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MR. LANSING EXPLAINS
S'
PEAK1XQ for the president andl
uis country some nine au. ocv
retary Lansing declared that the
united States wotlld stand for
tiiS liberties of thti Cxecho-Slotais
J and the Jua-o-Slavs. . Both these peo
s pies are of Slavie lineage. They hate
lon beeii oppressed by the termln-
. out fiotis of Hap6bur-
Mr; Li hsi fig's v orda seemed clear
'.. enough for ordinary people. But cer
tain German and Austrian emissaries
ere able to distort their meaning
And turn them Into propaganda for
th autocrats.
. , 5lr. Lansing now stops their mouths
i restating his position and that
, 6f the United States. "All bfaticHes
of the. Slav race must be completely
freed from Oerrriatu and Austrian
rule"." These are His Vvdrds.
it Is hardly likely that eteri a
liapsbufg can mistake XM meaning
tt that sentence, but the matter can
hot be made too plain. It should be
understood throughout central Europe
; that t&e United States means to keep
' bfl fighting until tha UVIri kaisers
kr shorn ot thlir powei for evil.
Kfr.' LanslngV explanation will
. strengthen the arms ef the Bohemians
,Md JUgb-Stavs ivhb Ir straining
it their chains, it should not bd
' vlofi .tlntil they , became fighters In
the armies 6t freedom.
Sehooi ,'dlstrlet No. 7 in bougies
county has accounted for 140,173
Worth -of. War Stamps. Of the
amount, $16,935 has been sold' and
123.340 Is pledged. What a world
!bf patriotism has been exhibited,
what a lesson in thrift" has been
'spread among the pupils of ttut
tthool district!
A PATRtdtEER
w
itAVfc bur patrioteers as well
I :eur "profiteers." They are
the same. stripe.
tb coin dividends out of patriotism
P-cailed. Thre is the Oregonian.
I For cash register : reasons that
naner seeks in sOme roundabout wav
b ally the publisher of The Journal
hth Mr. Hearst; It' Insinuates that
fr. Hearst it dll6yil, and. that his
ewsfeaDert are d stbtai. The Journal
lioids DO .:W f e Mr. Hearst. He
r a able id defe-hd htmseif.
s The ; Oregonian has a very close
Business connection with Mr. Hearst.
h4 Oregbhlan and Mr. Hearst are
Aembers of the' AssociatM
MMIearst hbifis memberships in that
knlnAikltnk' In . DlL.ii n.ll
wnuuwuuu iu lien jura,, , DOSIOU)
Washington, Chicago, Atlanta Sart
'FraadlseOt. "Los Angeles' and other
places. , He holds more memberships
lfl the, ' Assoclited Press than does
- iny other newspaper man in Amriiu
, r: Yel, holding thli Intimate rela-
r Hon, with Mr. Hearst the Oregonian
Is trying to hold Mr. Hearst ud as
ari-'ally- of the publisher of The
Journal. There is your "patrloteer.
There. Is tour oudfit that tiles to
- mike money Out of its so-called
' palfloliih). It 19 i brand of propi-
gandA u dilhonest ad German prop
gand.
, , Another "patrioteering" enterprise
Of " thi XJregbhlan is its propaganda
, llilnst the International News Serv
iced thb managing head of that
service rs Fred Wilson, formerly ft
newipiper" V6rkef In Portland. Just
as hi is lfl the Associated Press, Mr.
Hearst Is heivUy interested In the
International Newt Service. He Is,
in fact the chief stockholder.
But more than soo newspapers in
AtnericA , are served by the Inter
nitionil kefyicAV T&ey ari ill loyal
uphdlderi of ' the ; war, All helping
hold the line at home and strengthen
the -lini Abroidi
. Ohd ' Of thes - newspapers Is , The
Journal. : That ts lEe only eonneo-
, tiod. direct bt Indirect, that The
Journal - tir , Its publisher has with
Mr.' Heirat: - : -vv.
The lalefhitlonil Jwr srvifee has
peeJai.eortesflonaehtl on every battle
fron ln Europe y li lj one of the
strong news Organizations of America.
Now, slnde H . .fcliiml . that Mr.
Hearst's connection With thi Inter
, HI , IH 11 II I y I
fittiaaii rfews service taints that or-
SanizAtiorr, is the Oregonian tiQt
ritel. W hold that Mr. HeArsf
iiti prominent connection witft the
AkMtlim Press ifcrvlee Ulntt Hut
ofginltitldtt Ateof
HER MESSAGE FROM FRANCE
r
T IS a message from France.
HetenG. Stewart, librarian it
Vlctofla, flfitlsli CdlUhibia, brtiuilit
it. She served 15 months in a
canteen, distributing soup, coffee and
like refreshments to French soldiers
en route to and from the battle
front. She returned home year ago,
because she had no more money of
her own with which to ' pay her
expenses and contribute to the can-
teed service.
At the University club yesterday,
Miss, Stewart delivered her message,
and a roomfull of people lived an
hour of absorbing, gripping spell
diiHiig its delivery.
It was ft different kind Of word
picture of thlfigs ovr there. The
appalling and the terrible were omit
ted. Littie incidents, quiet details
Of small affairs in that world well
-ffeaclt of the front, were recounted
with a deftness and artistry that
stole intd every heart and touched
every soul
When you hear Miss Stewart's mes
sage, with its gentle description of
the wrecks of bruised hdmahlty you
think littie of any sacrifice you have
made in this war. The pity, the
pathos t it all, the heroism of those
who come home wounded and go
back to the front for other wounds,
and then the devdtioh and the sacri
fices of women and old men who are
sustaining and supporting the great
cause of free France behind the line
and out lh the back country whera
the shrapnel has hot yet fallen, then
you realize that there is a divineness
in mankind, a sublime heart in
humanity.
No message from the other shore,
no picture of the bruised and bleed
ing French is more moving, or more
worthy of display before every-aud'-
enee in Anierica.
There is not much mystery about
what the Germans are trying to do
on tne western front. They are
trying to "mobilize" the war. By
Heir repeated attacks here" and there
they expect not so much to break
through as to get away from trench
warfare Jtftd bring about a decision
n the bpeti field. At the same time
they are naturally not unwilling to
break through if they can. All the
reports we get of the iiiteritioris of
the war lords emphasize their desire
to restore "mobile" fighting. When
Our men get across in sufficient iium
bers no doubt their desire will be
gratified, but the chances are that
most of the mobility will be in the
direction of the Rhine and Berlin.
StX CENTS
T
HE prospect of a six cent fare
by gdvernment Order oh all the
street railways of the country
has its bright side for Portlahd-
ers. Misery proverbially loves com
pany. The .purpose Ofthe six cent
regulation will be "to- maintain .e
financial condition of the companies.
"Maintaining the financial condition
of the companies" is a soothing, lin
guistic substitute for "dividends on
watered stock." If the street railways
had been honestly managed for tha
last 25 years they would not be so
pc3tered with the burden of dividends
representing nd Investment and thev
would not be so hampered by the
ill-will of the plundered public.
Whatever he undertakes to do he
does thoroughly, and former Gov
ernor west, on a special mission
for the American shipping board to
curops iu connection witn war
work, will deliver the goods. His
energy, nis intelligence, and his
steadfast purpose make him an
effective Instrument in any service.
"TOM SAWYER' IN SCHOOLS
A
WEEKLY magazine which take?
a particular Interest in schools
and education, announces with
a complacent air that an edition
of Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer" has
been published for use in the class
room. We read the item with mis
glvings.
No doubt school room study con
fers upon an author a certain sort
of fame. Such fame may be desired
by authors' souls secure in delestia
glory. But to earthly, vision it looks
wan and arid.
But we question whether even irt
nis aiscarnate state Mark Twaid
wodld prefer the dessicated renowrt
of a pedagogic idol to the Joyful love
of living irien. We have all liked
Mark Twain because he was humor
ous ana sarcastic and tender. He is
now to join the awful choir of the
learned, or at least of those who
make others learned against their
will.
The chinees are thit he will suffof
the dismal fate of Shakespeare and
Sir Walter Scott. The school room
will all his pages incarnadine. Noth
iug ca eer restore ineir sunny
oioom.
For that Is What schdol unhappily
does to authors and studies of every
description, it rubs off their bloom
It destroys their wonder. It profanes
tneir mystery, . it desecrates their
holy places With pert ftnd shallow
familiarity. Whd eve willingly reads
i book lh his later life that he was
forced to "analyze" and parse ftnd dts
sect at school? -
It is noteworthy that complaints of
thi decay of literary standards have
grown more humeFoUs iWbitiersihco
great autorft began to be "edited .f6r
school room use" and dished tip in
classes. Our Stiikesjearean actdrs
play to empty theatres since "Hamlet
won a place in respectable curricula;
If there were some way to toersuad9
pedagogues to affix a bah and Ana
thema to "Tom Sawyer. if Its read
ing could be penlliied severely. Then
we "should feel that Mark Twain's
place Ifl the hearts of men wis secure
ahd that he would continue to be
source of joy and Inspirations.
-i i n It n i - - I- f
Our police authorities were truly
inspired when they bethought them
selves of turning over whiskey fines
for the benefit of Belgium's babies
We are tempted to go "on 4 spree
for the sake of the CaUse. Surely
one's sense of guilt in breaking the
bone dry law must b6 mitigated by
the thought that th $ penalty he pays
Mvill serve a purpose so Unblemished.
Talk of beating iwordi Intd mow-
shares and bringing good Out of
evil, was ever a neitef "job lh that
line done than wHeh Jtidge Rossrtlan
turned a 915 whiskey fine Into the
Belgian milk bottle!
THE LAST FRONTIER
HARLES MERRlck; then the wide
C
ly popular pbslmastef of Port
land, died Id ft swimming tihk
several years ago, at Lakeview,
Oregori.
The water with which the tank is
supplied comes out of the ground hot.
so hot that it Is hot conducted di
rectly into the pool, but Is conveyed
in an open trough for some distance
to give it a chance to coot.
An excursion of Portland business
men was In Lakeview, ahd Postmas
ter Merrick, with others, was bathing
in the boot. The tell bd that flo
one seemed to bo paying attention
when Mr. Merrick J dmped into fhe
tank id the deepest part, where his
body was found with life ettihet
a Jew moments later. . Three doctors
were in the pirty at the bath, but
medical skill could do nothing to
repair the damage that nature had
wTought. Joy ahd cheer"' went out
of the party after that, and the
home coming of an excursion still
talked about in Lakeview was sad
dened and subdued.
Lakeview has A population bf 1800,
It is ode of the outposts bf Oregori.
You know when you reibh it aftei
an auto ride of lit miles from" Klarn
ath Falls or of 190 miles froth Bind
that you are on the frontier.
You are then but 15 hllles frbhi
the California line and booze, thoUgh
the adjoining California county hip-,
pens to be dry. There is, however,
just over the California line ft place
where some Lakeviewites go to din
ner when they want to, and by pro
cesses wholly within the law, have
any brand of lubrication desired
with the meal
East of Lakeview is ft place called
Plush, which is described as a spot
where the most reekless of the fron
tlersmeh occasionally gather. Over
the California line there, it is ex
plained, every ranchman, alive, to the
requirements of the vicinity, has
"saioon" prominently displayed on
some portion of his ranch house,
and with a plentiful supply of
chained lightning within. Just the
same. Plush went oVer the top in
the War Stamp and other drives
Lakeview has a court house, high
school, grammar schbbfs, churches,
the Reno railroad and Dr. Bernard
Daly. The railroad is a harrow
gauge extending to Reno, Nevada, 240
miles, and is Lake county's only rail
connection with the outside world.
Arriving in Lakeview 31 years ago
as a hewiy-graduated physician. Ber
nard Daly began the practice of his
profession, in time established a bank
along with the neryford brothers and
Marino Miller) and later on became
a lawyer and a circuit judge. He
has accumulated ft very large prop
erty, and has won a high place In
the confidence and esteem of the
people of the county.
Dr. Daly is a leader In most of the
war activities, and almost every
citizen Is an officer or private in a
grand army that keeps the home
fires bufning.
A service flag recently dedicated
there with in address delivered- by
Mrs. Late Conn, carries 185 stars
and does not represent the full quota
of men sent to the army and navy
by Lake county. In the third Lib
erty loan the county oversubscribed
its quota nearly 400 per cent, and
Lakeview was one of the places that
tied with a number of other places
for the honor flag.
The world ii indebted to Lakeview4
for the gift to it of 'George W.
Joseph, the well known Portland
lawyer, ahd fdrnier state senator,
They still tell you of a- good many
capers that, As b.uccaroo and Other
wise, young Joseph used to cut in
that country, all, of course, respec
table, due to his connection with the
family in which E. W. Joseph,
Lakeview pioneer, is the head.
Old time settlers in the .city and
vicinity werft F4 P. Larie, grandson
of General Joe Line and cousin of
the late Senator Harry Lane, and
C. U. Snider, the latter of whom was
the father of Warner Snider, the ef
fectiTe sheriff of the county for the
past eight years, W. pM J. d. and
Henry Heryfbrd, itockriieh ftnd bank
ers, A. Mcoftiien, founder of the
bink of Lakeview, the First National
of Lftkevlew, fthd president of the
First National of Ashland, also fath
er-in-Iaw of L. L. Mulit, a Portland
banker.
Other well known Lakeview names
ire Henry Lehmann, Thomas Wing
field, father of George WIngfield,
Vvho left Lakeview not many yea
ago . and became ft multi-millionaire
n the TonopaK mining . district, id
Nevada, Henry Klippel, widely known
Oregon pioneer, Mn Mickle falhe
of the ; present dairy And food com
missioner, Charles Cogswell, lawyer
and Well Inown state senator, G. C.
and Lafayette Cannon,' Cobb Henkle
arid John Simmons. -
The signs ef the times indicate a
rapproachement between LatiaAmer
Ica And the United SUtes. President
Wilson's determined policy of concil
iation has at last won the confidence
of our sister republios and they
manifest a willingness to join with
us In efforts for the common good.
This is a long and important step
toward a league of nations.
SOLDIER LAND
ACT URGED
fey. Carl Smith, Washington Stair
Correspondent Of The Journal
Washington, Juna IS. Because of a
provision In the sundry civil bill
aianUn 1100.000 for investigations
of hew reclamation projects. Representa
tive Binnott of Oregon was moved to
A second speech on the floor ef the
house In support of Immediate action
toward thft preparation 01 lano xor n
dieri returning: At the close of the War.
?Mr An earlier Speech he , had taken
or his text the letter ' of Secretary
Lab to the president, suggesting thAt
A comprehensive plAtt worked but
for reclaiming Arid, swamp and cut-over
lahda. Iri the later ipeech ihfc Oregon
congressman declared that bo rar
as irrigation is concerned, tnere m al
ready abundant data for going ahead
without spending tlme In Investigations.
He exhibited to the house the voluminous
reports Already made by the reclamation
Service, lh cooperation with the state, on
projects in Oregon. He showed the re
port on Malheur and Owyhee, covering
50.000 Acres; another eh Ochoco, 65,000
Acres; the one oh Silver Lake, ,17,000
acres; a fourth on Deschutes, 200,000
acres, And Another on the John Day proj
ect, 225,000 Acres.
T a
"Here." h said, "are detailed surveys
and estimates for betwen 600,000 ahd 600,-
000 acres Of land In the state of Oregon
which Sre ready for action. This land,
will produce 80 to 50 bushels of wheat
to the acre, and I use wheat for illus
tration, because that is easily under-
Stood. Of course the land Would be used
also to grow alfalfa,' hogs and cattle and
other nroducta. It seems to rat the ad
ministration and congress should pro
ceed at once with projects such as these.
We appropriate money In Almost any
amount that is asked for the wHlm of the
food or fuel administration, and we have
appropriated large sums to rehabilitate
the railroads and to protect business. We
ought to do At least, as much for the
Soldier, Ahd .prepare for him a part of
the land that he offers his life to defend.
W should inspire the boys over there
With the word that a grateful nation pro
poses to prepare the way for their re
turn. It will be a meager recogrilton for
their services, and it will be popular with
the country."
m m m
fctr. Rlnnntt aftld that with a few lines
th reclamation act may be amended to
provide the land from these projects for
returning soldiers. Representative Mon-
deu or Wyoming interjected tne remarit
that no hew legislation, only money. Is
needed to carry forward the five proj
ects which have been surveyed in Oregon.
Chairman Sherley Of the appropriations
committee, addressing the house soon
after, called attention to pie 1100,000 ap
propriation by the bill for drainage sur
veys in states outside the reclamation
states. He said that he considers the ag
itation for providing land for the return
ing soldier proper,, but does hot believe
it should be undertake'n without full In
vestigation, and neither did he think the
soldiers should, all be sent to Oregon
"likable as that state is." Mr. Sherley
explained that the J 100, ooo drainage in
vestigation item is an effort to respond
to the sentiment for new land opportun
ities, without repeating mistakes Which
were made In starting reclamation proj
ects which were recommended only by
the seal of their advocates.
a
The house Increased the appropriation
fot; the Okanogan project in Washington
from $29,000 to 1154,000 after a letter
had been read froth the head of the rec.
lamation service stating that art Unprece
dented water shortage threatens to de
stroy orchards and crops of the settlers
unless money for an additional supply
is at once provided.
a a
After conferring with Charles A.
Prouty and other advisers of the direc
tor general of railroads. Senator Poln
dexter has advised the Apple growers of
Waahingtoti to file complaints against
Increased fruit rates with the western
and district freight traffic committees at
Chicago and Portland. If the decision
at these offices is adverse, an appeal is
recommended to the Interstate commerce
commission, which remains the supreme
rate authority. Fruit men of the Yakima
and Wenatche districts are much con
cerned over the flat increase of 25 per
cent, wnicn tney claim. Will practically
prevent them from reaching their usual
markets in the east. Mr. Pouty, formerly
a member of the interstate commerce
commission and later head of the com
mission's valuation division, has been
made the. chief rate adviser of the di
rector general irt Adjustment of general
order 28 to local situations. It has be-coh-ie
fairly evident. However, that no
such reduction as that sought on fruit
rates can be accomplished other than by
an appeal through the rgular channels.
With the interstate commission as the
final authority. Acting -ipon the Sugges
tions he has received. Senator Poindex
ter has urged that the complaints to be
filed with F. W. Robinson, chairman of
the district freight traffic coonimlttee at
Portland, and A. C. Johnson, the west
ern chairman at Chicago, be hastened
and immediate action requested, so that
If not granted the matter can be taken
to the Interstate commission before the
marketing season arrives.
m, A m
While the house of representatives has
approved a reduction of $2,000,000 in the
estimates submitted by the Alaska engi
neering commission for the Alaskan rail
road Work, spokesmen of the committee
in charge aeciared that they have no
thought of crippling the work; and be
lieve they have allowed enough to keep
at work every man of the 2400 now em
ployed. Delegate Sulier Of Alaska was
dissatisfied with the reduction, and made
a futile motion to srant the full amount
of the estimates. He asserted that some
of the tnoSt Important development Work
In the Interior Is left unprovided for. Rep
resentative Mondell of Wyoming, speak
ing for the committee, contended that
the estimates are liberal enough, to keep
an me worn going, ana as the appro
priation is in tump Bum rorm, the com
mission may expend it hm mnmt
needed. The committee's reduction, how
ever, had lh mind the c-ihlsainn nl
extended work during the coming year
on tne ls-roue tine xrom tne SustthA river
north and another line between Lignite
creex ana tne nusitna. Mr. Mondell Said
that provision has been made far m-.
Jng on the Work in full, force on the main
line irom wewara to tne susitnA; All of
the wbrk that can be done on th
division and Oil the Turnagain Arm to
Anchorage : the ;-. improvement of An-
rhorate harbor : flu that can be aOn On
the Anchorage division to Husitna : S205 -
O0O for foundations of the Susitna bridsre :
A coat amir from the Tanana to the.ligl
ute r.eiast a oo-ngje roaa trom the Ta-
nana to Fairbanks and the rehabilitation
OJMJM harrow gabf lln out of Fair-
Littere Rdrfftlie People
fCOaiiaaolcatloaa Maf U Tfc Sfeffeat tw Ms.
BeaUoa in tkla dnattaMa ban 14 he wiittaa eo
eiy oae mtm ml tfae mm MmmkM
votda to laaata aad most k atcned by the writer.
wnam mm auteej m roa fm
Tbi C6flipelUni, Motive
Albany. June 21 Td the Editor Of
The Journal As I mingled the other
day with the Pioneers ahd Indian War
veterans of the North Pacific coast,
especially those who "came the plains
across," . and beard the . eulogies pro
bounced upon them, the thought came to
my mind more vividly than ever before,
"What was the impelling motive that
prompted them to leave the rich prairies
and still richer alluvial lands of th
great rivers of tne Mississippi valley and
come to Oregon T 1 can see why the
more hardy and adventurous spirits
should seek out the hunters and fur
trappers' paradise, after the return of
Lewis & Clark to St. Louis in 1806 from
their expedition to the Oregon country.
which started from the above named
city in May. 194. They gave the first
word of what the benighted Indian
tribes on the Pacific. Slope called the
"White man's Ood and thai white man's
book of Heaven." Years passed until In
1832; four of the Flathead tribe, young
braves, mounting their steeds, Journeyed
eastward to St Louis, seeking for in
structors who could teu them more of
the "Book of Heaven."
Their quest was At list rewarded, for
Jason Lee and his three helpers. Daniel
ube, cyrus Shepherd And P. L. Edwards,
made the horseback ride to the Willam
ette valley, and founded the Methodist
mission. Then irt 1835 started Marcus
Whitman and Rev. Samuel Parker, but
Only the latter came through to this val
ley, for Wnltniari returned to the Atlan
tic seaboard, and in the spring of 1838
he, his young bride and Rev. H. H.
Spalding and wife. Also newly weds.
made the lonely, toilsome overland jour
ney and founded missions in what we
now call the "Inland Empire," east of
the Cascade mountains, the localities be
ing for Dr. Whitman and wife amon
me uayuses; in the Walla Walla valley
at Wai-ilet-oee : and for 8Daldinz and
wue among the ises Perces at Lapwal,
on the Clearwater river.. Ih 1887 came
reinforcements for the Methodist mis
sion by saiUng vessel around Cane Horn.
thence to the Sandwich Islands, thence
to Oregon. Among these missionaries
were Rev. David Leslie and Alanson
Beers. A son of the latter I met In Port
land this week ; Benjamin Beers ; wear
ing an 1837 badge, one year earlier than
mine, 1835, a difference being, however,
that he "came, saw and conauered."
while I was born here. In 1838, starting
irom me Atlantic sea board came 80
years ago this summer Rev. Elkanah
Walker and Mary Richardson Walker.
his wife, and my mother. Rev. Cushing
.iiib ana wue, my ice airoanks Ellis;
ev. a. ts. smitn and wife and Hon. W.
H. Gray and Wife, all fOulr couples new
ly wed. In the sDrino- of 1839 Ma.,-.
Walker and Kills founded the Spokane
mission, 35 miles northwest of the pres
ent city oi epoKane, Where they re
mainea until the spring of 1848. The
wnitman massacre of November 29
1847, having broken up all the mission
stations east of the Cascades, the mis
sionaries found homes in the Wlllam
eua vauey Messrs; Gray and Smith
and wives having preceded thfem. The
impelling motive r All these mission
aries was plainly to Christianize and
civiitie the Indian.
The tew who came a Immigrants In
1842, but had to leave their waaons at
Fort Laramie, were, perhaps, pursuing
me lure ot tne "can of the wild."
met one of these men. thn a Knv i
Portland last Thursday, wearing the
1842 badge. The call of 1843 to "save
Oregon" Was a large factor In that im
migration, which, under the guidance
ot Dr. Marcus Whitman, came dear
across to his mission with wagons and
thence to the Willamette valley as best
they could, some with Wagons, some In
omer ways, irom The Dalles. I met
three of this immigration In Portland
W. C. Hembree. James Hembree and
Mrs. KirkWood; also Mrs. Montelth of
Lewiston, Idaho, daughter of Perrln B
Whitman, who, at the age of 13. came
out with his uncle. Dr. Whitman, bravely
leaving nis parents. Beginning with
184 eacn year came an Increasing num
oer until 1S4T. and that tnr tt...
capped the climax, and here is Where
the wonder comes in, xulminating in
1848.
There was no positive assurance of a
donation land claim of 640 acres for a
man and Wife until late in 1849, which
latter promise, no doubt, had some In
nuence- ana iound its climax in the
great army Ot homeseekers which
thronged the plains in 1852, ahd still
more tinea up this valley and nartic
ularly Linn county. In the spring of 1853.
wy answer to tne proniem I have enun
elated in my opening Words is best ex
pressed In the age old adage : "There Is a
divinity that shapes our ends, rough
hew them as we will." The Pilgrim
Fathers sought religious liberty ; the
Revolutionary heroes fought for civil
freedom ; the heroes of 1881-85 fought
to save the Union, and in so doing
Kinea slavery, m it an mere was more
than a human impulse; there Was a dl
vine providence, And It prompted our
eany immigrations to the Pacific North
West And well filled up our plains and
valleys. Many frdm our midst were the
first settlers in Idaho, and thus, in time.
the West and the East met and shook
hands ahd kissed each other on the sum
mlt of the Rocky mountains.
Now we see the flower of our young
mannooa going "over the top" of these
mountains, joining the hundreds of
thousands irom all parts of our grand
republic of America; going across the
ocean to the western battle front, car
rying over to Europe, whence came our
forefathers, the principles of a true dem
ocrAcy enunciated In the Declaration of
Independence, that "all men are created
free and equal and are endowtf with
certain inalienable rights, among which
are life liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness," and are. fighting for a world
freedom. Few of the Veterans of our
Civil War wtll Walk our streets 10 years
hence. The heroes then wtll be our
boys who, having "gone over the top"
ana smasnea me war lords of Imperial.
ism. will have corns back, with flying
coiors to meet me puuaits or America'
millions ot loyai, patriotic citixens.
CYRUS H. WALKER.
Propaadnds ot Democracy '
Fldrenc. June 24. Ttt the Editor Of
The Journal propaganda in any form,
or or any Kind, is emy political adver
Using. It is to politics exactly what ad
vertising is to business. The business
man arrahges his advertisement to the
best Of his ability, then puts it before
the public by repeating day after dAy,
month After month and year after rear.
It is business propagAndA And gets re
sults. Germany advertises her politics
in the same wayi calling it propaganda.
Democracy should do likewise. Without
doubt, the best Piece of Advertising ever
done id the United states, and perhaps
In the whole world, for democracy. Is
tdncoln'i Gettysburg Address, which oc-
tried less than three minutes for de
ttveryi "When h briefly stated that hi
battle of Gettysburg DSd Been fought
that government of the people, for the
onle and by th TJ tnieht not ri
ish from the earth," be set forth si self
evident truth ,as convincing - as mathe
matics.". It is the foundation ef.demoe
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Hang en to your job.
No loafing on the Job.
Hungarian soldiers are hungry.
it's never too late to go the limit
When do we turn the clocks back?
. a
Hats off to Deschutes and Clatsop.
Give the boys unJ to hunt the Huns.
Portland Dol icemen nractlce Doundincr
Prussianistn.
Seems like we're still waiting tor sum
mer to come.
a . a a
The 'stock down alone- the Columbia
slough la well- watered.
HoW about the world series? Not much
chance with the World feerlouS'like It is.
tt Would be null th thin now In
turn the dark clouds Inside out And spill
ma rain.
Notwithstanding it's fteen a bad sea-
Son for travel there are more Americans
on the other side now thAn ever before.
While the Huns are lauhchlna- their
new eiiort on me western iront Portland
patriots wui le launching a ship or two.
JOURNAL MAN ABROAD
By Fred
I "La Bella Franca." it ta .anita CTident. ta
Bo mare jkraa ot poa7. bat an otarpowarin
fact Mr. Lockley, at all aTanta, raeenraba to
tba apell ot thajt anchanting land, and andeaTor
to impart to bla American raaden tha tenaa ot
bia delifht in H. 11a than, diaetuaca the Ameri
can in action and aoma of tha chemical deril-
tnea invented by tha Han.
Somewhere in France On a certain
Saturday night Jim Elvln, whose guest
I was, closed his canteen and We started
to go home to bed. On the way home
we overtook two young women who in
most friendly fashion presented us with
some "living lanterns," as they termed
them In French. I Asked them where
they found them, so they showed us, on
the grassy bank along the roadside, in
numerable little dots Of light In the
grass. They were fireflies, the most
brilliant I ever happened to see. The
odor of wild flowers, the mellow moon
light, the warm soft and caressing
breath of spring made tt seem Almost a
crime to go to bed. so we passed the pen
sion of Miss Fenton, a college girl from
Boston, who Works In the downtown
Y" In Jim's district We told her to
come out and enjoy La Belle France by
moonlight, and In a Jiffy she Joined ua
We walked down to one of France's Im
portant rivers and leaned on the railing
of the old stone bridge, and as we
watched the moonlight glistening on the
water we talked of our people "over
there." We walked on through narrow
winding cobblestoned streets that had
helped make history a few centuries ago.
We paused in front of an old cathedral
and looked up at the grotesque, leering
gargoyles, that seemed to look out with
an air of bored Indifference upon the
living, loving couples that walked arm
In arm beneath the plane trees. We
walked back past an old thirteenth cen
tury fortress. When I heard the deeply
resonant tones of the old cathedral bell,
wien I saw the heavily fruited date
palms and the greenish white trunks of
the plane trees, and Inhaled the odor of
HOW TO BlE HEALTHY
By Dr. Wood itntehinaon. Former Portland Physician
SIFTING pUT A NATION For the
first time in our history over a million
men have suddenly beei withdrawn from
the ordinary walks ot life and have been
screened and sifted, sorted out according
to else as If they were oranges In a
packing plant. However, there are some
defects In fruit which are so completely
hidden by a perfect exterior that even
the expert packer falls to see them and
lets them get by. only to make trouble
later on. In the sifting of human
oranges by the various draft boards and
cantonment hospitals there have also
been cases where the danger was So
completely hidden under a covering of
Apparently perfect health that men have
been passed who were an absolute, but
entirely unwitting, menace to the health
of the camp, because, although perfect
ly healthy themselves, they carried in
their noses and throats the germs of
some deadly infection.
A most tragic case of this type which
has recently appeared, ts that of a
private Who Is In perfect health himself
and always has been and yet ts a carrier
of the most deadly form of meningitis.
Two ot his best friends and a terrlmatS
died of It before It was discovered that
he was a carrier, and he was considered
such a dangerous case that he was even
isolated from the isolation camp, and
had to wear a mask whenever anyone
camS within 15 feet ot him, as well as
racy on which the whole superstructure
rests. As such, it should be advertised
to the world. It should be printed Irt
every language under the sun and re
peated in 10,000 different political con
nections. It contains a truth thAt is so
self-evident that even a German cannot
refuse to be convinced, if unprejudiced.
But it must be repeated and repeated
and repeated with every new generation
of humanity, and it must be sent into
every new settlement, as Intelligence ad
vances to grasp Its meaning. It ii only
by governing themselves that humanity
can reach Its highest degree of liberty.
Kalserlsm advocates government "of the
people for the people, by the kaiser,"
giving the people Only such liberty as
the kaiser may grant The allies. If
they have not already done so. should
spend millions in keeping this Lincoln
address as propaganda of democracy be
fore the wide world, especially now In
Russia, where the good people, are seek
ing a foundation on which to rear a new
political structure. It is on this founda
tion of adamantine truth that our own
country has made Its magnificent
growth, that England has attained her
commercial power and that France leads
the world In art and science.
GEO. MELVIN MILLER.
Exemption and first Papers
Portland. June 21. To the Editor of
The Journal Please answer: A says
the United States government has the
right to draft any man with the first
paper. B says It Is not so. since the
neutral countries made a sharp protest
tc this government that it should exempt
every man with the first papers. Who
Is right? READER.
ITh t'nited State trrrerHment claim tha
tnUitttry M-rrtce of men rlth ntt parwn if fmrn
eftheT allied or merely nentral eouBtriea. bat
dde net elnhn. nor would it accept if affrred.
the military wit Ire of a mart Hh fint piper
whoae prertotu illeciance had Men to ta enemy
forernSierit. )
- AWT W.A.A.
PERSONAL MENTION
B B. Magruder. a banker Aftd mer
chant of ClatSkAnle, is registered At the
Multnomah hotel.
MISS C P. Kitchen of Itwaco, Wash.,
14 at the Multnomah.
Corporation Commissioner H. J. Schul
dermart is registered At the Multnomah
hotel from Salem. . - 'r
E. K. Van NuyS And Wife of Grass Vat
ley are st the Oregon hotel.
R. Scdtl Weaver, A hotel man of Roae-
kuw . tm mt tha, Rtiann. .
Mr'i and - MrA" ; Charles LarjrOwe of
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
A four-foot snake, alive and mad Over
being disturbed, was discovered Irt an
automobile brought into the Hood River
garage Xor repairs.
Fire blight, which was discovered in
Garden Valley,. Douglas county, last
week has been found to be widely scat
tered. The county has taken charge oi
the situation ana is doing all the blight
cutting.
Rev. J. E. Snyder of Pendleton, the
East Oregonian says, is wearing a beau
tiful pair of buckskin gauntlets to the
envy of his friends. Mr. Snyder killed
the buck last fall from which the skin
came, and after It was tanned, Alice
Patawa, of the reservation, beaded the
gloves for him. The gauntlets are said
to be among the most beautiful ever
seen At Pendleton.
L. . G. Dumbleton, who was In from
hear Winstons last Saturday, Says the
Roseburg Review, mentioned a peculiar
feature in regard to the aphis which
have been quite prevalent this year. In
his wheat field there is quite a growth
of mustard. Upon examination he
found the mustard covered with the
aphis, while none were found on the
wneat. xnis may oe a "pointer worm
Investigating further.
Lockley
the blossoms ot the locust and chestnut
trees, I had to look up and find the
polar star and see the Big Dipper to be
sure that this was "me." We regret
fully turned homeward, the narrow
streets in places seeming almost as dark
as tunnels, though. lit here and there by
the luminous "living lanterns." In the
open squares the moon threw Inky
black shadows, grotesque and unnatural,
of statues and monuments.
Midnight saw me in bed, but at 3
o'clock in the morning I was awakened
by a nightingale pouring out Its soul In
liquid melody from the magnolia tree
near my Window. , t
I have been in conversation with an
army officer who has Just returned from
a sector at the front held by American
troops. "It makes a man proud of being
an American to see the way the boys
take hold of their job," he said. "I came
out with a doctor who had been passed.
He had a case brought to him with a
shattered hip. He was afraid his pa
tient would die from loss of blood. He
couldn't see to tie the artery, through
the goggles of his gas mask, so he took
It off, but the chlorine gas laid him out ;
but not until he had the artery tied.
The Germans are foxy devils. They
have a gas now that produces nausea.
They throw chlorine gas shells and the
new nausea gas shells at the same time.
When the soldiers get a whiff ot the
new type of gas It causes regurgitation.
This dislodges their gas mask and they
get knocked out by the chlorine gas.
The mustard gas Is the gas the boys
hate the most. The tear gas makes you
cry so you can't see to aim. The effect
on the ground and in the trenches lasts
from one to five days. A stiff wind
will blow It away, but If there is but
little air In motion the effect lasts sev
eral days. I feel a good deal like the
English army officer who said. "This
damned gas has taken all the pleasure
out of this war, for me."
when he went down to the base hospital
to have the tests made to find out if
the germs were still there.
Most carriers, when detected, yield to
treatment irt a week or 10 days, while
he was under observation and treatment
for a month, with no sign of Improve
ment. It would Seem the best course to
send such as he to some research In
stitute, like the Rockefeller, where a
specialty Is made of such cases, and
where the best arrangements for their
cure and observation are to be had. He
offered his life for his country when he
joined the army! and it would be worth
little to him .If he were doomed to spend
It in eternal solitude, as he would be
from now on In civil life, while by go
ing to some institute where the new
remedies could be tried on him. he could
feel that he was still of use to the
world. Also there Is a possibility, and
by no means a faint one, that, some
time in the near future, a cure will be
found for him which will rid him for
ever of this terrible wraith of destruc
tion and death which hangs over him,
and will enable him to go back to his
kind once more. If any other similar
subject is found he should certainly be
sent to the same place, for then he would
have someone to talk to, someone to eat
with, something to break the weary
monotony of solitary existence.
Next Monday : "Sifting Out a Nation
(No. 2)."
Cohocton, N. T., are registered at the
Portland. They are tourists.
W. F. Howarth". a Manufacturer ot
Everett. Wash.. Is at the Benson.
W, F. Whlgham and wife ot London.
England, are at the Benson.
Miss Larrowe, a tourist of Detroit,
Mich.. Is at the Portland.
C. E. Albeck, a banker, is registered
at the Portland from San Francisco.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Jones of Spokane
are at the Portland.
Eric V. Hauser of the Multnomah
hotel is St St. Paul, Minn., visiting his
family. He Is recuperating from a sick
spell
D. Tengman of gan Franoisco is reg
istered at the Carlton.
George. B. Rowan of The Dalles is a
visitor at the Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. F.. J. Laher of Seattle
are new arrivals at the Carlton.
J. I Anderson and Samuel Palm of
Columbia City are at the Washington.
Misses Nellie M. Ramsey. Elixa N.
Rimsey Snd Jean Brunton of Walla
Walla are Washington guests.
H. F. Pratt of Corvallls is registered
at the Carlton.
- , 1
Journal Journeys
Comprehensive View Is to Be Hail
From Mt. Hood.
The ambition to climb Mount Hood Is
a common one. The best approaches
are from the north by way of Hood
river valley and from the west by way
of Government Camp. The peak of
Mount Hood is 11.255 feet above sea
level. It has a majesty of bulk and
form enhanced by the fact that It rises
above surrounding country only a few
hundred feet high. The view from the
top of the mountain comprehends 411
the snow capped colony ot th Cas
cades. From its summit the bltle Pa
cific may bseen far to the West, while
spread at one's feet Are Western and
Central Oregon and Washington, .:
Those whd havs camped rer night
on the mountain ahd " have ' seen the
sun drop into the ocean and the stars
corns out. who have seen the lights of
Portland sparkle,, have felt an intimate
closeness to the infinite, a happy free
dom from khoeares ot earth and a sense
of the stnailhess bt thAnkind. .
For further Information - regarding
routes, rates of fare, time schedules and
other details, .call on or address "Free
Information and -Travel Bureau. Dorsey
B. Smith, manager,. The Journal office.
Portland, Or.
Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
Musical Discipline
A STORY is being told in France of J
a, certain colonel, a strict" dlsclpU
narian, who has decided views on muaie, -The
other day, says the Manchester
Guardian, he sent for the chief of his ?
regimental band and delivered this
scathing criticism: "I notic J
Uniform it v about th ha
be regulated. Yesterday morning they
were Out on parade, and the largest mAn
In . V. A W . i 1 . , ..... ... .
mm viajuiK m, iiLLin mi nr
an instrument flute or something of the
kind and you had the big drum played
siuau man. inn son or thlnr v
soesn t look well, and must be attended
to. I want the small men to play small ' -
instruments and the big - men big in- '
Struments. And. another thlnr I o.nt
the trombone players to slide their In
struments in ahd out lh unison. It an
noys me to see them all out of step
with their hands."
Making Progress
Tommy came home at supper time
highly elated. "Pa," he said, "I have
Just learned from one pf the soldiers
how to say thank you' and If you
please' in French."
"Good!" said his father. "That's
more man you ever learned to say In
English."
The Instantaneous Alibi
Mrs. Overwate, according to the Pitts
burg Chronicle-Telegraph, had a deadly r
gleam In, her eyes as she entered the
butcher shop and said, in a withering
voice-:
''Mr. Aichboan, how do you account
for the fact that there was a piece of
rubber tire in the sausage I bought
here yesterday?
"Ah. my dear madam." responded the
butcher. rising to the occasion, "that
Just serves as an illustration of how
the motor car Is replacing the horse
everywhere nowadays."
The Ungrateful Wrrtrh
Jennie You saw Charlie in the ar-
mory and didn't speak to him? What
was the matter, dear?
Geraldlne You know those lovety"
wristlets I knitted for him? WeU, he
was using one of them to clean his
noma oia nrie.
Stuffing Iter
The old lady entered the taxidermist's
In a blazing wrath, carrying a defunct
bird In a glass case.
"It s an Imposition." she said. "You
stuffed my poor parrot only last 'sum
mer, and here's the feathers falling out
before your very eyes."
"Lor" bless yer, mum. that's a triumph
of our art," was the reply. "We stuffs
m so natural that they moults In their
proper season."
Indefinitely Postponed
Auntie Johnnie, did you enjoy the
book 1 sent you on your birthday?
Johnnie Never looked at It yet
Auntie Why? Didn't you like It?
Johnnie 'Cause ma said I'd have to
wash my hands when I read It.
Far From the Battle's Din
First Captured Hull Vot vos der
barbed wire for, frlendt?
Second Captured Hun To keep us In,
of course.
First (with great astonishment) Who
vants to gedt ouat?
Another Move for Peace
"I compel my daughter to practice
four hours a day."
"Heavens, man ! You'll make her
hate music so that she will never want
to go near A piano."
"That's what I'm hoping."
Retired in Bad Order
Judge The complaint against you is
that you- deserted your wife.
Prisoner I ain't a deserter. Judge;
I'm a refugee. Look at those welts on
my head and this black eye.
A Good State
"I'm so happy!" she said. "Ever since
my engagement to Charlie the whole
world seems different. I do not seem to
be in dull, prosaic Pittsburg, but in "
"Lapland." suggested the smalt
brother.
Vocal Deluge
She You used to rave,
liquid voice.
over my
He I know I did ; but I did not
imagine that your words come In such
torrents.
Her Value
"Our neighbor's wife mould be
valuable in Oermany."
"In what way?"
"For her tendency to rubber."
in-
The Right Kind
"Cut out that Joking in the ranks, '
cried the sergeant.
"But they are rank jokes, sir," was
the culprit's comeback.
Rrslly?
Cholly Yes. I had bwain fever once.
Miss Keen Dear mi! And where
were you feverish?
ttufclnrfts or Pondfring
Who bade the planets veer and apin.
And loop their raet featoonef
Wbo tipped tba earth and let bar roll
1'neninf groorea of air t
Who mix! the avful paacesee
Of muii and earth and moon.
And tancht them hmr to paaa and tarn
With a billion miles ato ipare?
Wbn balanced all these firing weight
With poiae and eonnterpntae t
Who loaded these whlmalc trick in apace
Like marble and tin cant
And will he. weary of hia play.
Fati tied by many toy.
Dfaward hi complex trinket box
And shot it ltd ot aUra
Philadelphia E earring Ledger.
t'nrle left Snow Says:
The way Kaiser Bill has told his Huns
that their ain't no Americans In France
worth mentlonin' makes me recollect
how a big. black Apache chief they
called Choya, down in ArUony in '71,
had a firm idee that a thousand soldiers
was about all the flghtln men Urx
Sam had. By the time the Soldiers ana
settlers cornered him and his bunch of
thievin' devils on the' upper Ton to he
come to the notion that mebby Unci
Sam could rustle up mOre'n a thousand
men if the occasion demanded it.
Olden Oregon
Red Cheeked Apples, Pretty Girls and
Woolen Socks.
Luelllng at Milwaifkie, Holden near
Salem, Kinney In the west Chehalem
valley and Nayior near Forest Grove
were Among th ploheef apple producers'
and in that period before pests appeared
the crops were certain and the prices
remunerative. , The young . flocks of
sheep were also producing fine fleeces
and the thrifty ' hcusewlves spent th
winter evenings around . fires carding
wool or spinning yarn and knitting
socks or paring apples. To the home- :
Sick young men Arriving across the ,
plains, the scenes around th hospltabl
hearths Of tbi pioneers where th flr
light from th biasing togs afforded suf
ficient light the row of beds In the dim
rear of the log cabins was wrought into
mysterious shapes ef dreamland behind
their v seemly curtains, th Wedfoot
land, at they visited from house to
housf. became known as the country
bf "woolen socks, big red apples and
pretty flrls.' - 1 .