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A BATTLE OF, MILLIONS, : ANIH
A
CRIME has been committed in Oregon against tbe people in a
great belt of territory between , the summit of . the Cascade mountains
andrthe eastern. border of this state. This belt extends from the Cali
fornia . border northward .100 to 150 miles," including ? the important
towns of Klamath Falls, Lakeview arid other places capable of great pro
duction. -v-- '. . . ..'(""' ' '" ; t ; :
. These people are In Oregon, are -loyal to Oregon,' and want to do
business with,! Oregon. They are. 'at the farther end. of a vast plateau,
which has a gradual slope northward to Bend, and northward and west
ward down the Deschutes canyon and the Columbia gorge to Portland.
A loaded car of livestock, or .wheat or other products, started in motion
at Lakevicw would almost roll into Portland of its own momentum. The
altitude, for example; at Lakeview, is 4325 feet, and at Klamath Falls
slightly less. There Is scarcely a rise in the ground.. from Lakeview on
the northward Journey, almost , as straight as the pigeon flies, through
the rich chewaucan and Summer Lake valleys, which, with the Silver
Lake and Goose Lake valleys, make a continuous sweep of valley land
150 miles long almost as long, but not nearly so wide, as the great
Willamette valley. North of Silver Lake, and 6n the way to Bend, there
is a great area pf deep-woods, made up, of yellow pine, extending the
greater part of the distance to Bend.
All these people, 15,000 or more in number, are anxious to do business
in Oregon, to sell their products in Oregon, to buy their supplies in Oregon.
But they cannot do it. Their railroad connections are all with Call
fonia. Klamath Falls is served by the Southern Pacific and Lakeview by
the California, Nevada & Oregon, a narrow gauge, from the south. The
Lakeview road extends 240 miles southward and eastward to Heno, touch
fng the .Western Pacific and the Central Pacific, giving the Goose Lake,
Chewaucan and "Summer Lake valleys access to San Francisco in a round
about and unsatisfactory way.
A carload of livestock, to come to Portland from Lakeview, would have
to go hundreds of miles south, and then westward, before it could even
start in. the direction of Oregon and Portland. A carload of potatoes started
from Klamath Falls .would have to go 60 miles or more southward on an
extended excursion into California before it could even be pointed in the
direction of Portland.
Worse still, the rates for anything destined for Portland or coming
from Portland are all the way from 5 to 20 per cent higher, though the
distance is about the same. Moreover, there is a through and direct
routing of both passenger and freight traffic to San Francisco, while
Portland-bound freight, if there were, any, would be subject to transfers
V, time is a hand to elevate and delays as is the case with all passenger traffic.
' Oregon's need for farm help to And here is the crime of all this: Enough money was spent m building
, the plane of other patriotic drives two lines or railroad tracK, paralleling eacn oiner a lew yaras apart.
to which Oregon has always through the Deschutes canyon to nave Duut one nne uiroujm uescnuies
responded with zeal and over-sub- canyon and with extensions to both Lakeview and Klamat Falls. The
orlptions. money wasiea in me ioonsn Dunamg oi two lines in ine uescuuies
The Willamette Valley is sending canyon wouia nave uea ine ousincss ana me peopie in a Dig empire
an S. O. S. call for 2000 loganberry on tne huge plateau in Southeastern Oregon, to Portland.
Dlokers ' and a crop worth to the 11 ls 8aid lnat James X. Hill spent about 111,000,000 on the Deschutes line,
state t'l ,500,000 is in danger. Hood 8nd tnat Harriman spent a sum only slightly less. Harriman refused to build
River needs hundreds to complete ine 1,ne 'here uniu inn accepiea jonn r. Stevens recommendation ana Degan
tha nlrklnr of the strawberries. The preliminary work. The race' that followed Is familiar history in Oregon.
Dalles pleads for cherry pickers. The Millions were wasted, as though it were a game by drunken sailors.
nnlv wav in which these fruits can I A compromise was not reached until the principals to' the fight were
be put ino condition for wide dis- r sobered by the reckless expenditure, and, when within 40 miles of Bend,
tributlon 'or use at the front iS tO "eiecu l u juim iiue. uuun a tut mer agreement catu rusu updates a.
gather and preserve them as promptly Passenger train each per day.
'as Dossible. n is Known on ine nignesi aumoriiy inai wau street was disgusted wiin
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' "'NO sooner will the problem Of e"aB1Ji uanie vi uuuiuus. n pruiiiijieuiuauncr mere ujiu a western
h.,..4ino- th .artir fpnita h solve.! man 1,1811 the waste of oy in the. Deschutes canyon had a great influence
than the later fruits, the grains and in weakening the confidence of Eastern investors in Western railroad enter-
pubiisbing ; Jlhe Ust shall write .a
letter ;, to v each delinquent , property
owner notifying him,' directly, Uiat
his t taxes;; are over due and that
unless he pays within' a certain time
the? property will be sold.
The bill is not going to become a
law by any fiat of. The Journal. The
present 'law will not "be repealed,
and the hew system will not be
inaugurated unless the people of
Oregon decree it. The Journal be
lieves that the present law is wrong;
that it is uneconomic ; that It is in
efficient; that It is unjust and that
it leads to unfair and unnecessary
charges being levied upon taxpayers
whose delinquency in payment is
prima facie evidence that they are
not able to pay.
The Journal believes that the great
majority of the people of the state
hold the same opinion. It believes
the people would wipe out the exist
ing condition were they to be given
an opportunity to express their de
sire. It is willing to submit Ihe
question to the final tribunal of the
ballot box. and it will accept the
verdict, whatever it may be.
Parenthetically, The Journal will
continue to reserve to itself the right
to point out from time to time just
what conditions exist under and what
practices spring from the law re
quiring the publication of the .de
tinquent tax list. The public is en
titled to know these things.
Jectlon by' renaming- the Orcron town.
A petition bu bn forward d to Bn-
ator . Polndexter ; from Carnation. . Or-,
aaklnr that 1U nam' bo chanted to
South . "prt Grove. Tb department
does not like a name so lone a that.
which may b confused with Forest
Grove. A the residents have asked for
that, name, however. Mr. Polndexter hae
been asked to try to have : It adopted.
follow inn which the Washington post ot
fkee of Tolt may blossom forth aa a new
Carnation. s
Mbarty and Union, lidw and forarer. ona
sod tnaaparabla. Danlal Wabatar.
CALL OF THE FARM
MIGRANT BIRDS
TO BE SAVED
By Carl Smith. Washing-ton Staff
Correspondent of The Journal.
the field vegetables will be coming on.
.'Oregon. is primarily an agricultural
prises, if not in all railroad enterprises.
That and similar waste of money is largely responsible for the failure of
.tate. Her food contribution ranks ,he tet sufficient r their uses, and that in turn is
Intaportanoe vith her cash contrl- . ,""u'" l'" "reu""n 8
h.,i1rtntft' thP 'winntn of the" war 1,ncs by the government, along with the great loan made by the government
rLJJrJ: to put the lines in condition to handle war traffic.
Seasonal help must, bft provided. The .K " is l? part' to payf(T 8Uch excusable and wasteful performances that
,.J1... ,. Uhe people are now called upon to pay large increases in freight and pas-
eajerlr dSired T spend S vacaUo'n P Jf,twn8teaf l dKoublackin P?8"1" cnyonj one ,ine nad been bu"1
time 'at light, and wholesome work " r ".k. :rZ ""l"
that will benefit them .fully as much .rr r'.r . ,i w . .. 4errilory-
as trips to the seashore or raomv " " ,"B'" "U"" "Tu vc 1U LUC ,,uas V1 ' 8W"uy 8 ana
4.,-. La .1,. k mo highly important' development.
The Deschutes canyon folly was a crime against Oregon.
It is a crime whose evil effects have done great harm to Portland and
! Letters From' the People
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
tains and pay them better. Men are
asked to spend their vacations on
iha farm It will hp fnllv sr ffrent cucwa uc uuuc ictiv uaiiu 10 foruana ana
,hC Irom T the ofTlce as to ko have dePrivedan active, and splendidly intelligent people in Central andSouth
LMn"?r hTun. ,n l In th.t.re cast!rn 0reon of a development that would have been of great value to
Oregon.
It is a situation that all the state should help to remedy.
itaiiiue " j OreKon
accustomed to outdoor recreation will T. . "
have little trouble in adapting them-
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Gives IU lariu uiaaa. minrntr nt poHcmnllnn ha maVffa
Oregon's agricultural situation is the War Stamo alwavs worth Its
serious. The crops are growing. One face, xhe KOvernment felt that it
after the other win ripen. Tne wa8 necessary to p.otect liUle-peo-
nauon cans ror iooa w aeeq me Dje because of the slenderness of
boya at tne front, tne allies ana their means.
our own peopie. n you wam iu oe Tnen there is lne wonderful
fully patrtotlo give of tne sweat thoUKht of teaching the DeoDle. thrift
of your face and the blisters of -your Never wa3 lhe DracUce of thrift so
hands as well as of your money. Do necessary as. in war time. Never
tms regardless or swuon or pro- dld a g0vernrnent try so hard or do
"'" , ' v iso muen to srive. itttin npnnlo n
me.ann of lparnlnir and nrp.(iinir
The Western Union employes will thrift ri. lhR .... . ..aW in
naraiy xeei sausiiea to orm a snam tne War SUmp p,an
union uuuui uio iuiciao ui mo w ihirnra h.v. h vv cm
company. Such deceptive make- na wp thfl T ,h.rtv . .
.UA haK,e bC WSl IM both plans are necessary 'in order
to raise sufficient money, -because
before this. They blunt the desire
for . a real union by furnishing a
' false substitute very much as a
drink of liquor sometimes allays
hunger. It seems odd that a genuine
union among the Western Union cm
ployes - thould be "dangerous to the
nation's war work." But President
every kind of people should be given
the chance to lend their savings to
the country, and because the War
Stamps in particular are a wonder
fully safeguarded plan by which the
government provides little people
v.... k ri. w'th a great savings system, doing all
I InA hucin Aes t ne Iham isTif MOft
we must naturally bow to the opinion ,
r . and guaranteeing: that no speculator
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van iiuAib Aioiii jiuviuauuuB 1U
War Stamp loans made by people
to the country.
And : Vet unions , in other industries
have been a positive aid to war
work. . .
WHY BOTH?
f
Soldiers are obliged by stern neces
sity and military discipline to do their
own wachlng and mending. , Word
comes from France that they enjoy
HY have both Liberty bonds
and War Stamps? .
A, considerable number of 0ne trooper writes home that
people ask that question. There nc dearly loves to see his clean white
Is a tremendous reason for havin garments arymg on tne nne. Amen
both. oan men are a pampered race. They
First 'pf all,-the government needs dePend upon . the women to do a
all the money it can get. it must, thusand ines tor them which they
in Arrtor tA e-nt rnnnah n.,11 avo Ought to do for themselves. The
German socialists. He has frowned
on all proposals to meet them, for
the discussion of peace terms
Mr. Gompers feels that German
socialists are nothing better than
the kaiser's emissaries and that their
peace discussions are a thin cover
for treachery. It is part of the Prus
sian scheme of war making to ""entrap
enemies into peace discussions when
they ought to be fighting.
Mr. Gompers' support of the presi
dent has been thoroughgoing. It is
rewarded by the respect- of the
country land the hearty cooperation
or the labor unions. Organized labor
holds a stronger position in the
United States than it did before the
war. Much of the gain it has made
must be ascribed to Mr. Gompers'
firm and enlightened policy.
"American boys must learn German'
so that they can capture German
trade after the war." So say some
of our philosophers and guides. A
fairly conclusive answer has been
made to their plea. In the first
place, we shall not beg for German
trade after the war. They will beg
for ours. And one of the first steps
for them to take- in order to get
it is to learn English. It has
neen suggested that the time
our school children have spent in
studying German might profitably
be directed to acquiring the art of
sensible spelling. The worst obstacle
to the spread of English over the
wide, wide world ls our maniacal
spelling.
. financial string. . In pulling every
financial' strrag it must borrow money
,rrom every; group and kind pf
people-. " , '
mong the peopIe are the mUli'ons
of persons of small means, many.
many a of whom cannot buy Liberty
i bonds. . 3 '
v tfor Ahesevi as -well as for . wellto.
doipeople ther government provided
war will cure this bad habit and
in doing so will break down another
of the imaginary barriers between
men's , and women's work.
MR. GOMPERS
T
HE' labor unions,' as represented
in their national convention,
show unqualified approval of
Mr. Gompers. He has been
security that cannot' be speculated president of the national, federation
upon the War Stamp. This is ac- of labor for a long time, but at
oomplished by the provisionHhat the each reelection heretofore he has
government will, at-any, time on 10 been actively opposed. This time
. - -.i . . . kanii3. iiKric i gam 10 ue, uu uppoSHIOn lO
Since, the. government will thus buy him that counts. His reelection Is
naoK a war., stamp so presented, likely to be unanimous. "
paying 3 per eenf Interest on It, We - must Infer, therefore, that
the price of the War Stamp will labor has no fault to find with Mr.
never . decllneflt , will always , have GompersV stand on the war and his
a face .value. The holder : of any j support of the president; So far as
mounts of? War? Stamps cam always the' war is concerned he hftH oft Id
' -.a. - - aas ft S II ! ' t M. r a a A a il . " a "
bc , par mt ot-s au , in n, j n j irom ine neginmng mat we must
revmoney3 Isrequir r V r v fight it through without shrihklnit or
?Tar ftrverhm.eilt, doe -this" Mo: pre-; compromise. He has steadfastly re-
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LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE
Ucl little 'peoplf. -t ..gives ,-thera ' 1 Tused to have any dickerlnga with I vide
ERTAIN papers in this state are
becoming more or less agitated
because The Journal is-adv oca t
ing that the law requiring the pub
lication of delinquent tax lists be
repealed, and that, instead of the
constructive notice by . publication,
direct notice -of delinquency be sent
by letter to the property owners
who hive not paid their taxes. They
are aying very naughty things about
The Journal, and those who are no
in favor of paying many times what
if really costs to do public business.
Incidentally.'however, it might.be
well to pause in the midst of 'the
verbal dust that Is being raked
over the incident and see just what
it is all about . '
' Briefly, , a t bill is being initiated
and will be placed' upon the ballot
at the. November election, which
measure, should it be favored by the
electorate. will repeal the existing
lax Jist publication statute and pro-
thftt the tax collector instead of
Washington, June 19. The migratory
bird law, which congress is putting into
final shape after a long debate, will
work radical changes In the laws gov.
erning the killing of game birds and in
sectiverous birds in many of the states.
The fact that the federal power will
step In and regslate what has hereto
fore been regarded as a local matter
brought vigorous protest on the part Of
many members of congress. It was de
nounced as an Invasion of the rights of
the states, and ridiculed as an "old
maid's bill." Yet it has passed both
houses by large majorities.
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It was admitted by friends of the bill
that It might not be sustained as consti
tutional if it merely stood as other laws
do, upon the authority of congress. It
has an unusual status In that it is en
acted to carry Into effect a treaty with
Great Britain, which was entered into
In 1916. The purpose of that treaty ls
to insure uniform action by this coun
try and Canada In the protection of
migratory birds. The constitution makes
a treaty the sovereign law of the land.
It is contended that by the overwhelm
ing weight of authority the statutes of a
state must give way when in conflict
with treaty stipulations. It Is in fact
the same question involved in the anti
Japanese legislation of California, and
the net result is that state law must
give way to the federal law in pursu
ance of the treaty with Great Britain,
if this theory is correct.
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One other feature of the bill arousing
criticism is that most of the regulations
as to closed seasons are to be made by
the secretary of agriculture, and are not
fixed in the law. No one can tell just
what the limits of duck and plover
shooting will be, for example, until the
regulations are made. As to many things
there is no uncertainty, as the treaty
itself provides how certain classes of
birds shall be protected. These are soma
of the settled limitations: There shaU
be a continuous closed season on migra
tory insectivorous birds. That means
there shall be no killing of catbirds,
bobolinks, meadowlarks, hummingbirds.
robins, swallows, thrushes, warblers.
wftippoorwills, woodpeckers, wrens and
all other perching birds which feed en
tirely or chiefly upon insects. There will
be a continuous closed season for 10
years on band tailed pigeons, cranes,
swans, curlew and all shore birds with
the exception of jacksnipe, golden and
black, breasted plover, woodcock and
yellowlegs. Special protection is to be
given the wood duck and the elder duck,
either by a closed season for five years,
the establishment of refuges or other
regulations to be agreed upon. There
will be a. closed season on migratory
game birds -from March 1 to September
1, and a further-restriction of the hunt
ing season to not more than three and
one-half month i between September 1
and March 1 of the following year. This
applies to all sorts of waterfowl, in
cluding wild ducks and geese, cranes.
rails, shore birds and pigeons.
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Legislation along these lines has been
Indorsed by . the National grange, the
National Association -of Game and Fish
commissioners, the American Forestry
association, the National Association of
Audubon societies and numerous other
organisations.
Dr. W. L. McAtee of the biological sur
vey has calculated that there are nearly
4.000,000,000 breeding birds In the United
States each summer, the most of them
migratory, and estimates that they are
worth $440,000,000 a year by reason of
the insects they kill. '
Strong disapproval of the suggestion
that such meetings as editorial conven
tions should be eliminated irt. war time
is given by George Creel, chairman of
the committee on public information, in
writing Senator McNary. Senator Mc-
Nary had submitted a telegram from K.
EL Brodie,' president of the Oregon Edi
torial, association, who reported from
Little Rock, Ark., that fear had been
expressed there that , such ; meetings
would not be regarded with, favor in
Washington, and that this might pre
vent the national association from meet
ing in Oregon in 1919. Mr.' Creel re
sponded as follows:
"I see no reason at all why the Nation
al Editorial association should , discon
tinue its annual convention. As 1 a mat
ter of fact, there is more reason for ft
today than ever before. An aroused and
enlightened public opinion makes for
morals and it is as necessary to stand
fast behind the line as it is to stand
fast l the front. These meetings, de
signed to unify effort, are good things,
and tt is particularly important today
that the press should act In understand
ing and concert. . I think I voice tbe
views of the administration when I say
that it has never been the Idea or de
sire , to force any abandonment of these
or similar conventions."
Carnations are causing the poetoffice
department some concern. This re
fers, .-hot to the garden carnation, but
to a matter of names, tn which the Car
nation Milk Products company is mani
festing large interest. This concern has
a plant at a town in Washington and
the name of the town was changed by
the Washington legislature from Tolt to
Carnation. The postofftce 1 still named
Tolt and the company has asked to have
it renamed to correspond. The poetof
fice department was unwilling, because
there is a Carnation in Ore goto. , Now
the company wants to remove that ot-
rCammnnicaMoes ant to Tha Journal for peb-
Ucatioa la Una daperUaaat ahonld ba writtta oa
only asa iMa of tba papar, should not aicaad 10O
words in kuth and moat ba Hota by a wrnar.
wboaa null addraaa In fall Wbt accompany tba
aootributioB. J
Safety in Shipyards
rvroorn. Or.. June 18. To the Editor
of The Journal Much has been said in
regard to danger to human lire ana iimo
in th ahinvards. Many are coming au
going every day, and some of those
leaving will tell you why they quit.
They will say it is too dangerous, and
they will tell outsiders of men being
killed, or hurt, and that the dally news-
DaDers are instructed by tne nigner
ups not to tell about it, and these men
will advise others not to enter the ship
yards, as "a man is counted as nothing
nqw."
All this is untrue, it is true mai
some eet hurt, and many brave men,
from tha common laborer to tne lore-
man, have received injuries and kept
on working lust the same. But anyone
must give the shipyards credit for do
ing their best toward the shipwomers.
They have everything to assist the un
fortunate, and everybody from tne gen
eral manager to the boss is doing his
best to apply "safety first."
I was warned not to enter the ship
yards, if I valued my life. And truly
I was a little afraid. But many jnen
whom I knew worked there and I made
up my mind to apply. I did so and af,ter
a i careful watching of the movements
of men and material I will say it is
wonderful how many work together, and
yet so few accidents occur. This goes
to show the companies are doing their
best to protect life and avoid injury
to employes. The Columbia River Shlp
1 illding corporation, for which I work,
I can testify is doing all that can be
done to make the men's conditions what
they should be. I trust that the ship
building will go on to defeat the kaiser,
and to better Portland and Oregon in
general. A. M'VEY.
A Straphanger to Mr. Frank
Portland June 16. To the kditor f
The Journal I wish to say that if O. E.
Frank, who ls so much interested In
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
company, had to ride every morning to
a shipyard in a streetcar with a capacity
of : 36 passengers, but with 125 to 130
passengers jammed in and hanging on
the steps and behind, every night and
morning, he .would have some pity on
the women and men that have to ride
In this fashion.
The company has not improved its
service any since it started, but it ls
worse if there is any difference.
FRANK FETTERS.
SMALL CHANGE
School's out.
Thrive by thrift.
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What s happened to Gutson Borglum?
Abe Martin uvl "Horr fnllra have' a
fine sense of rumor."
Again It is announcad that Portland
is to be a wool market. Good aews
oears repeating.
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In these dava of hla-h m-tcea it aeema
hardly possible that at one time tbe
tree lunch was an actuality. Hiddt
days. ;
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Probably the reason the snruee divi
sion appeals to so many fellows is be
cause it gives them an opportunity to
cut up.
Ton may not be able to fight but you
can save and buy War Savings Stamps
and help put Oregon over again on
June IS.
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Man in California claims to have hired
an office "boy" who is 9a years old.
Now all he needs Is a 90-year-oid sten
ographer to round out the staff,
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It may be bromidlc to say so, but the
truth remains that aU circuses are very
much the same. And so are the dust and
tne smells that accomnanv them.
The Hans woulj probably call the
"devil dogs" in other words, "hounds of
hell." But harsh names won't affect
me lighting spirit of the marl.ies.
Whenever vou'aet dfscour&ared aa you
hoe the garden and Dull the weeds, lust
make a mental picture of the crop that
you ti soon Do Harvesting, and be happy
- OREGON SIDELIGHTS
- Building activities at Joseph are In
creasing as the heat from Old Sol
pushes the mercury up in the ther
mometer, according to the Enterprise
Reporter's Joseph correspondent.
Dnr weather Is afiecting the big
Klamath marsh .on the reservation, the
Klamath Faint Herald reports. The
wocus, which grows in the water, and
is used by the Indians lor xooo, wui
not be obtainable.
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It la reported, the Port Cmpqua
Courier says, that all arrangements
have been made toward establishing a
bank in Reedsport. and the only thing
holding back the proposition Is the mat
ter of building material, which will be
on hand soon.
Natural history note ffom the Eu
gene Guard: "The boys at the Y. M. C.
A. are interested In a one-ieggeo room
which frequents the grounds around the
building. The bird gets around pretty
well and forages his own living In a
way which might shame some h
cripples."
Ragtag and Bobtail v
Stories From Everywhere
luman
"No, the eclipse has nothing to do
with the dry weather. The scientists
chose Baker as an observation site be
cause," asserts the energetic and en
lightened Pine Valley Herald, "they be
lieved Baker to be already in a sunny
dry belt- Besides, how account for the
fact, that other places in the eclipse
line are having wet weather? The
sooner we get that moon idea out of
our heads the sooner we are in a con
dition to get farming on a scientific
basis."
A Guide Worth His Prlee ;
f-VNCE upon a time, so runs a story
wtold by himself. Andrew Carnegie,
says the t)eseret News, wished to cross
Ra mountain In Pennsylvania, but lacked
a guide, a grocer's errand boy, a hefty,
olid-looking chap, was recommended
to htm as a pilot, and the future Iron
master found the lad ready and wUllng
to undertake the Job for a dollar. Car
negie offered 60 cents, but the boy was
obdurate, and at length his terms were
accepted "not," as the Scot cannlly
argued, "because the job la worth more
than 50 cents, but because I must get
to the other side of that mountain and
you seem to be the only one to take
me there." "I'll get you there, all right,"
rejoined the urchin ; "and if It's worth
anything at all to you. It ought to be
worth a dollar to me."
The boy was Charles M. Schwab ; and
the anecdote suggests that just at the
present moment the United States in
particular and the allied world in gen
eral, must get to the other side of the
shipping mountain by the shortest and
surest and quickest route, and that this
same Charles Schwab is the lad to guide
them across. Only, in the present in
stance, there ls no haggling about the
price of the service.
JOURNAL MAN ABROAD
By Fred Lockley
How S30 a month looked better than $3000 been gone five minutes. He called at
"Ta ue? n??n "? now ,'.n the warehouse. I had not yet arrived.
ataff eoTrapondent. Mr. Lockley also raporta
on many m retina with Oregon Ben who ara in
aerrica orer there.
; Wood Ashes for Aphis Pest
Portland, June 18. To the Editor of
The Journal In reply to E. T. Hoefs of
Butte. Falls, Or., inquiring for a remedy
for green aphis, I would suggest he try
sifting wood ashes over all plants In
fested. The Swiss chard In my garden
was black with some form .of pest. Aft
er a generous application of wood ashes
the plants were free from them. A few
evenings ago I found the rosebuds and
stems alive with aphis. The same treat
ment was accorded them. A couple of
hours Utter I turned on the hose and the
roses are ' now entirely free from the
pests. JESSIE M. M'OftVIN. M, D.
Enlistment Information
Gateway, Or.. June 14. To the Editor
of Tho Journal In a reeent article in
The Journal it' was stated that men
ever draft age are wanted to train for
officers. Kindly let me know where
to make application. I have had ex
perience in the ntate militia and at
present am captain of Troop B. Jeffer
son county Home Guards.
A. D. CLINK.
T If tha inquirer haa in mind the United
States guards, recently created. In which enlUt
menta ara now being, taken, he can write to Colo
ur) ;ore 8- Toung. Army Recruiting Station,
Worcester building, Portland. Or., for full par
ticulars.
PERSONAL MENTION
Duke Kahanamoku Is Here
Dulce P. Kahanamoku. champion
swimmer of the world, accompanied by
his: tour manager, Owen Merrick, and
four members of the Hawaiian swim
mine team, ls registered at the 1m
perdal from Honolulu. The team is here
to 'compete and exhibit in swimming
matches.
Judge Twohy Returns
Judee John Twohy, prominent ship
builder, banker and railroad man, has
returned to the Portland rrom a trip to
Spokane.
H. J. Philippl and wife of Memphis,
Trin. are registered at tne fermns.
R. J. McLaughlin of Seattle is stay-
inr' at the Carlton hotel.
Mrs. Nan Paget is ai me rereins irwrn
The Dalles.
Mr. and Mrs. John Tenwick and Mrs.
K. fvV. Hansen or "Aberdeen, Wash., are
registered at the Multnomah.
Mayor and Mrs. F. C. Harley of As
toria are at the Portland. Mayor Har
ley i was a recent candidate for the
nomination for governor.
Miss A. F. Jones of Paisley ls at the
Multnomah, visiting Mrs. B. F. Irvine.
Howard Jayne and E. E. Case, lum
bermen from Raymond, Wash., -are in
Portland on business. They are staying
at the Benson, hotel.
r'arl Lawton Is registered at the Carl
ton; from Eugene. '
Dr. F- E. Warner and wife are at the
Oregon hotel from St. Louis.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Callender of
Astoria are staying at the Portland
hotel.
O. J. Smith and wife are registered
at the Imperial, from Trout Lake. Mr.
Smith is a merchant at that place.
H. W. Collins. - prominent Pendleton
citlsen. Is at the Benson.
Earl Cooper, famous automobile
racer, and Mrs. Cooper, are registered
at the Multnomah from San Francisco.
sir. and Mrs. F. B. Carnof are reg
istered at the Carlton from Tacoma.
J, R. Anderson of Tacoma, connected
with the United States shipping board,
is registered at the Benson.
Mrs. B. C. Mitchell of Marshfleld Is
at the Portland hotel.
John A. Gray, connected with the
managerial force of the Van Noys
News company. Is registered at the
Multnomah from San Francisco.
C". C. "Healy of Albany is regis
tered at the Perkins. .
Somewhere tn France I have met
Sergeant Howard D. Barlow. "I grad
uated with the first class from Reed
college, majoring in English in Profes
sor Coleman's department," he said.
"After graduating from Reed college
I went to Columbia university, where
I took two years in musical composition.
I was with the Y. M. C. A. at Camp
Greene. The Fosdick commission of
fered me a salary of $3000 a year and
expenses to take charge of mass sing
ing, or community singing, as it ls
termed. The time came when I felt
that Uncle Sam's $30 a month was bet
ter than my salary of $3000 a year, so
I enlisted as a private."
College man and- cowboy, miner and
millionaire manufacturer they are
shoulder to shoulder in the olive drab,
a a a
Jim Elvin of Salem had foregathered
with me on a busy corner in a busy
seaport of France. I looked up and
saw an officer, a tall and soldierly look
ing figure, coming across the street
toward us. Elvin greeted him warmly
and said to me, "This Is Captain W. D.
Clark of Company L. Twenty-third en
gineers. He is a member of my church
at Salem. His father used to be city
engineer in Portland."
Captain Clark, as he shook hands with
me, said, "I have heard so much about
you from your sister, Mrs. Arthur, in
Salem, that I feel as If I knew you. I
was assistant, in the highway depart
ment, to John H. Lewis, state engineer.
My family lives in Salem, next door
to George G. Brown's home." Captain
Clark told me many interesting things
about his work, but as none of them
would pass the censor I will have to
leave them out.
a a a
Lieutenant Will Hessian, a former co
worker of mine on The Journal, has
been playing a . strange game of hide
and seek with me. Will called to see
me at the central Y. I had Just left.
He called at headquarters. I hadn't
He waited at the Y., and missed me
again. He was stationed about an
hour's ride by auto from here. I went
out to see him. He was absent from
camp. Today I went again. He had
Just been sent 30 miles in another di
rection. I am going to make a try for
him at his new station.
I ate lunch one "a at a dingy little
hole-in-the-wall restaurant. A couple
of boys in olive drab sat at the same
table. One proved to be A. R. Sacher
of Portland, freight brakeman on the
Portland-Dalles run
Then the Kicking Crated
The motor car dealer met an under
taker one afternoon to whom he had
recently sold a second hand car, saya
Harper's Magazine.
"Well. Lane," said the dealer, "how
about that car I sold youT Everything
going satisfactorily?"
"Well," replied the undertaker, "it
did give me a little trouble at first. I
used It for a mourning vehicle, you
know, to carry the mourners and friends,
and they don't like to be shook up In
their grief. But now I'm using it as a
hearse and I haven't had any complaints
so far."
E. L. Adams, also an O-W. R. A N.
railroad man.
I have met Lieutenant W. W. Purdy
of Roseburg. He enlisted as a private
and has won a commission. He was
astonished beyond measure to see me.
The last time I had seen him was one
day when he was chatting with Francis
Jackson in Portland.
I have had a most Interesting talk
with James Benoit of Company F.
Eighteenth engineers. He is about 24
years of age. The last time I had seen
him was when he was a tow-headed
chap of about 6 years, in Salem. I knew
his mother. Mrs. E. A. Benoit, quite
well. They lived in Yew Park, in Silem.
"That's right.'" said Benoit. "I was born
tn Yew Park. Salem. You remember
my grandfather, P. D. Prouty? He
was section foreman at Salem. He and
my father and I all worked for the
Southern Pacific I operated the power
house for the Southern Tad fie at Forest
Grove. H. E. Inlow, superintendent of
schools at Forest Grove, one of the
finest men in Oregon, was teaching me
evenings before I en'.lsted. I was get
ting a pretty fair start at an education.
But I am learning lots over here. You
can learn lots of things over here that
you could never get from books. It Is
a great country, and I like it."
. .
For the past tew days I have been on
the go. for I have been chaperoning
Elsie Janls around the district. Few
people have more personality and charm
of manner and how she does get her
audiences !
The Men Who Write Success Ads
H. C Witwer. the humorist, says in
a funny story in the American Maga
zine :
"The nation ls beln' flooded these days
with advertisements claimln' that any
white man which works for less than
The other was I forty thousand bucks , a year ls a hick.
IintW Tri n T TIT-? AT TUV lOpjrlnt, 1S1T.
EATING BEFORE GOING TO BED
Eating as a cure for some ailment ls
a favorite self-prescribed measure. There
are men who eat before they go to bed
to cure themselves of their sleeplessness
and when three or four hours later they
awake nervous and restless, with tbe
stomach feeling out of sorts, they eat
again, to dope themselves to sleep once
more.
A woman In' setting forth the virtues
of her colored servant, said that one
of her great kindnesses was that she
was willing to get up in the middle of
the night and cook for "papa" on oc
casions when he awoke and was unafle
to sleep because of the fee!lng In his
stomach. Incidentally, she explained
that the gentleman concerned was ac
customed to eat a lunch of bread and
cheese' or caviar, or some such food,
before going to bed. It would have been
a greater act of kindness on' the part
of the cook If she had rerused the head
of the household the accommodation of
a midnight meal. In catering to his mis
guided wishes she was simply heaping
more troubles on the troubles that had
already destroyed his normal night's
rest.
The process of digesting food is partly
muscular. The stomach churns the food
backward and forward, and then spurts
It, a little at a time. Into the duodenum
and on into the intestine. When you
sleep, this muscular action normally
becomes slower. If you fill the stomach
A Pleasing Thought
From tba Springfield Vaion
Among the little gllrita of sunshine
In this war ls the fact that tha Income
from the kaiser's fund for the Germanic
museum at Harvard ls being invested
in Liberty bonds. Americans will see
the humor of It, if the kaiser does not.
' Anyhow They Won't
? . i i ; Froia tba Hartford Coen-ant -
The use of "shall" and -will- haa long
been subject to argument and.it cornea
up agalr) la the rendering of this Franca
with food and then go to sleep, diges
tion Is liable to be delayed and the food
retained longer than It should be. Gases
may form and send messages to the
brain, one form of "gas attack," and
you are awakened, unable to sleep again
until this wakefulness takes care of
some of the food. It is the regulation
thing, therefore, for a man to awake
three or four hours after going to sleep,
if he eats heartily before going to bed
He may get to sleep more readily, on ac
count of the withdrawal of the blood
from the head to take care of the exces
sive work going on In the stomach but
he loses later. . A little fruit, except ba
nana, eaten the last thing before retir
ing, may not cause special disturbance,
but heavy foods generally cause trou
ble. College girls sometimes ruin their di
gestion for a whole lifetime by chafing
dish episodes late at night. The things
they concoct in this way would be bad
enough at almost any hour of the day,
but taken before sleeping they cause
the maximum disturbance. After-theatre
suppers are harmful in the same way.
The ill effects may not be noticeable at
once, but they are cumulative and show
themselves in time.
If you find It difficult to get to sleep
on an empty stomach, be patient, Per
sist in going to bed without food, and
tn only a few days your bedtime hunger
will subside.
Tomorrow: "Hunger After Eating."
phrase, which at first was generaUy
translated int6 "They Shall Not Pass."
It is in the future tense, which allows
shall or will. Later, there has come a
second thought on the translation, ana
now a preference seems to be shown
for "will."
If we say they "shall not pass, we
make a declaration. It utters our de
termination. But If we say they -win
not pass." we state a cbld fact. It
strikes us as much the stronger state
ment. In freer translation, one is we
don't mean to let them pass," the other
ls, "They are not going to pass."
An Epitaph
"C. D. Si." in Philadelphia Keening I-edgee
Professor Ernest Haeckel. the famous
German scientist, celebrated his eighty-
fourth birthday by sending to all his
friends an engraved card of farewell.
He says he expects to die soon.
We remember that in the autumn of
1914 Professor Haeckel announced that
the war could not end satisfactorily until
England was invaded and London occu
pied. Has he decided not to wait for
this?
As long as Professor Haeckel busied
to him? When he saw that Germany
could not win?
Let us recall what Professor Haeckel
wrote on August IS, 1914, Just for the
fun of checking up so eminent a savant.
"What Is taking place today." he said,
"will be forever pointed at tn the an
nals of world history as England's in
delible shame."
Professor Haeckel is proud of having
written books that total 20,000 pages of
text. But that one kultur prospectus he
wrote In August, 1914. will outlive and
outweigh ail the rest.
Journal Journeys
Bandon's Vicinage Appeals Supremely
to Lovers of Wildest Nature.
1 '
Bandon ls located at the mouth of
the Coqullle river in Coos county. It
has no connection with the outside
world by rail. Much of the travel to
Bandon is by automobile. Auto stages
run from Marshfleld over the picturesque
Seven Devils road, II miles In length.
The road winds through heavy Umber
The best of 'em ls wrote by a friend
of mine, Joe . Hlgglns, who gets all of
twenty bucks every Saturday at six
one-thirty in July, August and Septem
ber.
"The ads that Joe tears off deal with
inventions. He shows that Edison
prob'ly wouldn't of made a nickel over
a million if he hadn't discovered every
thing but America and that Bell. Mar
coni, Fulton and that gang wouldn't of
been any better known today than ham
and eggs if they hadn't used their
brains for purposes of thlnkln' and in
vented somethin'. There's fortunes
which would make the Vanderbllts and
Astors look like public charges,' ex
plains Joe. 'awaiUn' the bird which
will quit playln' Kelly pool some night
and Invent a new way to do any
thing. "
Try It Yourself
"We'd have more prayers answered,"
said Bishop Hose of Muskogee, quoted
by the Cincinnati Enquirer, "If we had
more faith.
"Too many of us are like Willie. Wil
lie, on a visit to his uncle's in the coun
try, admired a fine colt.
"'Uncle, give me that cott. will youT
he asked.
" 'Why, no, Willie.' said his uncla
That's a very valuable colt, and I could
not afford to give him to you. Doyou
want a colt so very badly T
' 'I'd rather have a colt than anything
else In the world.' said Willie.
" Then.' said his uncle. 'I'll tell you
what you ought to do. Since you want
a colt that much, you ought to pray for
ona Whenever I want a thing I always
pray for It, and then it Is sure to come
to me."
"Is that soT said Willie eagerly.
Won't you please give me this colt,
uncle, and then pray for one for your
self 7 "
Terror In His Voire
Her son had enlisted and she was
a proud old woman, says the Vancou
ver World, as she harangued a knot
of friends on the village street,
"Jarge always done is duty by me.
'e did. and now 'e's doln' 'is duty by
king and country," she said. "I feel
right down sorry for them Germans,
to think of '1m goin' Into battle with
'Is rifle In 'Is 'and and It's a Long
Way to Tlpperary on 'la lips."
"Poor Germans, Indeed!" exclaimed
one of the audience. "Pity's wasted on
'em ! p'r'aps you 'aven't 'eard of their
cruelties V
"P'r'aps I 'aven't," agreed the old
lady. "An p'r'aps you 'aven't 'eard
Jarge sing."
Robinson Crusoe
When Robinson Crusoe waa wrecked & else
On an island far tmt in tha see.
Ha didn't art down on tha sands wHb a groan
And maraanr, "Poor, nnlucky me!"
Ha started to work right away with a win
And buildad tha first bungalow;
And be fashioned soma toot and so managed ta
till
Soma groand that a garden might grew.
WhaUrtr ba needed ba made for himself
From things tliat were lying at hand
t'mbrella or shoes or a bead-bamping shelf
For tba winter peeeereas be had eeneed.
Soma people, thus stranded, woold 11a dowe
and aob
And presently petVh. no doeM- . .. . .
Twee tbe way Mr. fruaoe got down ta ala Joe
That made him worth writing bot v,
W. il. Doty, in Cappers Weekly.
I'nele Jeff Snow Sayst
The way the katser tells them Hun
slaves of hls'n that they ain't no Ameri
cans in France on the warpath, reminds
me of George Needham of Massacno
setts who b'leved long bout 7S that
there wasn't no slch thing as a bad In
jun If you treated 'em like gentlemen.
He settled In the Heely country In Art
zony. and he changed his mind quick
when a bunch of 'em fired his house and
most got his scalp 'fore some settlers
come up an' run 'em off. He found
there was plenty of bad Injuns If you
got 'em started ; and I reckon the
kaiser!! find the Americans is mighty
bad and sot In their ways all over
Germany 'fore long.
along the coast, affording freouent
his mind with theories of evolution and glimpses of the surf or the rocky shore
the origin of life, he remained a useful j through the trees. It Is full of hairpin
citixen and the world listened to him
with respect. When be denied the Im
mortality of the soul, freedom of the
will and the existence of a deity some
may have been worried, but the sub
urban trains kept on running. But wr en
the learned professor joined the famous
93 German scholars who began circu
larizing the world fn August. 1914. to
call attention to the Infamy of England,
the world began to laugh. And a pro
fessor ls not accustomed to be laughed
at. Laughter ts unanswerable. When
the whole -world laughs, something is
wrong with the taughee.. .
Professor Haeckel engraved oa tits
farewell card tha hope that "this triad
culture-destroying war would, soon end.
When did the war begin to seem- "mad"
curves.
The country around Bandon Is a
paradise for the hunter and fisherman.
It is the gateway of Curry county, one
of the least developed districts in the
state.
Bear, deer, bobcats, cougars and other
wild game are plentiful. The streams,
owing- to their inaccessibility, are full
of trout.
.The seacoast from Bandon south, to
the California line is one of rare beauty,
rugged and wild.
For further Information regarding
routes, rates of fares, time schedules
and other details, call on or address
Free Information and Travel Bureau,
Olden Oreeon
Barlow Road Was the First Wagoa
Route Over the Cascadea
The first wagon road over the Cas
cade mountains was opened in 1I4S un
der the leadership of S. K. Barlow on
the south side of Mount Hood, It ts
now known as the Barlow road. Mr.
Barlow, remarking that "God never
made a mountain without some place tor
roan to go over It or under It." started
with It men and women, besides chil
dren, from The Dalles, with II wagons,
li yoke Of oxen and seven horses. It
was not? unUl December ti ' that the
party emerged front the forest and ar
rived at Foster's farm. The wagons)
were not brought through, but wars
cached on the summit Of the mountain.
The - road was cut through the next
season. - So steep was It oh Its western
passes that the wagons were let down,
some of the hills trf means of ropes
passed around trees.. This new link Ju.
the route from tho Missouri river ts
Dorsey B. Smith, manager. The Journal I the Willamette valley was In constamt
buildlnr.- lortland,-Or.-'--?'-'-"-' " . uur srrttais.': .' .
use by later arrivals.'