THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAU P ORTLAND, . MONDAY. JUNE 1O.M910.
GOING OUT TO FIGHT
r. c JACW rbtth' J X
... . a fninnw aaa aaJI nil ira-i ?
. opt nioti anarneoni a mvmtmT7 rz
V' tea. Broadway ui XuoMQ stra. JPorUaad.
vnmm. . - - - .-. ;
Yntarad M th postofflM at f "W
Mm UimiS Ut ssaua
lot iimw
HE if built -of wood, and te a staunch snip, and true. Steam was up.
and she was about to go to sea. There is always a bustle, about a
ship when she is making ready to sail. There was - that sort of a
bustle about this one. and something more.' There was an atmosphere
of importance and a buoyancy in the air and a look of pride on life many
faces .abouL-i,. f -','-' ... p,r- ' j .
In the knots of passengers waiting to go on board .there were United
SUtes officials all the way from Washington, and shipbuilding officials,
and, shipyard owners and some, prominent citizens. A flag lazily moved
by trimmer morninsr breeze told that this ship- belongs to the U. S. A.-
roitKioM ADVEBTiflcio "T" Thri!ahljts oh a steam, whistle mean -good' luck ; to mariners. As
t rut xo. soo aftfml'fhia-nbaekedaway' from her ddck; three 'lusty whisUes came from
tamtams. (-W . .. I the , Portland shipyard at whichnhls ship was built. It Was the mother's
"SSTKJSaaVSi1 goottyeaMvgodspeed-to-herchlld. .. .
daily mojmnq ob ajtimoowi in And allhe-way down "the mtr irom snore ana irom snips na doih
o $b. co i on Mosul .se i J i(im Mm ih threa iwhuties with a like response from the
TELEPHONE Mala llTIl BM, -.
All - a tll.M MSN
-.Tell tha eperataff whet Uprtttt ye want.
sunua I i,.;..i4 i if all th stooi will In
Om r, sa.so 1 On month. .as I speeding, snip, wiwi uio resun wi . w o -
Dailx . (HOBuwoj p wiMnwiii I the world-is alonthe' ColumDia river Between forutaa taa uo ece.-
iiwriaw i : - . j. ...
..a .st I She' is-an Oregon ship,: built of Oregon timber from Oregon miiis.ana
fashioned by Oregon workers. , She is the nm.wooa, snip lurnea over
to the government on direct contract from the Northwest. Anoiner ui
at Coos Bay was turned over to the government threes days before, but
Coos Bay, although in- Oregon, is strangely designated ' as in the Cali
fornia; district; and California got the credit of delivering the first wood
fchiD.'dlreetly contracted, to the government from the Pacific coast.
" ' . " A : Itk. W..llt
This ship is the Wasco, named for an Oregon county, ane was oiui.
at ' the ; Grant Smith-Porter yard.'- She is 286 feet long, 46 feet Beam
end 24 feet1 draft, loaded. Her capacity Is 8600 dead weight tons and her
need down the river was 13 miles an hour.
C She is of the Hough , type, whicn means mat a marine, arcuiveo www
Honh wu the deslmier of her class or , vessel, Hougniy speawng, were
,nu . hif fpAt nf lumber and timbers and 400 tons of
13 a uiiaiwu mutt -
tAl In her construction.
She was built .on ground which a year ago today was water 15
to 2i feet deep. That ground is 1000 feet square in area now, representing
the dredging of 400,000 cubic yards or earth rrom me Doiiom oi mo
river." On it are eight ways, with a snip in every way, bjiu ccry
machine, to61 and device known to modern mechanics ror wooa snip-
bulldin. There is a yard hospital wun a wainea nurse oonswauy m
tt-nianft - nd. Tiearlna- comoletion. a recreation and cafeteria building
PROFITEERS, , vv,,h n .hrtitnritim on the second floor capable of seating 1000 employes
rt... . nrmiH ronH at thn nUnt of a shio launched in 49 days
I I,- - Htmmm V . v- . v. , "
,111s uniiea bw u . th(J keel was lald and Jt is going to be lowered.
On this morning that the Wasco pulled away from her dock scores of
automobiles, owned by the workers, stood parked around the shipyard
These workers ride to and from their work with the same comforts and
On m"
SUNDAY
.ST. SO On month
It to Bet wht Kbppmw hi Ufa that mt
Im, but it to tba way wa faoa it.
IMTld Uojrd Oaorga.-
T
stead of amassing private fortunes.
Men of first rate ability have .almost
always preferred the publie service
to money grubbing They have been
kept out of It ' la, the United SUtes
often by our' groundless Jealousy of
merit. . " -
Now that the stress of the war has
compelled us to give them an op
portunity to serve we find them as
eager to do so as any Pericles or Pitt
or Washington. - The silly fibel that
men of great ability will not work
for anything but money can hardly
survive the .experience of the war.
The greed that some of our monled
magnates exhibit in positions of trust
Is more a matter of habit. than of
Innate passion. Used to grabbing
every thng in sight ' the half uncon
sciously pluck the government as
they have the public A little-stern
discipline seems to have reformed
most of them. Our big money makers
become excellent public servants
when they once cleanse themselves
of their past
The stock show at. union, with a
record attendance and record event
was highly creditable to that city.
Competition by stock growers at such
shows is a stimulating Influence in
the production of better stock, and
better stock means a better country.
WHY THEY DID IT
1
rT IS easy to blame the Russians
for withdrawing from the war.
It is not so easy to understand
the reason why they did it. Were
we to lose seven million soldiers, as
they did, we should be better able to
sympathize with them.
'We shall have no such losses, for
our commanders will not betray us
as the czar's generals betrayed his
subjects. And if it should be our
lot to lose whole armies at once, as
they did, we 6hould not break under
Harvey. 111.; Nt Btnn and Mil ford.
conn.: Newport. K. I.; Jtuncte. Ind.;.
WUmlnaton. DL. and PensaooUC, 71.,
, Letters From the People
COMMENT' AND NEWS IN BRIEF
(Commanleftilaaa aast tm Tha Jannal far Mk
Uokttoa la thia dapartmant should ba vnuaa ua
SMALL CHANGE
Th eliaa Im ovp K& felama tout
troubles onto aomathln alsa, i
w m m
omM aida of th pajwr, hold set mni I If yU consider nlistlna. COW la th
v in otcu ana ma oa cwnaai vj uw i um
writar. whasa mail addnaa la tun Boat aaeom-1
panj tit oBtnbanim.)
Mr. Spenee and the Grange
Portland. June t. To tha Editor of
Tba Journal It ta seen that the day of
to taU It to ta tnarlnaa.
a a a
A MW atar ta AtmnvrA mm A a ailwila
flock of Breaa amnta ara at mva ah ttta
Job to tall tba world bout It.
Doa"t look at thinas tbroua-h araoked
ga i any tongtr. Now la the time to
not expect In theae dava of rial n a nrteae.
.., tbearaooth. ellck dime jut
naturally fade away Into a memory.
v OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Btrawberriea' are ao alow ta eomins: to
the HAleey market, the Enterprt uyt,
that there la a suspicion that wheat
Hour la not the only uung the shortcake
mill be short of. ,
-The Zhtrena park board, haa becun a
campalsn for a -better looking- Aty. In
a mihlia arfHraaa to the citizens of EU-
cene, the Register says, the members.
THE WAR SAVING THAT COUNTS MOST
By Frank J. Ooodnow, President of Johns Hopkins University.
PLANS TO HOUSE
WAR WORKERS
By Carl . Smith, Washington Staff
Correspondent of The Journal
But there are others. From all
we can learh about " them we
are dlsoosed to . believe that
Italy's profiteers are possibly a shade convenience8 M do the owners of the plant, and when the day's work
filthier than our own. . ' is done there is a ride for the family out on the highway or elsewhere
Here" is a sample of their work. u s R wonderfUi thing to stand on the deck of a home-built ship the- strain but fight all the harder.
Before the war oegan uerraany gui a ship built by the people to help the righting Doys over mere, ana still the loss would teach us how
ready for It by taking control of feel ncr vibrate beneath your feet the Russian peasants felt and why
Italy's banks and manufacturing con- In water fronting the yard, two abreast, were it other ships like they bowed down and accepted a
terns. She was anie 10 ao so oy her, launched from the same ways, receiving tneir installations or maenmery dishonorable peace.
J providing capital wnicn liajy soreiy anj equipment. Massed six deep ana two siae ny siae tney looxea ror
'needed, being one of the poorest tn the world like an army of ships getting ready to fight the kaiser,
eotintriea to the world. and thaL in effect, is- exaotly what they are. They are to carry food
A group of Italian bankers and and fuel and all else to, keep America going strong for the combat.
manufacturers entered into a con- As the whistles blew and the proud workers at the plant viewea
spiracy with their German ' corres- their handiwork and swung their caps and cheered, the throbbing, pul
nnndMid trt smiiMle cotton across satin, almost breathln vessel beneath your feet seemed a thing or
the Swiss frontier. It was ' then life. Her great whistle blowing its farewell was a note or triumph,
passed on into Germany to make which seemed to say, "We are coming, Father Abraham, 100,000,000 strong.
explosives, clothing -and other war .The throbs of any great ship make, you think of life but when it
. necessaries. Thus while Italian sol- te a home-built ship whose heartbeats pulsate under you, and when
. jtura war, civina- their lives to helo you know she is going away to be a part in the war, there Is the
' defeat kalserism. Italian - financial flush of pride on your cheek and a flash of fire in your eye
tnnata for the sake of gain were There is a thought worth while In the. going of the Wasco. Seven
conspiring to aid and comfort the thousand miles away from the great swaying, battle line where democracy shipping board. Final allotments have
. amv . ' and autocracy are in a death grapple, close by a 6tream 4000 men are not n made, and requests from
enemy. j,,.., ,,v,n t k.,m - k- . numerous cities for part of the-und
It IS said that tne morale oi me "o. i"e. "'"'"o. o.. au.l40, ...uob'-b "l,o U1 1 are pendlne. A list of tentative allot
't Italian armv was as deeoly cor- ships to Pershing, bach in nis place, ail ior one ana one ror all, a ments haa been made up, however, caii-
. - . i, ramarlrahla nrrnnlratlAn rtf tnpri am ' fashf anlnor anH fahrlrtfttfnar wlt.h nn injr for $40,500,000. In this list two
rUOiea oy inose iraiturous ihcu ui o : u.irin rnat
business at by the SpclallsUo propa- ImpeUing. all-pervading, ever present thoughfc-bulld the shrp and build 2SS?K? V Vinttyhe Mare
a-anrla which . was disseminated her fast. Island and Pueet Sound navy yards.
w .v. . Four thousand of them, with foremen and heads of games, and suoer- At Vallejo. Cal it is proposed to spend
conspiracy ha. now been ex- intendents and managers - and at the head of all the keen, alert pene- rsiardThrwui
posed. The conspirators are under trating and organizing brains of the owners they are all directed to practically a new addition to 4He
. nrovemitlon Bv and by they will one thing the winning of this. war. The 12 shgs, two abreast, built town, on government owned land, and
S.nnfaKa with ih- vftritv which on made ground that a year ago was 15 to 21 feet of water, tho H"-11""" Y"L 08tlJi'
' la ordinarily meted out to Droflteers elht 8hiP. on the waYS' tne Wa8C0 on toe niSn 8Cas. are S Wash it is proposed to use i.500.ooo
by the criminal courts of ' modern 1 D8S acbieved on. the edge or the Western Hemisphere, 7000 miles for the purchase of land and erection
' . , I from the war. 1' buildings, -. including one apartment
Muons.. . And the 4000 work-.rs ara hut on- nlant. Th-v . nt m,- Mm.n otftl C08Un 600.000and 400 houses,
Whether tneir -punisnmeni is ugnt . ; , - , - - Thl3 lmprovement.. wiu te virtuauy a
h.v nna th!n- t. -rtaln It ,n tne nny'0f nearly 30,000 in Portland, and the 30,000 are but a few part of Bremerton. Mr. Eidliu says
' K--v. ,1. naaf In the grand army in. this mighty nation striving and straining to back that the people of Bremerton have
rrltlSTi our .n b-..mTOl.r. ,n Fr.e.. ' r ud
political party besslam la about at 1U end I bright, happjr sde of everythlna;.
ina ut wnatt wa niaflaa tinvmrm '
War Savlno Stamp purchase is draw-
endum leclalaUon. forced political bosses, gtLnMare' bVmts r at I 17' to
for operaUon, and now these methods are , iiL17???"1" Is0? l-nt
ferretad out nd fail. The oolltlcel ad. I ?LP? ..bn uaested. may we
vance of the state gTanse, which haa
Just concluded Its session at Salem, is
evidence of the march of proeresa and
the complete elimination of - political
bosslsm In that body. Certainly no news
papers have played their cards more
determinedly, nor have failed more'ln-
rlorioualy and alcnlficanuy. than nave
me papers mat opposea prosres. There have been since the entrance of
arena-e. Notwlthstandlna- politics la ta-1 fV.. ,. tul mat wa a ,.mKa
boo in that and all other orraalaetlona
sowax posmon, pointciaae eminent loans or for such activities as
alwaya succeeded in working the game, Hcd Croaa, These campaigns were, of
A way has been discovered to def eat course, absolutely necessary. For .money
political standpatters and get political aaij to be secured for the conduct of the
action OUt OX noil-Political action. l.ne I war. Wlthnnt l rrva attnn waa
re-election of Mr. Spenoe as master of impossible. There Is a danger, however,
the state grange by a more than two that the emphasis which haa been laid
to one vote, after he had eulogised the on subscriptions of money may. lead the
Non-Partjsan league as a boon to farm- average person to conclude that hla duty
era. while hla opposing nominee. Mr. u performed when he makes his sub
Johnson, declared for . the conservative I acrlptlon. But while money is a neces-
path, settles the question oi progress- Bity, money wUl not win the war. Even
iveness for - the state grange of Oregon. I an Inexhaustible supply of gold or of
The resolution that followed, declaring credits Is of use only insofar as It faclli-
for united support of the officers elected, tates the manufacture of the things
was useless. I needed for military operations. Gold of
In all o realizations standpatters have itself will not secure a sunolv of shins.
actually no other course but to follow of airplanes, of cannon,, of rifles, of rou
when the organization succeeds with the nltlons and of the thousand and one
election of progressive leaders. Especl- things which a moern army must have.
ally is this the condition in the case j things which "an 'army needs must
Just cited. ... 1 be made. Thar do not exist and there-
It Is possible for progltjesivea to ai- f cannot be bouhL In order that
vide an ora-anlsatlon by going aneaa v. . ' .
and getting out of beaten P-" .JfM worked, railways must operate, factories
for reactionaries, when they lose their mu8t produce mtn and women muet
power in any organisauon. labor. In almost every country In time
divide, bv anv means. Is out oi in . t .v. l.w-. ..n.ki. i.
question. They have nothing to aJt employed for the production of the
to I ail in line ana marcn-things demanded In a time of peace.
their progressive nreuiren. When war cornea some- of that labor
The camouflage of political bosslsm must diverted from the things de
has been cleared away. Mr. S pence and m4nde(1 jn time of peace to the things
hla active nrotrressives will blast away
special privUeges and down monopolies ugj.. u a .xotKn which is aa foolish
through political action, ana aii wui. I as it Is futile, and spells defeat in the)
finally, praise nim ior ni iwaaiwuw great enterprise Into which a nation In
of purpose, no amount oi. OTw.pair war times haa entered.
patrioteerlng can defeat economic po-
after pointing out what Is needed, allege
that T.he people of the city should wake
up to the fact that Eugene Is one of the
shabbiest cities in the state of Oregon."
"At a meeting of the directors of the
Aurora State bank last Tuesday. says
Va Akaaaaa 4 4 PaMA'a raaMAIiailV
contributed funds for the purchase of
an American flag and a staff for it- The
staff wUl be set up on the bank corner,
and. the flag will be displayed for the
people oi me city as wen aa wa wbk
Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
lltical action In the Oregon state grange.
C. W. BARZE1&
Washington, June 10. Director Otto
M. Eldllta of the bureau of industrial
bousing and transportation has outlined
the expenditures which are expected t6
be made under the general housing bill
of $60,000,000 recently passed by con
gress, which is independent of the $50,-
000,000 for housing controlled by the
lowed, or some self-styled "expert" has
made a favorable report, causing a waste
of monev. and nutting In bad repute any'
one who would continue a aearcn ior
oiL Wells have been drilled in many
Dlaces In the state, .where no locator
who valued bis reputation would ap-
armles on the Isonzo. . It .can not
recover the cotton with which Ger-
fany's' military strength has been
sustained.
In spite of the profiteer the allied
taxation need fear to . face his con
stituents. But if he- votes for any
evasive, compromising measure de
signed to relieve wealth and burden
poverty he may- as well sell his
aa a . . l fc'w v J aa ta.-T ULO tt Utt . noil Ilia
nations have managed r to hold their Washlngton n0U8ft and get ready to
come home for good.
own against the world's enemy. But
If he had been put out of business
in tne first monms or ine struggle Mister Hindenburr is reflecting.
the cost of.Ufe and suffering would After Cantlgny and the Marne he U
have been immensely ugntenea. nondering over the nuestion of why
The - profiteer grows rich on the fierceness of the Americans.
misery of his country. W1U this Are they-sunermen? And how many
country permit him to enjoy the 0f them are coming? A thousand
fruit of his infamy when the war German dead and wounded bv the
If over 7, The guesuon 18 PBrt,nent Are of a single American machine
tod very Interesting. gun deUchment is something to fill
the Hun -commander with some
The way of the county Judge and measure of aoDrehenslon. Later.
county commissioners .is hard. They these men the free West will
have , to make decisions In whloh have . a .formal engagement with.him
wey are conaemneafir mey ao ana jn Berlin,
-condemned If they don't. Here is the
. CSooi v. county County Taxpayers'
..vXeagua with a determination to re-
' j call the county Judge and both com-
missloners. The charge against' them
la that they snent monev extrava-
gantly In building r6ads, and their
-;,eply ls that not a -contractor on
; the roads profited a dollar. When-
7 ver you conclude that you would
fit - a swivel chair in ' a county
' 1 ""-Judge's office or county commission
- f er's Job, first stop, look and listen.
THREE RURAL FACTORS
W'
THE TAX BILL
ING promises float down to the
country from congress about the
new revenue bill. We trust
.performance will keep. pace with
promise. One third of next year's
j war bills is to be paid with taxes
raised mainly on excess profits, un
acarned Incomes and luxuries. This Is
.kouod. Science demands nothing less.
The country Is ready for an equita-
ble tax law: It wants' no more bonds
issued than: necessity requires.
. Those congressmen . who fear to
Impose rdeqUate taxes because they
T., Imagine their constituents will be
aa . a ... a .a -
-Qnenaea, misjuoge tne American pun.
lie. , The people are ready for Haxa
Ulort up to slho limit of their vendur
' til rice If. only it be justly levied. They
prefer taxes to.boodsas long as their
meais can siana tne jouraen. ,'
Byt the people know that It is not
Just to! tax "earned incomes, as severe
ly as th e .unearned. .; Nor tcT let - war
- profits escapa-easily; - Nor. to' lax the
'.HBecessaries;of,life until after ;the last
possible' pehhy: has been levied rupoa
'luxuries."--!-. .---'
One of the largest allotments pro
tftt hnnVa rfpal with arM hioctt posed is for Norfolk, Portsmouth and
. . , xa"y' I Newport News, Va., In the vicinity of
aOSiraCUOnS. I Imnnrlmt hiwi nt vth tha armv mil
The rural school knows and cares H1? wher V,-0'000 1 to bo pu
nothing abOUt the technique Of rural man I for the creation tn thia aeotlon
uie, just as too many city schools! of two principal communities, one for
are oblivious of the tprhnfaiia f white workmen and one for colored
I 14 1-av fkAV, o nei 1 CAA 9AAA Tknuaae
all told.
tor Eethienem, fa.., at tne steel
works, the largest appropriation of all
Is contemplated, running up to 9,000.-
000, to be spent for brick houses on land
furnished by the Bethlehem Steel com
pany. Here the plan la for an advance
by the government, which will take
civilization. The-schools dwell too
much among tombs. They are afraid
of living tissue. The county agent I
gets little help from them.
And he gets still less from the
rural church. The weakness of the
rural cnurca lies partly in Its sec-, mortgage on the property In return.
tarian divisions. I Mr. Eldllts aald the government must
The Washington Congregational VtmXSSSkSSZ
cuurcn council, meeung at sspogane, lehem company,
has annealed to the sreneral nnhiu Another of the most Important allot
w f . 1 a AAA AAA . . 4.
to do what it can to urge religious V'TwiISBr7dA1
leaders toward a policy of Interde- Kconn.. where arms and. munitions are
nominational oooneration. The eoun-1 manufactured. Here the plan Is for
Prospecting Sanely for Oil
t t fkm vjntnr of or m oraer 10 sv
rnrtiitnu. juuv u. av v v- - -r s .. A .,
A ium.ii, x incretuo my own aomiy o live
S5! ifS nr money to the government. I am
or. replying. . "ZZ n Thl diminishing the abUlty of him who pur-
?FJL Property. . It 1. true he may
SXY,' T's," rC unwilling to do what I am doing ;
The war must be financed out of in
come. If I sell a house or dispose of
any part of my capital to pay the taxes
wmch the government demands of me
or in order to subscribe to a government
From reoorts that reach us from dlf
farant narta of the state, one might
conclude that oil Indications are found
almost everywhere. Unfortunately ior
the state and the people, vthe suggestion
far as that Is the case I am helping the
government. But I am by selling my
property in no way Increasing the re
sources or the country.
m m m
In the same way If. in order to aub-
of Mr. Averill has not usually been fol- scribe .for Liberty bonds, or In order to
purchase War Savings Stamps, I borrow
money without the fixed Intention to pay
that money back out of my savings in
the near future, I do not increese the
resources of the country. What I do is
to aid in the expansion of credit with
the result of inflation and rise of prices.
It is of course better to subscribe for
Liberty bonds with borrowed money
than not to subscribe at all. For the
evils of Inflation and high prices are less
than would attach to the failure of the
government to obtain the money it
needs. I shall, however, be of the great
est neip 10 roe government lr i econo
mise In ray expenditures and give what
i save, x may not be able to save aulck
ly enough to meet the government's Im
mediate needs. In that case I may by
borrowing anticipate my savings. But
whether I contribute my present or my
future, savings I shall be giving of my
Income and what I give will Increase the
amount available for the use of the
government not offset in any way by
the diminution of the ability of someone
else, nor by the evils of inflation and
high prices for which I shall have been
in some part responsible if I borrow but
do not save.
a a
It Is said that he gfves twice who gives
quickly. In these times tt may also be
said that he who saves accomplishes a
double purpose. On the one hand he
discourages the making of things which
are for the moment unnecessary. On the
other, he furthers the production of what
is needed, and at the same time in
creases the means in the way in which
they can be most advantageously in
creased for the purchase of the things
immediately needful.
Economy by the rich and devotion of
their savings to the purchase of govern
ment loans will not be sufficient. If w
are to free the labor necessary for the
production of the things needed In the
war. and If we are to secure the funds
wherewith to pay for these things, the
great mass of people must economise.
The Influential and the well-to-do, how.
ever, can' by saving do much greater
good than Is the direct result of their
personal economy. They se.t an example
for the less fortunate. Self-sacrifice and
self-denial are contagious. The fashion
of economy will be set by those whose
Influence Is the" most far reaching and
will in time find many imitators.
A Proficient Instructor
tlTHEN father came home to dinner ha ? .;
a vacant chair at the table.
"Where's the boy?" he asked, nodding
to the chair.
"Harry la upstairs." came in s. tone of
painful precision from the mother.
I hope he Is not slckr
There waa an anxious pause. "No. ha
Is not sick." continued the mother. "It
grievee me to say, Richard, that our son.
your. son. nas oeen neard swearing on - .
the street. I heard him myself."
"Swearing 1" exclaimed the father. "IU
teach him to swear 1" And with that the
angry parent started upstairs in the
dark. Half way up he stumbled and
came down with his chin on the top -step.
When the confusion had subsided.
Harry's mother was heard saying from
the hallway :
"That will do, Richard, dear. You -have
given him enough for one lesson."
Very Even Indeed
Thiols one way of getting even that is
revealed by George Douglas, the San
Francisco Chronicle's funny-story man:
-Isn't it the limit!" exclaimed Mra..
Kerr Muter.
"What's the matter nowT" asked
K. M.
"Why, this morning I called up an
employment agency to see If I could
get a glrL They sent one to the phone
and. after a few worda, she said : 'Tour
voice sounds pretty good, but I'd like to
see you and also the place before I give
you an answer. If you send a taxi for '4
me, I will come out and Interview you.
That was all right. I called for the taxi
and had her brought here. She gave the
place what she called the 'onoe over
and then said : Too quiet, too far from
anywhere. No. I won't take the Job ,
'Then we went to the front door and.
looking out Into the street, she aaldt;
Where's the taxir 'I suppose it's gone.
I replied. 'But I didn't see you pay
him,' she replied. No, I run an account
for trips like this, but I only pay one
way when theaglrl doesn't agree to stay.
I guess you can walk.' And that look
she gave me haunts me still."
HOW TO BE HEALTHY
CoprrU&t. It 17.
by 3. Kecley.
LABOR DISCONTENT Any Jiu-
prove. The oil Produc cessful. must satisfy several fundamen
tal human Instincts. This la the con-
now old enough to have established, not
onlv that certain conditions must oe
Dresent. but also that certain other con
ditions must be absent. The oil selling
companies will seldom discourage any
one from spending his money and that
of his friends In drilling a new field.
If he succeeds they wUl have more oil
to refine and sell; If he falls they have
not lost anything. These remarks are
not discouraging, but in the Interest of
sane methods. If proper. Intelligent sur
vey of Mr. Averlll'a section can be
made. It will be a distinct gain, in tne
meantime, a large section of the state.
lying In Lake and Harney counties, has
had careful study and. much test work,
and has been found to be a petroleum
bearing field with all conditions favor
able. Nothing lies between the people
of Oregon and a great oil wealth but
the creation of a fund to drill wella. If
the Oregon consumers of oil would give
one half of 1 per cent of their monthly
oil bills to a drilling fund, one or two
wells could be drilled every month In
the year with this fund.
J. C. TURNET.
lr LOOK upon - the rural ' church
together with -.the school , and
the farm as : the strategic fac
tors in country life." If we
san make them all active we can re
build our decaying rural communl
ties. None of the three can reach
its best . possibilities alone. Each
depends upon ;the others. Hence The
Journal feels equally interested "in
Church, school and farm, whatever
tends to strengthen them strengthens
the nation's morale and fits us for
the duties both of war and peace.
It Is from the country that 'our
cities have always been fed with
their best human material. Let rural
life degenerate permanently and the
marrow of the country ' is gone. It
is for these'' reasons that The Journal
delights to witness -the vigorous new I
work of the county agricultural
agents.
They are young men fresh frora
the sources of science, active, am
bitious, unhampered .by dead tradi
tions. They take hold of their-taslA
energetically and courageous! at
tack the strongholds of Ignorance.
They form a social army of the first
Importance. They know what ought
to be done and they have the ability
to do their share of It.
But the county "agricultural agents
can not do everything by themselves.
They need ,the cooperation 'i of the
Church and. school. The village high
school, is , apt to be : nothing better
than a pale and sickly imitation, of
the . city high school. It is out of
all relation to the land. .The teachers
farm problems. The
government loan to a building company f
under an arrangement whereby the
company will repay, less the excess
cost over normal times, to be deter
mined by an appraisal at the end of
five years. . vr
churches. Sectarian rivalry has so tentative list may be briefed as fol-
weakened them that in many cases lows:
ii a. . - - . I A 'Yi if Tifm mm a 4Vaa TVtv.a T? 1 vat
uiey nave no ure lert. The Wash- v. X.. i , . i .7 v
ir.. ., , " I shipbuilding plant, a Bethlehem corpo-
ington Congregational council pledges ration, which Is building destroyers for
Itself to share to the utmost in a I the navy, 2,600,000 for permanent nous
ell says there, is "excessive denomi
national competition" and "sectarian
rivalry," resulting in. both "economlo
and -religious weakness.
This is doubly true of the rural
campaign for the obliteration- of all
merely denominational ' competition.'
This sounds manly and Oiristian-
like. The response to it may be
expected to be vigorous from all
Ing; at Rock Island.-111., in the cities of
Moline, Davenport and Rock Island, for
the Rock Island arsenal and fabricating
plants In the other cities. $3,000,000; at
PhUadelphia, for the benefit of the
League Island navy yard, $3,800,000 ;J
at Erie., ra, ior employes or tne uen
Copenhagen and Nelson
Vancouver. Wash.. June . To the
Editor of The Journal It is evident that
many contuse the history of the battle
of Copenhagen. 1801. with that of the
seisure of the Danish fleet, 1807. And
not Infrequently Is Nelson's name men
tioned In connection with these two
incidents. Nelson did serve, under Ad
mlral Hyde, in the battle of Copenhagen ;
In fact, it waa during this action that he
placed hla telescope to his sightless eye
in order to avoid .seeing Hyde signalling
him to withdraw from the fight. But
Nelson died two years prior to the cap
ture of Denmark's fleet.
The battle of Copenhagen was an
outcome of the coalition of the "north
era powers". In 1800. The capture of
Denmark's ships waa a reply to the
agreement between ' Emperor Napoleon
and Alexander of Russia, known as the
treaty of Tilsit (the raft treaty) In
1807. The aim of this treaty was frus
trated through the sagacity of George
Canning of Monroe Doctrine fame. Can
ning was then secretary' of state for
foreign affairs, for the United Kingdom.
J. HAROLD.
tention, of Professor Irving Fisher of
Tale university, president of the Amer
ican Association lor Labor Legislation.
Enumerating these instincts, he places
self-preservation at the bead of the list.
He says, however, that while the pay
envelope la one matter of fundamental
Interests It la not the whole considera
tion In a man's life; that we have
harped too much on that one string.
We must have also the means for sat
tafylng the other fundamental Instincts,
for self-expression, for workmanship,
self-respect and respect for others, self
sacrifice or heroism, love, bomemaklng
and the,lnstihfct of loyalty. The theory
that piecework will solve the labor dis
content, because when a man works
longer by that system he earns more
money, Professor Fisher brands as a de
lusion. At first he did not understand.
he says, what appeared strange to him.
the objections of the laboring men to
this system. He says now, however,
that, a system of labor which tries to
get more work out of a man simply by
holding out more pay In hla envelope
is like the method of trying to get more
speed out of a donkey by tying a bunch
of bay over bis bead; that a man who
la able to satisfy only the one instinct
for preserving his life Is still hungry
and thirsty to satisfy other fundamental
cravings. Professor Fisher Illustrates
the futility of appealing to only one In
stinct. aa a means for Increasing labor
parts of the State, and from Other I eral Electric company, brake shoe, forg-
states as well. ,nK an other industries, $2,800,000 ; at
. . ,. , . l wasningion, u. t.. ror employes 91 me
Once get the agricultural agents, Uaw yard' 18:000.000. with $250,000
the schools and the Churches in lino more for the steel and ordnance plant,
for mpdern, scientific, cooperative "d n Sfcaate of not to exceed $10.-
JL. ' ..... ' ... v , 000,000 for - housing government em-
uork and we shall speedily witness pioy., called to wf wdrk. The $10.-
changes in .country life that will 000.000 last named Is part of the $60.-
mean the renewal of the springs 0f 00 contemplated in the bill u a
...?, , . K WM whole, but is not part of the $40,600,000
OUT national vigor. aUotment above referred to as betne-
now outlined.
ine saies 01 war stamps hy thai At Watertown. Mass., a suburb of
school children Of Oregon will soon I Boston, it is proposed to spend $1.0QT-
total . half a million dollar. . . Tttii 000 n nouaing ior employes 01 tne gov-
,f . . . . .... , , , emment arsenals ; at Bath, Me.. Iron
you ever stop to think what lessons works, siso.ooo: at Charleston, w. Va
or tnrirt nave been learned by,thenvy armor plant, $400,000; at Groton,
pupils in rolling up this enormous ?, lJYwMMO w","fmecUon
aggregate of stamp sales? Have you piny, 1330.000 ; Portsmouth N, H' navy
ever thought of What this skimping yard employes. $250,000; at Troy. N. T..
and saving will mean t6 them in the r. w"rvlrvrT. - Jx' wVat
tT The thought i. enough to compan"y7$W7"at
make every grown-up in Oregon an I Lake Denmark and Dover, N. J.. and
enthusiastic booster ? In the "War I ona Island, n. t., in connection with
DBT7 wgrx, tw,yw. - j.
, Other cities which have asked for
share of the aid proposed in bousing
men engaged In contract work "for the
government Include Alliance. Canton;
Cleveland. Dayton. . Elyria, NUes and
Warren. Ohio ; Eaaton. Oil City. Sharon
and Willlamsport. Pa. ; Niagara. Falls.
js'o congressman whovotes for. Just l;inowj little of far
Stamp drive.
HONEY; ANQ JKERIT
T
HE Independent makes a wiser re
mark about the future organiza
tion of democracy. "Men of great land Bay Ridge and Port Jeff eraon on
- ahlirtv ' - n "urlfl K.a In I JOng isi ana, ; ryonne, dixaoein.
em iuw.him w yuvuB.taiie ui'tiad Fhillipsburg, si, j. : Alton and
Voter's Registration Change
Portland, June 6. To the Editor of
The Journal Please publish the neces
sary Instructions for a voter to change
his registration. The Republican party,
once the party of Lincoln and Qrant,
hura In ftrwa-nn at lajtjrt ta lha furtv
of the Portland Railway, Light & Power
company, with Jack Day, an employe
thereof, as chief spokesman and chief
mogul. It Is the party of the six-cent
fare, the party of graft and greed, the
party of profiteers, whose chief spokes
men are the Oregonlan, the Telegram
and the Spectator a triumvirate that
would throttle the economlo life of any
community. Kindly advise how a person
can get out of such a party by chang
ing hla registration.
L. P. JOHNSON.
tThe MsMarad votar ia at hearty to chase
hi political deaicnation at will. a ivaeda only
to so to the ragiatntloa department la tha
effic el tba eoaaty elark, at th eoantr eourt
hoaaa, and fill est e card eontainlns tba
am Itaaia of data aa tha eld en, but chancad
to iadicata hla later pottOcal pany prefarenc. j
PERSONAL MENTION
.'St. Louis People Visit
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Cooper of St.
Louis are guests at the Portland. They
are an route home from Southern Call
forata. Before leaving for tba east they
wul visit fiienda in Victoria and Van
couver, B. C . V
- , " '.
- Former v Portland If aa
V Henry Wallers, Chicago clothing salee-
maru who formerly lived In Portland, la
an arrival at the senson. f .He ta
companled , by Mrs. Wallers. " . ' J
r. Mr.'and, lira. George iXcTayland aod
War Gardeners, Attention 1
Callinc a spade
A (pad
la awy enooih.
Bat what we'd
Uk to know
Is aomaUilns
Cnttlac and dear rtp tire
To oall a ho
Wba yon naka
A mlacu whll
Vt'acdlns th oslaea
And rap yonnalt '
On a pt
Bunion witk it.
Mteoe Ttletrape.
content and for reducing mental dis
tress and illness, by asking If you would
try to make a soldier go over the top by
bribing hlrm
Professor Fisher exonerates labor
discontent where none of these other
fundamental instincts have' an' oppor
tunity for expression. He says be
would be discontented under such cir
cumstances ; that he would not give up
his own work, which be loves and which
gives him Immense pleasure and satis
faction In an all round way, for some
toll that waa monotonous to him "for
$1,000,000 a minute" (although he did
net confess that perhaps he could be
Induced to do It for a few minutes).
He indorses the Wolf system of labor
employment, whereby various instincts
are brought into play. A man's work
on some minute division of labor ia
made Interesting by a system of charts,
by which he Is able to watch the product
of -his own efforts, to take pride in it,
and to see Its relation to the factory
output as a whole.
"If we examine the misfits of life,
Professor Fisher says, "those who fill
our hospitals. Insane asylums and our
prisons, we: will find that they are made
up of people who have not been able
to satisfy all, or possibly any, of those
fundamental Instincts." He- believes
that when Industry offers men an op
portunity to more - completely satisfy
them labor discontent will diminish, and
that mental and physical health will
Improve.
Tomorrow: Too vain to wear glasses.
Dorothy McFayland of Sacramento are
arrivals at the Cornelius.
George Simpson. Seattle hardware
dealer. Is a guest at the Multnomah.
Henry Multburg of Spokane la stay
ing at the Imperial.' -
Mr. and .Mrs. Fred Turner of The
Dalles are among arrivals at the Perkins.
Kurt Kruppkat of Astoria la staying
at the Oregon.
Harry Tucker or norm vena is xy-
Ing at the Imperial.
Terry McKune ox seatue is
at tha Multnomah.
Mr. and Mra. 8. L. Mcseaut or Van
couver, B. C are staying at the Perkins.
Thomas Maniey 01 ijvercvt 1
at the Multnomah.
Horace Mclntyre or noquiam is reg
istered at the Imperial.
Mra. J. K. Austin 01 itoseourg is m
niaat at the Come 11 ua
. , t . a ... ...
jjr. and Mra. .loan crvou osaH.ua
are guests at the Carlton.
Mrs. M. N. Kirk of Heppper, OrM
rarlatarad ' at the NortOnla.
Grant Hlggina or renowum is an ar
rival at the Perkins,
John J. Qiiaersieeve oi i'w ws im m
guest at tbe Benson.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Allen of Seattle are
arrivals at the Carlton. ,
M. Danis ox Hamilton is staying t. ins
MArtonla.
XX. K. Hennia of Tauma ts regisxerea
at ttut Mnltnomah.
Martla Burt of Boise la staying at the
TmMrtaL-
Munaon Drake and Jerome DeMuth of
Seattle are arrivals at the Muitnomaa.
i J. DeMatUa f Albany, N. T, is
an arrival at the Portland. ;
-Bob" Clement, hardware salesman
of Seattle, is registered at the Benson.
T. Q. Morrow of Helena is a guest
at tbe Perkins.
Mr. and Mra. Fred Tledje of Baker
are staying at tha Imperial
Mias Constance Falrmant of Loa An
Velee la an arrival at the Portland.
u. li. Btroworiage oi . uraw r aiis.
Monttf la registered at the Multnomah.
Looks Like Graft
' man the Catvanta Gasetta-TisMe '
A couple of men cam to Corvauis
the other day over tbe Pacific' highway
from California. - One of them waa a
New Tork man and one haa hla home la
San Francisco. They came to visit Cor-
vail la people and Incidentally fish on
tha McKensie, Tha. New Tork man la
not used to tha open air and bis doctor
told him to take with him some sttmu
lant. When tbe party crossed the Ore
gon line, however, his health would have
been better without the stimulant. They
had scarcely gotten across, he says.
when -three men stepped out from the
roadside and ordered them to stop. One
displayed an officer's star and asked if
they bad any intoxicating liquor with
them. Tbe New York man replied that
be did and fished out of bis pocket
about half a pint of whiskey. This the
trio confiscated and informed the trav
elers that they would have to appear in
justice court or pay a fine then and
there for violating the prohibitory law
The New Yorker waa In a hurry and
asked what the fine would be. The
law miniona aald It would be $11. The
New Yorker dug it up. They were then
permitted to drive on.' and after pro
ceeding a few hundred feet they gased
back and saw the three dividing among
them the "fine. This gave the travel
ers a very poor opinion of the Oregon
law, and of its 'method of enforcement.
But they bad another shock coming.
When bis party arrived somewhere near
the Cany on vi He road, they found the
going pretty bad. At one place, his
horsepower Pierce -Arrow was unable to
make a rod or so of muddy chuck boles.
but thenr found a farmer there waiting
if milt I thatnr ant wit Vl hla taam fne IS
At another place tbe road waa ao bad
that It bad been necessary to take down
a fenee on one side of the road and go
across a field for a distance of about
60 feet. Machlnea bad been going this
way and the owner of tba field was
there and collecting tolls to tha extent
of $3 a car. which- tbe disgusted trav
eler could pay or get stuck la -the mud
and take a chance on getting out. '
We certainly have tho most wonderful
scenery in tba worid. -.,.,
Gentle Germans .Methods
rnse tha HfU4 Coanat .'
, la view of tba Oerman laase. of tbe
Rotimsniasi , oil walla tor t years as a
condition, of peace-, what should we ex
pect Germany to demand of tha United
States If She fould herself' ta position
to demand anything? Woold It be our
annual cereal . orop.. the output of our
coal mines or the product of our copper
mines T . Instead ,. of , answering these
questions we must, make them useless.
Put Germany where aba cannot deasaatf
anything from us,
Horses Sleep Standing
When horses are turned Into a pasture
they usually take their rest lying down,
but when in stalls In a stable, says
Capper's Weekly, they sleep standing
and Ue down only about one hour dur
ing the night. A noted veterinarian
says: "Tired aa a horse may be, he ts
an animal very shy about lying down.
I have known instances where stable
men declared that the horses in their
charge had never been known to take a
rest in that manner, but always slept
standing. In some of these instances
the animals were constantly under hu
man watchfulness day and night, and In
other cases the conclusions were arrived
at because no marks of the bedding .
were ever found upon their coats. I
now recall an Instance of a horse that
stood In a stall near the entrance of a
livery stable. No one ever Saw that
animal lying down within a period of
13 years, and he finally died standing.'
It is a theory only a vague supposi
tion that a horse sleeps standing be
cause be fears that Insects or mice may
creep up his nostrils. It is also known
that the elephant has the same horror of
mice. A mouse In the bay at a circus
will cause every elephant in the collec
tion to hold his trunk aloft, plainly indi
cating that they fear the little creature
may take refuge In that orifice.
But to return to horses: It has al
ways been said that they "sleep with
one eye open," and are constantly on
guard. An Indian shod In cottton felt
moccasins, practicing all the sly arts of
bis people, could not, with the wind In
his favor, approach a sleeping horse
without being detected. No odds bow
weary a horse may be, bis ears are con
stantly turning and twisting, so that
their funnels may catch the slightest
unusual noises.
Old Ed Ilowe's Opinion of Folks
"We are all a bad lot." says YA
Howe, 'out the workers are the best of
a bad lot. I speak of the average man.
and tbe average man haa a reasonably
good Job, pays his debts, maintains e,
family, educates bis children and man
age, to save something. It is from tha
homes of the average men that come tho
boys who distinguish themselves, and
make the big successes which irritate
us all so much. It is from the homes of
average men that come the good girl
who distinguish our womanhood."
But How About tbe Movies?
Kdaa O. Timothy Brown
Waa th alnaat ymint fellow la tows;
Ha d poa '(or the mirror
At dtatanr. then nearer, '
yroot, backwards, profile, wpaida dew.
Tftot Silas went TtoUntlr aasd
Tor, with all of th mirrora he bad, j
He eoold ae'ar set a peep 1
At bia&eeH aoaad asleep I
And yoa'll bate to admit that was sad.
C Harlot t B. Mi,
Portland, Jus 4.
Cooperation
It ain't th ran nor arraaeseat
Mot funds that they ran pay.
Bat th eloss cooperation
That make them win th day.
It ain't th tndlridaals
Not tha army as a whole,
Bnt th TrlaUn' tears work i
Of Try bloassia' soul.
KipHcs.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
X don't see why some of these here
bootleggers don't bring In some mixed
fancy drinks. Their slx-dollar-a-quart
tanglefoot la too monotonous to be worth,
while. I .never have tried to beat th
prohibition law, but, by beck. I'd be
most tempted to If some of the bootleg
gin' fratenuty'd pass out a real mint
Julep these days, with a straw snd tee
TJ-m-m 1
Olden Oregon
An Early Day Coinage Cariosity Waa
tha "Beaver Money."
Tho closing of the Oregon territorial
mint did not stop tbe. coinage of gold
dust in tbe territory. To supply a clr- -eulating
medium of certain value, tha
Oregon Exchange company was formed,,'
it MwaaiiM u coin rnin cm I La . own
responsibility. Tbe members of tba
company were W. K. Kilboma, Tbeo
ph.il us Magruder, James Taylor, George
Abernethy,.W. H. Wilson. W. H. Rector.
J. O. Campbell and Noyes Smith. Rec
tor made tha stamps"and dies. Tha
engraving waa done by Campbell, and
Rector acted aa coiner. Tbe company
coined about $45,000 worth of geld Into
two pieces, to circulate ae tokens of $S
and $10, respectively.. This coinage waa
known aa "beaver money." It raised the
price of gold dust from $12 to $if an
ounce and saved a vast- amount of
money to' the miners.; - -
-..-' , -- . V - - ' f ' . ' . .