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HOW SINCERE ARE WE?.
ffnHE sale of War Savings Stamps
a I Is one of the most democratic
i I steps the United States govern
9 ment has ever taken. It is one
?of the most democratic steps that
bany government could' take. - It is
,an open acknowledgment by the gov
ernment that it depends upon tho
people for existence and support.
h We are waging a war to defend
our liberties from death. Nothing
fin the world was ever more certain
fcthan that if the Hun is victorious
i democracy will perish. Our soldiers
rare fighting for all that we hold
(dear. They must be armed, fed
band clad for the struggle. Supplies
rmust be transported to them across
ythe Atlantio Ocean, three thousand
t miles wide. "
.The expense is enormous. The
government must borrow money in
tsums beyond all precedent. It asks
the people to lend it their savings.
We are not asked to give, but only
- Ito alend, with the assurance of re
f payment at a fixed date with good
Interest.
Our response will reveal the sin-
feerlty of our patriotism and the
depth of our love of liberty. He is
not a very dangerous foe to autocracy
who is unwilling to lend his money
to make good the fight against it.
The government will take back your
(War Stamps on 10 plays' notice at any
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Interest compounded quarterly for
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5 are the best savings system In the
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IN THE SMALL TOWN
A
WRITER In the Philadelphia
Evening Ledger laments the in
efficiency ' of the small town
tor being a "center of culture." It
fought, he tells us, to be a center
rof Information. The farmer should
presort to the public library for in
formation about potato diseases, con
pcrete watering troughs, fruit tree
'sprays. Women should find on its
'bulletin board all the latest news
? about canning. The library should
5 keep' a scrap book for useful and
practical clippings. No matter how
Ismail the town may be its library
m should subscribe for at least one
magazine, of International politics.
Above all else, the small town library
should advertise Itself.
The sum of these complaints seems
to be that the library Is too holy.
It Is a sacred and secluded place
consecrated to the worship of culture
. la the form of novels. It ought to
. be a resort for the eager and busy
' pub Ho who care little about culture
and much about life.
Here Is a note which, we think
. should be sounded again and again
!q every preachment on the failures
of our rural Institutions. The library
' Is not the only one of them which
withers up and goes to seed after
few short months of activity.
- it li 1 uie same with the rural
school, the rural church, the rural
, gdramatio society. Some witches'
curse seems to blight them. They
never become "resorts" like the pool
room and the barber shop. Why
not? We have laws aimed at making
- the school house a resort, or a "com
mun!ty center, as the learned put It
i But sucn . laws do not work. The
School House stands in solemn
grandeur Just as It did of yore, un
'Oil ted and unused. The boys do not
play ball on its consecrated grounds
during the summer vacation. The
grange does not meet in its conse
crated rooms. The public library
must ze Kept in some other building.
Jfor It the small town church a
resort Nor Is the library. Our
Philadelphia Jeremiah says they are
all blighted with "culture whatever
""that may signify. They wither; they
f? pine i a they rustle wanly in the
I Idle winds oV gossip.
j ,We rarer not disposed 1o blame
f "culture' for the sterility of rural
- Institutions. "We doubl whether" the
; Philadelphia writer,, whom we have
: quoted could tell very clearly T what
' he means by "culture. It Is somo
w . . ; .,. r". ..,r..
O. ft. JACKSON .......
.BUILDING
I
T MAY seem impossible, but Irrigation has Increased the proceeds from
the alfalfa crop In Klamath county. 600 per cent. It has done the sarno
for barley. The value of the oats crop is ten times as greatas It was
before the government irrigation project went into operation, eight
years ago.
Ve who live amid the copious rains of Western Oregon have no concep
tion of what irrigation means.
Irrigation creates empires of production. It builds cities . It establishes
schools and libraries. It drives civiUzatioft-forward.
Take Klamath-county. Here is a table showing the boost given the
agricultural industry by the government
Alfalfa
Barley
Grain hay
Garden and orchard
Oats
Pasture
Potatoes
Wheat
The cattle output Increased in the eight years from $53,636 to 1346,000.
chickens Xrom $3082 to' 17426, hogs from $14,171 to $3731, and sheep from
$.r:54 to $88,693.
The figures are for firmers reporting on irrigated farms under the gov
ernment project. They do not include the big figures with similar increases
from farms under private projects. The latter are greatly aided In many
ways by the government operations.
For example, the government has a power canal at Klamath Falls which
it leases to a local power company at a moderate rental with the provision
that power for pumping on private projects-shall be at a very low rate.
This has greatly stimulated pumping and each year it brings about large
increases In areas thus reclaimed by private Irrigation.
Nor do the figures 'above include the Fort Klamath and BIy sections,
where the production nearly, if not qiyte', equals that of the Klamath prod
uct. In short, the totals above are less than half the farming industry of
the county.
This wonderful development in a single county conveys some Idea lo
those unfamiliar with the subject of what reclamation will do in the de
velopment of the so-called dry land sections.
Klamath county has an annual rainfall of about 15 inches against the
40 inches or more $f Wes.tern Oregon. .
The main agricultural portion of
large lake, and although the different
are all about 4100 feet above sea level
The old lake, which disappeared
through the present gorge, left the
what are now the Upper Klamath lake, a natural reservoir from which most
of the water comes to supply the government project in the central portion
ol the valley.
The Lower Klamath lake, partly In
marshes, covers an area of over 90,000
the Lower Klamath lake, has an area
The federal government made surveys for a project in the Klamath
bosin in 1904, the project was approved in 1905, and work has been pro
gressing from that time to the present. It is estimated that the govern
ment work, when complete, will cover an area of 140,000 acres, aside from
private districts. About 50,000 acres of
aiea is being added to each year.
The government project extends from
covers the Klamath, Poe, Lost River and
Private enterprise has reclaimed
Sprague River valleys and the Indian
the Williamson River valley. A number of smaller private irrigation ana
drainage projects are completed or are
ing Lower Klamath lake, about 54,000
tion. Half of this area is in Oregon
Oregon drainage district law. The half in California will 60on, no doubt,
be undertaken by the district already formed in that state.
The government is reclaiming a portion of the bed of Tule, lake by evap
oration. The lake has no visible outlet, and its main source of water supply
was Lost river. This was cut off by a concrete dam and the water diverted
by a canal eight miles long which delivers the water into Klamath river..
To reduce the amount of water flowing
a large dam near the headwaters of
This has created a reservoir of about 2o,000 acres and has held all the
waters above that point, excepting what
Langell valley, in the eastern part of
valley contain over 30,000 acres of the
The land holders in cooperation with
Lost river for about 7000 acres of land
by pumping and by gravity ditches
lake reservoir. The government has
farmers for this water supply.
The principal towns of the county
which has a large water power, and
dustry; Merrill, 22 miles southeast from
valley; Malin, in Tule Lake valley,
in Wood River valley; Bly, in Sprague
sonvvalley; Olene, in Poe valley, and
Klamatn rails wun us ranroaa to
the gradual incline to Portland, is the
agricultural output. Just in the beginning of Its growth. You cannot rent
a house for love or money in the city. New buildings are going up all
the time In spite of the scarcity of labor and high cost of materials.
A sample of how the railroad situation operates is this:
The locality is an ideal place for growing potatoes. Potatoes would be
one of the large items of export. But
hibitive. Irrigation can double or treble, if not quadruple, the farm output
of Oregon. It can provide countless homes for the homeless and thousands
upon thousands of acres of lands for the landless. Every man, woman and
child in the state ought always to be an ardent and enthusiastic irrigationist.
fetish- which he has set up to abuse
without knowing what it is or where
he got it. He sees a lamentable ef
fect which he would like to ex
plain. The explanation lies too deep
for him. So he takes a fling at
culture.".
The sterility of the rural church,
library, school, the decay of rural
life in general, are concerned with
ecomonics a great deal more than
with any shadowy ghost like culture.
The resources which should nourish
the rural community are drained off
into the cities because the cities
offer the only chance there is for
the average man and woman to earn
a living under bearable conditions.
The mental ability, the spiritual
vision which should stay in the
small town to quicken its institu
tions desert their native home. Op
portunity has gone to the city and
they follow it. Who can blame
them? So rural life is bereft of its
inspiration. x
But we have not got to the bottom
of the matter yet. We must ask
and answer another question before
we can understand the decay of
rural life. Its richness, variety and
vigor have gbne. They have fol
lowed the Jobs Into the city. Wealth
created In the rural districts does not
stay there. It flows away to town,
Why? The reason is perfectly simple.
The man who creates wealth gets
no good from It until he has mark
eted It. It must pass from the pro
ducer to the consumer. And our
social machinery is so devised that,
on the way from producer to con
sumer, the main profit in the
farmer's goods Is squeezed out. Little
is left for him but the glory of
"feeding the world."
-And now we have solved our
problem? Far from it We have
not yet laid out finger on the disease
which gnaws Into the vltSls of
modest life.' The same malady which
. .. : ;'
EMPIRES
project:
1908
Acres. Value.
-1917-
Acres. Value.
4,724
1.341
895.242
26.680
7,872
760
4.422
9.894
3.528
9,254
9.811
6.163
1.871
1467,370
118.000
42.556
7.450
66,166
85,262
20,674
77,618
503
75
138
1.238
7,836
229
2.821
324
1.649
28
690
Klamath is the former bed of a very
portions bear separate names, they
and are connected.
when the Klamath river cut Its way
lower portions covered by water in
California, with its surrounding tule
acres, and Tule lake, lying east or
of about 94.UO0 acres.
this is now under irrigation and the
Klamath Falls south and east and
Tule Lake valleys.
the lands in the Wood River and
service has an irrigation project in
now under way. .The land surround
acres, is being reclaimed by evapora
and the work is being done under tho
in the river, me government puiu
Lost river, at Clear lake, California.
has been released for irrigation in
the county. This valley and Yonna
best of valley land.
the government are pumping from
and plan lo cover the whole area
supplied with water from the Clear
made very liberal terms with the
are Klamath Falls, the county seat,
is the center of the lumbering in
Klamath Falls; Bonanza, in Langell
and smaller places are tort Klamatn,
River valley; Chiloquin, in William-
Midland, in Klamath valley.
uie suuui, uu wnu uu rauruau huwh
center and shipping point for all this
the .freight rates are practically pro
blights the small towns Mights
the whole civilized world. In the
country village people "who ought
lo bo engaged in making each other
happy spend their time gossiping
and quarreling. In the great world
governments which ouitht to he
occupied with the welfare of their
people are arming and drilling their
young men by the million to kill
one another. Something is wrong.
What is it?
Tne disease which is killing us
is a species oi insanity, it comes
from the denial of God. Not the
denial in words. Everybody admits
theoretically that "there is a God
hven the kaiser has his Gott. So
has the profiteer. We deny him in
uur ueeas, in xne routine of our
lives, in our thought and feeling.
we need a religion.
In its young and healthy days
the world's life was all religious.
God was worshipped for the sake
of good crops, plenty of lambs and
calves, big families of sturdy chil
dren. People did not separate their
souls from their bodies. Life was
a. unity. Body, brain and spirit
were all one and all were linked
up closely with God. .
What have we done tj this unity?
We have cut brain, spirit and muscle
apart, shut them up in, separate cells.
God has access to the spirit, perhaps,
but not to brain or muscle. Cut
off from religion, the life of the
brain becomes a destructive demon
Cut off. .from the spirit, the body
becomes gross and swinish. Cut off
from the body, the -spirit withers,
as we see it withering In the country
church and the small town library,
r. ,
our uie jb insane oecause we
have made rifts In Its unity. We
have tried to live our religion as if
it concerned oolf heaven and Jiad
nothing to do with earth.. We have
tried, to build our secular Institu
tions, as IX they had nothing to do
with God v Try as we may we cannot
get away from the tripe mystery
of our being.. We are . souls.: We
are minds. ' We are bodies.
Make the small town library re
ligious and n will thrive. Make
the rural church religious and ft
will thrive. But religion does not
signify the Interpretation of texts
nor the exposition of creeds. Re
ligion is the savng salt that makes
life sweet: It is the vital spark Uat
makes life luminous.
There is t in the body somewhere
a gland no bigger thaijr a pea which
distils into the circulation tiny drops
of fluid. A surgeon could cut out
the gland and you would scarcely
feel the loss at the moment.- But
in a few days the arteries would
collapse. The heart would stop deal
ing, its vigor waning by inches. The
patient would die. Religion is to
the world's life what that mysterious
adrenal fluid is to the body.
The War Stamp la a banking- sys
tem In which the relation between the
individual and his government l direct,
uncomplicated and close. It Is the best
system for taking- care of saving's ever
devised.
A GREAT SCHOOL
0
NE hundred and thirty-five young
people, all young women but
four, were graduated from the
Oregon State Normal school at
Monmouth Wednesday.
It is 135 young people intent on
work, filled with purpose, expecting
to serve. There was no insignia
of wealth, no badge of birth. Just
135 bright eyed, fresh faced, serious
minded lassies and laddies going out
to help build up the American school
system.
Out on abroad plain in Eastern
Oregon there is a white school house
with a red roof. Most of the coun
try school houses over there seem
to be white' with roofs of red. The
white walls and the red roofs ar
happily symbolic of the purity and
enthusiasm of the young normal
graduates, going out to teach.
The Oregon State Normal is ren
dering a wonderful service to Oregon.
Out there on a green, grassy emi
nence, where the air in summer time
is laden with perfume of roses
and blooming clover, where nature
has framed a setting peculiarly fit,
s'land the school buildings. Good
ness, purity and hope are in the
surroundings, and cheer and life are
n the songs of the thousands" of
birds that carol the day away in
the evening and carol it back in the
morning.
The attendance arose to 875, but
war has decimated the enpollment
of students. Thj ' abolishment of
a sophomore class and the restrict
ing of the curriculum to purely
normal training, has further cut the
attendance, and it now stands at
about 500.
There is an able administration. ,
From a long service in active teach
ing. President Ackerman knows every
leaching problem, and adds to that
information a splendid administrative
ability. A faculty of fine intelligence
makes its presence and work felt
in the public- exercises at the school
and in the output of the institution.
The plant is beginning to approxi
mate the standard that a state of the
educational progress of Oregon should
have. Among the buildings is the
Senior Cottage," housing 26 girls,
modernly appointed, and built from
the earnings of the girls dormitory
presided over by Mrs. Todd.
The State Normal school's work s
war work, mcse changing times
require trained minds. The move
ments now transforming the whole
face of human affairs call for more
education and far, education more
widely diffused than ever.
The school system of Bismarck
was a main influence in transform
ing the peaceful peopjs of the JO
independent uerman states into a
fierce and ferocious fighting mass.
In America we must push the ef
fectiveness of our common schools
to meet the antagonistic influence
of the Bismarckian 6chool system,
with its Prussianizing effects.
Driving forward in the grelrt work
of Americanizing America is the Ore
gon State Normal, out there in Polk
county meadows, where nature and
peace and beauty add their healing
influences to the great task.
Oregon can serve herself and her
coming generations no better than
by prospering her normal schools
Every War Stamp bought Is an ex
pression of good luck and Ood speed to
the boys In the trenches.
WALT MASOVS BOOK
A
DIP into "Walt Mason His
Book" confirms the belief we
have long held that Walt Is a
rattling good poet. He punc
tures humbugs with a lyric ferv6r
that delights and uplifts the souL
Puncturlng'liumbugs is one thing.
Pessimistio misrepresentation of life
is another. Masters misrepresents
life In his Spoon River Anthology. He
makes it as falsely sordid as some
other poets make it falsely gay. It
is the business of genuine poetry
to put the bloom on life as the sum
mer sunshine does on grapes. Masters
rubs off the bloom and leaves us
"nought but rief and pain."
Walt Mason punctures, our bubbles
but he does it with an infectious
laugh.
"If you will be v fools," he says
bflthely. "permit me to smile at
your folly.' But he does not get
angry at us, nor does he make " us
angry with him:
Walt prints , a ; skit on "Progres
sive Medicine," which is as , good in
its way s Moliere's anti-doctor cru
sades. There I? .much of the Mollere
spirit in everything he writes... He
discerns the seamy -side of life, but
he smiles a,t 1L He does not raiL He
Is gentle, tolerant, wise and always
satirical.
Some of his satire is like Heine's,
but with more truth in it and less
sting. His poem on "The Little Girl"
is built on Heine's plan. It begins
with sunshine. It ends with tears.
The little girL so glad, and Jolly. s
playing with her home-made dolly.
Walt adjures ber to let no sad and
sordid vision cheat her of the Joy
Elysian that to youth belongs.
But he ends by warning her "to
fill the rippling air with laughter,
for tears and corns will follow after."
How true. How sad. "Those little
feet that twinkle, you will squeeze
until th'-' wrinkle, Into shoes too
small."
Walt sits on his poetic Olympus and
benignly grins at our human follies.
His images are old as the hills. But
he puts them in a lyric way.
He has the supreme virtue of
practising .what he apreaches. "The
world would" be better if speakers
would boom the old-fashioned vir
tues and keep them In bloom." That
is precisely what good old Walt
does. It would surprise some people
if he should turn out to be one of
the immortals.
Ever' War Stamp bought is a blow
struck at the kaiser.
OREGON'S WOOL
SCOURING RADIUS
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff Cor
respondent of The Journal.
Washington, June 22. A 250-mile ra
dius from Portland Is about the line at
which wool may profitably be shipped
to Portland or The Dalles for scouring,
in the view of R. H. Aishton. western
regional railroad director, : and this
forms the basis of the report he has
made to Director General McAdoo.
which McAdoo requested' at the sug
gestion of Congressman Slnnott, Mr.
Aishton Bays that while 40,000,000
pounds of wool has been claimed as
tributary to Portland, this Includes all
of Oregon, Washington and Idaho and
half of Montana. He thinks it fairer
to count the clip of Oregon, which was
18,000,000 pounds last year, with 5.000,
000 pounds from Washington and 7,500,
000 pounds from Idaho, or about half
the Idaho production, making a total
of 25,500,000 pounds.
la 1917, he says, approximately 20,
000,000 pounds moved to Portland, of
which 6,000,000 pounds was required for
local mills, 10,000.000 pounds has been
shipped east, and 4.000,000 pounds re
mains. If shipped scoured. Instead of
in the grease. 67 per cent of the cars
required would be saved, and this sav
ing would amounWo 190 cars.
A large part of the movement to
Portland, Mr. Aishton continues, is
from a distance of 500 miles or more,
because of the favorable storage and
financial arrangements at Portland,
thus creating an out-of-llne haul of 1000
to 1200 miles. There is doubtful eco
nomy in this, he says, but saving in
transportation would result If 6.000,000
or 7.000,000 pounds produced In from
100 to 250 miles from Portland were
sent to Portland or The Dallea for
scouring before it is sent to eastern
buyers. -
a a
"Any effort at this time to restrict
the movement," says Mr. Aishton,
"would meet serious objection from
New EnglancT scouring mills, but un
der prevailing conditions and the neces
sity of conserving -transportauon, it
would seem that a Une could be drawn
somewhere in the vicinity of 250 miles
east of Portland. Tariffs could then
be amended to discourage backhaullng
to Portland from territory east of this
line, and adjusted west of this line to a
basis bo that wool within this distance
may be profitably scoured at Portland
and Thj Dalles."
Kepresemauve sinnoii is urging me
railroad administration to follow up-this
suggestion of the regional director,
based upon the economy of transporta
tion which has thus been officially de
veloped.
Letters From the People
t Communication aent to Tha Journal tor pub
lication in this department should ba written on
only ona sida of the paper, should not exceed 300
words in leneth and must be signed bj the writer.
whose mail addreaa In full must accompany tha
contribution.
Six-Cent Fare Case on Merits
Astoria. Or.. June 18. To the Editor
of The Journal I want to congratulate
O. E. Frank on his change of ideas and
open declaration for Uncle Sam. He is
one of the few who are willing and have
the courage to admit their mistakes.
Nevertheless, the street car company
and those who uphold them, though per
haps unconsciously, are helping the
kaiser by violating and encouraging the
violation of the very principle for which
our government stands. People In gen
eral hold the sanctity of a contract en
tirely too lightly. On It rests the safety
of the home, the community and the
state. If the street car company has
not the ability to operate Its road as
economically a! roads are operated In
other cities Ifess favored. It should sur
render its franchise and turn its road
over at cost to those who can. It has
no right to retard the growth of the
city by Imposing a 6 cent fare. Must
the public suffer and the government
be handicapped In its production of
ships. In order to leave a few men who
do not understand their businetz, at the
head -of tha most vital enterprise of the
city, and one upon which all other In
dustries depend? Every business, every
individual and every visitor in the city
is affected, and every piece of property
is depreciated by the 6 cent fare.
A. J. BARTHOLOMEW.
Urges7 Farmers to Organize
Camas. Wash..- Jun 20. To the Edi
tor of Tha Journal Why Is there need of
farmers combining, or organizing? Be
cause nearly all classes with whom they
deal are organised and there is only one
chance for success, and that Is to meet
organisation with organization. At
Portland 15 years ago I talked with other
farmers who had come in to try to con
tract the sale of their crops of - potatoes.
During- these 15 years my son and I have
developed 80 acres of big, solid stump
land, going through all the experiences
that hundreds of others have In trying to
get" returns for our hard labor and great
money expense, and having to make un
profitable sales or no sales at all. and
in many cases getting no returns at all.
or having' to earn them the second time
If we succeeded in getting them at last.
My son sold the last of his last year's
crop to one of the oldest potato dealers
in Portland several weeks ago. with
the special agreement that it was a cash
deal, for 70 cents a hundredweight, to
be shipped by boat. .After waiting; and
waiting he had to make three trips to
Portland before he could get bis pay.
With this state of affairs at the end
of 15 years, is it not time for the farmers
of the Northwest to band themselves to
THE WAR SAVINGS STAMP ARMY
By Elias
OUT of the poor man's strain and stress,
Out of the -rich man's fruitfulness,
Millions and millions of little men
Assert the mifht of democracy.
We come in squads, platoons and files;
Our ranks stretch out for many miles;
Proclaimed by neither fife nor drum
But sure as Loyalty we cornel
We cornel We cornel
Our silent army plods ahead.
Our bufles never blow retreat;
Our ranks defy-the whizzing lead.
We fear not frost, we fer not heit.
But ftim ss Death and like him dumb
We march ahead. We come! We cornel
The rich man's feast, the poor man's crumb
Alike five life to us. We come!
We cornel We come!
From the Nation's Business.
JOURNAL MAN ABROAD
By Fred
(New at Oiwcon man and of T. it. C. A.
worsen and notablea of Tarioua laada is con
tained in Mr. LocMajr'a Utter pnbliahad today.
Such latten aa tola baTa prorad aa axeaadicaiy
popular faature of Mr. LocUay'a work aa atad
correspondent of Tha Journal la rrauoa.
Somewhere in France On a certain
Saturday night I gave talk at a camp
about 40 miles from here, on "A West
erner's Impressions of France." Among
the men composing the audience were a
number of men of the Twenty-third
Highway Engineers. One of the men of
this organization fell Into talk with hie.
He said : "We came from the same town.
My name is George Otten. I live in Irv-
Ington. at East -Fifteenth and Clacka
mas streets.' I was born In Portland 29
years ago. My father ran a nursery
near the old Exposition building. At the
time the Multnomah club, the old Bishop
Scott academy and tha Exposition build
ing burned, my father's property was
burned. We have leased the ground for
99 years. After going to school tn Port
land, I went to Eugene and entered the
state university. After graduating there
I took postgraduate work at Cblumbla
university. I returned to Portland,
where I laid out the grounds for the
White Shield home, as provided for in
Henry Wemme e will. I enlisted In the
camouflage corps, but, seeing I could
get to France more quickly In this or
ganization. I secured a transfer to the
Highway engineers. Sergeant Hale of
Portland is in our detachment out here.
Our Captain, W. Helncke. is a Portland
man. He built the Bertha viaduct, as
well as some of the bridges on the Co
lumbia river highway. V'hat do I. think
of France? Its beauty takes my breath
away at times. Its people have a won
derful sense of proportion and harmony.
The parks of France are a revelation
and a delight."
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A big, husky soldier came In to see me
one day. He was Marshall McAllister
of Company E, Eighteenth Engineers.
"My brother Harvey." said he, "went to
school with you af O. A. C. He wrote
me that you were somewhere in France.
I was with the Great Northern Express
company for several years before en
listing last summer. Harvey is at our
old home in Lexington, Or. You Want
to come out and see what the Eighteenth
engineers have been doing. We are
pretty proud of the Job we have done."
I sat across the tabie from Mrs. Ruth
Rouse on another occasion and lor an
hour listened to a most faaclnatingfnar
ratlve about her work. She is secretary
for1 women's work of the World Stu
dent Christian federation. Just as "Dr.
John B'Mott is men's secretary bf the
same organization. "I was born in
London," said Mrs. Rouse. "My home
is at 28 Lancaster road, Wimbleton, Lon
don S. W. I lived In your country three
years. I have visited most of the col
leges in the United States. Seattle, San
Francisco and Los Angeles are as famil
iar to me as India, Turkey or China.
My work has taken me pretty well all
over the world. I hae been In every
gether against such treatment? This Is
no isolated case; there are dozens of
other farmers who are waiting yet for
their pay.
After producing about JOOO bushels of
potatoes last year at a loss, and sending
one of his boys into the havy, leaving him
short one hand on the farm, he has
planted his usual amount of potatoes.
Does this look like a lack of patriotism?
This is no Isolated case. There are thou
sands of them. Then on top of the above
facts, to have our representatives kicked
out of a meeting place in Walla Walla
because they had the courage of their
convictions to insurge for their rights
with all the legitimate means In their
reach.
We ask only for a square deal, among
which is our share of the products of our
toll. The grange has much to its credit,
among which are equality of woman
hood, parcel post, rural "delivery, abol
ished larger rate for short hauls, saved
millions to the farmers by fighting bogus
patent rights cooperatively, and many
other good deeds. Including the inter
state commerce coranrfssion. But It has
a great work to do yet,, the greatest of
which, perhaps, is a market bureau,
whereby th"produoer and the consumer
can meet nearer on common ground.
Since this Is the object of the Non-Partisan
league, what objection should there
be? J. C ENGLISH.
BUY W. S. S.
PERSONAL MENTION
Army Officers Visitors
Major W. C. Rafferty Is at the Port
land hotel, where he is stopping for a
brief visit In Portland, before proceed
ing to Fort Stevens, where he has been
assigned to command that fort. At
the Portland hotel also, are Major and
Mrs. E. W. Turner and their children.
from Fort Steven.
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Nevada Stockman Comes
Andrew P. Wledman of Winnemucca,
Nev., a stockman, is at the New
Perkins hotel. Mr. Wledman is here
arranging for the sale of cattle to
Portland. The cattle business in Ne
vada, says Mr. Wledman. never was
better nor have prospects for the com
ing season been brighter.
Dry Weather Hurts Wheat
A. W. Nlnemlre of Baker, Or., a grain
dealer, is at the Oregon hotel. Long
continued dry weather is having a bad
effect on grain in the Inland Empire,
according to Mr. Nlnemlre. but timely
rains would save the situation with little
loss. In Baker count:-, farmers are not
threatened with damage as much as in
southeastern Washington, he says.
. Sound Shipyards Busy
H. W. Faulkner, J. W. Nation -and J.
E. Nation of Taooma, shipbuilders of
the Puget Sound district, are at the
Oregon, hotel. The shipbuilding Industry
in Tacoma, saya Mr. Faulkner, is as
suming proportions that are taxing- the
capacity of the city in carina; for men
employed.
Drive Home la New Car
sir. and Mrs. Johns R. - McEwen of
Goldendale left last night for their
home, driving overland in a new ear
purchased .while in Frtlatd They
Lieberman
Lockley
country in Europe except Spain. Portu
gal and Montenegro. I have traveled ex
tensively over all five of the South Af
rican provinces, as well as in Egypt. I
have spent much time in India, Japan,
Korea and China, aa well as Australia
and New Zealand. Mr work also has
taken me to many of the countries in
South America, as well as to Jamaica.
Barbadoes, Hawaii, Palestine. Syria and
Turkey in Asia. As a matter of fact.
I haae traveled through more than 60
countries.
I went with a 1. M. C. A. secretary
recently to arrange with the military
authorities for his travel permit. His
name was I. Hsuan Si. His home is at
Cambridge, Mass. He speaks perfect
English, excellent French and a few
other languages. He told me same very
interesting things about his work among
the thousands of Chinese munition work
ers in this country. He also told me a
most Interesting story about the An
nlmites, so many of whom are in
France.
A few days ago f had the pleasure of
rendering some slight assistance to Al
fred Stonelake of the British air serv
ice, whose home Is at Bolobo, Congo
Belgae, In Africa. He and his wife are
returning to England after many years'
absence in Africa. He told me some
thing of his work at his' station.
I have met l?r. Arthur R. Priest of
Seattle, or Dean Priest as he is usually
caMed. He has been connected with the
University of Washington 19 years. He
is here in Y. M. C. A. uniform, looking
out for the interests of graduates and
students of the University of Wash
ington. One Sunday morning at about 6 :30 I
was walking from one small village to
another, when I was overtaken by a
truck in which were a number of offi
cers. They took me aboard. I sat on
the front seat with the driver and held
one of the officers on my knees. A few
hours later I was in a Red Triangle hut
addressing the soldiers. After the serv
ice. I was Introduced to a number of
aviation officers, one of whom said : "We
know each other already. About sun
rise I was riding on a truck, sttting on
your knee." I went over to the mess
hall and ate lunch at the officers' mess.
I recognized one of the officers among
a group at the table as another of the
officers who had been on the truck. He
proved to be Lieutenant Joseph M.
Wackrow, whose home is on Willam
ette Heights. In Portland.
E. M. Brown, who was In the Port
land Y. M. C. A. for several years, as
well as In Y. M. C. A. work at Baker
and Eugene, has called on me and we
talked over mutual friends in Oregon.
On my way to supper one night I
turned the corner In a hurry and nearly
ran over Major Marcellus of Portland.
He had Just returned from a trip and
found the organization to which he was
attached ' had been transferred else
where, so temporarily he is an orphan.
have been stopping at the Cornelius.
Mr. McEwen is prosecuting attorney of
Klickitat county.
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Goes to Son's Bedside
Mrs. J. Brinkerhoff, 491 East Nine
teenth street, has arrived in San Fran
cisco and is at the bedside of her son.
Harold, who has been ill with typhoid
fever for three weeks. He is In the
United States marine hospital.
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Edward Relsea of Lake tTiarles, La.,
a business man of the south, is at the
Multnomah hotel for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Shaw of Mill City.
Or., are at the Benson hotel over Sun
day. C. E. Ferrell of Eugene Is at the
Portland hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Dell Jadwln of Bull
Run are at the New Perkins hotel over
the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Dennis of Astoria
are spending a few days in Portland,
guests at the Hotel Carlton.
D. S. McBaln of jOregon City is in Port
land on a brief business visit He is
staying at the Washington hotel
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. French of Ray
mond, Wash., are at the Imperial hotel
for a few days.
W. 7. Jester of Honolulu, T. H.. Is In
Portland on his way east. He is stop
ping at the New Perkins.
Lorraine Smith and Lulu B. Taylor of
Seattle are spending a few days in Port"
land. They are at the Benson hotel.
W. S. Elliott of Spokane la at the Mult
nomah hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Woodward of Br
gan. Or., are at the Washington hotel.
J. Donald McDonald and George C.
Campbell of St. Helens are guests at
the Portland hotel.
R. J. Thompson is here from Denver,
a guest at the Imperial hotel.
E. A. Morris of Louisville. Ky., is
at the Multnomah hotel while in Port
land for a short visit.
J. V. Burns of Astoria, sheriff of
Clatsop county, who has been at the
Oregon hotel while attending the state
convention of sheriffs, left for his home
last night.
. Lieutenant B. Williams of San An
tonio, Texas, assigned to duty In the
Northwest, is at the Benson hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Hurl of Madison,
Wia, are at the Washington hotel.
Mrs. F. M. Jensheog and children are
in Portland from Chicago, guests at the
Hotel Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. VT. 8. Qulnn of San
Francisco are stopping at the Multno
mah hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nelson of Spo
kane, are at the New Perkins hotel for
a brief visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Herman of Rai
nier are -weekend guests at the Imperial
hotel. . a . .
J. P. Brook of St Paul is at the Ben
son hoteL
Mr. and Mrs. George Kaboth and son
arrived from a motor trip from San Jose.
Cal.. Saturday, on their way to their
home in Astoria. They are at tha Cor.
nellus.
A. T. Stein of Boise, Idaho, is at the
Hotel Carlton.
A. 8. Hudson of Vancouver. B. G, is
at the Washington hoteL
Mrs. N. Ward of Seattle Is at the Ho
tel Carlton. ,
Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
The Blind Marcher
jN large parade this week, writes
1 Margaret rV San pater in the Chrlrrtlan i
Herald, there was a certain marcher -a
woman who wore the white apron
and flowing headdress of an official
Red Cross worker. She walked stead
ily, did this marcher, with a smile on
her singularly calm face a smile that
held, perhaps, a hint of triumph. One
had to look at her a second time before ,
It became apparent that the little girl
who walked beside her, holding her
hand. vaa guiding her that her too
steady eyes, fixed on nothing in par- -tlcular.
could not see the flickering sun- '
r"ght that fell so warmly all about hor,
on the changing crowds that thronged
the pavements.
The marcher was Miss Lottie Orson.
And Miss Gerson Is blind. Her blind
ness, however, does not keep her from
doing her bit to help her nation win a
war. For she has risen above her
affliction bravely more than bravely.
She has risen above it .with undimin
ished energy and enthusiasm.
A sweater knitted recently by Mlsi
Gerson was declared the most perfect
sweater handed in to the Red Cross.
The bandages that she rolls are splen
didly efficient bandagea She apeaks
for the Red Cross, marches for It, works
for It. And In doing so she glorifies her
country.
She's typical of America. Is Miss Ger
son typical of a race of people who
can march and smile and do good even
at the cost of personal comfort. For it
can't be very comfortable. If you're
blind, to march In a great crowded pa
rade of people who can nee.
Playing Truant
Charlie had been playing truant from
erhool. and had Brnt a long beautiful
day finning. On his way back he met
one of his young mates, who accosted
him with the usual question. "Catch
anything?" Charlie. In all the con
sciousness of guilt, quickly responded,
"Ain't been home yet !"
One of Those Lurky Accidents
Umaon leaned hack In his chair at
the dinner table, held a cooky between
the thumb and first finger of his right
hand, and eyed It clonely. Mrs. Umson.
says the Youngstown Telegram, looked,
but did not smile. Pinching the cake
and moving It up and down as if to
carefully ascertain Its weight, Umaon
continued his iinpection. By this time
Mrs. T'mson was glowering.
"Well," she said. "I suppose you are
going to poke fun at my cooking again."
"Far from It." her husband answered.
"Then what in the world are you do
ing with that cooky?"
"I was testing Ha resiliency "
"Iti what?"
"And also taking note of its compact-ne-M
and strength."
"Isn't that making fun of It?"
v'JIy dear, you may have unwittingly
ma)!e) a great discovery."
"Hnw'j that?"
"This thing may not be much of a
success as a cake, but it might ma'te
a wonderful substitute for a rubber
heel"
A PertVrt Alibi
Alfred Francis, composer of "The
Love Mill," was examining girl appli
cants for places in the chorus, snys the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. When he
asked one her name she. replied: Min
nie Sota."
"I took the name of my native state,"
she said.
"Why?"
."Well, my real name Is Skoopey
and "
"Sufficient!" said Mr. Francia "Tour
apology Is ample."
A Sono for I nrle Sam
. fAIr: Bonaparte's Mirrhl
f Tba anther of the tn 1n sn acvunpanxlnt
note a: "I hare on boy In tha armr. or in
the nary and one in the aTlatlon serTU-e. Tha
lst ona left is not old enonch to enllt.'"
The die la esstt the hour is put for frastnen to
iffnore
Tha hostile run of floth or Hun who dares ln-
sde our shore.
No traitor's wile, no forea nor rnDa, nor edict
from Potsdam ,
Can now dVlar the reekonfnc day. Hurrah for
t'ncle Hem!
From I.ake Chsmnlaln to IVmtchartrain, from
Maine to Mexico,
Tha bnsie's mil to freemen all: "Prfiara to
meet the foe!"
From Bandy Hook to Tillamook, from Pin ma to
finam.
The answer mmae with rolling drams: "Hurrah
for Uncle Rami"
To you.
s
Coinmbia motherland, what dnty do
To
trh and ward, protx-t and rusrd your
shores from eeery foe.
Our sacred tow to thea endow with banners
waring free
O'er dans-liters fair destined to wear tha crows
of liberty. '
Tha fife and drum hare orer corns tha f street
female r harms
When raltant sons to man tha cunt receira tha
call to arm.
Their buttle cry Is liberty from Berlin to Stem
While millions sine and echoes nns "Hurrah
for Uncle Bam I"
Tour fleets shall sweep tha briny deep from
Cork to Terra Del
For taker's crews and make them unrlie a
chartiesa th to hell.
While Yankee tare shall man tha spars and
braee the onean wares.
Tour flac shall fly from topmast high or drape
your hernea (raeea. .
No tyrant knaeee shall harbor lis Tea wrthta ,
your broad domains
Or raise his rag shore your fls w litis blood
runs ra our seine.
Wi stake our all. we'll stand or fall for free
dom, not a, sham,
Our ca-e is Ju4, so win we must. Hurrah for
Uncle Ham!
Frank Hushaa.
314S Kt Ullan rtreet.
I'ncle Jeff Snow Says:
Education and religion Is powerful
restrainln' on men's savage natures, I
know ; but the reason dops was prohib
ited from the church at Rabbit Hill In
Wilson county, Texas, back in "it, was
because them doga'd trlt started In a
fight oncet in a while right in meetm',
and then the owners would talc sides
while the women Jumped outer the win
ders. Sometimes the preacher got out
first, and sometimes the women tore
his coattailn beatln' of him to the hole
In the wall. After bustln' tip several
congregations and revivals the nodog
law was clapped on to stay.
Journal Journeys
North Beach, la Washington, a Suo
1 cession of. Choice Resorts -
Now that vacation days are here, the
city dweller feels the lure of the great
outdoors. For those who live In Oregon
f there la a wide range of choice as to
where to seek relaxation and change of
scene. The North beach, though located
In the state of Washington, is really
an Oregon resort.
Crossing the rjver at Megler. a train
Is taken for North beach points. The
ride by train to Nahcotta, on Wlllaoav
harbor, the end of the line, is 2$ miles
of ever varying beauty. Shortly fter
boarding . the train. Fort Columns is
passed. The next place of Importance
Is Ilwaoo, the commercial center of the
district. Just beyond Ilwaoo, at Hoi
man station, the first view of the ocean
Is had, from here the settlement is
almost continuous to Nahcotta. See
view. Hhelbourne, Beach Center, Newton.
Long Beach, Tioga, Breakers. Cranberry, :
Oceanslde, XooraiR, Klipsam Beach.
Ocean. Park . and Nahcotta are passed
in the' order named. At most cf these
points are hotels and summer cottage.
For further information regarding
routes, rates of l$es, time schedules and
other details, call on or address "Free
Information and Travel Bureau, Dorse y
B. Smith, manager. The Journal Build
lng, Portland, Or. , .