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The doctrine that rectifies tba eotuciaoo.
perlflea Um hrt tod producss lor, to God
ad .man, is oeeassarily true, wheth.r men
can comprehend all its depths and relations
Of not. If it destroy sin, and makes happi
ness crow oat of right living and right loving,
it is the truth of God. J. B. Walker.
OREGON FIRST
IT
iHE first ship built in America of
the now widely popular motor
ship type was designed and con
structed at St. Helens, Oregon.
It was designed by the McCormick
z t 1 11 " " 1 ' " ' "
lite
, Company, owners of the St. Helens
Shipbuilding plant. The vessel was
.: we uty or Portland. Her keel was
. . laid and she was launched during
1915.
y. I At the same time she was some
- U thing new In the marine world. There
5 & Were shipping men who pooh poohed
c ,t her design. They predicted that she
'.. i would be a failure. But the McCor-
i j mlcks are neither inexperienced nor
' ' timid. They built the City of Port-
r j land, and since she was launched
( hundreds of her type have been built
.. ! in America.
' Lj. Right after we entered the war,
I the ty of Portland was taken over
by 'the government, and used as a
general cargo carrier on the Atlantic
m coast. Last month she was released
. by the government and she is now to
,.' ;2 go to the McCormlcks and will by
A them be put in the lumber trade on
iv the Paclfie coast. On her last trip
I Under government operation she car-
tied a cargo of coal from the Atlan
11 tic coast to San Diego.
1'! The Allard, a product of the Mc
iCormick yards, is a twin ship of the
I' P.itv nt Unrt laivH
She too, was taken
iTfover by the
government She is
now in use on the Atlantic coast as
a seneral rnrffn rnrrlsr Snmaftmaa
fghG carries a cargo of mahogany from
jjCentral America for airplane propel-
lers.
A third ship of the same type
built by the McCormicks is the Citv
; 1 of St. Helens. She was sold on pri-
.; i vate account to French interests op-
eratlng as an American corporation
She is now in the Pacific trade and
'I at last accounts was on a voyage
irom ine orient to San Francisco.
i ft no muviui mica, juru was me nrsi
f shipbuilding enterprise established
In the Columbia river district, ex
) cepting, of course, the pioneer ship
i1! building which long ago disappeared.
Construction of that plant was be
gun in May, 1911.
The first vessel built'was the Mult
1 nomah, now in the lumber trade on
Mhe coast. Others were the Merced,
wrecked off the California coast, thi
& Celilo,' Ihe Wapama, the Wahkeena
Mnd the E.H. Meyer. All are in tho
LPacIflo coast trade except the Merced.
)t One to three of the McCormick
j built, owned and operated vessels
enter the Columb'a river every week.
1 They carry general cargo from San
Francisco to Portland and are loaded
v.for the return trip with lumber
??from the McCormlok mills. They are
J; fitted as passenger carriers and carry
heavy freight cargoes and full pas-
laatlA'AI Herd TVt
aQ.a nolo aucj uaio ia&iTCUgv-
( accommodations' for 65 first" cabin,
and accommodations are usually
filled a week in advance.
The McCoj-mick plant is a four
way yard. It is now completing a
I tvne. As soon as thest ar rtallvarai
. I the ways will be prepared for build
- ying the new. 5000-ton ships , approved
f by the government and known in
: the shipping world as the Columbi
i river type. i
In addition to the-ahip yard, the
McCormicks operate two saw mills.
j uuo wiiu m cayaoiiy oi zuu.uuu ana
h I the other 100,000 feet dally. The
i' v,market for the output is San Fran
I: y fclsco. Utah and other coast . noints.
It Is one t of the 'blgentertrles of
Ortgon. - 1 " '"- . v
i A creosote clant. .th' bntv An nt
lev r r -'
. , 1 importance In the . Northwest, is
,t i uvwu ; wvumuins SbHtltf,
t Mhe war, 16,00000 feet of ereosoted
. 1 tii.a w.ni 'ahtnnM frrtm - tha e
. - - , r - wm tmw w
Helen plant . to , India, where - th4
. ft. a a a m i. . a ... .
. f -Avnue ,v am . eats. ud ' railroad ties
f? Mimost asfast.astthey. arelald.- it,
f however, leaves Vthe cfeosptedr tie
.', r untouched.'
" 1 1 No oil. is obtainable now for the
v r.ereosotlng process, and the 'industry
..Ms at , a' stands tilL' For a time after
t t we entered the war, ' oil was obtain
t able ; from ; Japani ' but evenj that
source of supply has been cut oft
by lack of ships. ; - - -
It Is a: certainty that the Industry
will develop Into Urge proportion
after the war; Many of the big
railroads hart learned the value or
ereosoted ties in desert ' sections,
while? ereosoted planking in wooden
ships, is a building requirement
- 'The origination by the McCbraicks
of the motor ship type of vessel Is
another example of western enter
prise. It is not the first Instance
in which that kind of thing has hap
pened on the Pacific coast. The first
three masted, the first four-masted
and the first five-masted: schooner
and the first;, steam;; schooner ia
America were all designed and built
by the late A. M. Simpson at Coos
Bay. The ship - from which, the
Ferris type "was designed was orig
inated and built at : the Kruse A
Banks yard $ Coo Bay.' These
examples of the shipbuilding instinct,
added to the record the Oregon and
Washington districts have - made in
building government ships, are im
portant and encouraging evidences of
the bent of the western mind for
maritime achievement.
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
r
HE propaganda for the League
of Nations to keep the peace of
the world has proceeded so fa?
that it begins to excite opposi
tion. Hillaire Belloo has called it
"dangerous" and "impossible" in an
English weekly, The New Witness,
This is encouraging. "When a move
ment gets to the point where re
actionaries call it bad names ita
future is bright The flatulent
species of propaganda which excite.
nobody's opposition?, never marches
very, far orwins many victories.
To compensate for , the growing
irritation of its critics the League
of Nations has been approved by a
significant body of men, the National
Fraternal Congress of America. The
congress met at Philadelphia early
in September. It represents the fra
ternal ideas of 20,000,000 Americans,
The fraternal orders include among
their members a considerable pro
portion of our best, most thrifty
and intelligent citizens. They are
concerned with their own welfare
and the welfare of the world. Their
minds work Intelligently. Their
consciences are enlightened. The
fraternal congress at Philadelphia met
in Independence Hall, the birthplace
of modern freedom. Their proceed
ings were in harmony with thei-
surroundings.
In the course of its work, the Con
gress conducted a "Liberty Sing,
which was so interesting that
50,000 people gathered to . listen.
When the delegates finished theic
singing they adopted a resolution
which says, "We stand, for a perma
nent world agreement and a league
of nations, justice through an in
ternational court and an international
council of conciliation."
The' resolution 'goes on to say
that the fraternal orders of the world
should be utilized to help organize
the league and to promote its ob
ject A resolution of this kind
passed by the representatives of 20,-
000,000 free Americans cornea near
being the voice of the united nation
A NOBLE THOUGHT
0
NE of the weightiest current
suggestions touching upon the
subject of the League to Enforce
Peaee appeared in the New Re
public the other day. It does not
pertain to the formation of the league
but to its work after it has been
formed.
It deals with the question of the
immense debts which the belliger
ent nations have contracted, and
which must. grow greater' month by
month as long as the war lasts
Shall each nation pay its own debts,
or shall they be pooled and made a
common charge upon the league of
nations?
' We must consider that each of the
allied countries is, -fiffhtimt for all
the" rest. lt sacrifices are not 'sel
f ish. They are ' for the "common
benefit. France, for example, has
suffered more than any other allied
country. It stopped the Prussian
hordes long enough for Great Britain
and the United States to bring up
their forces. As a matter of sobe
fact France saved us all from
destruction.
Shall France be, left to pay for It
without help?
OUR HARBOR
T
HE excerpt from Governor West's
letter published In Friday'
Journal presents an instructive
views of England's internal trans
portation problem. It is astonish
ingly like our own. Mr. West writes
from London. He remarks that be
fore the era of railroads England'
internal freight carrying was dons
through ca&als. When the railroads
came Into power they took control
of the canals and stifled them, just
as they did in ? the 'United States.
But here they made the job complete
oy stining the. rlvert too.
The consequence - was Identical in
the two countries. Long before the
war eame on the internal transporta
tion systems were evidently unequal
to their task. They gave, poor, alow
and Inordinately -wasteful service.
With the advent "of the war they
: frankly broke down and th govern
ment had to t take;; them-Iover for
renovation. " :-.
Railroads alone, no matter how
well - conducted, cannot "take care
of the . internal carrying business of
a civilized and populous country.
Slow and heavy ' goods must bo
carried by water or there will be
increasing delay, and congestion.
Mr. West says ; that England - la
about' to revive her abandoned canal.
We must revive ours," build new
ones, and put our , rivers in condi
tion to be used. ' . . ' '
Portland's, harbor, difficulties, as
Mr. West remarks,' ' are . trlfUng in
comparison with those of many
European citie&v particularly Lon
don.v London like, PortUfid, la an
inland eityr ItsMmmense harbor is
more artificial than natural. But
London has had for centuries the
benefit of publio spirit In Its citizens.
Sometime Portland will enjpy 4 the
sanie3 wholesome stimulus; "-but 'as
yet we know very little about It
TEACHERS' WAGES
A MEMORANDUM from the com
missioner of education, Dr. P.
Hp. daxton, i of Interest in con
neetion with the small entering
class at - the Monmouth and , other
normal 'schools thlsjfalL vDr.: Clax-
ton urge highk school graduates,
both boys and girls, to enter the
various normal schools and thus
prepare themselves to become ex
pert teachers. r
He points out that many old
teachers are going s Into other call
ings, where the pf is better. He
seems to fear that this movement
will continue after the war, so that
the teaching force of the . country
will be more and more depleted.
Unless new recruits prepare them
selves to enter the teaching profes
sion the outlook for our publio
schools is rather dark.
Dr. Claxton does not, in the mem
orandum to which we refer, hold out
much hope of any speedy increase
of teachers' salaries. He only - re
marks that "unless salaries should
be increased far beyond the present
average," teachers will continue to
flock Into better paid vocations.
What is the use then of urging
high school graduates to prepare
themselves for teaching?
Are they likely to wish to enteri
profession which everybody else is
deserting because it is underpaid?
Our high school graduates must
naturally be expected to, choose
callings where the v remuneration
bears some just relation to the time
and effort they expend. Sacrifice is
noble thing when there Is
reason for it, but there appears to
be no sound reason why any capable
young man or woman should teach
school for half pay.
The country is rich enough to pay
its teachers fair salaries. It is com
monly conceded that their work I
of fundamental importance. An ig
norant democracy is bound to go
to wreck on the rocks. Our teachers
are, in a true sense, the saviors of
the nation, and we pay them as if
they were less serviceable than hod-i
carriers.
Until we can make up our minds 1
to render unto the schoolma'am a
just wage for the service she does
we ought to blush at the thought
of urging ingenious youth to take
up the teacher's calling. t
DWINDLING DOLLARS
E
VERYBODY wants money but
few care to read about it, un
less in the pages of a novel.
Learned works on money are
the dryest on the globe. They
fairly crackle with their inourab!
desiccation. Every college graduate
has been taught something about
money.
The principal thing he learns Is
that gold is the divinely chosen
"standard of value." It was so
chosen because its own value never
fluctuates. It is indestructible, port
able and so on. The undeniable fact
that the value of gold is high today
and low tomorrow does not faze
him.
Teachers are not the only people
who know all about money by In
spiration. The banker is sometimes
equally favored. When a roan opens
a bank he receives a divine afflatu
which instantaneously reveals to him
the innermost secrets of gold, paper,
bonds and everything of that sort-
His situation is like that of a
politician who gets himself elected
to an office 'whose duties require
expert knowledge. The expert
knowledge descends upon . him from
the sky the moment he takes his
oath .of office. ' No matter how Ig
norant lie was the moment before
The moment afterward he knows
everything knowable.
Professor Irving Fisher of Yale has
published a pamphlet on money. It
elaborates a plan he has for stabilis
ing the dollar. His idea is that our
standard of value ought to life4 up
to its professions, it ought not to
fluctuate any. more outside college.
walls than it does in orthodox text
books. Dr. Fisher explains the curi
ous mental twist by means of which
we make ourselves believe , that gold
does' hot fluctuate In value. An
ounce of gold will always buy an
ounce of gold. Wonderful, is it not?
It is Juat a , wonderful that two
and two make four. v
To tell whether gold fluctuate
or not yon must not eompare gold
with gold. You must compare gold
with , other : commodities. If one
dollar would pay for a bushel at
wheat ten : year ago and It ' costs
two . dollars today something has
fluctuated. Is It the gold or the
wheat? ;It may be both, To find
out, the exact truth we must 'ex
amine , other "commodities.- . J
Has the price "of beef ; gone up
with that of wheat? Have woolen
goods, cotton, lumber,' ironware, pea
nuts, and Cgs all grown dearer? If
they have, then, if our 1 minds are
logical, we cannot escape, the conclu
sion that money ,ls cheaper than it
was. ''---' - -
. 'All our ? dollart " ara V really gold
dollars because " we can exchange
them - for gold at the. treasury.
Therefore, when we . say that the
dollar has grown' cheaper, we mean
that gold has grown xheaper Tin
interesting kernel of this reasoning
Is that money based on gold fluctu
ates in valued precisely like money
based "on nothing." We. tquote this
pnrase rrom ine banters. Tney say
that money based on the govern
ment s taxing power is based "on
nothing." The taxing power forms
an admirably stable basis for, bonds
and on the bonds we may securely
base money. But : If the money it
self is planked squarely down on the
taxing power the very mischief will
be to pay. -',. '."-.;;
Dr. Irving ; Fisher explains the
rising cost of living by the simpls
formula that money Is. growing
cheaper. !rAj dollar today ' does - net
mean v the; same thing, as a foliar J
ten years ago." means only half
as much. Often It means less than
half. A workman who receives elg&l
dollars a day In ,1918 Jean buy no
more with it than he could with
four dollars In 1900, Wages are
worth only what they wife buy la
the way of food, elothinf, shelter.
To estimate them merely in money
is often to mock at the man who
toils.
Dr. Fisher contends that the fall
ing value of money explains in part
the rising cost of living. With fall
ing money, wages also continually
fall. Nothing but an everlasting
effort on the part of the unions
keeps them at a living figure. At
the same, time fixed incomes fall.
For that there Is no remedy. The
family which depends on invested
money for its income cannot raise
the rate of interest by joining a
union. It must cut down expenses
as the value of money shrinks.
Nor do -salaries" go up as the
value of money goea down. The
respectable middle class who live on
investments . and salaries are the
greatest sufferers from fluctuating
money.
Dr. Fisher's remedy for high prices
is simple. He would clip the weight
of the gold dollar as its value falls
If a gold dollar is worth only half
as much as it was ten years ago
make it half as big as it was then.
The plan seems to be approved by
almost every student of finance in
the country. So it must be excel
lent But it appears that prices
must rise as long as the war in
duces inflation.
IN THE BALKANS
T
HE combined French and Serb
force appears to be doing excel
lent work in the Balkans. It
has put -.i the Bulgars to fllgtif
ana -gives oj?t premise that it will
keep them on the run for some time
Like their ally, the kaiser, the Bui
gars are learning that war is some
a 1 f 1
uiing more man a picnic.
They plunged into the fray with
immense exuberance. Their poets
bubbled over with war' songs which
exhorted the manly Bulgar youth V
rape women and then murder them.
with many another flower of poesy
hardly fit to print We dare say the
subjects of the Machiavellian Kin
Ferdinand have outdone the Ger
mans in atrocities.
Now the tide has turned and theio
own villages are feeling the scourge
of the Invade By nature the Bul
gars are a fine people, but the war
has made fiends of them, as it has
of the Germans.
The world Is weary of such trans
formations. It is resolved to mako
this war the last that shall crimson
the pages of history. To that end
it must be fought to a complete
finish. No halfway victory will
suffice.
EDUCATING THE DRAFTEES
R"
EADER3 must have noticed with
Interest what the government is
doing with the drafted boys of
18. It is not going to ship all
of them to thefront Immediately.
It lsK dn the contrary, preparing to
send a great many of them to .col
lege for education in subjects con
nected with war. Their usefulness
will thus be increased a dozen times
over.
The government pays all their col
lege-expenses. The New Republic
hints that the gain would be sub
stantial if tne government should
keep up the practice of educating
large numbers of promising boys
when the war is over.
If universal military training could
be made to mean A sound education
Oft both mind and body who would
object, to it? It is the military
training which kills the mind that
so many fear. ' . 1
The agricultural college have beet)
giving young men, and women, too,
just this kind of an education for
years. Military training is provided
under competent federal army off!
cert , -v The boys -- back straighten,
their " shoulders acquire s. military
breadth. They become alert, obedl
ent, capable of team work. " But at
the same time they acquire mental
power.
There Is a goosestep that kill the
mind. : There ' Is an education n
fitness, - obedience and , alertness that
quicken the .mind. : The Germans
have had the former and-, we e4
the i consequences. i- The agriculturil
colleges f have , been giving all tlw
latter and the country has. been
leavened ,with their graduates. They
are capable, practical, commanding
men. and - women. We -need - more
of them,, .r-x ' .
Wilsons new;;
statecraft
First
to Perceive ' Rights of Both
Employer and .Employe.
From tha -Washington Timet -. -Woodrow
.Wilson ha Invented, In him-
eelf. a new American statemnjuianip. We
bad public men whom their adversaria
called dcmiexoa-ues. They bubbled ever
wita yrrjrathy . for the -worklnaT man.
The anion iru atwiay right, the em
ployer always wrtmtv
we trad, other' public meA-aad they
are -the big majority wboee ayinpethy
was all tor the corporation, the power
xtu employer, nieir aaveraariee called
them tool of the plutocrats. la their
opinion capital waa always right and
labor always wrong. - , .
Now comes Wbodrow Wilson. Observe
him at workv The Smith Wesson Re
volver company, big employers of labor,
would not permit unionism In its Blent.
lis worsmen were eompeuea to apree not
to join the union. The president says.
Tbs Smith Wesson oonmanr has
flaunted the decisions of the labor
board." The government, by his order,
takes over the Plant, will work It. Any
Bmlth Wesson gentlemen between It
and 45 that nave been exempt from the
arart jMcauss they were do mar sovern
ment work will doubtless have a chance
to use their revolvers In the trenches.
Sk aV sS
Union mechanics at Brtdreport, mak-
Iner Weft. nana for anldlara. want an atrtka.
rerusinr to accept the .war board deci
sion. The president tells them bluntlyi
"You are the best paid of the whole body
of workers affected, and least entitled to
press a further Increase of wagee." The
president cares no more for. the domin
ating ariatooracy of union labor than for
the aristocracy of corporation finance.
He tells the striking union men that
If they do not ao to work at once they
will be kept out of ail other government
work except employment in the trenches,
which will be riven to them promptly.
that they may learn at first hand the im
portance of the war.
a
- Within 24 hours Woodrow Wilson
shows the publio that union labor and
organised capital look exactly alike to
him when they don V behave. This coun
try needed just such a president and
will need him for some time to come
until the end of 1924. at least
He would not thank anybody for sar
ins' so. But if the people of this coun
try understand the national Interest
they will keep at Washington during
the reconstruction period after the war
and for another full presidential term
the man who shows himself able to deal
with the great problem that will follow
the war, based on capitaUstic greed and
labor discontent and difficulty.
a
The importance of keeping- labor and
capital balanced, working honestly and
fairly, is well illustrated for the aver
age man in Engineering and Contracting,
published In Chicago. These facts Illus
trate strikingly the results obtainable
with capital and labor cooperating, a at
present m the railroad ayatem of the
United 8ttes
Here W, Q. McAdoo, director of rail
road of the government adds more
than 1200,000,000 per year to the pay
roll of railroad worker by one single
order.
Even with this tncresae of wages it
coats about half a cent to haul a ton of
freight one mile, on an American rail
road.
Letters From the People
( OoaaraanicarJoiia scat to Tha Journal for paa
licstion is- this .dspartaeat should b writtaa on
only oec sids ot the Mm. should Rot axeaad
IOO words: iabngtb and most ha slgaad by tha
wrttT, whosa snu ddrat la. lull must secoa,-
pany fiia contribution. J
Thinks Little of Lawyers
Portland. Sept. 17. To the Editor of
The Journal I note with a great deal of
interest '-the nqn-eseentlal industriee
which are mentioned in the Evening Tel
egram of this date. Now I have never
questioned the advisability of even com
pelling the strong to bear the infirm
ities of the weak, but I emphatically do
not believe in any class being permitted
to ride while this is being done. I have
In mind lawyers as chief among those
non-essential incumbrances which were
not mentioned, who. in my experience
and observation, are absolutely bogus up
to about 60 per cent, so far as any real
good to society is concerned.
But I presume there is a psychologi
cal necessity in the minds of some that
there should be a class mentally quali
fied to skim the cream off the "physi
cal workman's labors" and feed the
whey to his children, that the fear of
God might be put Into his beart-
We are a united nation, and God for
bid that I should say ought to occasion
any dissension, but I do want justice for
myself, and every fellow creature. I see
thegreat lawyer fraternity have begun
to advertise the great work they are
doing In this time of real need and
human Buffering. Who shall advertise
for the individual who has done his duty
well, even to the last drop of blood in
his veins? He doesnt need it! wait
and sec CLARENCE J. CROOK.
Rye, to Utilize Acres
Portland, Sept. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal I was greatly Interested
in the editorial of The Journal of the
17th. "UtUize Every Acre." and heartily
indorse the idea I was surprised, how
ever, that no mention was made of rye
for fall seeding. This cereal, which
ranks next to wheat as a bread grain.
will grow a profitable crop on land not
adapted for wheat. There are thou
sands of acres of idle land in Oregon
that could be utilized for rye produc
tion that is not adapted for wheat.
Sow every acre of winter wheat pes
slble where winter wheat can be grown.
but add thereto the many acres where
rye eaa be profitably grown.
thus '"utilising every acTe" Instead of
only these adapted to wheat. Every
pound of rye that was available for ex
port was taken by our allies last year
over 15,000,000 bushels; for which
they paid over S30.000.000 and were glad
to get It. IT every acre in Oregon had
been utilised, this ould have been in
creased several million bushela If it Is
the patriotic duty of housewives to use
"substitutes" ana conserve wheat flour,
why not a patriotic duty to stow rr on
land that will not grow wheat, bat will
17 y FARMER.
PERSONAL MENTION
Will Hake Home Here
Dr. and Bin. J. Lawrence Hill, long
resident of .Medford, have arrivedUin
Portland to make their homo at the
Wheaidon annex. Their son., A. J. Hill,
Is general superintendent of the govern
ment -sprues camp at Newport Another
son, U B. HUl or Billings, Mont, ex
pact soon to move here. Dr. Hill has
participated In many civic enterprises at
Medfprd and expect to extend his actiy.
itles along like Unas here. . ,
! Spend' Week-; End 'Her A
' Captain and Mrs. CTB. Cranahon asA
Uson, Dr.'Xjaura Ewer- and Ralph Gil
bert ox A tons are among the weekend
guests in : Portland. , They: are vregls-
lerea si me Mwinoman. -
. On, Her Way .Home
Mrs. Robert M. Howard of Beavertoa
Or, is at the Benson, with Mrs. W. O.
Hagar ot at. Ixuia who has been If ra
Howard' guest daring the summer and
: THE KING OF
From the Book of
HE who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled
- 4ri nattnnc In . !. ........ 4. .-a Vl J...tV
The whole -earth is at rest, and Is quiets
ica, me xu- trees rejoice at tnee, and
"on k uia aown, no ieiier is come up against us.
Heu. from 'beneath Is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; ft
siirrcxn up mraeta lor thee, even all the chief ones of the earth;
It hath raised un from their thnrtn all h Vtn Xf ihs nttlniiL
All they shall speak and sy unto thee,
Art thou become like unto no
Thy pomp ts brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols; the
wunu u. inreaa unaer tu ni
How art thoa fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of "the morning! How
-.- art. thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nationsl
ror thou but said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, 1 will exalt
my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount
ox me congregation, in tne smes 01 the north.
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the Most High,
Yet thou Shalt be brourht down to helL to the sides of the nit -
They that see thee shall narrowly look
. S) a a s. a . .
is mis tne man xnat maae tne
kingdoms i
That made the world as a wilderness,
ppcaca not me nouse ox nis prisonersr
All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in bis
own house
But thou art cast oat of thy grave like
raiment of those that are slain,
down to the stones of the nit:
Thou shjdt not be Joined with them In burial, because thou hast destroyed
thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be
renowned.' .
The Lord of hosts bath sworn, saying, ,Surely as 1 have thought, so shall
It come to east: and aa I. have nurnmrrf n hall ft ctanri
For the Lord of hosts bath purposed,
nana is stretched out, and who
JOURNAL MAN ABROAD
By
tit is Mr. Loekkra fortaaa to be is the ! '
ot bent draptMd is a Huo sir raid et aigtit. Ha
tells hew it effected hiss, vbai it did aa dav
aloud is tha Boraina km-i tntkmin. aarf haar
4 ratersa British acdoar Mi ttxmt aw raids aad
ware tee pawsr that imtett tea wsr.J
Somewhere In France. There are cer
tain disadvantages, X find. In having the
best and largest house In the village,
particularly If the village is but a few
mUes from the German lines and within
easy range of the German guns. The
officer are billeted in the largest and
best housea Until recently II officer
were billeted in this house, though I am
at present the only person staying here.
Naturally, air raiders try to make hits
at the best houses, hoping to kill the of
ficers who are apt to be. quartered there.
One night I eame in from a hard and
trying day's work for walking in the
mud is tiring work, particularly in the
slippery, greasy mud found here, or the
equally sticky mud in the trenchea I lit a
candle, shaded it, and started to write.
By 11 o'clock the cannonading was so
heavy and -so continuous that the win
dows vibrated almost steadily. I finished
my letter, which waa on the beauty of
French scenery, and decided to go to bed.
The night was glorious clear and cool,
the air Uke wine, and the stars bright as
diamonds. X-made my bed and turned In.
But. lying down, the vibration was so
noticeable, from th shock of the explod
ing shells and from the discharge of our
pwn heavy guns, that X could not go to
sleep. I dressed and went to a hill
top, and for half an hour I saw a won
derful spectacle a living horseshoe of
fire. The flash of the cannons was like
the burning of Greek fire, and the con
cussion from the discharge was wonder
fully impressive. . I came back to my
huse but solitary domicile and went to
bed. - Suddenly there was a terrific con
cussion. The bed quivered. Iff, frame
work of the house groaned. There was
a sound of rending timbers. I Jumped
out of bed and ran in my bare feet to the
front porch. A German airplane was
passing, a few hundred feet over the
house. Crash, crash, crash 1 went three
more bombs. From all sides the search
lights quivered across the sky and ouf
own anti-aircraft gunswoke into a fury
of sound. I decided that, while I had
had a close call, I was safe and I could
go back to bed. Around swung the Ger
man sir raider and came back. X slipped
Into my shoes and went down into the
atone roofed wine cellar. I thought, "If
he makes a direct hit I will have tons
of masonry on me as a monument."
Crash, crash, crash! went the bombs.
while a flash as of lightning showed
they were falling near. Seven I counted,
and then over flew another plane, and
again my eardrums throbbed with the
concussion of the bombs. For half an
hour the raid lasted, and st last, at
about S o'clock, I dropped asleep, to
wake sitting up at a particularly loud
boom from a shell.
a a a
In the morning I went across the street
where some soldi ere are bine ted. One of
them said. The bloody Hun tried to ret
us. He broke our windows out. but we
had bolted down into the cellar to escape
flying bit of the bomb. On bomb
killed three horse lust a few hundred
now is on her way, to her home In the
Middle West
a a
-Over Sunday Visitor
Mrs. William Hanley of Burns, Or.,
and Mrs. E. J. Cameron of Medford,
are guests in the city over Sunday. They
are staying at the Portland during then
visit her.
a a a
Mrs. Georre Cooper and daughters.
Helen, Ruth and Lura, are In Portland
for th weekend. They are registered
mong th guests at th Cornelius dar-J
Ing their visit In the city.
Misses Busts Emery and Vivian Jenee
of Hood River are week-end guests In
th city, registered at the Imperial.
W. 1m Miller of Seattle, a business vis
itor In Portland last week, waa reg
istered with Mra' Miller at the Cornell ua
Mr. end Mrs. L M. Moss of Racine. I
Wis., touring the Northwest sre among
eastern guests registered at the Port
land. Mr. and Mrs It. Ok Bums of Sesttls,
spending a few day In Portland, are
among recent arrival at th New Per
kins. T. E. Knox and Ronald C. Begg of
John Day. Or, In Portland on business,
are registered , at th Multnomah.
8am Lanyert of Spokane, with Mr.
Lanyert are among the over Sunday
guest staying at the Benson.
Mrs. C. E. Jay and daughter of
Klamath Falls, Or., in Portland for a
few daya are at the Carlton.
Mt. and Mra M. B. Waaler of Milton
sre among Eastern Oregon guests at the
Washington. "
Miss Wei tha Trailer of Eugene, a
week-end guest In the city, i (egistered
at the Imperial.
Mra H. E. Stewart of Gastora Or.,
an over Sunday visitor In Portland, is
a guest at th Cornelius.
Lewis P. Shacklef ord of Juneau, Alas
ka. In the States tor a business visit
is at the. Portland. ' '
- Merle Stecrunermaa of Manfitfleld, Or,
Is among business visitor at th New
Frklnv- . .
D. , V. FendaU of Newberg. Or., In
Portland .over Sunday, is registered at
the Multnomah.
: William Jones and P. EL Jegen of As
toria are among recent arrivals at th
Oregon. " i ' -
J. p. Morris, of Seattle. In Portland
on .business. Is registered with Mra
Morris st the Washlnston. j
, Mr, and Mr. E. Bascom, of Florence,
B ABYtON
the Prophet Isaiah.
they break forth Into sin jinf.
the cedars of Lebanon, saying, since
Art thou also, become weak as we?
th mmrmc h
upon thee, and consider thee, saying,
. . . v wv
earth to tremble, that did shake
and destroyed the cities thereof; that
an abominable branch, and as the
thfust through with a sword, that
ax a carcass trndden nndr ft
and who shall disannal it? and his
shall turn it back?
Fred Loekley
yards -away. Yonder another got an
Australian soldier." Another soldier
Jcanjsl us and said. "It got one Austra
lian, and a bit of the flying metal tore
an eye out of another. Tour hovs a-ot
It- the worst, though. They are new to it
and they dldn t know that when a Boche
machine is about, the best thing Is to He
quiet Tou mustn't run about nor stir,
even. If you are hit : for if Jerry' knows
there are troops there he will drop more
bombs and kill a lot of your pals. The
first Jerry over last night dropped a
bomb. A lot of your lads ran out of
their dugouts to see where it had hit
The pilot of the Boche plane saw them
runlng about and dropped a flare. It
lit up the whole blooming nlace. and
showed him a lot of your chape standing
aooui, or, uae ground squirrels, looking
out of the mouths of their dugouta He
swooped low and swept them with his
machine gun. I was just over. One of
3sur lads was dead and another died
while I was there."
X met a British officer a few moments
later and asked him where he was din
ing the raid. He said, "I stayed in my
room, a hundred yards from your billet"
T suppose you are used to sir raids by
now," I said. "The more you see of
them tho more you fear them." he said.
"I have seen so many men torn to nieces
and mangled by aerial bombs that I fear
them more than anything else. I have to
fairly hold myself in bed. I lie there and
sweat with apprehension for fear the
next one dropped will crash into my
room ana mangle me. it Is one's cursed
helplessness that hurts most Tou cant
do anything but wait and take it Those
three bombs that lit near us last night
might Just as weU have snuffed us out
as some other poor beggar. Tou never
can teu when jerry is going to drop on
that has your number on it Ne. sir; no
on ever get used to them. The man
that tell you be rolls over and e-oea to
sleep again Ilea It Isn't in nature to be
Indifferent to the menses of them, par
ticularly when you bave had several
years of It and seen what they can do.
Sure, we stay. We fight all th harder
to defeat Germany so that our children
shall not suffer from what we are going
through. When I think of the old daya
a peaceful river, a light rod. th trout
rising to the fly. It seem a if what we
sre going through must be some fear
some nightmare and ws shall wake up
to find it isn't true. At other times it
seems as if X couldn't remember the
time I hadn't been in the ruck and the
muex ot it stayr Of course we 11 stay,
Stay till Germany has been brought to
her knees and taught that the day for
the mailed fist for sword rattling and
devilish brutality has gone by. When
that day arrives what a breath of relief
wiU go up from the war-weary world. I
may Uve to see it I hope I do, for I log
to see my fair, broad seres once more
and I hope to go to my final rest in my
native land, but if I have to be thrown
into an unknown grave, some nameless
trench or sheU hole, as many a better
man has been. I will feel I have borne
my part In winning the fight for peace
for my children and my children's chtl
dren. War, the sport of kings, is doomed.
No man who has seen its horrors will
ever again talk about the 'glory of war."
Or., are among week end guests stay
ing at the Carlton. .
Mra D. D. Howard, of Springfield.
Mo, Is registered among th guests
at th Oregon.
Donald W. White of Salem Is among
state capital guests at the Imperial.
Mra Charles M. Devlin, of Medford.
Or., is among the guests at the Cor
nelius-
J. Fellowa, of Burns. Or, In the city
on business. Is a guest at the Portland.
E. F. Delsney, of Wsrrsnten. Or, is
among recent arrivals at the New
perkina
a. i omiia, or Mm city. Or, in
Portland over Sunday, la at the Mult
nomah.
George Dremedge ot Dee Mofnea
Iowa, is registered over Sunday at th
ocnaon.
W. Moran of Clatsop, Or, ta Portland
on Dusmess, is a guest at th Oregon.
R. o. Moss of Seaside, Or, Is among
rveem suTirais at u Washington.
A. Panyer of San Francisco Is a guest
at we tarjion ior a xew oay.
Gale S. HOI of Albany, Or, Is regts-
terea st tne imperial.
Ray Wilcox and 8. KeaU ef Clatsop,
Or, are at the New Parkin.
J. A. VanWie of Minneapolis, Minn,
is at the Benson.
C. M. Keep of Washougal. Wash, Is
at un irregon. -
d. Trugman of Ban Francisco la at
tne canton.
J. B. Chang of Eugene 1 at th Wash
tngton.
Tennyson's Vision of Today
From Xeektlay HaO." Written ta ISIS.
For X dipt, lata the fstsre. far es
Saw the TiatasTIj tha' war Id. aad sS tha
that weald bei
Saw the has as fin With
at ass sis sail.
Beard tha baasoa fill with shewnac. sad there
- rsia'd e sfaastt daw.
Frees the nauons airy as rise frspphag is tha
tar aloac the world-wide wbfaper ef the seets
wte twahias warm. -
With tha staadatde- of the bsbbIss pleseto
TBI we waoereat uapssa ae
' battle (la as were fort'
Is the earaassaM si sua, the feasraUes ef the
-.wild.
II :
- L - ' . ' (." - u . . - .
. r ' Ragtag 'and Bobtail S )
H - -. I I anorte from Everywhere ; I
Yeu-re AU Seen Thi Kind
ff TNCU3J BILL, hearing aa explosion la
W '. the lmmadlata toatarhlwu-tiAari. l4
to his smaJl nephew, sftting la the auto
mobU beside him: "Oet out,; Jimmy.
ana loox at the tire and see IX it la
Oat- . , ;.
Tt looks pretty good. said Jimmy.
upon Inspection : "It's ear fiat- on the
bottom side."
Simplicity Itself i 'k ?
Sho waa. a very careful woman and
when she noticed that th little v boy
wa rather indifferent a to hi personal
appearance, says the People's . Horn -
Journal, it worried her.
'Your conduct troubles me very
much. she said.' "New tell me how I
can get you to wash your face regu-
lanyr-
"That's easy, ma," the boy replied.
Just let me go in swimming every
day."
Well, They Get iW- An Right
"What 'are the Hua shock troops, pa?
"Those who got one when they meet
th American, son."
A Dry Summer of Long A
Sixty-three year ago this summer.
ays the WUlamlna Time, wa th year
when th big forest fir took place la
the hills and mountain west and north
west of town. Unci Jo Tharp. who
was then a boy. tails that th season
was dry. and the atmosphere wa so
dense that candles were used In th
daytime. It was la th midst of huokle- '
berry time, andjmany Klickitat Indians
had come ever to get berries. Tho poor
savages were hemmed In by th fir
and forced to take to a small mountain
tsk and remain in the water until th
fire died down. It was so hot for them
at times that they took mud from the
lake bottom and smeared over part of
their body out of th water, n Wild ani
mals ran halter skelter to escape, Aa
old squaw saw a bear with th hair
burned from his body. The Tharps were
then living on the donation land claim
of 400 acres that Uncle Joe's father took '
up. The family, are residing on and
working the old farm today.
'My Liberty Bend and I
Mr liberty bead aad I doe'i ippaar to aaesat
to much ;
Bet eddas wate mllUona, win aid the rests
Of ssilast C. 8. soosasofe serosa tee sees blse
Matfl
Te slva tea kaiier e bitter put test wSTesrel
Buks him anaasa.
Thaa. to fcsaa tha boys seppUa. e Mast sB ay
still sum hoods,
Aad to help or ssilors fears' tea treses that te
to hek the Baas. '
S U w do not tray thtsk as ear sstscisaee
ws srast,
Onr saQon, ships sad Boidim vta be eresunel
lata dust.
Thaa the Boshes lrul be ever hate to toB SB
what to do;
It's tha well sit risbt dowa aad wfea that wa
had bovebt a fsw
o Ut ss set toeether as Jesj ftfht -erar
the top
With Liberty beads aa War gtaswa, aa keep
thaw ee tha hop.
As thaa ws'U be soppUad with, Ssasas to wis
tha war easaptote
Aaddteteta to tha kalaer as he's eowarias at est
Kow tat s en "bey the feaitk bead," whisk we
hope wul be tha last
Of tha ksisar sad his braul hordst, whese day
wiU soos be past
, ' 3. Shmitte,
Peruana, Septesuwr 1.
Uncle Jen fJnew Sayst
I knowed a feller down In Texas
onoet that kep skunks all around the
house, and his neighbors didn't like to
call on him. Finally he killed 'era all
off and built a new log house after th
old one burned down, and, ho was a
pleasure to talk to. He found skunk
Plts didn't pay as weU as chlckena
Some ot those cities back East that
havo ter go out of the saloon business
will find life a heap more satisfaction.
with no mourners fer the saloons left
to weep in a year or two.
His Last Furlough
By aUriaa Mattes
atertee Kortea to bet 11 san aid. Baa is
tha daoshter ef hU aad Ha S. C. Morton af
St. HaVsea. Mr. Morton to eoanty totes af
Cohrabie eeanty, aa aditee aad pubUsher ad
tha St HeWaa Mist I
Tha twtita-at vails ware despeetssi
The birds had (eaa to rest:
Asd a toother sat by the window
Iika s bird with aa eatptr east
Tha UtUa Maa star la tha window
Maeat bar Jar. bar haea. bar lava.
aad she prayed to that srsat rather
wee waa uateains vnsra apeae:
Oh. keep Mas safe, saw ratbar,
Aad brief hue bees to sm
Whoa ba bat dons bto doty
For the world sad liberty.
And if say bias star tares oidse.
Oh. saake ase brara to bsar i
Make m tree, stood ana aeon
ror ssy eaa who to erer there.
And saw. Greet One, wha wetebas
Over the batxla sad bom.
Otst the rolOBS prairisa
And erar tha aeasot foass.
Over tha little white crams
Where the white rraeefc lutes stow,
Wsleotna bias when ho eatsst to Jo
Os hi last fartoasa."
She who had wetehad hiss auwutsea,
She wha ha watched his grow-.
She wondered toateht bow aha woedsrae
If he'd (ooa oa a last twtewia.
THE PUBLICATION
MEASURES
Titles of Two Initiative BUI to
Remove a Publio Burden.
On the ballet to be voted at the gen-
oral election In November wiU appear -the
titles of two initiative measures de
signed to rellsve the people of Oregon of
burden born under existing law,
namely, tho publication of th del in- -
o.uent tax list and the payment of ex- :
passive onarges xer tne pueiicaaon ex .
legal notices and county advertising la
newpapera These measures will to pre
sented on the ballot undsr title and
with numbers, respectively, a follewes .
wrrtATrvB nnx pnorogED by xxrru-
laMaia Vi G. L i serine aad m. W. Biased, r
TJtara Vas Uos BiaPerposa J f e ra- .
peel iiissim laws ravainsj aars-apapar eararos .
BMat ef sailaenaat taxes and tajtee thirtst pro- .
rldfn that tax eeUester abaU, after tease ba- .'
eoeie eauaesast sack rear Basil by tetter to
saeb ewsar ef real property 4 address fursUbi -by
him and aotad-ao roU, a errktes settee eon-;
Ulntna .dasertotiea. iseiant; of taxi, rets af
tetarast, pansitias sad -data est asd after erbJati "
aarUfieata af SsUaaeaaey aba tssoe: peaaidias :'.
lor Bosttes daUaenant bats sad proof Vl orrtjf..;
cateof saiuns end peat ins, aasHne seek ear-
tU taste anstrreaire sriiisM taeraaf. sad sebteet-
lea eeUaetoe to oaesef stistaiBsq ue leuere t . -
eserpty with act - A
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If yon believe in this measure vet Tea .
wrrurrnf nx FTtoor.D bt nmiA-.
-' TIVK FETfTOH
Initiated by a B. Jseeses, 1 Sahees straet,
Peruana, Onsen, end K. W. Bseed, 11 Xast
Darts strset, Fortlaad. Orseoa Fbitnf Coss
psnsaUon tee PebUeattea ef Iatal Katlois Far- -:
suTsit1rii?iwsiTsi'-V"sttri yTo of
asst steiawams. taperte. prooaadiaes. and all V
oOmt iaaai edrarttossaaaBl ef whatsoever , kind -r,
wbiats sow ee baraaftee amy be raeetrad pob-
nahadl previa the aawspesan assy eostrae
fee tower fetes; that pabheattae proof -ef eeak v
lasai seUeas ebaU iaelada . eaiosat ahaxsad ior
pabUeatioaj that Weal sdrerUstng Msuirad for
terisaftosu seneei end road distrtou bo awhilM
tn leeai nepetsrssisriitinr gartiss 20 Lord s
Oracoa Law, by ateaaUyte sowpessts pat eke. .
ssoos w eaeausa as - lay ,vou ar a
baMtaats; rijushnf Saetloa Ilt Vot,
Lews aad Chapter St a, Aawa .
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