10 THE - OREGON DAILY-' . JOURNAL,' PORTLAND, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1918. ones AW ISDlrTHDZNT KZWSFAm 01 ft. JACKSON .Publisher Published mi sea-, aitetaeeeand morning, -eept Sunday ilurun) tT'b Jouarial BuUd- Inc. Broadway Md JiaUU streeta. Portland. KoWted at the noatof fiea at Portland. Ow for transsniaatofl through the mail as second claaa TLKrHOMK Main TITS; Bom. A-oOSl. All department reached by these Buuben. Tsu um operator what aepartment yow. waw. rOKKIUM ADVEETUJLNO BEFBESBMTATIVB - B ! Kentaor Co.. B ruaswvck Bolldi nc, ' 32 ktfth lf, New Yort. 00 Mailer - Building. Chieago, Babssrtotloa terms by Bull, at to say address la . the United BUtaa of Mexieo: DAILX lsOHMBa OB AFTERNOON) Ob hw..,I.M I On month. .BO BUM DAT Dm mr, $J.0 Ob month. .36 DAO.Z (MOBSLNO OR AFTJCKNOON) AMP BCMPAX One year.. .. . . .ST.B VOna month. Mow e-rery field and eery tree ia in bloom; the wood are now in full leaf, and tba year to in iU highest beauty. VlrcO. HOW MUCH TO PLEDGE A MAN who describes himself as a small farmer writes to ask The Journal a question about -the war monies they are rais ing." He says he is in debt and must raise money for his creditors this fall. He "is trying to do his bit by raising foodstuff," but is too poor to subscribe very heavily for War Savings Stamps. With these facts in mind he asks The Journal whether "the leaders Of the drive have the right to say how much a man must give and make him come through whether he has the money or not?" Of course "the leaders" have no such authority. They do not assume such ' authority. They could enforce orders of that kind only by invoking mob law, against which the government of the United States has set its face sternly. Subscriptions for War Savings Stamps are not "forced loans." They t are absolutely voluntary. The United 1 Slates government believes that it is waging a Just war for the liberty and safety of mankind. In this war i every citizen has an intense personal Interest. If the war is lost all J. that we have and love are lost with lt. If the war is won our property land welfare are made secure from the depredations of the Huns, t Those are the plain facts of the ) case. The United States government I lays the facts candidly before the 4 citizen and asks him, for the sake of his country and his home, to lend his money to support the war. The citizen may refuse to do so. He may hug his dollars .to hts bosom and thus aid and comfort the common enemy of mankind. But If he is a true man whose heart beats In tune with the call of free dom, he will not refuse. He will remember that he is asked for nothing but his money, while the young men from homes all around him are giving their lives. i I He will need no compulsion from t the law. He will need no urging I from - his neighbors. He will pinch , and spare to save a few dollars for ft TTtiaIa Qm In anlf a rt -? oK anf BWMV4V until km oasivu A UOil BJ aiivi J poverty, and lend it thankfully, say- I ing only "Would God it were more. ' T. Jl 1 1 1. J . 1 I' I J , even uie weaiuuesi inuiviuuai can take no more than fiOOO in War Savings Stamps. In Liberty loans some bought as muoh as (50,000 or 1100,000 "or more. But the quota for War Savings is the same as that of . the' third Liberty loan. You can i therefore see how imperative it is I for every individual to go the limit r In pledging purchase of War Stamps m order to meet the quota. AN INDIAN'S RICHES WORTH $200,060, George Harrison, an Indian on what was once the Klamath reservation, has life easy and things in abund ance on his ranches in Klamath and Lake counties, Oregon. Other tribesmen there have ranches and cattle -that total close up to the George Harrison mark. Many of the Indians drive automobiles, buy Lib erty bonds, and do things to help Uncle Sam in the war. The noticeable thing about an auto mobile driving tribesman out there is that he gives you all the road. Long before you are ready to turn out and give him half the highway, he be gins to steer clear of the road and before you have had time to think of dividing the thing up with him, the road is all yours. The manners of the Indian in south Central Oregon eould be studied with profit by many chauffeurs who claim to be more civilized. Oh an excellent country road, you drive most of the lit miles of the distance between Klamath Falls and Lakeview through Indian' country, and much along the way Interests tae, tenderfooL A neatly .kept In dian cemetery reaching from the road over . a v bridge across Sprague river, all out In the edge of a small valley environed by low lying and wooded hills seems surrounded with the ro mance of a passing race. It sym- WHILE WE IT HAS been said that agony or deep distress must be' experienced in order to make a human being well rounded. A bereavement, travail of soul, experiences that strain fortitude mellow the mind. Suffering and sacrifice enable the individual , to have concern for others. Human sympathy and human brotherhood come out of tears. Mew plans and new thoughts for human welfare are being stimulated by the war agonies. Human welfare never had so many exponents and advocates. The spell . will , not quickly pass. This generation will, live under Its effects, and the next will profit from it Take the War Savings Stamps. The primal thought behind them is rescue of the race from pauperism. There is more than the mere raising of the money in the heart of the great warv savings system. There is purpose? for example, to save that condition in New York city in which every seven years one-third of the people' apply for charity. The War Stamp Savings system is so beneficient, so Intelligent, so profitable to average people that it is likely to be made, permanent. Wo shall not continue the sale of Liberty bonds after the war. We will gradually eliminate the war taxes. But the wonderTully fruitful effects of the war savings system will be so patent and its effectiveness in pressing home the movement for thrift among the people will be so apparent that the War Stamp, possibly under another name, Is likely to be made a permanent institution in American finance. In its effects for general welfare, in its instructional value, and in its power to help the little man on the way to Independence it is a perfect exemplification of the cause for which the allied world is fighting, and it ought to pass down into 'the future as one of the permanent insti tutions of this republic. bolizes the happy hunting grounds, the free, roving life now exchanged for the rural cemetery, the automo bile, the mowing machine and the restricted ways of the paleface. Most of the way, the country is hilly and wooded, and the native who is your fellow passenger tells you of mule deer weighing 300 pounds that range free and wild in the neigh boring fastnesses. And you hear of Lost river, which takes its name from the faot that Jt courses sluggishly through many miles of territory only to sink into the earth altogether, ap pearing again, geologists say, in the waters of a distant lake. The . jaunt between Klamath Falls and Lakevlew Is a welcome trip, be cause it is picturesque and different. With a camp outfit, a fishing rod and Lawyer Welch or Andrew Foster of Lakeview to tell you what to' do, no Western Oregon wayfarer astray in that part of the country should leave it off his itinerary. Reports of fires are growing omin ously frequent. One day it is Cle Elum that Buffers. The next day it is Coquille. And so the story goes. It is not necessary to suspect in cendiaries, though they are, of course, not excluded. The dry weather is of Itself sufficient to account for many fires. The -conditions demand extreme caution from everybody. A REASONABLE PEACE T HERE is reason to believe that Spain, and perhaps Holland, under German inspiration, are preparing to offer mediation to the warring nations. They will in tervene, it is expected, to arrange. a reasonable peace." The Prussian foreign minister, Von Kuehlmann, took the trouble to ex plain to the reichstag what a reason able peace means. "Germany wants to live strongly and freely within its historic frontiers. We want over seas possessions corresponding to our wealth and greatness. We want lib erty to carry on our trade through out the world." All these things Germany had be fore she made her onslaught upon Belgium and France. She was living 'strongly and freely within her his toric frontiers," teaching her young men the goosestep and worshiping her kaiser, and nobody thought of interfering with those precious priv ileges. There was not a country in the whole world which so ntuch as dreamed of meddling with Germany's frontiers or her institutions before August, 1914. If they are dreaming of it now Germany has herself to thank for the change. The only question of frontiers before the war concerned Alsace-Lorraine, and that was a French, not a German question. Germany had plenty of possessions overseas before the great raid was undertaken. It had colonies in Africa, concessions in Turkey, Islands in all the seas. If they are now lost whose fault is it? Germany is like the dog in the fable which was cross ing a brook with a big piece of meat in its mouth. Below the bridge it saw the shadow of another dog with another piece of meat. It wanted both pieces." It grabbed at the shadow and the substance fell Into the brook. Germany had complete liberty to "carry on its trade throughout tho world." Every British and American port was open to her - ships. Her banks and marts were established everywhere. Her goods were driv ing England's goods out of England's home markets. The war cannot give Germany more freedom than this. It may give her a good deal less. It bespeaks more or less impudence in Von Kuehlmann to look for the same advantages from a defeat as from a victory. It is feared he is destined to undergo some sharp disappointments. It may be difficult to get a supply or booze in bone dry Portland but it Is not Impossible. The two drunken automobile drivers whom the police arrested the other night managed to fill themselves up In some way. As long as California tolerates the stuff it can seep into Oregon through a thousand secret channels. TURKEY AM) BULGARIA T HE country understands that a declaration of war upon Turkev ana Bulgaria might endanger cer tain schools and other missionary enterprises. , As long as the Turk behaved himself considerations of that svt were weighty. But now DRIVE that he has taken to pillaging the very schools which were the pric? of our inaction further forbearance begins to look like weak indecision. If war is declared on Turkey and Bulgaria it should be a real war. The kaiser's schemes are more vul nerable in that quarter than almost anywhere else. Turkey and Bulgaria are both exhausted. Their loyal sub serviance to Germany's ambition has cost them dear. Their fighting men have been killed off. Famine is at their doors. An allied army might make an easy entrance Into Central Europe by way of the Balkans. Once there it could collect support from the Serbians, the Czecho-Slovaks and the Jugo-Slavs. These peoples are ready to rise in rebeillon'against their Haps burg lord at the rirst appearance of help from the outside. It may be true that the quickest way to break the power of Germany is to kiniUe a backfire in Austrja and the Baixans. Buy War Savings Stamps with your Liberty bond coupons. The money to take up these coupons is lying idle in the banks, and if you do not col lect it, the sum remains idle. If you collect it on the day it is due and at once put it into War Savings Stamps, the government gets the use of it then and there for buying food and munitions for the army and navy; OUT OF BUSINESS C ONTEMPLATE this, as showing some of the difficulties under which dairymen supplying milk io t-oruana are swampea: Mrs. A. Firth conducts a dairy on the Barr road. The rating of her dairy is class 1. She bought a ton of Holstein dairy feed Tuesday. It cost her $41. Two months' ago, a ton of it cost but $34 At the same time she bought a quantity of barley bran at the rate of $77 a ton. It cost her more than would an equal amount of white flour. She pays $75 for soy bean meal. 0 for rolled oats, $85 for oil meal A couple of years ago the price of oil meal was around $38, For milk bottles, Mrs. Firth used 'to pay five cents; now she pays nine. with a slight reduction If purchased by the gross. Bottle caps used to cost $11 to $13 a barrel; they cost $28.50 now. In Ordinary times Mrs. Firth was able to earn about $75 a month for all h,er work on her dairy. Last month she ran behind $95 on her feed bill. The use of the substitute feeds which are new to the cows and new to those who feed the cows, is at tended with- losses. The animals digestive and other processes are dis arranged. The milk flow is greatly diminished for several days. As all dairymen know, the flow so checked never comes back to Its original vol ume. But the substitutes have to be used because the usual feeds are not obtainable. Mrs. Firth figures that milk at her dalpy costs her, at the present prices ror reeds, 9tt cents In the bucket To that the cost of delivery must be added. No work is more slavish. Hours bfore the public is awake, the dairyman is at work. Hours after the public is asleep, the dairyman is still toilingr It will be a sorry day for Portland if the people permit to collapse the splendid system of milk supply that has been built up through long years of publio and private endeavor. Of nine dairymen in Mrs. Firth's district a year ago, all but two have gone out of business. 'Washington admits that our rela tions with Turkey, "are severely strained," though we are not at war with the butchers of Armenia. Naturally If our troops In France should come face to face with the Turks in the kaiser's army they would take their fire without re sistance. How could our men con scientlously shoot people with whom we are at peace? KEEP THE MONEY AT WORK D O YOU think you help the gov. ernment by not cashing the In terest coupons on your Liberty bonds? . Some do. But they are wrong. Their patriotism in not collecting the interest on their bonds Is perfect, but their information is bad; " Money is set aside by the govern ment to. meet each interest payment on the day 1 falls due. If the Lib erty bond holders do jQOt cash their interest coupons, the money so set aside lies inactive waiting to be called for, and Is therefore tied up and out of circulation. It becomes Idle money, slacker money, money not at work. The thing to do i to collect the interest promptly and start the money working. You can do this by buying War Savings Stamps with the money derived from your coupons. That releases the money set aside by tue government for payment of bond in terest, and gives the government im mediate use of it for buying food. clothing, munitions and supplies- for the fighters. Therefore, cash your coupons promptly and, by buying War Stamps, see that the money goes back into the hands of the government imme diately. Kferensky's spectacular aopearance before the London labor party con ference was perhaps more romantic than significant Men who have kept in close touch with Russian affairs do not assign much importance to Kerenskv at present. Events have moved forward and left him stranded. The question was asked, at the party meeting, "whom he represented." No answer appears to have been given. SCHWAB'S SHIP POLICY SHOWN By Carl Smith. Washington Staff Correspondent of The Journal. Washington. June 27. Predictions made after the advent of Charles M. Schwab as director general of construc tion of the Emergency Fleet corporation that steel ships would take the ascen dency in plans for expansion of the gov ernment program are abundantly borne out by testimony given by Mr. Schwab and other officials In bearings on tne sundry civil bill. Energy should be de voted toward the production of addi tional tonnage in steel yards where a trained force exists, said Schwab, his plans calling for the enlargement of every plant that has a well organised force. This expansion, he added, is less needed in the matter of additional ways than in the building of engines, boilers and other ship accessories. Referring to the program of the shipping board for the next year, he said: "Our present plan is to meet the program with steel ships. We do reauire steel ships. wooden ships, as I understand it, would not fill the requirements that are wanted under the program." Touching araln on the construction of eve wooden ships, Mr. Schwab saia ne naa personally made no survey cut under stood that all the wood yards are all "ab solutely employed with all they can do, and are doing very welL" He added that he believes this is wise. Neither Mr. Schwab nor Charles Pies, vice president of the fleet corporation, displayed any enthusiasm over the concrete ship. The former said he regarded it as an experi ment, and Mr. Piex said that the Faitn, the pioneer concrete ship, has serious de fect "We do not want to discredit that ship," he remarked, "but we have no rreat confidence in its design. If we built concrete hulls in unlimited quan titles, we "would develop a hull capacity in excess of our capacity to produce power machinery and accessories to meet the hulls and would mtenere witn our steel and wood program." Mr. Pjea Bald the concrete vessel is less efficient than a steel vessel, and probably will not be a competitor on the return of peace. It is heavier, and has a carrying capacity of 56 per cent, compared with 68 per cent for a steel ship. On the sublect of the wood ship program Mr. Pie testified: "The program is for 556 wooden steamships (by December 31, 1919). That program is easily possible of attainment ; 556 wooden ships can easily be turned out on the ways that we have before the end of 1919. Progress is being made and improvement made in the con dition of the yards, in the condition oi material and boilers and engines. We are being held up now by boilers and en gines, because changes were made in the plans as late as last uctoDer ana iNovem ber. which seriously set back the pro ductlon of these two vital things. We would have at least 40 wooden vessels completed if we had the propelling ma chinery ready to put into tnem. ComDOslte shins have not proved a suc cess, Mr. Plez explained, and the board is glad it did not contract for more of them. ! Out of 18 contracts 12 of the ships are being worked over to replace wood sheathing with steel, practically making them into all-steel vessels. Mr. Pieas said that the difficulties over securing the lumber neded for wooden ships has about ceased, largely because of the adoption of the Daugherty type. The board in tends to dispense with its fir production bureau and southern pine bureau and throw greater responsibility on the ship builders themselves. It Is expected that the production of engines and boilers will catch up with the buUding of hulls in July or August. The expansion of yards will by that time keep close pace with the production of machinery, so there will be little excess. Wooden yards are going ahead of their expected capacity to produce, and will make a close race with boilers and engines. Great eagernes on the part of employ ers to put children back to work for long hours and for night shifts, which were forbidden under the child labor law, has come to light following the five to four declsonot the supreme court that the law is unconstitutional. The department of labor, in a formal statement, says it has received a flood of letters and tele grams, many requesting a reply by wire, asking if the road is now open so "we can work children under 16 full time at night," or whether "we can work them in the mines," and other similar queries. The child labor division of the depart ment of labor ha called its field staff for a conference on the effect of the su preme court decision. Representative Keating of Colorado, a leader In child labor legislation and a member of the labor committee of the house, .says the committee will proceed carefully in the consideration of steps which are to follow In overcoming the five to four decision of the supreme court in nullifying the child labor law. We have had a variety of suggestions since the decision 'was announced," says Mr. Keating, "and some have desired to pro ceed at once with legislation intended to give effect to the desires expressed by congress. However, the better view, a I believe, is to get the very best counsel we can secure before deciding upon the course of action. We have already con ferred with some of the leading experts in the country, and will have other con ferences. We are consulting with such men aa Felix Frankfurter, who assisted in the argument in the supreme court; Professor Pound of Harvard, and many other. If tt shall be found that the best way to proceed is by the submission of a constitutional amendment to the states, we can hardly stop with child labor. There will be a demand to Include a grant of authority for congress, to deal with excessive hours of labor by women and by men I bad introduced a bin for an eight hour W for women after the child labor bin, and X bellev legislation on tbOM linaa should follow the child labor law; Tha committee will go care fully over the whole situation before it take any action, just aa a man In his business affairs would do in any serious matter involving legal Questions.'' Letters From the People CommanicadotM asnt to The Joemal for ewb Beatton in tfaia department ahooM ba writtra oa only on aid of tba paper, ahoold sot azeaad 100 word in lcnth and must ba aifnad by tba writer, wboaa mail addraaa in fall must aecoanpaay tba contribution. Asks More Light on Wool Portland, June 19. To the Editor of The Journal In our hotel lobby Monday evening the talk of a group of us turned to an article appearing in The Sunday Journal under the heading, "Hot Shots Poured Into Shoddy Makers; Want Name Changed," by Mr. Coopey. I took the side with the writer of that article, thinking it right that the purchasers of clothing should know what they were buying and that it would be a good thing for everybody concerned, as it would help the farmers and sheep own ing people. One man, who had over heard' our talk, a stranger to me and one who appeared to be well posted In the clothmaking business, said that it was Just such articles as the one we were speaking of that were injuring the city and the woolen industry of the state, and he thought it had its effect upon the government and some of the contracts that were awarded. As an illustration, he cited the case of a few weeks ago, when, in allotting- the wool for different districts, the government allowed Oregon only 1.000,000 pounds of Oregon wool to supply all her woolen mills, and he said that the woolen mill managers said they required 14,000,000 pounds of Oregon wool ; so he certainty thought that articles such as the one referred to were somewhat responsible for the government's discriminating against Portland 'and Oregon. But, he said, some people liked to be. klckera One thing we all agreed upon was the need of more manufacturing insti tutions in and around our city. As a native son, I have a special Interest in this, and, not wishing to see anything occur that would retard this object. I decided to write and ask your readers to consider whether selling cloths for what they are would be injurious to this branch of the industry, or would it be better to let things go along as tney are, everyone selling as his conscience would let him? I, for one, would like to hear what your readers and the government wool commissioner, recently appointed, think of this. Knowing that The Journal is always pushing everything along a pro gressive line, I 'Would appreciate their publishing this. J. A. ' The Hearst Publications Woodland, Wash., June 19. To the Editor of The JournaV-Will you kindly publish the names of the papers and magazines owned by William R. Hearst and did he ever own an interest in The Oregon Journal? A SUBSCRIBER. (Chicago Herald-Examiner: Chicaaa Aaurt can : New York American ; New York Journal ; Bo ton American; Boston Transcript; Atlanta Georgian; Loe Angela Examiner; San. Franciaco Examiner. Hearst magazine are: Cosmopolitan. Motor Boating. Puck. Harper's Bazaar. Good Housekeeping. Motor, and Hearst's. William H. Hearst baa neyer had. directly or Indirectly, any interest in The Oregon Daily Journal. J Largest Shipbuilding Company Portland, June 20. To the Edltbr of The Journal Please inform me which is the largest shipbuilding corporation in the world ; also in the United States, and how does the Foundation company of Portland rank in sixe. ( MRS. SWEENEY. I The Emergency Fleet corporation, owned and operated by the United Statea goTernment, is the largest shipbuilding corporation In tba world and. of eoune. in the United State. It operates the largest indiridual shipbuilding plant in the world the Hog Island yards. President Franklin Remington assert that the Foundation company, operating eight yards on wood and steel con struction, is the largext firm of wood shipbuilders in the United States and in the world. As far as can be ascertained, the Foundation company ranks next after, though far below, the Emer gency Fleet corporation. J BUY W. S. 8. - PERSONAL MENTION Inland Empire Farmers Rejoice R. L. Leslie, business man of Spo kane, who is a Portland visitor, says farmers in the Inland Empire are all wearing broad smiles as a result of heavy rains last Sunday which Insure a big wheat crop. "Prospects were never brighter," says Mr. Leslie. Mr Leslie is registered at the Portland. Fires May Delay War Work Forest fires In the Coos Bay country may result in heavy damage to timber there and may delay government work. in the opinion of A. H. Powers of Marshfield, who has been in Portland this week attending sessions of the fed eral court, where he has been a wit ness in the Erdtmann case. Mr. Powers hurried back to Marshfield this morn ing to look after his extensive Inter ests there and to take charge of the fire fighting-should his plant at Powers be threatened. Private advices received by Mr. Powers did not indicate that his property has suffered from the fires as yet. but; he believes it is possible he may lose through the ravages of the flames. a a a W. F. McGregor, a lumberman and banker of Astoria, is registered at the Imperial, while looking after business in Portland this week. Lieutenant and Mrs. R. M. Stearns of Medford are at the Imperial. Lieutenant Stearns is on his way to France. C. W. Van Busklrk and Joe Ruble of Amity are guests at the New Perkins for a few days. Colonel W. E. Ellis of the coast artil lery corps, stationed at Fort Stevens, is registered at the Portland. Henry P. Lohn. a stockman of Hepp- ner. is registered at the Multnomah. Alvin M. Sandets of Spokane, who is In Portland on a brief business trip is registered at the New Perkins. t L. L. Hughes and J. C. Badger of the United States navy, stationed at Brem erton, are registered at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Shaw of Yakima, Wash., are spending the week In Port land. They are registered at the Oregon. John Waters of Astoria is at the Multnomah for a few days while in Portland on a business and pleasure trip. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Wheeler of Ta- coma are among the guests registered at the Portland. W. R Armil, J. Leslie Bell and W. E. Underwood of Calgary, business men of the Canadian city, are at the Benson. R. J. Trigg, a cattleman of Grass Range, Mont la In Portland looking into the market situation nere. William T. Williams of Grang-eville, a farmer of Central Idaho, is registered at the Portland for a few days. S. B. Crouch of Roseburg is among the guests at the Oregon this week. C. G. Hedges or , The Dalies is reg istered at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Metx of New York city are guests at the Benson. J. E. Sinclair, a prominent business man of Oakland. CaL. is In Portland for a week's visit. He la registered at the Benson. M. C. Davis of Wallowa is registered at the New Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sheffield of Boise. Idaho, are at tne canton. A. F. Beat of Camas, Wash-, Is at the Washington. . .- J. B. Calderwaad of Chehalla, Wash- is at the Cornelius.- --;-. - - John R. Edgar of Hood River is at the COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE Be a -sticker." Today is the day to go 'over the top." Speed sales. up the War Savings Stamps Once again may we suggest : "Go the limit for War Savings Stamps." Belgium is extended further credit Belgium is entitled to unlimited credit. There are 2000 Turks in Persia. Sug gest sending some U. 8. marines to Persia along about Thanksgiving tuna The Austrian defeat has caused nro- fotind depression- in Vienna, according to the news. And well it may, say we. Irkutsk Is taker? Sr Csacho-Slav troops, say the dispatches, and Irkutsk sounds as though there might be a kick in it. Private frank $ Innart'of Chicstaro. who took five officers and 78 German privates as his prisoners, is entitled to a night's rood aleeD after a fairlv buav day. War Saving's Stamne Will Soon SuddIv wuung opienaia soldiers witn Shipi Shoes, Weapons, Socks, Shirts. Why Spend Salary Without Securing Some war bavtngs Stamps? JOURNAL MAN ABROAD By Fred f His first ride in an airoUne Is described by Mr. Lockley. Aa to which nothing mora need be said. " The story, as told, mikes the ride speak for itself. Somewhere in France. Recently I was staying over night at a camp south of here on the main highroad to the Spanish border. Sunrise found me on the road afoot, en route to a large French and American aviation camp. The beauty of France Is a constant joy and delight. There Is nothing new or raw or crude to offend the eye. The old stone walls are studies in harmony. with their softly blending tints of gray and yellow, of soft brown and dull red. They are living colors, for the reds and browns and yellows are lichens and mosses that have softened and beautified the roughly shaped rocks of which the walls are built. Ivy climbs over the barns and stables and makes them bowers of living green. The thatched houses by the wayside are weathered to harmonious, golden Drowns. Through the open doorway you can catch the dull gleam of polished brass and copper In the kitchen, where the pans and kettles hang In orderly array. a a a I paused on a rustic bridge to look at the slow moving stream below, that creeps leisurely toward the not-far-distant sea, A rowbo.-.t is tied to the shore. Across the seat is a huge bou quet of freshly gathered waterllllea A woman Is kneeling by the stream, and with a paddle Is beating the dirt out of her husband's shirt. On the op posite side of the stream Is an old man starting a fire in a small , collapsible Iron stove. Beside him Is the dogcart In which he Is traveling about the country, while his two dogs, the motive power for his cart, are eagerly watching preparations for the meal. Just beyond the bridge Is a small stone church with Its stone tower. In which hangs the churchbell. It is hard to realize that France is at war and that less than a quarter of a mile away hundreds of young men are astir, ready to start their day's work of learning aerial gun nery and flying.' As I walk le'surely along a camion picks me up and takes me to the avia tion gtounds. Walking down the long row of hangars, or airdromes, I pass scores of machines of many types. I have made a date with a French pilot to be here at 7 a. m. I find by consult ing my wrist watch that I am three minutes ahead of time. Prompt to the minute the pilot appears. He greets me with a smile and a bow, and tells me by gesture that the machine will be ready at once. At his nod the at tendants wheel out his machine. He looks at my hat, shakes his head and tells his mechanic to secure a helmet for me. Meanwhile he goes to his locker, gets a tight' fitting helmet for himself and brings me his own helmet. It Is of cork and leather. He fits It upon my fiead, fastens down the ear muffs, adjusts the chin strap and mo tions me to step up into the machine runner's seat, which Is in the front of the machine and directly In front of his seat a a His assistant gives the propeller a whirl and as it gathers speed we move slowly and smoothly along the ground against the wind. I decide to notice when we leave the ground, but when I look down the ground Is rapidly falling away from us and I realize that we are in the air. The propeller blades, like some gigantic electric fan, are blowing the fur of his collar till the hair of the collar dances more rapidly than the glint of moonlight on the waves. There Is absolutely no sensa HOW TO BE HEALTHY By Dr. Woods Hutchinson, Former Portland Physician "LIBERTY" MEASLES. The word "German," attached to anything, from banks to microbes, has suddenly be come "Infra dig," the latest thing to suddenly take out naturalization papers, though long resident In this country, being the German measles, which, not content with changing nationalities, baa also changed Its name and now comes proudly forth as the "Liberty" measlea Though this disease has changed Us name, It has not changed Its character istics in the slightest, and is Just the same eminently uncomfortable and Irri tating malady as before. However, there is one . thing to be thankful for concerning the Liberty type of measles, and that Is they are not nearly so likely to be followed by other infections as are the plain, unvarnished variety. They are really two separate diseases, although the outward symptoms are similar. In the -pi" measles, small eruptions in the mouth and Inner Bides of the lips are the first to appear, fol lowed by a general outbreak over the upper part of the body, beginning on the face and neck, and gradually work ing downwards. The Liberty measles, however, do not have any eruptions in Multnomah while spending a few days visiting in Portland. , B. Williams of Cascade Locks ,1s reg istered at thaPortland. C. M." Ennis, a well-known wheat farmer of the Walla Walla district, is registered at the Imperial. --- ron Bass, manager of the Frye hotel in Seattle, is at the Imperial. Mr. Bass is motoring from Seattle to Salem. Mr. and Mrs. James Peterson of To ledo, Or., are guests at the Carlton. O. A. Lindsey. a business man of Spokane, is among guests registered at the Nortonla. Paul Wllbitt of Camas, Wash., Is in Portland on a business trip. He la reg istered at the Washington. Mr. and Mrs. C A. Smith of Wendllng are guests at the Carlton. ' 3. Schuff of Castlerocki Wash, la reg istered at the Washington. BUY W. .. The High Cost . Frota the Boston Herald The advocates of drugleas medicine are finding their best argument m the market, - - -: -.." .... -. , . -4 NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS The logging industry Is fast assuming large proportions in the northern Curry and southern Coos districts. Coming south from Bandon the traveler meets a continual string of auto trucks and wagons loaded with rived cedar, princi pally. An airplane Is now being built In Eu gene. It is to be a monoplane of a new model and is being built here by J. N. Settle and M. S. Borke. who have built four successful machines of a slightly different model during the past few years, says the Eugene Register. Hereafter farmers or wood dealers will not be allowed to stack their cord wood on the main highways of Lane mimtT. The county court made an order prohibiting such practice for the reason that in many instances the wood so stacked has been a menace to publio travel. a A inU tvMinrt rainbow trout on a No. 14 fly Is the remarkable catch made by TTt-H V Riimhnm at Rnrinr creek OB the Klamath reservation recently. The fish was landed in 28 minutes from the time he was hooked. While this is by nh means the larrest trout hooked in these waters, it is the largest fish se cured on so small a hook. Lockley tion of rising, though from the speed with which the world Is dropping away from us I know we Ke climbing high and fast. Up, up. upXwe soar, a then we pause and hover over one spot, as we often bee a hawk poise be fore darting down to catch a field squir rel. The pilot touches my arm and with a radiant smile sweeps his arm In a wide circle. Far away, wrapped In purple blue haze, are the Pyrenees. To westward a green blue expanse shows where the Atlantic lies. Nearby Is a lake. Directly below us are scores of long wooden barracks. To the left are the mushroom-like hangars, the homes of the airplanes. The stone walls seem like chalkmarks across fields of vivid green. The roads are gray ribbons. He swings upwaro In long spirals till the fields of wheat look like tiny green handkerchiefs. The roads are gray pencil marks. The barracks look like dominoes and the hangars Uke calling cards. We go through the edge of cloud and aa we do so there is a whir as though a bevy of quail was in flight. and like a silver swallow a Nleuport machine flashes out of the cloud be Bide us and wings its exultant way up ward. Far below us, along the lake ahore, we can see the translucent clouds rolllnr alone. Far in the distance. like sheen nasturlna on the far-off hills, other clouds are rolling lazily. I poln to the lake to Indicate the beauty o it. as it lies gleaming and glimmering like an opal on a green velvet mantle He nods, and like a swallow we dart forward toward the lake. The wind gets under my eyelids till I have to nearly close my eyes. It roars like the blast of a furnace, till I have to press my fingers into my ears. Soon we are poised above the lake. I point to the beauty of the ocean, some miles distant. He smiles and nods and with a swift turn we are headed toward the sea. Soon I am looking down to where, far below, the surf looks like an edging of lace on the foam-wet. golden shore. I am afraid to point toward the beauty of the violet-blue Pyrenees, for fear he will nod his head and start for -he Spanish border. I try to show my appreciation of his machine and of his skill. He smiles with pride and pleasure and says In , French. "I will show you what it can do." He throws a lever and we dive toward the earth. We are over a pine forest. From plush the forest turns to trees. Down, down we go, and a few hundred fee.t from the earth we glide along on the level and then again start climbing. He turns the machine around In its own length. We are at a angle of more than 45 degrees. Then he reverses, and each time I reward him with a smile he shows me some new stunt. Soon he straightens out for a straight away dash. To see the world flash by beneath one is like watching a school globe revolved rapidly. a a I look at my watch. We have been In the air 30 minutes. We have traveled probably 40 or 45 milea As I see the eartlr-rlslng to meet us I feel profoundly sorry for the poor earth-bound mortals who must creep snail-like along by auto at only 40 or 6o miles an hour, or for the poor earthworms who must walk. We swoop down like some huge seagull and alight as lightly and grace fully. Will I go up again? I should ay I would, every chance I get. I already have the promise of a flight in a hydro plane. I take to the flying game as' a wild duck takes to the water. It Is the sport of kings and the king of sports. side the mouth, and the rash is a good deal lighter, both in severity and in color. In either type, the rash lasts Intermittently for about a week, and then clears up. With .the Liberty measles, that's all there is to It, but with the ordinary species, there Is an all too great likelihood ' of some kind of a "backfire" In the shape of pneumonia, mastoiditis, tuberculosis or some other Infectious temple of rJagon which this microbe Samson will pull over upon Its conqueror. The reason for this is that ordinary measles are a good deal more severe than Liberty measles, and, on an aver age, will last slightly longer, thereby leaving the patient in a more run down condition. Also, the measles are quite likely to stir up any latent infections in the system, which generally appear two to six weeks later. Pneumonia and the other diseases, not having the slightest idea of fair play, nor the slightest belief in the theory of not hit ting anyone when he is down, regard this as a fine chance to climb in and make trouble, and they do so with a vengeance. Tomorrow: Liberty Measles (No. t.) . Journal Journeys A Scenic Spot Overlooking the Colum bia River la Restful. Oregon has such a variety of scenic and recreational advantages that at times we are apt to overlook our nearby resorts. Along the Columbia river there are a score or more. One of these that is becoming Increasingly popular is the "Eyrie" on the bluffs near Underwood and across the river from Hood River. A wonderful view of 'the Hood river valley and the Columbia river Is to be had here. For further information re garding routes, rates of fare, time schedules and other details, call en or address "Free Information and Travel Bureau, Dorsey B. Smith, manager. The Journal buildlnr. Portland. Or." wv w. a. a. Suffering Is Still Cheap ,. Frets the Chicago Sew - Cucumbers are stDl high, -: trot - there are other aches within the reach of all. Ragtag: and Bobtail Stories From Everywhere The Modern War "HE conversation In the lobby of -.."..fcw,. uvwi remraw iu ue subject of modern methods, when this wine story along that line, says the PhilaBelDhia Telesrranh. vnfrisntwi by Congressman Claude Kitchin of North Carolina: Some time ago a young man be came enamored of a beautiful girl, and -after a courtship of a few months he mustered sufficient courage to tell her -of his great love. Tonight," said he as he sat one - evening in the alluring gloom of the veranda. "I am going to your father and ask for your hand In marriage." "That Is very fine Harry, the pretty one replied, "but don't be so old-fashioned." "Old-fashioned.' returned the lover. thoughtfully, -I don't quite understand." "Don't ask him." was the prompt ex planation of the girl. "S-s"- .Mm." Logical "There is something funny about that bill." "Naturally. It has a Joker in It" This Is Just Awful "I have come here." said the angry man to the superintendent of the street car line, a the New York Times- tells the tale, "to get justice Justice, elr. Yesterday, as my wife was getting off one of your cars the conductor stepped on her dress and tore a yard of frilling off the skirt." The superintendent remained cool. "Well, sir." he said, "I don't know that , we are to blame for that What do you expect us to do? Get her a new dress? "No. sir : I do not Intend to let you off so easily as that What I propose to have you do." he said, "Is to match thli silk." Efficiency till Death "Scientific management or effi ciency." said Victor Berger in a polit ical address In Milwaukee, aa related by the Washington Star, "can be car ried too far. Some employers carry It beyond the bounds of decency. In fact, they go crazy over It I heard of an employer recently who lost bla wife. The man was a scientific man agement crank, and at' his poor wife's funeral, when the six pallbearers stepped forward to take up the coffin, he held up his hand and yelled in aa loud voice that rolled like thunder through thj church : " 'Hold on, there ! Two of ye step back ! Four's enough for that Job !' " Safety First "You make It a rule never to smoke when filling your car with gasoline." "Yes," declared Mr. Chugglna. "When I buy gasoline I can't afford tt smoke." Captain Ian Hay's Fate Captain Ian Hay, on one of his war lecture tours, says London Opinion, en tered a barber's shop In a small town to have his hair cut "Stranger in the town, sir?" the bar ber asked. "Yes. I am." Ian Hay replied. "Any. thing going on here tonight?" "There's a war lecture by an English fighter named Hay," said the barber; "but If you go. you'll have to stand, for every seat in the hall is sold out." "Well, now." said Ian Hay, "Isn't that provoking? It's always my luck to have to stand when that chap Hay lectures." Those Dear Girls Again Miss Muddle Do you kriow anything that Is really good to preserve the complexion? Miss Knox Why, dear? Are you interested in somebody who haj one? The Trouble of a D. D. S. The dentist has his troubles, says the Youngstown Telegram. After working on a woman who had an extravagant coiffure to impede his progress and handicap his manipulations. Dr. Pull em (right name withheld by advertising de partment) sighed his relief and motioned for her to arise. The woman pulled herself together, looked Into a mirror, and then again seated herself in the chair. "I am all through with your teeth," the dentist told her. "I know," the woman answered, "but aren't you going to fix up my hair?" A Strong Argument "You are sewing on Sunday." "Yes." replied the energetic woman. "For soldiers. I understand that the Prussians don't quit fighting on Sun day." The Troop Trains A sound like the gathering thunder A roar in the silent dark, A flash, a rattle and silenee. Then out in the distance Harkt I tt a whistle, or portent That called ns from sleep when it blew I Be quirt, my heart, and listen To a troop train going through t This la ao royal deception. This is no empty boast, Id-n and ready for action They're pounding from coast to coast. The linaa are clear for their passage. We're routing them oer to you. Ten millions rvady, O kaiser! Our troop train an go through. ' An rager young faoe at earn window Watrhing the land slide by The land of their birth and loving. The faith for which they'll die. Btmng and stern those faces. But merry, ardent and trnel God grant them a safe returning. But first spaed the troop trains through ! Quiacy Qermaine of Tba ViguaDte. L'ncie Jeff Snow Saya: There'll be plenty of land for the soldier beys when they git back home, even If the railroad is all staked off and barred from .'em like millions of other acres is. God Almighty made the land fer use, an' them boys'll most likely 'be told how to use It by somebody that knows. The land speculators may run a bluff on 'em and drive 'em into the cities to bunch up like sheep in a snowstorm : and then agin, there may be somethtn more'n a bluff run on the land specu- Olden Oreeon Building of Ships Began Early With Oregon Pioneers. Shipbuilding yia an early industry In Oregon. Among the first sailing ves sels put together or built were the Lolly at Astoria, the Vancouver at Vancou ver, the Star of Oregon at Swan island and Oregon City, and the Wave and Pioneer on the lower Columbia. A schooner rigged canoe, the "Cala pooyab." was also built at an early day and used for transporting passengers and freight on the lower Columbia. The first river steamer built was a side wheeler, 90 feet long, built at Upper Astoria by General Adair and others. It made its first trip in 1850. The ma chinery was afterward placed In the Fashion. The aidewheeter Lot Whit comb waa bunt at Mllwaukle and launcuwa wnrwunaa, ieeu. -' This was a substantial vessel of too tons. Its keel was ISO feet long, made out of a single stick of Oregon fir. The steamer was placed on the Astoria route until ItSS, when it was transferred to the Sacramento river, making the ocean voyage without accident. J. C. Alns worth waa the first . captain of the steamer and Jacob Kamm waa the first engineer. These two men were prom inent factors In early transportation.