THE OREGON DAILY-JOURNAL, PORTLAND; TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1918.
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When the inevitable shortcomings of
democrgay muit oom, then Is the time for
tout hearts to Hand by their country and
My that no master what mistakes are made
wa will stand by our government and our
eenntry. Kllliu Boat.
Important and to lawyers it Is no
doubt highly entertaining. It gives
them something to exercise their
wits upon. To the people, however,
it seems true that a contract is. a
contract and they wonder when and
how often they wjll be compelled to
pay. more and more for the privilege
of hanging to the company's straps.
A GERMAN TO A GERMAN
B ABE mad not to see where
we are, and whither, we are
driving.
These words were written
recently by a great German to an
other grWt German about Germany.
team and family : for eight hours of
sturdy work and a prize dinner.
The Smith neighborhood, never has
a good roads day. The people say
they pay taxes and that is enough.
If the county authorities can't fix
the roads they won't be fixed, that's
alL The horses, children and wives
pay the penalty.
In the Jones neighborhood there Is
a dance every week or two in the
schoolhouse, where ma, pa and the
children all trip the light fantastic
toe together to the music of Old Dan
Tucker's fiddle. In the Smith neigh
borhood It is wicked to dance.
In the Jones neighborhood there
I. w A M Ia J
The writer is Alfred Ballin, the! 13 a speeay nwaee iur aim uu
shipping king of Germany. The 200 the acre. In the Smith neigh -recipient
was a big industrial mag- borhood every other farm is for sale
rifttn. The p(Ijp w written the!"" meio uu aujrcio. "
fourth of December, 1917. Here are
other things Mr. Ballin said:
Tou and I know that the Americans
ara probably tha most idealistic nation
on the earth's surface. We know that
they would not have entered the lists
der why. The land is Just as fertile
in one place as in the other.
Ed Howe of Potato Hill, Kan., who
went to Florida this winter to keep
warm, tells a svtnnathetio world in
2 V2.f?. his lM has been free
We are mad not to see where we are. ing ever since hf arrived in the land
and whither we are driving-. In an- of flowers. His mistake was made
factor and now that is appearing.
Florence and the - two . other towns
mentioned above are situated in Lane
county. It Is reported that they plan
to join hands In organizing a ship
yard. Success i awaits their . enter
prise if it is well managed.
It-has been said time and again
that Oregon's future lies on the sea.
The opportunities of the war are
bringing the truth of the saying
home to - us in the most practical
way. . Our sails should be seen on
all the world's waterways and some
time they may be...
The World's Peace Foundation, a
society of Boston highbrows, asks,
"When shall we consider the war
won?" and takes half a dozen pages
to answer the question. We could
make the answer shorter and better.
Here is our shy at it: "When the
kaiser sues for peace and promises
to pay for the damage he has done."
THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY
THERE Is a frank and fair rcplj
in President- Wilson's speech be
fore congress yesterday to Count
Czernin's covert hint at peace
In a recent speech before the Austro
Hungarlan parliament.
'January 14 Count Czernin said:
' The Interests of the Uplted States
and Austria are less incompatible than
they appear to be.
Of the Czernin speech. Count von
Reventlow, foremost advocate of
iPru&sianism, said:
Count Csernln's offer to open nego
tiations with Wilson endangers Ger
many's life and Interests.
"We do not trust Czernin," said
the German Taglische Rundschau, and
the German newspaper Die Post
headed its violent attacks on the Aus
trian minister's speech as "Czernin's
Fraternal Kiss for Wilson."
A significant episode is that the
foreign committee of the Austro-Hun-garian
Relchsrath, after the speech,
voted 13 to seven, its confidence in
Count Czernin. With these incidents
: In mind, President Wilson's reference
yesterday to Count Czernin's SDeech
is profoundly significant.
. He said:
tagonlzlng America we have done a
disastrous thing.
Here is a German of Germans, a
Junker of junkers, frpm whose eyes
the veil of illusion has dropped. Be
yond the ring of steel, back into the
far flung peoples, he reads with the
practiced eye of a man of business
the thoughts of men and writes, "You
and I know" that the Americans
would not have entered this war
"had they had any doubt as to the
Justice of their cause." Realizing
in not coming to Oregon, the true
winter resort of the world, where
the weather is never too hot nor yet
too cold. We may perhaps send the
shivering Mr. Howe a few early flow
ers to. remind him of summer.
FALSE IN ONE, FALSE IN ALL
0
UB more or less esteemed evening
contemporary is an interesting
study. Do you know that great
heart that throbs for the people?
Last year this great throb-
that a Just cause is thrice armed, blng heart sobbed over the delinquent
i, n. v. taxpayer and' refused to take his
uusiness me oi ms wuuu-jr, y "' different way, for it decided to accept
another magnate of business, "In , his moneys Portland Telegram.
antagonizing America, we have done I The above appears in an editorial
a disastrous thing." j in which the Telegram tells how
The Chamber of Commerce of the ; virtuous it Is. Its statement that The
United States Is, conducting a referen- Journal refused the delinquent tax-
dum among Us members which pur- payer's money last year, but this
poses to show the German business year "decided to accept his money,'
world the "disaster" that is being Is a deliberate misrepresentation, a
brought upon it by continuation of ; gross distortion of the facts.
the war. That vote, when it Is deliv-1 The facts about the delinquent tax
ered, will more than ever convince list are perfectly well known to the
Mr. Ballin and his kind that the Telegram. It withheld - enough of
German war lords in their mad those facts to suit its purpose. In
career are destroying German people, laying that The Journal accepted
German business and German prestige ; delinquent advertising this year, it
for the future.
Preaching the fell doctrine of hate.
declined to add that The Journal's
acceptance was .based on the ground
practicing the doctrine of hate and that every cenl received for such
inspiring in others the practice of j advertising is to be dedicated to war
hate, the kaiser and his military activities. The refusal of the Tele
aristocrats are creating a condition gram to print the fact that The
that more and more outlaws them, 1 Journal receives for Itself not one
more and more makes their over- cent of the fee for the advertising,
throw necessary to the peace and but In addition sacrifices the very
happiness of the earth. They are ( considerable amount that it costs to
mad not to see where they are, and print the advertisement, classifies the
whither they are driving.
Telegram as a paper whose state
ments cannot at all times be trusted.
A very long, low lying vessel of 'If it deliberately' misrepresents In
very high' speed with two guns of ' this case, it will misrepresent in
86 tons each, throwing a projectile . other, if iot in any case
mat weigns 19 pounas, is a ngnung The Telegram wanted the fee for
ship added within the past 12 months j this advertising for itself. Its bid
to tne Britisn navy. Tne guns are m was 75 cents per inch. The Jour
Count Czernin seems to see the fun
damentaj elements of peace with clear
eyes and does not seek to obscure them.
He sees that an Independent Poland,
made up of all the Indisputably Polish
peoples who lie contiguous to one an- a single squatty turret amidships and;ni'g bid was 30 cents an inch, con-
Inr SclZs:7o7X. flre wo rTf ,P!k ?nUte- Tangent on the understanding that
Belgium must be evacuated and re- we the product of the lessons of the . the 30 cents ah inch is to go to war
stored, no matter what sacrifices and war, tneir nign speed ana iremen- ; activities. What the delinquent tax-
r;auonV rSJS dou9 ? .. uPnWr. wiH.pay is SO cents an inch
SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA
E Smith and Jones neighbor
hoods lie about five miles apart
on the road to town. In each
"""" lauamu, -.1.. k. . Vilirhlir mtai r.rt
even within his own empire. In the " "vv" - "o"w
common Interest of Europe and man-1 in any action.
kind.
If he Is silent about Questions which
touch the interest and purpose of his
allies mere nearly than they touch
those of Austria only. It must of course
be because he feels constrained, I sup
pose, to defer to Germany and Tur-
cadin. aa hV fn.l community there are some 30
ciples Involved and the necessity of families, most of them of good old
candidly applying them, he naturally I American stock without much for-
iceis that Austria can respond to the mt-rttint thnna-h in tha Tnr,.
TtlirnnM rf ruya mm hif o " w -
United States with less embarrassment neighborhood there Is a sprinkling of
than could Germany. He would prob-1 Swedes and Finns. The soil is much
awy have gone much farther had it I the same on all the farms, a sub
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upon Germany. land yielding heavy crops when prop
This is a highly important utter- erly tilled.
nee. It opens up possibility for big-1 The two neighborhoods are very
ger eventuations than have como much alike in, externals, but their
from any utterance of the president life is as different as storm and sun
since his war speech in the first days shine. The Smith neighborhood is
" of last April. It is a reply In kind to (always in a row. Three years ago it
Czernin's declaration that the "inter- broke up Into two bitter factions
esta of the United States and Austria I over the loss of Brother Higgins'
are not incempatible" with peace. Its steer. Half the neighborhood con
tone and Its text will be encourage tended that Deacon Wilbur had shot
ment to Czernin to make another for- it The other half accused Higglns
ward step. lof shooting It himself in order to get
It puts the military masters of Ger- Wilbur into trouble. The fuss ended
many u a u-ymg situation. Tneir in an action ror damages and a
whole power must now go out to j slander suit with a rich harvest for
hold Czernin in leash and keep Aus-1 half a dozen lawyers.
trian diplomacy under their control. Just now the Smith neighborhood
It is fatal to fail. Austro-Hungary j is all stirred up over the question of
in separate peace negotiations would 1 Immersion. An evangelist has come
destroy uie morale or German armies lin preaching that sprinkling is a mere
and German people and place the mil- evasion of duty and wholly unao-
itary roasters of Germany In a most ceptable to the authorities above,
desperate situation. . Everybody has taken sides. There
Nor is this the only part of the have been . two fist fights over it
Instead of the 75 cents an inch the
Telegram wanted, and he will have
the satisfaction of knowing that his
30 cents an inch did not go to the
Telegram as a graft, but to aid those
who are fighting in the war.
The Telegram defends this delin
quent advertising graft because ' it
wants the money. The delinquent
taxpayer is delinquent on the rolls
because he has not the monjey to pay
his taxes. Under the delinquent ad
vertlsing law he Is punished for not
having the money by piling up against
him a lot of useless advertising
charges and penalties merely to mak
business for newspaper publishers,
A far better way to notify delin
quents is through the malls at
mere fraction of the cost heaped
upon the delinquent by the delin
quent tax law.
Women with small properties go
to county judges not infrequently and
in tears,- ask if there is not some
way in which they cannot be saved
from payment of this delinquent ad
vertising extortion. It was because
the county Judges know how unjust
and indefensible the delinquent ad
vertising is, that in their annual con
vention last year, the county judges
and commissioners of Oregon unani
mously adopted a resolution demand
ing repeal of the law. The county
clerks, in their annual convention,
adopted a similar resolution unani
mously. The Telegram has a right to advo
cate mis -unjust system if It so
MA PAER FLARES
; UP AT SPEECH
By Ralph Watson
of all being slackers. There might be
a few laborers In there who have gone
In to escape draft,' but X think those men
could . be - weeded, out. But mhy Judge
us ail for a fewT You canlt make me
chanics tn two weeks' time, so It stands
to reason that the biggest share of the
men were In this business before the
United States , declared war. r don't
know whether a man is safer in a ship
yard than he Is In the trenches. How
many times do you publish the names
of those killed or . mangled in a ship
yard in .this tdfcra? There are a great
many more that are Injured that neither
you nor the public at large ever hear
of. If Mr. Malarkey wlU interview one
of the trained nurses be will find out If
I am mistaken when I say they treat
qn an average 200 men a day. If we
want ships we had better leave our
mechanics in the shipyards where they
belong, and put as many men there who
are mechanics as we can find. This is
from a man who has seen eight years
in this business. A SHIPBUILDER.
Views of a Laborer
Portland. Feb. 10. To the Editor of
The Journal I have read In The Jour
nal several articles appealing to work
men to continue their labors in the ship
yards. Some of these appeals are made
by the shipyard companies and are
usually supplemented by an appeal to
the patriotism of the workers. This Is
all very well to encourage and stimulate
patriotism at all times-: also to induce
labor to make greater efforts to in
crease production In all lines of indus
try. But it seems to me there are
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
A T-a 1 1 kaa alnkl :
president's speech that strikes at the already and one youn man is m iaii Jur"rf " ",7!
w Trrt mu- -c.uH uas BUea ner ,h rtelinmiMit advertising In Pnrt-
fnfnev t n trti'i trn it la a nta'A? aifwM. aw i havnM j : l " - "
rZZl. "T: r, v s , , n . . Krouna land or to lie about anything else
an exposure of the inslnceritv nf incomnatihlP I j-w
Prussian war aims that will have The roads in the Smith nelghbor-
, powerful effect in stimulating already hood express th spiritual condition
aotive unrest among the German lof the people. In winter they are
masses. - ! i impassable for1- mud. In summer
It is the mightiest political offen-lthey are knee deep in dust with
6lve the president has yet launched. 1 huge holes every rod or two into
It onngs we military masters of Ger-1 which vehicles bump down with
many to bar berore the high court of peril to axles and pain to teams. The
mankind. It is an appeal to the lib-1 schoolhouse stands on a forlorn hill-
erals o the world to strike for free- side with no fence, trees or flowers.
dom. It is a call to peoples and One corner of the buildin la
races to think not only of winning propped up on a log. Half the wln-
the war but of what the world Is to dow lights are broken.
be after the war. I The Jones neighborhood has ood
It is a deliverance directed more to roads, a handsome schoolhouse and
im-lthe prettiest teacher in the county.
tno Tne people go to church regularly.
iou ought to
know better." Ma
Paer said indlrnant
ly. "You're a pretty
husband; ain't
you7"
"Well," T. Paer
answered hesitating
ly, as he squinted
'..into the looking
glass above the sink.
t ain't very vain, but
I've got good eye
sight."
"I should think
you'd be ashamed to
get your wife talked a bout." i con
tinued heatedly, "and ma u inncmaiiit mm
a iamb.
Baa." T. Paer bleated fMAnli T
didn't get you talked about. I was Just
emoarrassea as anybody about it.'
"What do you ro around thm mk
urow piaces ior, tnenr" Ma challenged.
"The idea of you eatlner with H,,rv.
?f real estate men and street car' of
iclals. That's no nlaca for
ue in.
x ain't afraid of 'em " T m
defiantly. "The realestaters have aold
me all the land I can buy, and Frank
wuiiin can-t make me ride In his
blooming cars unless I want to. Why
shouldn't I drink soup with 'em?"
xou can," Ma answered witherlngly,
'and let Frank Griffith Insult vnnf
wife."
'Oh, don't be SO blamed toncriv ahnnt
it," T. Paer grumbled. "I ain't etttntr tn
tell you anything any more if you're
going to throw a fit every tlnie anybody
menuons your name."
But before all them men." Ma ex
postulated in scandalized tones. "I'd
Just like to catch that man Griffith
talking about me when I heard him. I
wouldn't sit like a ninny and let him
get away with It."
"You've got more temperament than a
Polish dancer," T. Paer said, berinninar
to get mad. "Pass the hash."
"I'd just like to 'know lust what ha
said." Ma said evenly.
Curiosity." T. Paer mocked. "kllld
the cat -No personal reference intend
ed'" lie hastened, as Ma fixed him with
a baleful eye.
"Frank said." T. Paer chuckled, "that
u wuuia jiko 10 convert me. but that
he hoped you would tell the truth." V
"Of aU the insults 1 Of aU the In.
suits ! Ma stuttered in her wrath. "Be
fore all them men, too! That man is
not a Christian, or he wouldn't bear
false witness against his neighbor."
"Where do you get that neighbor
stuff?" T. Paer asked. "Frank lives on
the Heights."
I've walked past his garage." Ma
said defensively. "What did be say
aDout ine six cent rarer'
"Frank said," T. Paer stated, "that
he was not going to say anything in
oeiense.
"X should say not.' Ma said ; "what he
said was in offense."
"AU the street car officials present
applauded it Just the same," T. Paer
said. "He said what he wanted was
fair return on his money."
"If you'd seen his mannacrint. M
safe, "I bet he wrote it 'six cent fare re
turn.".'
"That's what he meant, I guess" T.
Paer said. "He said the valuation fixed
by the public service commission wasn't
fair and the company didn't like it.'
"Of course not," Ma said. "If it'd had
its way it would have been $29,000,000 In
stead of $18,000,000 and I bet they got a
lot of bogus stuff in it yet."
"I wouldn t take your bet," T. Paer
said, "you always want to bet on f
cinch. Frank said the company wel
corned supervision, as long as it was rea
sonable."
"Frank's idea of reasonable supervi
slon," Ma commented, "Is where they
supervise the car fare upwards. It would
be awful unreasonable if they didn't do
that."
"Frank said," T. Paer continued, "that
the publlo had to pay for what it got,
"I should say," Ma commented, "and
for a lot of things it don't get."
"Frank said," T. Paer went on, "that
he hadn't said a single thing about the
six cent fare that the books of the com
pany wouldn't prove."
"Figures don't He," Ma quoted, "but
experts can make em talk a varied lan
guage."
"Well," T. Paer said, "Frank said one
good thing. He said that Portland
needed more people."
"Maybe." Ma said drily, "it seems to
me that one of the best ways not to get
'em is to soak 'em six cents for a car
ride.'j
"You don't get him." Pa said. "He
wasnt talking about getting 'em; but
needing 'em.
SMALL CHANGE
Five score and nine years ara the
great mystery of life Ulumlned a rough
cabin home way down in old Kentucky
And the lla-ht nf th. mrtnl K a
Master Architect of the Universe then
breathed Into a mite of humanity.
mm
Still ah Ine a down
fcf""! of a aublime character to which
the thankful people of a free and united
nation pay homage.
Abraham X.lnonln ima tin In tl
derness
could grow. He knew all of the hard-
wiii oi ue pioneers who hewed their
homes atrom nature herself.
He knew only the primitive manners ;
Knew only tha nrlmitlv. onnvinn
an advantages of the backwoodsman;
"v uie opportunities or most
limited schooling. But It was enough.
Lincoln needed no more. The Creator
had taken care that he should have no
moior 5he.r6 WM sreat work
mapped out for him mnA hi. .n -i..
struggles; his crude home, his fight for
knowledge and truth, were foreordained
x Prepare him; to give him strength
Sr.. reater trials and tribulations
a a
.,??fJ!'ne new world perhaps to the
shiftless, unsuccessful Thomas Lincoln,
and to Nancy Hanks, a woman we are
w.v. t natural instincts and power
above her lowiv i.
them of a little son 109 years ago to-
other ways equally good if not better fy. W never have meant to them
- - nuuesv. lunoen DrMTnR.
than sending so much appeal to the
workers. Why not try a good, sub
stantial Increase in wages, and par
ticularly for common labor? The work
performed by common labor is every 41
bit as essential to production as sKinea
labor. Besides, the common laborer
must do the hard, rough, dirty part of
the work, and oftentimes for consider
ably less than half the pay demanded
and received by skilled labor. Yet the
common laborer must pay Just as much
for any articles which he purchases as
his neighbor who is drawing two or
three times as much.
This doesn't seem to me like a square
deal. Of course, I know the old ex
cuse, that anyone can perform common
labor; which is true enough. No doubt
the skilled workmen could do the work
of common labor, but would they do it?
Not, at least, for the wage paid for
that class of work. Yet without the co
operation of the two classes of workers
the skilled laborers would not accom
plish very much unless they did the
rough work themselves.
The best engineer in the world would
make a dismal failure pulling a train
over a road that had no section gang
to keep the track In repair. Yet. who
ever thought of showing any considera
tion for a track laborer? But we must
hope for the best.
what the little log cabin drama has
-oauiy to ail the world.
It is cheering to read that arrange-
Iments are under way to utilize the
Port of Portland to relieve the war
pressure upon the transportation and
storage facilities of the -country. The
neglect of Portland when .outlets are
60 sadly needed is like the neglect of
half a billion acres of fertile land
when the world is threatened with
famine.
the German people than to the
perlal ; German chancellor, and
war lords will hate it and fear it and
be worried by it more , than by a
inarcniug army.
The question whether or not the
state publlo service commission - has
authority to ; abrogate contracts be
tween corporations and the city Is
but they do not seem to worry over
tne minister's technical theology. So
long as he preaches the, gospel they
are satisfied. They have a coopera
tive store, a thriving grange , and a
circulating library. Each spring and
fall ' they have a ; good roads day
when everybody turns out with his
THE SEA, THE SEA
T
;HE new shipbuilding project in
.which Florence, Acme and Gran
ada have united indicates that
Oregon is moving m me. mrec-
tion of manifest destiny. Nature
intended this state to be : a builder
of ships.. For that purpose, she gave
us the timber, incomparable! sites
for yards and inlets from the sea
where ships . may safely anchor. ,
.Up to the present time? human
enterprise has been the only lacking
- Letters From the People
fCaiamnnieatioM acnt to Tha Journal for irab-
lieatioa in this department should b written on
only one aid at tLa papar, should not exceed 800
woraa n lenata. aaa man Da accompaniea by tna
name and addraaa of tha aandac It the writer
doee not deaira to hara the nana published ha
anouux ao suua. j
A COMMON LABORER.
Streetcar Sugflestlons
Portland. Feb. 11. To the Editor of
The Journal Since Portland is a grow
ing city and Is trying to get out of the
jay class, why not let tnose. bc joudb
and other shipyards put on tneir men.
say, one shift at 5 a. m another at s
a. m.. another at 11 a. m., and thus
keep up a steady grind for the streetcar
company. The cars earn nothing on
their trips to and from tne Darns, unce
in several days ehould be often enough
to aend cars to the barn. It would be
more trouble to the time-checkers at
the shipyards to check,up the men. witn
the shifts thus split up, but the pay
day might be changed from weekly to
monthly, and on the whole there would
be a saving.
The only reason that can be given
for the weekly pay day, that I can see.
Is the fear In the mind of the worker
that the company may go broke, which
can hardly happen when the United
States is mixed In. as at present. Also.
raUroaders used to wish to spend their
money before pay day, for fear they
mbrht sret killed when tney naa a iuu
onth coming, and mignt not get to
nd it at all.
Aealn. about streetcars: I have been
on a railroad caboose that went 40,000
mUes with no more attention than an
ounce of oU per Journal per 600 miles.
and one new set of brake shoes, which
were put on in 10 minutes. Hlectric
motors are made which require very lit
tle attention.
Tf tViA traffic were evened uo a little,
the streetcar company c"ould make much
more out of a 6-cent fare than at present
from a 6-cent fare.
On the farm we waited for daylight
and for the dew to dry off before we
made hay, but the industrial city knows
no night. It resolves itself into keep
ing track of hours worked.
P. W. BRTTS.
A Consumer's Comment
Portland. Feb. 8. To the Editor of
The Journal I have read with ' some
amusement the letter in today's Jour
nal by J. F. Thompson of Parkdale,
Or, in regard to the potato situational
I quote from his letter: "air. baeuey
of Portland bought about $25,000 worth
here last fall at prices averaging about
11,50 a hundred, and the farmers ap
peared to be very well satisfied. I sold
last fall about 700 bushels at $1.60, and
have about 800 bushels more, A No,
stuff. If I have, tg sell at present prices
It will leave me in the hole."
Now, why did he not sell the 800
bushels when he eold the 700, and keep
out of the hole 7 Probably for the rea
son that he thought he could get
higher trlce, and, like many other pro
ducers, he was willing to hoard In order
to line his pockets at the expense of
the thousands of us who get no increase
of income because of the war, but have
to pay double for our food. Now he
"hollers and wants sympathy. He will
get no sympathy and Is advised to use
better judgment in the future.
CONSUMER.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
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, Prairie City has a new band of 2a
members, mostly business men. It has
been organised as virtually an adjunct
of the local Home Ouards company.
Vnurteen of the 15 districts interested
have voted for a union high school, to
be located at ruot liocn. in tne iu
teentb district the vote was a tie. It
will cost $3300 a year to maintain the
school.
rti mlnlna- activity In Baker county
Anrtns' tha flnminr vaar." says the Her
ald, prom taea to d tne roi-v m iu
history. Baker is, at last getting the
recognition it deserves for its legitimate
mineral resources.
lt la the testimony of the Independ
nt that the oeorl of Woodburn are
becoming so accustomed to giving that
we really believe they would be griev
ously disappointed lr there were no more
drives or tax payments in sight."
, Best of all the midwinter crop stories
Is this, from the Sheridan Sun of Jan
uary SO: "As evidence of summertime
nnnditlons durine the winter in this
part of Oregon, K. O. Huddleston brought
to tne dun oiirce) oaiuraar m auwu. ui
rye 30 Inches high with beads fully developed."
Midwinter spring song in the Wood
burn Independent of January 81: "The
thermometer yesterday at noon was 53
dserees above in the shade and 73
above in the sun. Yes. the sun was
shining at noon and there was scarcely
a cloud in tne sny. Hressea are tne
Woodburnltes. The Lord has been good
to us this winter season in the weather
line. Some have begun on their gardens."
Rata and Bobtail
Stories FYum Everywhere
THE COOS BAY WAGON ROAD; CASE
By Carl Smith. Washington Staff Correapondent of Tha Journal
Washington, Feb. 12. If the govern
ment can prevail over the obstructive
action of the house committee on pub
lic lands, which was reported yester
day, It will gain a bargain by compro
mising the Coos Bay wagon road case
with the Southern Oregon company,
present owner of the lands granted to
the wagon road company, and net about
$1,000,000 for the people, according to
calculations made by S. W. Williams,
special assistant to the attorney gen
eral, in bis recent statement before the
publlo lands committee of the house. If
It fails to pass the bill, said Mr. Wil
liams, and chooses to go forward with
the litigation pending on appeal In the
supreme court. It will face several years
of delay, and while he believes the gov
ernment would win back the lands, no
one can predict just what the courts
might work out on the final settle
ment.
identical bills to effect a compromise
under an offer made by the Southern
Oregon company have been introduced
by Senator Chamberlain and Represen
tative Sinnott. If passed, this plan would
give the government a quit claim to the
land, valued at. $2,000,000. The gov
ernment will be obligated to -pay the
company $232,468, which represents the
$2.50 an acre secured to the company
under the granting act, and will pay
the unpaid taxes on the land. .
Coos county has a claim for taxes
amounting to $366,683 and Douglas coun
ty claims $42,162, in. each case inclusive
of penalties and interest, making a total
of $408,846. Adding the sum to be paid
to the Southern Oregon company, the
government will have a total bill of
$640,000, plus a small amount as costs
in the courts, and plus the money re
quired for classifying the lands as tlm
ber, agricultural, mineral or power site
lands. The bills as introduced carry
860.000 for classification, but Mr. Wit
Hams told the committee he thought this
should be reduced. Some members of
the committee could not understand
why a new cruise " and! classification of
its receipts and disbursements which
shows that It has received $124,000 in
round numbers from sales and leases
of land, sale of timber and sale of
chlttlm bark, but has disbursed $691,
000, . in taxes, cruising, ; stumpage ex
pense, legal expenses, interest on bor
rowed money and a large item of gen
eral expenses. -The attorney general has
estimated that probably $376,000 spent
by the company was properly chargeable
against the grant. The company had
other business, and part of the expense
it claims, in the Judgment of the govern
ment attorneys, should go to the account
of other operations.
Chairman Ferris of the publlo lands
committee was interested In the com
pany's chlttlm bark enterprise. The
record showed the company received
$11,228 from sales -of the bark, and spent
$17,804 marketing It. Williams said
that was not a mistake in the figures.
as he had verified them and found that
the company lost money in the venture.
Representative Raker of California
sought to make Oregon the "goat" be
cause the land was conveyed to the
waeron road company through the state
He said .the state apparently received
the grant under certain conditions which
It violated, and he did hot understand
how the state and the counties could go
scot free and stiU get the tax money
Representative Sinnott straightened out
this point later by introducing tn the
record the act of the Oregon legislature
In 1870 granting the land to the wagon
road company subject to all the limlta
Hons provided by the act of congress.
Several other members of the commit
tee Indicated a confused state of mind
regarding . the grant, despite the prog
ress of similar legislation dealing with
the Oreeon & California grant through
tha same committee In 1916. Some of
the comment also had a hostile squint.
Representative Dili of Washington
wanted to know why there is pressing
need for this legislation "since we have
gotten In the wr?" ; Representative
Lenroot of Wisconsin wanted to know
why the suit should not be pressed.
A Little Surprise on Ilubby
ROT WHITCOMB of Frankfort bought
an automnhiu a nri mA n .
turn home early in the afternoon and
teach his wife how to drive, says the
Indianapolis News. Thinking to sur
prise ber husband, Mrs. Whltcomb took .
the ear out alone and did well until she
backed into a tree, smashing the top and
rear fender. Returning home she for
got about the brake and ran Into an
other tree, this time smaahlng 'ths;
lamps, radiator and a tire. The machine
was hauled to a garage for repairs. She
surprised her husband, all right.
Faithfulness Always Rewarded
There Is an elderly member of the
faculty of a New England university, a
noted entomologist, who has retained In
his employ a faithful cook for 20 years.
Recently, says Harper's Weekly, the pro
fessor summoned ber to his study in a
ceremonious way, which was unusual.
"Regina." he began, i "you have been
in my employ 20 years. As a reward Z
have determined to name the bug recent
ly discovered after you."
Say Sammle Boys!
Say. Kammie Boys, aomewhere In France I
We men who are too old to go
jun enry yon your very chance, -
Ana lend our bearta with every blow
That you may atrlke for home and right.
And glory In our boys who fight '
Say. Sammle Boyal Take every rare '
To shield yourselves front . needlees paia
But where our flag la, you be there.
Through mod and fire and leaden rata:
Defend you the red, white and blue
It stand for all that's good and true. f
Say, fiaramle Boys I Be brave and strong.
And lead the war to Tictorv.
Go into, battle with a aong.
and aoon the nations will be free.
No despot'a hand shall rule the world
Tha flag of freedom is unfurled.
Arthur J. rawest!
Kiddle. Or.
Uncle Jeff Snow Sayst
Lafayette Marlon Thomas, who skins
around hustlin' fer the Knights and La
dles of Security, was telUn' down to the
Corners of a mod scow attachment a
friend of hlrn had Invented In New-
braaky which would keep a auto alive
and afloat In the worst mudholes in
Oregon. We're alj a-goln' to git us one
if Lafayette's is any good, fer we shore
need somethln' like what he describes.
Nothing the Matter
With Portland
By H. 8. Harcourt
the lands Is necessary, Williams saying arguing that the government has noth
that the counties of Coos and Douglas , ing to lose and would have a great deal
have made cruises of the lands which
are no doubt fairly accurate. The wit
ness said that the land office will not
be satisfied with any cruise not made by
its own forces.
Balancing the expenditures the gov-
to win. Miss Rankin asked If there
would not be great profits to the coun
try from settlers.
Raker requested that a list of di
rectors of the Southern Oregon com
pany, owners of the grant, be supplied.
eminent will be called on to make under i and Mr. Williams obtained this infer
tile compromise proposal against further
litigation, Williams said the government
by the proposed legislation win nave
land worth fully $1.00,000 more than it
will pay out, and save perhaps years in
returning the land to the people. He
pointed out that the Southern Oregon
company has presented a statement of
matlon from the company's attorneys.
Dolph. Mallory, Simon and Gearin. It
shows the directors are: W. H. Miner
and H. S. Smith of Menasha. Wis. ; Dor
affv Krltaer of Marshfield. Or.; Herbert
Armstrong and George H. Gothro of
North Bend, and F. C. Getty ana u. u.
Hockett of Empire, Or.
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Hi )W I U atl MEAL 1 n I y A.
A Shipworker on "Slackers"
Portland, Feb. 11. To the Editor
The Journal A short time ago Dan
Malarkey made a speech which was pub
lished in your paper stating that all
men who were of the draft age working
in the shipyards were nothing but slack
ers. What does Mr. Malarkey mean by
an assertion like that 7 Does he realize
that we cannot enlist if we wanted tot
Does he know they would send us back
to work if we went to enlist? Surely
we are not to blame if the government
win not take us in the draft. Mr. Ma
larkey states that we of draft age should
join and let the shipyards be run by
men under and over the draft age. I
wonder if Mr. Malarkey knows what
that means. ; It is the men from 22 to
32 who are actually building the ships.
Can Mr. Malarkey point out to me a man
under 22 who can drive flush rivets?
Can he point out one over 35 who can?
A man past 30, as a rule, cannot do mat
work. It takes youth, vitality and plenty
or backbone to do this kind of work.
Let Mr. Malarkey try It himself and see
how he thinks it goes. He is not the
only one who has made this statement
Shipyard Comparisons
Kennett, Cal., Feb. 7, To the Editor
of The Journal A few days ago while
in San Francisco I remarked to a friend
that there were more ships being con
structed on the Columbia river and at
Portland at the present time than at
San Francisco proper. I would like for
you to answer in your paper which has
the greater ship building Portland and
the Columbia river, or San Francisco.
, M. G. P.
In the Portland and Columbia river district
more wooden ships are being built than at any
other place on tha coast. San Francisco hu
more steel construction than Portland, having
several larger steel yards. Portland, however,
in steel con traction, la coming to tha front.
There are three steel yards beer now and an
other is being established at Vancouver, Wash.
Th thnta nidi have under construction at
.1 ' present deadweight tonnage to the amount of
, 1 65.000. Tonnage to the amount of 110,000
J. I 4a .lr.ar1v afloat. 1
RHKLL SHOCK HYSTERIA The war
is giving new prominence to old ailments.
Shell shock, for instance, is a n.ij
of the soldier which Is attracting wide
attention. One of every seven men dis
charged for disability on the west front
is afflicted with this disease.
Shell shock is not a new disease pe
culiar to war. It is an old maladyhys
tria brous-ht upon young men by Their
war setting. A sergeant in the heavy ar
tillery, 26 years old, a vaiuame non
commissioned officer, light-hearted and
a general favorite, got into a terrible
artillery engagement. He atood the ex
perience Bplendldly until he received a
light wound only one twentieth of an
inch deep and one fifth of an Inch long.
Next evening he complained of a head
and in 30 to 40 hours the usual
period for the development of the con- j Uon The same is prescribed for vie-
dltion he exniDiiea oauuu
of hysteria. His physician said: "He
sits throughout the day. He talks to
no one. His memory seems intact, but
there is plainly a profound change in his
mental state. The faculty of attention.
In particular, has suffered." The physi
cian further described depression, loss of
appetite and head ache.
Sometimes the boys become tempor
arily blind, deaf or mute or may lose
sense of smell or taste.
In the CiVll population me uiavaura
takes on many aspects. There may be
fits of laughing or .crying, or a sense of
choking and great difficulty in getting
the breath. A ball may rise in the
throat. Abnormalities of breathing are
frequent : attacks of hiccoughing are not
uncommon. There is a special kind of
cough, often appearing at puberty, which
is due to a hysterical condition. There
may be fits resembling fainting and
others resembling epilepsy. Almost any
kind of paralysis of the limbs or of the
face may be A manifestation. Some
specialists believe the disease In some
cases may be the result of early child
hood experiences which have caused
'mental mischief which, Instead of fad
ing out as the years go by, becomes
more exaggerated, soldiers are gener-
ally brought out by rest, mental sug
gestion and congenial manual occupa-
PERSONAL MENTION
Salvation Army Hen Visit
Paul Rader and A. W. McKee, repre
sentatives of the Salvation Army from
Chicago, are arrivals at the Multnomah
hotel.
e
Former Examiner la City
i Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Sargent of Salem
are at the Benson hotel. Mr. Sargent
recently resigned from the office of
state bank examiner.
e e
L. c. Lens, a milling man from Spo
kane, is at the Benson.
Captain W. A. Elkins of Fort Colum
bia is registered at the Cornelius.
A. G. Browne of Tacoma is an arrival
at the Portland. '
F. A. TJptegrove of Spokane is regis
tered at the Carlton.
O. W. Loomls, a prominent Insurance
tlms at home. A strict regime should be
followed plenty of rest and sleep, an
abstemious diet and outdoor exercise.
The bowels should be kept regular and
open. Drugs are best left alone, but
occasionally a patient does well on a
tonic medical prescription. Osier has
found that the wet pack at night, either
hot or cold, usually brings Improvement.
Violent emotion and excitement should
be avoided.
Tomorrow: Cancer Decalogue.
One sometimes wonders why partner
ships and corporations fall to change .
their names when their organizers have
died, or retired from the firm or corpo- m
ration. Here Is the Davis-Scott Belting
company, 108 Union avenue, with no
Scott connected with it. It is entirely
owned by C. R. Davis, is the only leath
er belt manufacturing plant on the
North Pacific coast, does a business
of $260,000 a year, an increase of $100,
000 in two years, employs 31 men at a
wage of over $40,000 a year, is bringing
to Portland between $40,000 and $50,000
a year from Montana points which
formerly went to Minneapolis and Chi
cago, and has customers in all Indus
trial sections of Northern California,
Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
And yet the name of the Scott who sold
to Mr. Davis several years ago Is
linked with it. There- are, of course,
business reasons for this.
Mr." Davis says his factory consumed
the hides of 10)000 steers last year. The
factory is now putting the last of too
steer hides into one belt which Mr.
Davis says IS the largest all leather belt
In the world. It is for a Northern Cali
fornia sawmill.
"Orders for belts requiring several
hundred steer, bides are not unusual."
Mtr. Davis says, "for the reason that
we use only a strip reaching a short
distance down the aides from the snine.
This amounts to less than ban oi'tne -whole
skin, the balance being used for
the manufacture of shoes or for other
purposes. In belt manufacture only
the best and strongest part of the hide
l-can be employed. And we use that of
the steer only, because It Is both tough
and pliable, not tender as In calves nor
stiff and brittle as in aged animals.
The utmost care-must be taken not to
use the smallest atom of inferior hide,
for, like a chain, the belt Is in no place
stronger than Its weakest spot.
Mr. Davis is worising night shifts In
his floor space of 100 by 100 feet. His
advance orders for belts amount to
$40,000 for 12 spruce mills that are
making active preparation to cut air
plane material for the government.
Belting for the one established at Van
couver came from this factory, and an
immense double belt Is now making foi
the Madera Sugar Pine company. Sev
eral hundred hides will be required lof
this.
"Our business has nearly doubled in
the last year." Mr. Davis says, "it is
In a most healthy condition. It may be
that . the equipment of many spruce
plants working for the government has'
had something to do with this, but
still In our ordinary lines we are flush.
The future looks very promising."
Officers of this corporation are: C.
R. Davis, owner; ' W. Yerlan, sales
manager i William Arratt, superintendent.
Tomorrow, article No. 11 of this
series: The Portland Knitting company
from Seattle, Wash Is an arrival 4 turning the government over to him on
man
at the Multnomah.
R. R. Mark of Seattle Is at the Mult
nomah. Henry L. Bray of Seattle is at the
Benson.
4D. H- Lewis of Corvallls is an arrival
at the Carlton.
T. B Sumner of Everett is at the
H. M. Sheerer of -Seattle is among!
the arrivals at the Multnomah.
A. II. Follen of Umatilla is registered
at the Carlton. ' -
W. M. Brezette of Indianapolis is -an
arrival at the Multnomah. .
Mrs. B. Lampman of Hood River is
at the Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Stewart of Kelso
are at the Benson.
C. O. Poole of TTOUtlake is at the
Cornelius.
In Lincoln's Day, and Now
Washington Gladden, in the Ohio State Journal
I wonder if anybody hereabouts re
members the '60s and the man who was
living then named Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln was trying to carry on a war,
and some of us remember that he was
having - some embarrassment about It,
even as we have now.
For one thing, there were politicians
then, as now, who wanted to take the
job off the president's hands. They
thought that they could do it rather bet
ter than be could, and they were Just
modest enough to tell him so. Some of
their letters are Interesting reading for
these days.
. Before his administration was a month,
old. one member of bis cabinet gently
suggested the advisability of Lincoln's
the ground of the need of greater effi
ciency,
Lincoln kept his temper he usually
did but he managed to convey to the
cabinet officer that the scheme was a
very clever one, with only one embar
rassment, vis., that the people had
elected him that Is, Lincoln president.
instead of the other party, and, such
being the case, it was perhaps best that
he should so on and finish the job. It
was Lincoln who did finish it. I seem
to remember, and there were many hours
during the war when we had reason to
congratulate ourselves that Lincoln did
stick to his job. It would have been
tragical if some who wanted it had man
aged to get it.
There was a party then, as now, who
wanted a more vigorous prosecution of
the war. They wanted the troops mo
bilized and the march begun before they
knew the names of the regiments. They
kept the headlines howling every day,
"On to Richmond!" Well, one Satur
day afternoon they went "on to Rich
mond." Before neon the next day they
were all back in the fortifications at
Washington, the most bedraggled mob
that ever ran away from a battle.
It took us more than six months to
recover from that disaster.
Some folks want to try It again.
lien Should Sacrifice, Too '
rroaa the' Lowell (Mats.) Cottrier-ClUzea
Women are always being asked to
make sacrifices ; that is why they re
spond so quickly In war time. It surely
is flme now to begin harping on the
duty of men la matter of personal sac
rifices. - ... - - . . . , ;
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