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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL,' PORT LAND,1 SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 30. 1818.
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THE EXPOSED PROFITEERS
HAT of men who are profiteering
out of the sacrificial blood of
American inanhood?
The Federal Trade commis
sion yesterday laid before the senate
the hideous details of what It termed
flagrant profiteering carried on by
the huge manufacturing and dis
tributing concerns and monopolies of
America. The commission directly
charged many of them with inordi
nate greed and bare faced fraud.
The charge involves the big pack
ers, the flour milling trade, produc
ers of basic metals, oils and chemi
cals, coal and lumber, leather and
canning industries.
The commission charges that the
Bijr, Five packers and their subsidiary
companies with manipulations of the
market "embrace every device useful
to them, without regard to law." The
average pre-war profits of these con
cerns during 1912-13-14 was 119,000,-000.-
During the three war years
these firms made an excess of $121.-
000.000 over their, pre-war gains. The I
commission says:
However delicate a definition is
framed for profiteering,, these packers
have preyed upon the 1 people uncon
' aelonably.
While the sales of the companies
Increased only 150 per cent, the
profits increased more than 400 per
ent. Morris A Co. profited 203 per
cent in the war period. Before the
war their profit was a little less
than nine per cent.
- In his late message to congress.
President Wilson charged that heavy
profiteering was going on in tho
country. That was the reason for
his request for a new taxation meas
ure in which incomes and excess
profits would be more heavily taxed,
lie said in addition:
There is. abundant fuel for the light
in the records of the treasury with
regards to profits of every sort. The
profiteering that cannot be got at by
the restraints of conscience and love
of country can be got at by taxation.
There Is such profiteering now and
the Information In- regard to It Is
available and Indisputable.
On the high authority of the presl
. dent himself, we have information
" as to the profiteers. On the high
authority of the 'Federal Trade' com
mission we have the names of the
men and the details of their profit
eering. This nation is in tears. Its heart
' Is heavy with sacrifice. In its homes
there are vacant chairs. Its people
are in a struggle to the death. The
previous privilege of freedom " hangs
suspended on the outoome of our
, , death grapple with the most malign
. and most powerful destructive force
J in; history.
y Nobody questions the right of any
, roan to make a reasonable profit by
conducing his business In a skillful
ana eiuaeni way. He is not a
profiteer.
mi. tu i . .
nits promecr is mat omer man
who takes advantage of the country's
condition, its perilous situation, to
r gamer exiraorairary proms, wRO '8
U taking advantage or his country's
stress and trial to increase enor-
. mously and unjustly and unfairly
- hla Individual and private gains. The
J0"-man who does thatJs upoh a lower
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inorai levei man me ioreign spy...
The spy is at least loyal to his
nag, la loyal to njs country. Ho
takes hlaIife In his hands to serve
mat country. But the man who
claim's the protection of a flag, who
professes His loyalty to the govern
ment and his devotion to the flag
and at the same, time takes advantage
b- of the nation's peril and the govern
i ment's dire necessities to increase his
'.private gains. Is infinitely lower in
' morals than . a ' kaiser or a Hinden
'berg, jVlili ia the belief, of Senator Borah
of Idaho, and In a great speech in
the .senate, he said:
. With every .necessary dollar expended
no " patriot . will find faultit to tho
price we pay for the liberty we love,
for the freedom we would transmit to
our children. Bst if we falter in cut
ting out watte end extravagance - we
will receive Jind Justly the execrations
of those who must meet this gigantic
f debt. If we delay , one hour beyond
" the time necessary to .shape tho - law
to deal with the -execrable wretch, the
hated :- of earth. - th alien - fronr haU
who -would profit off of his . country's
perils, wo will drvo what wo will
receive, the anathemas and the curses
of posterity. 'The profiteer I that scav
enger of civilisation, that tarantula
burying: Its fang in the veins and
arteries of the wounded and the grief
stricken, yet the ' president says he is
In our- midst, that tho evidenc ts
here and Indisputable. In the man.
therefore, of the success of this war,
in the name of every patriot In the
land making his sacrifice and contributing-
his efforts to the common cause,
let us proceed to his destruction. We
can either drive him, from his prey
the American people or we can turn
Ms ill rotten gains into the treasury
of the United States, to -meet the bur
dens Of this war.
It is not Impossible that the ex
czar has been murdered. The wild
passion loose in tumultuous Russia
has long been ready for such an
enterprise. It is a sorry ending of
a wasted career. - With his power
and opportunity used for the welfare
of his people, Nicholas Romanoff
could have lived for a better fate.
MYSTICAL FORT ROCK
H
AVE you ever heard of Fori
Rock, Oregon? Vou ought to
see it. And see the remarkable
nature picture of which It is a
part.
It is a huge rim rock, hollow in
the center, which rises 75 to 100
feet sheer out of a perfectly level
and huge expanse of plain. This
thick and high wall of rock encloses
an area of 1C0 acres. It takes iU
name first from the fact that there
is a neighborhood tradition that it
once served as a fort for white men
under attack from a greatly superior
force of Indians, and second, because
it looks for all the world like a
great grim fort on which you -see
in fancy on its battlements bristling
cannon, armed riflemen and all the
paraphernalia of defensive war.
Even more interesting than this
striking tower of nature is the vast
plain upon which it stands. Travel
ing southward 70 or 80 miles from
Bend and 20 miles north of Silver
Lake, you suddenly stand on the
brow of a plateau, below which Fort
Rock looms and the plain on whicn
it stands stretches away in magnifi
cent distances.
It is a wonderful panorama there
spread before you. If you can
imagine a huge lake 500 feet deep
from whicu the water has receded
you can get some idea of the nature
picture there unrolled to a recent
Journal wayfarer.
To the west about 40 miles you
could see the dim outlines of the
Cascade mountains. A big but un-
guessable distance to the east there
was a low lying range of hills that
seemed to suggest mystical country
on beyond. To the south, toward
Silver Li:,", and Chewaucan valleys,
the distance was lost in a blue purple
haze.
They used in the romance of the
wild west to paint word pictures of
such1 scenes. Bands of Indians in
war paint, daring frontiersmen on
foaming steeds, an emigrant train
about to be pillaged by redskins wero
adornments that the fiction wrUers
used to employ in firing youthful
Imagination. But here in real life
was the actual scene in colors and
features that cannot be described.
Out there on the plain were some
green spots wnere irrigation wan
being can-fed on, and great stretches
of dry land farming, some in wheat,
some in rye, but mostly without the
green of growing fields because gentle
rains had not yet fallen in sufficient
volume to start the crops to growing.
The ranch houses here and there
were hardly of different color from
usual ranch houses, but with the
purple haze for a background they
took on a striking effect. A whits
schoolhbuse with a red roof, probably
four or five miles distant, as it
glistened in the sunlight, stood out
in spectral hues. There were very
few trees, and very few cases of
rising ground. Scattered bands of
cattle and horses grazing about were
the only signs of life.
The whole effect was unusual and
indescribable. Probably the factor
of immensity was' most responsible
for its unusualncss. You could see
so far that in the perspective mea
dows of apparently several hundred
acres seemed to be only a small
green patch, the size of a dinner
plate.
Over it all" hung the' deep purple
or violet haze, so oftn characteristic
of the plains. Most water is blue.
but never so blue as the deep violet
blue of Crater Lake. It is probable
that the wonderfully colored hue of
the Fort Rock plain approximated the
Crater Lake blue because deepened
by the distance.
Anyway, Fort Rock and the great
plain out of which it rises in abrupt
and sheer perpendicularity are a part
of picturesque Oregon and are worth
a Journey to Eastern Oregon to see
Who could be more execrable than
the profiteers exposed yesterday by
the Federal Trade commission? The
country will be filled with indignant
resentment. Preying upon the dire
necessities of the government and
the perils of the nation Is hideous.
Congress should no longer hesitate
to do its duty.
A PORTLAND WOMAN
A
PORTLAND woman has won the
keen appreciation of home people
oy ner service in the great
cause or a free mankind.
First as a worker among the
broken-homed French, and second as
a woman with a message from the
battle fronts. Dr. Esther C. Love
Joy has wbn a position of high re
spect ... among Portlanders. This is
shown br the , many ' honors thrust
upon her during her brief rWt homo
incident to her return to France.
The sorrows, the depredation, the
indignities, the cruelties visited , upon
French and Belan"""women, as re
counted in the addresses of Dr.
Lovejoy, make, it clear that this fi
not a war merely to make the world
safe for democracy, but to make the
world safe for women and children.
By that token it Is a cause to
call out the highest sacrifices, the
fullest measure of devotion.
The destruction of . families, the
breaking up of homes, the separa
tion of kindred, little homeless chil
dren who are made ' waifs of the
world, ignorant of whether their
parent's are living of, dead, all these
and more brought from Belgium and
conquered French territory through
Swftzerland by the trainload Into
France, are a part of the melan
choly story" by Which the souV of
America is touched and the manhood
of America aroused.
In her service in the cause Dr.
Lovejoy has the hearty wishes of
Godspeed 'and good luck from her
neighbors.
Professors and instructors at the
Oregon Agricultural college are to
throw off their coats, bare their
arms and render assistance to the
farmers in putting up the hay crop.
There could be no better vacation.
Nor a more patriotio service.
DISCOVERED AMERICA
T IS commonly known that the
Viking Leif Erikson, sailing from
Iceland, reached the coast of New
England centuries before Colum
bus sailed from Palos. Few people
have heard of a still earlier discov
ery of this continent by the Chinese.
An article in the June number of
the magazine Inter-America, collects
the speculations and facts which
have long clustered vaguely around
this interesting event
Even though it may have no prac
tical importance It is worth a litUe
attention. We cannot always ba
strictly practical. The world of
adventure and self-denying dis
covery has its charm, and perhaps
its importance, quite apart from
all questions of bread-winning and
war. Almost three centuries elaspcJ
from the day Columbus sailed before
any great consequences flowed from
his voyage. In that long interval
it may have been said a thousand
times that the discovery he made
was 'interesting to the academic
mind but of no practical import
ance." It may develop before long that
everything is practically important
which tends to bring us into closer
relations with the .Chinese. They
are a people from whom almost
anything may be expected within
the next half century, if. travelers
who have studied them intimately
can be believed.
Somewhere toward the middle of
the fifth eentury of the Christian
era the Chinese experienced a great
intellectual revival. Navigation was
stimulated by the invention of the
mariner's compass. A considerable
trade grew up with the ports on
the Persian Gulf, which continued
to thrive for three or four hundred
years, it was finally blighted by
the me of the Mohammedan Dower
in central Asia.
At about the same time with the
invention or the compass the ex
tremely intellectual Buddhist re
ligion was preached in China. Mis
sionaries came In from Hindustan.
Chinese traveled across the Hima
layas to study the new faith at its
native shrine. Buddhism undoubt
edly caused en intense awakening
of the Chinese spirit It filled many
converts with a missionary zeal that
moved them to preach their faith
in strange lands. Some of them,
If we may credit the Chinese an
nals, reached first Alaska, and then
Mexico.
To give proper weight to these
accounts we must bear in mind
that China was not by any means
so isolated in ancient times as it
has been for the last Jew centuries.
There is plenty of evidence that
intercourse between China and Rome
was fairly frequent. We know
of an embassy which reached Rome
from Chip- In. the time of Augustus,
a little before the Christian era
Other embassies " passed back and
forth quite as a matter . of course
up to . tha date when, the overland
route between Europe and China
was blocked by the Mohammedan
conquerors of central Asia.
This is the same route by which
the kaiser expects to lead his troops
to the conquest first of Asia and
then of the whole world. He is
laying the foundations for his enter
prise in Russia at this moment.
The Mohammedan empire covered
the whole of central Asia with much
or Hindustan and swept down
through Egypt along the southern
shdre of the Mediterranean. It eut
off all Intercourse between Europe
and China, for several hundred years
In the meantime the intellectual
fervor ot the Chinese died out.
Their character became calcified.
Their national life settled down into
a fixed routine. The world forgot
what they had accomplished in th
past and ceased to expect much of
them Jn the future. But within
our own memory China has under
gone another mental resurrection.
Our grandchildren wUK be witnesses
of its results.
The Buddhist missionaries of the
fifth century sailed northeast- from
China, dinging to the ooast as all
seamen . did In ; those days. They
bad a. rude form of the, compass,
but it .- did not give - them courage
to venture out - upon the broad
ocean. The world ; saw' little deep
sea sailing until the time of Vasco
da Gama and Columbus.
7 The coasting trips of the Chinese
missionaries conducted ; them first
to Japan, - where r they , stopped- to
preach the ' new faith - Then they
pursued their timorous voyages to
the northeast, easily reaching
Kamchatka and the Aleutian islands.
If the reader will take the trouble
to glance at his ' map of the Aleu
tian aehipelago he will perceive that
it stretches in a long row between
Asia and Alaska. The missionaries
naturally sailed from island to island
until they reached the . mainland.
Thence they made their way east
and south to Mexico which they
called Fu-Sang. Continuing to the
east they came to Central America.
The Chinese annals speak of these
voyages as 'eastward" always. We
think of Mexico as lying to lhi
south from Alaska and Central
America as south of Mexico, but a
map drawn on a .true projection
will show that a traveler must go
more east ..than south to reach
Mexico from Alaska. With a similar
mental twist we think, of the Pan
ama Canal as running east and west
It really runs north and south.
To all these regions the Chinese
missionaries assigned names and they
also put on record more or less
fanciful descriptions of the inhabi
tants. Mixed with their fancies there
is enough fact to make it fairly cer
tain that they actually reached the
American continent and left trace
of their missionary preaching all
along the coast from Alaska io
Central America.
Our school .histories pass . this
subject over with a vague mention
of "the traces of Asiatic Influence
upon the Indians of the Pacifio
coast." Scientific men know that
those influences were numerous and
Important. This was. particularly
true of Yucatan, where there are
many remains of an oriental civili
zation, which must have endured
for centuries.
Leif Erikson's discovery of New
England was like a footprint on
the sand. Time obliterated it ut
terly. But the preaching of th$
Chinese Buddhist missionaries to
the Indians of the Pacifio West per
manently affected their lives and
transformed their institutions. We
are thus able to account for the
mysterious Oriental element which
the Spaniards found in the civiliza
tions of Mexico and Peru."
There will be a happy lot of work
ers down at the Grant Smith-Porter
shipyards on the day that the first
honor blue flag of America is raised to
commemorate the fact that their
yard excelled all others in the output
of wooden ships during May.. Ths
first honor flag for, output of steel
ships went to the Union Iron Works
at San Francisco. It is a remarkable
episode that all the honors for ship
building came to the Pacific coast
WAR AND COLLEGE MORALS
Y
ALE'S President Hadley announces
to the world that the war has
improved the morale of college
students. It has done this by
endowing their studies with a defi
nite purpose. In time of peace the
ordinary student 6av no particular
reason why he should sweat and
groan under a weary load of trigo
nometry, chemistry, biology and the
like.
He was told, to be sure, that they
would stuff his mind with "culture,'
but he was not particularly lured
by that prospect. Now, since the
war began, he has found, as Presl
dent Hadley says, that trigonometry
means the basis for practical work in
engineering and a thousand other
fields.
So it is with other studies, those
which are worth anything. They en
chain the youthful mind as soon as
they are shown to be useful In the
technic of life. This is true not
only of college studies but of studies
In the oommop schools as well.
Teachers Commonly make the blun
der of putting the cart before the
horse in this matter. They first In
sist upon teaching the theory of a
branch and then, if they get time
turn to the applications. If they were
a trifle wiser they would reverse
their procedure and begin with the
applications. Bits of the theory
would be introduced as they were
needed to solve particular problems
Thus the science would be built up
in school, as it was In history, by
the process of trial and discovery.
President Hadley has noticed and
published a circumstance which
might be made of revolutionary iro
portance in all our educational insti
tutions from top to bottom.
It
seems a pity that so many of the
great truths and useful practices
which the war Is pushing to the
front for the moment are likely to
sink out of sight again as soon as
peace is concluded.
THE FERFECT STANDPATTER.
EPRESENTATIVE
FORDNEY of
1 Michigan is a shining
Ugh
11 among the standpatters.
He does not like the farm
loan banks. Mr. Fordney hat re
cently delivered himself of a speech
in which he masses his objections
to them.
One of his objections is so weighty
that Leslie's Weekly thinks it worth
quoting in . an editorial "Farmers
have been - able to borrow from the
government -'Who "could ' not " borrow
from banks f that Inew them .and
the value of JLheir. property " So says
Mr. Fordney. Leslie's Weekly shud
ders with horror" over It .
But we seem to remember that one
of the main objects of the farm loan
law was to provide financial relief
for farmers who "could not borrow
from banks." It was understood
that the existing banks did business
principally with city customers.
They did not understand the farm
situation. They did not court tho
farmers business. They were not al
lowed by law to make the long-time
loans which could alone retrieve the
farmer's prosperity. There was a gap
In ur' financial arrangements which
the existing banks could not fill.
The farm loan banks were institut
ed to meet the trouble. Now come
Mr. Fordney and complains that they
are meeting it. And he does - not
mean to be funny. He imagines
that he is performing a statesman
like act.
Let us get the case clearly in mind.
The farm loan banks were instituted
to make loans which the banks
would not or could not make. Mr
Fordney brings the farm loan banks
to bar in congress because . they are
making exactly such loans. He
brings a criminal charge against them
for doing wha they were designed
to do.
Mr. Fordney is not the only slates-
man we have who is capable or
making idiotic speeches. Nor is he
the only man who ignorantly rails
at the farm I6an banks. There Is
not a money broker in the country,
big or little, nor any spokesman fpr
those brokers who has a good word
for the farm loan banks. How could
we expect them to?
MAIN FEATURES
ARE OUTLINED
By Carl Smith.
Correspondent
Washington Staff
of The Journal
Washlnaton. June 29. The duration of
the lease and the elements Of value to
be paid for on recapture of a plant are
the features upon which the main battle
will be waged when congress takes up
the waterpower bill Just ordered re
ported from the special house committee
of 18. which for some time has been
wrestling with the problem. Fifty years
as the term of leases to be granted by
the government has long been practically
accepted on all sides, but the big finan
cial interests which ordinarily furnish
the capital for such developments have
raised the cry that they cannot finance
power plants unless something further is
done. They asked that something be
written Into the bill to grant the original
lessee the assurance of an extension of
bis lease for at least 30 years If the gov
ernment did not desire to acquire the
plant at the end of 50 years.
a
The bill as reported makes no conces
sion to these demands of the investment
bankers. It authorises a permit for 50
years, and stops there. At the end of theS
period the United States, upon two years
notice, may take the plant for itself, may
taae it for some other lessee, or may
make a new grant to the original
licensee upon such terms, and conditions
as may be authorised under laws then
existing. If the government takes the
plant, the other Important point In dis
pute arises': Upon what basis shall pay
ment be made? The bill adopts the plan
suggested by members of the president's
cabinet, which defines payment to be
made for "net investment" as interpreted
in the Interstate commerce commission's
classification of Investment In - steam
railroads, with specified additons and
subtractions.
What the bill does In this respect may
a m
best be stated in the language of O. C.
Merrill, chief engineer of the forest serv
ice. who has made this explanation :
"The net Investment as used eliminates
entirely from the price to be paid any in
creases In value due to lands owned by
the license, any increase in value due to
its water rights over and above what It
may have paid to the local authorities
for them. That Is, unearned Increment,
socaiieo ts completely excluded from
the price to be paid. On the other hand.
the licensee does not have the price
for hla properties reduced on account of
accumulated depreciation, except as he
has been able, through the period ot
the license, to write off that deprecla
tion out of earnings. In other words,
it Is a 100 per cent Investment basis.
Whatever money goes into a project of
this kind has to come back from some
source, it eitner has to como back In
a capital sum or it has to come back in
earnings. We provide that it shall come
back, if the government takes It over
as a capital sum, reduced by the amount
that has been retired through earn
ings."
Representative Scott Ferris of Okla
horn a. chairman of the public lands
committee and author of waterpower
bills in previous congresses, bearing his
name, gave notice that he reserved tho
right to submit a separate report on the
net Investment section. He contends
that it does not sufficiently protect the
public Interest. Mr. Ferris has been ac
cused of being an extremist on the side
of safeguards in the past. He Is not
fully satisfied with the present bill, and
as before pointed out. the waterpower
financial Interests are also disappointed
as to some parts of the measure. The
majority of the committee, however,
which is headed by Sims of Tennessee,
and includes Slnnott of Oregon and La
Follette. of Washington among its me
bers, are inclined to accept It each for
himself complaining that it is not what
h would like It to be.
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The principle of a commission of three
cabinet officers to handle the leases
meets general approval, and so does the
plan of combining- in one bui and under
one authority the development of water-
power wherever It may be controlled by.
the government whether on navigable
streams, on the public lands, in forest
reserves or In Indian reservations. The
question of a. charge also has given
little difficulty. The charge fs not de
fined In any way except that it must be
"reasonable." It Is to be fixed by the
commission and the old phrase of say
ing that It shaU be measured by the
horsepower developed is abandoned. The
former contentions of the state rights ad
herents have mostly disappeared, except
that the bill, fully recognises regulation
of rates by state authority, and a harm
less paragraph has been Inserted sar
ins that the act shall not be construed
to Interfere with state laws relating to
the control, appropriation and use of
water.
Letters From the People.
ICeausuniostions Bent to Tha Journal for pab
frVt in this department should be written on
ale ana side of the paper, ahonld mot exceed SOS
words In lenetli and must be aiened by the writer,
arfeee snail address la full ssost aceosBpejty tn
easstitteUosvl, . V
" - .-.:The Ballot Bos v
Vancouver. Wash.. June 24. -To the
Editor of The Journal Regarding that
much mooted subject prophesy. It Is dif
HYMN FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY
LORD, the people.of the land
In Thy presence humbly stand; .
On this day, when Tbou didst free
Men of old from tyranny.
We, their children, bow to Thee.
Help us, Lord, Mir only trust!
We are helpless, we are dust!
All our homes are red with blood;
Long our grief we have withstood;
Every lintel, each door-post.
Drips, at tidinp from the host.
With blood of some one lost.
Help us, Lord, our only trust!
We are helpless, we are dust!
On ous. Nation's day of birth,
5 less Thy own lonf-favored earth t
rre the soldier with Thy will!
Aid their leaders with Thy skill!
Let them hear Thy trumpet thrill!
"Help us, Lord, our only trust!
We are helpless, we are dust!
Lord, we only fifht for peace.
Fight that freedom epity increase.
Give us back the peace of old.
When the land with plenty rolled.
And our banner awed the bold!
Help us, Lord, our only trust!
We are helpless, we are dust!
In His name, who bravely bore
Cross and crown begemmed with gore,
By His last imtnortil groan,
Ere He mounted to His throne.
Make our sacred cause Thy own!
Help us. Lord, our only trust!
We are helpless, we are dust!
Published In 1863 Author Unknown.
JOURNAL MAN ABROAD
By Fred
At the and of a Derfact day. Mr. l.ockltj.
Th Journal itff correspondent tn Franc,
its him down and tails Journal readara ot
tha man, man tliingi that entered into that
dar perfectneaa. And that day was Mothers'
dar; hence it was superperfect. )
Somewhere Jn France This is Moth
ers' day Bunflay. May lz. it i uu.
but I am going to finish my day with a
brief account of how the day was cele
brated here. In every hut In France spe
cial services were held and a specially
prepared Mothers' day booklet was given
out Where 1 talked the Y. M. ?T A. hut
was a bower of beauty. The hut was
of rough lumber, thatched with woven
straw. Extemporised vases stooa an
about the room and on the writing tables.
Thev were filled with French clover, deep
red Vnd heavy headed; daisies, water
lilies, wild pansies, violets and other wild
flowers. I doubt if anyone in Fortiana
has put in a more strenuous Sunday
than I have.
Last night I came here by auto! a two
hours' ride through a beautiful country.
We drove for miles along a road as
straight as a yardstick. It is one of the
famous mlltary roads made by Napoleon.
We passed through numerous villages,
through turpentine forests, past aairy
farms and truck farms and everywhere.
In spite of the war, there was thrift,
order and beauty.
I gave my talk on A Westerner's Im
pressions of France." met a lot of west
ern men and turned in, on an army cot
well supplied with army blankets.
Before supper I had met the secretary
of the Foyer du Soldat at a nearby
French camp. I made an appointment to
moot him Sunday at 7 a. m.. so I was up
and on the road this morning by 6, for a
three or four mile walk. I had walked
about three miles when an army truck
loaded with, aviation officers overtook
roe and gave me a lift to my destination.
I found my friend on the aviation field.
The evening before he had introduced me
to a French pilot. The French machine
was being, prepared for a flight. The
pilot Invited me to take the place of the
machine gunner, so I stepped in. It took
me three quarters of an hour to walk to
the field from the Red Triangle hut
ficult to understand why any one
versed in history places serious confi
dence in it. It can be considered only as
miraculous. Thus it is outside all bounds
of human consideration.
The ancient prophets were discredited
during their own time and by their own
people. They lost influence, prestige, and
favor through the nonfulfillment of their
predictions. Later prophets tried hard
to explain why their predecessors had
failed but explanation did not satisfy.
Prophesy lost caste and was succeeded
by apocalypses, which through vague
ness, ambiguity and aJlegorlal veiling of
fered a much safer shelter.
Again the apocalypse Is rational In
degree as it embodies some sense and ap
preciation of natural evolution. If we
today could awaken and feel that we are
the people, and that the voice of the
people is the voice of God. we would
realize that we are God's prophets who
ordain future events through an oracle
known as the ballot box. AMOS.
Lost Liberty Bond
Portland. June ZS. To the Editor of
The Journal Please Inform me through
The Journal how to recover in case a
Liberty bond Is lost or stolen.
A? OLD SUBSCRIBER.
If a reels tared bond, report loss r theft to
the treasury department tbrauah any local bank
tor adjustment; If a coupon bond, there ts so
redress. 1
swv w. s. a.
PERSONAL MENTION
Seid Back Entertains
At the Multnomah Saturday night.
Seid Back. Chinese attomev of Port
land, entertained a number of Chinese
students who are returning to their
homos'' In San Francisco and Oakland
after studying in colleges and universi
ties of the Northwest during the past
school year.
e
Shsngle Here From Wrsngell
R. o. Sbangle of Wrangell, Alaska, is
registered at the New Perkins. Mr.
Shangle is most optimistic regarding
the outlook In the northern territory
and expresses the belief that the devel
opment of Alaska has not yet pro
gressed to a degree that begins to In
dicate the possibilities of the country.
Development of coal mines, cattle-raisins;
and agriculture are the most press
ing needs, he says.
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Dry Weather in Benton
According to F, S. Appelman. agent
of the Oregon Electric road at Corvallia,
crops and pasturage In that section are
suffering from drouth. Many ranchers
of that vicinity are selling their herds
on account of the poor pasturage, says
Mr. Appelman, and gardens are ruined
by aphis.
...
At the Portland over tho week end is
a party of Calif or nlans from Pinole,
who are spending a part of the summer
In the Northwest. They are Mrs. E. M.
Downer and son. E. M. Downer Jr., and
Mrs. I. N. Gates.
Mark A. Fullerton, Justice of the su
preme oourt of the state of Washington.
Is at- the Benson over Sunday.
Frank H. Shepherd of Corvallls, an
instructor at the Oregon Agricultural
college, la at the Imperial while giv
ing a course in military training at the
Benson Polytechnic high school and 'the
training camp there. . - . ,(
' Frank1 Deckeback Jr. and Frank.: J.'
Chapman of Salem, OrP are guests
where I had spent the night. It took a
little less than three minutes to go back.
As we emerged from the edge of a cloud
out popped another airplane. It shone
In the morning sunlight like a silver
swallow. I enjoyed my ride so greatly
that Ute pilot took me for a half hour's
ride, and what he did to show off the
paces of his aerial steed was a plenty.
t At 8 o'clock I was eating breakfast
at the French Y. M. C. A. From there I
went to a nearby hydroplane station,
and at 9 o'clock o a little later, I was
visiting the school of aerial gunnery and
proving that a westerner can shoot ac
curately with a Lewie machine gun. At
11 a. in. I was addressina a large group
of soldiers on the theme of the day
"Mothers' day. My text was Kipling's
poem. "Mother o' Mine."
After lunch I went around and got
acquainted with a lot .of the soldiers I
had talked to, and found them a splen
did group of men. One of the men told
me the secret of why the soldiers listen
to me so patiently. It ia because I am
one of them, that I am a good shot with
a rifle or a machine gun, that I will ride
a camion or an airplane to keep an ap
pointment and that when I sit down
with them at mess I can stow away as
much army grub as any of them. Some
of the men who fall to be invited to re
turn to talk to the soldiers are "big
guns" and have reputations as orators,
but they look down to the men patron
ise them and it doesn't go. They feel
that because they can sign "B. A." after
their names they are superior to the com
mon run of humanity. I fail to under
stand how any civilian, no matter how
much of a big gun he is at home, can put
on superior airs over soldiers, who are
willing to risk all they have their Uvea,
-
At about ip.ro. 1 got aboard a private
railroad called the "Galloping; Goose"
and went to a smalt nearby village,
where I met a group of soldiers. I
caught a train from there and reached
base headquarters and took care of my
mall, and now I feel that I have earned a
night's rest, having traveled during the
day afoot, by army truck, toy airplane, by
private railroad, on the government rail
road and by street car. .
at the Oregon hotel, where
staying over the week end.
they are
Charles Hun lock, one of the desk
clerks at the Multnomah hotel, leaves
Monday for Vancouver barracks. Wash.,
where he will enter the army.
S. R. Powers a well-known farmer of
the Walla Walla district. Is at the Ore
gon hotel while In Portland for a few
days,
II. W. Aldrlch, a lumberman of Mill
City, Or., is staying at the Benson while
visiting In Portland.
Dr. and Mrs. 01. Hallman of Taft.
Or., are among the week-end guests
registered at the Imperial.
Mrs. M. Davenport Engberg of Bell-
ingham, accompanied by her two chll
dren. is
Benson.
a guest Over Sunday at the
Peter Wise of Bingham. Wash, is at
the New Perkins hotel. Mr. Wise Is in
Portland on a brief business trip.
L. Nelson of. Harlan, Iowa, is reg
istered at the Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thurman of
Washington. D. C. are spending a few
days In Portland. They are registered
at the Multnomah.
Frank J. Jones of Baker, a well known
Eastern Oregon business man. Is among
the guests registered at the New .Perkins.
Charles E. Heard of Pendleton, Or.,
an auto dealer o'f the Round-Up city,
is stopping at the Bensdn.
H. Losler was a Norton ia hotel visitor
from Camp Fremont durtnr the week.
O. B. Pershing of Albany Is at the
Cornelias on a brief business and pleas
ure trip to Portland.
Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Hice of Medford.
.H1 r
wniie ur. nice iooks attar DUSiness ar-
fairs In the city
Dr. F. L. Fleebert of Tacoma la among
the guests of the Oregon hotel at the
week-end.
V. Myrick is a Pendleton visitor at
the Carlton hotel.
Jack McNeff of Yakima. Wash., Is
registered at the Cornelius.
R. Scott Weaver, hotel man of Rose
burg, Or.. Is a guest at the Benson.
J. C. Burton of Pendleton Is among
the Oregon's guests.
Walter Thoma of Falls City, Or., is
at the New Perkins.
H. M. Relff of Baker. Or.. Is at the
MultnomaVh for a few days.
Lily W. Anderson of The Dalles Is
stopping at the Cornellua
H. D. Kipper of Seattle was down
during the week, quartered at the N'or
tonls. John W. McDonald Jr. of Astoria is
at the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stead of Harlan
Iowa, are guests at the Carlton.
Frank J. Jones of Baker ia at the New
Perkins while in Portland.
Mrs. J. James of Eugene is spending a
few days at the Portland hotel.
J. P. Smith of Silver-ton is registered
among the gueets at the Imperial.
R. W. York of Boise. Idaho, Is stopping
at the Cornelius. .
Axel Etickson of Clatskanie, Or.," Is a
guest at the New Perk In a
a Melly of Seattle is staying at the
Oregon.
John Hedberg of Amity, Or., ts a New
rerklns guest.
Dr. J. H. Lssatnr of La Center. Wash.,
is at the Imperial.
Among tha Oregon's guests Is A. W.
Hoose of Oakland. CaL
Mr. and Mrs. B H. Lennox of Tacoma
are at the Carlton. "
L Ok Snyder and O. V. Snyder of Clats
kanie,. Or., are gueets at the Cornelius,
staying over Sunday in Portland. -
Lockley
Ragtail and Bobtail
8toriee From Everywhere"
A rRIEND of both men. says '"Oirard"
" In the Philadelphia ledger, tells me
nw aiory: wuuam H. fags, now our
ambassador In England, said to Edward
dok some years ago : "Do you ever write
a letter to a man who does a consptcu-
ously meritorious thing V On the spot .
u,r emerea into a compact to try it. At
a famous New York church Mr. Bole
heard a sermon that stirred him. He '
promptly wrote to the pastor, telling him
so. About six months later he went to ?
the same church again. An official met
nfm n ......
phiar- "Tea.- "Well. sir. I want to tell
you about the letter you wrote to our.
pastor. As it happened, it reached htm
on a "blue Monday He -was sitting in
his study discouraged. He had almost
reaohed the conclusion that his ministry '
was a failure. Your letter came and It
changed not merely his day but his de-
cision. It gave him a new heart of grace
to go on.?
Said the man who told me the story:
"Both Mr. Page and Mr. Bok have de
rived Incalculable happiness from their
plan The results have more than Jus
tified it. Never frown down a good im
pulse. If you fail to act on It at once,
It may tantalise you for months."
Pstrlolie Prrsuaioa
"They say that money talks."
"That's right. Mine has Just per
suaded me to exchange It for a Liberty
bond."
Psychological Victory
An Interesting explanation of i ft.
moua Canadian victory la given by
Howard Wheeler, who says:
That same day. as we were tramp
ing over the road we had come, I'
glanced back at Vtmy ridge with Its
monument on top to speak of the hero
ism of the Canadian troops, that cap
tured It. It seemed Incredible, a mira
cle, that human flesh and blood could
mount those steep, churned slopes and !
drive an enemy from defenses con- i
structed painstakingly and considered '
Impregnable. ;
"When we reached our autos I asked I
the British officer about this. "When
all is said and done and all the figures !
are down. he said. It will be found I
that Vlmy ridge was captured with as- i
tonishlngly small loss to the British.
You see,' he said with a smile, 'it was
what you might call a psychological
victory. Each day the British guns set
down a terrific barrage on the ridge.
Ten minutes each day. That was all.
Ten minutes' barrage and no attack.
Each day. of course, the Germans ex
pected an attack. But It didn't come.
Then on the eleventh day, the 10 min
utes' barrage, and when it llftad there
were the Canadians walking up Vlmy
ridge. Frits offered but a compara
tively feeble resistance.' "
Great Lurk
"Smith Is a lucky man," said Brown.
"He certainly Is," agreed Jones. "He
has rsised six daughters and he doesn't
have to support even one of his sons-in-law."
Surprising the Missus
A minister from the trenches was re
counting some of his experiences to a
party of friends and told of a wounded
Irishman whom he found in a deep state
of dejection. Upon being asked If he
would like to dictate a letter home, his
face brightened some and he assented.
Immediately the minister brought writ
ing materials to his bedside snd signi
fied his Intention to take down the let- '
ter. He waited a few moments, but Tim
appeared Incapable of speech, so the
minister said: "Come, come, my good
man; I haven't very much time. We
must make a start. What shall I say?"
But Tim remained tonguetted.
"Shall I begin 'My dear wlfer
"Tls.' 'assented Tim. grimly, "put
that' down. That'll amuse her."
The Way it Felt
Dentist You say this tooth has never
been worked on before. That's queer,
far I find small flakes of gold on my
Instrument.
Victim You have struck my back
collar button. I guess.
One Reason
"Why are you opposed to your wife's
voting V
"Because, judging from her house
cleaning orgies, she will go in for too
many sweeping reforms."
Some Hookey Business
When Mike Flaherty abandoned South
Boston for Lynn and hired a cottage
with a bit of back yard the first thing
he did was to -hurry back to the Hub
of the universe, says Everybody's, and
purchase a monkey. "Dlvll a wurrd"
of his scheme would he disclose to his
old cronies in Boston. But afterward
he let out:
itv . fit,, tvt. T j.fclmJI eViA nutnlr
j to atlck In me y alr-rrd, and tie coal
thrains do be passin' all day ferninst.
and on Iv'ry carrr do be a brakeman.
In one walk, begorra, I had two tons of
coal In me cellar, and the monk never
wanst hit" ,
The Initial Misstep .
First Burglar What led yer to take ,
up dls business. Bill?
Second Burglar Try In to hook pen
nies outer me bank when I was a kid.
Natural Suggestion
I ran over in my new auto in half
an hour."
"Over how many?"
A Prayer
O God of ricbt. to The today
We ran ia aw oar ferreat prayer!
Grant etetary nnto the smea
Who tight for freedom oeet Ovare.
; " B,rr pTw jrtn. zx'
i Of 1'ruamJan eTrraaBy sad crae
And to areas a plundered land.
Today we aeek Thee ia tha fkhtV
Ttay mtsnty ana of wrath ma da vara;
Lord God of hosts. Thy cane wdem
And rtfbt tha w rent I This t our prays.,
James W. Wise of tha Viftlaata.
L'ncle Jeff tsnow Ssys:
Of course we all want bigger payrolls
in Oregon, and Al G. Clark, who Is
pushin' this Idee most determined, has It
doped out about straight enough when
he tells us the place to spend your'pay
roll Is in the place you live and -want
It to be bigger. One of these days Al
will be teUIn' us the whole truth, and
that is that If you want bigger and better
payrolls in Oregon, quit finln" folks for
settln' up factories and homes, and get:
rid of the land spec" la tor, which spites 10
times more'n he gits, by drivin' off peo
ple that wants to start payrolls la
Oregon.
Journal Journeys
One Thousand Mile Tour Full of
Scenic Interest
Oregon's two most scenic routes, tha -Columbia
river highway and the road to
Crater Lake may be included In one au- ''
tomoblie ' tour of approximately lOOOL.1'
miles.' ---. .
You may' go via the Columbia river C
highway via The Dalles and Bend and f
return by .way of Medford and the Pa
cifio highway or vice versa. If a shorter v
trip is desired yon can sloop over the - '
McKensle pass road. The attractions of
any rout ara too numerous to mention. -Opportunity
is given to u and study
both Eastern and Western Oregon which -
siret uksliit nnuKOk . mar iurrru v , - . . .
tion regarding routes, rates of fare, time "
schedules and other detail,-call on or
address, "Travel Bureau, 'Journal BusJ-
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