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. j CM xtr. . . . .7.0 t On swath I .
. Tlim . la ftnt m Mtuk filaunm in nln.
tag u to Ut set ( gaining. II all our
wiahee war gratifiatl, moat of our pleaa
m would destroyed.
, i ' Blchard Thatoly.
! LIME FOR THE FARMS
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' VTltt& Oregon 'limo plant is now
rcaay jor. me aenvcry 01 urns
f to tne farmers.
' : idO" tons per; day; 1 A slight' addition
-of ' rnachlnejry would double' it. .
Tho price of the lima is 1.75 oer
? ton jdn toard the cars at Gold Hill
f " The freicht ehuran will mftVa th
Average cost to farmers of Westera
wtsgvn uuufc ao.M per iuii. iwu
to three tons per acre Is the usual
. amount put on the land. A dressing
of three tons will neutralize the
acidity of the land for a period of
k .......1 . . iu .
lime; to sour land will, if fertility of
the isoll is right, double , the yield
iot clover, alfalfa, vetch, and other
. leguminous crops. Experiments at
the i Agricultural college have, on
proper soil,4glv?n even belter results.
f .The thing for farmers to find out
; Is whether their land is acid and If
' ' the ! soil fertility Is not exhausted.
at. If acid and if the fertility is ' gone
ji.'Hm and manure will yield the de
.' sired results and make, the expense
fHof putting on the fertilizer a good
; investment The important thing te
,;dois Driest to ascertain, -what the
Tf land requires. This information can
; f r -bej obtained "by communicating, witft
J VtM proper authorities at the Agri-
J v'eultural colleue.
iv The 'problem of making the lime
t ', puui a success is now largely up 10
,i,;th' farmers. They must .usevtho
:VPrjduot or the plant cannot ruti. if
'U.jthty use enough of it the capacity
Jof the plant will be increased, and
!.ithi priee be lowered. There is many
t'.an acre of seeded pasture land in
. th4 Willamette valley, to ear nothinc
r 'of sour fields, on which the lime
T can be used with hisrhlv nrofi.Ahi
.T-res
jits.
If you owe a business man for
"thth- vnil hivd hmiirht rt him K
yi sends you a statement "of the ac
count by, mail. He does not,v in
S jOrdfer to notify you of the amount
: you! owe him, put a costly advertise-,-
nient in the newspaper. He can do
; ?,, H kt . far less cast . by malL -Bill
-308X yes on the coming ballot, pro
,U ; poses to put the business man's
: plan Into effect in delinquent tax
;..'. notifications. It proposes to send
- the; statement by mail just as the
- business man does.) At present the
Viscounties - use-the advertising method,
i 1 'The plan , has cSsf the taxnavera nf
' t frregoi between $150,000 i antf 1200,-
.iu t Wrf-itoee I9it s - ,r J - .
IS DEMOCRACY SAFE?
; i mtfceino. Echo - to .th.;-official
ftf,oran'" of ' The 'Kcighbors of
! itg. VVoodcrafl, " V ' fraternal border
1 1.' i . hose . membership,: is large and
i, riitsvtioance Jill) .conducted;' -
" i J Erho! edllirhrtlv
.4 ;ta; some " $(.6ir more v pompously
y JnonserAiitive ; yhewspafers; t jierV ;fia
sayingrDemocracr tntrst I be
' J 'made sate for the world.''
. a aakittvai cerw oi JtTesl-
depi; Wllsph'sV famous': epigram " Viat
the' -world loaust te , made safe for
dem6cracy!UC.lmplies that -.there
?-someinmg; unsarc .m J democracy,
lhaMt langerous," explosive. .
6,icret.Jnnu'endi'is:that while i'littie
I
democracy; inay be ; good s thlnj if
it "Js -properly circuittscribed ; and
hooped 'n 'xMth i i Iron "band''' ami
'"' -f 'democracy upda the" whole U 'some-'
' tiake precautlons The -bsl'-people
I . T;hIsi ;bonntteJrard.jgaTnst;iLV.
I ; , j 2lTo,f tjioAQ" whosttindi --work In
tliitjaf: democracy vppears'lik
i v( ' ; f arsenior .w-hichv'Us Useful- jn, doses of
i ' . '4 "t' thousahd.'P
- - iwd. deadlypoison If person swallows
I f . ; Jt)ore ;of.,it..,,,rhe Paclfi Echoi ays
'-'l 5 editorially". f ilial , certain "American
i - ,Big, Busmess. magnates -,VU3 not be-?
" Ueye;lh.at'-;demqcrjicy;Vls safe tfor
Cp ;;ine.j-,world:-fth'aU.:is(l'r6)'theIr.-ipai
1 ' ticolar corper .of 1L They., are icared
of democracy, real democracy.'
The Echo ayt.., these men have
formed an : r.-;.
InrlalbU ;'tM'" autocmtlo ; wTrnnient
whtclt im splnairor its wb about avary
aepartmmt of our nation's actlvitlw,
about our law-making-, our aooroea of
information, our press ' end - ur
thouhtv crUy nampering and n-Uconlainc,-our
leader,,-.
- That is, to say, they are secretly
hampering t and " antagonizing - Presi
dent Wilson. , ,. . -
It f for 'this secret. Invisible gov
ernment, craftily spinning its web
of intrigue that "democracy must be
made safe."- The most pertinent
question in "connection with the Pa
cifie Echo's remarks is, "Will the
people who are giving their all so
gloriously . to , win the war submit
to see the fruits, of It gathered in
by this . .,.;.! invisible ; government?"
Probably fnoVV "
PROGRESS OR NOT?
m O DOUBT r the war is, drawlnisj
Wjo. its close.;: Statesmen In the
allied countries 'warn - us not
to look, for the end. of it Jurft
yet. , But they fear some relaxation
of effort from the .,- expectation ' of
early peape and therefore make the
prospect a little ' darker than it
really is, perhaps. . "
There must be no relaxation of
effort, for -the peace we all long
for can only be obtained from an
enemy beaten beyond the power of
resistance. But even the statesmen,
whose business it is to ward off
untimely hope, drop words, now and
then which promise peace withiri
a year. .Germany's military back is
broken. ' -
Students of human l affairs will
soon begin to lookback oyer the
war and compare it with former
wars. What lessons can be learned
from it? What does It, foretell as
to the future of mankind? Does it
upon the - whole Indicate progress
or retrogression t Judging from th
way the war began and the devises
by which it has been fought are
we going forward or backward?
Have justice' and mercy operated to
prevent needless suffering or has
suffering been inflicted' from love
of cruelty?
A letter in the Evening Post tells
of the -fate ;f an Armenian mother
who bad 1 been captured - with ; her
baby by the '.Turks. She was first
outraged ; before the eyes of her
husband. ; When he tried to "save
her he was shot Then the woman
was tied to a tree. Her baby wast
tied to another just out of her reach.
The baby perished of hunger. The
mother, died raving - mad.
'This Incident Is typical of the'way
the war has been waged by the
central powers. The Germans have
been - doing Justtnat- sort of thing
in, Belgium; The. -Bulgarians did. the
same in Serbia. The Austrians have
hangedr. more than 6000people- ln
Bohemia. Poland has lost half its
population by battle and. misery.
do these facts indicate progress?
So far as methods of warfare are
concerned can the Germans ani
their associates claim any
orlty over . the Iroquois Indians?
This war has been more relentlessly
cruel than any other fought for
more than J0O years. The . scientific
apparatus employed is necessarily
cruel in its operation and the
minds of those who use it have
reverted o savagery.
In the light of these facts con
sider the "next war,'! of which the
Germans are already talking. I its
horrors would be as much worse
than those we have been witnessing
as new inventions and stern expert-.
ence couia make them. One more
war waged 1 as it v must be waged
would ;turn . mankind into hordes jf
6avages occupied in cutting one
another's throats with as 'much
refinement of torture" as they could
devise. "
We-have been told over and over
again that as long as the war' lasts
we mus bend our minds to it
and think of .nothing else. Suppose
we lapse into a Estate of continual
war and preparation for war. jrhere
will be no Copper tunitv; to think of
such things, as social betterment, re
ligion, poetry, literature. The world
will forget, all its - old Idves and
fix its Heart on .-. slaughter. - - '
These are some of the considera
tions which move President Wilson
to speak s j earnestly and often for
the league of nations. For it U
only by a league of nations, solidly
and democratically formed, that the
world can be saved from becoming
a shambles. '
On the oft repeated question of
whether it was paid 150,758 within
four -years for delinquent advertis
ing,; the Oregonlan : remains "silent
On the highly interesting question of
whether it got vaway with 130.071
of the taxpayers' t money : for de
linquent, advertising n a single year
the Oregonlan remains silent-How
could silence be more eloquent ?
POTATOES .
iuv).i . , wjuiMrx announces
ft? w lift pardonable.- satisfacUon
i that a company ,of - potato
, farmers who -planted 60 acres
last; spring have .obtained a. net re
turn 'of $9000 forr their, time and
toir. This, means tiSO'-an acre. .1
reward of .merit "as rare as it Is
. Kiamatn county, with " its lava
8011; is ; probably exceptionally well
adapted :to . the - potato. ' but almost
any; part, of Oregon will yieli heavy
crops of that .edible. - The lighter
alluvial, soils of the valleys - are
particularly friendly to its - develop
ment as they ; are, to all bulbs and
tuber.', - vi . - -- ' Iv ,r
, Pota& farming would ; long --ago
THE .. OREGON
have become one of Oregon's staple
Industries " were It not - for' the mv
dependable markets. '., This year's erop
may bring in big returns,'-while next
year's may be m drug on the market
Pebple, the country over,' eat about
as many potatoes one year as another
and would be willing to pay rea
sonable priee from season to season
if they .were permitted. But those
who control our . markets find more
profit : for ; themselves In wasteful
fluctuations than they do In stable
conditions. ' y-
. Ira 1- V",i.
HOME RLXE IN OREGON.
THE home rule amendment to the
Oregon -constitution was - sup
posed originally to xonfer upon
., municipalities the power to enaet
any purely local legislation which did
not contravene the criminal laws of
the state, Butlthis Interpretation
of. the amendment:: has rfot found
favor with 'the courts. They have
decided la ? effect I that It , confers
upon municipalities a more restricted
power, and yet one that is of great
value.
As the courts understand the home
rule! amendment it -gives cities the
right to enact only, such local legis
lation as does not conflict with the
"general' laws" of the slate. But
even thus restricted It is a wide
and beneficial right .
It may be. considered from two
points of view. We may think of the
restrictions it puts upon the legisla
ture. Or we may think of the
powers it gives the cities.. It pro
hibits all special legislative acts de
signed to. serve personal or partisan
ends in any city.
Under the old system the legisla
ture could In effect impose upon an
City a charter which consigned it to
the greed of a street railway corpora
tion or a gas company. It could
practically compel the acceptance of
a charter, which made the city a
I rich pasture for the henchmen of the
reigning boss. The legislature could
Confer franchises wherever and upon
whomsoever it liked, and for any
consideration it liked. It could, in
a' hasty night session, throw one sSt
of official out and li.lt. annth-r J
s " i
set In. The legislature's power foe
evil over the municipalities was al
most unlimited.
"The home rule amendment put a
sudden end to all these practices.
Oregon cities now frame their own
charters and adopt them without
consulting the legislature. They con
trol their own local franchises. They
are, or may be, perfectly independent
of state politics and state bosses.
The home rule amendment is one
of the solid pillars of the Oregon
system:- ' -;
A dispatch says German prisoners
seize-and- eagertytfevour t ood that
American soldiers would think medi
ocre, and frankly admit that it is
much better than . they are ac
customed to. The Americans have
superi-keservoir, have folks at home willing
to stint themselves to save food
for their fighters, and have a home
government that spares no cost or
trouble in feeding them with the
best the land affords. On the basis
of the food supply alone it is im
possible for Germany to win and
anybody but simpleton war lords
would know it.
MOVING A LIBRARY
T
HE Agricultural college is con
fronted uthis fall with the pleas
ant task of" moving its brary
to new quarters. The college's
35,000 books' have for years beea
housed after a hit or miss fashion
in .narrow and ill-suited quarters.
Everybody connected with the in
stitution must feel happy over" tho
prospeot of seeing their old calf-
bound friends and mentors arrayed
comfortably on . spacious shelves.
The new library building t Cor
yallis " Is an improvement whose de
lay has made it all the more appreci
ated now that , it is actually ready
for use. But moving 35,000 books is
no child's Job. It requires trained
muscles, sturdy arms and stalwart
backs. And requisites cT that sort
are today more common the armj
than out of It . ' '
Luckily, in the , emergency,, ue
Agricultural college professors have
seized: the opportunity to demon
strate the genuineness of their de
mocracy. They may be seen at all
hours r of the day and night so a
report says, trundling wheelbarrow
loads of Plato, Shakespeare and Mil
ton from the " old j building to the
new.' "They also serve who only
push and wheel," as Milton might
have observed.
Lieutenant Leslie ..Tooze, reported!
as .killed by a German sniper, was
with the Ninety-first division - which
was in training Ion- at Camp LewH,
and; with which there are a great
many-Oregon boys.' -The report of
his death indicates .that the Ninety
first has been In action. Lieutenant
Tooze was : a highly "Intelligent and
lovable young man. He was a speak
er at Roseburg and - other Southern
Oregon points during the third Lib
erty loan drive last April.
SUGAR AXP SOCIETY
ARDLY anything on earth is so
stable, as', social - customs, and
yet they change under the stress
of war. ; What entertainer would
four years ago ; have dreamed of
asking his guests to bring their
own sugar to a party where Tefresh
menls were to be served?; President
Benjammlde Vheeler-tf .the
rnmi! ,tT,lv-4v ;j iK
.v. v"
DAILY:' JOURNAL; 'PORTLAND; 'MONDAY OCTOBER .-1918.'
thing this - fall at his' annual official
reception and", nobody looked glum
over It- ' - ; - ; V ' ' '
Sugar was so common-' for; many
years before the war that we wasted
It recklessly Everything had to Toe
sweetened, even the 'children's, les
sons at schooL Now we have been
obliged to .revert' to conditions not
unlike those 'Washington Irving dej
scrmes in -bis ."Knickerbocker His
tory." : - - "
Sugar was so scarce in that' day
that each family had but one lump.
To be sure the lump was large,, but
it was sedulously conserved. It 'was
hung, by a string over the midd j
of the table and each guest took w a tN
anstemious nibble at U after every
sip of tea,. - ' .
This custom, was . not, deemed un
hygienic then. But now-a-days when
wt, demand - individual communion
cups it will be hrd 'to endure the
common 1 sugar : lump. Still we may
have to s eome to it -
delinOuenttax:
exposures
XTmatnia's Costa - Mora Than EUcht
Tunes Any Needed - Cost.
Umatilla county taxpayers have paid
during tbeN past eeven years appro xl
mately $llt.l5 for the publication ot
dellnauent tax lists, or an approximate
average ot $581.4$ for each yearr
Had the Delinquent Tax Notice bill
been in . effect during that period, the
cost of notifying the delinquents would
have been at the outside approximately
S512.40. This la on the basis of an av
erage of 1220 separately listed parcels
of delinquent property for each of the
even years, with a letter sent for, each
parcel, under 3 -cent postage. i x
The sheriff a office of that county, In
estimating the coat of notification by
mail, fixed the charge at 2 cents per
letter. That estimate was made, ho w
'everhen 2 -cent postage vu in effect
and allowed 2 cents for the postage and
1 cent per letter for envelopes and sta
tionery. That there may be 'bo ques
tion as to the sufficiency of the. esti
mate, 2 cents per notice has been al
lowed for postage for the entire' seven
year period, and. 2 cents per notice ad
ditional for the -envelopes and J station
ary. In other words, had the Delinquent
Tax Notice bill been the law, the en-
tlm frUt gf KAtlla law la It' M w
" ior
"wm-jrcr penoa wouio nave oeen ap
proximately 176.05 less than the aver
age cost of one year's publication of the
delinquent tax list In the county papers
of Umatilla county.
Putting the same facts in still another
way, -thr coat of publication for the
seven years has been 803.89 per cent of
what tho cost of giving direct and actual
notice by letter mail would have been
for .the entire period. . - - --.
The Journal does not believe that the
taxpayers of Umatilla county willingly
pay more than eight times the actual
cost of securing direct and efficient pub
lic service to secure Indirect and Inef
ficient service. It believes that the
taxpayers, not only of Umatilla county,
but of all counties of the state, want to
be given one dollar in service for each
dollar of tax money spent, and not to
be compelled to spend eight dollars to
get: one dollar cf service. --That la tha
reason The Journal believes the voting
taxpayers will vote "30S X- Yes" - on
the November ballot and enact the De
linquent Tax Notice bill into a law of
the state.
'Bring in the Americans"
the Cry in France
IVom tht Boston Tranasript
It Is well-nigh impossible to take up
a copy of a French iwtmm ..i .
finding in It soma heart-warming tribute
to the , American soldiers. And the
charm about all of these tributes Is
their constant confession of total ltrno-
"'"-" nneucjjs. oeiore the soldiers
came to them. So now, this having been
found out, it is a- case of "bring In the
Americans" when anything is needed In
, w Aprop8 or this tendency, the
Paris Figaro of August 17 tells a story.
A local train for the country in
stalled by some strange condition of the
wnionvo, na.il an nour the train stood
still on the track. Kverybody grew rest
less and morose. Tho passengers beat
their feet on the floor and uttered objur
gations from the windows. More time
went byj The conductor
down the track, blaspheming methodical
ly. Nothing availed to start the engine.
Suddenly some one shouted, "Why don't
urmg in me Americans? Tho cry
went up and down with a lanri,
surely enough, .upon ho scene, from
itcchb oi ine irain, appeared two
young American soldiers. Tfc
the engine, took strategic possession of
w uvunyeu a.u jno OiO Slag OUt Of the
firebox, broke ud some gaiI inh, .
bits, renewed the fire, hammered a little
i.b nu inert, ana presto I tip started
the train all at once and proceeded with
out a moment's further Interruption to
journeys too. Ana amis, . it seems,
the Americans are going everywhere
techingiha French- to maintain ii.
storage plants, to build bridges, to turn
ww course ot rivers. .
Just Plain President Is Wis
; Only Title
From tb PhiUdalphi Icdgar.
General : Pershing's message to the
president-thanking him for his appre
tfatiOR of the work of : our soldiers tn
Prance recalls a controversy .that ragetf
hotly in tho early days of the republic.
Oeneral Pershing's message j began,
"His Excellency,, the President of the
United States." ft Is many years since
such superscription, appeared On a
communication from an American, to the
chief executive. There is nj -.formula
ymoi;rioeu in . me consutuuon f or ad
dressing the president. The Massachu
setts constitution directs that the gov
ernor shaU be addressed as "Hla Fhr,
cellency" and the - lieutenant governor
as "His Honor.?- But the federal eoa
stlttUon speaks' merely of the president
and vice president- V V " ;i '
When Washington reached New York
on April 23,; 1789, preparatory to taking
UW..VUD.W oi iice as prcmaent there Was
much discussion in : congress aa ta th
proper method of addressing hint,. Joint
vufiuniviees ox me nouse ' and senate
were appointed to devise a form. v They
finaUy reported ; that .the ; forms of thl
consUtntioa were good enough. The, sen.
ate was not satunee end 'appointed a
new committee which recommended the
style ot "His Highness, the President
of the United States and Protector of
Their Liberties." ; After, a long 'debate
on the subject the -iiouse appointed :a
second committee, but the twe commit
tees failed to agree on anything and no
report ; -was ever.s made. --y'Jt j was sug.
gested. however, that the vice president
be addressed as ,Hls Superfluous Ex-
t' .""I'TT "" me preceoent
jwtucn is touovei today by, directing its
reply to Washington's . first address to
congress merely Te the. r President.
This was toe simple for many and some
communications written by , men. who
thought - Washington favored v greater
formality were addressed too ths nresi-
dentas "Hl ExceHency." Itwaa said
that Washington -preferred "Ills MlghU
neas. after the rash ion prevalent In the
Dutch republic But all frills gradual
ly disappeared and communications for
years have beea- addressed either, to
The President. to me President of
the rnlted States", or te'.-Mr. Prsel-
denLTi-r---- ;-i-:hJ-. - v
Oeneral "Pershln has-reverted to' the
early and long-abandoned - formula per
hapa because of the contagion of ..the
rrencn example , of formality-Tn '- ad
dress. But the president remains mere
ly "The President." - ,
The- phrase ; of ; Genersk 1 Pershing
would mean nothing unusual if used in
Portugal, for every. Portuguese in ad
dressing another-calls him -"Tour Ex
cellency, as - the -common Portuguese
word of address. Vosse," te merely a
contraction of the phrase which In other
countries Is used only in addressing per
sons m nign positions. ' v .
Letters From the' People
m lUommBlcaOoBi aant ta The Journal far pub
HcatioB la thw dapanaMnr aboald b writ tea on
only on tida of thm n. hnM m-wA
lW ot1j ia Urigth and araat be aicaad hr tba
" . mui, wu aiiiiMi ia xaii jmw aoeoao.
paojr tba eontribation.
Denounces the Telegram
Portland. ' Oct. 11 To the Editor of
The Journal The Evening Telegram
loudly proclaims in Its columns and by
hectic street car ads that tt is real,
simon-pure, honest. straightforward
newspaper. I venture to say that there
is not a more mendacious, dishonest; un
fair newspaper in the entire country. Ev
eryone is familiar with its antics at the
Time or the prohibition campaign in Ore
gon, when it strenuously supported the
measure ; and still it was then, and Is
now, a strident supporter of Pat Mo
Arthur, who, during his whole political
career, has worked and fought for the
liquor interests. It has sought to prove
Itself a high moral force in the com
munity, and no newspaper has been
more vicious and unfair in its attacks on
former Governor West, who. was respon
sible, more than any other man, for
cleaning up .the. dives and infamous
road houses In and near Portland. It
poses as a supporter ef the administra
tion In its prosecution of the war, and
at the same time publishes conspicuously
Theodore Roosevelt's malevolent and un
patriotic attacks on the administration
in the form of editorials written' for the
Kansas City star.
The latest exhibition of unmitigated
mendacity was its editorial orr .Thursday
concerning the telephone service in Port
land, Everyone knows the '-telephone
service Is poor, but it has remained for
the Telegram, without citing a, fast to
substantiate its statement, to declare
that the fault Is due to government con
trol. Every telephone user In Portland,
including the Telegram, knows that 'the
service was extremely poor fc many
weeks before the government took con
trol; knows -there was a strike before
that time that almost paralysed the
servreg; knewa that the telephone com
pany 'has carried large display adver
tisements In all of the papersfor more
than a year In an effort to obtain oper
ators ; and the Telegram knows that the
poor service is due to inability to get
help. But it sees an opportunity to rap
the administration, and to fight govern
ment control of public utilities, so it ig
nores the real facts,, and makes an un
fair and untruthful appeal to the tele
phone users.
VThelelepKbae company is not alone tot
tnis situation. Street car service was
never poorer, The company la breaking
In new men all the time, schedules are
not maintained and the cars are over
crowded ; but I have not yet seen a pro
test in the Telegram against the com
pany of whose interests It was so. tender
at the time the six oent fare was foisted
on the people of Portland. It is safe to
say -that if. the government had taken
over the street -car lines Of Portland we
would now see government control and
the administration- blamed by the Tele
gram for the rotten service. Service in
the big stores and the little stores is poor
because sufficient experienced help is
hard to obtain. The condition ia general
in every line of business and every ac
tivity, but the Telegram singles out tne
leiepnone service oniy, oecause that has
been taken over by the administration.
Its unfairness and malice are obvloua
Such a paper should be condemned by
every right thinking person. 11.11.
A Renter's Plea for Relief
Portland. -Oct' IS. To the Editor of
The Journal For some time I have been
wondering .when you or someone else
would take up the subject of rent
profiteering. People who have lived
long in-their own homes here, or have
long rented, do not realise how the new
comer' to Portland is "soaked"- for rent.
I came two ; months ago. The best Z
could get for my family Cwlfe, child and
myself) 'was t-Wo . rooms and kitchen,
supposed to be -furnished. The rent was
$28.50. .The' furniture included, for ex
ample, one spoon, two breakfast cups
wtinoui nanatea ana one cup with two
handlea'Tbe house is a two story house.
about 30x45 feet. Now figure where
four families . lived, besides the land
lady 'and two -er . three grown children.
I paid 128.60. Two more families paid
$22.50 each. X presume the other family
paid $22.50.: Tha total Is $9. - We were
told there "would be hot water on Satur
day (for the men to take a bath). Hav
ing a child. It"we next to impossible to
get into a tnodern apartment One apart
ment landlady said she didn't care for
children, but I noticed in ber own room
two cats, a dog and a parrot. I wonder
how some of these people would like to
oe treated as they are treating: othera
It is robbery, pure and simple. They
may as ven say, "liere comes a ship
worker. 111 pick his pocket once a week
u b rents a room from me."
They are entitled to rent fair rent.
too. It Is acknowledged that thmrs in
every line are much dearer than four
years ago. But not In proportion to
rents. It is the first Impression of a
town mat lasts, and' I can assure you
the rent profiteering ' landladies are
cnoung Portland as hard as they can.
I know nearly 200 families who hava
left their homes, 600 miles from Port-
iana. ana come to tne coast as a oatrt
otio duty, owing to the call for lahor
last" February - or- March not because
may wantea to work in shipyards, and
not for this big money, I don't know
of -more thas two -. or V three of those
famines who are as well off as they
were 12 months ago.' f
I forgot to mention' that this house I
have mentioned had one wash basin and
one:touet for four families, and -one
bath for the whole outfit of five fami
lies oo water' In any other room than
oath room.
I don't know whether you will pub
lish this letter or not. but if you cart
take the stand on delinquent tax ex
posures I think your can -afford to halo
the actual patriotic, shipbuilder, or. any
one etse wno nappens to be in. process
ox.oeing roooea oy tnese greedy land
ladles. :-:J:ZSjpij.' SUBSCRIBER.-
.. : -Let Kultar Be Obliterated ,
"Portlad.Oct. 14. To the Editor of
The JournaWThe Hun has launched his
"nth peace offensive and It has failed:
Peace by. negotiation is the Hun way of
evading, the real issue. - but the allied
leaders are too well educated by past
i - - .
' '- f '. : ' , , , - ' Ju 6
IcqMment'an -
11 ' 1 1,1 1 1 I I II I I I I I I
SMALL CHANGS
! l!?!rt Belgians, 1 our Idea
of
hint: If var -breathing pas
sages are clogged, clean out the flu.. T.
mTSnJK V iirrtmm lnner . in Paris
through a grating.
car'L.I'V WT 0'treet
car company is observing the board of
health's aed-etreetasurowd
women are urged to wear chiffon
72Si!.fv STierd against the "flu."
.j senna in a net, aa it were.
n4t Jund,fpT : "WTO exchange
vTi !Vnw tJk.ln- machine for good
baby buggy or perambulator.." Nnff said.
, " y5U1 reaUy have a great desire to
bli why not contract a
HflH Sn,ct r'1"" and aak to be In
terned at The Auditorium. -
' However mtuVaa.w.t.
o' our phelaa
""" " fu" we aiways reel a little
mor?rlal,n our daUy dinner when
suJnu,t a couple el pork chops
on our way home.
4eIL. th fo,Vrh liberty loan went over
,mJJ alL kj1?w the time that it
WOUJd CO. ana i.m itu c. v-i-
"Pjber. it. too. will be taken care of!
Ana: in the meantime m i,n an k
war stamps and help to stick; the kaiser
JOURNAL MAN ABROAD
By Fred
- Contianiat Ua trip tbroagh Of atMats at
Southampton, Mr. LocbWr ptoeaada aatil aa
tocataa ia Ua eatakirta tha avartera ef a lot -of
Ontroa boya. With thaw h taika aod of tbaa
ha reports much af iataraat to aQ thair frtaaot
and raUtivm and . to all OraaxmiaBS ia saaaraL
la a anocaedins Inatallmant. aUOaull other Ora
oa bora ara -to ba saaad.)
Southampton. England Almost every
home In this, town, no matter how tiny
its lawn, 1 wall kept and has a name.
Along the Lodge road I noticed such
names as these: The Brambles, Inver
ness Lodge. Hants Villa.. The Briars.
Rosetta Lodge, Sussex Villa, Stnla.
Westburg, Thorton's Charity, and hun
dreds of others. Look where you will,
you see the uniformed Waacs and Red
Cross nurses.
To our eyes many of the signs en
business houses here are long and cum
bersome. Think of addressing letters
to your bank if it happened to be "The
London County Westminster and Paris
bank."- Think of the reporter and lino
type operator having to - nammer out
"The President of the London Provin
cial and Southwestern bank." "The Na
tional Provincial and Union Bank of
England," or "The London Joint City
and Midland bank."
The last half mile of the trip on the
tram Ta through a beautiful avenue of
wide spreading oaks, one of the finest
I have seen In England. In one block
I counted 19 bicyclists, most of them
women. Lack of gasoline or petrol, as
they call it here has driven the people
back to the blcyclei The - rationing of
horses Is strict, particularly if they are
kept for pleasure. Horse feed is high In
price and hard to get; so the bicycle
has tome back.
-
'I got off at the end of the line and
soon located the boys of Company H,
162d Infantry. They are located In
large, airy, comfortable barracks and
HOW TO LIVE
Br Da Wooda-Hotcunaoa. fonaar .Foctlaad Pbjsielaa
MODERN METHODS OF QUARAN
TINE (No. Ih-Vtw better Illustrations
could be -found the; letter that'SUll
eth" than the word "quarantine." In
deed, we are doing our best to get "rid
of it entirely and-to talk ot "deUntion."
"isolation" stations, "observation" camps
er any other phraseology whkb will
avoid the bated and unpopular - term.
And with good reason, for the. word is
misleading ,as well as unpopular and to
almost totally inapplicable to modern
methods ot barring out disease. "Quar
antine" is simply the Italian word, for
forty quaranta and Its use grew "out
of the fact that 40 days was the period
for which ail ships or caravans with
their passengers and goods were held in
confinement before being allowed. to
enter the country. v ' x
It was a stupid and brutal perform
ance, often Imposed for spiteful or com
mercial reasons, or for purposes of pure
blackmail. Little or .no consideration
was -given to the comfort or even the
health of the prisoners. The buildings
in which they were housed were often
filthy sheds without proper water sup
ply, and they had to either provide their
ow food or pay exorbitant prices for
miserable and , scanty . supplies. If the
disease - which they were supposed to
be carrying did break out among them,
they often got little or no medical at
tendance or assistance, bat were left to
scheming and lying by Germany to even
consider such a proposal.
All Indications point to another year
ot bitter and , bloody war. and yet I
hear people say, dosens of times each
day, "The war will be over in a couple
ot months." or "The war Is about over."
Is this "war. is about over" talk or
feeling the 'reason for Oregon's not get,
ting first, honors in the fourth Liberty
loan drive? No doubt it is. But how
lean anyone who has followed reports
closely consider hub peace buk seri
ously. Germany has msde Intermittent
peace proposals almost without number
since the winter of 1914, when she de
manded huge indemnities from the al
lies, but aside from each one being
slightly lees exacting than the previous
one. they, are all made In Germany, for
Germans, and would benefit ne one but
the Hun himself. - .
I do not believe there is anyone who
would like to see peace declared .any
more than I, , and yet I would see
this war continue even another year,
that we might pay the Hun ia his own
coin, rather than give him peace now,
while his own country' remains un
touched.. The Hun knows he is getting
close to the end of his rope and has
done about all the damage he is capable
of doing. .Nosre wants to held up his
bloody hands and cry "Kamerad," and
so save "das vaterland" from a. terrible
but merited visitation-; . - , .
I beard a" speech ' recently by a re
turned soldier of the Canadian army.
He told of having seen blind Belgian
women from a Belgian asylum for the
bUnd who bad been forced to submit to
Germans and become mothers.- cannot
but feel this: "Let the war go on -anti
German militarism and'.-kuUur shall
have : been . wiped off the face of the
earth f orevsr r? R. L l BRANDON, y
: PERSONAL MENTION
Seattle BosJoess Mso Stricken ,
j. L. McLean and J. P. Rudd of Seattle
are at the Multnomah, having come to
Portland to care for J. H. Price, a busi
ness associate, who was. stricken last
week with Spanish Influenaa. The three
are Interested in the ship fittings busi
ness and Mr. Price .bad come to the city
in - connection with '.contracts with - the
Kiernan Kern company.- He is believed
to have contracted- the disease before he
left Seattle.'.,-;.. ; j
- ." . fngireesmao 'Is. Visitor .- v
William : La Folletts of Pullman,
Waatu. eongressmsn , from the Fourth
Washington district I a.gtffst- at the
Oregon. Mr. La Follette was defeated
: 1 - OREGON SIDELIGHTS . 1
r.-Ar" ' - -
: A hut SOkby 100 feet and to cost
probably $12,000. Is to be built on the
Oregon Agricultural college campus at
Lane county's - aggregate assessment
this year, exclusive ot pubiio aervtce cor
porations, is above tnai - of 191? by
twm, , . - a . ' . -
w Delicious ripe strawberries are still on
the-market In Forest Grove, the News
Timee says., and the-roses continue to
bloom profusely. , , ..'
-The Rev. F. T. Porter, former pastor
of the First Christian church ef Salem,
who left May 22 to eater the Y. M. C
A. work la France, Js on bis way home.
Cement bridges are being bunt by Lane
-county to replaoe wooden structures on
the road from Coburg to HarrUburg and
over Muddy creek on the road to
Brownsville, -
' Lake county cattlemen who are buy
ing stock Is Lane county are Quoted la
the Eugene Register as reporting snow
already - around Lakeview and predict
ing a hard winter in Eastern Oregon.
- Theo. H. Scheffer of the United States
biological survey, who has as his special
work the extermination of moles and
lafkrebbita in Oreaon and Washington.
Is now campaigning tn Baker county.-!
with MAineurs pesis next on me un.
Lockley
are well fed 'and well cared for, and.
being far from the scene of war, they
are putting in their time slgh'tseelng.
Naturally they want to get to the front,
bet they are engaged in the Important
work of handling transient' troops, and
are doing it well ; so they will probably
stay, on the Job."
Sergeant X. C Garver of Tualatin,
the aupply sergeant, said: "We have
been here since January 11. An aver
age of $700 men a day pass through
our camp. Our high water mark was
10,029 tn one day." Sergeant Ralph
E. Hurn of Klamath Falls, con
nected with the medical department,
said: "The health of our boys
Is remarkably . good. We have had
only one case of venereal dlaease tn our
group of Oregon boys since we have
been here. He was one of the boys who
spent his furlough in London." Ser
geant Orvtlle L. Lytle ot 237 East
Eighty-eighth street. Portland, said: "I
have Uved in Portland quite a while. I
went there from HUlaboro. I used to
carry The Journal on the Ockley Green
route. I worked for the Carmen Manu
facturing company for some time.
Later I took a course lr gas engineer
ing and worked at that trade." Ser
geant Albert R. Hough said : "My home
Is at 32$ North Twenty-third street.
Portland, near Lovejoy, not far from
the Good Samaritan hospital. I was a
Lincoln high school boy and worked as
a shipping clerk for the rubber mills
before I enlisted." Sergeant Dean Sea
brook said: "You have struck a bunch
from the Rose City, all right I live at
4(4 East Ninth street north. In Irving
ton. I graduated from Jefferson high.
When I enlisted I was a student at the
University ot-Oregon." O. W. Allen
said: "My Job is that of bugler. I
was a Lincoln high school boy and I
live on Council Crest"
fight it, out as best they could alone.
Just as " Oermany treats epidemics iq
her priapa camps today.
It was Tittle wonder that Quarantine
became ope of the most dreaded and
hated words in the language. Bo dire
and vivid .was the impression that it
made: through the centuries, that some
thing of this Idea of horror and hard
ship still clings to the - term in the
popular mind.. Any proposal to quar
antine a house on account of scarlet
fever, or to "declare a .quarantine"
against a disease in a port, rouses fierce
and agonised protest and is regarded as
a most serious matter, next almost to
a sentence ot Imprisonment or death.
The modern, method of barring out
disease from a country or preventing its
spread in a community Is almost totally
different from quarantine. In the first
place. Instead of shutting up sick 'and
weU together In one ship or camp untU
all who were susceptible to. the disease
had caught It and had either recovered
or died, the sick on board a vessel, for
Instance, entering the port of New York,
are promptly removed to a hospital,
where they are given the best and most
skillful of care and . treatment It is
not a pes tho use, either, nor even necea
sarily a special fever hospital or hos
pital for infectious diseases.
Tomorrow : Modern Methods of Quar
antine No. 4).
by Dr. J. W, Summers of Walla Walla
In the recent primariea
Eastern Oreo on Men in City
-George Wolfe and J. L, Maxwell of
Wallowa 'and J. A. Wilson. John Reeves
tend" Clem, Marks of Joseph, are among
JsssTern uregon visitors at the Imperial,
-while looking after business interests In
Portland, '' ' ' x
Leioh'too's Brother Is III '
Charles Lelghton. one of the clerks
at the Multnomah, left Sunday night for
Seattle, where he was called by the seri
ous Illness of his brother, a .victim of
Spanish influence.
Dr.-and. Mia, H. E. Houston of Kails
pel 1, MonW are guests at the Benson.
N. L. - Ward, of. Goldendale, Wash, tn
the city, on business, is registered with
M Ward at the Oregon. ,
. R. E.' Allstott and D. S. Barlow' of
Heppner, Or., business visitors, are at
the Imperial.
Mr. and -Mrs.- R. &. Demond of Salem
are state capital guests registered at
the Cornelius. j-r
J H. '-Shaner of Astoria, a bustness
visitor 'th the city. Is registered with
Mrs. Shaner at the Portland-7 . - X,
R. W." Sweet, shipbuilder of Seattle, Js
a guest at the Multnomah. ' - : ,
7 A W. Callow-, of Marshfleld, tn Port
land on business. Is at the Benson.- :
R. E. Bejl of Tbe Danes -la regtatered
at the Cornelius. ,
- Mr. and Mrs..1 A. Thompson of Balera
are registered at the Portland...
J. B. Jenkins of Atlanta, Ga, In Cie
Northwest oh a business trip. Is .at . the
Benson. .:. .
.-. P. H. Cody of Wheeler; JOr, is atfthe
Oregon."-:,' ". .' -'-
r Charles Miller of Eugene; in the city
en business, is at tbe Imperial.- ,
J. A. Macauley of Astoria Is at the
CorneUus. .- " . . r -.. v . : -
E. A. Wolf ord of Seaside Is a busi
ness visitor, registered at the -Portland.
Dr. and- Mrs. tL . Boss of Holland.
Mich., spending several weeks in 'the
Northwest, are registered at the Carl
ton. - . ' : - - . ,r
- Mr. and. Mrs. .WUllara -Mooney; of
Salem, in the city for a short visit are
among the guests at the Washington.
Mr. aad Mrs, Hplywarth of ' MUlaf,
8. D are" gui th'S week at the
Crltett.vi:"-": :f,';-
' M.' ' Somrnarstrom. shipbuilder of Co
lumbia .City,- Or. is reglsteredat ; the
Washington.- . -,
. Mr. and' Mrs.: C. H- Collins of Albghyr
Orders at. the Carlton.. -..
D. M. OampbeO of Clatsop Beach, Or.,
is a guest at ths Washington. . . , . -
' : - - a
Ragtag and" Bobtail ;
Stories From Everywhere :
In tbe Role ef Daniel" 1 1
I TKCLE JACJC-asd Uncle James aad .
come to see their slater . and her "
sweet Utile children, and, like tbe good
natured fellows they are, they were soon
InTeijcled tnu the nursery. Fes? awhile,
says Pearson's Weekly, there 'was noth
ing more than the usual amount of up
roarious riot which denoted that the lit
tle ones were perfectly happy, but at
last the noise Increased ta such ter
rific extent that mamma hurried up to
rind out the cause of It
"Why. children, children r she cried,
"whatever . Is aU this noise about V ;
But Utile Freddy, only smiled.- si
--"It's all right mummy," be said : :
, "-r? Playing a -new game We've
locked Uncle Jack and Uncle Jamas up.'
ia the ousboard.- aa' whan id, at
I wl nerir lm ,n to play going Into
play r wu you stop and see us
The Patriot
P'B trtbeta to tba ataaacU? teral AatarW
fV.J" Maataeea. tba popular fa.
tT. . wirata.. aartaia aawoetae aeUvtuaa
of ibat intaraatia ebamataC )
seisbbor-a bn Im nfealr avHrad.
. "1 ie ia aaat aad trUa. ,
ami Toavar canfaJly baa head
Hia sanUa patch for aia,
xvnm aoa
As dHpptas fnai ale aara.
Tba ebild ia toUtes at a paaa
That raaOy vaaaa ear feus,
Tina was tf set
11 ariaa
Tbia Hllaat Toaua aaad to lark
u CT,1r aaaating 7a. - '
wbaa laberSlajaorwl Tto ba doaa
Wa aoatabav alvara touad
Our erafgr-aUtxiad Uttia aoa .
f ot aayahare arouad.
Bat sow tba waak-aads sar fm
Bui what ba . pllias wood ,
Or Taklat laaraa or eatttas sraai
Aroead tha Dalahborbood.
Ba baaa't aaddaola srowa toad
Ot wor ba bataa U Kill,
Bet ha'a sat eat to bar a boad,
Aad re aaa bat ha wWI
Natural lendeney 4
unny about that aleepwsikar."
"What was?"
"He got up tn the night and went;
straight around the corner to a wake.-
The Lonely Bootlegger
As a reporter walked down the eorri
dors of the courthouse this morning, be
was attracted, says the Canyon City
Eagle, by the sweet tones of a violin
escaping from the iron gratings of the
Jail and moaning "The Last Rose of
Summer" and as L. C. Lutton is now
occupying those Quarters for bootleg
Xing we were Impressed with the
thought that if bootlegging was profit-,
able it was also mighty lonely.
Circumstantial Evidence
"Ton seem to have had ae accident
here." said the amiable Idiot
"My friend," replied the sa roast la mo
torist "If a shattered wind shield, two
smashed mud guards, a bent axle and a
broken wheel, not to mention the long
strip of cuticle missing from my nose
are any Indications of what has hap
pened here, your, deductions are emW
nentiy correct."
Talktno" te Baby
rnddla him. maedle hi at. mix blm ep rtabt:
Zik..nr':b" ewra. sooa sad aleht
Cjtt lat hia oaaas what ou awaa vhaa yoe atye
' Oopr box I Marrer fori ooma-up-ta-dajt"
VhrT thT " thm rwr rUla ward)
Ltt h"uon bUa. " aorard
da tbaaa. awxl.1 tbmm aar. aaeh ooa.
Rpaaklna tbam phualy -would apoU ail tha faa.
nabiaa wara meant to ba gnrtlad about
Dou't teach tbcia apaecb let than flsara H out I
-OraoeJt BaU.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says: -
My granddarter Jeruahy hafe a idee
that tf there ain't noth!n;doltr' lit the "
dance, theatre or party line, we mhrhC
as well have the 8panlsh Influensy jest
fer the excitement of the thing.
Olden Oregon
From 1S45 to 1170 San Francisco
Controlled Portland's Commerce.
From 1845 down to 1170 the trade ef
Portland was controlled substantially by
San Francisco interests. Portland mer
chants were under the thumb of San
Francisco houses, and some of the Port
land firms were simply branches of
California houses. This dependence fi
nally became irksome and agitation for
relief began, la 1187 Marshall J, Kin.
ney, who. was agent at San Francisco
for his father, Robert C. Kinney, wtuf
was operating a flour mill at.McMlnn- '
viUe. sought to charter a ship te come
to Portland for a cargo of flour, but :
he found great difficulty la securing
one. One great objection to overcome
was the statement that It was not safe
for any sailing vessel to venture Into
the mouth of the Columbia river. He
Hnally succeeded In Chartering :a barkJ
the Cutwater, which came to Portland'
and loaded a cargo of flour. This weal
ths first flour shlppetf Independently ef
San Francisco influences. The follow
Ing year Joseph Watt of Amity chsrV
tared a ship to load wheat for Liver
pool. This was the first cargo of Ore-
gon wheat to be shipped direct from
Portland to a foreign country. The)
shipments of Kinney and Watt were
the forerunners of others from Oregon
to foreign ports. Previously to thlsj
Oregon wheat had gone te San Fran
cisco and had been reehlpped as Cali
fornia wheat ,
The Publication Measures
Titles of Two . Initiative Bills te
Remove a Public Burden
The 1117 legislature was urred to re
peal the delinquent tax publication law ..
ana suosutute mau notices, but an or
ganised newspaper lobby prevented It
The same legislature at the bidding of
the same lobby passed a Uw allowing sj
nwsnyw,traV W VMV aVVS SSBSJ aS . StWeettJBBJse
in many instances more than double what
im cnanra iot commercial aaverusing. :
There will be two measures on the No- -
vember ballot intended te bring about '
better laws in both cases, and taxpayers.
If they wish, can effect their passage.
The titles are found below: ' ; ;
rjriTUTrrx i ttx rTopo r.o piiru. ' X
TIVI PKTITIOW .
InHiatad by C fl. Jactaoo aad B. W. Racaad
DcHnqaMt Tax Vatlea S1U Tarpaaot Ta aa- '
peal praarBt lawa rwrniriaa aavapapor advarttea
not at d-liaqaaa tosat a ad 'la Uca thunaf b- '
--it) that tax eoOaetof aba II. after taaaa
filiiwjnt each rear. Bail by. latter to aaeh ' .
wacr at roaa property. a saaraaa faralabad by
him aad natos ee reU, a wrlttaa aettos oataiBias '
daaertptioa. amnrt ef taxea, rata of tntaraat.
panaitlas aad data oe aad' at tar jrbieh earUfteate
of daUaqoaney ahall iaaua: arorkilne let aorttec '
daUaqaaat hats aad proof by earliiirata a bmU-.T
ins aad poaUae. aiaMnc aaeh eertUieata bonrto-S
avidoaoa, toaraof , and aabjactlnc aollaetar to daav w
asaa aoatetnad iot laiiara to aoatpUl arita aei.
j.- SOS . KO . i, -. . v1- ' T? BO
If yea faver this at aa dare, fete. Tea,
BfrruTXTB . Btu rsopoaro bt Dtrru- "
.. TIVS PETITIO.V 5 . . '
'- Inltiatrd by O. . Jaebaoa. 10 SalawHi Art. i
FerUead, Orraaa, aad SL W. llaaeod. 1109 Eaat
Dart atxart. PorUaae. Orae FUios Caaapoa-i
aatkm for PubUoatioa oTLecal Wotleia Pnrpoaat :
fnins essapaaaaUsa for pabUratiaa of sU aotooaa.-.
eltotleaa, sweat fii
-raporta. praeaaaiasa, na tn auutr iaal adwtha-
ita of wnavaawra, kin won mow or hereafter -i
k- raoairad pabUabad: oraridin. thTi
papara aaay wrtract lor knrar ratea; thai pnbjie.
aaaoat chanad for pnbik-tlaaj thaf lacU adr."
imM vwratrad for Irrteattea. aehooa aad rrmA
dktricta ba eebUalwd to local papary, aaiandiM
Haetioa ZOOS Lord Oraaoa Lawa. by Unf-
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