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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAII. P ORTLANP, - FRIDAY, JULY 12.M918.
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Contact with tha good never falla to
impart food, and we carry away with na
seme of tha bleaains, aj travelers' gar
ments ratala tha odor of tha flowara and
ahruba through which tbay hara paaiad.
Damtisf Smiles.
SCIIOOLS IN PORTLAND
Inrun-i-uAflu wo appuiut a bu-
perlntendent of schools and then
everybody proceeds to superintend
IiIm
. V asm nv ww an V B aT -V i A a !
We do not give him a chance to be
the superintendent. We encourage
hit opponents and keep him busy
fighting enemies from the rear.
' The man who fails to get some
favorite appointed to a position in
j the schools becomes his open oppo-
ltiant" Another, whn Hnaam't set a
pet text book adopted or rejected.
turns critic. Still another becomes
. an avowed enemy because his moth
er-in-law's stepson received no adr
: ;.- We make the school elections a
; j - I
convenient tool ror executing our
pites against the superintendent by
.electing as directors men secretly
ywoi ,wu.. m u .
letter, the corrupt practices act is
violated by the secret pledge which
uuie um wuwwi
beforehand. t
Disgruntled teachers and dlsgrun-
a(JI W.t aal I . t I
lieu scuoui ouiciais ara encouragea
to; run to some newspaper offices
. witn taie about tne superintendent
or about the schools, ' and a propa-
eauua ui auuse is incrcuy pourea out
upon the community. Every teacher
with a petty grievance or a private
grudge Is given full play in backbit-
lng and tale mongertng. If we at-
tempted to carry on the war with I
tha same insidious treachery enopur-
aged In ojir midst as is encouraged
la oar home school affairs, we would
be Impotent and ineffective.
Wa haA a Knarri nf Hianm
- w a..VA w WWA VS V VLA A VVwVl 9
failed to suit certain disgruntled
persons, and the latter went to the
legislature and had the law changed
so that other directors would .bo
elected. There was no reason or call
for the change, but It was made, and as
B result Of fit, we now have tWO SU-
'perlntendents, a double headed schoM
. 1 "" i-ww,iuHuiun
V o.uw.uw Bcnooi esianiisnmeni.
been going on In Portland for year, tyranny of the unspeakable Haps
There has not been a day or an hour burg, the pest and infamy of Europe.
iu uioie yearB in wmcn me supenn-
wuaeni, wnemer ne was one man or
nowicr, nai noi Deen unaer lire, ir
4 -1 . .
, anacAou irom ma ouuiae, ne was
nalurauy attacked from the Inside,
for in so large an organization there
H always somebody with a petty
grievance or a private grudge. It
undermineft discipline, weakens the
scnooi morale and lessens the effl-
ciency of the teaching force.
One board of directors in Portland
recently elected the superintendent
t to superintend the schools for" a year
t yet to come, and now a board with
f-twd newly elected members has at-
tempted to dust him. and nurnorts
to. have named another man to do
the superintending.
' ""This la MAmnla nf th.
the futility in our processes, it U
wkat MfAlCarln ra V a .a. t a.. a 1
;er,,tS:,rrlmc!t
'.rru,.;: , - "u WRrJ
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Th a h tnit thin u n.ii
. . 0 ... , . u, uiaiiu m
we oikiqu mousana scnooi chOdren
um mo caitAousnmeak in wmcn they
are . to get their training for their
future work. That establishment, is
too sacred and too vital to be the
plaything of elections.
, i . A 4ilrAtnpchtn - In nn j
schools is a great trusteeship to
which are committed as wards more
than 30.000 school children. Ytt our"
;,:,oconT,ehthat.:W
. an election attended by a few more
than Y1 MNMl In a - lt r .
4 quarter of a million, without reason
-c.pt petty , prlvate.nouon. and
: prejudicev a contract by a superin-
mii -wiui a lomwr ooara is sci
- In a . manna ft ,
" r. , " . - .
. .mining camp than flrst class
x; .modern city.; It would seem that the
parents yhose. children ;f are being
iiw,iur;mo m whs bcuuui
, lishment would rise and demand that
1 , a seemly,' highminded and tipstand-
lng administration be substituted for
such mob-like performances. 1
If we go on with these practices
we will make It impossible to get a
good ; man to accept the Portland
superintendency In the future. iThs
best men will steer clear of Port
land for the very sound reason that
men of parts do not want to take a
position in which they must carry
on constant rear guard actions while
trying to 4raanage ' and forward a
school system. .
Offering to build airplanes inj his
plant without profit and to give hit
own services without pay, W. E.
Boeing, who ha been building naval
airplanes at Seattle, says, "It is my
desire . If possible to avoid being
placed in the position of a profiteer."
By birth an Austrian, Mr. Boeing,
by adoption and spirit an American
first, is an examplar of loyalty to
country. Patriotism is not confined
exclusively to natiVe-born Americans.
We nive foreign-born citizens whose
loyalty rings as true as the. best.
LIBERTY BOND PIRATES '
T
HE Journal has heard of a man
who, because pressed by finan
cial necessities, sold his f 100
Liberty bond for f GO.
The "buyer of this bond should be
made to disgorge. The holder of
the bond has been defrauded. Any
reputable broker or bank would have
paid him above $90 for his bond.
The, present market price is above 96.
These Liberty bonds are the life-
blood of the army and navy. They
are a sacred asset in this war. They
are the people's Instrument for sus
taining and supporting their soldiers
and sailors. For them to be made
the prey of profiteers is an insult
A a. A a f ' , .
to uie country ana a crime against
civilization. j
There is no necessity for jany
U J . . i i i
he may he, to make more than a
very 6Ugnt sacrifice m realizing on
the security. There are thousands
or pairiouo men -ready to aid any
holder of a Liberty bond who hap-
pens to be in a financial pinch.
In the case of this buyer who took
I a $100 bond from a man in distress
t0TA , ull restitution should; bo
made. If any one has information
as to similar cases and will make
the facts known to The Journa
effort "will be made to make
nrOfltAftra ritao-nre-A thufp ill-o-WMnn
r- - - ------ d aasaa AAA PlWl hVli
Kains . ;t
It 9 a nnh. Hnfv an, 1ha nilK1i(.,u
duly to gtftn(1 hv thft T,hBrtv hnri.
buyer8( who stood by theJ COuntry
even more than their financial mean3
justified. The f ft fit that t.hv hrmtrhl
m0re bonds than they could cam
is the proof of their loyalty and a
fnii ftppHntiai fm h.m a
fended against bond pirates,
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The names andTThe facts in all
cases of defraudW Liberty bond
holders are wanted by The Journal.
iao bciiooi ooara also says, as
the kaiser said, that a, contract is
"a scrap of paper." We have de
nounced and upbraided and reviled
the kaiser for scrapping his. contract
with Belgium. What .about the
school board's scrapped contract
with Superintendent Alderman? How
much is the morality of the school
pupils advanced by this broken
Contract?
L ALBANIA
T
HE Italian operations in Albania
should not be belittled. They
may decide the war. French,
British and Albanians ,or airline.
riailv their nnprntiAna n-
haps a conflagration 'Is beginning
which will presently involve , the
Juco-Slava. th Rrthmnr,a
I W --- wviHawuw UUA Qll
the oppressed races under the
is not well to be over-confident
Dut mere is reason to believe that
ine Ainanian offensive means thowell as a dozen. The fin inrw hA
I . . . .. . . 1
j eariy restoration or the eastern front
As the -operations grow the auto
crats must find troops to meet them.
This implies weakened pressure in
France.
The defection of Russia was a
terrible blow to the cause of liberty
(but it may be repaired sooner than
has Deen hoped by the exertions of
tne tUns. If the Slavs of the
Austrian empire rally to the Italian
ndard, w have reason to ex-
PecW the two kaisers may soon havo
enough to do to defend their own
dominions without Invading their
neighbors'. The gloom of destiny
darken over the heads of the auto-
crats' The end may be in sight.
I , . - "
superintendent0
U very business-like
statement by a business-like woman,
1 ,-, 11. . '
i auu is woriay 01 reaamgLand con-
slderatlon.
MICKEY FINN
TIeAe Is an easy way to escape
the dire effects of the "Miokev
Finn" powders. s Patronize res
na.llUT,,S W?. t,ps ar not ex
E!0 Self-respecting waiters should
fhP.7 LL0 Zl0g Wages from
TS'
h. vA.. -
I . . " " " sviiwuct
5w offt. tin i. T f
U u
Uke throwing bone to a dear
lt our' democracy - were : perfect
"" . VriTOfc
ever Person would "receive for: his
work wages enough to enable him
to live a self-respecting, indeoenden
fe. Nobodf would feel obliged to
cringe anawnunper for. tips,
The practice oripping' easii
on intoupure ImpbsiUon - S
' easily passes
Imposition Some big
contractor gets a grant of the lips
from be hotel proprietor or restau
rant owner, .The waiters then have
to - pass what they receive on to he
boss who 6tands menacingly over
them. . ".-
Thus the public is swindled and
the waiter is wronged. , There is a
right way to pay" for service and a
wrong way TIppjng is not the
right way. v '
HIS LAST FLIGHT
ITH deep feeling the country
read yesterday of New York's
homage to Its dead aviator.
There have been ' complaints
of profiteering by New Yorkers.
There have been complaints of ex
travagances in dining, drinking and
dress by New Yorkers.
The deep hush among ; thousands,
the solemn pageant, the black plumed
horses, the airplanes above, the civic
and military figures, the thousands
marching, on footr all these must
have brought horn to New York and
to all the nation a profound compre
hension of the realities of this war.
On to the cathedral, and then on to
the dust to which all must go. went
the former mayor in his last flight.
The body dead, the heart still.--, the
arm unpowered, this man but yes
terday In the fullness of-his strength
and life and mind was a poor piece
of clay t going back Into the earth.
to become of the earth earthy.
His passing, his obsequies, his
closed career are the common lot of
thousands, and as we beheld these
things typified on the bosom of the
great metropolis yesterday, the sight
visualized to us the consequences of
this gigantic task to which we have
dedicated our property, our lives and
our sacred honor.
That solemn pageant should en
able every American to hear the
great guns booming over there. It
should carry into every Ameri
can" heart a high resolve to be
no idler, but to be a struggling.
striving, fighting soldier in the great
array of the good, cause.
John Purroy Mitchel, mayor, sol
dier, hail and farewell! We honor
you for yourself and for the thou
sands like you.
The short line railroad bill which
president " has vetoed was Der-
innocent as it looked! It
would have loaded up the govern
ment with some 1700 different little
railroads, many of them mere ap
pendages to some private business
Nothing would have been gained by
taking them over, but a heavy load
of trouble. Mr. Wilson shows his
astuteness by what he avoids as
much as by what he courts.
THE PATIENT ASS
T
HE air is full of rumors of in
creased wages to streetcar em
ployes. , They are to-, be
awaraea Dy me reaerai war
labor board. Where the money is
to come from is not explicitly stated,
but it is always assumed that the
public is to foot the bill. The idea
of saving money by economizing on
salaries to non-residents and other
forms of prodigality seems never to
occur to anybody.
The employes deserve all they
are likely to get. . Their earnings
have always been scanty and their
work hard. The spectacle of their
rich employers lolling in luxury
upon fat incomes has not made them
feel any more contented.
As long as the meek public will
stand it to be squeezed for wage
increases, the street railway mag
nates will, of course, keep on squeez
ing. But a time is bound to come
when their own inflated wads must
be called upon for contributions'.
There is a limit to the consumer's
euuiiiy vu nice uemanas.
K By a little forethouglVt one daily
delivery from ihe stores will do as
has been in the habit of requiring
a. separate delivery for a spool of
thread, a biscuit for her lap dog and
an ounce of pepper for the cook may
feeL some Inconvenience at first, but
if she will apply her mind to the
subject she will find that she can
get along.
A VOTE WITfl PHELAN
T
HE country has great faith In
John D. Ryan, director of the
aircraft board. His plan of con
centrating the construction of
planes in a few large factories is
probably sound. $
But there is much virtue in Sena
tor Phelan's claim that some of the.
construction should be on the Pa
oifie coast.
The spruce is furnished mainly in
Oregon, almost wholly in Washing
ton and Oregon. Spruce is the bulk
of the raw material for planes. .
This ooast has shown its super!
ority In the power to assemble ship
building organizations and produce
ships. The western worker is more
militant. : j The western builder has
secured greater speed. Every first
prize and several lesser prizes for
shipbuilding in America for May
came to the Paclfio coast
The problems In shipbuilding and
aircraft construction are very simi
lar. The locality - that has led in
one could lead in. the other. Tho
Phelan proposal Is full jof Tmerlt. It
should nave come sooner. -
.. By this time it should have be
come apparent to the East that the
Paclfio coast is ih the United States,
Oregon In' particular" has; been over
the top in many war activities, while
the disdainful Eastern states, were
merely in, the, small ' beginnings: of
their drives. - . -'
It. 'Is & perfectly - reasonable as-.
sumption,, - based . on ; experience In
others lines,' that if a big 'plane pro
duction - plant '- had - been established
months ago in Portland a higher per
centage of output would have been
going out of it to the trenches than
the percentage in any existing plant.
There-Is here a more virile working
population and. men of higher ef
fectiveness in organizing producln
plants. "
Shipbuilding performances prove it
The senatorial tories are in a fear
ful predicament. On one side pro
hibition threatens them. : On the
other government control of tele
graphs' and telephones. The tories
are like Bunyan's Christian picking
his way along between a quagmire
and a deep ditch.
WHY NO TRAFFIC
ON WILLAMETTE
By Carl Smfth, Washington Staff
Correspondent of The Journal.
Washington. July 12. In the view of
Colonel George A. Zinn, district engi
neer of river and harbor work at Port
land, the time ia favorable for profitable
operation of beats on the upper Willam
ette river, the Increase on freight rates on
the railroads now giving a sufficient
spread" for business on the river. Col
onel Zlnn made this suggestion t6 the
committee on Inland waterways of the
railroad administration when he was
called upon for a report on the reasons
Tor withdrawal of the boats from the
Willamette, at the same time explaining
that because of railroad discrimination
the boat line had been forced to discon
tinue. The data secured has been re
ceived by Senator McNary. Major Gen
eral Black, the chief of engineers and
neaa or the inland waterways committee.
in transmitting the report of Colonel
Zlnn merely says that as the boats were
taken off because they did not pay, i
"there is apparently no pressing need of ;
intervention by the United Stages." He
makes no comment otherwise, and passes
unnoticed the final paragraph of the re
port which Colonel Zlnn submitted, which
had been prepared by Assistant Engineer
Thomson after thorough analysis of con
ditions, which said that the railroads took
business away from the river by a spe
cial campaign which the boat line-failed
to combat, and concludes :
There appears to be no reason why a
steamboat company conducted on 'busi
ness lines, with a proper regard for the
accommodation of the public, should not
be able under existing conditions ' to op
erate a successful freight and passemrer
service on the upper Willamette river."
Elsewhere In the report of Mr. Thom
son lt ia shown that. In the judgment of
waterway experts, a differential of 20
per cent between rail and water rates is
deemed necessary for success of water
lines; that the railroads made a rate of
28 cents from Portland to Corvallls. 97
miles, on freight of the first class, where
they came Into competition with the
boat lines, and charged 48 cents to Eu
gene, oniy 2 nines iartner, wnere they
had no river competition that the differ
ential between rail and water rates
amounted, to only 4 per cent, and that
"without this discrimination boats prob
ably would be running at a profit today."
ine report points out that the Increase
in railroad rates now produces a differ
ential of about 23 per cent between the
rail and water lines. It is further pointed
out that the maximum river haul was
120 miles, and in this short distance the
advantage of the railroad In speed -is
largely offset by delays In obtaining cars.
spotting and unloading, and it is reduced
to the advantage it may obtain by atten
tion to the personal requirements of ship
pers and regularity of schedule, both of
which points were apparently neglected
by the former boat line.
Summarising the causes of failure of
the Oregon City Transportation company,
tney are stated under five heads: Ag
gressive and , successful competition by
tne rauroaas in a "big drive" in 1913";
failure of the boat company to maintain
a "business front;" lack of effort to ac
commodate patrons of the boat line; ir
regular and unsatisfactory boat service:
recent advances in the cost ot material
and labor.
In 1917, it Is stated, the boat company
lost $6500 in doing $60,000 worth of busi
ness, and the owners have, no intention of
resuming under any circumstances.
Whether other capital will enter the
field is said to be problematical, unless
the government will do it or grant some
form of subsidy.
While congress for the fiscal year just
ended appropriated In round numbers
$21,000,000,000 and authorized the spend
ing of $2,000,000,000 more, the country
actually spent for the first year of the
war $12,696,702,471, Including loans to the
allies, which comprised over one third of
the total. Broadly, this conveys the idea
that appropriations are not always what
they seem, and that is true. The est!
mates ran far ahead of the actual ex
cendltures, .and are likely to do the
same for the new riscal year, so farthe
estimates of appropriations and author
isations reach the enormous total of $24,
000,000,000. without allowance for loans
to the allies, but when the year is over
It will in all probability be found that
billions will be left unexpended. "There
are limitations on the amount the gov
ernment can spend." said Senator Sim
mons, and Senator Smoot affirmed his
belief that It will be Impossible to spend
the full amount of the estimates. It Is
literally true that the government Is
spending as fast as It can, but cannot
spend all that Is appropriated.
The explanation of all this is that the
as w m
departments submit estimates to con
gress based on calculations of what they
may need In any contingency. They can
not spend until congress gives authority.
ut lt is essential that the money be
ready when it is neeoea. if the esti
mates are high, and a large part of the
money fS not spent, nobody is hurt. In
peace times lt Is easier to calculate how
much will be needed for the ordinary
purposes of government, and congress is
usually careful not to appropriate much
more than lt believes will really e nec
essary, as habits of that sort lead to
waste. But since the war began congress
has acted on the theory that there should
be no stint In voting money which' the ex
ecutive departments believe they can
Tjend. the object of all being to build
ships and to raise and equip armies Just
as fast as It can be done, regardless of
expense.
The wide difference between appropri
ations ana expenaitures nas one7 Import
ant effect In the discussion of the-methods
of raising money, whether by taxa
tion or bonds. The tax bills are framed on
the basis of the estimated expenditures.
During the fiscal year just ending soma.
thing over $4,000,000,000 was obtained by
taxation. It Is evident that this makes a
much greater proportion or the $12,000,
000,000 actually spent than of th.e$21,000,
000,000 estimated. A little mathematics
shows that the proportion of war expen
ditures raised by taxes during tha
was between 36 and 37 per cent" and If
the loans to th allies are excluded, on
the theory that as these 'are to be re
paid they are not real -expense," the
proportion raised by taxes exceeds 60
per cent. The safer rule seems, to. count
these loans for the present as part of the
war expense, as it will be many years be
fore the money is returned, and some of
it may never come back. The loans to
Russia and. Boumania, for example, are
questionable, though they do not con-
stltute any largf part of the total, and
there U Already a movement on foot fav
oiint the cancellation at the end of the
war of what Belgium and France owe to
this county a movement which may be
extended to other loans. '
A summary of the expensee of the last
fiscal year shows that 17.684,000.000 went
for the war and ordinary expenses of
government,' $119, 000.000-for Interest on
the public debt, $19,000,000 for the Pan
ama canal. $64,000,000 for farm loan
bonds and $4,738,000,000 In loan to the
alllea Excluding- loan a, the United Suites
expended $7,958,000,000. v
Letters From the People
(CommanleatloBS lent to Tb Joaraal (or pnb
Betlon in this department boold b writUa oa
only ona tidm of tha paper, aboold sot exceed 800
wonb ia feacth aad mutt be aiBed by tb writer,
wboee mail addrea la full niiut aecoauwvny the
aoatribatloaj
Invokes a Public Protest
Portland, July 11. To the Editor of
The Journal The taxpayers of Port
land realize that a mill levy for school
maintenance is barely enuogh to meet
tne running expenses of the schools. The
school enrollment is Increasing, school
rooms are over-full, more teachers are
needed, more equipment Is required, and
tne cost of all necessaries is Increasing
' In spite of these facts the newly elect
ed scnooi directors, who pledeed them
selves to a conservative and economical
administration, make their first order of
business the creation of a department
of war activities, the maintenance of
which will mean the expenditure of
probably $8000 a year.
This department-is something untried
and unheard of in fact, lt la simply a
camouflage to deceive the taxpayer
and to dodge litigation.
A public meeting of the taxpayers of
Portland should be held and a protest
registered with the school board against
the misappropriation of school funds.
MRS. J. F. CHAPMAN.
Defends the Swedish People
Beaverton, Or.. July 11. To the Kdl-
tor of The Journal. Among: the letters
from the people In yesterday's Journal
find a letter headed, "The Swedish
People and the Parade." I do not wish
to comment on the topic, but "wish to
say that Mr. Jones says that all the
Swedes he ever worked with were pro-
German to the core. I wish to say that
he had undoubtedly associated himself
with a very low class of Swedes. The
fact is that all. Swedes are born loyal.
and raised and educated to loyalty to
their government, whether such Is by
birtfr or adoption. A still greater mis
take of his Is that he thinks all the
Swedes are like his Swedish associates
and have no better sense than to make
such statements public.
That Is similar to the Oregonlan of
last Monday morning, when it made
mention of three Swedes who had
paused the exemption board more trouble'
than all other nationalities.
Permit me to say that those three
Swedes were no true representatives of
the Swedish nationality and it Is just
as much of an insult to the Swedish
Americans to intimate such a thing as
It would be Insulting to the American
press to say tnat tne uregonian is a
representative of the same, when it Is
using all Its ability and expending lots
of cash to maintain the publication of
delinquent taxes and In fighting for
other things detrimental to the interests
of the general public
E. K. SWENSON
Says Sweden Mostly Hale Kultur
Portland, July 11. To the Editor of
The Journal In The Journal of July
10 I find a letter In which Thomas
E. Jones tries to Bhow that the Swedes
are unpatriotic and In favor of every
thing German., Now this Is far. from
tne real tact ; out I admit that there
are exceptions. '
When the- European countries were
declaring war against each other 1 was
on the Atlantic on my way to visit In
Sweden, where I stayed over a year,
hoping to see the end of the war.
During that time I had a good oppor
tunity to learn the feeling lr Sweden
with regard to Germany and the war.
It Is true that the higher military pepple
of Sweden, as well as the moneyed arts
tocracy and the Lutheran clergy, at that
time, would have sldedwith Germany,
but the common people, or the laboring
element of Sweden, manifested a bitter
feeling against Germany and the war.
At the present time, or since the czar
of Russia was deposed and the United
States entered the war, there has been
a very marked change among the Swedes
In this country as well as In Sweden In
favor of the antes. And the Swedes of
this country, I dare say, are as truly
patriotic citizens of the United States
as any other nationality, and entertain
the most bitter denunciation of the Ger
man kultur as at present manifested.
In my opinion, the kaiser and his
board of control (Hindanbarg, Luden
dorf, Tlrpitz and the rest) would be
more adapted to rule In hell than In a
civilized country : aa, in fact, I have also
read In several newspapers that his ex
cellency, Satan, has adblcated in favor
of the kaiser.
As I am not a member of the XJnnea
society I do not know why It did not
take part in the Fourth of July parade.
I hope the Swedish consul- or the editor
of the Oregon Posten will explain.
A. I STROMBERf,
Oo Sacriflclna for W. S. S.
Portland, July 6. To the Editor of
The Journal I haven't seen any more
In the paper regarding the sale of hair
the little girl sacrificed to buy War
Savings stamps. The am all sum of $23
was bid, ana nnauy $30.
Now, If Mary pickford or Theda Bara
had donated even one of their rats of
hair, how quickly the bid would have
climbed up, possibly 10 times the amount
offered on the greater sacrifice!
Moral : . One born every minute.
O. W. MANNING.
PERSONAL MENTION
Motor from Walla Walla
Motoring from Walla Walla to Port.
land by the way of Seattle and Tacoma,
two automobiles carrying Spokane and
Walla Walla people have arrived in
Portland. , The party consists of Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Crawford' and daughter
Susan, MiasfnoeDe ciark and Miss
Jessie Crawford of. Walla Walla and
Misses Jean Kendall and Mary Eagel-
son ot Bpoaane. -xney are staying at
the Portland. -Roads from Walla Walla
to Seattle and from that city to Port
land are good, says Mr. Crawford, who
aa president of the Tum-a-Lum Lumber
company, wnica nas -holdings throurh.
out: Eastern Washington and Oregon.
drives over these roads often. The party
will leave late this week or early next
week for Walla Walla, by the way of
cascade Liocaa, wmte salmon and Mab-
ton,,waah. .- :, .'. . -. .
v Calif ornians Enjoy Trip -
Driving in an automobile from Santa
Ana, CaL, to Seattle, a party, of Call-
fornlana is in Portland this week, stop
ping at the Cornelius. They are Mr.
and Mrs. B. J. Chandler and Mr. and
Mrs. N. J. Warner : and daughter Mil
dred. They report a most . enjoyable
trip through Northern California - and
Oregon, the roads for the most part
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' Walla Walla in Drouth
- Following aa almost unprecedented hot
summer, with no rains and abnormally
high temperatures, Walla Walla has at
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Ukraine la la revolt.
So is Oregon
rain., .
see '
No woman Is as old aa aha laoka
just before breakfast.
Tha French started out to take Corey,
and they took it. of course.
Every time we'see headlines about Al
bania we're fooled for a second Into
thinking lt means Albina.
Maybe the man whols wearing last
year's straw hat is pretty wise after
all. He may be Investing his money In
War Savings Stamps.
Emma Goldman 'erstwhile anarchist.
Its making overalls In the Missouri state
klicnuaiiiuj, wmcn seems to DO JUST,
kuoul we Deal uiue tning tmmi ever
did.
Madame Olga Petrova hasn't much of
an American sound to It, but the chances
are that the madame uses tha old -country
moniker for advertising purposes
mostly, and that personally aha nrefara
her more democratic married nam of
Stewart-
The esteemed market man calls our
attention to the names of two stock
shippers among those in the current list
ings, one of thera being Thrift and the
other one Profit. But you know with
out, our telling you that the two go to
gether .
JOURNAL MAN ABROAD
By Fred
(Ha rlna eoate hour of unaccustomed taaare
oa kie handt. air. Lock lay trios to so tailing oa
tho atoditerraaeaa. out meeu diffiealriaB. Be
thea proceed to rUt a celebrated enareh at
Maneulee. enssains a snide who promfaeo tq -be
an "exhibit ta hinuelt end eooeernins whom
atore will appear la thi paee tomorrow.
Somewhere In France Three times In
succession I have missed a trip by boat
on the Mediterranean. I found that on
account of the war the boats were not
plying from Marseilles to Nice. I went
down to the old port In Marseilles, the
port used by the Greeks 2000 years or
more ago, to see If I could catch a boat
for anywhere. The -only boats pulling
out were five.' torpedoboat destroyers
nying tne nag or Japan. Their decks
were swarming with very neat anaeffl
cient Japanese seamen. During the aft
ernoon I had studied from a high hill
nearby the rocky iejand lying offshore
on which Is located the celebrated
Chateau d'If. so familiar to all readers
of Dumaa
I hailed a dark skinned sailor, and said
In French. "How much by your boat to
Chateau d'lfT" Another .sailor nearby
said. "I'll talk for you. H is a fellow
countryman of mine. We both came
from Corsica. You are an American.
So am L I am a downeaster. For 14
years I sailed out of Boston." He beat
the boatman down In his price, and
when bargain had been concluded
I got Into the boat. My Boston friend
from Corsica said, "They close the har
bor at sunset. We will have to get a
special permit to take you out. The
boat owner was gone 10 mlnutea When
he returned he shrugged his shoulders
and said. "No can do." He talked to
the Boston Corslcan, who explained to
me. "00 many subs around. Too
dangerous. Will not let vessels come
or go after sunset." So I climbed out of
the boat.
There was a boat leaving Nice the
next day for Corsica. The fare Was very
reasonable, but the return voyage was
HOW TO BE HEALTHY
Br Dr. Woods Hutchlntou. Former Portland Phjicin
BORDERLAND LIGHTS AND COL
ORS. The variation in wave length of
light Is very much like the variation tn
the wave length of sound, for variations
in length of the waves are what enables
us to tell one sound or one color from an
other. In case of sound, the deeper
sounds have the longer waves, and the
shriller have the shorter. These waves,
coming in the air, striking the ear drum,
cause it to vibrate, and this changes
these vibrations into what we call
sound" while tn the case of light, the
varying degrees of wave-length appear
as different colors, iQtead ot as differ
ent sounds. There Is an Important differ
ence in the way these waves travel, for
sound waves are waves of air, while light
waves are waves of ether, that strange
substance wtiich Is supposed to fill all
space and upon which the whole theory
of lightelectricity. X-rays and photog
raphy depends. There Is another quite lm
portant difference, because sound waves
go directly to tbe ear, while only re
flected light rays go Into the eye,
. All light, unless we Jook directly at
the source of lt such aa an electric bulb
or the sun la reflected, having "hit"
some object and then bounced back Into
the eye. very -much like a tennis ball on
a cement walk. Some substances, such as
snow or salt, will throw, back practically
all the rays of light, which, hitting the
last obtained relief from the heat, ac
cording to J. E. Hawkins, a prominent
business man of that city, who is at
the Imperial. The cure was as bad as
the aliment, however, for lt came in tne
nature ot a terrific dust storm accom
panied by but little rain, Mr. Hawkins
says. The country is oaaiy parcnea by
the drouth, he says, and crops will be
short as a. result.
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Shipbuilders Are Visitors .
H. F. McCormtCk of St. Helens and
p. J. Brlx of Astoria, shipbuilders of
the lower, liver district, are in Portland
on business connected with the ship
building program of the government.
Both are accompanied by their wives
and all are guests at the Benson.
a
Silvertoa Motorists Guests
A motorinr party from Sllverton, Or.,
Is In Portland, guests at the Multnomah,
where they will be for several daya In
the party are Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Col
lister, Frederick Hague Colllster and
Mrs. A. M. Wlest. '
Illinois People Here
Touring the Northwest. Mr. and Mrs.
J. Q. Smith and Mary Schafer, of. Port
Byron. IIL. are In Portland, guests at
the Ntw Perkins. They Intend remaining
here several days, alter which they win
Visit other cities of the Northern Pacific
coast.
Dr. T. C Avery of Stevenson, Wash.',
la in Portnmd on a business visit, ac
companied by -Mrs. Avary. They are
guests at tha Carlton, where they will
remain during their visit In the city.
Paul J. Kent Jr., real estate and, in
surance broker of Walla Walla Wash.,
ta in Portland on a brief business trip,
registered at the Benson.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Oaskell and Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Zurbrick of La Grande
are guests at the Imperial, while stop
ping in Portland on their Way to the
seaside.
John Huntington and M. S. Haskell
of Chehalls. Wash are in Portland oa
business, registered at the Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bushnell of Ya
kima, Wash-, are among tne arrivals at
the Multnomah, wnere they will be
guests for a few daya
James Barker of Chicago Is in Port
land looking over business opportunities
here. -He is accompanied by Mrs. Bar
ker. - They are staying at the Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. . Ewing of Salem
are guests in the city for a - few days
while Mi.- Ewing attends to business af
fairs here. They are at the Norton la.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gougn and Miss
Flora Go ugh of Saa Francisco are
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Commenting editorially on the fruit
crop ot Marion county tha 8alem Capital
Journal says: "The cherry crop turned
out better than was expected, and be
sides, owing to the response to the call
for help, there was little if any loaa. The
canneries have all they can handle and
there is plenty for home use. The outlook
for a big prune yield is good, but there
will be sugar enough for the peaches and
pears that will show up in Salem."
Snake story from w Eugene Regiater :
"Jake Berg or, who lives on a farm north
of the city, yesterday brouaht to this of
fice an odd looking snake which his cat
picked up tn the yard. The snake, which
is a small one. is dark green on the back
and an orange color on the under aide
with blade or green specKs on tne latter.
Tha oddest Dart is an or an it e colored
ring around its neck. Mr. Berger left
the reptile at this office In hopes some
naturalist mignt identity it.
an Ah ea
Hermlston made no War Savings
Stamp drive. The Pendleton East Ore
gonlan tells why : 8o far as known Her
mis ton district is the only one in Uma
tilla county in which no campairn was
carried on for the sale of War Savinga
Stamps. In the first aix months of the
year it was found the district la keeping
up with the quota called for, and aa no
trouble is anticipated In making equally
as good a record for the rest of the year.
It was thought a "soliciting campaign
waa unneceaaary." ,
LockJey
uncertain, so I had to pass that up.
I had an opportunity of going off
shore with some fishermen, for 6 franca.
but the owner explained they would be
out all night, and I had lost ao many
nights sleep that I decided to put In a
full eight hours in bed. just for a change.
o a o
At Marseilles 1 took In the celebrated
Prado promenade, a beautiful tree-lined
avenue along which are some famous
villas, and then wandered about the
waterfront, taking In the unique moving
bridge. Since I could not arrange
trip of any length by boat. I took every
ferry I came to, not knowing or caring
where they would land ma ' The fare
varied from 1 to 2 centa After lunch
I decided to make the climb to the
famous church of Notre Dame de la
Garde. It is a long climb to the church
on the summit, yet I saw scores of
people, women csrrylng babes., old
women, little children all climbing the
rocky hillside and mounting the long
flights of stepa I sm afraid if there
were a church on the summit of Council
Crest and the only way to get there
were to walk. Its services wouldn't be
very much crowded.
I am not going- to try to describe the
church, but I will tell one Interesting ex
perlence. I was trying to make a nun
understand that I wanted to go to the
top of the church. She thought I was
telling her the church was very high
and she kept politely agreeing with me.
A young man, a bystander, said, "It is
of a possibility I may assist you to ar
rive." I explained to him what I want
ed. He found the custodian of the build
lng, who unlocked tbe door after I had
dug up a French banknote worth 10
cents in our money. I have climbed so
many spiral staircases to get to the tops
of towers and monuments that If I were
a molecule I could win all International
molecule handicaps climbing up the in
side of a corkscrew,
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eye all at once, make the color called
white. This Is why the reflection of
light from a glaring white wall or ceiling,
whan you are obliged to sit facing it for
some time, produces such a dazzling and
aching pain in the eyes ;- for aU these Ir
ritating light rays are hurled back Into
them in their full strength and variety.
Most objects, however, will "soak up"
one or more of the light rays and only
throw back the remainder, so that ob
ject Is called after the color waves It
reflects. A verdant meadow, for In
stance, absorbs . all waves except the
green, while a brick waU will reflect
back only the red, and black absorbs
them all.
There are five chief wave-lengths of
light violet, blue, green, yellow and
red the first having the shortest and the
latter, the longest wave lengths. This Is
clearly shown by taking a ray of white
light, which contains all of the various
waves, splitting It up by means of a
prism and throwing It on a screen, where
upon all the five principal colors and
their shadings will arrange themselves
neatly In line, according to their wave
length, the reds being longest and farth
est away, and the violet, the shortest
At each end of the line, however, there
are other waves, which cannot be seen.
Tomorrow : Borderland Lights and Col
ors (No. 2).
among the arrivals at the Washington
They are In Portland on a tour of the
north coast.
O. T. Lockersmlth and Royal Hopkins
of Albany, Or., are In Portland this
week, staying at the Oregon.
Mrs. E. a McCord and Erbersne
Meale McCord of Seattle are spending
a few days In the city, guests while
here at the Portland.
Lieutenant R. P. McChesney and "En
sign W. K. Faulkner f San Francisco,
of the U. S. N. R. F., are registered at
the New Perkins.
Misses W. Gray and F. Tate of Reglna.
Saskatchewan, Canada, are guests in
the city this week, at the Portland.
Dan P. Smythe,- a well known cattle
and sheep rancher of Eastern Oregbn,
is at the Benson this week, while here
from his home in Pendleton.
Mr. and Airs. H. A. Roberts of Eu
gene are guests this week at the Mult
nomah, while spending a few days la
Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. DeRock of Bay
City. Or., are at the New Perkins this
week, while visiting in the city.
Mrs. C. Darbee and daughter of Hepp
ner. Or., are In Portland this week,
guests at the Norton la. .
r. and -Mrs. W. C Miller of Los
Angeles are among the recent arrivals
si uie wasmngton.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hull of New
Tork city lare In the city this week,
guests at the Portland.
Among those registered this week at
the Multnomah, ia A. J. Olsen. a busi
ness man of Tacolt. Wash.
D. H. Stegman. a stockman of Center-
me, vrr.. is at the New Perkins while
in Portland selling stock.
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Keva af
Or., are in Portland this week, guests
at tbe Cornelius.
M..F. 8ommerstrom of St Helens Is
in t-oruana, 1 registered at the Washing
ton. H. N. CockerlJne of Albany is among
the arrivals at the Cornelius.
O. W. Sammorls of Falla City, Or
is registered at tbe Nortonla. -
H. E. Morrison of Walla Walla. Wash.,
reiiswrea ai um 4m penal.
jonn v. strange of , Kennewtck la
among the guests at the Xmnertal.
Mrs. F. E. Tlbbett of Los Angeles Is
in the city, guest at the Carlton.
' Mrs. L. A. Rex of Seattle is- a guest
at the Washington this week. '
i:-- P. Doherty of PrineviUe is at the
imperial. - -.---;.?
Ray Reeves of Jefferson la at the Cor.
nellus. . .. - -. - - - .
.W.-M- Beam of San Francisco is at
tbe Carlton.
; Ragtag and Bobtail
8 tories From Eve if where
Farmers Cure Three Sleeken :
nrHREE wealthy farmers in Stafford
A Mtinlr. Kanua tnlA ih.l. 1tiwtra
who wera soliciting for the Red Cross
thAt 'lhey had made their own money
and could do as they pleased with It-"" .
They gave the solicitors to understand
they were entirely independent of the
rest of the people. The Wichita Bea
con tells what followed. - All the farm
ers In the township held a meeting.
Some Of the more hot-headed ones pro-
ppsea the use or tar. but one philoso
pher suggested something worse. "Well
take thera at their word and have noth
ing to do with them." he said. Every
one present signed an agreement to cut
off all relations with the three. Then
they took the paper to town and had tha
merchants sign It. The next day one of
the three farmers drove to town in his
car to buy some- suppllea "I can't sell
you anything." said the merchant. He
wont, to the bank and tha banker said:
"Here's your money : I don't want your
buaineaa" He went to tho garage to
get some gasoline. "I caa't let you have
It." said the proprietor. He then wont
to the telephone exchange to telephone
home for gasoline. "You haven't any
telephone." said the manarer : "you are
cut off."
His Greatest Work
"Now, little girl, you say your father
la an Inventor."
"Tessura."
"Tell the class what Is the moat Im
portant thing your father ever made."
A llvln' for the family, mum."
The Ubiquitous Pi(j
This-' story Is reproduced from the
Dayton Tribune, Just as It was naively
though graphically typographed In that
estimable little Oregon, weekly :.
'A day or so ago aa one of our promt
nant business men was on his way home,
he met his pig that he had Just bought
a few days ago. face to face on the pub
lic streets of Dayton. Here now, you
have-no business out. you go straight
back to the barn. And as usual the
head of the hog was on the wrong end
and the chase began. He could drive
It. yes! In every direction except to
wards the barn. He knew that the
devil had once entered the hogs, but
was of the Impression he had left the
hogs and gone over to the Huns, but
found he was mistaken. He called it
everything he could think of except
"sweet heart and darling" and after an
hour or more of strenuous chasing and
with the aid of a gunny sack and a
wheelbarrow he landed his ptgshlp st -the
barn. "Drat ye' now I've got you
how in thunder did you get out. and on
going In to see hfew he get out. he made
a dUcovery that almost gave him a
paralytic stroke, for there lay his own
pig peacefully sleeping the sleep of con
tentment. Just then the rightful owner
of this much chased pig appeared on
the acene and waa about to have this
P. B. man arrested for trying to steal
his pig. We were not privileged to see
this little circus but our Informant told
us that W. 8. Htbbert was an eye wit
ness of the above described proceedings,
and those that are Interested In farther
particulars of this affair can find out
by asking him." :
Strategically Weak
"Is she able to keep a cook?"
"Pecuniarily, yea Diplomatically, no."
Portland, City of Roses
Today a rift-bo came tn me '
From a far-off city beelde the ee
A city beloved of ran and rlood.
Who whinnered tocether. half a load.
Like children attains rlan ta alee:
"Let ne make tab city beaide tho aea, ,
Of an tha citiea beneath the eaa
By man meet belored. the fairest eaa.' . '
Tbe ana and elood becao workms tosethar. -
ireeunr tenomo roe-lime weather.
Tney stole an me pink from a Juno day's dswa.
And sold from a sunset Utter aa;
Some saow from Um little cloudlets flrlnc
Which raffled them aad art them arytos;
Then a fairy's bhah and a mermaid s siab
ny sail eea oreesee waited Men,
Beams of the moon and dreams of a fa
The ma kins took auay weanrtlar
Thus waa beauty wrought, as my Terse dswlosea.
s w, v. hmtw, vr,vuo, viiy 01 troaes.
Laura BUreas. .
Weisar, Idaho.
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Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
It looks to me 'slf the supreme court
thinks it was created by the Almighty
to be a drag on the car of progress an'
mebby It was. That bunch of hairspllU
tsrs alius makes me think of a bear cub
Dee Hetfelsmlth undertuck to bring from
tne Memoeres river country In New
Mexico to sell to a circus In San Anto
nio, Texas, back In '78. There wasn't
no railroads them days, and Mr. Bear
was carried in the back end of a Prairie
schooner. Ever time the team sot on a
hard hill that bear would hop out and.
pull back on tils chain. : Sometimes ha
was coaxed back with candy, and some
times ike got mad an' clubbed him back
with a whiffle tree.
Olden Oregon
First Home Grown Oregon Apples,
In 1IS2. Sold si 11 Each.
Before tbe advent of the oodUn moth
and other pests Oregon had won a name
as "the land of the big red apple." la
the summer of 1847 Henderson Luelllng
of Iowa brought across the plains sever
al hundred yearling grafted sprouts
apple, pear, cherry, plum, prune, peach,
grape and berriea These were placed
In soil In two large boxes mads to fit
into a wagon bed. and carefully watered
and tended on the long and hazardous
six months' journey with an ox team.
Near Milwaukie the forest was cleared
and the first Oregon nursery was plant
ed. William Meek, a fellow traveler of
Luelllng. brought a sack of apple seeds
and a few grafted trees. ! A partnership
was formed and the firm of Luelllng ok
Meek began business in 1141. In a short
time young trees were distributed an
over the settlements of the valley, year
lings selling at from (0 cents to $1 each.
About I860 a Mr. Ladd started a nursery
near Butte rule, and in the earns year
George Settiemler arrived by way of
California with a-'stock of fruit tree
seed. ' The first box of; apples placed
upon the sidewalk tn Portland, in Hit,
by Mr. Luelllng was eagerly, purchased
at $1 periapple. j .0 '
Journal Journeys
OdeU Lake. Elevation '000 Feet, And
- How to Reach, It
1
It is about a six hours' drive from
Bend to OdeU lake, on the summit of the
Cascade range, going by way of Harper.
LaPine and Crescent, the- distance being
approximately 70 miles through tbe plot
timber. It might be practicable to go
from Bend to Davis lake by automobile,
up the west sloe of tha Deschutes valley,
and then to OdeU lake. . This trip offers
the advantage of seeing the peculiar lava
dam across the northern end of Davis
lake, and tbe underground outlet. It also '
furnishes a fine trip up the main Des
chutes river, which is much mora inter
eating than tha east fork.
Odell is a beautiful mountain lake 6000
feet above sea level. - It ia Just under the
north shoulder' of Diamond peak. - From
Odell lake it Is possible to go by direct
road to Crescent lake, a mother imposing'
body of water, v ; I f
Yor further ' Information -. regarding
routes, rates, time schedules and other"
details, call on or address "Travel Bu
reau. Journal Business Office." , infor
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