national council of defense has taken steps looking to the devel opment of the" highway In its re lation to the railroad; and water way by the appointment of a spe cial ' committee which ' is to bring about better coordination. In former years when speaking of,,- transportation ' the 1 mind only included - the railway - a n d- the wo f.M,. : nnx i.ai " embraced in thfr general scheme.) newi iraT, . i iH i ei wki wh.n ii i, l. j being looked upon merely . as a i convenience for Individual eommu-'and politics. 5 j nities: ; The evolution of the j People are wondering what the automobile and motor, truck, has; world will be like when the war is broueht us back to the hiehwav aaiover. Pfrhan iii ir. the primary source of all transpor tation. ,;';.- v - : It Is over the highway that the products of the farm are. brought to the railway and the waterway. Its Improvement, therefore, be comes an economic necessity. By neglecting the highway as an Im portant factor the people of the United States have, it Is estimated, been paying an unnecessary tax of a quarter of a billion dollars an nually in the transportation of ag ricultural products from the place of production to the market and to the point of shipment. Therefore, no intelligent consid eration of the transportation prob lem can be given without reference to the highway and its relation to the railway and the waterway. An ideal transportation system is one in which the highways are the antennae of railroad and river craft. 4 Four persons run down by auto mobiles at almost the same hour Saturday evening is a bloody rec ord. A dead woman is part of the harvest. Rain on the wind shield was mostly offered as the excuse. The moral is to drive more slowly on busy thoroughfares and then rain on the - windshield will be less deadly. , AN OREGON INDUSTRY T HE managers of th Grants Pass sugar factory are said to be discouraged. Only about one half the necessary supply of beets was se cured this season. The high price of other farm products is said to ; ho no rf 17 gnKnimiolilii A-un De partly accountable for the mea-ithe gem ess of the sugar beet output. ' Attracted by the profits in other I lines, farmers gave larger atten-: . . tion to those lines and neglected ' sugar beets. i One sugar factory was moved ' out of Oregon after it had oper ated several years. That was at La Grande, and the reason assigned at the time for the removal was the failure of the factory, to ob tain enough beets to enable thex company to operate the plant a a DPbfit 'It is feared that th 1 a ppoiii. ii js iearea mat tne j Grans Pass, factory may encounter ; a like experience. Tra -n.,-4- . i uvercoat, so wnen we went, along to- The production of sugar from;getheri x i, like a tramD freisnter beets is a most important Indus- j being convoyed by a little tug. We try. It is a wonderful employer went into the office of a man .with whom nf lnhnr A rrMf HmI nf ..b!1 W8S unacquainted and with whom Of cultivation must be done by ' hanrl - Tha 4 t 1 11 of vvr AtirfVif a not onlv maintained hut forward aH o. .T. m , , . . u bw Lfoviuiii5 ployment, Orenron anil la AvoAllantly ,fl.n. I " ! - . - . , ea to sugar beet production. The sugar content Tuns 14 to 20 per cent and the yield is 10 to 20 tons toer acre The factory t?i.arnnteej iaciory guarantees 17.50 per ton and Increases the allowance according to the amount of the sapoharino content of thA tts u some oi ine , iacts l nave oi tne saccnanne content Of tne;plcked up in my readlngr and through beets, The pulp from the beets, after the factory has extracted the sugar content, is valuable as a RtOP.rC - : tnnA r0rtl ,An a VVU. VOUO OiiULf CAJ1 VA UUKS tX I " . nr fattened for the market on it. At ! ties of nature but also all those things some of the Colorado and Wyom- j that minister to the comfort of man Imr factories ratlo am RnmoMmps are more abundant than here In Ore mg lactones, cattle are sometimes goa YeU havlng llved tor nearIy 30 driven 500 miles and corralled for years in Texas, I am naturally fond final finishing for the market on sugar beet pulp. The pulp is also of great value as feed ' for dairy cows. This by-product of the in dustry Is accordingly of much value in the livestock and dairy lines, in which stock foods are now at war prices. This season about 600 acres of ! " land at Independence, ' Silverton ; and Stayton, planted- to . sugar beets, has supplemented the sup ply, grown at Grants Pass. A fa vorable shipping arrangement has enabled the transportation charge3 to be paid, with a g6od balance left for the growers. Sugar is one of the war necessi ties. Sugars, meats, fats and wheat are the food elements for which the Washington government Is making constant appeal and for which .the entente allies are pe titioning and praying. Possibly for reasons of patri otism as well as profit, renewed effort will be made to grow a sugar beet supply that will keep the Grants Pass factory in opera tion. The 30,000 pounds of wheat SDortsmen were to use for feeding Wild ducks is more needed by the boys somewhere in France than by the ducks. Selrure Of the lot by the Oregon food administrators is;SsDaIn- year 1821 saw several mo- A UUiil w iuo uua.9 ctuu IU the cause of world; democracy. WHAT THEY READ T HE New York Times has been asking the " big publishing houses what ; kind of books sell best in these war times- The answer is that they are not selling near so much fiction as they used and a great deal mor literature of other sorts. The Yankee boys in France read all the, detective stories and tales of adventure they can srnt. hnlrf nf. fbut the folks at home take to more serious books. : " There is prbbabljr a good deal more . silent thought' going on all over Christendom than some imag ine.' -Authors who address" the minds of their readers are having their innings. The Houghton Miff - - fit .. .. many -good Wbookjs.'V and many i u i inn iihtit oa v tfiav aan n more books dealiner 'with hiRtorv . rfll v., . . . , , wnt teu tnem something about It. Perhaps politics after the war Witt follow the example Of literature auwj uvld uuiLWiJ and' shnffia . ,. , . , anafsnume Off some Of its frivol- iij. many oeueve that earth will . a a . . be rather a serious-minded planet lor some years to come. Secretary of Labor Wilson has had phenomenal success in settling strikes and smoothing out Indus trial unrest wherever he has under taken that highly important work. His JOurnev thrniip-h Iha nnimlrv t " , , , fJ" n tbe J8ent mission his lert Denmd a path of peace. MOUNT EDITH OAVELIi A' THOUSAND year's from now travelers will visit Mount Edith Cavell and feel the harmony between its lofty summit' and the moral sublimity of the woman ,it is named for. "Mount -Edith' Cavell" is a name that means something. "Mount Hood" means nothing. "Mount Rainier" means less than nothing. In naming our great western mountains history has been con sulted, but' not. wisely. Poetry, romance. Imagination have been left out altogether. Mount Edith Cavell soaring into the blue Cana- dian sky breaks the monotony of the dull record. There Is an ojd belief that the innermost meaning of things lurks in their names. Modern theolo gians say that the real historical reason for the first commandment Is. to be found in RiinprntlHons r- ls. to De round in superstitious re-, gard for this magic potency. The j Buddhists draw wonderful stores of comfort from the repetition of : ' j . rt T. . i sacred word Om. It were to be wished that our forebears had been somewhat mor reerardfnl nf the magic of names when they af- i " '. fixed "Hood," Rainier" and the like to scenery. our glorious mountain JOURNAL MAN ABROAD By Fred Lockley Not lon &e 1 was on a committee a regrular dynami) of a man who weighed, with his overcoat on. about 1 117 pounds. I weigh 217 without my WIV rlimlnilMva fianrl ma Vnt sallvVil acquainted. He looked up from his WArlr a 1 r. o no im srtr1 wlrVtAtit n (1a Bald "Good morning, Texas and Rhode ' Island, what can I do for you?" My bantamweight friend bristled up, . but I i felt greatly flattered, for Texas Is some state. I . have been pretty well ! rva IT x vA T Irrastya' V 1 n -va V.a etn1 ' ; -a- n-uvrr aavw taigc, tivw I iUU jn resources and how historically Inter- ! .esting it Is. Right here, by the way, is! 'a Prettv SooA place to pass on some of j ""orrattl,on &ooul xelM 1 learnea ; a day or two ago from, Colonel I. M. i Standifer when I visited him at his of- i ;fice in the Northwestern Bank building, j personal observation while traveling- in Texas. "Tes, I- like Oregon better than any -r Dime, or x wouia not De living V. , l - l , r-i . 1 1 .. t , D,u uiunei omiiuiier. i Know va. TlfV RtatA in vrriinV) not a-rtlv tVt a nn. .and proud of that state. You say you have visited the Alamo and are fa miliar with the courage and heroism of Its defenders, yet that is but one in stance of the type of courage found In Texas an exemplified in the fa mous Texas 'rangers." I filled my note book with facts rela tive to the history of Texas given me by Colonel Standifer, but I will not f ttempt to teU here M e told me, faaelnatlne' fi Q in aoma rf fh f.n. instead, I am going to boil down into a few nararranha noma of th losHh. fats of ltTht We? of Ihe ear Danish xnlorers ' who were traveller troueh haAta now Texas, bltwefn toe lr. 15 4 and 1542 ives one a most mterestlne relSr history of the founding of the first colony in 1685 by the French, under La Salle, also gives one ! a fascinating glimpse of long gone days. The establishment of missions was i part of Spain's policy of military and I religious conquest of the country. It was not until 1727 that Texas became a province of Spain, and from then on Texas, or Tejas, as It was then called, saw stormy days. Spain was so busy keeping peace In Mexico that In 1799 Philip Nolan T conceived -toe (dea of wresting Texas from Spain, but was un successful. Some years later, during the War of 1812, Augustus Magee and Bernardo Gutierrez tried their hand at the same game and defeated the Mexicans sent against them' and cap tured San Antonio, but were defeated and driven out In 1813. A few years later, In 1819, a former ?"cer n ine umaa star es army, James he kept up toe attempt. Mexico was In i a chronic state of revolution against Long's war of invasion came to an end, Mexico won its independence from Spain, toe United States renounced Its claim to Texas, which we 'claimed had been thrown in for good measure when we bought Louisiana, Stephen F. Austin made the first American settlement n Texas on toe Brazos river and Mexico asserted her ownership of Texas. aa afe In 1824 Texas was joined to Coahu ila to form a state In toe Mexican fed eration. In 1835 Santa Ana overthrew the existing government' and established a dictatorship. This resulted in a pro - Texas with Henry Smith as governor ; James Robertson; lieutenant governor Sam Houston. -major general of toe ar- a nn nommiaaioTUH-. th T?nfti stt Texas declared war against the re public of Mexico and, under . Colonel James Bowie, for wnom . ' the - bowie knife was named, and under Captain J. W.. Fannin, the Mexicans were de feated in two battles during October, 1835. Next spring, on March 6, the Mexicans under Santa Ana captured the - Alamo, killing . Its: garrison of 183 mn A ew weeka later the Mexicans caDtured the arm v of Tnu eonaist-I - - , - . - i Fant capUvea but 20. who escaped. 0x1 April si. just a month and & day Kkd STiUrJ of "Remember the Alamo," met s&nta Ana t an Jacinto and defeated him and aw- w . . . A- . I 'miueu ine war. year mo umtea states, Belgium, France and England recognised the Independence or Texas, Sn; Houston was elected the first president or tne republic or Texas, m 1845 Texas was admitted into the Union I i and the dispute as to Its boundaries .I.sa A.m m . I led to the Mexican war, at the onenine- of host 11 It Iab nf the rMvtl I war. He Insisted that Texas stay by .v, i w... w. f.-' I ! Zl i ,X ,k. , ! on February 1, 1861, the ordinance of I secession was aaoptea ana on Marcn is. Governor Houston was deposed from I . v .iT- , . I Wt Z r.f.7 ' .vl soil of Texas. It occurred May 13. I 1865. a month after Tree's aurrenrter at I ..7 pX itto tv 1? Paltaito. near Palo Alto. Today there Is no state In the union more loyal than Texas, and, after seeing the flags of Spain and France, Mexico and the re- SF? -w a-a (uoouicau w AkAA vi uv uo" VOtlon to all it stands for. I Letters From the People , m . .. - I i lAJmnramcauofie aant tn The Jmtrnil for I ten ob on'or.1 ZfifVi 'xTl"" Xicolaevna Romanoff. second ?4d WO-ZSa. f IS u.nJil Sff'i.ilfhl daughter of the deposed Cxar of Russia. , . .wora" lenrth and. moat be ao- k ..Muti - " rir,. compamea Oy tba mm and addreaa of the I aenaer. ir tBe writer doea not desire to haB I the name publlahed he ahoald ao state. That Delinquent Improvement Tax Portland, Or., Nov. 24.To the Editor of The Journal I note that recommen dation has been made that a levy of one mill be made to take care of delinquent Interest on bonded Improvement Thi may be equitable, but I fall to see It In I mat light. The great bulk of these I same Improvements were made to f aclll- i tate the handling of various additions at a more remunerative figure at a time I when boom prices governed. The addi- I tions were laid out and put on the They are talking this, too, without any market, not by philanthropists but by show of resentment. It Is being die syndicates or companies of speculators cussed In terms of sympathy, i There is pure and simple, whose only aim was not Involved the Bolshevik! idea of con- Proln- BUl DUDDie burst and the falled of wh,ch tUthoM who were not in on the deal are now asked to contribute for the benefit of unsuccessful speculators ; since that Is ciocijt nnu 1 1. means, as wnen me I tide tumn th. .,unn. I grasp the properties by paying off ar- I rearages, ana ine outsiders who have I 'fl!? "v.d?,r one-mill assess- iiiRiiL ii illV n nlRilA iftf r n a rat 1 1 an I jment may whistle for the return of vneir proraia. omce tne autnorities are dearly and will be more ready to de bo benevolenUy Inclined, why not tax mand them. Among his most probable the community to pay off a lot of mort- I .mBn. win tu m Ho-ht to h land. gges which the owners of property j : would like, to get rid of, but cant. Just line the bonded Hens on additions as cited, ihe one is as consistent as the I other, but both are extremely socialistic ana as aiametricaiiy opposed to justway. Iy ue""" " " con- r r.iiTYirw.r r uu.n. , 4 K ... . . " "I past only by extreme effort, but be cause tney nave paia seems argu-1 ment anfrioi-nt tv, riav morn Wlthnut inv hnn rt nlnm I benefit, not to the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A- or charity, but solely to help tide over moneyed men till times are better, when they ran tni-r. into -niw Suppose I should ask any one of these same speculators to contribute toward paying my taxes. Think you the re- I sponse would be either courteous of generous. Assuredly neither. I My understanding is there is a law I nt. farmer, unis maenmery, says aen governing delinquencies and I am mor-1 tor Harding, the government should ally sure that were -I delinquent on I fi. Tl VI ft 1 Tl C thflt that 1 fl TtWT WnlllH Vva I " " -w- " vax w an- voked. Why should I be penalized when those who are worth thousands to my pennies not only go free, but are ac- . uUU.uuu u np mem along a veritable example of the home- ly old adage, "He who has gets." I As may be -Inferred from the f ore- 1 " ' xavoraDiy unpressea i with the scheme and It follows there- fore that its promoters will have my negative vote when that opportunity offers. It Is my belief also that were the question before the people on ballot the "ayes" would be so deeply snowed under that snow plows would be useless. E. S. JACKSON. Chides Portland Portland. Nov.. 24. To the Ftfltor f I The Journal-Much has been said In res-ard to the f!hamtwr of rnm.w.. I whether Tt is a benefit to Portland or harmful. One reads In the papers of a speaker from the east or somewhere else, and every time one of these men talks he tells of the wonderful Indus- tries along the river banks and how the towns Induce mills and shipyards to lo- cate, and even give them free land If they will build, and It is generally the case they accept, and Portland is the loser, Now, the Chamber of Commerce knows all this, and what can one cineet from aw., i i . . . .1 men 1UB lu wnen most oi ar lan holders, and will not let B of U unlS8 pr,c to riven- Tak a vlew of th "niPyard in Portland, Is' it not fine to see men employed, and Pyroll to faelp the city out. Why not " H content to let offers go by. Portland talks too much about rosea. the highway, ML Hood, natural re- sources, rainfall, climate, and about the time when it will beat New York. All this Is not creditable to Portland. Roses, highway, mountains, climate and other childlsh talk: wui not feed and employ men that come here. Let Portland get busy and get toe business, cut out big dinners ana rea tape and do what It says, ana see u tne result is not better. A. MoVEY. On Pensions and Economies Portland, Nov. 24. To. the Editor of . The Journal The taxpayers of Port .land are too easy going and should get stung when they sit Idly by and allow on. from Chicago, are visiting In Port 145,000 a year widows' pensions, which land at the Multnomah They are maic is being abused right and left, and lng an extended visit to the West and 312,000 a year teachers' pensions to people who are handsomely paid, and who want something for nothing. By toe time, the taxpayer awakes and gets his eyes, open as to how his money is being spent by - the new socialistic ays- tern of pensions, he will be eaten out ox- UUUW IiU Stop, look, listen, you taxpayer. Or ganise, and become a union and recall a few people. Answering Mrs. M. II., why should an Individual do all to economising? Why not ask toe city officials, who are putting socialism Into practice by " v " -"""o the privilege) and to teachers, -who get such enormous salaries, to cut out these things? Why not economise on Rose Festival ($45,000). which only helps de-r vuuuu. w.h ..v,, T .i.ujmMij, 1 .T' a?" ",t,nJ Wa.e wjaw ; ail avuvi ax a WW M I i f .t,! J?.T txtv ! 5- - 7r wh ?L HV) 'taxes ana everything is up? A tent city is enough for the man who pays no taxes and does 'not contribute one cent to toe city's treasury. MRS. MV V. PERSONAL MENTION Benton County Sheriff in Town . .W. A. Gellatly. sheriff of Benton coun ty, Is registered at toe Perkins, from COMMEIST AND SMALL CHANGE Italy. Ilka- th mrniit itliar iMini in be holding lta own again. , An Elmau WasTi.. rn.n haa nur trfta in ZUll blOfmnm. It mint K. a nA.i - . - But simply turning the lights out wont make the Great White Way tae straight and narrow path. ine patriotiam or some young eii- eTlbles doesn t go very far unless an y commission goes witn it. Vje ... 9. . . If the strike la all settled, well have . e a . Jf, unitea otaies is not. at war witn Austria, but that wont helD any Aus- W&M who get In the way of American bullets . Th Baltimore Sun feels that forcible feeding, of striking sisters in jail seems 'lt8h. In view of Hoover's advice not a Another reason for thanks giving: Out i4.ooo.ow.ooo . telephone caU. Cn this !;rrhin th-rteSr only Jo 1. w"hJ ,yVJlnly tw9 John Philip Sousa. now a bandmaster in the navy, has shaved his whiskers. youSgernowr iloL &QVWfty Having read some or Mr. Hoover well - known advertisements, the Pitts burg Gazette rises to ask how a woman can "use what is left. If she "serves Just enough, -d . -i ait j . i rr " . i. L. "UKn B," yrvumuiy uu. uciciuiui o been credited. AFTERTHE-WAR LAND PROBLEMS Br Carl Smith, Wuhinston Staff Correspondent of The Journal Washington. Nov. 26. A new type of radical is developing. Members of con- tress who have been regarded ai hard- 8neu conservative ana in u ioi. talked most of conserving the vested rignts or property now are tauung oi tha demands of the man In the street or I"8 right to the land. nscation. Dut consiaerauon is uemg giv- en to the thought that the government must concern Itself with the Increase of agriculture and the making of oppor- tunity for the landless. Witness this ex- prewion irurn oenusr nwuius . vmu, k.i. th ir n.nnMi. can national convention -nut of th war will rraw many new demands from the people. The man on . . . . a t a. fte street will appreciate his rights more The quicker and stronger he makes that demand, the better for the nation." tv. nhlo aenator aava he is for action i advance of the demand, putting It this "Wise is the nation which sees the coming of such a demand and meets it before It becomes a menace ,, w . ki . a. well being ftfen before they are de- manded Thtl "enator proceeds to say that thousands of people In the cities who a1 ,and bungry lack a proper agency to take them to the land. The land sell- er la merely Interested In making a coming is aone'io esumnsn me Iana seeKer on tne tana, protect mm in purchase against cheat or lend a neiping nana to ra mm an irraepvna develop. wa mm i a, aL. - - XllS 1UC& IS WAJ&L Ulfl UTCnilllCUl 11 UW aDiy would not actually have to handle the land, but that the handling should done under government supervision. with a guarantee of certain maximum profits. He suggests that close to every ioa city ran be found srood land that 1 not now in use which could be had at a reasonable price. The land would he examined by government agents. 'who HOW TO BE SORE FEET- The Germans now treat sore feet among their soldiers as a military offense, as It is generally due to carelessness, neglect or Ignorance. In the Franco-Prussian war It was est! mated that at one time as many as 30.000 German soldiers were unfit to perform field service on account of sore feet. In the Army of the Potomac whole brigades were put out of commission by the same cause. Wrong foot clothing was .responsible for much of the condl- tlonand Is accountable for a great deal of the suffering with which civilians are also . afflicted. The ordinary civilian shoe. In particular the patent leather, narrow toe. high heel, and a type of low shoe that slips about on the foot and nmwu in at the heel, not only pro- . a i .....a lstwM. wiilrtn rY1 motes luiieriug - dency. but in time ruins the foot. No type of 8noe- wlth "Jf its anatomical structure, is now known than. the army shoe, which respects the natural outline of the foot, yet compro- mlse. with toe . pellarme. I which generations of Improper shoes I Viave brousrht about in most people. I Similar shoes are available for civilian I use. Anatomical shoes give the great I to a efAance to perform Its proper rune I tion In walking. After the foot Is reached forward there Is a thrust back- I ward on the foot, especially on ine nau i of the ereat toe. and this muscular ac I tion is Important In the propulsion of I the body. If the big toe is Dent siaewise Corvallls. He will visit here for a tew days. ' Visiting; Here From Chicago Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Forbes and their I will be in roruana Mr and Mrs. -Will Madison, from As- torla at the Cornelius, p l. Leslie and C. M. Ennls. from v.nv.f Barracks, are visiting In I twiati at the Oregon. I John Hampshire of the Twohy Broth- ers Is registered at toe Portland from Grants Pass. Or. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Fetter from Hono lulu are visiting In Portland at toe I a M d Mrs y. b. Stuart of Stanfleld. ' ,n portland at toe Cornelius, J" stuart i proprietor of the Hotel i gtanfield and is here on ousiness. S. A. Douglas, from Antelope, Is a guest at the Perkins. I 1..-- . the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. . neiaer irom aidui . g q Duly from snertaan is staying at the Perkins. John' E. Riby from Ackeridge, I Alaska, is In Portland on a business trln and Is staying at the Oregon, G. T. Hunt from Butte is registered at the Cornelius. ' r. o. Donovan from Eugene is at the Perkins. - Clyde G. McMatb from West port Is a truest at the Multnomah. Miss Jennie Mae Snedlcor from Eu- arene is a guest at the Washington. Sergeant Fraser and Mrs. Fraser of Vancouver Barracks are in roruAoa at the Norton la. Lieutenant Frank Cowan and Lijutan - !NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS It has been announced that the Ore-' lJ LintiI'u" I,! of The Journal, gon Woolgrowers' assoclaUon will meet " 1 JJ t"J Lt,!r1 In annuaf convention on December 6 StriinV,,tontb WZLmtiZ and I at The DaUea. . , tta-sV IVmU Cbqullls's high school pupils are Just dltoca apuraiaaLJ - , . this sort: When they were asked for j - ; ... $50 Y. M. C. A. money they responded Somebody Had to Be the Hun V017 rncaX PUPU" Ve " h ,L1TTLE. -rld Richard came run. as 10 per capita. - nlng into the house- with the blood Baker citisens wUl on December 1 streaming from a cut on the forehead vote on a proposition to take over h had b!en ba a tT ff" property that has .the makings of a that hi..1" ?la &2Z public natatonum in w. xao projotj, the Herald says. Is generally favored. .Wood and co'al 'thteve. have been ' busy In Medford for the past two weeks, and the Mall-Tribune advises that "it behooves the careful and mruty citizen to Keep u w, i and other precious Jewels under lock and Key." J. J. Cassidy, who enlisted from Jose nhine county last spring, is now in France and is the circulation manager i the men of the Eighteenth Engineers! Railway. United States army. A copy of the Spiker. dated October 2S, reacheu Grants Pass a few days ago, the Courier reports. It Is No. 6 of Vol. 1 and Is the first Issue published la France. e e "Reporters," writes one of them In last Wednesday's La Grande Observer, "are not supposed to deal In superla tives, but the weather today demands them. The warm sunshine Is certanly entitled to a good write-up. It might be called a 24-carat article. 100 per cent fine, radiant and golden. This fall has been "the best ever. It has even been Indorsed by some who will not indorse President Wilson or the New Testament." would Investigate the soil and decide what could be reasonably done with it. Funds would be available from - capital seeking investment to buy the land, clear it, subdivide it Into proper sized tracts, build houses and barns on each tract and buy a horse, cow, pigs and chickens. All this cost, with a reason able profit to the developing company, would - be charged against the land, which would be sold on easy terms to selected families. The entire develop ment would be around a community cen ter, with postorrice, school nouse, nau, store and amusement place. There also would be a demonstration farm, where a scientific farmer would show what crops to grow and . how to grow them. The harvesting and marketing would come under the same direction, with a pooling of produce, so it could be sold in quantities and sent to market on a community truck, which would bring back from the city the commodi ties needed by the people. Senator Harding urges that the be ginning should be made now. In .prepara tion for the readjustments growing out of the war. When the boys come marching home, thousands of them Will be unattached and will welcome an op portunity to take a farm. Dismantled army cantonments could furnish lum ber for construction of houses. ' But the plan goes much further than to "re ward the defenders of democracy." "The great mass of the people should be offered the opportunity," says the senator. "The plan should be put to work and keep to work like an endless chain. The situation undoubtedly calls for action, and the coming session will doubtless witness the thrusting of the question to the fore and its solution may be one of the byproducts of the war which will continue to benefit the atlon for generations to come." Senator Curtis .of Kansas has Intro duced a bill which proposes to create a board of administration to develop a standard of rural colonies for dependent families of soldiers and to make a na tional colonization survey. The idea is on the same line as Senator Harding's, but less broad. It possesses the com mon characteristics of recognizing the need of governmental action In moving men and women upon the land, and of showing concern In them after they ar rive, using communal effort to elimin ate waste and loneliness. HEALTHY Coprngfet, 1" a J. Kaaiar. by narrow-toed shoes the natural action of the toe is lnterferred with and all sorts of foot troubles ensue. The best correction of painful bun ions and corns is toe right-shaped shoe. Sometimes when there Is a big growth, even the best type of shoe will have to be cut to make room for toe deformity. Standing! with shoes in a couple of inches of water until the leather is soaked, and then walking in them until they are dry, will mold them to de formed feet. The substitution of kid shoes for leather will generally relieve toe most painful case of tender, burning feet. If they perspire, salt In the water or alum Is helpful. Every night, after a day of hard footwork, toe feet should be washed In soap and warm water and rinsed In cold, and a fresh pair of socks and dif ferent shoes used next day. Stockings with holes or bunchy darned places may cause sore feet, and, if they must be worn, should be put on different feet on succeeding days. For blisters, pick them with a needle that haa been sterilised by running it through the flame of a match and then cover the blister with ztno oxide or talcum powder. To prevent ingrowing toe nails cut them straight across. Do not round them and clip off toe corners. - Tomorrow Hints on Doctoring. 8ee another story, "How to Live," foot column eight, this page. ant Jack Feeley of Vancouver Barracks are visiting in Portland at toe Norton la, .W. E. Myer, a stockman from Pendle ton. Is registered at toe Carlton. D. L. Stephens of Camp Lewis. Wash., is a guest at the Nortonla. Frank Cunningham from Hammond, Or.,,, la at the Carlton. C. D. Moan from Bridal Veil la In Portland at the Washington. J. C. Dunbar, a real estate man from 8t. Cloud. Minn- la at the Carlton. " Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Smith from Ath ena, Or., are visiting in Portland at the Cornelius. John Doumlt from Cathlamet, Wash is visiting at the Oregon. J. M. Phil brook from Scappoose is at toe Multnomah. Mrs. V. Lr Plummer from Baker is tn Portland on a shopping trip and Is registered at toe Cornelius. "The little Cuss Can Talk" From the Salem Journal (Nor. S) Going home 6n the streetcar after Senator Chamberlain spoke at the Ar mory Monday night this was over-1 heard, toe speaker being a resident of j somewhere south of Salem: Say, but can't that darned littls. cuss talk? I could have set there and listened to him all night, and when he quit and folks began to get out I felt kind of foolish, for I didn't believe I had been there ten minutes. He sure got under my hide, too, and when he( got to telling about them Belgians and how the president tried to keep out , of war, I felt Ilk I wanted to enlist and get a shot 'at some of them Prus sians myself. They tell me toe little fellow is a Democrat, but darned If I care; he's got, the goods, and he knows 1 how ' to show- Them " Kajtasr and Bobtail Btories From Everywhere i . i . uunseji "aa aug themselves in and, were hr!endt8 iUn ca ach other when Richard stopped one rt"1 missiles with his forehead. His rather demanded to know who had mrown we can. and the followlnr dia logue took place : feather Richard, who threw that can? Richard Why. there were several of the enemy, arid, besides, we were only Diayjne atnerWell. no one is going to cut my boy's face up and get awav with it. I will clean up the whole neighborhood first. Richard Don't, Dad ; We were only playing, and somebody, had to be the Germans.- ' Limericks on "Long Sam" Once a crazy old German named Bill 1 Was determined the beans he would spill; But the eagle screamed once And the old German dunce Saw Long Sam coming over the hill. Then he turned quite a nondescript hue And began all at once to feel blue; For he knew In a trice. Without being told twice He had bit off more than he could chew. But Long Sam said, "Tou've not got a chance In England or Belgium or France: Change your mind on the beans And your old submarines. And get ready to pay for this dance. "We've all heard that you're not afraid Of any tune whistled or played; But the time coming fast Overtakes you at last When the piper has got to be paid." They mussed William up quite a bit; He almost had a Jeeminy fit. 'Till at last in distress Bill was glad to confess He was perfectly willing to quit. All the family had eased up Long Sam For a good natured. foolish old clam; Now they know all the same He'll get into -a game With a kick like a battering ram. "Sam's Niece." She Bought Three In a Row A story Is told In the national cap- , ltal, says the New York Tribune, of a diminutive young thing who impatient, ly waited her turn in toe line before the stamp clerk's window. When her turn' came she stepped up with a thoughtful air. "Have you any two- , cent stamps 7" This sweetly. An au- swer In the affirmative brought this request: "Will you letme see some?" Here the clerk gasped, but he was obliging. Picking up a sheet of the red stamps he laid it before her. A mo ment of Intense thinking. She made her selection. She was blocking prog ress, but the Impatient squirming of those back of her didn't seem to mo lest the fair purchaser. "I think I'll take three out of this row, please." A Mother's "Bit" A few short years ago (Or was it months, or days?) I held you close within my arms And loved your baby ways. -Your eyes were blue as the summer sky Your tears like summer dew ; Your smile was heaven's gift to me. My cup was filled with you. Last night you came to me ; Your eyes were Just as blue ; But smoldering within then- depths I read their message true. You had heard prour country's call, you you said ; ' Your fighting blood was warm ; Our honored flag you'd follow far. I understood, my son. Today I sit alone. With empty, aching arms. Far out at sea perhaps he sails Where lie war's untold harms. 0 country dear, with prayer and love- 1 give my "bit" to thee. r O God, to whom I trust his soul, Grant peace to such as me ! ' R. L. Thompson. Portland, Nov. 23. Uncle Jeff Snow Says It looks 'slf the labor troubles alius holds the public fer the goat while toe argufyln' and strike is on. an' then both sides gits together and the public finds itself the same animal right along after that. Stage and Screen By Bdsa Irvine That veteran comedian, James T, Powers, has wandered into vaudeville. a a Minnie Bessie Barrtscale and Howard Hickman are married and lead an- ideal domestic life, 'tis said. e a ' Marguerite Clark is to appear in a film version of that delicate and "popular little play, "Prunella." All the Talmadge girls Noma and Constance and Natalie) threaten to ' spend their Christmas In Los Angeles. a a An actor, who was trying to flirt with a girl employed in a corset factory, was caught and killed. An elevator did H. e It took nine leopards to make that skln-of-leopard coat that Geraldlne Farrar wears in "The Woman God Forgot," Douglas Fairbanks, 100 per cent alive' . -1. tm m IA tn .mnV. Itttl mnatl for the camera, and bis strongest drink is orange Juice. , ' Mabel Richards, stenographer,- won third prise tn the Triangle scenario con test. She's a girt in her twenties and still roes to worn every rooming. "It win be a 'case of "Goodbye H-"V wallan Hello Aztec' aavs Theodore K.OSIOII, premier aanaeur, wno w "- - the filming of the Farrar spectacle. 5 4 Dr. Rupert Blue Commends Book "How to Live" Receives Com mendation of Surgeon General of ; United States. t-- .... .v , v; No health book erer pnbliahed ere ra edred as mneb favorable comment frosa the diamtaries of tba aaedical ptoteaaioa aa 'How to Urn." Tba lateat to Jota the rank of tba apea ora for tide iaauras health keek is Dr. Ba pert Blue, tba eurgeon general C S. poo He health aarrlce, Waahlnrtoa, D. C. who ear In part. How to Lire' is a true story of paraoBal hyaiaas, tola la a- plain, atraiahtforarard auuiaer. Thla .apUryUd book baa been antboriaed hy and prepared in collaboration with tba hygiene reference board of tba Ufa Exten sion taatiUite by IHVLSG VISHER, ehalr nu, sprofeaaor of political economy Tale anieratj,. and ECUENB LTXASf TlsK, - The' Jooraal beHerea . the 'book akonld "be fa every borne. 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