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8 THE -OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, . 1918. An INDEPENDENT XTWaPAFEB . JACKBUM. .PabUaWr lOebad eeenr aa. aitamooa and saoraios t- eevt Bond? alteraoon) at The JmoiI Build to. Isroedwe? aad Xaaaaul iUhu, f ouiend. Orecoav . Ikiikaied at ttaav poeiotttee M lorUea4, Or., lot Irm (ooh, the auule aa attar. fcaa-HUMCe Mala 7174; Hoeae. Ar0l. AU -" raanliail b but nuaabera. Sell Um eperater what eepertSM foe eWlUUUM AJbVKatTUUNU JtiisUUlaNXATIVie ee)aaiu Jt kVeataor Co.. Bnuwwtek Buildina, . s2o ruth ere.. Mew Xni tfeepiee 6m . touixuoa. Caiougo. SutNertotlon terna 1 Ball, ef to any address ta tae United Btatwi or Mexico: . DAlLX (MUKNLNO Oil AFTERNOON) Da 1M. ...... 00 Una avta....$ .6t . BUN DA I Onnu.. ,...82.80 I una month. ..4. 8. .28 UAJLX (M0ENLNO OR AFTKKNOON) Af D SUM OAT (NMf......ll.il) I Ona month..... .68 . t . . 1 1 ... . Thou (bait ba Berred thyself by erery ' WDM of serrica which thou rendereet, Ellxabetn Barrett Brownln. LOST TO 6REG0N? E ARE learning from the news 1RI dispatches from Washington W something about the rottenness of some Oregon legislatures. So far as the Coos Bay land grant fa rnnppnpH irnn 100ml In rfinrrnr of losing everything but the taxes. The public lands committee of the house has, by resolution, declared against devoting any part of the grant v to Oregon schools, roads, port dis "tricts and reclamation as was done in the 0. A C grant lands. ' The committee declared against glv. ing Oregon anything from the Coos Bay grant except the accrued - taxes In Douglas and Coos counties. 'Nobody knows whether it will be possible to change the attitude of the committee. If it is not changed, most valuable rights will be irrevocably lolt to the state. The grant comprises 105,120 acres of. highly valuable land, some of it among the best timber land in Ore . gon.' Title -was passed directly to .the 'state by congress in 1869, to finance the building of a military wagon road from Coos Bay to ftose . burg. The land was to be sold at . not to exceed $2.50 per acre and in lots not to exceed 160 acres. Shortly afterward, the legislature granted its interest in the tract to nrivat nnrtfea nn fnnriltlnna tha earn ' as required In the' congressional act. But, so far as sale of, the lands was concerned, , no effort was ever made by the private owners to comply with the terms of the grant. The lands were withdrawn from sale to all except large buyers. In 1913, the then Governor West, because the private grantees "had failed to keep the covenants of the Brant, sought to" have the legislature take over the lands and throw them open to entry and settlement on the original terms. All the revenues from the lands above $2.50 per acre were to be paid into the state school fund. The plan proposed payment to the private owners of 12.50 per acre and in addition such sums as had been , paid by them for taxes and other proper charges, the state to resume title, open the lands to entry, and secure for the school fund the larger revenue which they were certain to unu. a diu io uus eneci was intro duced Jn the legislature by Senator Naiitim T waae4 l ....... 1.4 1 i . tha ownership of the lands in the ' state,; and congress wquld now "have . nothjng to do with their disposition. It would have forestalled "the snbse ; quent action in which the courts re vested title in the federal government through failure of the private owners to keep the pledges of the' consrres. . lional act , '' Ml. V aa a, . . ;iu wiu iiueu in ue uregon ptate senate. Joseph Simon, one of the attorneys of the private holders of Jhe tract, wrote a letter to State Senator Ous. Moser, chairman of the sen ate Judiciary committee, protesting agalnat the bill. What happened as a xvaui vi iuav leiier aDDears on nan . D17 or ine senate journal of 1913. tier' it Is: ; ., ( MAJORITY REPORT Salem. Feb. 18. Hit,' Mr. ' Praaldent t Tour commlttaa on Judiciary, to whom was refarrel aan- . ate blU No. 229 (bill for 'uk.lng over ; the Coos Bay grant) having- had the v same tender consideration, remectfullr -. report It back with the recommendation W at It IMUT fASS. ' j ; aus c. moser, n ' U E. BEAN. K: r ; R. R. BUTLER. ; JOHN A. CARSON, On the same page of the 1913 senate fournal there Is a minority report on the Coot Bay bill, which is as. fol ' tows : v v . : . " Salem. February It. 1911. Mr. Prealdent: , Toot committee on ellolary- to wbom was - referred senate 1- No.'. 239. having, had th .ame ; under conelderatlon. respectfully report tt back with the recommendation- that CliAUDB C. M'COIXOCJli v '2-'vu ws-a. vonxXi mm-'. I f f or ttt "purpose 'of killing th 'l&n; ,i Moser moved that the majority report be adopted.' MoColloch moved that the minority report be substituted for " the" majority report On' the motion " to substitute,' McColioch and Dlmick usied for a roll calL The illwas taHel tci ilia aulisUtuta vrza dele ated by a rote of 17 to. 11, with one ah-J sent and one not voting. The bill j was- killed by adoption of the major ity report. The.' action that day in the senate has, through the course of subse (pient events, transferred ownership of 105,120 atres of the most valuable for est lands ;in Oregon to the federal government; and if congress main tains Its : present ; attitude; Oregon stands to lose all benefits, from the lands except, the back taxes. ; . It may be hopeless now to retrieve the loss. The lands may be gone be yond recovery. But 4he attempt should be made. iU iCSvU uc6mUx .u. peoples and races in Austro-Hungary no stone unturned. They should i, . , ,.f Vk- rl ' and the other central powers with strive to secure passage of the Cnam- . . , . , i.iaf--Kiit: th ..k;'1"81118 of peace and revolution liko berlain bill : without change, which has the full indorsement of Secretary Lane. i ' WOMAN ACKNOXEDGE yie strength of woman I ' hi Behold her in the war drives? Valiant, Intrepid, heroic, there . cent upheavals under the two kaisers, is no reasonable sacrifice she will It caused both rulers more concern not make! There is no proper task than the sudden booming of artillery she will not undertake. There is no : on all the fronts. The demobiliza obllgation that she Aviili shun." ' .jlloh. may be the exact move by which The men ' ' are working . : gallantly. ' Russian programists extraordi Midnight and then theibreaking dawn ! nar7 expect to drive further home has sometimes jfound them planning, lheir disorganizing propaganda among and programing for; the Jcoming day .the body slaves of Junkerdom. De when Liberty Loans and Red cross moblization might prove to be what and Y. M. C A. and C and Arme-ja Russian winter was to Napoleon, nian and other workers were, to be ' So far as Russia's part In the war afield. It was service,- noble, gallant j ,s concerned, it cannot make matters service. ' ' .v...i. ;. jmuch worse, since the Russian atti- But in consecration, in personal I tude was already such as to release sacrifice, in abandonment of home a he contingent of available Ger- rlntiPa In whnl hpartpH rfpvntlftn tni"'ttu "uupa .ior service 1U tne West. strength of purpose, woman, the woman we thought weak and unde pendable and resourceless she. is the revelation of this war. o.xC :i seems to be that almost any scare omen of; victory. Beheld her. and,nw ,n hman BDTntl,a acknowledge her service, in the At menian drive. It, too, went over the topi An anxious contemporary com plains that stories designed to dis courage Americans and dispirit Ger mans enjoy more publiciiy in the United States than helpful truths about our own forces. It may be so, but whose fault is it? When the truth is suppressed a vacuum is madu which falsehood hastens to filL The Jjest way:to inhibit the German prop aganda of lies is to publish the truth to the limit of military prudence. THIS WEEK AS he' a personality or an insti- f W tution your father? Did be embody discipline . only ,5, or friendliness, too ? ' Was he a provider exclusively or was he your champion? Could you talk to him as boys f allr r a&BifS ntriAi a nf - Irnsivxr that ha WtlJk VV vavii v mwi ouu avuv tt iauft. UU ,tA tA - , turer language, that you but half : " understood so that you were ill at ease and constrained? Did he have a veneer of austerity that, always inUmidated you? Or was your father your chum, your pal? Did he have a heart as complacency of a not wholly beaufl bubblingly boyish as yours? Was an;ful Bort t0 00td up t0 hour with him or a meeting with the government price order of last him or an, outing with him richer in j summer pleasure land more Joyous in anticipa tion than with any play partner, of your own age? Are you to your son as your father was to' you? If he; was distant, and aloof, do. you pass' .on.. his mistake ? If heiforgot that;he ,was .'onee a" boy do yau ; take : the more' pains to r re member ! that oncefupon atimeyou' were'one? - f: .yk'-j ..U'V This Is "Father and J5on Week.1 Its observances are centered about a big Idea tht fathers ;: and sons should be aoquaintedTttnd on the -easiest terms - of ' ; common amderstandlng. A father is but half . a rather whol thinksThis .dutir endftC toJhe4eesr mat ma-son nas eiouung, zooa ana schooling. A home;; W bTjt" alf .; a home where .' the Jatheroesn't' share his son's game tnd problems iM: confidences. ' - ; '-" . '--'' Meet your obligation to be a 100 per cent father to your boy and you will discover the treasure of dreams, the secret of eternal youth. The country will be Interested in the airplane mall service which Mr. Burleson talks of establishing be tween" ' Washington and New York. but nobody will be startled by it. Most readers are well aware of the marvels; the airplane has achieved In the war. They see no reason why Its capabilities should not be utilized for the! purposes of peace. It seems really too bad . that the best inven tions, like the best music, should so often niiss the higher uses. IMPROVING A TEXT 0 CV E. SPENCE,' master of the state , grange, must ln fairness be I awarded f the prize for im- of the K. .11 " m mvio.auisouuj vu acvuuut of the difficulty of his achievement, ' for we think.lt will be conceded that I ' . 7i. 'Z CI . 1V , the man vwhof perfects either the thoughtjor. the language of a text in the Kin James ; version haa done somethkng s'uperlor ; to painting ,: the lily. Mr. Spence1 has turned the trick. The passage which he has : im proved is well known. It runs in this wise : The . ox knoweth his owner and the ass his master's crib." Mr. Spence annexes" the "words, "and the swine the rattle of his slop can." The words are poetic, melodious and true. Must we rank; "Mr. Spence among the major prophets? Students oUltexature jvill find JJr. Spenee's gem in his article on 'the Non - partisan league in last Sun- day's Journal. RUSSIA DISARMED: HE demobilization of the Russian army has been . ordered. " Some first line detachments of younger soldiers have been left to defend the frontiers. , Nobody knows at this - distance what the effect, may bev The psy chology of : the Trotzkys and ' Len ines Avorks in its Town mysterious way, its wonders to perform. The undoubted effect of the Bolshevik scheme of things has been to fill that which oblivioned the czar. It has fed the flames lighted In middle Europe by President Wilson's appeals for world democracy and the work ing out of. their own destiny in their own way by all racial groups. , All accounts agree that Bolshevik precedents played a part in the re A bill before the New York legis lature empowers the governor to ship out for farm work any jnan who can not get a Job In town. , The idea crow In human semblance is good enough for a farm hand. The farm ers themselves think a little differ ently about it. They have Joined in a protest against making -their land a dump for "city burns.' Thefarms need workers..- They have no par ticular use for human wrecks: COMPLACENCY S' PEAKING of complacency, Collier's gives us rather a neat sample of it when it applies the words "disastrous price fixing" to Sec retary Baker's refusal to be held up by the coal barons last, summer. Our contemporary quotes from the New York Times a fabulous story that Mr Bakr cut dowi - the price of cosu vo carry oui a so-caiiea corrupt bargain with Attorney General Greg ory. To such base uses are some once decent periodicals brought by their- desperate efforts to discredit the administration. . Every intelligent citizen knows that (!. .t . uic cuw tiunino was causea py tne . . , . . .... ,. ., of coal at the mouth of the mines nr.A Kinrttl. llfl- ln. - n. D ,a,vn i. 11' Y""JZ lt to consumers. It reaTiire om. The periodicals and writers that try to mislead the country as Tto the cause of the coal trouble are equally deceptive , about the railroad . break- down. Mr. Wickersham, former at- rtorneir general, f or Instance," " wrote a v letter ;to the Timea the other .day in which, hesaid .that the railroads. had broken? down under, .the war strain betause ongress . "would not let them earn money enough, in time of peace' to keep their property to repair." : '. " . j It, required some complacency, to say .that In face. of the. facts. Every-, body whofhas -studied" the railroads tft-airknbwsjhW 'prodigal' they have jieii; tmdvU-.s'''iiot the law that made r them o. They earned : plenty of money to keep their property in repair: but they preferred to i waste it instead of using It for, th at , purpose. VChicago has been trying for the last 25 years to Induce her railroads to agree upon a common entrance to the city, a union station and other obvious savings. They have pig headedly refused to do anything of the kind, spending millions every year to gratify their mulishness. Then they say the law caused, their irouoies What law hinders the North Bank road from running Into the Union station in Portland? Is it any law or is it the obstinancy of the human heart? Two stations as near together as the North ?Bank and the Union mean . sheer waste. , It is such . waste that has brought the breakdown upon us, not any law of congress. The more, men we send to France the 'more ships we shall need to keep- them equipped and fed. Every problem of the war centers at last i u im. no ouuuiu. rnuie 1.1 . iinveresis uavo cnsnarea me govern- ment -at every turn and palsied its hand. TRACTORS TO THE FORE t EAR by year the farm tractor wins a more conspicuous place in the - automobile show. .Ten years ago it was a crude" expert ment of which visionary people pre dicted ' that something great r might come. Today ; it is revolutionizing the world's agriculture. l The auto mobile Is the beauty of . the show, The farm tractor is its - muscular yeoman. " v" - - .What fanners -have been Ranting Is a tractor not too expensive and not too heavy, ; with plenty of tractive power, capable of doing the ordinary work . on a small place. ' f ,It should plow, harrow, pull a mower, - haul j the T manure spreader and - between whiles . it should saw woodfiil the ilo and run the pump. AU these demands have , been met arid a great many more ; besides. t: The newer farm tractor models Are some of 'the most exquisitely practi cal machines i in the world. -They are powerful, easily managed, eco nomical and comparatively speedy. They da1 farm work far cheaper than horses can' and with less trouble to the owner.! ' No . person can call himself an educated farmer these days unless he understands how to run 'a gas engine,- and particularly a tractor. It is as fundamental as it was in other days toj know all about har nessing: horses and taking care , of them.' j ' " The tractor j has not displaced the horse! dn the farm, but it is moving steadily In that direction. There are still certain kinds of light work for which the horse and wagon are more convenient , and , economical than the machine. ' But how long will this be true? It woulfl not be surprising to see the ordinary farm power equip ment 10 years hence consist of a tractor for heavy service with a'light car for the j "chore work" which horses are now depended on to do. Ingenious farmers have already ap plied their Fords in a hundred use- ful ways for hauling, light and power generators. We know of a man who geared, his Chevrolet to a silo filler with excellent results. The horse wfll always jbe cherished for hi? lovable; qualities, but the day of his fundamental usefulness is qn the horizon. . iwwnuuhuuiu ieu w a us afrjaniau i or pur only one Mm of t&a paper, shouxd not exceed 800 au icuaui aura wuii iw aaccpiopexuea Dj xom nune mnd ddreae of the eender. If the writer dace not dMiMiA hsvaa tk mkil.ki v. , a-w ' WMruauw AAV ehoold so state. . - ; Fall Address With Letters, aBaker. Or..Ph 11 TA iAiitM. - -w - V AUUibVI VL ine- journal nease publish ln your paper tho names of the contractors or foremen to whom tiona in the ahlnhutiriinir in ini.n And would you please state price of wases paia, xrom common labor up? A SUBSCRIBER. TThls letter fa a umnU rr vnn.a received by The Journal ln the course of every year letters vhniu Aft i v.ot they lack the writer's name or address, frequently both. It la a pleasure to answer all proper questions, but many can be better answered hv mall ttv, because the answer is too long- for The uoumars avauaDie space or because lt would be of value chiefly to the Inquirer alone. 'Notwithstanding the fact that newspapers have always required the disclosure ox ine .True ana lull names of" contributors, vtnr everr dav writ tn Th .TnuMil nalnai only initials, or some pen name. Some- umes even me postornce aaaress Is omitted, and the postmark, on the enve lota la blurrtwl. Tt 1 nrniv mfnm.m.A that all Journal contributors shall not oniy- append signature In full, but, as equally important, that they send full ttostofflce addreaa. with atrt nii nnm- ber If In a city, and rural route (if on onej li in tne country. Phone number, If contributors live ln Portland, mleht Well ba TIOtMl. n 1 nn Th vrlUr'a nam is net necessarily for publication, but i , i suouia in ui cases appear. J Wilson Portland. Feb. 8. To the Editor of Th Journal I noticed a letter ln The Journal a few days ago in which the writer criticised the Red Cross management for furnish lrtir IL000.- vuu lor propaganaa. work ln Aus tria and Germany. In my Judgment. this money was wisely spent, as - lt is quit evident that the main cause of the war Is the fact that the-peoples of the central powers have been In error re garding some things which would be for their own" Interest.,: They have been made -to--bllT"that " thetr "opponents ran era designs on. them and their country, "and that a .victory, tor the en tente, allies would ; mean -their hum ilia tlon " and shame. President t Wilson's heart, to heart messages"., through con gress io tne common people of the cen tral, countries, together with the Bol shevtk", revolutionary propaaanda. has cone more, ln my Judgment, to 'weaken the power of Prussian autocracy' than au. the mmtary force that, has been brought to bear en lt since the war com menced. I believe our' president Is both one of the wisest and one of the best men in in e woria today, and i am sure our people are coming to love and trust him more and more , as his plans open up ana are Decerning revealed to the anxious r world. His admonitions ring true to tne cause 01 humanity the world over. He has chosen opportune) moments to plead humanity's cause and , speak the words the world needed to hear. He baa not said too much or . too little. He has spoken often enough, and yet not too often. His voice has reached the ear of the great common people of the central empires.' It haa struck a re sponsive chord in their hearts. His message will bear fruit. While with one band he is planting bis armies on the plains. of France to throttle autocratic power, with the other he is holding out the olive branch to the down-trodden people of Central Europe, declaring to them that our only wish. Is their free dom and well-being. Surely Wood row Wilson is the right man In the right place. W. H. BLACK, j! "The Thunders of Silence" I Portland, Feb. ll,To the Editor of The Journal I have read with interest your editorial on "Congressman Mal lard," tho central figure of Irving Cobb's story, "The Thunders of Silence." After commenting on the treatment of Mal lard by the press, which fought him by enveloping him ln silence, The Journal says : "This is more than a fatory. What happened to Congressman Mallard in fiction might happen to any man In fact if the clique which air. uodd a escribes should . decide to erase him." h Is it possible that The Journal does not know that the very weapon which Cobb describes was actually used against a national character and the very one whom Cobb describes (for Congressman Mallard Is a very thinly .camouflaged Senator La Follette) and with such suc cess that tt robbed him of a presidential nomination and might nave robbed htm ef bis seat ln the senate had he not kept before the people of Wisconsin through his publication. "La Follette's Magazine"? A dozen years ago La JTollette s nam m : any' radical gathering was one to conjure with. He fdught'th class whom Roosevelt designated as "malefactors of great wealth," and did It eloquently, in telligently and effectively. The prog reaalv sentiment of th Republican, par ty, which, finally crystallised Into, the ! ) ' ; Letters From the People Bull Moose organisation, was th direct result of Lw Follette's efforts. Fighting Bob on day arose In th sen ate and said: "Th financial destinies of th United States are controlled by 25 men." A storm of protest followed denunciation, abuse and ridicule. A week later, when his opponents were at whit heat. La Fouett again arose, and. said: I wish to withdraw my statement that 25 men control th financial destinies of th United States. I find I was wrong. X find that our whole business existence la controlled, not by 26, but by 10," and b proved lt to th satisfaction of his admirers. . La Follette's name became a slogan with every ex-Populist, x-Greenbacker, single taxer, free sUver Republican; radical Democrat, and even the Social ists looked on him with a certain com plaisance. "He will be th next presi dent," shouted his admirers. "He may be," admitted those who loathed his views. - Dne dav La. Vnllntta au InvltoA to a dinner at Washington where the mem bers of the press -were prominent and Conspicuous. Ha waa Invited to aoeak. He did so. He repeated th criticisms ' th newspapers that are to be found t th writings of Horace Greeley and : John Swinton. And then th f.n th. oat or that Washington dinner, down to th present moment, no Associated Press paper has ever mentioned La Fol lette's nam in any other than a derog atory Way. Thin. T thlnlr. I hlstni-ir The Associated Prmw f 11 r onn tn ! wv . uflMv v uiuiuuer j c ferred to is about 1907. When asked for the reason of th boycott. Melville E. Stone answered that Bob had "Insulted the newspapers." Despite the fact that U TTnllett vu th virtual founder of the nroerressiva Republican movent Ant. h 'wna hAfltftn for the presidential nomination by the two Diggesi weapons in the arsenal of th press agencies : Silence regarding himself and laud at Inn nt ha nnnnnant vv.a..w Roosevelt, returning from the dark con- . . i . . . ..... ... uuciil, uirouga me wiae puoucity that Is always accorded to his utterances was able ln a few months to out-radical the yery father of Republican radical ism ana piucx tne prizes that La Fol lette had already : won. M. G. O MALLET. - The House Rent Situation 'Portland. Feb. 11. To th Rdftm. nt The Journal Wt read In vMtondav' paper of the proposed increase in Port fend rental rates. Isn't there some way of forcing Portland landlords to charge only a reasonable rent? We certainly need a housing code a law that will allow property owners to collect only a reasonable rate of Interest on utnii cash value of property. This, would lower rentals ln many Instances. The working people of Portland sup port over 800 real estate and rental asents. That nut hava tinhna Then add their employes, their offices. ineir automoDiies, their homes and fam ilies. Is it any wonder they wish to raise rents the first of March? Fuel could be saved and fullv 80 these men spared to join the producing Class, uncle Sam needs them. Much Is said about property upkeep. An allow ance should be made for that, and than spent tor no other purpose. When you take a car rid. looV at th houses th "for rent" kind. Take xSouth Portland, where so manv ahfnhtiiM,- ar trying to find shelter. What a dean- lnar-un in nAdmt. TTnalth many of them. What rate of interest are mey neia zorr iou can take or leave them. Tou can go out to about East Fiftieth street, passing vacant blocks on the way. as ybu hanr on a at ran at ft cents , per. What will you find there? Oh, for men real men -In our city of fices, the kind that do things. A WAGE EARNER. : PERSONAL MENTION W. U. Official in City W. F. Bchwandt, superintendent of th Western Union of Seattle, Is at the Ben son. Justice's Wife Is Visitor Mrs. J. Stanley Webster, wife of Jndn J. Stanley Webster of the Washington supreme court. Olympla, Wash., is regis tered at the Benson. H. - H. and R. M. Parsons, bnainejtn men from Minneapolis, ar at th Washing-ton. W. C. Hagerty of MeMlnnvm Is 'at the Seward. A. Booth of Sheridan 'Is at the Cor nelius. Mr. and Mrs. J. C Powar of Medf ord are arrivals 'at the Carlton. John II. Mathew. Seattle, is an ar rival at the Portland. C. J. Macke of McCleary. Wash., is at th Seward. J. L. Carman of Taooma Is among th arrivals at th Portland. ' William Vogt of Th Dalles is at th Carlton. Mr. and Mrs. F. Harris of Spokane ar at th Washington. O. H. Beeler of Warren lm at th Cor nelius. Raymond Gillette ef Spokane Is at the Multnomah. R. A. Pierce of Medf ord Is an arrival at the Perkins. R. D. Hlatt of Taooma Is at th Ore gon. a. FVHanry of Taooma Is at th Ben son. af J. Lustig of Everett is an arrival at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. George Stewart of Con don are registered at the Perkins. E. R,, Spier of Seattle Is at the Mult nomah. . A. H. Laughlin of Carlton Is an .ar rival at th Carlton hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jackson of P oca tell o, Idaho, ar at th Washington. E. G. Whipple of Drain Is at th Cor nelius. W. EL Peary of Dayton Is at th Washington. . Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Ingram of Prlne vllle are at the Carlton. . A. Ken worthy of Medf ord is an ar rival at the Cornelius. J. M. Hawkins of Albany Is at th Seward. Dr. George A. Wood of San Francisco is an arrival at the Portland. Charles T. Corbln of Seattle Is at th Multnomah. I Jack'McCalllster of Scappoose is at the Perkins. George J. James of Spokane Is at th Oregon. Eugene Chrisman of The Dalles Is at the Oregon. J. F. Carroll of Forsyth, Mont., la at the Benson. Herman A. Polits will leave Thursday for Chicago and New Tork on a buying trip. . - Ramon , Trotn th BaWmare Sua -A-great many foolish peace rumors have been flying about recently.. Ger many has actually asked for an armistice and it Is being kept quiet. Is on of thera. Peace terms have been agreed upon and the president has them in his pocket. Is another. Austria has offered to make a separate peace, Is a third. - Doubtless there will be others. , Some of these rumors may hav been started by ' mere lrresponslbles. It J is possible, however, that some of them are deliberately circulated by pro-German agencies. - The whole world, the Ameri can nation Included, longs for peace. Every assurance that peace Is near, when disproved, will cause disappoint j-frtent. - That disappointment may be re flected in an Increased demand for .peace at any price. Belief ln a near peace may result ln a lessening of war effort, if jpeac Is corning next month there is no COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE There's never need of a thriftless day. Fifty carloads ' of Oregon cabbage hav been shipped east. - Must still be a kraut market somewhere. i i r -: - - - . If the Portland baseball club trains at . tho Round-Up city and absorbs some of that Pendleton- pep, lt will be a good season locally. . Th kaiser has gone to a spa to take a "short cure," but he's Incurable. Good many people, though, would like to make "short work of him. We ar Informed that there ar still abroad some well-meaning patriots who consider an S knitting bag essential to the knitting of a pair of 75 cent socks. Considering the food restrictions al ready placed by on Mr. Hoover, it would seem that th keeping of Lent this year will be a comparatively easy matter. Can you think of a more expressive war-time valentine than a War R vlnn Stamp? It will show the one you love you iuve your country, too. it will not be a mere bauble to be admired for a passing moment and then to be out away with the-moth balls. It wUl now more valuable each day for years to wu. x.ij ii once, anyway. HENDERSON'S By Cail Smith. Waahinstoa Staff Bjr Carl Smith. Waahliicton SUff Corrnpaodcnt of Tha Journal Washington, Feb. 13. Carrying . the rate doctrine of the lntermountaln case to the ultimate, the new senator from Nevada, Charles B. Henderson, has Introduced a bill to make absolute the rule that no higher rate shall be charged for a shorter than for a longer haul over the same road ln tho same direction. Under the existing law the Interstate commerce commis sion is authorized to deviate from this rule, and lt has done so, until re cently, ln permitting the railroads to meet water competition at Pacific coast ports. How the commission a, short time ago tightened the screws, on the ground that actual competition through the Panama canal no longer exists, ,, is a matter of familiar history. " The object of the Henderson bill Is to follow up the inter-nrountaln victory with an Ironclad )aw which will permit no exceptions to the short haul rule, and fasten that Inflexible rule upon the railroad policy of the nation. Sen--ator Henderson has directly stated that it is his purpose to establish this principle for government control as well as under normal conditions. Sen ator Henderson further frankly an nounces that he desires to head off the interstate commerce commission from granting rate concessions In fu ture to allow the railroads to meet water rates at the coast. The commis sion, when it ruled in the lnter mountaln case, distinctly stated that after the war the resumption of traf fic through the canal would call for a readjustment. e e e Any deviation from the . short haul rule is a bad national policy, ln the opinion of the new Nevada senator. HOW TO CANCER DECALOGUE The Mi chusetts Medical society has had a com mittee go through the entire cancer lit erature and cull out the main facts that everyone should have. The result of their work now appears ln the form of a "Cancer Decalogue," the 10 rules to follow for cancer prevention. These 10 rules are : 1. The classical sighs of cancer are the signs of its Incurable stages. Do not watt for the classical eigne. 2. Early cancer eauses no pain. Its symptoms are not distinctive, but should arouse suspicion. Confirm or overthrow this suspicion Immediately by a thor ough examination and If necessary by operation. The advice "Do not trouble that lump until lt troubles you" has cost counties lives.' 8. There Is no sharp llne'between the benign and the malignant. Many benign growths become malignant and there for should be removed without delay. All specimens should be examined micro scopically to confirm tho clinical diag nosis. . Pre-cancerous stag : Chronic Ir ritations are a .source of cancer. The cause of any chronic irritation should be removed. All erosions, ulcerations and Indurations of a chronic character should be excised. They are liable to become cancerous. 5, Early cancer is usually curable by radical operation. The early opera tion is the effective one. Do not per form less radical operations on favor able cases than you do on unfavorable ones. The chances for a permanent cure are proportionate to the extent of the first operation. Make wide dissec tions: incision into cancer tissue defeats the object of the operation and leads to a certain local recurrence. 6. Late cancer is Incurable, although us tn ray buying Thrift Stamps or knit ting sweaters or doing any other war duty. So the mind of the average man may work. Psychology La a war weapon that the Germans may be counted upon not to overlook. Everyone will welcome a peace that means peace. But that, peace can only come through the destruction of Prus sian militarism. And Prussian militarism will be destroyed only when the Ger man rulers and the German people see Inevitable defeat ahead. They will see It when they know that America Is de termined to fight this war to a finish, to give it every ounce of energy and force there la ln the country. If peace Is near, renewed efforts on our part, then. Will make lt certain. If lt is far off, they will bring lt nearer. In any case the best thing we can do Is to hit harder and still harder. , Let's disregard all rumors until the war has actually been won; then we can rejoice unreservedly. End of a Perfect Slay From tba Milwaukee Journal. The treatment of the passengers and crews- on' the convoyed ships recently sunk In- the North Sea by German cruisers was nothing less, than bar baric Death, and destruction were spread everywhere. Lifeboats were shelled. Men and women were mur dered. The white flag of surrender was fired upon. Human beings, even the female help on the sinking boats, were mercilessly slaughtered. It would be peculiarly appropriate now for Prus sian - bands to strike up "When Ton Get to the End of a Perfect Slay." , The Finest Town in the World ; From the New Republic A good deal of nonsense Is talked about the personality of towns. What -most people enjoy about a town Is fa miliarity, not personality, and they can give no penetrating account of their af fection. "What Is the finest town ln th world?- the New Tork reporters re cently asked a young recruit, eager for him to eulogize New Tork. "Why." he answered, '"San Malo, France. I was born there." That Is the usual reason, perhaps the best. reason, why a person likes any place on earth. Th du is autobiography. - Misdirected fire . from the Duluth Herald ' If half the energy that Is being devoted to embarrassing and - obstructing . and defeating the government could be di verted to the business of embarrassing and obstructing and defeating Germany, tha war could be won In no tim at all. NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS ... 4. Crane has hard"' its first fire, which was only a near fire at that. St started lr a clotnea closet in tne resiaancewu Tod Newell, who put out the blase with a pall of water. - , .N! - Creswell grange has adopted this reso lution : "That th - UnHed States con gress be authorised to place a maximum!. selling price on au hardware, xertuizers, feed and seeds." -.- , . John Foote of Hlllaboro, the Independ ent aava. has a strikina ex am Die of the difference between the Oregon and the eastern winter. Recently one ox rns nens made her appearance with -m brood of five chicks which had hatched ln a nest under a thick berry buah on his grounds. The youngsters are strong and nealthy, but - as a precaution have been trans ferred With the mother to a. more pro tected home. Quoting two families from Minnesota who have Just bought farms and settled ln Lane - county, the Eugene Register says: 'The Kardell and Johnson fam ilies are both delighted with Lane county and say that it seems like moving into a paradise to come from a country where the thermometer haa been below - the aero- mark for the past month, into a state where the grass is screen and tha -ciimajie naimy. - RAIL HAUL BILL'; Corraapoadaat of Tba Journal The effect, he says, is to reduce the value of the canal for commercial pur poses. Further, h argues, river, and harbor Improvements become , com paratlvely worthless" except, for pur poses of foreign trade. If the. railroads are permitted to meet the water rates at th ports. So. ho continues, the .us of water 'facilities provided bj" gov ernment aid Is lessened by ; the policy of allowing rail - rates ; to approximate th water rates at th terminals. - a a a Senator Shafroth of Colorado and Senator Polndexter of Washington hav Introduced bills somewhat similar to that of .Henderson, but less sweeping, The Shafroth bill does not apply .to passenger fares, and j the Henderson bill does. The Polndexter bill -allows exceptions to be made, and provides that If reductions are made by rail roads to meet water competition, rates shall not thereafter be Increased with out the consent of the Interstate com merce commission. Senator Henderson says he will work ln cooperation with Shafroth and Polndexter and they will worx togetner to secure the ; passage of a measure along the lines of the one he has Introduced, to commit th government , forthwith to th.- lnter mountaln - doctrine, without regard to what policy Is pursued as to govern' ment or private control. a a The lntermountaln policy Is to build up the cities of that region -as distrib uting points. Reno, Spokane, Denver and Salt Lake have been, particularly aggressive. They feel that their po sition would be secure against compe tition from San Francisco. Portland and Seattle If they can make the short haul rule absolute, and that Is .what they are trying to accomplish In the Henderson bill. v BE HEALTHY not always unrelievable. Radium., X raprs, ligation cautery or palliative oper ations may change distress to comfort and may even prolong life. M- - 7. Cancer of the breast : All chronic urn pa. in tne oreast should be removed without delay. Benign tumors tan be removed without mutilation. Examine all SDeclmena mleroaronlnallv An w. mediate microscopic examination is de sirable, since, if positive, lt permits a radical operation at the aAme sitting. A radical operation performed 10 -dayai after an exploration la never .successful ' In curing cancer of the breast. 8. Cancer of the uterus : An Irregular flowing demands thorough Investigation. Offensive, or even slight serous flows are especially suspicious. Curette and examine microscopically. Amputate all eroded cervices which do not yield promptly to treatment. Do not wait for the positive diagnosis. AibtSS00? ot, d'a'esUv system Is difficult of early diagnosis therefore un favorable In prognosis. All 'persistent ".T1" jnalr'stion (more espec ially If attended by change of color and loss of weight) and anyTleding or of fensive discharge demand prompt and thorough Investigation. Do not wait for a positive diagnosis. 10, Cancer of the skin : Any warta mole or birthmarks which enlarge' change color or become Irritated ahould be removed promptly. They are likely to become cancer. Do not wait for a posi tive diagnosis. These rules are as nontechnical aa it Is possible to make them, aad they should prove, a help to person who have the Incipient beginning of eanar about them. unr Tomorrow: 'Discipline." See another story, "How to Lrre.- foot of column S, this page, And if th people who ar th boaae of all these marplot and obstructors will make clear their unoompromlsing stand with the president and their stern de mand that the fighting ,be .moved from America to Europe. Germany will have less reason for laughing than It has now. Fact i Joaeph H. OdaB to A Hint! afontMy With a rooster of ghastly and cowardly crimes probably more In number and blacker In hue than those of all the Roman Caesars combined, there has not been, found one "single preacher or prel ate ln the whole of the German .empire to stand up and rebuke this blood-eodden kaiser ln th name of the God of Right eousness. Why Suicides Ar Fewer From Gappera Weekly While the nations are committing sul ci da, a suicide rate of 14 per 100,000 among individuals, th lowest in -; 10 years. Is reported by the census bureau, and a similar falling off is reported ln Europe. A life Insurance company's statistician lays It to Interest tn the war "It keeps people's minds off their per sonal troubles," he says. i. The Allies Can't Use Corn From Capper's Weekly Reason why American ornV potato flour and other foodstuffs which Herbert Hoover asks be substituted for wheat, are not shipped to the allies, is because they would spoil in transit. Also there ar no mills ln which to grind It. Fur thermore, corn cannot , be baked suc cessfully la bakeries, on which Euro pean people depend almost exclusively for their bread. . j ; .... Common Terminal Facilities From the Christian Herald A flttl girl had been reprimanded by her mother -for telling a falsehood. "Where do you think little folks go to that tell such stories?" ' asked the mother. - , i - ; - . don't know." said the little girl, un concernedly; "the same place big folks go to, I suppose."- - .. . .. For Flogging ; Private .... Treat Capper's Weekly ' The New Tork National Guard of ficer, who ordered a private -flogged for disobeying sanitary regulations, has been suspended for SO days by a court martual. His commanding officer says he should have been - dismissed from the army. They might at least hav - taken his wrist watch away from him,' . Rata and Bobtail Stories From Everywhere War and the Old School IT WAS during a mpre or less secret conference in Washington .Pw spring.-Just before war was 'declared. aaany prominent mn -M Doth from the north Mm h south. The newimiwr, .iMii enxlous to ret onininn. v... from the members of the different committees, but found It a hard lob. says the Pittsburg Leader. vme reporter finally falrlv M.-.. . courteous southerneran elderly man ' of the "old school. . Mr. Blank." said the nmrt.. suaslvely, "I would like to h... opinion of the war." "Well, sah" said Mr. Blank courteously, "I haven't thought of it much lately, but I've always been of the opinion, sah, that Lee should not have surrendered. Good evening, sah." Shows Symptoms "Does your husband play golf?" "No. he doesn't but to hear him swear you'd think he did." . Can Him All You Can Ilia tlma haa ooma when wa must hrlp Our Klmmv "can" ih. . "'a all must -aava what food wa eaa vr bui wui ba tha wiaar. Ea aite o'ar thera with hanchty air vnann di man about, ind aay. "Dot Ham ha cat toe fresh: , 1 ttak ha ll aoon git mat." w n ara and wa eaa aarra Do Jut aa Hoover aara. WeMre heaUeaa aad we're BaaOeai dart- Beware of aatlaaa daja. - It'Q, tram tt rrooery rtora , Twon't help the crocer any). But tt a our bora we're looking for. And not the crooar'a penny. To aTa the food (a cplendld piaa) Win help to feed our allies : la plaoe of wheat, nte ryo and eora And other aaah auppUaa. WeT! feed onr boye the heat ta etore. . And do our hit for Bam; And that't the way we'll win thla war At leaat that's Uootef s plan. We all eaa help our Uncle Bast And be a "UooverUar." And help him knock the eye rlcht qwt Of that tuf trail kaiaer. Buth Sheldon. Jefferson Hlrh School. Uncle Jeff Snow Says:. The most sensible thing I know of in Oregon Is that factory in Beaverton to make perfectly good food outer second class spuds. We've got a plenty .In Ore gon If we will only git busy makln' good with what we got. . Nothing the Matter With Portland By a a Harcourt It Is 28 years since the Portland Knit ting company was established ln Port land. The greater part of this time It has been in its present Quarters. ISO Third street, near Morrison. Prom a small beginning it has grown to a busi ness of 122.000 In 1917. 25 per cent over 1918. Officers ot the company are: J. A. Zehntbauer, president and sales manager ; . C R. Zehntbauer, vice-president; G. C Jantien, secretary and fac tory manager; J. It- Dodson, treasurer. The factors; Is located at East Forty third and Stark streets tn a two-story and basement building, 50x50 feet.- The basement contains 810.000 to $18,000 worth of high class yarns, spun from Oregon wool In Pennsylvania. The office presided over by Mr. Jantsen, and 20 sewing- machines operated by young women, occupy the second floor. Twen-. ty-six knitting, and two buttonhole ma chines are on the ' first floor,' and 26 knitting and two spooling machines on the second. Both stories are finely lighted .and steam heated. ' e "The best of our knitting machines, Mr. Jantsen says, "are made tn Switzer land, though we have a couple from Germany which do excellent work. We also have several of American make which are very satisfactory, though lt does not appear that tb workmanship and material ar equal to either of the Imported ones. - It Is quite evident that the Swiss do their work largely by hand, and take great care in perfecting things they make. One of our great handicaps If the absence of yarn spinning mills ln the west. There Is no better woo! in the world than that from Oregon sheep, but lt has to be shipped to Pennsylvania to be spun, and then back again. This Veepe from 810,000 to $15,000 of our cap ital constantly tied up ta stock, whereas with a spinning mill, ln Portland more than half of this would be released. This Is also a money loser for- wool growers, for they must bear the freight oharges on wool to the east and on yarn back to Oregon." That of which Mr. Jantsen complains , Is likely soon to end. It is probable that by the time this article goes to press ' all arrangements for the operation of a wool yarn spinning mill ln the Sell wood addition will have been completed, and tliat Roy Bishop, of the Pendleton . Woolen mills, will be the manager. At last, after protracted negotiations, th Sell wood mohair mills have been se cured, and mucb of the machinery will! ' be changed into that need for spinning the high class of yarns required ln the manufacture of bathing suits, sweaters.' men's and women's hosiery, all classes of underwear, night garments . and things for children.. Knitted underwear is not now manufactured ln Portland solely because of lack of locally spun yarns, but doubtless will be within the next few months, though Mr. Jantsen Is not yet aware that the deal for the Sell wood mills 'has been made. It was, accomplished through Henry L. Corbett, president of th Chamber of Commeroa, aad E. B. McNaughton. - Worker for the Portland Knitting- , company are paid on a piecework basts. . Women earn $10 to $18 per week, 'men $18 to $22. Last year's payroll was- , $24,098.88. Several new machines - are soon to be Installed. - , ; The manufactures of this eora pan y are ot the highest quality, aad ar eold In all high class . stores throughout the Pacific state. ,,- --- - .-r: . Tomorrow, article No. 22 of this series ; Th Portland Stove Works. , . , Dr. Rupert Blue t;.' 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