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Are wa aa diligent aa wa ought to ba
, to protect American ettizeBitilp aaint the
poison that moat arise from ths deeay of
harmony and honesty and industry and fru
gality; and arc wa aofficiently watchful
ax&inat tha deadly, burrowing peats of eos-
eurotng greed and cankerous cupidity f Our
. answers to these questions make up tha ac
count of our stewardship aa keeper! of a
' aaered trot. tirorer Qlereland.
THE BRITISH STRIKE
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HE strike in Great Britain is on
a tremendous scale. Jt must
cause wonderment everywhere.
What is the sudden psychology
..-.under which & ouarter of i million
; British Workers are demandipg a 40
. nour week is tnat psycnoiogy
everywhere? -i,
It is put a little while ago that
" British workers received less wage
: for a week than some American
. workers got in a day. Their live
4 wre pinched and their outlook
$lleak. .
'W'e know that the 51 montHs of
war and the tremendous necessities
of ' the government . lifted British
workers to higher standard's. They
were given shortened hours and far
nigner compensation. The govern
ment had,' by necessity, to go a long
way ;to meet their demands, 'and was
not unwilling to go to those lengths
because Lloyd George, Britain's best
friend to labor, was the British gov-
ernment's reliance and its soul.
' Now it is after the war: and the
tt nation is shaken to its foundations
1 by increased demands from the
workers, not a mere few workers,
but hundreds of thousands.
9- Is the world coming to be divided
Into two great industrial eamps,
with rampant radicalism on one side
ji and rampant reaction on the other?
rr Ck3n,templating England and imag
ining what eventuations might appear
in other countries, may It not be a
"conspicuously fortunate fact that a
' great captain who steers a middle
course, who has the complete .confi
dence of the multitudes and is loved
by the millions not only in his own
land but throughout Christendom, is
president of tne United States?
John N. Metaxa, formerly gover
nor of Salonika, has sent to this
office three pamphlets In which he
pleads the cause of Greece before
the American people. Mr. Metaxa
fears that Greece may be "sacri
ficed to secret treaties." His coun
try should not be sacrificed on any
account; for the world owes Jt a
hqavy debt. The land where 4every
field and mountain cave is freedom's
home or glory's grave" is too prec
ious to the world to "be made a
pawn in the game of secret diD-
lomaey.
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THE SYNDICALISM BILL
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NSWEHVNO a correspondent
whose letter Is on this page, The
Journal has grave doubts on
the subject of the syndicalism
bills at Salem.
j ; Syndicalism is a hateful thing.
I There Is no room for it iir America.
. In Coos county, syndicalists drove
t spikes in .saw-logs to tear up the
I plant as a means of forcing mill
t owners into payment of higher
wages. " They have done the same
thing at mills all up and down the
coast. Their acts of vandalism in
I some of the fruit districts of Cali
' fornia.were vicious beyond compare.
( When an Inland Empire orchardist
f returned home one day, he found the
r trees which he had hired syndicalists
to setsout7plajated wrong end up.
Tlje roots wero in the air and tops
In the ground! It waa the I. W. W.
) way of evening up on an employer,
j A long list of . like instances of devil-
try could be added,
j li Was the, work of human rattle-
snakes. Such things are despicable
.r-ana 6nouia oe. punisnea. if there are
( no Iawa covering such offenses, prop
ter statutes should be enacted. It is
I also true that there should be law
fop punishing men who advocate and
teach," syndicalism.
But when you go to the length of
punishing a man who rents a build
i ing for a meeting at which soma
j idiot might advocate direct action,
1 questions begin to arise. That may
f be a very near approach to a dan-1-
gerous length. To what extent might
such a provision- bo us 2d to abridge,
j free speech? . '
We were told at the time that an
NO OTHER
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OULD it not be a peculiar position for any man if he should
oooose suits for recovery of stolen school lands?.
TUm t rl Krvaevl
iiy -in the state, "has directed that suits be brought. The courts,
federaLand state, have formally declared in decisions tha lands
fraudulently acquired can be recovered. .
Suits would be directed only at recovery of lands known 'to
have been stolen, and the recovery procedure would be by regular
and lawful court processes. ; - 'f . ' 1
" How can any man or institution stand in the way of such suits?
What would the public obviously think?
There could be but one conclusion: the person or institution
opposing the suits must either' be in possession of stolen lands or
be acting for some other person or institution unlawfully holding
stolen lands.
I. W. W. drafted man at Camp Lefcis
after American Institutions and pur
poses had been explained to him, bo-
came one of the most enthusiastic
soldiers In the camp. The Journal
knows of an I. W. W. who, after
similar explanations were made to
him, hurried off into the woods to
draw from sawtogs the many hidden
spikes he had driven Into them. It
is probably true that a very large
per cent of the tribe could be reached
better by edueative processes than
by statutes.
I. W. W.-ism is despicable and dan
gerous. It Is without reason or ex
cuse in a land where there is an
open ballot and a fair count. But as
a means of rooting it out, the really
practical way would seem to be with
speakers and other educative pro
cesses rather' than with statutes
which may silence not only I. W. W.
free speech but the free speech of all
citizens.
Instead of education, the czar used
repression and force; and in the
end, force, in its most terrible form,
laid him low.
Sam H. Moeve suggests a number
of Interesting expedients In The
Journal of January 28 for better
ing conditions in Oregon. One ot
them is that the state develop its
unused waterpower. This unused
waterpower, properly put' to work,
would light and heat the whole
Willamette Valley. It would go far
toward lighting and heating the In
land Empire. But it-Tims away to
sea benefiting nobody. Is there
not some way to put, a stop to the
thrlftlessness that neglects our na
tural resources?
GOOD IDEAS
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AMILTON HOLT, of the Indepen
dent, gives a. useful warning and
makes a useful suggestion in
his league of nations dispatch
printed in Wednesday's Journal. The
warning is that the league may turn
out to be a league of governments
instead of peoples.
If that en quid happen it would, of
course, be nothing better than an
other Holy Alliance of unholy mem
ory such as the peace conference at
Vienna patched up in 1815 at the
end of the Napoleonic wars. This
farcical outcome of the war can only
be prevented, as Mr. Holt well re
marks by a continuous and lively
Interest In the league on the part of
the world's peoples.
The diplomats left to themselves
may be trusted to do the wrong
thing today as they did in all the
yesterdays of time. So much for Mr.
Holt's warning.
His suggestion relates to the or
ganization of the league. In his
opinion it should have a legislative
department composed of representa
tives directly from the people. This
has been The Journal's consistent de
sire. It Is difficult to understand
how a league composed only vof
judges or diplomats could function
adequately for the nations' welfare.
There is no known reason why. the
parole officer at the Oregon peniten
tiary 6hould not be abolished. The
position has been used to disorganize
and disrupt affairs at the prison.
There Is now an efficient warden
at the penitentiary who can function
both as warden and parole officer
and save a useless salary.
AUSTRIA
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USTR1A is now a republic. Its
president Is a man named Seits,
who began life in an orphan
asylum and is a tailor by trade.
Seitz is a Socialist. Ho says in an
interview that there have been great
changes in Austria. They are far
deeper than political changes and the
loss, of territory. .He gives 'us to
understand that the psychology of
the people has become free and
modern. No doubt they have ad
vanced rapidly since they unloaded
the Hapsburgs, who were a heavy
load to carry.
t seems to be the current aspira
tion of the Austrians to unite with
Germanysince they are of the same
race and speak the same language.
Their old ambition to rule a great
empire with many subject peoplel
has vanished. '
There is no apparent reason why
all the solid masses of Germans
scattered here and there In Central
Europe should not form a single
federal union on. the model of the
United States. If they were to retain
their kaisers any such a union would
be dangerous on account of Us ex
tensive territory and numerous popu
lation, but as a republic- the case
would be different.
Republics governed by the masses
Of their i people are not apt to be
militaristic They seldom cherish im
perialist ambitions. They devote their
energies to improving their own wel
fare rather, than to destroying their
neighbors. '
A German republlo in Central
CONCLUSION
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Europe formed from all the German
states would, not unlikely, prove to
be a center of civilizing and peace
ful influences. It would be apt to
show itself worthy of a place In the
league of nations and., might be ex
pected to contribute valuable ideas to
that organization.
The Hapsburgs throve on the no
tion that it was the prime object
of every nation tc fight every other
nation and concruer as many as pos
sible. With the exit of the Hapsburgs
comes In the worthier notion that it
is the duty of the nations to live
together in peace and mutual help-r
fumess Just as ' it is of individuals.
In the new world big republics ought
not to be any more dangerous than
little ones. We do not look upon
Texas as a danger to Rhode Island.,
It is as if some of the Portland
senators were inviting political cru
cifixion. Their fight on the proposed
court of domestic relations is in the
face of the fact that the tribunal was
planned by Portland women and that
every woman's organization in the
city is solidly behind the bill. Un
like men, women voters do not for
get. More than one former official
who resisted reforms they' sought,
is now a political mummy.
AT SALEM
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AVE you noticed The Journal's
news of the legislative session?
The paper -has three special
correspondents at Salem: Will T.
Kirk, A. L. Lindbeck, and Ralph
Watson, dean oi' the reportorial
world of Portland. News is re
ceived over a leased wire, operating
directly from the state house intu
The Journal office.
The news is full and complete. It
is not colored. It is a fair and
impartial, statement of . -things as.
Ihey happen. - ;
It is a news service " that $ ought
to be highly satisfactory to the legis
lators and of great value to the
public. !
"Mueh greater support of the Pa
cific International Livestock show is
planned byrthe American Aberdeen
Angus Breeders' association" is the
announcement in. a statement just
issued. The statement says that re
sults at the Portland show have so
impressed representatives of the asso
ciation that thTplan of heavier sup
port of it has been adopted.
STEEL AND IRON
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HE story that England designs to
control the world's iron and steel
trade is not incredible. She has
been pursuing that design for
tht last hundred years with encour
aging success. She is not likely to
drop it now that her most formida
ble competitor, Germany, is out of
the race.
England's coal and iron mines are
conveniently situated for cheap pro
duction. Her workmen are expert.
Her shipping makes the problem of
markets fairly easy to solve. If a
great policy of railroad building in
Africa and Western A&ia is under
taken promptly,, as seets likely, there
will be a demand for all her iron
works can supply.
Before the war Germany's control
of the Alsatian iron deposits enabled
her to compete successfully with
England almost everywhere in the
iron and steel trade. Even in Eng
lish cities German wares sometimes
drove out the domestic.
One of Germany's leading motives
for going to war was to seize and
hold the Belgian and French .iron
deposits in order - to arry competi
tion to greater extremes and perhaps
extinguish the British trade.
But all that is over. Germany no
longer cuts a figure in the world's
markets and is not likely to for years
to come, particularly Since the iron
deposits left her are but scanty.
Some reports speak of lively future
competition between England and the
United States In the iron and steel
trade, with a. supposed advantage on
England's side because of her cheap
labor. But this advantage is purely
Imaginary.
If England has cheap labor the
United f States has efficient labor
which more than makes up the dif
ference. Our steel companies, even
unden .the comparatively loose com
bination whleh they had effected be
fore the war, were able to undersell
the British In foreign markets, though
they kept prices up at home. Tha
same steel armor plate that cost
Uncle Sam around $G00 a ton was sold
to the czar rat a far lower figure.
Besides, workers in the principal
countries seem on the verge of r
ganizing to bring wages to a com
mon level. 4 : '
But it is probably Idle to discuss
future ; competition between England
and the United States In the iron and
steel trade, because "there is hardly
likely to be any. Combination not
competition, is in the air. There arc
plenty of signs that our great steel
magnates are negotiating a merger
with those of England-
Industrially England abd this coun
try have perhaps finished fighting.
Ma j or General Wood betrays his
professional interest -when he argues
for universal peacetime conscription
on the "ground that MtherNw1ll be
wars as long as people xist.' His
pessimism has an obvious economic
background. Should wars cease Gen
eral Wood would be in the " same
situation as Othello. "His occupa
tion would be Kone." Uno-uesUonahl-r
there will be wars as long as people
permit those who desire war to con
trol their affaics. When the people
clearly express their will against
war by approving the league of na
tions General Wood will perceive
that his' reasoning Is faulty.
Letters From the People
(Coannranicationa arat to Tha Journal for pub
lication to UUa department ahoutd be written on
onljr on aid of too paper, ahem Id not exceed 800
worda in length and nmat ba aicned by tha writer,
whoae mail addreaa in full tniut accompany too
contribution.) .
The Syndicalism Bill'
Oswego, Jan. 2. To the Editor of
The Journal Your paper stands for
rig-ht- It is the friend of the people
and of justice. This is not a mere, com
pliment; It is the Teal truth, sincerely
writen, and your readers will concur In
It. Now. we ask you to frankly dis
cuss the bill introduced by Senator
Dimmlck In the legislature on syndic!,
ism. With little discussion this bill
waa railroaded- through the senate. 29
to 1.- It Is now before the house and
is dealing with an Important question.
Is it possible that such a law as pro
posed is necessary? Are Americans
plotting: violence upon the clases ruling
our state?
The passage of such a law would sug
gest to us that I. W. W. members are
far more numerous than we have been
led to believe; that these X. W. W.
members are all bad ; that they only
have one thoughj, the destruction of
society.
To advocate, teach, or suggest vio
lence will be interpreted by our courts
to Include those forceful common folk
who defend our rights in public ut
terances but who do not always choose
the right adjectives to describe croc-ks
as pleasanUy as the crook likes. It Is
not uncommon to hear a' real good
American say : "That politician ought
to be hung." or "That grafter ought to
be hung." 'The politician or grafter is
sare. iso one is going , to hang him.
at least, not now.
But. would such a remark not come
under this law? Would it not expose
the speaker to the penalty attached to
the violation of this law? It seems
Wonderfully strange, after 145 years of
training in liberty and free speech, that
we have got to the point where such
a law is necessary. There is one of two
conclusions : There are some awfully
Daa i. vv. w. members, or else the
politicians and grafters are getting
Bcarea. , Tne wicKea flee when no
man pursueth." A printed page of
law s their protection
would this law affect the reading
or tne ueciaration of Independence,
which suggests violence in pretty plain
terms, if conditions reach a point where
those suggestions are required? Sup
pose we discover that the person read
ing the Declaration of Independence to
an audience is guilty under this law.
Senator Pierce .tried t educate the
29 that this law would not remedy ; that
the cause for discontent ought to- be
removed. No effort to deal Vith the
cause is discussed ; yet these senators
ail know the cause of discontent as
well as we do.
I shall appreciate any -effort on your
part to educate ub in this law, its needs,
and why America has degenerated to
such .a point that we must keep crtisens
in line with un-American legislation
un-American because it can be con
strued to apply to many a remark that
is not dangerous to society.
V. F. COOPER.
School Changes Urged
Portland. Jan. 29. To the Editor ofl
oe journal -mere has been much said
of late regarding the scarcity of school
teachers. J. R. Stuber of "Schoolhouse,
District No. 18." has the right idea in
his letter of January 18, in which he
says to revise the course of study so
as to teach the eight grades in six years.
But I would have the age limit from
eight to l years,"- instead of seven to
16, as Mr. Stuber advocates. Also,. I
believe eight months' school per year is
plenty to accomplish the work necessary
to complete the eight grades In six years.
This would leav the summer months
for other pursuits so that the pupils
could work as apprentices at some trade
or profession that would help fit them
for the practical side of life.
As to the teacher's salary, there should
be a minimum that would insure the
comforts of life. But the teacher should
earn the salary by doing the work
allotted and not by putting part of the
work upon the pupils, thereby taking
the pupils' time from their studies, aa
some now do.
Under the present school system. If
a child Is capable of taking the work
of two classes in one term, he ought to
be allowed to do so unless it is a detri
ment to health. But some teachers plead
they have not the time to bother with
such. The school is aTumxsed to he. n
it ought to be, for tho benefit of the
children, and not merely a system to
" e joos wun pig salaries to men
and women.
Another thing that needs a great deal
mo attention is the conduct of the
children on the school grounds and to
and from school. There are a great
many fights on school grounds and
on me way nome, usually a big boy at
tacking a smaller one. The teacher ought
to be paying more attention to those In
his charge. HW, COOK.
A Plan for "Cleaning Up"
Granta Pass. Jan. 24 To the Editor
of The Journal Please permit me space
to submit an Idea, or a plan whereby
the people can correct all wrongs or
unjust things that may be Imposed upon
them and come Into .their, own rights
and do it in a sane, civilised way. it
costs nothing. This is the plan.. t.et
every community place a box. with a
card on it showing the subject to be
voted, on, on some public corner and
every voter write his name, his place
of registry and "Yes or "No" on a slip
of paper and cast It Into the box
which I shall call a soapbox, aa soap
Is the most cleansing thinarthat I irnn.
of. And let's. clean hp, and let's do It
In a civilised way. Ut pi show the
world that America can clean un with.
out going Into a Bolshevik system of
eiausnwr ana plunder. Where is a
man who Is sane w ho wanls that kind
of a system, when we can gat around it?
i reaa tnatso .per cent of the people
want to taka war profits to pay war
debts. Now, if 90 per cent vote yes on
the subject, what will our senators do?
I will leave the rest to you, aa space
will not permit me tor do' justice to the
subject, although J must Quote Theo
dore Roosevelt's words where he said
If the people were with him he could
do much ; If the people were . not with
hlm; he could do nothing. President
Wilson has used almost the gam words. 1
ow Senator Borah, is calling ' for the
aame. ; And I must say that when greed
will enter tHe home of the unborn child
and Impose abuse upon It through the
abuse of the mother. Just to accumulate
the almighty dollar, it is time to
clean up. . . W. C. JACKSON.
Denies Church Opposes Socialism -Portland,
Jan. 2S.To the Editor of
Tha Journal Some people,' it seems, are
under the. impression that the Catholic
5hurch is -opposed to Socialism. For
this idea there is not the least founda
tion in fact. The Catholic church baa
never yet condemned Socialism ex ca
thedra or from the chair of Peter. Not
until this is done can it be truthfully
said that the Catholto church is an op
ponent of Socialism. "A few rich men,"
said Pope Leo XIII. "have been able to
lay upon the shoulders of the teeming
masses of the laboring poor a yoke lit
tle better than that of slavery Itself."
This sounds very much like Socialism.
But it is a bold statement of fact back
of which V tha highest authority of the
Catholic church. Some Catholic secu
lar publications as well as some of the
clergy and laity of that church oppose
Socialism, but this opposition is voiced
only in the field of economics, the field
where files the flag of the Socialist
challenge to all opponents.
A man who does not demand the full
product of his toil is not true to him
self and ia very liable to be false to
other men. The Socialist demands the
full product of his toll and is therefore
true to himself. "To thine own self be
true," says a great poet, "then it shall
follow as the night the day. thou canst
not then be false to any man."
PATRICK O'HAXXiORAN.
Socialism and Christianity
Vancouver, Waah., Jan. 26.- To the
Editor of The Journal Before It may
be determined whether Socialism is anti
Christian, the type of Socialism and the
blend of Christianity in question must
firstly be determined. Scientific So
cialism and philosophic Christianity are
one and the same thing, and this thing
was plagiarized' from the philosophy of
Gautama, Christ's precursor of the sixth
century, B. C. ; whereas, anarchic. So
cialism and mystic Christianity may be
any, or all, means of insidious, per
nicious and idolatrous false teaching,
and both are anarchy, pare and poison
ous. There are at least a dozen schools
of anarchic Socialism, and not less than
12 dozen cults of Christian spiritualism,
all of which are devoid of mode, means
and scientific method. Thus both
anarchy and mysticism were, are and
will continue to be a stumbling block
in the pathway of progressive civilisa
tion. A BUDDHIST.
"Save the Pennies"
Estacada. Jan. 27. To the Editor of
The Journal Poverty in this blessed
country is generally accounted for on
the theory that the unworthy poor do
not save their, pennies. So the gospel
of thrift is preached at the delinquents,
who miss all of it, because they have
not clothes fit to wear to church nor
nickels to purchase the papers. To save
their pennies, to squeeze another egg
out of a hen, to get up a little earlier,
to work a little later, to skim the cream
a little closer, to wear the darned old
socks a little longer, to pare the cheese
a little thinner, or go without it alto
getfier this is the song of salvation up
to date. It is a sad and mournful song.
May the good I-ord save us from such
salvation. If this is the way to be
saved, what must it be to' be damned?
Anyone who can count as high as a
million knows that millionaires are nof
made such by saving their own pen
nies but by stealing other people's dol
lars. But the preachers and professors
and certain antiquated agricultural ed
itors still keep passing round the same
old mouldy chestnuts and empty sneus
and singing the same old stupid song
"Slave, Save and Starve."
No wonder atheism flourishes and the
seeds of Bolshevism sprout vigorously.
in the hotbeds of discontent. The fool
killer laughs and Fate spins. And even
Fate cannot keep from laughing as she
turns her wheel. J. U JONES.
The Sawed Wood Shortage
Portland. Jan. 24. To the Editor of
The Journal An article by a learned
man in The Journal recently stated that
a man who made a study of the Bible
prophecies needed no record of present
day levents, so accurately were they
being fulfilled. I agree with him. One
message in the Bible whleh has always
confounded me runs something like this
"To him that hath shall be given ; and
from him that hath not shall be taken
even that which he seemeth to
have:" This, I now know, must have
been a prophecy, and lo, have I now
witnessed its fulfilling with mine own
eyes! This winter we have bee en re
duced to the necessity of buying sawed
wood by the cord. We ordered from one
of the many flourishing institutions
handling this commodity. My lord and
master, being a man of methodical turn,
counted tha sticks as he brought them
in. finding, they ran far short of the
number he knew to be standard for wood
of that size. He piled it carefully and
sent for the city sealer of weights and
measures, who gravely assured us that
sawed wood measured only 115 cubic
feet to the cord. We had 101, so the
company sent ua a check for the short
age. In course of time this wood was re
duced to ashes. We ordered another
cord from the same concern. This also
looked shy and measured short. Upon
notifying the company the city sealer
again came, protesting this particular
company's impeccabUityj and his belief
in their honesty nerore ne even saw the
wood. He gave me a slip for 102 feet.
telling me curtly to get my wood In
four-foot lengths hereafter. Now I re
ceive a credit slip from the fuel com
pany for 10 cubic feet. One hundred and
twelve cubic feet ot wood ror 19.75 1
Why is not this position under tha
federal government, as are scales, in
stead of giving it to a man whose living
depends upon the ravor or the men
whose influence procures him the ap
pointment? MRS. 11. H. KUI1N.
Spoilers and Drones
Portland, Jan. 25. To the Editor of
The Journal The question all-absorbing
is reconstruction. A great many of the
reconstructionists have plans that will
be dollars in their own pockets. For
tho last 50 years the capitalists have
been protesting, while labor has been
squeesed from every angle. The real
estate promoter has levied about 50 per
cent on the farmer, our protective tariff
levied 43 per cent on the laborer, and.
then the middleman levied at least 30
per cant on each, so labor of all kinds
has been ground between the upper and
the nether-millstones. Labor Iim been
largely relieved by the Underwood
tariff law. which, without tha incentive
of the war, would have brought pros
perity to the laborer, and whleh would
have continued If the president haul suc
ceeded in getting a congress for 191$
and 1920, We all know what a Repub
lican congress will do' for tha country
If we have at the name time a Demo
cratic' president. We can expect but
little of benefit, to the. people, from con
gress for the : next two years, so we
must look to our state legislatures. The
first 'reconstruction work should be in
giving Justice between tba land specu
lator and purchaser. We are mil
agreed that no one created.. the land.
and we should be agreed that all the
value thera is in Jana berore .there is
labor performed is just what tba land
will produce. .Our legislature should
paaa . a law which would protect the
laborer on land. The labor should be
appraised and the - real estate dealer
should pay for the labor before he could
take possession of the property. Jt thera
COMMENT AND,
, ' SMALL CHANGE'
It will be natural for Paderewski,
after he has served one term as prime
atintster, to expect an encore.
Tha near Sinn Fain parliament at Dub
lin is carrying on all its deliberations
in Gaelic-which is all Greek to us.
Very considerate of the city council to
give us1 until March 1 in which to get
our flu maska in readiness. But why
no? make it April 1? r ; . X
Anyway, we've never been so fright
ened of the "flu' that we wouldn't
indulge in. a shot of Spanish, sauce
whenever our appetite craved it.
Virginia Rapp is a motion picture
actress with a California company. We
trust -4 that the artistic temperament
doesn't make a knocker of Miss Rapp,
As ona of the numerous aftermaths
of the great struggle, in relation to
woman s war work, certain eastern cities
are distressed over the . belle-hop ' prob
lem. ' a
If there were as many ways for Ger
many to raise the money as there aro
for her not to raise it as per all
these self-appointed attorneys for Ger
many, her war bill would be just as
good as paid right now. s
"What'a the matter with Russia?
Russia." Thus an esteemed contemp.
This diagnosis is very good very good
Indeed. It is so good, in fact, that
it is just as good -for any other country,
with due allowance for Wnd and degree,
of course. 1
JOURNAL MAN AT HOME
By Fred
(A' nonagenarian pioneer of Oregon ia Mr.
Ioeklef'a subject today. Thia patriarch ia of a
family lastly famed for eminent and honorable
participation in tba- atate'a public affair. The
afurdineaa of its etock la indicated bjr tba fact that
tha original family transplantation to tha eoil of
Oregon waa effected by a widow who came hither
aeroaa the plain ia 1892. t ringing eight of ber
nine children.
Benjamin Harrison Irvine of Lebanon
is receiving the congratulations of his
friends upon celebrating the ninetieth
anniversary of his -birth. "Uncle Ben"
baa lived in Oregon during the last 66
years. I visited- Uncle Ben and Aunt
Becky at their home during strawberry
season several years ago. His father.
Jesse Irvine, waa' born in Kentucky and
moved out to the frontier in Missouri
in the very early 'SO's, not long before
the Black Hawk war. Jesse Irvine was
what they catted in those days a "Mis
souri Democrat."- He died in 1840. In
1852 bis widow, Margaret Hadley Irvine,
with three of her daughters and i five
Bona, made the trip by ox team across
tho plains to the Willamette valley. The
Oregon country the land of promise
proved to be the land of fulfillment for
the Irvine family, and today the sons
and daughters and grandchildren of Mrs.
Jesse Irvine are scattered all over the
West. Givie, the oldest daughter, did
not come to Oregon when the1 Irvine
family migrated in 18S2. She and her
husband had a farm In Kentucky and
did not 'feel the lure of the West.
In France I met a young aviator from
Pasadena, Lloyd Cosper by name. He
was awarded the Croix de Guerre for
bringing down a German plane. What
has that to do with the migration of
the Irvine family to Oregon In 1852?
It has this to do with It : Lloyd's great
grandfather was Charles Claggett, who
married Polly Irvine, When Polly II
vlna was married she and her husband
took up a place near Salem. Thirty
years ago I used to see on sunny and
somnolent summer afternoons Uncle
Charley Claggett and a group of Salem
pioneers playing croquet on his lawn on
Commercial street, In Salem. .
-
Robert Irvine, another of the children
who made the six months' trip across
tho plains in 1852, married a daughter
of Lige Smith, also of Marion county.
Jesse B. Irvine married Emmaline
Humphreys, whose people owned a farm
on the Santiam river.
THE FINE CHAPS
By Anthony
Special Corresnondenco to The Journal and tha
unicaso xauy new,
London. Comforting words to the kin
of our boys on this aide of the ocean
regarding their life, habits, conduct and
appearance were enthusiastically voiced
in an interview given to roe after days
of careful observation by Colonel .Daniel
Moriarty. former head of the 7th regi
ment, Illinois national guard, and erst
while county commissioner of Cook coun
ty, hi. Colonel Morlarlty was on his
way to France together with 30 other
men as one of the main field secretaries
of the Knights of Columbus, who are to
ngage in Important work in connection
with demobilisation. In tha group were
men from New York, St. Louis, Kansas
City and other places, and these, while
listening to the views of Colonel Marlarl
ty. joined In with him, declaring they
had the same experience sad observation
to tell.
e e e
"I have been connected with soldiers
in the Illinois national guard for many
years, and I believe that my experience
has been intimate and varied1. said the
colonel, whp looked younger and spryer
In his snug fitting uniform of a Knights
of .Columbus secretary than he has In
many years. "I found that our soldiers
and sailors whom I met here In England
and whom I questioned and observed
not only are a fine, bright lot of men,
but have kept themselves clean. - Not
only the various agencies, but thevin
fluence of the original home surround-1
was a law protecting our people, in five
years we would not know our own
country. The price of unimproved land
is from two to three times too high.
Every grub that is taken out. every
house that is built, every fruit tree that
is set out. increases the price of the
speculator's holdings. The land specu
lator Is a drone and ought to be treated
Uka the drone. G. w. dowi.nu.
Other Northern PaciHc Heroes
ir.n-r&. Jan. 22. To the Editor of
The Journal A few aays ago you. pub
lished the picture and a very inter
ih letter of a Portland hero, a navy
boy on a submarine chaser, regarding
the removal of wounded and other sol
diers from the stranded Northern Pa
cific It might be construed from the
article that no other chasers ware
assisting but the ones named. How
ever ' I have- a son who is machinist
and ' chief petty officer on submarine
chaser Calhoun No. So. one pi tne lat
est models, finished, only last spring,
and he. too. was assisting In that heroic
rescue work, and gives likewise a very
interesting account of it in a letter
home. I also have anoiner wn im
navy who ia electrician on tne upma
rine F-3. who gives some scary account
of his experiences, although he seema
to have enjoyed them. He says in train
ing they often go out and submerge to
the bottom of the briny deep andsthen
turn all lights out and aee how quickly
they can rise to the surface, all work
ing in the darkness of the depths, and
when -the officer in charge give an
..-,- te reneated bv the one it ia '
given to. and no qne else speaks which
shows each man at his post to do his
part - in the clockwork of eomplleated i
mechanism. : JU f."
"' v"' Change of Child's Name j
Jtarshfleld.- Jan. 7-To thejjEditor of
NEWS IN BRIEF
. OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Hood River pari ies-are projecting ' a
country club. Including golf course.
- The 1 total oounty 'indebtedness of
Klamath county is now I132.249.7t. a
reduction of ,167,751 since a correspond
ing date In 1914 m,
All fear of a shut'down of Baker
lumber mills has passed, the Democrat
says, and operations wUl .now be on a
larger scale than, every ,
."With the -Introduction of warm
weather," says the Crane American of
January 24, "work was resumed on the
new Crane Mercantile company bulld-
ing. . '. r - '
"Parcel post rates are Just about aa
cheap as the freight rates on tha Surap-te-r
Vallev railroad." says the Canyon
City Eatr.e."'and many people have most
ail oi weir gooos cmqe iiun.t
At Eugene a man going home lata
aved his Dursa from holdups by sneak
ing it into a package of beefsteak he was
carrying. Or, on the other hand, was It
the beefsteak that he sneaked into the
purse? ,:- . . . ; . .
"Salem: the Capital Journal asserts,
"never faced a brighter outlook for an
era of growth and' prosperity than at
the present time, Because or tne prom
the fruit? and other :products of the
surrounding territory. If the ?lty does
not enjoy a marked ' and substantial
growth . this year and in" succeeding
years it will be the fault of the people
of tsaiem
Lpckley
Few men were better loved or more
respected than Jesse B. Irvine.' X vis
ited him at his home In Corvalll some
years ago and .ne told me many inter
esting things asout early days in the
forks of the Santiam and about the
boyhood days of his son, Frank Irvine,
eaitor oi u.ne uregon journal.
James Irvine married Luclnda Whit
ing. Margaret, the youngest member of
the family, married George Hollen
beck. After his death she married Rob
ert Miller. Milton A. Miller, -collector
of Internal revenue. Is their son. Sam
Irvine settled on Salem prairie about
seven miles from the capital city. Betsy
married and also stUed near Salem.
Charles L. McNary. United States sen
ator from Oregon, is a grandson of
"Aunt Polly" Irvlne-Claggett.
"Uncle Ben" Irvine, the last surviv
ing child of Jesse and Margaret Hadley
Irvine, married Sarah Becky Johnson,
whose father, Harrison Johnson, had
donation land claim in the forks of the
Santiam. Aunt Betty died about a year,
ago. "We were Missouri Democrats when
we settled near Scio, back In 18S2,""sald
Uncle Ben as we sat under the trees
at his home the last time I visited him
"My brother Bob became a Lane Demo
crat. He was a great admirer of Gen
eral Joe Lane. Jesse, Jim and I were
Stephen A. Douglas Democrats. We
surely used to have some warm political
discussions 50 or 60' years ago. I be
came a Republican, but along about the
time Mark Hanna was running the Re
publican party, I got weaned away from
it and became a Prohibitionist. Neither
of the old parties would take up the
cause of prohibition, so I worked and
voted for prohibition."
Uncle Ben Is 90 years old and he has
lived to., see his dream of nation-wide
prohibition come true. He has watched
with keen interest the results .of our
early Indian wars, the Mexican war,
the Civil war, the Spanish-American
war and the Philippine insurrection, and
he has seen the sons of the North and
the sons of the South' fight shoulder to
shoulder in Europe to bring liberty to
tho world and make the world abetter
place to live In. And now, loved and
respected by relatives, friends "and
neighbors, he awaits with serene con
fldence the day when the Great Com
mander shall give him his marching or
ders to take the long trail to the prom
ised land on the other side of the river.
"OVER THERE"
Czarneckl
lngs in America of our boys have had a
telling effect here. They are fine in their
appearance and in their conduct In
fact, they are the finest soldiers and eatl
ora l have seen on this side of the ocean
It Is a splendid credit to the mothers and
fathers as well as the homes in America
that as a whole they will come back as
good as . when . they left our shores,
though more experienced. Many agen
cles. both of this country and those
which stretched their hands from home
across the sea, have been carefully
guarding and aiding our boys. Too
much praise cannot be given,, for the
great amount of unselfish work that
you see done for them on all sides;
" "Our boys 'are a healthy, active lot
and compare most favorably with all
the others. The war experience will be
a great thing for every -soldier and sail
or who was across the sea, and when X
look upon them I feel more keenly the
fact that in spite of all I tried -tip do
I could not come across with my boys
when tney came over here.. If I had
not been too old, in spite of my experi
ence - or many years in the national
guard as an officer, I should have en
listed as a private. "--However, now; for
the Knights of Columbus, and through
their kindness, with other splendid men
I am going over to see my old boys and
be of help to them as they go home
or wnerever tneir auty may call them.
I am a. soldier now working In the cause
of helping our fighting men, and am
glad to be here." ?
The Journal Is it possible to change ar
cnuaa name rrom the mother's maiden
name to her husband's' name, or from
ner husband s name, she being married
some time before the child was born?
READER.
m l born in wedlock the child .take the name
of the father. If born out of wedlock it takes
tha mother's name, nnlesa the mother glrea tt
th name of the reputed father. Names, once
i n, n oniy po-eaatigwi py court proceedings, j
Wilson the People' Man
Independence. Jan. 27. To the Editor
or -me journal I feel. that some of our
leading statesmen should be more co
operative with president Wilson's plana,
rather than denounce the absence of
our president from the United states.
We know our president is determined
to do the ' will of the peoples f the
worlds who have put thelp confidence
in him aa a deliverer.. He will never
snim nis duty, t Our country needs this
man of all men to keep the United
States a peaceful country. -
V R. E. POBTERFIELD,
Olden Oregon
How a Nervy Pioneer Got a Sailboat
' to the Snake River.
W. H. Gray waa the first man to run
a . sailboat of much also with regular
freight up the Snake river. That - was
in i860, before steamboats were placed
otrthe ; river Gray built hla boat, a
60-ton sloop, on Oosyooa lake, on the
Okanogan river. In it he descended that
river to its confluence with the Colum
bia. Thence he descended the Colum
bia, running down the Entiat. Rock
island. Cabinet and Priest rapids no
slight undertaking. At Five Mile rapids
he found his sail was insufficient to
carry tha sloop uw Men-ald it was Im
possible' for him. to ascend. "The aloon
waa taken up on an Improrls'ed cable.
- Ragtaand Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
. Greek Herts Creek
II117HATS coming off, out in front
there?" asked the proprietor of
the Tote Fair atore in Tumllnvllle. Ark.
tquoted In the Kansas City Star).
a co u pie oi ,ieuers xrom etraaie
Ridge swapped mules." replied the "clerk,
"and now each la accusing the other of
skinning him." :.
Well, then, why don't they trade
oackl-'
"I reckon they are both afraid of
getting skinned again."
The Ultimate Bliss
Aftar tha war ia oeer
After -I get bark home.
.. I hare but ona ambition
. - Under tha heaven's dome.
'after tha war arer ,' '
(That Is, tf I m not d.ad). '
- I shall ba happy all ever.
I'm going to bed In a Bed I
'Carolyn .Walla in Everybody'i
... Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Jed Hi lacker, who paid $4.25 for
bottle of cold tea last week, is - some
pessimist, ' Jed has f Iggered out tint
with a sufferin public dependin on boot
leggers fer enthusiasm, and the bootleg
gers dependin' on moonshiners fer the
foundation stuff, and the moonnhtners
liable to be .snooted out by revenue of
ficers in flyln machines, there won't
be no more Fourth o July', Christmas,
New Tear nor harvest home celebration
worth goin' acrost the road to see. Jed
would emigrate to Italy or somewheres.
but he lows he loves the American flag
and wants to aell some of his logged oft
land first.
The 'News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
Of Journal Readers
GENERAL. ,'; -By
orders of a circuit court in Hono
lulu newsgirla have been abollahed from
the streets.
Smith W. Conklin, a millionaire, waa
shot and killed at Fathcogue, N. Y.. by
a detective, who tried to kill himself.
Leaders of the maritime workers at
Buenos Aires announce that they have
organised to continue the port strike in-
aenmteiy.
General Pershing reports that by April
he will be dispatching American troop)
homeward from France at the rate of
300,000 monthly. - .
Louts F. Post, assistant secretary of
labor, predicts that a pertoa or un
equaled prosperity will follow the re
adjustment period. I
Government control of telephone and
telegraph lines would end December 31.
under a resolution favorably reported.
to tne nouse Tnursaay.
The 12 federal reserve banks broke
records In 1918' by piling up an aggre
gate or oo,at,ou(r net earnings, as com
pared with 811.202,000 in 1917.
Army aviation plans in - connection
with the proposed army of 600,000 men
call for 1003 airplanes operated - by
zuuu oriicers ana xz.ooo men.
Lieutenants George P. Lercett. an avi
ator, whose' home is at Fairfield, la.,
was killed at San Dlero, Wednesday,
wnen nis airplane feu 600 feet.
--.--.-. sv. k-ini .aii m j
dress at Sharon, Pa., Thursday night
on , reconstruction and the problem of
employment lor returning soldiers.
A convention of the League of the
Southwest to discuss the annexation of
Lower California ia to be held in Los
Angeles the latter part of February.
A new Issue of 2800,000,000 In treaau
certificates, bearing 4V4 per cent in
terest and payable July 1, was nut on
the market by Secretary Glass Thurs
day. - , ,
The repair ship Prometheus arrived nt
New York from Brest Wednesday after
having been stationed in the Bay of
Biscay since the United States entered
the war.
A measure' modifying homestead law
privileges In favor of soldlerx who
served in the war or on the Mexican
border has been reported favorably' in
the eenate. ,
NORTHWEST NOTES.
The Wan 'enton Commercial club hss
voted to join the Oregon State Chamber
of Commerce.
Father O'Neill of ITIllsboro haa been
appointed parish priest for St. Cecelia's
parish at Beaverton.
has adopted a resolution calling for
the expulsion from Canada of all enemy
aliens. "
A bill In the Washington legislature
which .would permit the marketing of
cull apples Is being fought by the state
horticultural commissioner.'
During the season of 1818 the Sheri
dan cannery paid out 1125,000 for fruits
and $18,000 for labor. The total output
was 3000 tons of earmed goods.
Prisoners in the Snohomish county
Jail were detected extracting alcohol
from corn syrup ?over a slow lire. The
still waa seized and search disclosed a
half pint of aleohol that had been made.
Captain T. K. Brown of Ellensbtirg.
Wash., Just returned from overseas, has
announced hla 'candidacy for cons-res")
next year, to eucread Dr. J, W, Sum
mers of Walla Walla.
A aaaaeSMAi Iflt aSrl rs - 9i !CTi aiV I HsHAn
authorities that producere'of apmce on
the Pacific coast who had informal
agreements) with the spruce production
division will receive their money.
Charred, with appropriating to Til
own use certain food stores belonging
to the army.- Cajrtain W. J. Krgensinger,
coast artillery corps has been dishon
orably discharged from the army.
a -si hi- s
FOREIGN.
Kins- Peter of Serbia, who has been
ill for some time, has suffered a second
stroke of apoplexy.
Br January IS the whole of Oer-
many's western army had bean trans
ported to eemoDUisauon centers. .,
Dr. Alexander Cesar, a prominent sur
geon., haa been appointed representative
of .Nicaragua at the peace conference.
Spartacan forces have overturned the
arnvernmenti in Wilhelmshaveii. Gr-
rftany. and occupied the banks and pub
lie buildings.
Oscar T. Crosby, president of the In
terallied Council for War Purchases and
Finance, and General Tasksr 1L LUps
of the council have resigned.
arce cooies or lurKian troops nave-,
-ffttnsu Tartar hni4 afit. ara atfainsr4
Armenian villages. About 20.000 people
were- slaughtered in Baku and vicinity.
Th belief Is expressed In French of
ficial circles thta the preliminaries for
peace will be finished and ready for
submission, between March 13 and
March 31. - .
, Consider the Squirrel ; but
Dont Be a "Nut!" Buy
W. S. S. '
fStorlei of aehleeement in tha seeaisn'a
tione of War Serine Htampa aent to The
Joarnal and aeoeptable for publication will
ba awarded a Thrift Stamp. )
The squirrel doesn't have to be
taught thrift. He knowa he must
store up nuta for the Jong winter.
Gee! The. squirrel haa got a lot on
some of usj
Let's plajp squirrel And let's play
Thrift Stamps are nuts and store up
a lot of them for the long winter
when we can't earn aa much as we
can today. -
Jt'a foolish to work for money and
then let the money- loaf. Put it to
work. - Let Uncle Sam have it by
buying War Savings Stamps.
'Thrift Stamp and 1919 War Fiv
Inga Stamps now on eale at u- .1
agencies.- , -i