THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21 1918.
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WHAT YESTERDAY MEANT
YESTERDAY was baptismal day
in Portland.
Men from the fiery furnaces
of tha Civil war gave a new
Inspiration to the cheering thousands
along the line of march of the great
parade. For those who watched,
the pageant began in approval, it
increased through two hours of
gathering strength, and ended in
'wild enthusiasm.
. As you looked, you saw Bull Run
. and Gettysburg and Chieamauga and
Vieksburg and Appomatox; saw the
. , gnarled and furrowed warriors from
those grim fields and saw in! mov
ing panorama the Issues and the
great figures and the sorrows and
sacrifices and tears in that colossal
crisis.
And beyond them all, you 6aw Val
ley Forge and Brandywine, and
Trenton 'and Saratoga and Yorktown;
saw, in the shadowy beyond, a na
tion rise out of the ashes of revo
lution with its constitution, its spot
less flag, its birthright of freedom
and its message to mankind.
And over and around them all,
you saw the Marne, and Chateau-
Thierry and the Alsne and Picardy;
';naw regiments and divisions and batr
stalions of clean limbed, strong armed
J young Americans on land and sea;
saw the flag of the free waving to
the folks at home and to all man
klnd a message of hope and inspira
tion and love,, and saw about them
f a great rainbow of promise, pledging
day on the earth when wars shall
. be no more.
And as you heard the cheering
.3 thousands along the streets and saw
Ui marching men, you asked your
self. Why all this tumult? Why
these wars? Why this fighting and
agony and sacrifice? And the
answer that came to your mind was
that all these wars are for the prin
ciple that all men are created equal.
The history of civilization is the
history of the slow and painful en,
jfranehlsement of mankind. This na
tion was created out of seven years
of that kind of struggle, and the
Institutions oMhls country were born
in the midst of it.
Time was when every family was
a monarchy and the father was the
, monarch. The mother and children
were in subjugation. The father had
the power of life and death. ItMook
thousands of years to civilize him.
Families grouped themselves to
gether and became a tribe, and the
tribe had a chief. Ills will was the
law of the tribe. He ruled because
Vhe was the strongest man and be-
cause might was right.
And after him came the king and
so-called ruHership by divine right
i and heredity. The feeble minds of
those primitive times knew nothing
better. That such an error could have
survived thrpugh epochs and cycles
' o. time and still be existent is as-
j tounding, but it did and. does, and
l,the bones of the dead 'who went
down and are going down in the
"effort to hurl it from its places are
, earth's grimmest charnel house.
Yesterday's parade was the tramp
of the hosts of equality, that soli
. tary figue that sat in the automo
bile sloganed "The Last of Farra-
gut's crew" symbolized the principle.
Thje flags that waved and the music
.that rolled up from the bands ideal-
iied It..: And the sunshine streaming
over the scpne baplizcd and beati-
fjed it.
There will be another day in Port'
land when multitudes will . shout
fI huszas q the tramp of marching
, men. 11 will be that day when the
tboys come marching home. It will
."be another time when; with jubilee
;' and Joy, we shall again celebrate the
, triumphant principle of all men erd-
"tied equal, .
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While the old regiments were
marching in Portland yesterday,
.Stfjeir comrades, the French, drove
C forward along a 15 mile front to
?tn -aggregate depth since Saturday
of four miles over there. It was
y, In. the fiery furnace f battle that
? Ihe Portland marchers won " their
credentials, nd it was In the fiery
furnace of battle that the gallant
French bore forward the banners of
liberty and democracy.
Tins CASUALTY ROLLS
THE ; - casualty lists have , been
merciful to Oregon.
The roll of the fallen has
touched far fewer homes than
might have been expected. As one
watches the lists from day to day.
there comes often the thoughf thaL
after all, war toll is not the costly
levy that imagination had painted it
With more than a million men
in France, the killed in action, for
America, up to Sunday was 3869.
Those who died of wounds' totaled
1189.' The loss by disease was
1556. The figures do not Include
the Marine corps, in which the
deaths were 837.
Of the wounded, as reported by
the Red Cross, 81 per cent recover
and return to the front, 14 per
cent are unfitted for further military
service, and five per cent die. The
very large percentage of the wounded
that return to duty evidences the
effective hospital organization pro
vided for care of those wounded on
the field. Naturally, the casualty
lists will grow. More and more
Americans will engage in the opera
tions. But what we have so far
learned from them is that many a
brave lad is coming back to us
unmarred and unlined by this
struggle for civilization.
And a comforting thought in it all
is that we can each of us do
something to shorten these casualty
rolls. Rivets driven in a ship, food
saved at our dining tables, savings
put In War Stamps, all work dons
in essential industries, a thousand
little things make up the mighty
whole that backs up the soldiers
and sailors, and helps them shorten
the day of their sacrifice.
Spokane has a system of milk
distribution in which those who
desire call at a central station for
their milk supply and carry it home
with them. The public goes with
pails and cans and bottles and
pans and gets milk in bulk at a
reduced priee. The people come by
auto, on foot and by streetcar, anl
take home anywhere from a pint
to two or three gallons. The con
tainer is a large tank, perfectly
sanitary, which is filled two or
three times a day with fresh milk,
according to demand- The station
is conducted by a private dairy n
the locality.
ONE OF THE WASTES
THE food administration has taken
cognizance of the loss of gram
through careless and improper
threshing.
A field7 of 110 acres was raked
near Ea-id, Oklahoma, and 400 bushels
of wheat recovered. Cleanups
around machines in many places
have averaged about five bushels.
The farmer is often unconsciously
responsible for this waste. He wants
to get the threshing crew off his
place as soon as possible. Grain is
fed into, the machine' more rapidly
than it can be threshed. Some of
it is cracked In the cylinder, and
some is blown out with the straw.
The cracked . wheat reduces the
value of his wheat at market time
and the grain blown away in the
straw is salvaged only by the
chicken or the hog.
Much grain is also lost through
holes in wagon bottoms. It is safe
to say that the wheat thus lost by
the farmer would feed several per
sons for months.
The U. S. food administration has
taken cognizance of this condition
under the authority of section 4 of
the food control act, which provides
that it is unlawful for any personj
to knowingly commit waste or will
fully permit deterioration of any
necessaries. In its supervision of
threshing the food administration
has left to county committees the
responsibility for clean work each in
its eounty and authority to regulate
local problems in its own way. The
results have been very gratifying
but more effective than rules and
regulations is the realization of
farmers of their interest in stopping
waste.
Portland is trying hard to make
the veterans feel that they are in
the house of their friends. Nature
vied with the home folks yesterday
by presenting a cool day of cloud
less sky for the parade. x If thera
is anything wanted by the old boys,
younjand beaming, for this week.
aiyirrey nave to do is to ask for it.
j .. DRAFTING LABOR
ONE of the great problems
growing out of war conditions
is to overcome the shortage
Of unskilled labor in war in
dustries. To add to the difficulty
there was a practice, almost uni
versal, among employers to poach
on each other's preserves and lure
away their workmen by various in
ducements. .
To stabilize matters and reduce
the dimensions of the labor turn
over, the federal . government has
established an employment service
in which the recruiting and dis
tribution of unskilled labor has been
centralized. In a short time it is
expected that the control will be
extended to skilled labor as well.
The organization of the service
is on the same general lines as the
draft law. Besides a state body
there is to be in each community
a local board which is to have
jurisdiction over the recruiting nd
distribution of labor In Its com
mynity. The object sought ty
creation of a great . employment
office is to keep any community
from being drained of labor and to
use local supply as far as possible,
for local demand. Whenever there
is a shortage in one state or com
munity it will be filled from the
excess, supply of some other -jitate
or community. As it is in the ease
of Liberty loans and Red Cross
contributions each state and com
munity will be called upon to
furnish a prescribed quota.
This quota is to be based on a
survey 'showing the number of men
which will be required in every
community and the available supply.
Farm labor is not to be included
In the operation of the law. This
will continue to be recruited in
accordance with the existing ar
rangement with the department of
agriculture.
The creation of a vast govern
ment employment bureau .is a dras
tic one equal in importance to the
action of the government in draft
ing for the national army. It would
in times of peace have opened up
a vast field of discussion as to
the rights of individuals, but in the
stress of war it will be as willingly
complied with as was the draft of
our fighting army.
There are several kinds of profiteers
if the figures submitted by the
Chicago Federation of Labor are
trustworthy. By adding 1 cent to
the street car fare in that city, it
is asserted that seven millions of
dollars will be added to the traction
trust's profks, three millions of
which is on watered stock.
A WORTHY RECORD
IN SPITE of a heavily increased
business the cost of operating
the Portland postoffice building
has been cut 115,564.29 during
the past five years over the pre
ceding five-year period.
The decrease was made by Post
master Myers by cuts in the cost
of water, heat, light, supplies and
other incidentals. These decreased
expenses are the embodiment of the
thought of William Penn, who said:
Men must have public minds as well
as salaries, or they will serve private
ends at public cost.
He knew. He knew what the
"private ends" in politics mean. The
"public mind" seems so often to
be a blank. It seems so often to
have been made captive for salary
purposes.
To many public servants a cut in
the cost of things used in govern
ment is of little interest. Whether
or not an employe at the public
cnu gives a uuua.1 a wunu Ol serv
ice for a dollar of salary is too
often of no concern for your heads
of publio affairs.
That is why the cos of govern
ment has mounted to such burden
some prop'ortions, why the cost of
government in the United States
Increased from $6 to f 12 per capita
in the 16 year period ending in
1912. and why in 1816 there was one
federal employe to every 1300 of
population, while m 1911 there was
one federal employe to every 212
of population.
Postmaster Myers' record of
economy is highly creditable.
According to a census taken by
the police department there are
18,000 war gardens in Portland. These
war garden patches make many
more thousand war patches on
trousers unnecessary.
ALLIGATOR DIET
ANEW source of food is found
in the reptile kingdom. Alli
gator meat is said to be de
licious by those who .have pat
taken of it. Take a small alligator,
about three feet in length, disjoint
it at the base of the skull and cut
up the body In convenient piect-s
for cooking, first parboil the meat.
although it is claimed by some
cooking authorities that the neces
sity for this is doubtful. Then roil
in egg nad cracker crumbs, very
much after the manner of prepar-1
ng a veal cutlet and fry in oil
or lard.
Some will say that the finished
product tastes like pork, some will
claim that it reminds them of fish,
and to others it will suggest lobster.
All will agree that it is a tasty
dish.
The addition of whale and alliga
tor to the menu will likely be fol
lowed by other forms of animal
life which now constitute a gusta
tory delight of the turkey buzzard
and the carrion crow. No longer
will it be possible to tell what a
man is by wheat he eats.
PURGED PAYROLLS
THE program for a great army to
end the war next year intensi
fies the need for man power and
woman power in essential indus
tries. It is no time now for sineeures in
the public service. Take the munici
pal payrolls. A bureau here and
there is hard worked. But in many
departments there are able bodied
men and women who are not needed
in the municipal service. They an
n 1 - i in : i : i i i . '
ueeueu m cascuwai uiuusiricS. xney
will b more needed in those indus
tries as the great task of equipping
and supporting the proposed new
army of huge proportions begins to
press down upon the country.
President Wilson has congratulated
the Portland Metal Trades council
for its patriotic stand against Satur
day half holidays. Are Saturday half
holidays advisable when the coun-
try must strain every nerve to sus
tain' the fighters? The American boys
over there have no Saturday half
holidays, but city employes in Port
land do. '
, More and more the "work or fight"
thought spreads over the country.
More and more the application of
that plan crystallizes itself into a
war measure.
There could be no better time for
those who are not needed in the
public service to get off the pay
rolls. There never was a fitter time
for heads of municipal bureaus and
beads of the city administration to
purge the salary list.
WILSON APPLIES
SERVICE TEST
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff
Correspondent of The Journal.
Washington, Aug. 21. Certain politi
cal circles, within the president's party,
are disturbed over some alarming symp
toms at the White House. This Is be
cause the president finds time, while
smashing; the Hun, to speak out loud
about some of the obstructionists at
home. Twice the blow has falllen In the
south, where as a rule the least progres
sive Democrats are found and where It
has always been easiest to escape polit
ical punishment. Prior to the Texas
primaries the president sent word to
Congressman Slayden's district that he
regarded Slayden as an opponent of the
administration policies. Slayden, who
la serving his eleventh term in congress,
dropped out of the race. Since then the
president has dropped a brick on Rep
resentative George Huddleston of Ala
bama. Declaring that he does not desire
to discriminate between candidates
equally loyal, the president said he con
sidered Huddleston "in every way" an
opponent of the administration. Hud
dleston Is of the self-important style, one
of those who burden the Congressional
Record with abuse of his opponents anc
o the newspapers of his district, who
some time ago appear to have "taken
his number." He was for the McLe
more resolution, and opposed to the
draft. He and Slayden both voted for
war, but their attitude afterward was
one of cavil and obstruction.
What interests the politicians partic
ularly is that the president ha3 begun to
express himself on candidates in the
Democratic primaries In the south. The
nomination in these districts is equiva
lent to election, and the only effective
way of defeating undesirable candidates
is to beat them In the primaries. The
president has shown that he is willing
to accept any criticism that may come
from such situations, and he Is after re
sults. The president believes the coun
try 'Wants a loyal congress, but the issue
here and there may be obscured by the
dust thrown up during a campaign. The
president Js in good position to know
whether or not he can depend upon the
sincere support of a congressman. The
voters, it Is thought are not likely to
resent the information that he may fur
nish them.
A Kansas City Times report of the
Missouri congressional primaries Is en
lightening on this line. It recounts the
narrow escape of Representative Joshua
W. Alexander, chairman of the mer
chant marine and fisheries committee
of the house, and adds: "It is conceded
that only the war and his support of
presidential measures saved him from
defeat' this year." Telling of the re
nomination of Congressman Romjue it
says this result "is credited to his warm
support of presidential measures."
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The National Security league has is
sued a statement on the record of mem
bers of the house. Its method was to
measure the congressman by his vote
on eight measures, including the declar
ation of war, the McLemore resolution,
the draft, and the Cooper amendment
against the arming of merchant ships.
On this make-up it finds 45 members
who voted on the preparedness side of
all eight questions. It includes only two
members from the Far West, McArthur
of Oregon and Hadley of Washington.
Many others, however, voted six or
seven times as the Security league be
lieves all should have voted. The list
of test measures is criticized by some
as being practically all on pre-war ques
tions, except the draft bill. The test
Is, therefore, one on "preparedness" is
sues, rather than loyalty.
With committee work on the new rev
enue bill almost at a close, the question
of revising the postal rates so' as to
correct the Inequalities of the zone eye
tern has passed Jn silence. The com
mittee has not considered it, and evi
dently does not intend to do so. The
bill is to be taken up in the house with
out anything about postal rates is it.
In other words, it leaves unamended the
present law, which became effective
July 1. Chairman Kltchin of the ways
and means committee Is known to be
well satisfied to let the matter rest as
it is. The committee spent parts of sev
eral days hearing newspaper and other
publishers, some of whom objected to
the zone system, others pointing out that
the odium of deficit In second class
postal revenues should be squarely
placed upon the magazines and periodi
cals, which have in effect received a
large subsidy because of the low flat
rate given to any part of the country.
The newspapers, they said, have con
tinually paid their own way. Since the
committee began preparing the bill, how
ever, the postal rates have not been
considered, and in view of the attitude
of the house leaders, the existing rates
are not likely to be disturbed in the
revenue measure.
The Comic Court of William
the Worst
Richard Fletcher, In The Chronicle
The kaiser, the junkers and the fero
cious army were only too eager to keep
women In complete subjugation, lest
their natural feelings of tenderness
would Interfere with the elaborate and
indubitable war plans. Nor did the em
press play any but the smallest part In
the political prologue of the world trag
edy. She would meddle In minor mat
ters, especially when she could appear
as censorious of an individual's morals,
but so far as any understanding of the
intricate problems of race or frontier or
nationality was concerned, she had
neither the wish nor the capability to
Interest hsrself In subjecta. which she
Imagined concerned only the men. It
was the kaiser's parvenu idea to make
the court of Berlin a brilliant and fas
cinating assemblage which would rival
the lost glories of Versailles and sur
pass anything his forefathers had
evolved. This last ambition was not
difficult of. realization. But there was
neither enough money nor was Augusta
Victoria the ornamental type of woman
calculated to be a point of orientation
for the splendor and brilliancy which
the young husband's animus had pre
scribed.. All the pearls of. the Indies
and the brocades of Lyons and the sa
bles of Siberia could not transform this
plain and ill-poised princess Into an
ideal empress-queen. The kaiser was
often wont to contrast the empress with
the contemporary occupant! of thrones
--the mystic and iU-fatsd Alix of Rus
sia, the young and rlvacious queen of
Spain, the beautiful and gracious royal
women of Italy, who have recently
reigned in Rome. But the most envy
and invidious comparison were called
forth when the Imperial eyea scanned
the suave and smart court life of Lon
don, where King Edward and Queen
Alexandra, the Idols of their people,
continued their peaceful ways. Who
knows but that the happy democracy of
the last two English sovereigns struck
the kaiser as apostasy to monarchism.
and that a certain social jealousy
weighed heavily with the Imperial emo
tions when he convened his war party
and banished peace from the earth and
good will from the hearts of men?
Letters from the People
f Communication rnt ta Tha Journal for pub
lication in tbia department ahovld ba writ tan on
only ona aida of tba papar, aliouM aot asaawd
300 words in lenrtb and must b ligned bj tha
writer, whose mail addreas is full tauat accom
pany tba contribution.
The "Substitutes
St. Paul, Or., Aug. 19. To the Edi
tor of The Journal In The Journal
of August 9 I find the following criti
cism of the farmers by W. B. Ayer, fooW
administrator :
- "The food administrator calls atten
tion to the fact that the farmer who
complains the most about the prices
of wheat substitutes is the one who
produces the substitutes. The price of
wheat is fixed by the governs lent. The
farmer is not controlled as to substi
tutes. The miller 1b."
Some time ago meetings of th retail
merchants were called In the different
county seats to "talk matters over." I
don't know the exact date but will take
July 11 for the purpose. On that day
the retailer made only 25 cents on a
quarter barrel of flour, but he made an
outrageous profit on some of the sub
stitutes. On 50 pounds of rice flour
he made Sl.25. He paid $2.76 per quar
ter barrel for barley flour and sold it
for $3.43. Corn meal he bought for
S2.S5 per 50 pounds and sold for $3.60.
lolled oats he bought for $2 per
quarter barrel and sold for $3.17. To
this was added freight, for consumer to
pay.
At the meeting of . the patriotic re
tailers above named it was resolved
that they would carry no more white
wheat flour. Thus they would compel
the consumer to buy the high priced
substitutes. Pretty smart. But they
kindly exempted the bakers from this,
and thereby gave the city the right of
having 80 per cent wheat flour,, as the
people of the city buy their bread at
the bakery. I suppose, as the farmer
raised the substitutes, he should be sat
isfied 1f eat them. But we raise the
wheat also.
It may be pertinent right here to
say that, according to government re
ports for the last half of 1917, taking
the consumer's bread as 100 per cent,
the farmer received 41 per cent, the
miller received 7 per cent for his work
and sacks, and 62 per cent is taken be
tween leaving the mill door and the
consumer's table. This is an outrage.
Of course we are pretty well used
to the farmer getting slapped, and,
perhaps the farmer that works 1 hours
a day is not entitled to as good a table
I as the city fellow that gets big pay
ana worits only eignt hours.
The big trouble is that there is too
large a difference between the prices
that the farmer gets and what the
consumer pays.
JOHN F. THEO. B. BREXTANO.'
The Apple Harvest
Hood River, Or., Aug. 16 To the
Editor of The Journal The coming
apple harvest is not far away. Through
your columns you can be of Invaluable
service in preparing the public for this
work. October Is a pleasant month,
and there will be pleasant work with
good wages in that month, in the most
Deautirui valley in the world The
value of fruits for our fighting as well
as our civilian forces is vital, and signi
fies a saving of foodstuffs. Every
school child can have an apple. Men
and women In all walks of life could
make it their autumn outing. It is
the last harvest of the season. With
all our grain, vegetables and abundance
of fruit, the nation will be well fed for
the winter.
SUBSCRIBER.
Pedestrians' Rights Ignored
Portland, Aug. 19. To the Editor of
The Journal I have read with much in
terest your editorial in Saturday's Jour
nal entitled. "This Concerns You," which
refers to city ordinance No. 3422. and
your statement that the police depart
ment is responsible for the enforcement
of this ordinance. I would respectfully
ask if there is not a'city ordinance which
prohibits bicycle riders from using the
sidewalks. If so, this ordinance must
be a dead letter. Of course, living out
in the wilderness as I do, I do not sup
pose any city ordinance applies to this
community, but the sidewalks on Sixty
second street southeast, between Forti
eth avenue and Foster road, are used
daily by men and boys who have no re
spect for the laws, nor the women or
children who have first rights to the
walks. If there is a bicycle ordinance,
"it doesn't concern some people," and
they will tell you so, out here.
H. L. BURGESS.
PERSONAL MENTION
s Guests From Inland Empire
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Chapman and Mrs.
Nancy Jobe of Fossil. Or., and Edith
Chapman of Mitchell, Or., are guests in
Portland, having driven across on a va
cation trip. They are registered at the
Imperial.
Editor Fisher Is Visitor
Charles Fisher, owner of the Eugene
Guard and Salem Journal, Is In Portland
today, registered at the Multnomah. Mr.
Fisher drove down from the state capital
and will spend the rest of the week here.
Independence Business Men Here
A party of Independence, Or., business
men arrived this morning by automobile
to spend several days In Portland. They
are registered at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Coburn are in the
city this week from their home in White
Swan, Wash., guests at the Portland.
George Steelhammer of Silverton, Or.,
is registered at the Cornelius this veek,
with Mrs. Steelhammer.
Roy Alexander, well known Pendleton
business man, is at the Imperial, with
Mrs. Alexander, for a few days.
Among the guests registered this week
at the Oregon are Mr. and Mrs. O. K.
Wolf of Castlerock. Wash.
Mrs. R. C. Stuby and Helen Stuby of
Sheridan, Wyo., are among the recent
arrivals at the Benson.
H. A. Gillls of Bend, Or., Is among
the recent arrivals at the Benson.
Mrs. Ed Clawson, wife of one of the
prominent merchants of Walla Walla,
Wash., is at the Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. John Endicott of Pen
dleton are spending a few days in the
city, guests at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. George Rand are among
Seattle visitors this week at the Cor
nelius. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smith of Bend,
Or., are registered among the guests
at the Portland.
Patrick Welch, prominent lumber man
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Judging fron? tha reeent highly grati
fying reports 61 anti-submarine opera
tions, .condolences are due Davy Jones.
Cleaning one's desk, unfortunately,
cannot b listed with the non-ecsential
occupations, for the reason that.what
one cleans out of it Is non-essential.
Ballots for those who cannot fire bul.
lets are all very well. But let all ballot
flrers see that they are all firing at the
Hun and not at those who are firing
bullets at him.
It wouldn't be amiss for our young
soldier boys to get all the tips they can
from our old soldier bovs concerning
hand to hand fighting. The civil war
was full of prodigies in that line.
One of the gr'eat days of the war
will be that on which the allied troops
CArjturat Rauutn art1 dutmi,
' v. v " nv; WIV I 1 UIV
great Krupp gun works there. And
Essen is right In the direct road to
Berlin.
From June 6 to August 24 it Is 11
weeks and three days, and in that time
the United States of America has picked
up an estimated 158,011 fighting men by
their coming of age in that short period.
Germany also has, of course, picked up
a few meanwhile. But ours are fed.
while Germany's are only fed up,
a
It's enough to take all the slack out
of the slacker to view such a parade as
was yesterday's in Portland. In future
years the youth of today will be simi
larly honored, and in the meantime
there are the triumphal entry into Ber
lin and a little later the errand revlem' at
the homecoming. And all as the meed
of the liberator! What greater glory?
JOURNAL MAN ABROAD
By Fred
fAlr raiding by moonlight, the favorite out
door aport of tha Boebe. i described by Mr.
lockley from the atandpoint of tha raidee.
air Lockley alao girem an interacting account
of hi setting tha "T" established in basuua j
near tba front, with a competent corpa of aa- !
aietaata.
On the Picardy Front. I am sitting
on the crest of a hill. Just over the
first ridge are double lines of trenches.
They are separated by a narrow bit of
soil called -No Man's Land," and by
a vast mutual distrust. The two oppos
ing forces are the adherents of two
opposing theories. One believes in the
theory that might makes right, while
the armed host opposing is battling for
liberty of person, freedom of conscience
and equality of opportunity. Prussian
ism is doomed. From where I sit I can
see our observation balloons along the
line. Two were destroyed yesterday,
and I saw one flame up like a bit
of tissue paper this forenoon. A quick
flash of flame, and it was all over.
The German planes fly out and locate
them, and then, out of sight in the
clouds above they dart down, and send
an Incendiary bullet Into the gas-filled
envelope.
a
. Last night was an Ideal night for
air work, with moonlight, and some
clouds to hide In. One of the officers
told me in case of an air raid to be
sure and have my gas mask at hand,
as a considerable number of gas bombs
were near, and if they were exploded
and the gas liberated it would be good
bye to those who didn't get their masks
on in a hurry. At about 11 :J0 I heard
the loud humming of what I took for
several airplanes passing over at the
height of a few hundred feet. I lay
in content, for I thought our patrol
planes mere on the job. A plane circled
over again, so low that it seemed hardly
to clear the trees, and there was a very
unnatural sound in its motor. It didn't
sound like a British plane nor like a
French engine. Suddenly It came to
me. I had heard the same sound in
an air raid in Paris. It was a German
plane trying to locate and explode our
ammunition dump. I reached for my
gas helmet beside my bed. It wasn't
there ! I lit a stub of a candle to try
to find it. Instantly one of the gas
alarm sentries whose post is GO feet
from my tent, poked his head into the
tent. "Blow it out quickly," he ordered.
"Put out your light. The German plane
is directly above you. and will drop a
lomb on your light." Out went my
candle. I got up and dressed in the
dark and went out to where the sentry
was. From all over the hilltop where
we were located the searchlights were
sweeping the sky. Soon the fingers
of light caught the German plane, and
from all over the hill the machine guns
and anti-aircraft guns began biasing
away. The German machine dived and
twisted and liberated the bomb it was
carrying. There was a Jar that fairly
HOW TO BE HEALTHY
By Dr. Woodft-Hutchimon, Former Portland Phytic! a
LESSENING SOLDIERS' RISKS
(NO. 3) The ,renovation of winter bil
lets is another wonderfully effective pro
tection against plague. In the case of
modern armies. In the old days armies
simply rotted with disease in their win
ter quarters.- Forces which had gone
Into winter camp in good health and
spirits were often so reduced in the
spring as to be actually unable to take
the field. Gustavus Adolphus once broke
camp and started on his spring cam
paign two months Earlier than he had
intended, simply for fear he would not
have any army left to campaign with
If he waited till summer.
As for the ancient and classic plague
of armies, venereal disease. In spite of
the special temptations to which sol
diers In the field are exposed, away
from home associations and ties, and
In spite of the disgraceful solicitations
to which a silly sentimentalism, refus
ing to "intern" or deal drastically with
the known prostitute, permits them to
be subjected while In London on
leave, the figures show a great decrease
in the British army. In 1905, in time of
peace, the rate of venereal disease in
the British army was 12 per 100. In
1913 it was six per 100. In England in
1918 it had fallen to three per 100. and
in France in the seme year it was a
low as 2.4 per 100. In other words, the
average Incidence of venereal disease In
the British army in France Is no higher
than that believed to exist among men
of military age In time of peace. While
in our own army in France I found less
than 1 ptr cent
Only three new "inventions" In dis
of Spokane, is among the guests regis
tered at the Multnomah.
Mrs. John Edwards of LaOrande Is in
Portland for a few days, a guest at the
Cornelius.
Tom Carlton of CorvalUs is in the city
on a brief business visit, registered at
the Portland.
F. M- Sisson of Newberg. Or., is reg
istered this week at the Multnomah.
Henry Conn of Roseburg, Or., is a
business visitor in Portland, at the Im-
J.O. Falrfowl of Hood River Is down
on business this week, registered at the
Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Hanson of
Bend are guests this week at the Cor
nelius. Frank Brown of Carlton, Or., Is In
the city for a few days, at the Portland.
Thomas E. Young of Eugene Is regis
tered this week at the Multnomah.
Major Thornton, U. S. A., of Wash
MEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS -
Nearly all the schools of Clatsop
county will open on September 9, ac
cording to County Superintendent By
land. An adequate number of capable,
well trained teachers have been em
ployed, and the salaries of all have
been Increased.
The Observer believes that there Is
probably no part of the country with
more evergreen blackberries than the
section about Aurora. It goes on to
say: -,With prices hovering around six
cents, there will be large sums of money
paid out here during the next few
weeks. Everyone having berries should
see to it that they do not go to waste."
William Hamersley. well known hunt
er and trapper, has reported to the
Lakeview Examiner that the beavers in
Lake county are now bury making
dams and laying in their winter food
sapply of willows and aspen. This is
taken by Mr. Hamersley to indicate an
early winter, since these animals do
not usually commence this work in
earnest until about October 1. 4
This tip to all 'gourmands Is fur
nished gratis by the Salem Capital
Journal : "The season Is now on for
frog hunting, and for the benefit of
those who enjoy such delicacies aa
froRs' legs It may be said that McCall's
lake, about 5 miles north of Salem,
is a fine frog hunting ground. There
is but little or no water in the lake, and
from reports there is not much left
excepting froers. There is no bag limit,
as the federal food administration
seems to have overlooked the frog sit
uation." Lockley
shook the earth, but It was the explo
sion of the bomb only. He had failed
to do any real damage. Many of the
soldier boys say, "We are safe, for
there Is nothing here important enough
for the Germans to waste a bomb on."
They failed to realize that when a
German airman la pursued or attacked
he drops his 10 bombs as quickly as
possible, for two reasons first, to get
rid of the weight so he can fly faster,
and, secondly, if a; bomb they are
carrying is exploded by hostile fire
it is goodbye blrdman. I have seen
some spectacular air battles over the
lines during the past few days.
Some of the secretaries say I am
lucky, and tljat things come my way.
What they do not realise Is that there
Is a sleight in it. Just as there is in
handling heavy weights, or in wrest
ling. It is all In the know how. For
example : This district on the British
front Is undermanned, so far as Y. M.
C. A. secretaries go. This means that
one secretary must do the work usually
done by two or, three secretaries In
other districts. We needed help. I
knew that the members of the band do
not have military duty except as
stretcher bearers. I knew It would be
difficult to secure a detail from men
who were being trained aa bomb
throwers, trench mortar men, machine
gun men, or "over the top" men, but
I believed that we could get men from
the band if the thing was got at in
the right way. I wanted an experienced
money order man, preferably a former
postal employe, and also a crackerjack
salesman. I found out through a ser
geant that there was a man In the
band who had been manager of a
department store, and that he had
been a salesman. I found out that one
of the boys in the band was a former
postal employe and a member of the
Epworth league. I went to the colonel
and handed him the names of the two
men I. wanted, and asked htm If I
could have them detailed to our work,
explaining how it , would help to give
better service to his men. He sent
for the adjutant and in two minutes
the matter was arranged, and two
hours later the men, with full equip
ment, reported ready for duty. The
former salesman re-arranged the can
teen, opened up the stock, and disT
played it enthusiastically, and we have
one of the best kept and best run
places, in the district. The Kpworth
league lad took hold of the money order
business, and we are taking in a large
sum every day to--be sent home. To
an extent this is good luck, and to an
extent It is the use of the same general
ship that wins a game of chess that
is, looking a few moves ahead. The
result is that officers and men are
served by the "Y." The colonel told
me there was nothing I could ask he
wouldn't give me for the "Y."
ease have appeared In this war trench
fever, trench nephritis (Inflammation of
the kidneys with aibumen In the urine),
and trench feet, Tne first two are still
a punle as to causation, though trench
fever seems closely associated with lice
infestation. All three have been
brought down to comparatively slight
proportions and Importance by properly
drained trenches, loose, comfortable
foot and leg wear, regular washing and
greasing of the feet every night and
clean socks in abundance.
The mental damage Inflicted upon
the soldier by the horrors and strains
of this war has been much less than
might have been expected. The total
number of cases of serious or lasting
"shell shock," so called, and mental
disturbances during 1916 in the British
army fn France was 2600, or less than
one per 1000 of the troops in the field
and no more than the ordinary Insanity
rate of men of military ages In times
of peace. Modern nerves have stood
the fearful strain Of this war superbly,
and the more "modern" and citified
they are the better they stand It. Men
of every race, color and grade of
.civilization have been tested out In this
war, and while all were brave and de
voted, none have borne the ghastly hor
rors of shell and mine and poison gas
so well a4 the hlphly civilised white
races. Among the steadiest, staunchest
and rtst shell proof of all stands the
highly citified and alleged neurotic
"Cockney" of the London regiments.
Tomorrow : Lessening Soldiers' Risks
(No. 4).
ington. D. C, Is registered at the Ben
son, John Coren of Astoria Is In Portland,
a guest at the Cornelius.
Mrs. R. R. Butler and daughter of
The Dalles are guests at the Mult
nomah. B. H. LlouHch f f Pendleton Is reg
istered at the Ber.son.
R. P. Reynolds . of Walla Walla,
Wash.. Is In Portland for O. A. R. week.
Who Will Fill Them?
From tha Kama City Btar
The German government has called
for all the old clothes in Germany,
everybody being expected to give up at
least one suit. The crown prince has a
uniform he apparently has no use (or.
And what has become of Hlndenbnrg's
shoes
' ' r
Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories From pverywhera
This Is Sweet Story
A HONET mine was found in Oeorgla
the other day, says Capper's Week
ly, and Georgia's bone-dry prohibition
law was the causa of it. The town of
LithonU is a great shipping point for
Georgia granite, and Its stonecutters
and quarrymen come from Italy, Scot
land. Wales and other lands where
drink flows freely.; When prohibition
0r "nacted it was the local option
Hind an6T these quarrymen used to "chip
in for keg parties every Saturday night
in the woods. Then the bone-dry law
came along and stopped all that- It
waa when one of these frequenters rs
turned to the woods the other day that
he found this mlna of honey. Scattered
promiscuously under the trees were a
lot of beer kegs, abandoned by the rev
elers months before. He gave one of
these a kick, but it did not roll. Us
found bees had filled it with honey. SO
ui il. wnicn sold lor tit. Nine
other beer kegs proved to be that many
more hives and their contents were sold
for $81.60. Now the discoverer is pros
pecting other groves to see how far ths
pay streak extends.
"Do No Fightin,
Alomso p. Lee. manager of hotels at
San Antonio, Texas, sends us one of the
latest from the South, says the Pacific
Coast Record. Two of his colored wait
ers, both- in the draft ag. were discuss
ing the matter in an undertone near
Manager Lee s table, so he overheard
this :
" 'Tain't gwine do dem guv'ment fel
lahs no good to pick on me. Ah sut
tlnly alnt gwlne do no fightln". Dem
re Jummans alnt dun nuffin' to me
and Ah don't know of nuffin Ah's lost
oveh In France. Uncle Sam Jest cain't
make me fight."
The other colored boy scratched his
woolly pate thoughtfully for a moment
and then said: "Ah guess you Is mostly
right. Uncle Sam cain't make you fight.
But he kin take you oveh whah do
fightln" am, an' aftuh dat you kin use
yo' own Judgment."
A "Call."
"What have you got?" asked the
parson of the chauffeur who rang his
doorbell.
"One pair." replied the chauffeur,
beckoning the eloping couple to com
forward.
Some Tail!
"Ma wants another h'ox-taH." an
nounced the small boy in the butcher's
shop.
"Oh!" said Brisket. "Pld she like the
one she 'ad yesterday, then?"
"Tea."
"Well, my little man. I'll gjr. yau ..
other nice one today."
"You'd better." said the small youth ;
In fac', ma said she wanted one off the
same h'ox a yesterday's '."
Converted
"Who's that fire-eatlng Individual
over there? He seems to be going about
with a chip on his shoulder all the
time."
"Oh. he used to be a paclflit. But
the other day he hit a man on the Jaw
and got away with It, and since then
he'B been looking for mors worlds to
conquer."
As Sure as Fate
Delivering an address at a Sunday
school recently, a visitor spoke on the
moral development of children.
."There is a boy here," he said, "and
a girl there. What will they become
when they grow up?"
In a loud whisper one of the scholars,
turning to his teacher, supplied an an
swer "SweetheartsT
Ben Tillman
Old Bn Tillman, pitchfork Baal
Fnand of tha Wool Hata .
And Ona GaCu men!
Ready ta take.
And ready ta air.
Blow for blow
Lord, didn't he live!
Ne'er a mad knight
Of the olden dy
Qnieker to fight
With an eya alight
With the battle' blue.
Old Ben Tillman. Pitchfork Ben
Took hi knockdown.
And got np again.
Hammer and tonga.
Blow for blew.
Howa'er it Blight go!
Sure, be wa not always wise
When ha flang the gage of battle down
Fighting for tba tight sake, more thaa foa
tha trir
But, now the old warrior' wn hi erows.
Let ua for a moment
roa In our way
And gi to him
At tha end of hi day
A man alnte to a man tmong men
Old Ben Tillman.
PiUhfgrk Baal
Edward X. Teall In Naw Yerfc Bus.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Some of us waa afeard the Q. A. IU
folks would go back East and spread it
around that it alius rains in Oregon.
However, this feller they call Jupe Pre
vious, or somthin' like that, that has
charge of the weather, has behaved hls
self purty well, and the old sojers had
one of Oregon's best sunny days fsr
their parade. Some of 'em looked mighty
spry far the time sence Gettysburg, and
sever'l of 'em has confided to me that
If It wasn't fer the durn prejudice that
sets in again a feller soon's he gits
to be a leetle past TO year old they'd
Jist as well be a-helpin" to march
through Germany as to have been a
marchln' through Georgy 14 year ago.
Olden Oregon
Founding of the First Baptist Church
West of the Rockies.
In 147 the Rev. Heseklah Johnson,
a Baptist minister, was given two lots
at OreRon City on which he built tha
first Baptist church west of the Rocky
mountains, In the tall of 1$4S a school
was started In this church. Later, with
Rev. Ezra Fisher In charge, this school
was called the Oregon City university.
It was finally removed to McMlnnvllla.
Rev. Fisher traveled considerably, ex
tensively organizing churches. He rod
a pony railed Dolly. One day Dolly
threw hlra and one of his ribs was
broken. Home months later an eastern
paper printed an Item to the effect that
the Rev. Ezra Fisher of Oregon- was
thrown from his carriage and on of
his ribs was broken. The reference to
a carriage created a great deal of
amusement In Oregon, as there were
but few in existence and none of those
was owned by any minister supporting
a family on $200 a year.
Journal Journeys
Douglas County Second to None in
Variety of Travel Attractions.
Douglas county, which is bounded on
ona side by the summit of the Cascade
mountains, and on tha other by tha
Pacific ooean, has aJmoat avarvthlpg
in the way of natural scenery and at
tractions for the vacationist. Trovt
streams. Inland lakes, lofty mountains,
surf bathing and sea fishing, deer hunt
ing and camping In the unbroken forest.
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time schedules and other details of a
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