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' v V 8 THE- OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, P ORTLAND,-. MONDAY. JUNE 24, 1918. AST INDEPENDENT WEWSPAPEB '0. B. JACJUOM. . Publisher PublUhed rery day. afternoon and nvorning, (ex cept Sunday afternoon) at Tee Journal Buud , Ins. Broadway and XamhlU street. Portland, , Oregon. XaUted a the peetof flee at Portland. Oregon, lor traiumiwion through the mill a aacood elas utter. , TELEPHONES Mala T1T: Homa, A-0051. Alt department reached by thaaa number. Tall tba operator what department yon want. rOKElUN ADVEBTIS1NO BEPaVESENTATIVB Heajanla Kentner Co., Brumwlck Building, 32 ruth erenue. New Tort, 800 Mailers Building, Chicago. ' Bubacrtetion teraa by null, or to any sakaseas la - Um Lai tad States ot Maxim: S DAILY (MOKN'LNU OB AFTERNOON) Dm year 15.00 I Ona month, $ .00 ? SUNDAY ;se war 12.00 Ona month I .25 DAILY (MOKNLNU OR AFTERNOON) AND BUN DAY ? Ona yaar. 17.60 Ona month t .65 Tbara ara bat two wyi of paying a Sent; tnerae of Industry in raising in come, or increase of thrift in laying out. Carl la. THE RUSSIAN PERIL IT H.GING that America, Japan and Great Britain send armies of 30,000 men each into Siberia, Colonel Roosevelt says: We ought to have acted with energy and intelligence on her (Russia's) be half a year aro. Let us at least act now, for no- possible action can be worse than our Inaction. She (Russia) does not need talk and envoys to study the situation. She needs an army to , serve aa a nucleus around which she can create her own immense army. When we sent the Pershing expe dition into Mexico to hunt Villa down, the Mexican people were in tensely aroused. They feared it meant invasion and annexation of Mexican territory. It nearly resulted In a war with Mexico. . The danger of an armed expedition Into 'Siberia is exactly .similar. In the past, peoples on such pretenses have been subjugated. On that find of a profession of friendship, Prussia sent an army into Schelswig-Holsteln and never withdrew it. Schleswig ' Holstein Is now a part of Germany. so made by what was supposed to be a friendly army. History is full of such instances. An army sent by the three powers I into Siberia would doubtless havo fits purposes misunderstood. People have not yet learned the high pur poses of America relative to annex ation of territory. V When Japan landed marines to pre "jYent immense stores of munition .from falling ioto German hands at $ Vladivostok; a violent protest came out or Russia. If we should send an army to Si beria and Russia should choose to look upon It as an invasion, the con sequences would be most disastrous. There is already peril that the kaiser may be able to draft Russian man power into the German army and use it on the west front. An American army in Siberia without full consent from a responsible Russian govern ment might enormously increase the kaiser's chances of levying on Russia for large additions to his fighting men. Prom Washington comes the state ment that President Wilson is fully alive to the Russian situation and that he Is strlvfng indefatlgably to ? save that country for the allies. He (knows the delicacy of the situation. He foresees all the peril and is try- ling to meet it. . "One war at a time was the answer of President Lincoln to those who Urged him to use a stronger policy against Great Britain during the Civil war. "One war at a time" is the thought of President Wilson in seek ing to avoid action that might throw Russia with all he Immense . re sources in man power Into the arms of the kaiser by ill-timed and hazard ous action in Siberia. Governor Harding of Iowa has for bidden the use of any foreign lan guage in that state except for divine worship. His order covers schools, newspapers and business. It may jwork hardship for a time upon a ' learn English, but it will hasten their ! acquisition of the language of the .United States and in the long run will benefit them. CIRCUMVENTING REACTION HERE are many ways to skin a cat when a nerson rpniiv wishes to oerform that - ; The supreme court says, by a jiivs 10 rour vote, tnat congress can fnot interfere with child labor, which tls-child murder, by federal enact J i ipent. Senator Kenyon of Iowa re- ' ' fnllaa with a maaaiirai In fnhM ..hit. ( labor exploiters the use of the mails, j. J Very ingenisus. An excellent idea, t T The country has never yet been j privileged to witness a genuine con , t ; test of wits between a reactionary supreme court and a progressive ' congress. We may be on the eve of such a ' contest now. It should ' ' prove diverting. ,: Students ' of American politics are confident, almost ,to a man, that K when tha ' Inevitable fight -"for su- premacy between .-' congress - and the DO YOUR PART o UT of a thousand persons whom there is hardly one who does not the war. There is a universal But it is not always plain to do his part best. Since the war began there hag been some misdirected effort. Many good intentions have been wasted for want of guidance. The government now comes to us with - guidance and saves us from any more misdirected and wasted effort. It tells the plain citizen exactly what he can do in order to make .his patriotic desires effective. It is nothing very grand. It is nothing strenuous or difficult Duty seldom is a glittering affair. It is apt to be prosaic. Our duty Just now, if we heed the government's counsel, is to lend it our money. From the whole nation it is asking loans. 'No citizen is expected to give beySrid his means, but every citizen is expected to give something. We are all expected to lend our savings to the government -up to the point where it begins topinch. The pinch will be salutary. It will make us realize that the war cannot be won unless wte all bear our part of the sacrifice.. - The appeal of your government now is for you to buy War Stamps." Hie system is perfect, Your interest is compounded quarterly. The government will take over your' Stamps and pay you back your money at any time on ten days' notice. Every Stamp you buy is an expression of good luck and Godspeed to our soldiers and sailors. courts breaks out Into open war the Judges will be decapitated, figura tively speaking. They have little, by little gathered unto themselves a mass of extra constitutional legislative authority which can hardly stand the strain of a real battle with congress. That such a battle must come sooner or later seems possible. No legis lative body in history has submitted to emasculation without a struggle.. AN OPPORTUNITY r HE more intelligent of the cur rent writers on the war are in sistently asking why the allied nations have not taken advantage of the smoldering revolution among the Czech-Slovaks and the Jugo-SIavs. The Czech-Slovaks occupy" Bohemia between Germany and Austria on the north. The Jugo-SIavs lie on the Adriatic across from Northern Italy. Both these peoples have long lived in an agony of oppression. They hate the Hapsburgs. They hate the Germans. They are ready to rise against their tyrants if they are en couraged a little. Thus far they have received but the scantest encouragement. It al most seems as if the allies were afraid that liberty might spread too far among the victims of Hapsburg and Hohenzollern tyranny. Perhaps there is a feeling that subjects should not be encouraged to rise in rebel lion against their lawful sovereigns. The war lords might be entitled to consideration of this kind if they themselves had shown it to the al lies. But what is their record on the subject of inciting people to rise against their lawful sovereigns? The investigation or the German- American alliance showed that tne German government had been for years engaged in plotting rebellion in the heart of the United States. So thoroughly were the plans laid that '"half a million Germans reservists" were expected to rise in arms against the United States government the moment we declared war against the Hohenzollern autocrat. They did. not rise but that was not the fault of the German government. Ireland affords another example. Since the war began German agents have been incesantly plotting rebel lion in Ireland. They have carried on their work in Germany among Irish prisoners of war, in Ireland itself and in the United States. The German government fomented rebellion in Russia, first against the czar and then against the Kerensky government. It sowed sedition in the ranks of the Italian army and did it so effectually that the great vic tory on the Isonzo rewarded their subtle designs. It seems as if the time had come to give the war lords a dose of their own medicine. If the allies forego their opportunity to weaken Germany by " inciting revolution in central Europe they will make a mistake. Uncle Sam owns 15,000,000 acres of Irrigable land. Secretary Lane urges immediate construction of irrigation plants to make the land available for the soldiers when they come homo from Prance. At the close of the Civil war Uncle Sam "was rich enough to give every soldier a farm." He has since then been somewhat prodigal of his territorial wealth and can hardly do so well by his fighting boys today. But he can irrigate the acres he has and turn them over to the defenders of freedom. That is far better than giving the land to wealthy corporations. THE PERISHING CROPS I N Eastern Oregon many a rancher is worried over the problem of putting up his hay With him it is a question of where the manpower for that work is to come from. Klamath county has sent over 600 and Lake over 200 young men to the army and navy, There are high school boys in Portland, and in other cities, who! could be a welcome addition to the working force on many a ranch With a little instruction these lads could soon be a. real boon to the ranchman. Over in the vicinity of La Pine a young man expects to be called in the next draft His work is the sole dependence of his father in taking care of the crop on that place. There was a mighty melancholy note in the conversation when a Journal writer talked with this young man's brother oyer the question, of how the crop Is to be saved.' 7" - Down la Summer Lake valley you pass casually on the street long 10 do something1 to help win willingness to serve and sacrifice. the ordinary citizen just how he can another young man is in the draft. He is the main reliance on the ranch. The father wants to sell off some of the stock and narrow down the ranch operations because he and the boy's mother cannot do ail the work alone. And so the story goes. The beef produced there is a part of the great meat supply for which our government . is clamoring. It is a part of the foo.d for the army. It is an item in the sinews of war. A 6ixteen-year-old Portland boy of reasonable Intelligence by going over there could render a splendid serv ice to his government and to the boys, who do the fighting. And such an outing, it would be I And such an experience! And such a preparation! The glorious air. the magnificent distances, the wonderful sunshine, the cool nights, the refreshing breezes, the excellent wage, and above all, the deep consciousness of rendering service in a time of need! It would not be a sacrifice but a prized privilege to go out there on the Eastern Oregon prairies and help the ranchers save their crops and their cattle, and then come home bronzed and deep lunged and im mensely strengthened for the school work of the winter. The day after the federal supreme court handed down its decision an nulling the child labor law, little children began to flock back into the North Carolina cotton mills. This fact is reported in the New York Evening Post, it may be good law to destroy the nation's manhood in the bud, but it is not good public policy. Some day we may have judges who will be a6le to see an inch or two beyond the sheepskin bindings of their moldy law books. A ONE HAN LEAGUE T HE public can hardly keep up the attitude of a disinterested spec tator of the controversy between the Damascus company and the dairymen from whom it receives milk. Such quarrels usually react upon the health of the community, particularly the health of babies. The distrlbut'on of milk is a great pub- lio utility which is important enough to be regulated strictly. The manager of the Damascus com pany makes it a ground of complaint against the dairymen's league that it is a one man proposition." That may be true. Many successful bus! ness undertakings are "on man mnn ositions." By the way, how many managers besides Mr. Works does the Damascus company keep in Its pay here in Portland? It looks a trifle odd for a "one man company A 11 a a to mng stones at a one man league." Secretary of War Baker believes that those aliens -whose conscientious objections will not permit them to serve in the army or navy of the United States ought to be sent to Jail until the war is over and then re turned to the "countries of their pref erence." It mights not be as good military policy but it would yield much more satisfaction if they were sent over at once and put In the front line trenches to fight for lhe country which engrosses their affec tions. UNCLE SAM'S BIRTHDAY A MOVEMENT in San Francisco proposes purchase by many peo ple of many postage stamps and cancellation of them on the 4th of July as a birthday present to Uncle Sam Why postage stamps? Why not War Stamps? There is good intent behind the plan. But so much can scarcely be said of the conception. with ail its power and all Its means, the government is pushing sau or war btamps Just now. The very outcome of the war may be staked on the success or failure of the Stamp drive., -Whole armies of loyal citizens are deeply intent on making the campaign a success Every state is organized. The people ef every state are struggling with the problem of going over the top. At such a moment a birthday present to uncle Sam of War Stamps might ne helpful, "But a birthday present of postage stamps would only divert attention from the War Stamp drive. It would handicap that activity. - ' Besides,- the United States fs not an alms taker. Our great country is not looking for lips, .it Is not seek- ing gifts,' such as the" purchase and cancellation of postage stamps would be. , . . .. , ..... . .. .. But it does want money. It puts out its calls for money & business transaction, hot In mendicancy. It offers absolute security' and pays a fit price for - the accommodation. Its War Stamp plan is a business transaction highly becoming to a great nation and fitly symbolle of a proud people. The postage stamp birthday plan would be a mistake. One of our frugal contemporaries computes that Jhe federal government spends . $13,000,000 annually! -on its printing, most of which is waste. The money goes largely for the printing of "public documents" which are of little use to anybody. For our hon ored government, as for private citi zens, it is easier to preach economy than to practice it. TALLMAN AGAINST TIEUP OF LANDS By Carl Smith. Washington Staff Correspondent of The Journal Washington, June 24. Officials of the department of the interior do not oe lleve It would be wise to tie up the open ing or entry of public lands in the West in order to hold the land for sol tilers who might want it after the Here tofore the usual plea from the public larid states has been for the ivilakest possible opening and settlement cf lands that are held out of private own ership. It has been argued that govern ment lands withheld from settlement have overburdened the tax roll of priv ate lands and hindered the development of the country. Also it has been argued as a national duty to increase agricul tural production and to place under cul tivation all the land that can convenient ly be added for the increase of food. a a a Now Governor Withy combe of Oregon comes along with a request that the opening of the Oregon and California grant lands be held up until the end of the war "to give returning soldiers a better opportunity." Senator McNary and Representative McArthur have in troduced bills at the behest of an or ganization In Portland which wants a preference right of entry conferred upon soldiers, their fathers, mothers, wives, brothers or sisters, for public land3 of any description, the effect of which would be to prevent entry by anyone else until the soldier decided whether or not he wanted the land at the clone of the war. v a a a The department is opposed to all these plans. Commissioner Tallman of the general land office. In a recent letter to Senator McNary, told why he opposes the Withycombe desire for delay and ex pressed the opinion that sentiment in Oregon runs In the same direction. As sistant Secretary Vogelsang of the in terior department wrote Senator Myers why he is against the McNary-McAr- thur bill, which, he said, would produce a myriad of speculative entries by rela tives of soldiers and tie up the public domain until the war's end. In com menting on the Withycombe proposal aa to delaying opening of the Oregon and California grant lands, Mr. Tallman had this to say: "From time to time we have received a few communications to the same ef fect. We have received many urging prompt action in the classification and administration of the lands, to the end that the opportunity for increased food production be at, once provided. As you are aware, we have opened about 300,000 acres of lands classified as agricultural In the southern part of the grant and the secretary has ordered opened the lands classified as agricul tural In the Portland land district. consisting of about 1G0.0OO acres Reference to the map will indicate that this leaves remaining still unrestorea, ot lands classified as agricultural from the line of town ship 14 on the -north to the line of township 32 on the south, probably a third of the remaining agricultural land. These lands we will not be able to open this year or perhaps for some time. "Besides these, there are considerable areas of unsurveyed lands and lands in forest reserves that have not yet been classified, but the agricultural lands of which will, under the law, be opened to entry in the future. "As you will recall, I have discussed the matter with you before, at which time I told you that I thought the pre vailing sentiment In Oregon preferred the opening of these lands as rapidly as we could get to It, notwithstanding the war. At any rate, we have gone too far now in the way of announcements of the opening of the lands In the Portland district to recall same without possible loss and disappointment to many people who have already been notified that fil ings on these lands may commence on June 22.M a a a Mf. Vogelsang, dealing with the Mc- Nary-McArthur bill to give preference filing rights to the relatives of soldiers, says its main effect would be to tie up lands which are urgently required for actual settlers. In order that production may be increased as much as possible. He points out that soldiers desiring land. If they make an entry or settlement be fore they go into the country's service, are already protected In their rights and given credit for military service under the act of July 28, 1917. He adds : "I do not believe that the vast ma jority of our soldiers and sailors have any desire to make homestead entries for a tract of public land, more especial ly those coming from the eastern part of the country, and it seems entirely probable that anly a very small propor tion of these declaratory statements would be followed up by actual entries. While the entries might actually be made in a few cases, these would form such a slight proportion of the aggregate filings that the net gain to the soldiers and sailors would be .very small indeed, as compared with the undesirable results of tying up a very large part of the public domain. It seems almost needless to call your attention to the enormous number of speculative filings which would undoubtedly be made under the provisions of such an act, both by rela tives and by alleged attorneys, filings which would be put upon the lands mere ly as a coercive measure in order to mulct actual homeseekers of monetary considerations so- as to' free the lands Involved for their Own bona fide filings. In this connection attention is ,invited to the fact that the bill does not propose to require any fees whatsoever with the declaratory statements, thus there is not even a small expenditure as a deterrent to the number of filings. There is no likkelihood that the com mittees of either house will give serious consideration to the proposed legislation, for the reasons given by Mr. Vogelsang. Reoresentatlve McArthur says he has no hope for favorable .action, regretting that "congress has almost aoatcatea its lawmaking functions as to all such ques tions pertaining to the public -domain. the real lawmaking power being the in terior department." t The commissioner ol pensions has Is sued a circular letter, stating the steps which will be foldwea In administration of the new Smoot pension law, which the president signed 00 June 10, and which makes large increases for scores of thou sands of veterans of the Civil war. The new law amends the service agfe act of May II, 1912, and the majority of pen sioners who are paid under that act are not called upon to do anything., The increases provided will come to them automatically as soon as an Increased force of clerks can perform the work. There are 208,000 pensioners who will thus be automatically Increased. The pension bureau expects to -make the first payments of Increased pension to those whose Quarterly payments fall due on August 4. Those on the July 4 list can not be reached In time and will draw their Increase, dating back to June 10, with their October vouchers. The new law makes $30 per month the minimum for a soldier who served 90 days or longer in the Civil war. If 73 years of age and he served six months, he will receive $32 : service over one year, $35 ; over one and one-half years. $38 : two years or more, $40. It is expected there will also be a large number of original applications under the new act, as thou sands of pensioners are receiving less under special acts than they may now receive under this law, and they will naturally apply for the larger amount. Letters From the People Communication aent to The Jonrnal for pub lication in this department ahould ba written on only one tide of the caper, anould not exceed S00 words in lencth and must be sicned by the writer, whose mail address in full must accompany tba contribution. Alien Eaton Eugene, Or., June 20. To the Editor of The Journal The Allen Eaton Inci dent here Is a closed one, probably, but some things worth while may be learned by a dispassionate review of some of its features. In looking back at the affair few un prejudiced persons doubt the genuine ness of Mr. Eaton's professions of loy alty. His mistake was In getting Into bad company, like dog Tray. The name of the League for Democracy and Terms of Peace was sufficient to condemn it as In opposition to our government's war policy, for we already have the most successful democracy yet tried In this world, and our terms of peace had been fully proclaimed by the executive head of the government, to whom have been granted, for the purposes of the war, by our representatives the most concen trated powers ever given to one man under a democracy. When the celebrated meeting of the league was held Mr. Eaton had a per fect right to attend, but his indiscretion lay in accepting a commission to go as a delegate. His stipulation In accept ing that commission, that he would be loyal to the government, showed that he realized that that question might be raised, and he should have obeyed the scriptural Injunction to "avoid even the appearance of evil." After the hue and cry against him had been raised there was nothing for the state university to do but to accept the resignation he tendered. It had . Its adverse critics, who complained of the attitude of some of the faculty toward the war a complaint that has resulted in some resignations. Complaint had also been publicly made of its neglect to more prominently display the flag In wartime. As a state institution it was necessary that it should pay attention to these criticisms. What Mr. Eaton lacked In discretion he made up in courage, and he made a gallant fight. Justice would seem to have dictated that he should have been allowed to address his neighbors when they gathered at the church for that purpose. The officers would have been early enough in acting if they had waited, before preventing the meeting, until some disloyal word or act had been done. It is alleged that members of the Chamber of Commerce, who were pres ent, threatened Eaton with tar and feathers. If this is true it showed a spirit that justified his failure to re spond to a previous alleged Invitation to appear before that body and state his case and his charges that some mem bers of that body were moved by per sonal animosity Independently of the charges before the public. He has gone from Eugene without ever having had a fair hearing before the public, and his failure to see and acknowledge that there was anything wrong in that league meeting was the cause of all his woe. WILLIAM H. WHEELER a Workmen's Accident Benefit Portland, June 20 To the Editor of The Journal As you are undoubtedly aware, there are a large number of men constantly getting injured In the ship yards. So it is 'in the one in which I am employed, and I lately secured In a good company an accident policy, and I am now informed that I can not draw anything from the state under the com pensation act. This I do not believe to be the intent of the law. I would like to know if this is true. If it is true, the unions and fraternal organizations should see that it is changed. I believe that It is the duty of every workingman to pro tect himself as much as possible, off and on the job. If the law Is such. It Is nothing more or Icbs than a fake, for it doesn't project a worker for either sickness or for anything that may happen to him off the job. Please an swer in The Journal, as a great many others 8e as anxious as I am. A. jV. There is nothing in the state Industrial ac cident compensation act that prerenu an in jured workman from receiring full benefit under that act. and at the same time receiving the fall benefit of any accident insurance that be may carry. Black Walnut Portland. June 17. To the Editor of The Journal Kindly Inform me as to where I would apply regarding the sale of several black walnut trees, as I un derstand they are valuable at this time to the government. i A. M. BELL. Location of black walnut growth has been referred to Boy Scouts here. James E. Brock way, scout executive for Oregon, with officast in the Northwestern Bank building, should bare complete details. 1 buy w. a. a. PERSONAL MENTION Reports San Francisco Aetive J. A. Farrar of San Francisco, former ly with the Lumberman's Trust company of Portland, Is at the Multnomah hotel for a few days. Mr. Farrar speaks in glowing terms of the business conditions on the San Francisco bay, where, he says, shipbuilding is under way oh a scale far exceeding anything in other yards of the coast. a . Good Grain Crops Forecasted Reports of drouth conditions In the Walla Walla country have, been some what overdrawn, accord in to J. D. Wal ter of Prescott, who is art the Cornelius hotel. Grain needs rain badly, he ad mits, but there will be a good yield, sven under present conditions. m Mrs. J. L. Lounsbery of Brooklyn, N. Y., Is at the New Perkins this week. Q. W. Olldersleeve of Washtucna is In Portland on business, stopping at the Imperial. Dr. H. L. Huston of Bandon. is at the Benson while in Portland. H. W. Robson of San Francisco Is at the Multnomah for a few days. Charles E. Arney of Spokane, Immi gration agent of the Northern Pacific, is registered at the Portland. . Mrs. A. W. Hows of Gold field, Nev.. is . visiting in Portland. She Is at the Norton la. . .' .j.-. . At the,, Washington . jthia - week - Is COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGS Go the limit. Water the garden. " On our way to the shortest day. Soon be time to out "the melon. Please pass up the sugar for awhile. . Th.e- Pring freshet U getting "too fresh." We'd rather have a lot of friends than a million dollars without any. Austria seems to be getting jolly well tired of the "hun" in hungry. j a) a) Washington seems to be a perfectly proper place for the summer capital this summer. Our idea of the end of a perfect day is to be able to sleep until 10 o'clock in me morning. Tou can't buv firework on the Fourth of July, but even then It will not be too late to buy War Savings Stamps. But ouy mem now, too. A party of Mexican editors la coming to me united states to iook tntngs over They will receive a much warmer wel come than American troops recently received in Mexico, but in an entirely auirreni way. m m m "The Stars and Stripes" Is the offi cial newspaper of the A. E. F. In Prance. When the Oregon men In service read the story of the War Savings Stamp drive In the States. Oregon s record must be one of which they will feel proud. JOURNAL MAN ABROAD By Fred (Mr. Lockley bimwlf appears today aa a chief actor in a c Us nee episode in which is llluntrated the whimsical and somewhat tanta lizing good nature with which the typical demo cratic American meets the serious suarity of his Oallicao ally. air. Lorkley. of course, cornea out of it aa eaaentiall) polite as the Frenchman that invented politnesa. And then he tell what a commanding thing eapirtt de corps is becoming among ,tua American com mands in France. Somewhere in France. As I came in from the hospital one night I saw a sight I will not soon forget. It remind ed me of Rosa Bonheur's famous pic ture. "The Horse Fair," and. oddly enough, I saw it not far from Rosa Bonheur's one-time home here. France at any time Is a country of beauty, but in these early summer days It Is transcendently beautiful. I was walking along, drinking in the delicate beauty of the glowing west, with Its tints of pearl and pink. I was stop ping at times to admire an avenue of chestnut trees in full bloom, or a labur num tree with Its hundreds of tasseled blooms, or the purple masses of bloom on a tree imported from Japan, used largely here for shade and verdure. I saw two well dressed Frenchmen watch ing me with evident curiosity, and I felt, rather than knew, they were dis cussing me. Finally one approached me and. taking off his hat bowing, said, "Pardon, Monsieur ; may I ask to inquire of you what we have been dis cussing about?" I said. "Sure thing. Shoot when you are ready." He looked somewhat disconcerted, and said, "My friend and I have watch you. You have the look appreciative. You have, too. the expression, the look. You are some poet. Is It not?"' He looked so crest fallen when I told him "No." that I re lented and said. "I write prose. I am a newspaper man." He looked delighted and - with a beaming smile said. "I am as right as usual. I can tell the way you look of the eye. the expression of the face. You see beauty. You write of it." a a a I swung arond the next corner and from far down the street I heard a continuous clink, clank, clink, clank. Soon there came into view a long pro cession of horses, marching two abreast, each pair of horses led by a dark skinned Tunisian or an Arab. Many of the men leading the horses were dressed In white, with broad scarlet sashes. Others had dark blue blouses and brilliantly red trousers. All wore HOW TO BE HEALTHY By Dr. Woods Hutchinson. Former Portland Physician TRENCH FEET Only three new things have been discovered in thl" war. and they are all to the bad trench feet, trench fever and trench nephritis (inflammation of the kidney). Like many other vegetables and celebri ties, they spring from the soil, but the name of the soil of their particular origin Is mud trench mud. When the full misery and hardships of trench warfare In snow and sleet and bottom less mud began to dawn upon us In the gloomy winter of 1914. one of the tor ments that stood out first and most prominently was a painful and peculiar Inflammation of the feet, ankles' and legs, dubbed by the soldiers "trench feet." It looked and behaved like a sort of mixture between chilblains and frozen feet. The feet would first swell and turn dull red, or purplish and pain ful, then the skin would begin to itch and burn Intolerably; then. If bathing and antiseptics did not check the pro cess, the purple color would deepen to black, and superficial gangrene of the foot, especially the toes and heeK would set in. So severe was the gan grene that large patches of the skin and surface of the feet would die and slough away completely, while in the worst forms amputation would have to be considered in order to prevent fatal absorption of the poisons of decay Into the system. It was an extremely obstinate, pain ful disease, and while as a rule it could be checked with little worse than the sloughing and ulcerating away of a few patches of the skin. It threatened to become quite serious from a military point of view. For it was almost totally disabling while it lasted and at one George E. Giblin of San Francisco, who is here on business. H. M. Wlnngafd of Medford Is among those registered today at the Carlton. James Mi Ills of Denver is at the Wash ington for a few days. Charles A. Sears of Belllngham is a visitor at the New Perkins. President P. L- Campbell of the Uni versity of Oregon is registered today at the Imperial. President Campbell is up from Eugene to attend the meeting In Portland of the Oregon Alumni associa tion. - T. G. Toohey of Bandon Is among the business men of the state registered at the New Perkins today. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Miller of La Grande, who are In Portland for a visit of several days, are registered at the Cornelius. S. B. Shaw of the French ship Capl taine Remy which is in port, is registered at the Oregon. R. W. Sweet of Seattle is registered at the Multnomah. Lieutenant and Mrs. A. Woblrads of Mankato, Minn., are at the Oregon. H. J. Wilson of Edmonton, Alberta, ara guests at the Carlton. O. B. Williams of Decatur, 111, who is west on a business trip, is regis tered at the Cornelius. J. 8. Beck with of Pendleton is stop ping at the Oregon for a few daya Mr. and Mrs. James W. Young of Chicago, are registered at the Benson. r. B. Lewis of Tacoma Is among thos registered at the Multnomah. R. W. Hammerman -of Condon mo tored to Portland Sunday. He Is at the Cornelius. . " . ' i Mr. and Mrs- Ed Kross o( Seattle ara guests at the Waabingta. NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS Wood for fuel will cost the Eugene school district about $! a cord laid down at the different school houses this year. The board of education has awarded a contract for 700 cords of slab wood, a a Hedges & Hula have a contract, the Moro Observer reports, to build a 30,000 bushel capacity concrete elevator for the Shantko Farmers' Klevator company on a per cent cost basis with a 60 per cent bonus on the final price under the es timated cost. a The pollu style of facia) scenery doesn't go with the American boys In France, as appears from an Item In the Pendleton Kast Oregonlan : "Oliver (Curley) Harshman. local boy In the army in France and son of Mrs. Nancy Matthews of Pendleton, has decided that he won't wear his moustache un til the war ends. He started out to do this but pictures sent home show his facial adornment raised such protests he has promised to reform," a a A remarkable quilt may be seen in the household of Jesse Reeves, an aged resident of .Weston, the Leader say a It was given to Mr. Reeves by his mother when he was a boy of 10. and has been In his possession since 1834. It. was made In Wayne county, Tenn.. and the cotton was all hand picked, carded, spun and woven by the same family. No cotton gins were then in use at that place. The actual weaving was done by a sister of Mr. Reeves. Lockley turbans. The horses were evidently of ficers' horses, for they showed in their upheld tails, their arched necks and their slender legs, blood and a strain of the desert. I stood for 10 minutes and watched the long procession of horses go by. Ships from Algeria. Spain. Portugal and elsewhere bring horses as well as cork, wine, cocoa beans and walnuts to this port. That our boys have 'developed esprit de corps Is proved every time you talk to a real soldier. I was chatting with a Portland boy. a member of the Eighteenth engineers. Another regi ment was mentioned favorably by one of the group. The Portland boy leaned over to me and said confidentially. "Did you hear what that guy said? On the q. t.. the officers of that regiment couldn't qualify for privates In our regi ment. It takes real men men that can deliver the goods to get into the Eighteenth engineers." "Listen to that Third-hander talk." said one of the group. "Third-hander?" I asked. "That's a new one on me. What does It mean?" "Oh. they pat themselves on the back so much they need a third hand so they can keep It up when their regular two hands are busy." The boys are 'having lots of fun with J their "steel 8teteons," as they call their Carnegie derbies, or steel trench hel mets. Talk to any soldier and he will prove to you that his particular arm of the service Is the one that is really going to put the Oermans out of busi ness. Here Is the way the Infantryman feels about his branch of the service: He get no rides In parlor ear. In coaches or sedans. And yet his work is just aa big Aa any other man's: He wear no wiglike badges as Tba ariators do. But yet he's Johnny-on-the-pot Whene'er we're buetia' through! He ha no mathematice swh As Rrdlegs all must learn: For engineering plot and grapha. He's ner known to yearn; Uachina gun with their curleykews Are so much Oreek to him What matter? Though has short on books He's long on strength and rtml The cannoneers may blast away And make the Beeha go pronto. But infantry with bayonet Will send them to Toronto. To Halifax or Timbuctoo, And send 'em hum pin' fast go 'Tenshun! while the columns of The Infantry march patl time was so common that It was esti mated, that nearly 10 per cent of the soldiers in Flanders and northern Fraace. on both sides of the fighting lines, were constantly laid up by it. In fact, it became so troublesome that a special commission was appointed to Inquire Into Its causation and see what could be done to prevent It. Because the disease first - began In winter, when the men were complain ing bitterly of the cold -and also be cause it started like chilblains and ended like frostbite. It was supposed that extreme cold, combined with wet. was an Important factor In causing it. But it was quickly found that although the cold undoubtedly aggravated and hastened the process, as a matter of fact the mud and water in the trenches were seldom frozen over, so that men's feet were never exposed to a temper ature as low as the freezing point, a condition which would certainly not fur nish a sufficient degree of cold to pro duce genuine frostbite or anything ap proaching It. Moreover, the disease showed no rapid- tendency to diminish with the coming of the warmer weather in the spring, except where special measures had been taken against It. On the Italian front, during their first year of trench warfare, the soldiers suffered very severely and extensively from trench feet, although such a thing as frost is rare along the Isonso. In fsct. Gorilla. Gradlsca and Monfal cone are all celebrated as winter health resorts. But they had plenty of the two chief causes of the disease ill-drained trenches and Infected mud. s Tomorrow: Trench Feet (No. 2). Journal. Journeys Ocean Park, on North Beach, Noted for Sylvan Charms. Ocean Park, on North beach, is well named, for It consists of an extensive park i on the ocean shore. Heavy growths of hemlock, pine and alder give ample shade, and shelter the cottages from the prevailing sea breezes. Beautiful lanes have been cut through the woods to nearby polsts of Interest. A popular walk Is Lovers Lane, which leads along the shore to the "Initial Tree." The walk winds with many a inuous curve, and in midday is cool and dim. The trees form a canopy, and moss-grown logs beside the path invite one to loiter. The "Initial Tree" Is a massive alder on whose -wide-spreading branches are carved the intertwined Initials of lad and lass, with dates running back a score or more of years. Another popular walk Is through a lane of trees to Nahcotta. The walk down the beach to the wreck of the Alice is also a favorite jaunt. For further lnformaUon regarding routes, rates of fare. Urns schedules and other details, call on or address "Free Information and Travel Bureau. Dorsey B. 8m 1th, manager. The Journal building. Portland, Or." BUT W. 9. . Anything But That Frota the Pitt burg Caaette We don't know what cods It was that the American scouts took tfroro a Ger man officer on the Ltfneville 11ns, but It wasn't ths moral coda, . Ragtag and Bobtail Stories From Everywhere A Christmas Story in June FL KENT, vice president of the a Bankers' Trust company, said in New York the other day. aays the Wash ington Star: "When the Germans Invade the for eign markets after the war. theyll get the kind of welcome the little boys gave Santa Claus. "Two little boys, brothers, lay in bed on Christmas eve. " "Did you put that tub of water in the fireplace r said the first little boy. " 'Yes.' said the second, 'and 1 fixed the scuttle of coal so that it will tumble on his head when he opens the door." " 'What is surest to catch him. though.' said the first boy. 'is the steel rattrap in my stocking.' "Then they went off to sleep happy in the thought that they were at last going to see Santa Claua," The Supcrdemocrat War Secretary Baker aald at a lunch eon in Washington, according to the Post : "Ours will be the most democratic army In the world, for ours is the most democratic country. "A millionaire, as he climbed Into his limousine, snarled at a newsboy : "'No, I don't want any paper! Get out !' " 'Well, keep yer shirt on. boss,' the newsboy answered. The only dlfferenos between you and me In that you're makin' your second million, while I'm still workin' on my first.' Cleaning the Clcauer at Skagway Allen U. Joy. past dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose, and well known In Portland, tells of an experience In Skagway. Alaska, during the Klondike rush days, when he was marshal there and undertaking to assist In preserving some semblance of order. A young and Innocent looking lad asked leave to pitch his tent near the marshal s well guarded headquarters until his fsther came on the next steamer. Considering his ex treme youth and bashful ways, the mar shal's . force named him "Sissy Joy." Sissy went along with the marshal from time to time and was apparently greatly attracted by the three-shell game. Well flanked fy cappers, several of these gentry were occasionally able to land enough spoil to keep them In good clothes and comfortable quarters for weeks. Marshal Joy assured the unsophis ticated youth that there was no chance of winning from those sharpers; that they were bad men from Montana and elsewhere, and to keep away from them. After a few days, however, the boy timidly asked permission to buck the shell game. Joy blustered and swore and abjured, but the boy persisted. As certaining that his sole capital was less than $25, Joy finally consented to let him have his lesson, intending to give him the lecture of his lite afterward. The boy put up his money very coyly, ant- picked the cup with the pea under It ! Everybody looked surprised. In cluding the sharper, who hadn't in tended any pea to be under any one of the three cups, with $20 at stake. But the gambler was determined that the boy should come back, and again the pea was observed to roll out from the cup the boy lifted up. Frantic with rage and the jeers of the fast assembling crowd, the Bhell gamester went on, and the boy picked out a pea from under the cup every time, until the "bank" of silver coins on the table was gona Then the play was repeated elsewhere until the boy had the two deputy mar shals loaded down with over $1000 In the white metal. Marshal Joy by this time began to be suspicious, and In his tent subjected the boy to a third degree examination. "That kid was the slickest slelght-of-hand performer I ever uw," said Mr. Joy. He said his dad taught him, and that he had found things rot rather mussy in several places where he had tried the beating of the game, and this time he wanted to be protected. Inno cent ! He looked as innocent as a schoolgirl, and he was certainly as Inno cent as those sharpers. "We saw to It. too, that he got on board ship with his money.' The Brute "Politeness compels me to give up my Beat to a lady." "In a street car?" "No. The dentist's chair." Chemln Des Dames I walked along the I-adie Way, Colette waa by my aid: The ma of sunset dropped its leera t'pnn the eeenUde. Like hrlng Jewels in the grass The golden glow worms crept. And in the field on either hand The drowsy poppiea slept. I tread the Ladies Way one Mot. Colette la with me yet. The Red Cross bnrna above her brow. Her cheek with tears are wet; And where the erimton poppiea waved Are eplaahaa darkly red That tall na where, a la I to frnd The wounded and the dead. But on the ruined road ona day Olett) and I will see The banner of the Allied boet Unfurled in Tietory. Like rainbows they will span the ridge Where fell the leaden rain. And lo! the Way of 8 words will be The Ladies Way again. . Mina I r Tina in New Tort floa Uncle Jell Snuw Says: We've got some topnotch statesmen in Salem thet knows when we're up agin the real thing, and sends fer a expert from Illinois to tell us where to begin on loppin' off the useless commissions. I reckon he'll git some of 'em lopped Off, all right, but while he's loppin' at one end the next legislature will be sttckln' ' on three to his one at t'other. The war, the heavy rains and the high taxes will be a good excuse fer at least half a dozen more commissions and at least 200 more offlcea I never heard tell of Illinois bein' very much fer cuttln' down offlcea I'll give him four typewriter girls fired and five commissions rechrts tened fer his expert results by next May. Olden Oregon Trial and Execution of Indians Guilty of Whitman Massacre. The Immediate and pressing work be fore the new Oregon territorial govern ment in 1849 was the apprehension and punishment of ths Cayuse Indian mur derers of Dr. Whitman. These outlaws were captured in ths John Day coun try by some Nes Perces and delivered for trial to the Oregon authorities.. The Indians were brought from The Dalles to Oregon City and given all ths ad vantages of a trial by jury, being al lowed their own counsel. The first movs of the defense was to raise ths ques tion of jurisdiction, it being claimed that at ths time of ths massacre there was no territorial government in exist ence. Tha objection was overruled by Judge O. C. Pratt, who also denied a motion for change of Venue to Van couver on the ground of prejudice. On being found guilty the murderers were sentenced to be hanged June S. There) were five of them, and before execu tion all oonfessed guilt. The order of execution was signed by Governor Lane, Before ths Indians were executed Gov ernor Lane resigned and Secretary of ths Territory Prltcbett became acting governor. He requested United States Marshal. Meek to suspend ths sentence, but Meek refused to .do so.