THE OREGON .DAILY JOURNAL,' PORTLAND, TUESDAY, DECEMBER ' 24.' 191$
Art IXDEWEJtDlCXT KEWBUPIB
V. H. JACKSON.,
.Pablisber
fublished ivrrj day, aftrrnoon end moraine (
ept Vuoday-Afternoon), at Tb Jouroal Bolld
. Ing. Hraadway and XamblU streets. Portland.
. Kntenvl at the Pwtoffice at Portland, Oregon, for
tranemieslot UrouCtt tba taau w second
": saauer.
TJCI.Rl'HONKA Mahi lilt: Bom, A-Ofl.
All departments resetted by then nakni.
TH1 tli operator wbat department yon want.
FOREIGN ADTKRTI8INO BEPHESENTATIT
, hrnjtmin Kautaor Co., Brnnswtck Buildin.
52 S Fifth arenas. New Tort; 00 eUilen
Huildlna. Chicago,
tutiaeriDtkoB Una bjr mall la Oregon and Wash
- tnttoa:
DA ILT (UOBNINO OR ArTXHJIOOS)
On rear. .. ..,$3.00 On month..,..! .00
. . ( SCNDAT .
One year. .'. . .$2.90 t On month .25
VAIL.X MOBM.U ,OR AfTEBNOON) AND
. StjNDAT
On rear. .., . . 17.501 Ona month. . . . .$ .6-5
proposals, 1, the millions are forced
to make a choice between junker ism
and the red terror. Nobody knows
what V& choice might be. The
jarred minds' of the 'world's masses,
pountlng their dead and struggling
with the reconstruction of their dis
abled, are a problem and a peril.
STOLEN LANDS
T
If yo would gain mankind, tb best way
la to appear to lore than; and the baat way
: at appearing to lore them la to lore them
Jn reality. -Jeremy Bentham.
HE Jones case Indicates that Ore
gon still has a remedy in the
courts for - the frauds by which
oiir children have been pillaged
of heir heritage of school lands.
. .Originally Oregon was ' treated as
liberally as other states In the mat
ter of school land by the - federal
government. Our : public schools
were provided with a 'rich : endow
ment which, properly husbanded,
would have grown richer year by
year. Had this immense provision
for the children's welfare been safe
guarded Oregon" might now have had
an invested, school fund as large as
Minnesota's or Nebraska's. -
But the children were stripped of
their rights. The best lands were
grabbed in many cases through sham,
forest reserves. Some of the best
tracts were scandalously exchanged
for worthless stretches in desert and
mountain regions. The children were
pillaged and. forra long' time there
was nobody to speak for them.
The machinery should be set to
work to recover this squandered her
itage by legal process without delay.
Everybody who cares for the wel
fare of our schools and school chil
dren must join in praying for some
such action. -
not produce It as feed prices rangea. seen,' it disintegrate . : the military "Doc had a awful cold the last time I
They were selling their cows. As power of Russia and cut down 'a ,Mn Wro. - f . .v " -
to hogs, what good was a selling great Italian, army like grass before VL J'Z,??
price of 18 cents the pound for pork the scythe. Then' we. saw propa- thtagr BUppose M" 100,1111 or any.
when it cost 19 cents for the corn to ganda help break the German - mil- "i never saw him when he -wasn't,"
make the' pound, saying ' nothing of Itary power. v . ,v;. T. Peer chuckled. , Tou might find a
the work involvedt : ' It Is a,, wonderful agency, ail" the TtrSoa ' of my own.- Santa
Still, we think that Mr. Hoffman, more wonderful - inasmuch as it j said hastily. . "and I don't want toet
misses the point. If by sadequate or- beyond the power of -man to silence into any quarrel with Tom Ryan. Ia
ganization ltie small farmers 'shou.- It. t Governments which desire" to es- 'toMnyjJ,ns tn1 George Baker haan 't
a, k-.:- ictrihniinir nru tha o.. - ... - ot that, he'd like-to have, do you sup-
meir commoajlies iney rvvouia. tjis- ganaa wo-aia act "wondrous wisely" "Everything." T. Paer answered.
cover that even at the current i.v to see to it that their i deeds ; ana I can't give him that," Santa said.
of feed and labor they could still j cause are always just.
upon the whole earn a profit - on
their Investments- of money and
labor.
IRELAND'S WOES
THE LUXURY TAXES
T
M
Alnt there anything; that'd cheer him
X ." , "' 1 TOorw uun auiyuiuiK nw.
-some popular wave to iioai mw tn
pidtare on," T. Paer anawertd. "It's a
long- time till the next campaign." - -
'Tit try to frame something up." Santa
promised "And .nor--Old friend, what
AJOR JOHX JOSEPH 'O BIUEN'S
opinionHhat'Ireland's troubIeTi ,?u. .rr
Were made in the United States. "For myself.-V peaceful heart." the lit
HE senate vote to retain the lux-J particularly in the far west 'of I u roan 8aW thoughtfully, "and a con
... .. a a.' 1 M. - . 1 aAHS m Ae rhftaa lAVam nfl Ifll
ury taxes snows tnat pumic me cnuea states, will provoke rL w
. . .... . - 1 am a AAA , iiauuiUDga a a.ua iuwn - " aw w v , awv
optnion-is stm a power m me many a merry smile. .Men who know hove me. the same iand the balm oH
United States. The plain peo- ireiana and the"Irish will hardlv forgiveness; for evrybody, the absence
pie are quite aware mat immense ieei mat tney need go so far away t Bprrqw "1"lwt'""- .
fortunes have been made 'by prof- to find the root of the commotion, p" U
iteering during the war. They de- . Major O'Brien wafts to his readers Letters FrOITi the People
Bire to see those fortunes bear Uieir the suggestion that the Irish are a P f-
COUNTING THEIR DEAD
It is time enough yet to buy War
THK MUHsian acaa m ine mie war sumps to be used as Christmas re
are 1,700,000, the disabled 1,400,- memrances. The Stamps will gather
000. value with the years. They will
rrh. rmmtn aa.I Tt O fW (YV1 ' M XI . - . : . U II.
iuo uwuiiu ucau tv .,vot,vwi cjfij mouey lor mo ixcipicui wuiis
and the disabled an almost equal he or she sleeps. They inculcate
number. , thrift and may be the means, even
The French .dead are 1,400,000, the though oniy a Christmas remem-
disab led above 1.000,000. . -ance, of laying the foundation for
The British dead are 658.704, and! an independent fortune.
the crippled around half a, million.
Italy, lost 500,000 in dead-and died
of wounds. The disabled have not
been given in estimates. Under ordi
nary percentages, they total several
hundred thousand.
These dead and disabled are a
AS A CORRESPONDENT SEES IT
N THIS page, a valued corres
pondent discusses The r Journal's
church page, published every
Saturday. -
! mighty- Influence working now on L, ' "'T
.' .., ... , , m. be said that so far as It has been
0
the affairs of this world. The na
tions are counting tljem With the
ftitv rf war crane ihtva a ima trt
Maf va " I r j i waau u nuv v v I ... .t . . . ,
tak invpntorv f tlip rravpA and "c C"TU" 'l
7 , ? y 9 HS done in The Journal.
possible to ascertain, no other news
paper in America features church
cripples.
We have here the slaughter In
the five leading nations. The 1,500,
000 butchered Armenians are not in
jlhe list. The uncounted dead in
Serbia are not on the ghastly roll.
The people who sit around the
The Journals church page treats
church affairs as legitimate news.
News of the church world is han
dled with the same fidelity and sin
cerity as telegraphflo . or any other
news. It is accounted a regular and
firesides from which these millions l" Part of what is going on
of. dead and disabled were recruited
lara asking themselves why it all
came about.
In the worldi
It Is the habit of the" secular press
the country over to -be grudging
! That Is why France gave President wi.th the thjngs the churches are
Wilson, such a reception as Paris aoi"e- ' ine interest ana concern m
Jhad never seen. It was a welcome a broad field are thereby overlooked.
showered with smiles and tears, a In 6,vln a different kind of treat
mother, with two soldier sons be- mcnt to these things, The Journal is
!side her, wept as President Wilson's Pioneering in the field, and that it
carriage passed. Turning to her 19 understood and appreciated, is evi
boys she said she could not help denced'in the expression by the cor
weeping, because "there is the man respondent on tnis page
who brouorht vou back tn mi" "
Twni nrptnn .noeanf WAmn U me land rraud trials or wnich a
watched the nresidnt im .aahrtr bviet account Is given In The Jour-
at Brest. "Look, the irreat Wilnon- nal's neW9 columns will always be
he wants a peace Just to all;" said
one. "God guard him " said the
famous in the annals of bureau
cratic connivance with corruption.
other.. They were thinking of the Tne frauds vvere P8Slble because
French dead.
trusted servants of the government
The outburst at Pari-' vv lh. conspired with the scoundrels who
tearful Joy. the Dathetia -!arfnP nf Perpetrated tnem. The exposures
a.Dcoole stirred with lhft hnn that ruined many a towering reputation,
this statesman fmm AmAri -nh antt caused the death of a federal
his advocacy of a Just peace thatlJudge from worry and overwork.
would forever shield France nd the
nations from the hideous thing that:
has filled so many graves, from! ever
coming again.
The correspondents have told us1
oLihe French cabman who expressed
the hope that the president would
succeed in his great effort for last-
just share of the war's tax burdens, meek, long suffering and somewhat ikX".
. Senators who vote to lake the blunt-witted people who would not &?Vr2.
tax off huge incomes and abnormal be apt to stir a finger for themselves oa man sddrese in fail mut accompany tha
profits vote by implication to transm it mey w;eremot set on to do it by 1 ' ; -
fi thom tn thn neaciariP nf lif. those - frirh ffni M,rh,,. r -.v.! The Journal's Lnurch Page
r.4 - : 11,- ,f. kvAnii . I fomana, jjcc. si. 10 mo
nuicvui wicj rami.m nui- "K i The Journal I desire to express my ap
itecrs is by inescapable necessity The fact IS. as evervbodv Vnnwa i preclatlon of . your Saturday evening
iransierreo to me poor, uuviousiy mat the Irishman is a fiirhter born . -JX"... L " ZTZ
somebody must pay . taxes to meet He needs no insDiration from mm nin the direetorv of churches. Yours
tne. governments : oDllgations. ir United States cowboys to use his M3 the only Portland paper which has
the rich are exempted the burden gun. When there is no fight going tee'n""
iaii uu uie puor. on ai come He seeks one in forfrn. city but also to visitors in Portland. You
It is a matter of history that ail lands, winning glory under every ca.n nVr u,ly reM ho man7 of
, , t j I ik.i i reueioua worKers inrouinoui me siaie
previous wars, doiu m me tuueu iu hush. read the sermon topics and service an-
siaies ano oiner countries, nave oeen i 'jne friends of the British empire nouncements ,of Portland pastors.
Chiefly naid for by the Droducers. will mak a arin Kir,-. .1-.. The Oregon Sunday School association
4hf i k ik iH,.a . ., . " MIC appreciates the notice which your
that is by the workers. The idlers delude themselves by looking for church page has riven to its activities.
wno ion not nor spin out wno are ine source, of Ireland's discontent in particularly to the cause or tne orphan
arrayed nice soiomon in au nis giory tne united States. The source lia "
i w..i - ii . . iu. i , I i .. . . I uATwjuu. c. nuinot.ni,
uuic a suiaii jjiiri w wb umueu. very cieariy manifest In the age- General Secretary Oregon Sunday School
ue country uas expected mat m: long oppression that Ireland has siif-l Association.
enormous expenses or tnis war rered at home.
would be paid by all the people In
proportion to their financial ability.
The financially weak would , contrib
ute moderately. The financial giant
would contribute according to bis ti
tanic strength.
The senate finance committee pre-
T. PAER'S ADVICE
TO SANTA CLAUS
By Ralph Watson
The 110th Infantry
Dorena. Dec 19. To the Editor of
The Journal In which division is the
110th infantry? Can you tell me where
this division was engaged about Octo
ber 9? A SUBSCRIBER.
'Tha 110th infantry ia la the Twenty-if hth
dlrision. There ia no information as to it
nereabouta on October l.f -
The 146th Artillery
Portland, Dec 20. To the Editor of
"It Roemu tn m lkrn .
pared a measure which would have ticaliy. as she nlus i ST ST
vloated this obviously just principle, with the light of her hand-lamp glint- Th Journal Where was the 146th field
Thpv nrnnnsed tn remova thn hur- inS on her curl papers. "It nwmn t I artillery, and In what division, at the
rtpn from th eiant and tMp it nn me that you vld come on to bedlcIOSO of the What is the mean
S!" lJif i. iL.n lnatead ' Y there In front ing of a depot brigade? v. R, M.
nic iuwcii ouuuiucio "i i"c "mr. mg iirepiaee like a kid watchinr fori l Itn rtiuery u in tha Forty-nrt at-
u.nniiv v,n! kn w, t Sunt, rio. vision. "OcDOt briaade" aianifiea aa oreaniza-
iiaiii J u3 uub B.icu . tton for tha reception a dilution of miliUrj
mrougn so smooiaiy as it mignt, i seems to me," t. Paer answered '"W""-!
had tint tho con a to uninvod tha mpm. Pleasantly, "that YOU'd let m hA nn The. 1t7fh Slnnal RalUlinn
bership of a few liberal-minded men. SloaTf mJe'H wljS - wa? .to do '. Onwego, Dec 19. To the Editor of
...... I 10 voasi my snins ror a mtniita nr W. i , rm
The Mttle band, who had earned two." " -urni nere was company ,
the tiHe of people's friends, stood
out against it and, for the moment,
they "have defeated it. What may
happen hereafex we do not presume
to predict.
We have with us' a vociferous
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE . T ' ,
Hanr no that Kahv'a utorkiner - And
those of the rest of .the family, too . -
'Ameronren" lonka a raaA deal lUca
Armageddon and sounds a " good deal
uka American, a ., ....v.; W.--.J. 1,;.,..
There's annthef mmIati nff thai atata,
legislature coming up. Somebody's al-
using me oy out oi life.,.
The most popular, men tn town today
are the theatre manager who are giv
ing irw snows ror tne youngsters.
It Is beine riamnnarrtt that vm,a tm.
Hun hates to be free as badly as the
rest of the world hates to be enslaved.
As we UnderataiMl It. tha nmnan lJ
Is not to enjoy freedom for themselves
now that they have It or could 'have it,
but to sham it for peace tabic purposes.
Because tha Chrtntma hin tn AtaaVa
from the States has been dalavnd. Kanta
Claus will ba two days late up there. But
possiDiy jars, santa will keep the home
fires burning.
The Journal at this ttma 'm-tahaa
make Its annual appeal to every fond
father who will essay a Santa Claus
role tomorrow, that all camouflage
whiskers be kept clear jof lighted gas
Jets, open fireplaces and Christmas tree
candles. Nqthlng- so upsets the general
v uvi vi Li l in K H in aaa Man, a ii.h.i
whiskers go up in a puff of smoke Just
a. mi ucguuuns oi we lesiiviues.
1
. OREGON . SIDELIGHTS
Varmint bounties In Grant county, it
is estimated by the Canyon City Kagle,
will total 12500 for 1911.
a
The East Oregonian beckons. Thus:
"Pendleton is a great home town and,
every ' step towards making it ' better
equipped in this regard is a step for
the material advancement of the city."
a
- "Irrigation projects under course) of
organisation in Baker county mean a
great development of thousands of acres
of unproductive land and a consequent
big increase of wealth," says the Demo
crat. "These proposed projects should
meet with every encouragement from;
land owners." v
.
"Recently," says tha Moro Observer,
"we heard E. E. Barsee say that this
harvest he received S800O worth of wheat
from a quarter section of 1(0 acres that-
two years ago cost bim 6400. This goes
to Drove that some oeoole In Sherman
county can make money farming."
A booster" with something to boost
about is tha editor of the Vale Enter
prise, who said recently: "We wonder
if tha Hundreds of Partakers of Thanks
givlnr dinner took notice of the fact
tnat Malheur county produced many of
the staple articles that appeared upon
that tahlaa Awtnna. th. .i i mm , I I
attention could easily be called to the
turkey, honey and Delicious apples.
Nothing better produced anywhere.1 v
Ragtag arid Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
A Hard World
f MOTHER." said Helen (quoted In
Tl the Ladles Home Journal), "whan
Z grow up, will 1 have a husband like,
papaf.
"Yes. I suppose so." answered the
mother. - v
- "Mother." said Helen after a pausa,
"when 1-grow up, if I don't marry, wlll
I be an old maid like Aunt Gertrude?"
"Why. yes, X suppose so." repeated the
mother. "But what queer questions for a
little girl to ask.".
"Mother." after another pause, "this la
a very hard world', for us women, Isn't
It?" ' '
JOURNAL MAN AT HOME
By Fred Lockley
V mft I J - m.
"da ahaa j . . , ,, iiiiiu Hem wgnai corps, wnen me ar-
vk aneaa and toast 'em." Af a on. ! n- i . .
mtvmymt a. a. - -rr m,m Bifillcu 1 T, aa 1 1 111 1CUUU eLl
. "he turned toward the Btair- the time? A SOLDIER'S SISTER,
way,, but dont you dare wake me up The 117th aicnal battalion is ia tha Porty-
When you come to bed." - aecond (Rainbow) dirision. At the aisninc of
f A-h-h-h !" T. Paer Siffhed as Vi rnut: "u ,WM MaUoncelJe about 10
stretched hla enir- I S""""1" ian. ana KOI iner. ana
aw avca.9 uub, Lf WMTIl i nl I SI nri w-urnnn Via a Miwtainai I
embers and wiggled his toes In content- Th. vinth it.)ro
ment. "thev'a iRt nna.tm. t ,- l The Mnth Infantry
grouD of men who shriek day and think of when I was a bov' and" fan Portland, Dec 20. To the Editor off
night-against persons who. in their to f"in dreamily into the flickering J!rtuWVh! head'uar
, . . , .. .,. coals. Iters company, Mnth, infantry, during
dialect, "foment class hatred." We D .... the last fighting: also, when the arm-
should like tor hear the opinion of .xcTtedtT rkmhiia- 5ma k ,m?? istice was signed? Where is the com
.hlt efp upon . r.,e bill who, itJ'SZ aTTa.W JSPSFSiJ.
exempts the rich from War taxes scattered coals, "what the tarnation do a .part of the Third army, or army of occa-
and heaps everything on the poor, f"" Z c-.tterm- the fire all over J . ,
. lne aa,a 1QIanlry
"T rnlrm 1 mmmmt .1. . . - 1 . . - . . .
trPf!" nr allav it? VTiih iahA ht- v. TT 'w v'. newcomer Doomed. i-oruana. uec zi. To the Ed tor of
tred or ayiay It? nicri Jstfhe bet- shaking the soot off his furs, "like you The Journal-I have a son who after
ter means Of mollirymg. class resent- didnt expect me to come around this arriving in France, was transferred to
ment ' and suspicion, wrong backed Jr'al" a Company K, 322d infantry. What dl-
by the strong arm, or justice- and .,1asnatTlritIn'P fJ,your' T' Paer lsl01 would' ha be in. and where was
. . ... - - - asked. "I had a awful time e-ettin' Ma he when the armsltice was aiarned?
r.eraea orr to bed- Guess she thought I MRS. I. C,
1 was tryin' to sneak out on her." I l In tha Eiehty-flnt dirUion. On analntica
fair dealing?
Vnil atron (rat .. .1 .,. m I data it waa at Sommedieoz. a few milea aonth-
have not quit. The work of some "J0'"',01 asked ?? tl
, ,m - - . ?aUy' yu dWn't have a, good -
FARM PROFITS
T
nf them mav nnt miH fna . nminla nKl'' .
"w "-i v. w.-i.v nearx, ia give you up as a bad egg."
years., now can we auit? How can I Tve give 'em up." T. Paer anawrn
we ignore the government's appeal J efnsively. "You ain't got a Tom and
to us to buy War ctamps? "IZfS0"!'
grinned; "I'm afraid to tote- any of
that stuff for fear the state police'U
pinch me."
Tou'd never think it from your nose,
A LEAFLET
A
SOLDIER in the American ex-
PERSONAL MENTION
.
Enlisted Men Cared For
Thirty-four soldiers and sailors who
could not find hotel accommodations
in the city Monday night were picked
up by the Red Cross canteen, under the
men hm me. ine ground- To his polite remonstrance she" reticular specimen was "They must the war'8 over" Sant "wered. "Have .UT'.t X
XrtkZ S- ?iC,d:t"Yl8' " deS I?k "ke a good TSr fools imagine "h"t V1 "SSL "iiMSTSl
;Juf,le.dead that the na" deal t0 char8- But what else can sucfiMt would affect us." The C.fm.- T..P..,.,n P. Mr. andMrs. (
I HE other evening as it araw
dark In the occasiqnal drizzle a
gentleman stepped in the Yam
hill street market to buy half
la pint of cream. The charming
Young woman vhn snM i( tn him
Inr- Deace. Thev hava fnlrt r tha L j ......
- -w w - . " -..v, -ii- i v ail i.tiii r pn I si rnr ir wninh vma
station master who said Wilson's to ' 40 cents a pint -for cream, and
: " "ci uu proiec- rather thin cream at that.
tion jot" men use me. ine ground
lings all
meaning
T, I Ma. am,.. AtM
Vnaluw,18 , yu "Pcct with bran at $40 a ton
.The world was never In such aland alfalfa hav t ih. a nl
mood. These dead are gone, but the We used to get alfalfa for fiO or m
millions want the living, now and to' a ton. Naturally -milk and cream1
come, made safe. Never have so were cheaper then."
vXSa? Ju8t S- Th tleman sadly
thought, been stirred by the same emptied his lean purse to pay for
yearning been appealing for the the cream and a loaf of-bread and
same del Iverahce-the . hope of or- wended his pensive w "SvirtL
SSu"19 Wr,d 8gain8t & fatUrC Te young woman ho sold the
iwl.. i . u iu - Ceam meant to lodge a "protest in
' na?18 thCreJ3 a-Bol8hvikl. his mind against being sUgmatized
Deluded creatures .know that the as a profiteer. So far ashTcoSd
world has been wrong, else all these see she made out her case,
dead and disabled would not have She had no choice except t go out
-been .on the blood rolls. Sinister of the cream business V get enoh
leaders are among them taking rK for It to pay expenses' There u a
K vintage of their ; Ignorance, leading genera! mLonceE fn fhe c me,
'tSt lnd fdc8trucllve about the profits the farmers have
: paths. Spurred on by the agony been making during the war No
.and death, thebuteherv !nrt th. ..vi 1..1.8. . 6 ,ar'. ft0
: uuuuk we 01s gram, cauie, wool ana
blood, the poor , dupes are led and cotton; producers have bee-n doiSg
. misled, deceived and deranged, cha- quite comfortably but we are S
n r: the small, diversifyiSfSmeV
. JU i.Cr. rUKe jonn Hoffman w-io resides r on
ca ; and elsewhere, who Insist that his hundred cre homestead near
the sett ements in this war ahii h U ... :uiesaa neH
. j . . . : -" r"" vicnoa, isconsm. Tne coun-
fl In(ipf!n1t inii nnrnAsMao. aui ..... wu(i
.w iry surrounaing nis place is one of
. ways before, that nothing can ; be the most beautiful, on earth The
doneto prevent world Avide . laugh- land Is fertile. The Chicago market
: ter, feed the flames of Bolshevism, is not far away. raei
ineir Prussian oocirmes make re- John Hoffman ought to be V pros-
" " i'bikcuis. jucy porous ana nappy man. . Yet he tola
help drive the mad millions into a Chicago Tribune reporter that he
, tempestuous . programs and .destruc- would take $10 for all the profit he
."v- vw.. - v ; ..v.-tf.: ..-.;...: mare iasi season from his - farm
" .. ' . - - in i 1 vue me reporter was talking with
miaaie grouna, orrering a plan vto LUoflman several neighbors, simllarl v
save natJons from recurring rolls of faituated, dropped in. Every one of
iaaf atlrl lloaKl tA l Ika IS- A lea ... ..
v, -anu, ,9 ,lllUu siay mem toia the same story as Hoff
against Bolshevism. It will be awful t man..
If. by rejection of the Wilson-Taft As t milk, they said . taey 'could
. . . . ' t Paer naid flvlrxr tha fr rrini.i i- I uirexsuon oi iienry rtoea. at Uie union
peditionary army in France sent I at!5 itlllS-S2 ?2E?? Z!?" I ttion and taken to the Multnomah.
home in one of his letters a "if 1 had that blossom I could keet
copy of an extraordinary leaf- an lit up just looktn' at it.1
let. We suooose thousands of his . 1 fot 11 frost bJt on the Italian
comrades have done the same. It
Qavapfl 1 eM Ida laya nU
Keep fltted Tip with cots for the men.
. ( Exploit of two Orecnn horn, brothers. da-
Toted in the eerrice of the T. U. C. A., are re
lated by Mr, Lockley today. Ha also acta forth,
by means of s typical character, his concept of
Orecon'a yotac eitiaensWp at Ha beat.)
A week or 10- days ago Mrs. Clark of
Portland came to see mo at The Jour
nal office. "Did you see my sdn Roy
while you were In France?" said Mrs.
Clark. "I ate dinner with him the night
before r left." I answered. "Tell me all
about him." said Mr a. Clark, j; told her
all about Roy and the work ha was do
ing. The story of what Roy R. Clark
has done and is doing is worth telling.
Roy Clark graduated from the Ore
gon Agricultural college and took up
construction work in Oregon. The great
need for men in the Y. M. C A. work
in France caused him o drop his own
personal Interests and go to France. He
was assigned to base No. 2, of which
Bordeaux is headquarters. The vital
need was to provide hu.s for the throngs
of soldiers who were arriving by every
transport. Roy took hold of a French
woodworking fa- lory with obsolete ma
chinery and speeded it up., Carpenters
were not to be had. so he hired French
girls as carpenters. He standardized
the huts, having each group of work
women do one particular thing. He
was able to Inspire them with his en
thuslasm and the huts began flowing
out to the rest camps, where they were
so mucn needed. Each hut was sent out
in the knockdown, ready to be assem
bled. Each part- was numbered and
checked as it was loaded, to prevent de'
lays. When the Bordeaux plant wag
running, smoothly he added the making
of tables and benches and sublet the
making of baseball bats to another fac
tory. Order had come out of chaos and
the cost of production, was cut in half.
He was called to Paris to take charge..
of hut construction for the whole of
France. He made plans for simpler
and better, huts, which could be put
up for less money. Then the shortage
of lumber came up. He traveled over
France and located millions of feet
of standing timber in private owner
ship. The French government worked
with him and the timber was requisi
tioned. Hut construction has ceased to
be a problem in the T. M. C. A. work
in France.
Some years ago I was chairman of
the "boys committee of the T. M. C. A.
The boys' secretary was J. C. Clark,
brother of Roy R. Clark. He also was
a graduate of the O. A. C. Sherwood
Eddy and Mr. Brockman told him he
was needed in China to organise boys
work among the Chinese in Shanghai
and elsewhere In China. We talke it
over.. He asked my advice. I said.
"If Irere In your place I would go."
This was six or seven years ago. To
day the largest boys work In" the Y,
M. a A. in the world is at Shanghai.
China. Not only has J. C. Clark, an
Oregon boy, impressed himself upon
Shanghai, but in remote places of China
his work is known and China is look
ing at our country as a big and helpful
brother.
A few nights ago I conversed for an
hour or so in Ea Grande with Mrs. A.
E. Ivanhoe, county superintendent of
Lonesome
afammy'e big kittle a-etartn' oa Ae bearth.v
Cole win' blowin' tn de ale rum tree:
Tonight's prayer meetla' aa' da folk all (one.
An' nobody home but de cat an' me.
Firelifht flicker oa da winderpane.
- Ie do' step creak, like r ha nt dona paatt
Bcreecb owl bolter way down in de swamp
An' I tries da do' hard tar make alia' hit's
fast. -
De cat. she nod an nod be da tire.
An' de eparka light red oa de eblmnej-baek.
Da win', bit howl an' moan -outside
As rattler d boa'da oa da old co n aback I
I pnta ar sweet- ater ter roes' in da coals.
An I mas km smtU a ready bow good bit
ewine be!
Bat I'se citUn' binder lonesome, an 1 wuh day
was noma:
CUe nobody's fae'sh but da cat an sna.
Spartsnburi Herald.
I
rront," Santa Claus explained. "By
arracionit. it was rnM tn than, rtnn.i.f. t
w as one, or tnose learreis v .ich tne "Appearances is aeainst vou." t. Pur
uermans aroppea irom airplanes in j insisiea ; - x nope Mrs. unrun ain't sittln
irrpat himim tn onrrunt tha mfnH. "P when you hit her house.
of . our troors. The soldier wrote, vou hlveT- "STZIm0
that he saw the bundle which con- couldn't make her believe I ever touched Mo8ir are at the Multnomah en route
tained this one actuallv rtron fro r that stuff." - to fseasiae wnere tney will spend Christ
h n -n.,e k ' i.. 'She don't know you like I do." T. mas. Mrs. Howe owns and operates
. -"o1-1 Paer responded. "What you got for the JSlhowa fruit farm at M osier
ic icaiicis. . I the hovs this trln?
. Tne soldiers comment on this par-1 "Most anything you want, now that
Calgary. Stockman Visits
W. D. Ide, a prominent stockman
from Calgary, is at the Benson on
his way to California, where . he will
spend the winter. '
. To Spend Christinas by Sea
Mrs. E. L. Howe and Miss Biles of
States troops to "-'stop fighting and
nun-re i.u meir ouups ana larms. "None of em know what they want," L,. C. Gllman. .Northwest director of
.'way snouia woramgmen light and I T. Paer complained. "They're all afraid I railroads and former president and gen
kill one -another?" the leariet in- tne otner "' eom to slip some
'-... "Wika .-.sv t, --a-i.- I thing over on 'tin." s
i"'1?' .'"' "r- "Well, what do you think I ought to
more noticeable if the - Germans give the governor?" Santa asked. "I
themselves" had stopped fighting and j Wnda have a warm spot for him be-
enne hornft sooner lhah thev did., Ic.
. . . . . ; . . i the same.
uur meu were luuuuw m iieas ;.yt "Blamed if I know." T. Paer answered.
that sort for several -reasons;'" For I scratching his head, v It seems to me
'rolt yas- a. prayer to - the United M1'8 purty hard Job this year.'
Some of em," T. Paer answered, "but
a purty hard Job this year."
"Why?" Santa asked in surprise.
Callender on Way Home
M. II. Cal lender of Bremerton has
on his way to
Christmas with his
C. H. Callender.
II. B. Thornberry of Spokane, a breed-
1 1 er of fine saddle horses, is' at the Rn.
snouia tnmK it wouia oe easy." i son,
eral manager lof the S P. & S., spent
Monday at the Multnomah.
. E. I,. Murphy of Pendleton is a guest
at tn new f erKins.
Dr.' C. A. McCrum of Mosier is at the
cause his whiskers and mine are about J Portland. .
A. t. jrearson or xunoer is vlsltina
at the Cornelius.
Mn, and Mrs.; CW Wieder of Al
one thing they felt thai" they .were l 'Sa a pretty pleasant surprise last 1a,n Elf'-TVa J.?ard
j .i ..j ..vA; .! I primary day.'
nnara MAfl tit rs SWSAO nt-t4 - ft J
vunonvu i.. C- .,.v. u ... .r Santa aatit . W T ilMn't
venture which would bring lasting have anything to do with that"
good to mankind. For another thina. VI see you've joined the alitii club.
they loved and trusted their- home a tTaffi
government, oeneving inav us pro tiary . mn4 the ilraft ad flax nlanta with
ressions or aismterestea motives i out a deficit.
were sincere.
So, the
ii.
propaganda don't thtnk it would do any good,"
M. A. Rickard of Corvallis ls sUvlntr
at tha Imperial.
F. C Stewart of Kelso Is registered at
tne Oregon.
- F. F. Anderson of Sacramento, CaL, la
a visitor at the Carlton. , . .
C. Hussy and family from Spokane are
at the Benson. . A ;
. Alfred -T- Prltchard of ""Seattle is a
VA B aVK a OaaltaM -1
- a .ai. a a. . . .1 KUCOt, ATAt, VlItT .VttVllLUIls '
fa. !,. ,l itnnt "chaVm that " uaiu iiy , noi as ong as JOOt r- tT rr.L. ,
ii vi iu o.j -v.- j Keller's hangin' 'round. -'; That reminds
morale.
But suppose another . great war to
break out. Statesmen tell us . that
such a war could permit jiq neutrals
to exists . All the nations must lignt i
in it willingly or reluctantly; , There 1
C. II. Kappers of- Scappoose is
guest at the Portland. ; '..
A. Bedford of Athena is registered at
the New Perkins.- - s ' -
E. M. Pueh of Albany Is vlsitlna? at
il. ' .. "w , t ' I mm
What forr Santa asked in surprise. 1? . t n- n.U
field are arrivals at the Seward.
H. E. Clanton. state fisf warden. Is
me what ougnt I to. give Joe?"
"Give. Joe a certificate of election," T.
Paer suggested. "That'd tickle him
stiff.
'Joe ain't been elected' to anything.
. I know," T. Faer . repUed. rbut it
ain't fair for Joe to be -governor all
would be no escape for thehlk One " irL, r,".?:." at the Imperial from Bonneville.
side or the other would te-WTontt. that eoea with th mh- V H.D. sterling of Rugene is a guest
II. ...... n-ni,M finf tlanJ thklt';hll T. riftn't Irnna that T ....M - x I t the CarltOIU' - . .
" rf" .n-ar nnnh;;, Miss Margaret Bllyew of Astoria Is
or irutn. -ine men wao aougui t - - T ,1 "
science. - - . . v - (
Under these conditions let us - su
a visitor at the Multnomah.
Dr. J. J. Pittenger of Astoria Is sUy-
ing at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. James of Pendleton
are at the Multnomah.
J. A. Link, timberman from Cherry
that aide would be fighting contrary .-pussie- t. Paer sighed, "i
to their good sense ' and their con- don't know what he wants unless it's
another set of; twins." ...
"I'm all out of twins. Santa a-rieved.
nn that th- anamv hr,.,M rainl rG"JAU8llvl ?.kid" 1P- Grove, is visiting at the Seward
T ; Vv.; .;,;: ir Captain and Mrs. John W. Allen of
uuu iiicw uum.u.ii viuuua Y""'"- - fPse mere s I Bluings, Mont., are at the Multnomah.
forth the naked truth and exhorting ""K"5 j"1' ' I j. au Undier f Beiiingham is a vis-
tha men to stoD fighting for -the i .'L" tor at the Benson. - v
-- I aiu. -. uiu u i mi . w sa sh t ni nsrt rv" -w-w v m . m. 'arv s . m .
.- . u-h.J a-auM ho lh. ; ff . n ...... t ,V : m I ' - J-avja ; flw mra is ac tne
i uhr. :..ia v.- "m suivcu yu aooot ir,- . I Portland. 3p- - -
Would ' it .' Still be negligible? Ve L unlawful for medicinal pur- Mr. and Mrs, J. 13. Coyner of Cen
have seen something of What prop- 7:. ,0f"LU8ea inenuully. traiia aro gtiesU at the Cornelius. ;
aan rfo la armiaa. W. hav "JSZl ".. i?' ' 1 Mr, and Mrs. R.It Irwin of SUnfteld
wajv. . ; auu , i'aer suggested. are at the Seward-
schools of Union county. Mrs. Ivanhoe.
aaaiuon io Dclng county school su
perintendent. Is a member of th state
text book Commission. The AtW mam.'
bers of the commission are Harrison G.
ria or rortiand. Alfred Schmidt of Al
bany, Miss Margaret Cosper of Salem,
and F. A. Tiedsren. oltv mn.Hni.nj.ni
of schools at Marshfield. "Wallowa
county waa cut off from Union' county
In 1 1B7 " -o . ,
,. ivsnnw. -i went
to Joseph, In Wallowa county, that
year as a teacher. with wmtam
Smith, then a teacher tn Wallowa coun
ty, but now an attorney at TRakar
and an ex-circuit Judge, I conducted the
first county institute In Wallowa coun
ty. I moved to Enterprise, the countv
oi wauowa county, where I taught
school for 10 years. From there I
moved to La Grande, where I taught
for several yars. and then to Pendle
ton, where I taught In the hlch school
for three years. I moved back to La
orande 12 years ago. - One of mv
Doya. Forest, Is In the navy. He Is
stationed at Samoa. My other bov
Lytton, Is back from the Panama canal
and ia In Klamath county. I was born
in Salem, N. , J. Speaking, of Salem
reminds mt of a strange exnerience 1
had a year ago last August, when the
Oregon troops were guarding the rail
road bridges here. I had been to Cdve
with Judge Phy and his wife to look
at some land. On our way' back we
saw a soldier running to catch a freight
train that was slowing up at Cove.
Judge Phy hailed him and said, Cllmb
on we are going to La Grande.' The
soldier, who was a sergeant, got In
the back seat with me. Turning to me,
he pointed to the surrounding hills and
said, -wnat a beautiful country this la.
I never look at it without thinking of
a verse in the Bible. I was aston
ished beyond measure to have a soldier
say that, so I said, "What verse V He
said. The cattle on a thousand hills
are His. He gave me an entirely new
meaning to that verse that ia, that all
we have is really 'His.' and that we
are merely his stewards. I took a good
iwn si uie soiairr ana RS.1U, wnen j
I'ncle Jeff Snow Says:
If a pig hain't got no appetite w
cure him most glner'ly by ehutUn off
on his food till he squeals ever' time any
body walks past the pen. A doctor
down to Portland told me last week th
same treatment would cure lots of peo
people, too ; but that it wouldn't help out
the doctors, drugstores and undertakers
none.
- The News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
Of Journal Readers
GENERAL
Schools and theatrea are cloaad and
the wearing of masks is compulsory
at Juneau. Alaska.
The sugar exportation commission
created last January will handle Cuba's
uii uuji tor ins ana mis.
Blood serum of recovered Influent
patients is recommended for treatment
As a celebration of his fiftieth brith.
day. Governor Williams on Saturday
liberated 2 SO prisoners from Oklahoma
penal institutions.
After being absent from home three
weeks, John A. KUnger of Davenport,
Iowa, returned Saturday night, ahot his
wife and then committed suicide.
A boom for Charles M. Schwab for
president was launched at a banquet
of Chicago machinists and plant su.
perintendents at Chicago Sunday night.
At Guernevtlle, Cal.. Sunday, Miss
Lucille Armstroff, a teacher, was re
suscitated after nine hours apparent
drowning. Hhe was overwhelmed by a
breaker while swimming and carried out
NORTHWEST NOTES
Sixty-four homes in Pendleton aro
under, quarantine for lnfluenra.
Pasco Methodists are maturing plans
for a new church edifice to cost 125.000.
of the disease by Dr. Eugene R. Kely of
Boston.
Klamath county collected $3849 dur
ing the past year for sportsmen's
licenses.
More than 6.000,000 feet of logs are In
a big Jam on the Coweeman river a sat
. ... . i , - i
iook at tnese rolling mils or I-astern vl vcuw.
Oregon. I think. 'As the mountains are
round about Jerusalem, so' is my love
round about them that fear me.' We
spoke of th war. He said. If America
is money mad and pleasure mad. as
they claim, then this war will purify
us through suffering. It will spiritual
ise us.' He told me his name was Paul
Wallace and that he was a sergeant in
Company M of Salem. He was the
kind of boy a girl would instinctively
trust, and a mother would feel like
mothering. Do you happen to know
him?" "Yes, I have known him since
he was a boy," I said. "He Is a lieu
tenant and was recently wounded while
leading his men into battle. Salem
hasn't any finer men than Paul Wal
lace, nor has Oregon any higher typ
of cltlxen."
Go where you will, you always fine'
friends or those who are friends of
your friends, and the more you look up
the records of our Oregon boys the
more cause you have to be proud that
you are a citizen of the "Volunteer
State."
HOW TO LIVE
By Dr. Woods-Hutchinson. Former Portland Physician
DUST AND FLIES Dust and utiles
are two of the chief and most aggravat
ing minor nuisances to both health and
comfort. For centuries we simply swore
and swatted, then we began to act. and
now the war has taught how to get rid
ior botn, just as ranama aia ox maiana
land dysentery. And the most brilliant
demonstration has been that of Italy.
Her sanitary corps from the beginning
were thoroughly awake to the dangers
and unhealthfulness of dust as well as
of flies and actually had tha superb
audacity to attack this intolerable nui
sance to an army In the field, and wipe
it out. and that in a climate resembling
that of our own Arizona and Southern
California.
They were astonishingly successful.
They at first tackled the chief and most
constant source of dust' in any climate,
the roads. The world is ringing with the
triumph of the Italian engineering in
road building, mountain piercing, mine
tunneling, etc, and the superb system
of beautifully built and kept roads
which covered the Venetian and Friulian
plains to servo them as the main ar
teries of the army fighting in the moun
tains that bounded them on the north
and east, was not the least of their
achievements. They were superbly laid
and graded, with a surfaco aa hard and
level aa a billiard table ; In fact. I have
never seen anywhere in the finest park
boulevards or famous city driveways
anything finer in the form of road sur
faces. But they werj built chiefly of
limestone, and the Incessant stream and
rumble of traffic that poured over them,
to say nothing of the tramp of hundreds
of thousands of marching feet, would
mean dust of a flour-like fineness and
penetration, in clouds and clouds.
Tomorrow : Dust and Flies (No. 2.)
It. C. Barr of Eugene is staying at
the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Cv James or Fenaie-
ton are visiting at the Oregon.-
L. B. Wilkins of La Grande is a guest
at the Carlton.
Mrs. E. F. Guthrie of Medford la a
visitor at the Benson.
Mr.sand Mrs. J. C. Flora or Kerry are
at the Multnomah. '
- Robert C. Kinney or Astoria is a guest
at tho Portland.
A. H. Roberta of Bridal Veil Is staying
at the New Perkins.
Mr.:. and Mrs. R. B. Wickham f
Grants Pass aro registered at the Cor
nelius. ' .
Dan H. Welch of Astoria is staying at
tho Seward.
- C. C Mulkey and v family of Mon-
Olden Oregon
Early Marriages Promoted by tho Do
nation Land Claim Act.
Marriage at an early age was frequent
in the early days. It was" not unusual
for a gtsl of 12 to become a bride, and
one Instance Is recorded where tho pa
rents of a girl of 10 consented to her
marriage with a man 10 years her
senior. Tho chief reason for this early
entrance into tho marriage state nay
bo attributed tn part to the fact that
congress bad passed a donation land act
in 1850. by tho terms of which every man
and his wife were permitted- to file on
CIO acres. In those extremely youthful
marriages an agreement was entered
Into whereby the young bride remained
with her parents until sha had reached
4 maturity, t.s
mouth are visiting at the Now Perkins.
F. D. Burrough of tho western branch
of the railroad administration at Se
attle is a guest at tho Benson.
Jess S. Heard and ITarrw TChaala
tw.0.n',,ton boys, are in a base hos
pital In France.
The Washington county court Is re
grading tho Beaverton"" highway from
Ulllsboro to Bertha.
Black Butte tn Lane county, where tho
quicksilver mines are located, has not
had a case of influenza.
Request for the esUbllahment of a star
route between South Bend) and Willape
harbor has been refused.:
Miss Jeanette Downey of Tacoma is
"ow In Germany. She. Is attached to
Mobile hospital unit No. . ,
Captain James Gibson of Tacoma is
in charge of one of th government's
largest naval bases in France.
Lieutenant Curtis Gilbert son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. M. Gilbert of Yakima, haa
been promoted to a captaincy In Franca.
M T. Baker of Pilot Rock has re
ceived word that his son. Claud, was
severely wounded in France during Oc
tober. The Lebanon home guard has under
construction a memorial board in honor
of Lebanon boys who have seen service
in France.
Recent deaths from Influence at Cot
rv Mrs. A. C. Cox. Mrs.
Bert Freak, Mrs. Grant Brown and Mrs.
John Simpson
Mrs. A. K. Psrriah of Centralla has
received word that her son. Herbert, is
recovering from wounds received on the
day the armistice was signed.
The Harris Trust A Havings bank of
Chicago has purcbaaed $20,000 five per
cent water bonds of the city of Pendle
ton at par and accrued interest.
Robert L. Henry was killed and Our
Beverley Mardls is reported missing in
France. Both boys were from McMlnn
ville and members of the old Third Ore
gon. Double-tracking of the O-W. R. aV 7s.
system over the Blue mountains is un
der construction.' That portion of the
road between Pamela and Meachara is
completed.
FOREIGN .
General John J. Pershing made his
first visit to the Rhineland Sunday.
Both the former German emperor and
empress are seriously ill at their castle
In Holland. -
More than 2000 graves of American
soldiers will be .decorated on Christmas
dsy by the American committee for de
vastated France. ,
The army In France Is arranging for
President and Mrs. Wilson a Christmas
tree as a surprise, and also a gorgeous
collection of German souvenirs.
' Merry Chris tm as" Cheer
If you intend demonstrating this
sentiment in Cash why not go a
step farther and let it be In .War
(Savings Stamps which will
GROW as Christmases COME and
Christmases GO. ' -
Buy them at Banks, Newspaper
Offices and the Postoffice.
Portland War Savings Stamp Committee.
at aawts. ' -"
. Var gaainaa ataana may ke
.ornusa. tne PeeUtTlae.