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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER -Z7. 'ISIS.
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01 R DEAD
TMr.nt, coma dc no more appro
priate memorial to our soldier
and Bailor dead than a stretch
of highway.
It would be a living and enduring
monument to the deeds of thoee
who gave up their lives to the cause
of freedom. It would be a show
spot. It would be pointed out to the
traveler on the passing train as the
people's tribute to the fallen.
It would be a constant reminder
to Oregon people as they Journeyed
over It. It would be a thing of sur
passing interest to the tourist who
drove over It, noting the tablets
or trees or other monuments which
loving hands would plant along the
way as memorials to individual
soldiers and sailors.
Its importance and attractiveness
' would constantly grow. In lme it
would be a spot that all would
seek. It would ultimately take rank
along with the Columbia highway as
one of the" out-of-Portland side trips.
It would be a beautiful acknow
ledgment of the service which tho
fallen heroes rendered mankind
It would be seen and used by all.
iou look upon a monument of
marble or bronze, If you happen to
be in the neighborhood. It is like
a thousand other monuments, and
you little think nor long remember
what It means. r
It is not 6b with a beautiful high
way, which, being first a thing of
constant and refreshing service,
draws attention by Its very prac
ticality to the great thought o which
it is dedicated. Its power to serve,
the delight to be had from itsuse
are factors to make it a monument
perennial, a tribute everlasting.
If we honor our dead let us honor
them with something worth while
" j -
Perhaps the best way to get rid
.once and forever of the German war
vessels is to sink them to the bottom
of the deep, deep sea. As the story
goes, that is wha$ the allied authori
ties intend to do. But is it positively
necessary? There must be a great
deal of useful material In those im
posing monsters which were of so
little acoount in the war. The cop
per, the lronrthe machinery, some of
the woodwork, could be sold, one
must suppose, "and the money
it
brought might be applied to the re
lief of Prance or Armenia or Belgium
It docs not strike the reflective mind
that this is a time for wasting any
thing even if it is as detestable as
a German battleship.
PORTLAND PHONES
I
N HIS wire to Postmaster General
Burleson, Mayor Baker asks for
the removal of restrictions against
the purchase and operation of the
Home Telephone company by the
city of Portland.
As receiver of the Home company,
-lormer Governor West made
proposition under which the city,
without paying a dollar; could take
over the plant and business of tho
Home 'company. Under the plan the
city was to assume a bonded in
debtedness equal to the value of the
' plant and no more. In bonds and
stock the capitalization of the com
. pany was 16,000,000.
, In November, 1917, Receiver West
proposed that the city take over
the -property at the appraised valua
tion of the plant, the appraisal to be
made under tfrms which would cut
" out all pver capitalization and reduce
the value to actual reproduction cost,
The cltyAvas to assume the indebted
ness to tne amount of this appraisal
t and take its time to pay off the in
. debtedness out of the earnings of
" the business. An appraisal ttnee
made, placed, the value of the Home
plants,: including those at Corvallls
A&anr tmd Oregon City, at 12,150.000,
-; gmng; me .Portland plant valua-
tion around f 2.00tWXX. -
I The consequence; . to date is that
4 j the Pacific States Itself Is now a
I Propoud purchaser of the Home
properties on the basis, and at prac-
tically the same terms, that they
were offered to the city.
Some day, all telephones will be
publicly owned.
THE SAFE WAY
T
HE project of vesting full author-
"7 over the penitentiary in the
state board of control will find
much support among thoughtful
citizens who have watched the re-
cent course of events in that woeful-
ly mismanaged institution.
What an executive of firmness and
good Judgment might have done with
me complete auinomy mat was
lodged in Governor . Withycombe's
hands it is useless now to inquire.
We know only too well what he has
done -with it. And we cannot help
.Sker Pee treaty is signed and
vw, u.c ..ura
The wisest plan, therefore, may be
w away uiu auwiur.ty vv.iilu c &
uas jiiiBiiajiuieu auu Jtxi(je iw in ens
board of control. It must probably
be taken for granted, as a rule in
our state politics, that the people
win vote prudently on measures
and recklessly on men.
No doubt there will be a series
of Wlthyc'ombes in the governor's
chair, relieved by an occasional man
of 6ense and ability like his Immedi-
ate predecessor. The prudent course
upon the whole, therefore, is to make
the governor as much of a figure-
head as the constitution permits, and
when it presents an obstacle amend it.
One of the best weeklies in tho
country, The Public, suggests that
the President's so-called "defeat" in
the late election may, after all, be
a blessing- in disguise. The Public
says that it may compel him to unite
the liberals of both parties behind movement to recover the many thou
him and thus bring into existence the sand acres of public land which the
long sought liberal party of the attorney general says was fraud
United States. Naturally the torics ulently taken from the state by the
of all shades would unite against Pacific Land & Livestock company?
him. Indeed, they are already united Why not also act on the sugges-
against him. The Public has as good
right to prophesy as anybody.
WORK FOR THE LEAGUE
T
HE petty quarrel between Peru
a.m uihb wuicn is saia w supreme court said they were fraud
threaten war, should spur the uiently obtained?
nations Jo form a league to Wnat i9 th returning niHipn hnv
keep the peace. Those countries have
nothing of any consequence to fight
auuut. uui gtuust; exists oeiweeu
them which breaks out occasionally i
n foolish hosHyties leading to noth-
ing but a fresh crop of hatred.
If they should start a war. at this I
time nobody can say how far it
might spread or who might be
dragged into it before it was over.
The world has bitter need of some
impartial authority capable of say-
ing to Countries like Chile and Peru,
'There is & better .way to settle your
troubles than by war and that better
way you must choose."
Peru is essentially an infantile
country. Chile has made long strides
toward genuine civilization. The
whole western coast of South Amen-
lea would be happier and safer under
Chile's dominion. But, no matter
how desirable this consummation may
be, it should not come about by con-
quest.
The quarrel between Peru and Chila
comes at the precise moment to
demonstrate by a forcible example
the need of a league of nations whicti
is something more than a cobwebbed
court presided over by somnolent
Judges.
"United Germany' was an old
dream, of the Fatherland's brightest
and best men. Under the Hohenzol-
lerns it came true, but they made
wicked use of the power it gave
them and now It is shattered again.
I bring to life, I bring to death. L
care ior noming, au snail fro. So
Tennyson makes the Time-Spirit say-
But perhaps he was wrong. Out
of the ashes of the wan we may see
a newly united Germany rising aa
potent for good as Prussianized Gar-
many was for evil.
DISCIPLINE
U
JMJEJN1AHL.Y u betrays some lack
or discipline for United States
soldiers and sailors to have
taken part in the New York
row the other night, but it is not
the fault of Lie troops.
The discipline of an army is the
business of its officers, not of its
privates. Being young men full of
uie ana temper, mey can nardiy b?
expeciea to restrain tneir passions,
Their officers must do it for them
or discipline rails and the army dis-
integrates. .
The mob mania is our national dis-
ease, it is . regrettable to see it at
work in civil life, doubly so to see
it creeping Into the army, of which
we are au so proud and with such
good reason. In this connection it is
impossible not to recall with misgiv-
ings the steps by which the Russian
army pensnea. L-ack or discipline
crept in by insidious degrees. The
omcers negieoiea tneir duty to main-
tain discipline. ine privates assumed
more ana more autnority until at last
noinmg remained out a mob. ,
vi course tne evu nat likely
tu 6u lar m me unuea states, ror
our privates are men of character
and intelligence. They may yield for
the moment to the impulse of pas-
sum out mey are capaoie or judging
tneir own acts rigorously and reflect-
ing upon consequences.
There Is another aspect of thai
matter which will afford patriots J investors want sites on such, favor
citizens but small satisfaction. That able terms that the canital of th
is the certainty; that everything like
j encroachment of the ; military upon
I civil . luetics will be made much of
against the administration in the next
presidential campaign.
Incidents like that which occurred
in New York will be treasured up
by the very newspapers which now
encourage them and turned into am
munition against the authorities
which failed to prevent them.
Meanwhile, thrA ahAtiM he hut
one for , America. We cannot
have a red flag and the red, white
aH Kllia :,.,,,,.,
wh0f at York meetin jn.
6isted on nauBting the red nag
before thQ eyeg of y0QDg men gworfl
t0 fiKht and lf necessarv die for
the Stars and Stripes was a kind of
business that aroused resentment.
w ,,,, , .
6 te of wr;
Wf in U until
the president issues the peace procla
mation. That will not be done until
Until then, as well fnr nil fh
futurc let us have but one flag at
time M tfae mblem of QUr country
LAND FOR SOLDIERS
G
OVERNOR WITHYCOMBE'S con
ference relative to land for re
turning soldiers was good as far
as it went. .
All plans in that behalf should bo
Pushed to the limit. Many a soldier
lad returning from camp and cam-
Paign, will not, after his months of
,ire in the great outdoors, want to go
back to office and typewriter and
desk. He will want to be out on the
land where there is room and fresh
air and freedom. He ought to be
aided with all the state's power in
that endeavor.
Being anxious to forward such a
plan, why doesn't Governor Withy-
combe act on The Journal's sugges-
tion and give his support to the
tion of former Governor West and
bring suit to recover public lands
from the Chewaucan Land & Cattle
company, just as was done by the
settlers in Warner valley, of which
landg m Warner vaIey tne Oregon
going t0 have to say wnerif in travd.
ing over central Oregon in. search of
a tract of laad suitable for a home, he
finds It all fencfiri in hv thA r.Biifnrni.,
fo&ttle barons?
u-hat ., hi h.vi, trt Mv vvh(. ha ,
told the story of how the large hold-
ings were obtained on 'forgeries and
bogus entrymen, and how Governor
Withycombc has always put on the
soft pedal whenever effort is made to
recover them for the state?
if the governor Is sincerely desirous
of securing suitable homes for return-
ing Oregon boys. The Journal su
gests that he call ud the Pacific
Livestock company and the Chewau
can Land & Cattle company, and if
they do not make satisfactory reply,
then call up the legislature when it
meets next January,
Many a venerable head covered
with long gray moss in place of hair
will be dismally shaken over Mrs.
Catt's plea for women to sit in
the peace conference. "It would be
so unusual. There are no precedents
for it." No indeed. And there were
no precedents for the work women
have done in the war. This Is an
age of shattered precedents. , One
can easily mention half a dozen
women in the United States who
would cut a better figure at the
conference than any but our ablest
half dozen men.
THINGS WE OVERLOOK
c
ANCELLATION of wood ship con
tracts in Portland recalls again
the question of the city's future
ii . i ' .....
. we nave an asset tnat we
consistently overlook. Cheap power
18 main acior in tne development
of industry. It is a magnet to at
tract industrial payrolls. The trutn
of this is to be seen in centers now
industrially developed. Niagara Falls
is one ase. There are many others
The Pacific Northwest is unusual
in its opportunities for chean dowc.
Portland is in the center of the best
of this power potentiality. The situ-
ation is Buch that Investigation would
probably v show that hydro-electrin
f energy could be developed at a cost
not to exceed $12 per horseDower ner
year. There Is possibility that, at-
low interest rates, some of it could
be developed at a cost as low as $9
per year
Nothing would interest indnatMai
capital more than the information
spread abroad that Portland is a
place where low power rates are
obtainable. Much capital of that
sort will soon be in the n-M.
great deal of such capital that has
been exclusively engaged in essential
war industries will soon be released
for investment. It will be seeking
opportunity, and will go where power
and other attractive factors are to
be bad.
The thing capital wants to know
for one thing, is exactly what it can
get power for. A careful study of
the power potentialities of Portland
from whiclt definite and dependable
information
would be a very desirable step at
this time.
For another thing, industrial capl
tal wants sites handy to docks and
other shipping facilities, indnstrui
1 company will be available for pup-
J chase of plant and machinery -and not
j be , dissipated ;or f absorbed la , the
purchase of . real estate at fancy,
prices. "' i-.
Capital is shrewd, and knows that
expensive sites will to a considerable
extent stand" in the way of success
by absorbing an undue amount of
the v original investment. -
There is to "any thpughtful observer
a practical field , here - for Portland
to supplement her shipping program.
Payrolls make ; tonnage,-aad tonnage
makes sniping. In turn, shipping de
livers tonnage and delivery of ton
nage helps make payrolls.
The matter of cheap power and
cheap sites for industry ought to be
made somebody's business in Port
land. It is not certain that it would
not be well within the function of
the official municipality to give it
most serious consideration. '
It is probable that a way will be
found out of the wood ship situa
tion. The world is short of tonnage.
Ships have to be built The sudden
cancellation of the contracts is be
lieved to have been due to a parti
san move in congress to attack the
shipbuilding program for political
purposes. It is regrettable that in
these delicate situations members of
one party think it advisable to try
to make political capital against the
other.
SOLDIERS' LAND
BILLS BLOCKED
By Carl Smith, Wan:ai;tn Staff Cor
respondent of The Journal.
Washington, Nov. 27. Efforts by Sen
ator Myers of Montana, chairman of the
public lands committee, to secure action
on his bill to advance the plans for re
construction work by a survey and class
ification of arid, swamp and cutover
lands which may be made available for
returning soldiers and sailors have been
consistently killed off by Republican op
position each time he has tried to se
cure consideration. On the last attempt
Senator Townsend of Michigan intimated
inai ne wanted more time for examina
tion of the measure to make sura that
it will not make possible the "exploita
tion" of certain parts of the country,
and he thought the matter might be
postponed to be considered later on
broader plans of reconstruction. Town
send, by objecting, threw the bill over
for an indefinite time, performing the
same result which Penrose of Pennsyl
vania had accomplished on an earlier
occasion, Penrose remarking he did not
believe that the country would be hurt
lf the bill "was never heard of." On
the latter occasion Penrose was not
present.
Senator Myers contended thati it is
highly important to authorize Secretary
Lane to direct agents under his control.
including those ' of the land office, the
reclamation service and the geological
survey, to collect full data on lands
which may be made available for set
tlement by returning soldiers and sail
ors. The bill, he pointed out. does not
commit the government to any plan, but
seeks to make information available
upon which congress can act later on.
Senator Shafroth attempted to secure
consideration for a bill to authorize the
saie o puoiic iana?ai not f more man
$2.50 an acre, to be applied Jo the im
provement of national parks within the
state from which the money is derived.
It la especially needed, he said, because
some of the acts creating national parks
limit the expenditure for improvement to
$10,000 a year. Senator Walsh blocked
this bill by objecting, on the ground that
it might diminish the sums payable to
the reclamation fund, and also because,
he said, the national parks are for all
the people, and ought to be supported
by appropriation from the general treas
ury. Senator McNary's bill for exchange of
lands In the Santlam national forest in
Oregon for private lands outside failed
to receive consideration because of ob
jection from Senator Walsh, who said
that In the absence of both senators
from Oregon he thought it should go
over. Senator McNary was In the city.
packing up for his trip to Oregon, re
maining out of the senate because he
did not desire to have raised the ques
tion of his right to represent the state
during the interim following the election
of- a short-term senator.
Ex-Senator Drew of New Hampshire,
appointed to succeed the late Senator
Oalllnger, continued to occupy his seat
In the senate until his elected successor.
George H. Moses, took the oath of of
fice, leaving the chamber Immediately
afterward? This furnishes another and
up-to-date precedent on the question as
to whether McNary Is still a senator
from Oregon notwithstanding the elec
tion of Fred W. Mulkey to succeed him
tnr- the short term. If the term or Mc
Nary expired on November 5, the day of
election, aa some nave comenaea, o
aiim did the term of Drew, urew, now
remained in phystcal possession of
his seat up to the moment Moses was
sworn in and no one seemed' disposed to
question his right as a senator.
Mons Is the Romance of
the Great War
rroa the Philadelphia, Ercning Ledger
in accordance with the principles of
both poetio- and transcendental Justice,
the tragic Belgian town oi mons was
raptured by King George's warriors
on the last complete day of the world's
conflict. ' . .
The piteous yet soul stirring tais or
British valor has few parallels In war
annals. The retreat of Sir John Moore's
armv at Corunna in the Peninsular
campaign of the Napoleonic erS fore
shadows the tale in nttie. iut m tnai
campaign a very small expeditionary
fores was -concerned. In the epic of
August. 1914. the flower of the entire
British army was involved. By Huri
computation this dauntless body was
irr numbers petty, yet it. and armies op
ratlnar nearby, constituted at that time
the maximum of Britain's military ef-J
whelmed it-
The heroic stand of General Sir Hor
ace Smlth-Dorrien outranged and still
mitranares tributes. The chivslrlo no
bility of this episode was so stupendous
that flavor or tns myxnicai was soon
associated with it. The legend of the
angels of Mons,. with its narration ot
the visitation of the three medieval
bowmen, gleaming- in gallant armor to
Inspire ths cause of justice, soon be
came one of ths persistent superstitions
of ths war. It matters not that Arthur
Machen some months later confessed the
fancy to be ths product of his imagina
tion. Its spiritual significance abided.
Mons. a symbol both of fairly incon
ceivable bravery in ths faoe f insuper
able obstacles, became . - a byword in
the chronicls of England's honor. The
feeling that atonement for ths sacri
fices mads there was exigent before
the whole grim adventure of combat
could be brought to a close. doubUesa
puleatlngly ins gated ths : troops, which
rushed ths capte of ths place just be-
for Germany admitted lnNariting; the
full extent of her" hldeoua folly.
As the curtain (ell on the most terri
ble struggle In history Mona was re
deemed, Canadians were the victor.
The children of old England have been
supremely worthy of their siren. Among
the epic notes of the war there are few
that sound with more of Homeric beauty
than those of the tale of lions with its
vivid nuances of both pathoa and triumph.
Letters From the People
(Commnnicationa aent to The Journal for pnb
CeaUan in this department ahould ba written on
only one aid of the paper, should not exceed SOO
word in length and mart ba signed by th writer,
whose mail addreta in full must accompany tha
contribution,
A Valued Appreciation
Philomath. Or., Nov. 2X. To the Edi
tor of The Journal I want to thank
you most heartily for your splendid
article in The Journal November 18 on
taxing the super-profits of the big In
duetries. We have been fighting for
democracy in Europe and won ; now
it would be a good thing to try more
of it at home. HENRY SHEAK.
To a "Captious Critic
Halsey, Nov. 25. To the Editor of
The Journal Under the caption "Ford's
Tongue Runs Wild." the Oregonian
makes another attack on one of the
foremost of the few real big men of the
nation, reflecting on his loyalty and in
sinuating pro-Germanism. As Mr. Ford
Is prominently before the public he
makes an attractive mark to divert at
tention from the "aboriginal agitator."
Why pick Ford's son as a horrible ex
ample as an "exempt"? This was per
fectly in line with the beet interests of
the country as were the cases of thou
sands of others who made for the great
er efficiency of the war machine.
Did the "terror of the untamed trails"
offer his time, talent and fortune to
the United States government as Ford
did? Did he do all that was possible
for human means to do to end the
war as Mr. Ford did with the peace
ship, which emanated from a sincere
and broad minded motive? The fact
that the Roosevelt sons were in the big
game gives them only the high praise
and honor that should be shared equally
with every son of his father of what
ever degree, race, color or previous con
dition, and no more.
The article goes on to state that "dur
ing the war the worst enemies of the
country were those who stirred up class
antagonism as a .subterfuge to camou
flage pro-Germanism." Who stirred it
more than the Roosevelts and the Ore
gonian type of newspapers? What were
they camouflaging? Something, surely.
What candidate ever made a cleaner
run than Ford did? And he had thour
sands where his opponent has nothing
now. He spent it an on nis campaign.
What has become of the corrupt prac
tices act?
It is an insult to reasoning to attack
a- man like Ford. The candidacy was
forced upon him. Why attack a real
man? REPUBLICAN.
On Feeding the Germans
Portland, Nov. 19. To the Editor of
The Journal Not . syllable as yet has
come out of Germany to indicate any
real change of heart on the part of the
people, to say nothing of the ruling fam
ily, the Krupps, the militarists and junk- I
ers, unless the remark Von Hlndenburg
Is credited with thtt they have learned
might does not make right, which
sounds very much like an Interpolation
be excepted. The appeal from two
German women addressed to Mrs. Wil
son and Jane Addams is as shabby a
bit of selfishness and shamelessness as
one would care to r.ad. They complain
that Germauy is hungry and should be
fed by her conquerors, because she has
been "surrounded by tnemies" for four
years. Think of that! Truly, no change
has yet come to the vision or the heart
of Germany unrepe.itent, selfish, blind.
Mrs. Wilson might properly remind
these two German women that the real
foes of Germany have all the time been
"those of her own household." Her
friends are the Be.glans and all others
who have fought, sacrificed and died to
show Germany that her egotism, greed
and indescribable cruelties are things
not to endure in a world where "no
man llveth unto himself."
If we are to feed the unrepentant, but
empty, stomachs or these people, it
should be on the condition that we fur
nish the text books of history used In
thsir schools for the next 25 years.
Every German child should be obliged
to learn the causes that led to this
world catastrophe; the part Germany
played in it; the name of each writer,
politician, "royal" person and institu
tion contributing to it. Including the
Hnv svstem of Germany. Further, .in
stead of fighting silly duets and drink
ing beer to music furnished by otners.
the German youth should be led into
the games played by our boys, which
inculcate what we . call tne sporting
spirit. A "good sport, in our parlance.
la one who Plays tne game oi uie iairiy
and squarely, without lying, fraud or
pretense, meeting wnat comes unaer
those conditions without whining, as
theaa two German women do, at the di
rect results of Germany's deliberate
acta. Forty years is a good long time
to deliberate, and Germany took that
long to bring about the existing want
and sorrow, not only In Germany, but
in all the world. And to break for all
time th back of militarism, it should be
mhhAd into them that the American
army, as fine as the world has ever
seen, was the result of but 18 months'
oreoaration. That might also be taken
. bats of same of our own ios
silized senators, wh6 are opposing their
obstinacy and stupidity wi
movement for "ncBALI)WIN
A Doctor's Charnes
Portland, Nov. 25. To the Editor of
The Journal Kindly publish the follow
ing information, if available: What is
the legal fee a aoctor can w"'t
viit to a patient, where no medi-
to furnished? Could a doctor who
charges $10 for one vimi gei juug,mcrn
against a person wno
hi e ond refuses to pay the balance.
believing that he is being robbed? What
court would a case Ot WIS amu ue mw
In and what would be the costs if case
JOSt ' 1
rTha law does so regulate fee of physician.
Probable the dSUct court of Muttaomafc eoua
t The oata of eoert ary. but would proc
Ihi. k. lhaut 5 The courts will sot permit a
pnJnto ehirs. a- exot. f. What fc
i reasonable fa for th aarneea of S phyncia
it a matter of proof. 1
The Dog and tha Salmon
Mohler. Nov. 2L To ths Editor of
The Journal Is there any law Mi the
stata of Oregon prohibiting a dog frxm
catching a variety of salmon known as
chums? It so, would he have to have a
license? S. M. D.
(The qu action does sot aecm to be on to
which aay practical answer can bo creaa. It th
Inauirer would state hi point mora fully per
haD eomething might he don with tb ques
tion! Bo would also oblige by eroding hia fall
name and address.
PERSONAL MENTION "
Former Portlander Here
Mr and Mrs. Frank Coombs . of Hon
olulu are staying at tha Benson. Mr.
Coombs was formerly a letter carrier
for tha - Portland postoffics, and is
CdMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
No. wonder the Dant'be is blue. ,
Tag, you're for 'the sake of the
babies.
Now Is the time to sand the track to
keep tha shipping from slipping.
Hungry boys wont hav much longer
to wait for "cram" berries and the
stuffing.
"It is well to "go" for a light to an
other man's fire, but not to tarry by it.
Instead of lighting a torch of one's own.-
Plutarch. ,
It will be a specially merry Christmas
for the soldier men who set home In
time to participate in the festivities
incident o the illumination of the fam
ily tree.
The first ice ot the season, noticeable
this morning ere the unmasking of the
sun. occasioned the usual number of
slips and tumbles and the usual joyous
guffaws from those who looked while
others fell.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
announces that there Is going to be a
fifth Liberty bond loan and In the mean
time War Savings Stamps are offered
for sale at all leading banks and busi
ness houses.
JOURNAL MAN AT HOME
f Hare la a pajtttry atory ooa ot tha aort that ,
will" probably nrw ba aolrad. tor Mr. Locklaj.
who una ioa aiory, aocas i aaow iat auwer
himself.
While in London 1 went to a gather
ing of Russian students st Christ col
lege to listen to an address by Alexander
Kerensky, ex-premier of Russia. Be
side me sat a bright eyed young chap t
in his early twenties. He looked so
much like my nephew Arthur Sher-;
bucne, I could not resist speaking to ;
him. He was cordial, friendly and Intel-.
..Bern. Jif . w rouitmy ureocu .u I
tjtLiiie lq me conclusion inai ne v mis u
rather
high type of working ,
a mechanic. With him was a i
probably
chap about
33 or thereabouts, hand-1
some as a Greek god. lie also was
roughly dressed. From a bit of tattoo
ing on his forearm, I judged that tie
must be a sailor. The young chap spoke
English rather slowly and precisely,
with a slightly foreign accent.
Two nights plater at the Adelphi hotel
In Liverpool which, by the way, is
one of the most beautiful and expensive
hotels in he city I glanced up from
my menu card toward a party of guests
who were being paid marked deference
by the head waiter. The members of
the party wore evening dress. To my
great astonishment I recognized the
two acquaintances whom I had seen in
workman's garb at Kerensky's talk.
The young chap caught my eye. gave
me a humorous smile, partially closed
one eye and shook his head, evidently
asking me not to recognize them. The
handsome chap, who was about 33, ths
one with the tattooing on his forearm,
had a pigeon blood ruby In his
finger ring that must have been worth
a king's ransom. He acted as though
he were born in a dress suit. All of
the part- gave undivided attention when
the young man spoke, frequently bow
ing in assent to his remarks. I felt
somewhat dased. Later I met a member
of the party and, telling him my name.
I asked him to tell me the name of him
self and his companions. He said "I
will write down for you the names we
are traveling under. I am not at
liberty, I am sorry to Say. to tell you
our own names at present." I am still
HOW TO LIVE
By Dr. Wooda-Hutchlnson. Former Portland Physician
optT'M AND THE WAR (NO. 3)
v ' - . . 1
M.nhis nnwders are simply a price-
less boon to tne poor wounueu,
there' Is practically not the slightest
danger of any habit-forming or craving
resulting from their -use, for the sim
ple reasons: First, that their period of
use is only from to 36 hours, even In
the ex t rem est overcrowding of battle;
second, that nine-tenths of the wounds,
after they have been thoroughly operat
ed upon and dressed, are not severely
painful, so that there Is no further call
for plates; third, that the patients are
tindervthe strictest of medical and mili
tary supervision and have no possible
access to any other supply of the drug,
even if they wanted it. Almost the
only cases In which the use of opium
or" opiates Is found necessary after the
operation are a few of the severer types
of penetrating wounds of ths abdomen
and lower part .of the chest. And any
one who has once seen the suffering
of these poor fellows would be willing
to take any legitimate risk for the pur
pose of making their days of agony tol
erable and their nights restful.
As a matter of fact, the war use of
opium upon the severely wounded "has
proved upon the hugest and most con
vincing scale what has long been held
by thoughtful physlclarw that healthy,
normal men and women do not form the
opium habit. While here and there a
poor torn and mangled Tommy or pollu,
whose nerve has been broken by ths
now appearing with Mrs. Coombs at
one of the local theatres.
o
Foundation Oflicial Here
Bailey Hipklna. vice prealdent of the
Foundation Shipbuilding company, and
Mrs. Hlpktns, from Seattle, are guests
at the Portland.'
J. A. McEschron of Seattle is at the
Multnomah.
G. A. Gell of Metxger is at ths New4
Perkins.
Professor H. C. Seymour of ths Ore
gon Agricultural college at Corvalll3,
Is registered at the Seward.
E. C. Roberts, prominent Albany
fruit grower, is st ths Cornelius.
C. B. Walker, of Juneau, Alaska, hi
at the Imperial.
N. S. Doumltt of Stevenson, Wash.,
la at the Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McKsy snd P. 1
Folvey of Appleton, Wis., sre registered
at the4 Benson.
Mrs. J. M. Kerr of Spokans Is visiting
at the Multnomah.
E. 8. Snelllng, attorney from 8t
Helens, Is registered at ths New Per
kins. Mr. and Mrs. C W. Barton and
daughter. Eleanor" Rose, from Boise.
Idaho, are visiting at ths Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R- Hallbert of
Rainier are at tha Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bucntei ot saiem
are registered at ths Ssward.
R. S. Shaw, Astoria lumberman, is a
visitor at ths Imperial. ,
R, H. DeArmond of Vale, Or., is at
ths Oregon. m
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oater of Seattle
are registered st ths Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. Jamas Ellison of St
Helens ars at ths Multnomah.
A. L. Brown of Astoria is at ths Ben
son. Mrs. W. E. Scbumpff of Astoria Is at
the Portland.
J. C MoElroy of Salem Is registered at
the New Perkins.
Mr. and Mra E. J. Harper fit Seaside
are at tha Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. Georgs F. Newhouse of
Ths Dalles are guests at ths Cornelius.
C. W. Parker Of Roseburg is regis
tered at ths Imperial.
Thad Robinson ot Tillamook is a vis
itor at ths Oregon.
Charles H. Boucher of Walnut Creek.
Cal., is a guest at ths Carlton.
W. U Kadderty ot Corvallis is at ths
Multnomah.
Alexander Miller of tha TaWraa Min
ing company at Yakima, Was( and ot
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
It Is ths observation of ths Baker
Democrat that "out of the war comes
a confidence of good business, and there
is everything to give encouragement to
the belief."
Because 'property owners will not do
. w .... v. v.aw nn.ht CTiirAne narK
rcmmtuion will see to it that shade
trees on the street lines shall be prop
erly pruned.
This alarm Is sounded by the' Balem
Capital Journal: "The supply of logan
berry Jules Is likely to fall short be-
it Kj. rnlntahtd next fall.
The delightful Salem beverage Is being
drunk ths world arouno.
"About 7 :S0 some Corvallls children
heard their first thunder. - says ma
atiTimu innaifinf of a recent storm
"It rumbled along over in the mountains
and ths echo could be heard here Quite
plainly, and the renection oi tne ugnv
nlng was also very marked.
""The mountain harvest this year was
not really finished until last Monday,
says the Weston Leader of November
II. "when a small patch of grain was
threshed at the Ernest March place..
This Is said to be the latest threshing
ever done in the mountain country.'
wondering . who It
acquaintance with.
was
scraped
I have had some most interesting
talks during the past few months with
wireless operators, both those aboard
ship and those- go up in observa
tion balloons and airplanes. Recently
jl was talking to a bright eyed chap, a
wireles operator. He told me tnat untu
,K- wi tVir wir-
transmission was 6735 miles, this
fa distance between Clifden and
Buenoa A1B About two m0nths aKo
& 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I II III r4 ) L11V- . ' . v. - -- -
Marconi 8ent a message from Carnarvon
wois. tn Australia a diatance ot over
jo.ooo 'miles. It took one fourteenth of
. .ir,iMM mrssatro to
. , . j,.,
In speaking of the part played by the
wireless In this war. the editor of one of
the great London dailies said : "Think
what wireless has meant In this war. It
leaps all belligerent barriers. It is the
link of the sundered allies, the watch
dog of the navy, the hope of the victim
of tha U-boats, and the chain between
earth and sky." James Bardin tella
the story of the wonder working wireless
In these lines:
Shoreward, tha ranka of nulling brakr tweeping
Foam on tha aboal and wirl upon the aand.
Vhfla 'galnat the cliffa the hearing aurgea leaping
Clutrh at tha pinea that on tha mmmtt Hand;
Seaward, the wrf among tha rocki ia roaring
And whera tha waraa upon a low reef am.it a.
Gannt ta the inlet a tall eteel tower aoanng
8enda through tha night a warping, winking
light.
On tha long, aea-awept beach, tha coeat guard
nseins
Peer through tha rain. that wearea a flowing
haze.
Watching the eele which, like couraera racing.
Pase in the night with atonn-drenehed lighu
ablaze. ...
Put in their wake, the watare rexed with
motion . ... .
Gire to the wind tha aptime of aeething wrack.
Seeming tha foam anatched from the teeth f
Ocean.
Bared when the lighting flies upon ita track.
Windi of the temptot. erer louder crying.
Clash In their fnry aa the thunder roll.
And on the gale th riren ipuroe elonda flying
Darken the beacon that marki tha bidden
aboal ; . .
But from the ma.t abore tha tower apnnging
ifocking the urm. uneeen. and ailent slips
A ware which, like thought that to distant aUra
goea winging.
Pierce tha miat to guide th nnaeen ahipa.
rahock and torturing pain, will whimper
f . 1 . 1 . 1 . V. 1 j
for the continuance of the soothing drug
for a few days or maybe a week after
it is no longer necessary, in the vast
majority of them, as In all healthy
human beings, the secondary or side ef
fects of opium, itching of the skin, dry
ness and stickiness of the mouth and
tongue, nausea of the stomach and loss
of appetite; headache and most obsti
nate constipation, etc. are so disagree
able and uncomfortable that as soon as
the agonising pain for which It was
first given begins to subside they com
mence to ask : "Doctor, do I have to
take any more of that dope to keep me
comfortable or make me sleep? I think
I can stand a reasonable amount of
nain now for the sake of getting rid of
this 'cotton' dryness in my mouth and
this dopey feel."
In a series of fairly extensive visits
to the hospitals from field to bane along
the whole western and Italian fronts I
found and heard of extremely few casea
of s3hy tendency to morphine craving
among the patients, except thoee who
had trouble of this sort before tbey en
listed. But I am frank to say that I
did see scores of casea. nart irularl v
tearing' wounds of the intestines or of
the hips, where I should have liked to
see opium administered much more lib
erally and continuously
Tomorrow :.
(No. 4).
Opium and the War
the Portlsnd Medical hospital is regis
tered at the Portland.
James E. Jaeger of Honolulu Is regis
tered at the Benson.
H. E. Graham of Seattle is at the New
Perkina
Captain Applegate of Klamath Falla
is a gueat at the-Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Caswell of Ta-
coma are registered at the Cornelius.
P. S. Lucas of the Oregon Agricultural
college is at the Sswardv
Mr. and Mra I. R. Carlson of Towner,
N. D , are guests at the Imperial.
J. S. Flint- of Junction City is visiting
at tne uregon.
W. C. Bennett oti.Xetrort, Mich., is
registered at ths Carlton.
W. G. Davis of Goltfcndals is a guest
at the Multnomah. f
Mrs. James Hughes and Miss Anna
Hughes of Bend are st ths Benson.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Dixon of New
port are at the New Perkins.
Mrs. W. E. Brown, Mrs. E. H. Camp
bell and Marie John sen of Seattle are
guests at the Portland.
Mrs. Margaret O. Cook of the Oregon
Agricultural college la at the Seward.
Mr. and Mra H. O. White of Salem
are gueeta at the Imperial.
H. E. Boyer of Wasco is staying at
the New Perkins.
Professor L. Walter Morton of ths
University of Oregon at Eucens Is reg
istered st the Seward.
Roy Frlgltt of Caldwell. Idaho, la vis
iting at the New Perkins.
l Mr. and Mra Edward F. Thornton of
Chicago are guests at the Portland.
Olden Oregon
Oregon Steam Navigation Company
Lived Long and Well.
When the Oregon Steam Navigation
company was - organized In I860- J. C,
Alnsworth was elected president and
be held the office with ths exception of
one year during ths entire life of ths
corporation, which snded in 1179. While
ths difficulties in effecting organisa
tion of this company wsrs great. Its
subsequent history was greater In re
sults and usefulness. No assessment
was ever levied on Its cs pi tal stock.
The company expended 11.000,000 In
creating its property besides paying to
ths stockholders in dividends over
$2,500,000. "The tint board of directors
eo misted of J. C Alnsworth, J. 8.
Ruckle, D F. Bradford. S. G. Reed and
U W. Cos. . . ' ,
Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
A Soldier's Pled a-.
M A T?eUnla,V,,UP th n,U- "vatS
from. hi P f IOW rn hl" ,Mt raca
had a! cfomlny to the battalion. lis
had I almost reached his goal when a ma
chine gun dropped him.
fourth.1'1 the POCket of blou-
ne hd written something that
.Jr""10 "haU win the war ;
Jherefore. I will work.
I will gave.
"I will sacrifice,
"I will endure
' I will fight cheerfully and do my ut
gle depended on me alone."
.I"1"??10' had caUea thl "Mv Pledge,"
and thereto he had subscribed his name.
The Sergeant
W,.',(I rgeent once, oh lor!
With a role to w.ae the dad:
Ta. a sort of a 'i.k animal roar
An we couldn't tell what e aaid
ti- y w" drilling u
"Hen in a audden veife,
. . dog barked.
An we all loriuej fours.
V. ? l.0v,h "W'r ordl
Vt e felt like pris nera in a dock.
, . wr "d at ease an" Vara.
An as paused in alangin' u
An our auffena' ears burued,
.. A one ceigbed,
n we all bout turned.
With that '. threw a foamia' fit
Lpon the grarel 'aid
Tlrmwl "na" ' rolled aa' bit.
An rured us by th. yard.
a . ,,M ,n ""'"ince.
An aljook 'm n.ibhlr tut.
. . roa rawed,
an we all dUmluwi.
'E chased u. wirh 'is awagger .tick.
v t UnTge waa a dream:
. faraied us up in erf a tick
An while e stood an' glared at us
(Tou could are heard a pin)
, A dock quacked.
au i eii in.
N.. in Th Pauing Show.
I'ncle Jeff Snow Saya:
9111 Hohenzollern can eat turkey far
Thankaglvln' thla year, but If he roes
back to Berlin he ll eat crow fir ChES
The News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
of Journal Keadera
GENERAL
W ha'."'."1" to the ,ate Cardinal Far
ley has yet been appointed.
San Franr-ian imin. u ... .
MroeyncaeTl8m fr
The Chiousrn Fl. .:- . .
Is boom fneT" I" ? "r..m""on
Lewla for inaypr.
. Til i0.)'0? ?lty umcll has adopted
ivtal lJUorl !?v't,n& Marehale Foch and
i etaln to visit that elf v.
t,? fflo'al ranyaaa of the Idaho vote con
rirma the reelection of John F. Nugent.
Democrat, by 970 majority. ucnl.
snfi&t ai5 Lo"JAnt;elea Sunday wrecked
nfc; nd did other damage esti
mated at thousands of dollars.
Now,.York ci,y I" Koln to eggs
.un,?Une.r? at le88 tnan he prices
asked by Jobbers and whoieaalera.
r.,Rs!pre!entafive Addison T. Smith of
Iah?.ftronS,r ur"es the mustering out
of soldiers before the local draft boards.
Officials In Washington are beginning
to see in Liebknecht'e rine to power lu
oermany an ominous parallel to the Rua
aian revolution. .-
The banks of the country are to be
asked to absorb a new laue of certifi
cates of Indebtedness, which la expected
the firat week in December. ,
State fuel administrators are' asked
ny the fuel administration to organise
burn wood' campaigns to further ths
use of wood for domestic fuel.
Lieutenants Julius Fulcher and F. Mul
ler of the Ticonderoita, which was tor
pedoed September 30. were landed at
Harwich. England, Monday by a Ger
man U-boat. 1
I. W. W. lawlessness on the Pacific i
said to be growing. Hhlps coming into
ban Francisco report that on many oc
casions outlaws have attempted to mur
der the officers. .
CP. Donovan of Santa Rosa, Cal.. has
purchased 2190 balea of hope from
growere for 2 cents a pound. .The sale
amounted to $108,000, the largeat sals of
hops ever made In California.
NORTHWEST NOTES
rilot Rock oversubscribed Its war work
fund quota 100 per cent.
A movement la started to build an elec
tric line from Willapa to South Bend.
Wash. . .
The ban on public gatherings, In fores
at Clatskanie for six weeks, waa lifted
Monday.
Henry Shulthi. an old and well known
resident of Pendleton, ia dead at Los
Angelea
Dr. C. W. Lassen of Pendleton la now
a aecond lieutenant in the veterinary
corps of the army.
Linn county farmers will raise $2000
to continue the services of a county
agent for another year.
The truck driver who canned a fnlil-
Lslon at Hoqutam In which three men
were Killed naa neen exonerated.
The Bc-hool house at 8t. Helena, de
stroyed by fire a few months ago, will
be replaced with a $25,000 building.
The Walla Walla Influenza ban. re
cently lifted, was put on again Tuesday,
and ail schools and theatres are closed.
Disappointment caused by the loss of
a big crop led to the aulclde of Colonel
M. u Allison, a well known citizen of
Klamath.
A telegram received at Astoria states
that Lieutenant Murray C Wheat of
that city waa killed in action In Francs
October 2.
At Pendleton a few days sgo a large
audience witnessed Sheriff Taylor pour
20 gallons of whlakey and 10 gallons of
gin Into the sewer.
Two Eskimo villages near Nome have
been wiped out by ripanish influensa. At
Solomon there sre 40 orphaned children
all adults in the families belnf dead.
A. F. Gillies of Centralia. serving n
the navy. Is home on a furlough. He
says his vessel sunk a submarins off
Cape Henry, for which. every member
ofths crew was given a gold strips and
In a communication to the Washington
public service commission. Postmaater
General Burleson states it waa hia in
tention In approving ths new telephone)
rates that they should take the regular
course through tbs stats commission.
FOREIGN
British troops have crossed into Ger
many from Luxemburg.
Four Infernal machines provided with
wicks were found in the Brussels court
house Sunday.
Denial is mads thst Dr. Francisco
Alves. president-elect of BrasiL. has de
termined to resign.
The Uruguayan government gave a
banquet at Montevideo Monday night ia
honor of the entente sjliea . . ,
Allied governments have requested tha
Cxecho-Slovak forces to remain in Rua- -si
a, and they have agreed to do so.
Ahmed Rlxa Bey. president of ths
Turkish senste. is going to Paris and
London to ascertain ths attitude of en
tents statesmen toward Turkey.
It ia said In London thst after an.ln
spsctlon of ths surrendered German bat-"
tfeships and cruisers by ths entente, all
the vessels probably will bs sunk.
The Minnehaha, Lapland and Orca
sailed from Liverpool November 11 for
New York, bringing about 7000 aero
troops and medical detachments.
General Stefan Ik of the Csecho-glovak
forces believes that If fores Is used to
break up opposition, ths Bolshevik que
tion can be decided "in weeks rather thaa
In months. . a 1
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