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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1919. 10 it Alt INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER C. S. iaCKsO.... ..WilMwt Published ery day, afternoon mod morning -rapt Monday afternoon), at Tha JournIBall f inc. Broadway and YamhiU street. ForUene. urcgon. Extend at tha Foatoffia at Portland. 0 for iraosmiasiasi unw ww class matter. ' CELEPHONES Main 71T3; Home. A-SOBl. All dcDartmanta seacbed by these Bombera. Tall the operator what department yog want. rOKKIO.N AUVEBTISINO BEPRE8ENTATIVB Benjamin Kant nor Co.. B runswick Bui Iditig. 22 5 riith arena. New Xork; 00 Mailer ttuuaraa-, i-nitme-x StrhecTtptioB terms by maU In Oregos and Waeb- r faigtoo: DAILY (MORNING OB AFTERNOON) On y 800 Ona Month 9 .60 v SUNDAY Ona year $2.50 I Ona month. ....$ .25 DAILY (M0BNINO OR AFTERNOON) AND SUNDAY Ona year..... $7.50 Ona month. ... .8 .65 Trifles maka perfection; but perfection la no trifle. Michael Angelo. A WEEK'S DELAY IN HIS after dinner conversation with senators on the League of Nations' the president made one ' particularly shrewd observation. He eald that if a week's delay had intervened in August, 1914, when war hung In the balance the hostile na tions would have kept the peace. They would have discovered that the quarrel between Austria and Serbia was "justiciable," and, taking all the perils into account, wouM nave chosen the safer and better sway. But there was no international machinery to call a half on the war offices. The raving militarists carried everything before them and the world was deluged with blood And all for want, not of a horse , shoe nail exactly but of something almost as commonplace. A little time for reflection, a few days in which to count the cost of war, would have saved the situation. So the president belieyes and the best minds of the world agree 'with him. He was arguing with the senators in' behalf of the League of Nations, which is nothing more than an ap paratus to secure delay, time for reflection and wise counsel when the war "ssplrit runs high. The senators objected that the league "would not prevent war." "Certainly," replied he president In substance. "We do not expect it to. We do not expect it to prevent war absolutely and al , ways. But we do expect it to prevent some wars by securing an interval for thinking thinajs over." It would prevent the furious mili tarists from overriding prudence and common sense. It would oblige them to submit their case to an unpre Judleed tribunal. Above all it would ensure publicity. Publicity is the deadly foe of the war demons. Give the massej of the people an opportunity to express themselves on the question of war or no war nd the peace of the world is fairly .; secure. And that is what publicity Implies.. It opens the way for the masses to speak their will. "When you are angry." said the old man to his sturdy young son, "stop and count a hundred." The son followed his father's counsel and passed through life without a quarrel or a lawsuit The league covenant requires na tions to stop and count a hundred, or, perhaps, a thousand, before they plunge Into the bloody fray. The chances are that long before they finish counting they will cool off and feel willing to settle their differences V peaceably. - It is impossible fully to believe in the sincerity of senators who ob- . Ject to this wholesome provision. It - is impossible to believe that civilized men like Lodge and Knox honestly prefer blind and passionate haste to reflection and common sense in set tling ; international quarrels. Their Objections do not ring true. Their arguments sound hollow. Their evasive maneuvers at tha president's dinner betray some se " cret purpose of which they are ashamed or which hpy do not dare to announce openly. What is the real ground of their objections to - a League of Nations? t Ace they conspiring to invade and conquer Mexico? The league would call a halt on any such project. Do they dream of overrunning the whole western hemisphere and subjecting it to wholesale exploitation? The League of Nations would stay their hands. They do not dare to expose their true objections to the light of day. "The time has gone by when we have no interest in our neighbors; we are no longer isolated; we should have an organization of all nations where men would sit and judge . grievances on their merits rather than fly to war without cause," was the i sound statement of City Com missioner Barb ur In, proposing that the city council of Portland should go on record in favor of a League of 'Nations. But the action was post poned on the ground that the council might appear as trying to dictate to congress, , Why not let congress A know what publio sentiment is? What Is congress .for but, as repre sentatives of the people, to carry out the instructions - of the people? PORTLAND INVITED THE activity at Walla Walla In behalf of steamboat and barege lines for ; the Columbia would soon be manifest in all the coun try along the routo if Portland-would make it clear that an aggressive ef fort, was to be made to successfully use the river. With a definite and purposeful an nouncement that this city would op erate modern craft on a dependable schedule, pocketing losses, if neces sary, until the enterprise could be brought to a paying basis, all the tributary territory in Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho would enthusiastic ally respond. The development of the motor truck has given the proposal a feasibility that it never1 had before. Improve ment of roads is a further aid. The modern truck has brought fields and cities that were formerly far away, in close proximity to the river. De vices for transfer of loads have enor mously minimized the former handi caps to such a traffic. These things, along with modern ized river craft, have made far more feasible an enterprise that formerly might have been impossible. They have recently been put into use on the eastern and southern waterways of America with exceptional success. There is every reason to expect that former failure on the Columbia, as a result of new things now could be transformed into a profitable busi ness. It is one way for Portland to hold her own against ever increasing rail rates, unfavorable interstate com merce decisions and the long time discriminations of the railroads. In the plan, Portland has an argument that rival cities cannot answer. The power of waterways to carry product at the lowest rates has been proven all over the -world, and everywhere rivers are being deepened and canals dug. With river lines once established and in full swing, the flow of Inland Empire products down the Columbia instead of over the Cascade moun tains would follow, not merely on the river but by rail. The moun tain routes could not stand up against the new competition, and routing of the heavy traffic along water grades would be forced. This alone is reason for this port, re gardless of expenditure, to put the river, one of nature's mightiest arteries of commerce, into full and ever increasing use. The reorganized Port ef Portland commission has the authority, has the means, has everything necessary to apply the plan. And it has the opportunity to justify the action of the legislature in reorganizing the body. Things look a little out of joint when a woman has to be arrested for kidnaping her own children, as Mrs. Williams of Roseburg was the other day. Left destitute by her husband, she was obliged by a court order t: part with her two little girls, who were sent to live in different fami lies. The mother kidnaped them and was arrested for it. The law might have been wiser if it had discovered some way 'to assist the children without bereaving the mother. It would unquestionably have been more humane. ARMENIA'S TRAGEDY DESPITE all their sufferings at the hands of the Hun, the war victims of Belgium and North ern France are now busily en gaged in the work of reconstruction, and can at least look forward to some sort of harvest during the coming summer. But the Turk is even more thor ough than the Hun in his work of destruction. The trail of the bar barous Turk, wherever it has led throughout the r.ncient lands made familiar to us through Bible-lore, has left utter ruin, desolation and starvation, both present and pros pective. Not content with wholesale massacre and every manner of in dividual atrocity, the Turks destroyed every agricultural implement, killed all stock and food animals, looted their victims of all their possessions, and burned all cities and villages to the ground. The survivors of this three-year orgy of massacre are on the verge of sj.arvat'on. They are emaciated from privation, clad in wretched rags. They are dazed from their horrible experiences. They are kept alive only by the daily ladle of soup or stew from the relief kitchens, and are without the first essential for reconstruction work. The plan of the American commit tee for relief in the Near East, in addition to clothing and. feeding these pitiable war victims, is to provide them with agricultural implements, seed for. sowing, and domestic ani mals from which herds and flocks may be bred. Portland's quota of the national 530,000,000 fund sought, to be raised fs $73,200, and the Armenian relief drive will begin next Monday. All those who have warm clothing, wholesome food and a shelter over their heads, will doubtless be eager tc give generously out of their com parative riches, whea the drive workers call. The. Port of Los Angeles is a bid der for- ocean commerce, and is pre paring for it. The port is building 8000 feet of bulkheads in the inner harbor tot contain dredglngs that will reclaim ftore thaa 100 acres suitable f . . . -. . , . for industrial sites. It Is also build ing a seawall " in the outer harbor. vvhich"vill: reclataj; 120 acres of new land which is expected to make room for the rapidly growing fishing In dustry, of Southern California. The federal government is dredging a channel 200 feet wide, 4000 feet long and 30 feet deep, together wjth a maneuvering basin 450 by 700 feet The main channel of the harbor is being widened from 500 to 1000 feet. In 1909 Los Angeles adopted a mu nicipal harbor improvement program for the expenditure of $10,000,000 in 10 years. ITS PLAIN' DUTY Bbruritt ii adjourns, congress ought to provide funds for con tinuing the federal employment In a single day recently 5400 men passed throug! the doors of the Portland office, seeking positions. With that caravan of men tramping the highways in quest of employ ment it is beyond belief that Con gress will not realize the importance and need of providing every facility by which jobs and men may bo brought together. The federal service in Portland has found places for thousands of returned fighters. It has been a clearing house of places and men by which the highest purpose has been served. The federal system is superior in that there are parts of the country at times when men are wanted while in other parts it is jobs that are sought With the central office at Washington in intimate touch with the employment situation in every part of the country, the minimum of unemployment can be maintained and a true equilibrium,, be secured. There is no higher service that a government can render, than to maintain a system by which men, rendered idle by the shifting currents of industry, may be given the fullest chance to obtain work. Thoughts about such things are of infinitely higher value and of far more prac tical benefit than the long winded speeches in congress in opposition to a program of peace and good will on earth. 0 i If nothing else will move congress to do its duty toward the unem ployed the great mass of men from the army and navy who are bound in large part to be forced into temporary idleness, should be an ap peal that members of the body can not resist. It is an appeal which every or ganization in America should hurl at the doors of congress. It is a happy incident that one of President Wilson's first acts after his return to America was to express the desire that the legislative branch would do everything possible to give relief to the unemployment situation. Benton county seems to lead the van in organizing farm bureaus. Other counties may be somewhat be hind it but they will quickly catch up. The rapid sale of tractors in Benton indicates a progressive spirit among the farmers. Once get bureaus organized and at work and we shall see progress in settling the market problem, which is the real problem of farm life. FIGHTING FOR THE FARMERS THE determination of Vancouver to join in the fight of the farm ers for water grade grain rates instead of over mountain grain rates, is announced. As the head of deep sea navigation on the Columbia, Vancouver's inter ests are not with Puget Sound. Van couver's whole future is intimately bound up in the Columbia. The rate structure that favors Puget Sound at the expense of Columbia river ports discriminates against Vancouver. The interests of the Vancouver back country suffer from the domi nation by Puget Sound of the rate scheme of the Northwest. All the country, from Vancouver to Pasco and beyond, suffers from the same cause. The profits of the people are lessened and their prosperity is held back by rates based on the water grade cost of haul plus the added charge necessary to haul traf fic over high mountains. Vancouver oughtjiot only to join the inland farmers in the fight for lower rates, as she has done, but it is greatly to her. future to become a propagandist and promoter of the Columbia route, both river and rail. She ought, in and out of season, to spread through Eastern Washington the gospel of the economy of a transportation that rolls down gradu ally descending slopes to tidewater instead of a transportation that in cludes the dragging of heavy traffic up steeps, around devious and dan gerous passes and amid winter snows and snow slides. Some day, when there is a 30 foot channel, as there will be to Vancouver, that port will realize the soundness of the advice herein offered. The whole interest of Vancouver is the Columbia river. Vancouver's future depends upon the Columbia river. Its larger growth rests wholly on the larger Importance and larger use it can help give the Columbia river. NEMESIS THERE is an old belief in the world that Nemesis pursues the man who abuses power to wrong the humble. From ; the Even ing Post we cite an incident that con firms the" belief, ,L v ' i jl When the Prussian " Baron ; von der Lanken was civil 'governor of Belgium our-, minister" Brand Whit lock appealed to him to save the' life of Edith ; Caveil. He refused to in tervene, j After m the armistice was signed the baron's fortunes waned He felt the pinch of 'I hunger in hi own : baroniaf stomach and begged Mr. Hoover for food. Mr. Hoover, remembering Edith CavelL told him "to go to hell." The baron is now in Holland, where bread is none too plentiful for distinguished foreigners. They have to stand in line and wait long hour for their daily portion.1 The baron has to stand in cue with the rest, some of them not very well washed. He has claimed special considera tion on the ground of his being "a distinguished foreigner," but he does not get any. Nemesis has overtaken him. With his fate before our eyes and the fate of so many other unjust and cruel men now brought low, it is wonderful that any man should dare to be Inhuman to his fellow man. A bill passed by both houses at Salem pensions Multnomah county employes who have served 25 years. But why hang 25 years to a publio job? How much better to have a higher vision and seek endeavor in which one's talents and work will count for more than 25 years in a small public Job? Why kill your initiative by remaining so long in a place where good service yields no better reward than a hand to rnouth existence? BOIES PENROSE THE UNFIT His Record Read to Republican Rank and File by Pinchot. Philadelphia,' Feb. 2$. In an open let ter to Republican representative a in con Kress. Glfford Pinchot again utters the warning that grave danger threat ens the party if Senator Penrose, "the Republican old man of the sea," is per mitted to become chairman of the finance committee of the senate. Pin chot's letter follows : "On January 25. I addressed an open lctte rto Senator Penrose, urging him to withdraw as' candidate for chairman of the finance committee. As I was care ful to explain. I did not call attention to his peculiar unfitness for this post because of personal animosity, but be cause a grave danger threatened he party and must be met. Beyond a burst of unimportant, but characteristic, abuse. Senator Penrose mado no reply, and continued hia campaign for the chairmanship. "On February 6, I addressed to the Republicans who will sit in the next senate a second open letter, in which I pointed out that in 1920 not only the presidency, but the Republican major ity In both hoarse and sena'te will be at stake. Slnco that letter was written and published, the Republicans in the sen ate have made a long stride in the right direction. They have wiped out the in terlocking system of committee chair manships which permitted a small group of senators to dominate the party and dictate legislation. This action was im mediately recognised as designed to re duce the power of the office for which Senator Penrose is a candidate. ' "What are his qualifications for the, post ho seeks? "1. Officially, at least, he is a Repub lican. From the standpoint of party affiliation, therefore, he would be avail able. "2. He has been a member of the sen ate for 22 years. He has, therefore, had a long and wide experience in national legislation. "3. He has been the leader of the Re publican organization in Pennsylvania for 15 years, and as such has been in in timate contact with expert party man agement. "What are his" disqualifications? His apparent qualifications will show them by dissection. "1. What brand of Republican is Sen ator Penrose? In 1912 he conspired against the vast majority o.f the Repub lican voters to prevent the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt, knowing when he did so that he was sacrificing the victory of his party to his own personal ends. The Republican party sat in Judg ment on his offense. The trial lasted from June to November. Of all the states represented on the Republican side of the next senate only two, Ver mont and Utah, voted to acquit. "2. Senator Penrose has been a mem ber of the senate for 22 years. During that time, while he has made himself tho most consistent and conspicuous servant of special privilege, and oppo nent of the common welfare In our na tional life, there is, so far as I have been able to learn, not a single piece of con structive legislation which bears the Penrose name. "3. Senator Penrose has been the leader of the Republican organixation in Penn sylvania for 15 years. When it fell to him, upon the death of Quay, it was, perhaps, the strongest in any -state. "The first campaign after the death of Quay, when Theodore Roosevelt carried the state by more than half a million votes, marked the high tide of Republican power in Pennsylvania. "From that time the ebb began. By 1910 the results of the Penrose leader ship were plain. In that year Senator Penrose named John K. Tener as his can didate for governor. The opposition was divided between two Democrats, Berry and Grim. It took the vote of South Philadelphia, under Republican leaders opposed to Penrose, but support ing Tener, to elect, by a small plurality, the Penrose candidate. An undivided opposition would have defeated him with exuse. Two years later, in the presiden tial primaries of 1912, the Penrose or ganization was simply overwhelmed. a "In 1914, Senator Penrose became a candidate to suceed himself. Again the opposition was divided. Senator Penrose was elected, but ho lacked- 72,280 votes of a majority, and ran far behind the candidate for governor, who received a majority of 66,158 votes. He is a minor ity senator. "The Penrose Republican vote in 1914 fell below the 1916 Hughes Republican vote in Pennsylvania by 204,000. In 1916 the Democrats gave President Wilson 22M48 more votes In Pennsylvania than the Republicans gave Senator Penrose two years before. "The facts appear-o show : "That, as a Republican, Senator Pen rose sacrificed his party to his individ ual ambition, and is willing to do it again. ' "That as a senator, he has been the consistent servant f special privilege and open enemy of the square deal. "That, under his leadership, in a rock ribbed Republican state, the Republican vote has steadily dwindled away. "Neither as a Republican, nor as a senator, nor as ' a political leader, has Senator Penrose the" sUghtest claim, save seniority alone, to any position of leadership.- . -.- -, . , , . - "The Only strength of the Penrose case lies in th proposition that Republicans mast get together to defeat the Drmo ! craU. . That proposition Is sound, but it does not apply to Senator Penrose. The sorest way to discord lie l Iefr whom the rank and tils distrust. . The ostrich policy Is never good politics In America. '! . - ' '' , "Penrose supporters hall ms ana., upon Democratic inefficiency and ex travagance as a Sign of statesmanship and a title to leadership. But can loyal Republicans accept as their leader the conspirator chiefly responsible for the 1-. -r ..-. lwmnr-mtlc waste VArowmv .i.l. j and extravagance which he is now at tempting to capitalize J .xyi. am to .miM ina n voters are opposed to giving power and leadership to senator Penrose. na 111 n"3 this Republican sentiment, he is chosen and hurt comes to the party because of it. every state, county, district, town ship, ward, division and precinct com mittee, every Republican club and party organization, every Republican in office and every Republican voter, will feel hurt, and there will be a heavy bill to Pay. . . a "I realize that you cannot take part in the senate caucus which will decide this question. But you are responsible for the condition of the Republican par ty in your district, and for its success, which has been your own. Every argu ment against the .party is an argument against you. But what Is more, you are bound in honor to your constituents To see to it, so far as in you lies, that the party takes no harm." Letters From the People- (CommunicaUona aent to Tha Journal for pub lication in thia department aboald ba written oa only ona ski of Uie papa.', should not exceed 800 words in lenatb and must be ained by the writer, whoae maU addreaa in fuU must accom pany the contribution.) The Federal Employe's Work Day Portland, Feb. 26. To the Kditor of The Journal Knowing, as you must, the undoubted tendency of all labor toward a six-hour day, it is. to say te least, rather surprising to note the almost bit ter attitude which" you have taken re garding the working hours of federal employes. It would seem to any fair minded person that a Journal of your reputation should consider the condition of federal employes as a whole, instead of singling out a few instances of tho apparent privilege which the federal employe enjoys because of the seven hour day. Had you a real desire to bo fair, you would have investigated -some of the flagrant injustices which are rife in tho federal service and which have made It not only desirable but necessary that federal employes organise in order to improve their condition. In your eagerness to eulogize the late Senator Borland you cite as one of his most commendable acts, while in congress, his attempt to increase the hours of work of federal employes to eight, whereas, as a matter of fact, it is well known that Senator Borland was an enemy to all labor and was defeated for reelection on that basis. The federal employe does not desire "privilege" for himself -any more than he desires It for others, but he does desire fair play, and he believes he can get it through organization and cooperative effort. HARRIET T. CIIRRVIX. Borland was defeated because he wobbled on war measures, as waa generally stated in the press at the time. Why should federal employes in the departments at Washington., which were the employes at which Borland's measures were directed, have a seven hour day when most other emplyoea are working nine, ten and even twelve hours, and practically none in private employ fewer than eiaht hours f 1 Oh, Boo Hoo, Boo Hoo! Portland, Feb. 27 To the Kditor of The Journal I wonder if "ye editor" has in his literary studies , ever met with that classical story of the senti mental maiden lady who once upon a time, sitting on the bank of a stream, soliloquized as follows: "If ever I should get married, and should have some chil dren, and they should come down to this river and fall In, nd should drown oh, dear ! Boo, hoo, boo. hoo !" I was reminded of that a few days ago by an article In the livening Tele gram urging the great need of havinsr a .lieutenants governor for Oregon. The pitiful soliloquy was something like this: "If Governor Withycombe should die. and Ben Olcott should become gov ernor, and Senator Chamberlain should resign, and the then Governor Olcott should appoint Oswald West as United States senator oh, boo hoo, boo hoo ! what would become of the state?" The evening paper in question has done some very small things from time to time, but this is about the smallest yet. That a city paper which regards itself seriously should plead for an overturning of laws that have proved perfectly satisfactory, merely to vent personal ppleen, about caps the climax of smallness. Aside from this, while I have not always approved all that our governor has done, I remembef that he Is our governor, and has, as such, a claim upon our respect. I have had some political experience, covering a longer period than most women like to acknowledge, but this is the very first time I have ever known a paper of an official's own party to besin the pre liminaries of burial before the death of such official, and am correspondingly chocked. So far as I know, our governor has years before him. Is it possible that the people of Oregon, can be influenced by such "gush"? ADAH WALLACE UNXiUH. Unemployment and Farming Portland, Feb. 24. To the Editor of The Journal Evidently Q. F. Williams of Salem Is opposed to appropriating money for the relief of the unemployed. He tells them they should go to farm ing. When a man Is out of a job and hasn't money enough to buy a hoe. how in the name of common sense is he to farm? I have seen green men go on a farm and put the collar on a horse upside down and feed the hogs threshed straw and sow pumpkin seeds in a wheat field. Without knowledge of the busi ness one will make a failure. Many who understand the business fail. Suppose someone would tell one of the unem ployed who has no money he would be given free rent of a farm for a year, how could the mai take It without money enough to buy groceries for a week? Many don't seem to realize' the position the jobless are in. What they need is Immediate return for their labor, consequently they will have to work for wages. If a man feels he would like to farm firBt let him secure a position on a farm until he becomes acquainted with the business, I can't 'see how Mr: Williams or anybody else can oppose making good roads they are convenient for the farm er and everybody else. It is not abso lutely necessary that the 'state should provide work the year around. We all know there Is a period of unemployment during the winter months. The state should provide for this emer gency. It is true that roads cannot bs graded to good advantage during the rainy season, but there is work con nected that can be done ; rock crushing and digging out stumps and so on. There is going to be more work next summer than men to work. Since the war ended thousands have left this coast. There is no real reason why Oregon should not give every idle man a job. E. A. LIN SCOTT. Thie People With the President Portland, Feb. 26. To the Editor of The Journal -The jealous politicians, who are finding fault with Wilson and the Leagus of Cations, are only cutting their noses off to spite their faces, for, as the League of Nations Is a permanent thtng. there is coming a time when these- politicians might be Invited, ap pointed or elacted to attend the league tOMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE Twas "4 o'clock' for the state legis lature. . a a Sol Princess Pat weds a "commoner." Standing "pat," as It were, on her rep utation. -. Japan threatens forcible action -against China, according to the dispatches. Why not a little jlu jitsut As they say in vaudeville, "Wish the weather would get married. Then we might have a little son." Sergeant Dan Sargent has arrived at his home in La Grande from France. Something In some names. . The news says that the Bolshevik! are going to fight on all fronts. And they'll stick a knife in the back, too. If they get half a chance. O. A. O. doubtless means all right in opening a school for brides, but practi cal experience in the kitchen is what is going to count in the long run,, Violators of the law- who plead In their own defense that they are law-abiding citizens when sober, may expect to be sentenced to durance until July 1 at least. x JOURNAL" MAN AT HOME By Fred ntorit tribute to natriotic newspaper pub. lisbers in general and -to certain specified enea in particular are paid by Mr. Lockley today. He also retell tha tale of Ueone Banders, colored doughboy and super-optimist, whoa exampla la quite fit to make moat people aweer off oa grouching f orevermore. 1 If there is a better, more loyal, more disinterested or harder working bunch of men than the newspapermen of Ore gon, I don't know where to find them. I doubt if anyone in Oregon knows more of the newspapermen of the state than I do. Not to get, but to give, seems to be their motto. They have given un stintedly of their time, their money and their space to help win the war and to forward every worthy cause. Pick up any Oregon pa'per and measure the space giv en to war drives of every kind ; you will find it runs into hundreds of columns. Liberty loans. War Savings Stamps, Y. M. C. A. drives, the United War Work drive, Armenian relief. Red Cross, 'food will win the war." and so on down the line the newspapermen of the state have given unstintedly of their space. And space in their papers is their stock Is trade, their source of revenue. a a a Take The Journal as an example of a city dally. The cost for typewriting, composition, proof reading, stereotyp ing and printing, plus tho cost of white paper and the overhead expense, make the cost approximately 1 cent a word for every, word that appears in the paper. If the editor or reporter can cut 10 un necessary words out of an article, he saves 10 cents for the paper. Yet The Journal has printed thousands of columns about the government s activities, wntcn required wide publicity to be successful. - a a The proprietor of The Journal has given more time to war work and to pro moting the sale of War Savings Stamps than he has to running his paper. a a Take, for example, the Gazette-Times of Corvallis. C. E. Ingalls. one of the proprietors, is county chairman for Ben ton county for the Victory loan. N. R. Moore, another of the owners and editor, is county- chairman for Benton county for War Savings Stamps, and Mr. Spring er, the remaining partner. Is working overtime so that his two partners may devote their time to working and writ ing and talking Liberty loans and War Savings Stamps. Take, as another example, the East Oregonian of 'Pendleton. Lee D. Drake, one of the owners, is chairman of the W. S. S. for Umatilla county and is putting in the same intelligent effort and the same hard work he did to make the Round-Up so successful. Did you ever notice that whenever anyone in a community wants to pro mote any enterprise, the editor is the first man he seeks out. so that his plan may see the light of day? Wherever you find a live paper, you will find a live town. If there was" ever a day when the papers were parasites living on graft and blackmail, that day has gone by, and today the Oregon editors , are the leaders in their communities and are lifters, not leanera. The next 'time you are tempted to spend money on some fly-by-night advertising scheme, just re sist the blandishments of the transient and plausible solicitor and remember that the better you patronize your home paper, the better it can work to build up and make prosperous the town you live in, the community to which you should be loyal, the one you are mak ing your living In. Whenever I get hold of the Dalles Chronicle, I turn at once to a column conference, only that they work in op position to it, and such politicians as Blanchard of New Mexico, who claims that "the United States has no repre sentative at the peace table, as pro vided by law,"- Is talking through his hat, for President Wilson is commander in chief of the navy and army and also president. He has a legal right and it is his duty to visit the war zone any time he should see fit, and to bring about peace by any means he can. President Wilson has done a lot of things that no other president ever did because the occasion demanded It. and- has made someunwrltten laws yet to be written. The League of Nations is something new to be tried out. Some have objected to it because some of the representatives are Ignorant, like that of tho Russians, but that only gives the enlightened nations a splendid oppor tunity to educate such Ignorant rep resentatives. The people of the United States are behind President Wilson In everything he has done so far. A. J. CLARK. "Farmer" Replies to "Toiler" Huisboro. Feb. 22. To the Editor of The Journal "A Toiler" answers my recent letter addressed to radicals and attacks the farmer's guaranteed price of $2.20 for wheat. As I am a member of the majority class of American farm ers whoi raise no wheat. I can say that I, too, am very sorry that the kaiser's hankering to boss the earth has brought on such a state of ajfalrs. Last season when the call for more wheat became so insistent I did, however, sow a few acres to spring wheat. It being a rain less summer, the yield was such that I sold Just enough to pay for the seed and threshing expenses and the rest went to a flock of moulting bens. I am now buying wheat for laying hens that are barely producing enough to pay for their feed. I would have been better off If I had never plowed the land at all end let the cows pasture on the weeds and volunteer oats that sprang up from the crop on the preceding season. Nor do I envy the regular growers who have spread themselves in their efforts to pro duce big crops of war wheat. They have met with heavy and unusual expenses en every hand and the regular rotation, which is the basis of good farming, has been upset In a manner that will event ually nullify every cent of profit. Take notice, too, that the farmers have not cashed In yet en the coming wheat crop, and here is one man's guess that a way will be found to keep them out of most of the promised bonus, even though by the operation another billion dollars may be added to the national mortgage. But this correspondence had Its origin In - the matter of impractical - thought that is running amuck In the earth. X will say briefly that John Spjfso, one NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS A dance was given" at Prairie City last Friday night, celebrating the com pletion of the fine hall to be used as an opera house and dance hall. John Day, the" Baker Herald's corre spondent writes, has an excellent school this winter, and the teachers have ail been offered the, same positions for the next year. a Coquille Is to see a gjfeater advance In civic Improvements thaA in any previous year, the Sentinel says. If -the program recently outlined by the Commercial club is carried out. - a a a ' With the view of increasing the capac ity of the city electric power plant, lo cated near Walterville. the Eugene water board will construct a cement flume to replace the wooden flume built In 1910 and which, .moreover, is showing signs of decay. ... In the Interest of domiciliary Inde pendence the Baker Herald admonishes thus: "It Is fine to have an automobile, and the young people enjoy them most. But. Just a little advice : Get a home first. And this Is not eald to knock the auto dealers, either." Lockley. written by "Buck:" His stories make no pretense at being sermons, yet every one of them leaves a good taste in your mouth and helps to restore your faith In humanity. "Buck" is Buck to his many friends, but he signs his checks Alvtn L. Bucklin. He is a believer in and dispenser of optimism and good cheer. I recently read a story of his entitled "Happiness." The following day I made a half hour talk -to the blind at the old Falling school. Some 0 the students were putting cane bottoms in chairs. Others were making hammocks. When they had taken off their work aprons and gathered in the assembly room, I took for my text "Buck's" article oh happiness. ' Here is Buck's story as he got It from Walter A. Wood of Redmond, Or. Read It yourself and decide which class you belong to those who live to get, or those who live to give, and who, in the giving and the serving of others, get real joy and satisfaction out of life: "The day will never dawn again for Oeorge Sanders of New Orleans, negro patient in U. S. Base hospital No. 511. George Sanders, American doughboy, fearless and unafraid, stopped a Ger man shell. Exploding, it wrecked his eyes. He is a hopeless case. Eyesight will never come back. Night time and day time are the same to him now. He will live forever in darkest night. But the gloom that covers his eyes has not spread to his spirit. Nevermore can he see the happy faces of -his friends. 'But,' says George .Sanders, 'I can hear the songs of birds and smell the-fragrance of flowers.' "This hopeless blind boy with the un daunted spirit of happiness worried about the condition of other men in the big hospital. He wanted to cheer them. He constantly referred to them as 'poor fellows.' He forgot that he was In worse condition than any of them so far as physical defects were concerned. So he asked the nurses If he could go from ward to ward and sing lor the poor fel lows. They needed cheering, he urged. George has a rich baritone voice and he knows hundreds of popular songs. The nurses consented and this big black war rior, ' who could never see the-big world again, went from room to room In a wheel chair, flooding the hospital with melody and happiness. Men on hospital cots forgot to groan. Men who had not smiled in weeks smiled now. Many a. man rose and blessed George Sanders, blind doughboy, doomed to : pass his hours In eternal night. "And .finally the men in the hospital marveled at this man. eyes gone, who al ways smiled and sang - and was cheer ful. And one - day a crowd of them, asked him why It was that, despite bis affliction, he could maintain such good spirits. 'Now that your eyes are gone. how does It feel?' they asked. And thje big black doughboy from New Orleans smiled and said, 'Dey done took man eyes away from me. but dat ain't- so bad. Dey cain't take mah feelin's. Ab solutely dey cain't. And Ah sho' feels fine.' , "The story Is significant of the Amer ican spirit. It .shames some people we know who everlastingly lament their lot and say the world Is a mighty hard place in which to get by. But George Sanders In his blindness Bang to cheer other men. and he figured that this world is the best one he knows anything about, and he is going through life with a song and a smile. Reverently we take off our hat to George Sanders, negro doughboy who, though blind, sings In happiness to help 'poor fellows' who are wounded. time high priest of socialism, recently renounced the party because, as he said. "I discovered -that an ounce of exper ience Is worth a ton of theory." Dis coveries of this sort are open to all seekers, and men like Spargo are rare. Your ordinary radical seeing, see not; and hearing,, they hear not, neither do they understand. A FARMER. Speaks for Malheur Squatters Portland, Feb. 22. To, the t'dltor of The Journal I read most of the letters from the people and want to say that F. O. Johnson's letter of February 20 on Malheur lake Is the most reasonable one to my mind I have read. But he only told half that can be said. I was on this lake last November, and I never saw as much hay (a coarse wild grade) in stacks in my life. There are thou sands of tons put up to winter the stock of tlje squatters on this unsurveyed body of land (the lake bottom). The people have squatted on and held this land for 25 to 35 years in hopes that some day they might acquire title to it. How can anyone see any justice in try ing to deprive any man or worn an of his borne, lifter he has. spent over one third of hii or her life on that which Is a home to them ? Furthermore, the turn ing of the lake, which the government map shows comprises a little over three townships, over to the United States government Is just what the big land grabbers want. Anyone with half an eye can see that If they only would take time to think. The lake bottom Is so level If a canal was cut through It and several dams put in any amount of water could be held In the ditch and would be for sublrrigation. Give these squatters a just recompense for their right to their claim and I will wager that very few of them will refuse or regret that the Pacific Livestock and Land company cattle have the whole lake for grazing. t R. L. CAMPBELL. Olden Oregon Territory Had an Accidental Gov ernor for 60 Days in 1850. - The unique distinction of having been governor of Oregon Territory for 60 days belongs to Kintzig Prjtchett of Michigan. He was appointed territorial secretary by President Polk and served la that capacity when the territory was organized, and so served until Governor Lane resigned. - when he became gov ernor until John P. Gaines, who had been appointed the , successor of Lane, arrived in Oregon and took office. Au gust IS, 1850. Ragtag and Bobtail Stories From Everywhere. A. llanly Spoiled Babbit 117HILE out motoring, the party de- elded to have a meal tn the open, says Everybody's. One of them went into the village store to get the provi sions necessary for a Welsh rabbit. . "I want a pound of cheese and Urge square crackers for a Welsh rabbit." he told the proprietor. , "I have the cheese, sir," replied the shopkeeper, "but I ain't got no large crackers, llow would some small ones dor .. . "Sorry, but they won't do." was the answer. "We must have larr ones for the rabbit." "Well, you know best, fC course," re plied the shopkeeper grimly, "But that there rabbit of yours seems a mighty faddy eater for an animal 1" A Mother's Joy My boy is coming home, the dread of war la past! My boy is mining hack' Ilia ship has sailed at lat. . I sing now all the day; my heart is filled with joy; For he is coming ba-k my own, my soldier boy! I think of him by -day; 1 see him in my dreams. I see his ship a sail beneath the bright moon a beam. And etery twinkling star that glistens in the night 1 Shines down open my boy, who'g oointng from tha fight I gave my boy for freedom; t gara him for tba riatit. and God has kept him eafa in all tha awful right. And now. he's coming bark from -e'er tha aaa oflblue. Ha writes, "O mother, dear, I'm' coming bank to you." ' w O sea, dear sea, take rare; your load la very dear. We loe our soldier boys; we're waiting for them here. v And evermore I'U lore you, O blue and bound ing sea, If you will only bring my soldier bark ta ma I Lola Wilms Osbors. CulTer, Or. UncIeJeff Snow Says: It's all very well to flgger that the Huns should pay fer the wars they started ; but they can't do that and keep up their thousands of landlords and a standln' army to hold the -lords onto the backs of the workers. If the Huns Is 'lowed by the allies to dump the lords and take over the land God Almighty made fer men to work on and git alt they worked fer, then mebby they could pay fer the war in time. The News in Paragraphs World Happenings Briefed for Benefit of Journal Readers GENERAL Twelve transports are en route to New York with 14.680 troops. Below sero temperatures are reported from a wide range of territory in the Middle West. - Smelter men at Salt Lake. City are striking In protest against the recent cut in wages of 75 cents a day. Secretary Daniels Informs the sen ate that increased expenditures of the navy department due to the war amount ed to 81.691.970.884. A new credit of 815.000.000 to SerWa was authorized Wednesday bv the treasury department, making JiT.OOU, 000 so far loaned to Serbia. President Wilson has elsned the Sln nott bill revesting title in the federal government to 93,000 aacres of the Coos Bay wagon road land grant in Oregon. Loss of the big seaplane No. 84U5, with three enslens of. the naval reserve and two machinists," off the Virginia r coast, is announced by tne navy depart ment. ..v. ' Labor loaders oppose1 repeat of "the" daylight saving law on the ground that ' it-saves life, prevents, loss from fatisue ; and reduces the number of Industrial accidents, i - . Governors of 15 Btates and mayors of 82 cities have accepted the Invitation to the White House conference next Monday for discussion of business and 1 labor problems. NORTHWEST NOTES The First bank of rilot Ilock has in creased its capital stock from $25,000 to 830,000. Harold English, son nt Lee Engllsli. Is the fourth Tenlno, Wash., boy re ported killed in France. New rifles have been delivered by the government - for - Company G, Third Washington Infantry, at Centralla. Frank Hinkhouse, a wealthy German farmer, has been found guilty at Hpo--kane of violating the espionage act. Full development of storage plans for the Yakima irrigation project will fur nish water for 450,000 acres of land. The citizens of Molalla have donated a site of 32 acres adjoining the town to a company that will erect a pottery factory. Emll Karhu of Seattle has confessed to killing hlB wife with a razor. The woman was found dead Wednesday morning. IL Harper, a Jitney driver of Che halis, charged with having 88 pints of liquor in his possession, waa fined $200 and costs. Camps-are being established on Elk creek in Douglas county preparatory to beginning work on the new Pacific high way cutoff. Because of the action of the legisla ture in placing a tax on gasoline, Eu gene dealers have raised the price 1 cent a gallon. At a meeting ofv Daughters ef the American Revolution In Tacoma Wednes day a resolution favoring the League of Nations was defeated. - The county agricultural council at Chehalls has discontinued the organisa tion as a council and reorganised as the Lewis county farm bureau. Phi Delta fraternity at Whitman col lege devoted last Sunday afternoon ta memorial services in honor of Its mem- ' bers who gave their lives In France. Mount Adams and some surrounding territory will- constitute the Yakima National park, according to a memorial passed by the house and sent to the senate. . A lAttor from Austin ' Twkman ? Hood River says he has been placed in the Third army- of occupation and ex pects to remain overseas for many months. County Agent George A. Nelson of South ' Bend, Wash., has secured the services of a government specialist who will assist in organizlog cow testing as sociations throughout the county. Pendleton has one of the finest mu sical organizations In the Northwest In the persons of R. W. Fletcher, his wife and children, all native Pendletonlans. Mr. Fletcher Is also circulation manager of the East Oregonian. Put "Leyy Stamps on Only . (Kew Certificates (Storlea ef achievement fas tha aoenmnla tlon of War Barings (Stamps, sent to Tba Journal and aeeepted 'or publication, -wlU be awarded s Thrift Hump.) . Purchasers of 1919 War Savings Stamps: should not place them on 1918 , folders. .. technically known as War Havings Certificates. If the 1918 certificate has blank spaces just put the certificate away without fill ing It with 1918 Stamps. The same Thrift Stamps and Thrift Cards are used this year and when the Thrift Card holding 18 stamps Is filled it will be exchanged for the 1918 War Savings Stamp on payment of the additional cents which rep resent the difference between the price of the War Savings Stamp and 4, the value ofUieJ6 Thrift -Stamps. Thrift Stamps and. 119 War Sav ings Stamps now on sale at usual agencies. "i