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THE - OREGON DAILY-' . JOURNAL,' PORTLAND, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1918.
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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.