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8 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY' MORNING, MARCH SO, 1919. - AS NEWSPAPER ' ; C S. JACKSON.. ................ IbUshcr Published every dir. afternoon and morning (X rVt Sunday afternoon!, at Tha Journal Build ; int. Broadway and XamhiU ctrwt. PortiMut. :r--Omil". ...-;... t. "'V 1 " Entered at the Postoffiee at Portland, Ore eon, for transmission liitouglt, th suite M second -- tUa matter. -a i '- v-"' TELEPHONES Main 71 T3; Horn, A-6051. All department reached by thes. number. ' Tell the operator whet department you wank ioBEIGN A6vEKTlSINOBEPBE8E?ITATrnD . Benjamin Kentnor Co., Branswirk Building. 22ft Fifth iTrnue, New Tork; 000 Mailers . Building, Chicago. Jiubw-iiption terms by mail in Oregon and Wh- - lnston? - DAILY (MORNING OR AITEBNOO! One year. ...... 35.00 One month. . .... 8 .BO 8UNDAT One year. . . . ... 12.60 I One month... ...$ .25 DAO.T (JfOBNXNO OR AFTEBNOOS) AND BUNDAT . . One year.. .... .97.50 On month...... $ .65 He tliat is alow to anger i better than tit mighty and h that ruleth. sis spirit than h that taketh a city. . Proverbs 26-32. . PASSING AWAY "K S IT was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be." We have been wondering what sort of a sermon could be preached on that teyt secular ser mon, of course. Our thoughts do net Intrude lato sacred and forbidden realms, not very far at any raie. The only strictly religious remark we wish to make Is that every dogma claims to be an eternal truth without change or shadow of turn ing. But historians assure us that there is hardly a dogma held by any church wh:ch has not within the last 500 years lost old meanings and. assumed new ones. We need not have allowed so much time for the change. A cen tury or a lifetime would have been enough. Even within the recollec tion of men in middle age a concept so fundamental as that of the. Deity has parted with many of its ancient elements. This is Inevitable. Words mean what our environment, our habits of life, make them mean. The machine age in which we live has made ma chines of our mlads. -- Many ministers ofioday no longer think of lieity as a ; perse n. AOur fathers 'though of Hirrir in no other way. . A "pastor who now preaches about Deity as Vi impersonal force would have been called an atheist 100 years ago and been forbidden to testify in lawsuits. The changes in the- inner world follow -changes the outer world. . Events flow in an endless stream and we all flow with them. Since 4 Via sat aom ho , nA hnVa r -mir progress by, we feel as if we were standing still. It is like the earth rushing round the sun, carrying the; human race along. Nobody feels the earth's motion, though it is a primary fact of nature upon which the sea sons "in their course and -the whole history of civilization depend. So time "Oriveth onward" and everything "flees from us, becoming portion and parcel of the dreadful past All passes. Nothing abides. "Change and decay in ail around I see," said the. poet, but his eye was exceptional. Change and decay go on incessantly, but most people do not see them until some worldwide catastrophe breaks. . - . ' No doubt a fish in the deep chan nel of the Columbia floating with "the current to the sea feels -the same illusion of permanence as, the ordla- :ary citizen going about his daily . affairs. The fish does not know how .little while it. has been ; since the Columbia was the outlet of an inland " sea covering ' the plains 1 of Eastern Washington and Oregon. If you should tell him the 6tory of that sea and its life as Professor Thomas Condon deciphered it from the rec ords in the rocks he would call you a fabulist., - , The ordinary citizen forgets how, little while it has been' since an 0IU . civilization passed away- and ' a new one came in. He does not per ceive : that the civilization he lives ' in like the salmon in the Golumb la. is passing irrecoverably -away. Ber son has taught us that time's motion is t irreversible. It flows' one , way only. In Tennyson's terrible figure it "driveth onward," never backward. A" civilization consists of two part". The first is its. outward technic; The second lis men's habits of thought. The habits of thought are generated by the technic" Change the 'outer world, the, technic of clvilizattoivani the .Inner jworld Is created anew , t correspond . with the new environ ment. ' Since Columbus discovered America .the technic of civilization has been changing with railroad speed.. Colum bus knew nothing t steam, electric ity, coal and hardly - anything of steel. Banks and even money were novelties to his world. Wind and waterpower - were the only natural forces at all utilized, and , they, but slightly. Machine industry had not begunV ; Science : was , only laying its "foundations. 'Neither Bacon; Galileo nor. Newton had' been born. ' -; Columbus stood out - ahead - of hit time : because- his mind forged for ward from, its I environment He was, as Washington Irving- says, a visionary, who correctly forecast the future. Few can -. do r anything of the sort. Most of us ', believe . that the world is now as. it' was in the beginning and ever, shall, be. Whatever goods wre '. manufac tured in Columbus' time were made by hand. There were no 'industrial plants. People thought in terms of handicraft and in terms of the : guilds into which the craftsmen ' had or ganized themselves. f The workers owned the- industries. 'The capitalist owner who toils not nor spins but nevertheless draws dividends had not been invented. Presently mechanical invention the establishment of banks and the use of money, the - rise r of the trading class, I th fall of feudal ism and the erection of compara tively peaceable kingdoms, cooperat ing with 1 oth er factors, ' wrought a revolution int the; world - And it was a revolution far deeper and more consequential than those that school children study In their histories It was an Industrial rev olution ; wh'ch destroyed ! the handi crafts, and, b-fore ; it was finished, gathered ; the working class 1 into solid masses around mammoth fac tories in cities populated by millions. In the course of this revolution, so wonderful and portentous, the, work-? ers lost all ' the ownership they had in the industries, i which became the private property of capitalists: - This industrial revolution was com pleted in the United; States and Eng- rland toward the middle oKthe last century. Other countries were more backward. Germany's industrial revo lution . coveredl the Vs time v between 1870 and 1900, being almost coinci dent with Japan's. Did change stop with the industrial revolution? Has the world been standing still since It was finished? Hardly. The close of the Civil war saw the beginning of another revolution in the United States, which has spread over the whole world. In this revolution the individual capitalist owner of in dustry was destroyed and the trust took his place, just as he had taken the place of the . craftsman. The people and the politicians resisted this revolution the best they could. They, passed anti-trust laws. Tho Standard Oil company was dissolved. The Beef Trust was investigated. So here we are in" the : age of trusts. What next? History moves in circles, even if time never re verses Itself. Our "little 6ermon began with ownership of the industries by the craftsmen organized -in guilds. It passed on through ownership by private capitalists' to ownership by mammoth trusts. Is the circle al most rounded? j ' In Europe, empires and kingdoms are passing under revolution. In stitutions and processes that have stood for centuries ; are being pulled flown. Faroes of s change ; such as the worW-riever saw are destroying that whicr was deemed impregnable. Is there., no warning In the changes that - are taking place for govern ments and statesmen to put their houses in order lest radicalism over run the earth? AS WE i CHANCE WE HAVE ; experienced a 25 per cent advance In rail rates. We hear all -the time that, the rail roads are in great financial straits. Must there be more advances of 25 per cent In order that the railroads may "live," as, they call it? What, will the railroads do when all these new hard surfaced high ways are completed? And what will they do when the 9250 automobile is followed with a motor truck corres pondingly reduced in cost? ; On account of automobiles the roads s are already losing heavily In local passenger travel. They are go ing to lose more when the number of automobiles become thousands to where they are now hundreds, when every family will have a car. Al ready, on whatever important "com mercial highway j you journey, you see many motor ' trucks - spinning along with heavy loads of freight. The slighter Inroads ; they are now making into railroad traffic will be heavy inroads when, hard surfaced highways are everywhere' and motor trucks vastly multiplied. . Evolution is on. ; Inventive genius is' active. We are passing into a new epoch. The steam railroad will never be again what it has been in America the whole transportation agency, the only reliance, the be ginning, the middle-and the end of commodity delivery- 1 . ' - The roads must change their pol icy. They cannot continue to water stock, juggle securities and use rail road shares and bonds to get rich over night. In the face of the new and deadly highway competition, they cannot force rates higher and higher and make the public pay them swol len profits on stuffed " stock, ancient plants and dwindling business. The changing conditions should tre mendously . interest the Inland Em pire in the Columbia river. Cheap ened highway transportation puts communities nowj Tar away, from the river, on itsbanks, and gives them the chance to utilize water transpor tation, the cheapest transportation in the world. " ': RACE HATRED THE New Republic truly says that the so-called race-hatred of ; Americans . for the Japanese is . not race hatred at ail. ' It Is s mething entirely "different, namely, the .dread of lowered living1 standards. Japan degrades her laboring classes by inclement treatment. - They are not permitted to forjn unions freely. Their right , to ' strike ' is restricted. Their ' wages are miserable. If they come to this country in considerable numbers it - is justly feared that they will -erect their standards here and compel American laborers . to accept them. Japan is just now maneuvering for unrestricted immigration to the United : States. t She , can get it on one condition." When her labor laws and her standard of wages and living have bee-i raised" to "the level of burs nobody of any consequence will wish to keep out her working men. t t Her upper classes are received;. in the Unied States with uniform pleasure. The same will be true of her laborers when they cease to bring with them a manifest danger to our standards of life and work. . If the report s is true that Lloyd George refuses to sanction the trans fer of Danzig to Poland his stand is praiseworthy. -Danzig is not a Polish city and nothing would come 'of its transfer to Poland but strife.' The claim that ft is neaassary to Poland's commercial - success ;- is of course weighty,- but the United States dki not engage in the , war to build up Poland's commerce. A NEW LAW IT WILL be Interesting to watch the way in f which the . "salary standardization 'act" of the last . legislature works f out in . Multno mah county. It ; was : the - one ; pet measure in which all of the officials of Multnomah ounty were Inter ested during the, recent session. - It was contended by them, when they were urging its favorable considera tion' before the Multnomah county delegation; at b. lam, that the pur pose of the act was to equalize sal aries as between different depart ments of county government, and it was denied thai the effect of the act would be to increase the county payroll. '.; s ; !-! ' -The act, by its terms, fixes a maximum salary for each of tho departmental employes in the- vari ous departments of county govern ment. There is nothing in. the act to hold salaries down except this limitation, - which places' the salary of chief deputies at a maximum figure of $225 per month, with the other, employments scaled down In accordance v wgh their relative im-' portance and duties. i The act provides that the officials in" charge of the. various county offices shall recommend in' writing to the county commissioners the list of their employes and the amount of salaries desired for each, the recommendations to be made annu ally at the time the departmental budgets are prepared. It is also re quired that the j,variouS officers shall meet with the j district attorney, at his call, to compare, and, .if neces sary, to revise" their budgets so that county employes holding positions of equal responsibility - may be given salaries proportionate to these posi tions. ... Finally the statute provides that whenever in the Judgment of the board of county commissioners" the list of employes specified in the act is no sufficiently large to properly handle the county" business, as to one department or i more, it may authorize :the appointment of i addi tional deputies, assistants or clerks. The terms of the act leave the ex tent of the county payroll wide open in the hands of the county commis- ,5 1 P"Lt11 .l1! on maximum . pay when the time comes, to fix the budget, or they can hold the scale below the maxi mum. They ( can" insist that the list of employes" ;be maintained at ; the minimum, fixed by, the ' bill,, which follows the present employment at the county court- house, or they can make up their minds that new employes, are . necessary and so lengthen the payroll according to their determination. The purpose of the, act is doubt less good. Whether the effect will be good depends in large part upon Whether the board of county com missioners is as good in act as the act is good in intent. It is amusing to read that .- the movie managers think of going back to Shakespeare for plots this season. for the sake of novelty, we suppose Shakespeare's plots are the , best In the world. He gathered them ( from; all lands and all ages, choosing only the most interesting; If the movies swipe them' they will commit no worse , crime than the king of dra matists himself did in his day. 1 AN ADMIRER OF WALT : The Ainany Democrat comments interestingly on Walt Whitman. It says "Whitman Is the most inspired m American poets ana the most thoroughly American of them all." , In another paragraph the Democrat 'says that ' Whitman had the gift of "seeing into the nation's sp'rit and understanding its future trend." ; . . I ; The Democrat thinks that this, is an unusually good time . for Ameri cans to read Whitman because his poetry may help us to : regain our spiritual calm after the hurlyburly. of the war. It cites his "Drum Taps" and "Years .-of the .'Modern", as ex ceptionally . timely reading. The Democrat does genuinely pa triotic work when It undertakes to bulldv up popular Interest in Walt Whitman, who understood democ racy from the ground up and ex pressed its,, inner meaning for all the ages. r i v , A There is some silly - prejudice against him because he ; was not puritanical in feeling or language but the United . States : has broadened somewhat beyonu the Puritan limi tations. Our people have - learned not - to be : ashamed of tn eir minds or bodies. - In other; words we are no longer provincials in literature and politics, . and we . no Jonger feel that the prudery, of the backwoods village is quite becoming to the foremost nation in the world. AT LAST t INETY-THREE THOUSAND acres of : land n Coos and Douglas counties , have , been made avail- able for entry and settlement by home builders by the settlement of the long drawn out Coos Bay wagon road crant litigation' In Wash ington. " - It has taken a long time to bring thte case to a close, and, even now it was done - only by a compromise between the Southern . Oregon com pany and congress. The southern Oregon company and its predecessors had kept -the domain sequestered for nearly half a century. Homeseekers wanted to settle upon the agricul tural lauds in the grant, but : the lands were withheld. At last the department of justice, directed by congress, took a hand and suit was stariod to cancel the grant. The Southern Oregon company was hostile. It fpught: back, and lost in the lower court. ; It appealed and ipst in the court of appeals. It ap pealed -.again and went up to the supreme court of the United States. Then the decision' of the high court in the Oregon & 'California land grant case" was handed down, 'holding that the grantees in that controversy had an interest of $2.50 per acre in the land and no more because of their long continued violation of the ad ministrative .terms of the granting act. .. The two cases were parallel, to all practical ; Intents and purposes. 'The Southern ; j Oregon company' wanted to quit, " and , congress, upon the recommendation of the department "of justice, passed an act, revestint . the title of the lands in the federal; gov ernment, directing that they be clas sified . and thrown open ' to entry settlement or sale, under the same terms and conditions thatgoverned thQ administration by the govern ment of the Oregon & California lands. Tim act also provided that the Southern Oregon company be paid its equity, $2.50 per acre, which was provided , in the granting act. Word comes from Washington that tho deeds of . the Southern Oregon company have been pre pared and handed to the interio.- de partment, while the government - has paid the price directed-by congress. Mr. Clay, Tallman, commissioner of the general land office, states that the work of classifying the lands- pre paratory td settlement or sale will now "go forward promptly. Oswald West',"" into whose Tfands the exam ination and ascertainment x of the amount of taxes due the two counties has been given by the department. has finished his task and forwarded his report. In a short time Coos county i wHl be paid some $500,000 and Douglas some $60,000 in bacn taxes, - penalty and interest. Next in order' will come the open ing of the lands for homemakers. They have been waiting : a long time for , the opportunity to enter upon j these grant lands, just as they have been waiting to enter thte Ore gon & California grant lands. Thfl AniMma ta a viptnrv fs tho Ueople of the two counties. It means more homes in the valleys and upon the hills of that section of the state, more people, more progress and more prosperity .The day has long been delayed by avid corporations, but it has come ; at : last. . - A NEGLECTED THEME r HERE has come to this desk from the United States health service a leaflet on the subject of sex education. Two pictures on the leaflet attract attention.. The first is of a boy between nine and ten years old. This is the age, says the health service, at which - boys receive their first instructions on sex. "from, improper sources." The second picture is of a lad not far from 16 year old. This is the age1 at which boys receive sex in struction from parents and teachers, if they receive it at all. . The in struction from proper 5 sources thus comes "six years too late."" Vice has six years the start of virtue, and we see the consequences in the statis tics of sex diseases. "i Our national reluctance to deU adequately ; with this subject is a national calamity. Some aver; that it is a symptom of racial decadence to be considered in the same category as our declining birth rate. .Accord ing to Y these pesimistic writers the present inhabitants., of the United States are destined to die out, mak ing way - for a : superior race, who will not be ashamed of their bodies and not ? too prudish to teaeh their ehilrden indispensable faets . about themselves. - , :, ;" ? 7. -YJ. "" , Valuable work in ; the direction -of overcome this prudery has been done by : the" Social Hygiene society. Its labors are deserving of all praise. But one comment ought to be made on most of the sex instruction that young people" receive from "proper" sources, v It . is . too - solemn.. Its solemnity gives it an air of unreality. The chances are T that up-to-date literature Is doing even better work for 6exual-hygiene than the hygiene society. ' It handles the subject In a frank", matter-of-fact manner without any suggestion . of the clandestine or the Indecent. , ; . . Letters From the People I Commanicattena sent to The Journal for pub lication in this department should be written on onlj one side of the paper, should not exceed SOO irords in length, and must b signed by the writer, whose mail address in full must accompany the contribution, i To WaplaUians, and Others WapiniUa. March 27. To the Editor of The Journal An chairman of Wapi ti tUa Plains for the Victory Liberty loan, I wish, to place the fifth loan slogan be fore the people ot our- precinct, namely : "Save and Pay Up." Meanwhile, the ap peal I wish to make wUl not interfere with, the digestion of any reader inthe state who happens to read , oygf the shoulder of the Wasco county folks. This slogan was coined by H. C Mil ler of the federal reserve board, Decem ber 21, 1918. jn his famous address in Philadelphia. For some months past. In anticipa tion of the nation's call for funds, the pessimistic declaration has beea spread quite generally to the effect that the Victory Uberty loan would be difficult to place. There may be several excuses advanced for this false impression, but there are no better reasons to support such a statement than lie in the fact that there has been a general let-down from war-time restraint and a marked lessening : of tense interest since ; the armistice, pertaining to war expense. i- What is our true responsibility to Uncle Sam's fifth Liberty loan? Dur ing the war we paid the bill supported the program that is still In the readjust ing expense period. What does that mean? Simply that t we licensed the cost and its most worthy purposes. Since we did this, can we now say that be cause God still lives and has seen fit to reward our cause with victory, we wiU "sleep at the switch" while the final payment to close our obligatory con tract with the Stars and stripes goes begging, and this while "war's ominous rumble still echoes in the chaos of deso late and ruined Europe, where thou sands of American boys are still with the army of occupation, who have tasted of hell, and whose only bright star is made to shine by the honorable, patriotic and sacrificial support of the home folk? What will be your argument to them if you fai your state and nation in this Victory Liberty loan, which confronts you in the sacred relation of trust with them and with the Stars and Stripes? As chairman of Wapinltia precinct, in the recent driyes I saw nothing of such a yellow color. I predict that our loyal citizens wUl meet their allotted amount of this fifth loan, with the same sacrifice and loyalty that has characterized all other appeals for aid. N. G. HEDIN. Returning New Zealanders Portland, March 28. To the Editor of The Journal I have received, through Mayor Baker's office, a Copy of a letter written to the mayor from the office f the high commissioner for ,New Zealand, in London, in reply to the mayor's letter invltingyNew Zealand troops, if returning home through the United States, to come by way of Portland and to become the city's guests. In the high commissioner's reply, It was stated that the Kcw Zea land troops would not be returned as de tachments .via the United States, but such few as might go through this coun try would take their discharge in Eng land,' and consequently travel' as civil ians. While a New Zealand contingent will not visit the United States under the auspices of its own government, I learn from a letter received by myself from the high commissioner's office that not a few of the veterans' will return home through this country, with a view of making themselves as thoroughly ac quainted with it-as time will allow,-and also to renew ties of sincere friendship formed with the many of our own boys whom they 'met and fought side by side with in Europe. . Steps have been taken to impress Mayor Baker's invitation on such visitors and assure them of a hearty welcome. Captain Seddon of the New Zealand forces, with others, was in Portland last year on behalf of the Liberty loan and Red Cross campaigns. These men have since returned home and are actively advocating closer commercial relations with this coast, including Portland, with which city and its advantages they are naturally deeply impressed, and also with the warm receptions accorded them in business and social circles. There is already an active and growing demand in both New Zealand and Australia for all descriptions of American agricultural machinery, as well as for saw milling outfits, automobiles, furniture, etc. The former country is giving more and more attention to agricultural and pastoral products. such as f roxen meat, butter, cheese, flax and wool, for all of which the foreign aemana is greater man xne supply, and is paying less attention to manufacturing. Hence the splendid op portunity Jpr dealers on this coast, fa vored by shorter ' sea routes than the Eastern states or Great Britain, to get away with the cream of the. trade by sending first-class agents across and liberally advertising the superior merits of their goods. I understand the New Zealand government intends to appoint trade commissioners on this coast at an early date. Everything in the end de shiDs. ships, ships from here. JOHN HALL. ' j The New Garage Ordinance Portland, March 28. To the Editor of The Journal In regard to .this rule of the council placing garages 20 feet back from the sidewalk, and only two on. a lot for rental purposes, it looks to me like showing'too much favor to the big public garages.: -Placing & garage back 20 feet la aU right in some cases, but where certain streets are already lined with garages even with the sidewalk I don't see -what difference one pr two more would make.' ; - . PROPERTY OWNER- Keeping the Uniform" Grass Valley,-March 28. To the Edi tor of The Journal la it settled that the soldiers must return their nnlforms? If so, where should a boy from the S. A. T. C. at Corvallis send his? GRACE L. MAY. . This question has been answered In The Journal manjr times. The answer is, that those who served , in this war in the United States artn-r. naTjr or murine corn- mir' ae-o th-.H-uniforms as a permanent possession. Not only so, but postmasters have been instructed not Ho receive for mailing any uniform presented for return through the -mails. A member of the S. A. T; C, enrolled in the army under the en listment sets of - the United States, would be included in the provision of the act permitting retention of uniform. 1 - Paeifie; Highway Through Towns Ashland,- March 28. To the Editor of The Journal I.the paving of the Pa cific highway passing through an in corporated town paid for by the abutUng acreage . owner, ' or by the state ? -" - P. H. KEEGAN. (The city is required to provide for pave ment within corporate limits. 'In small com munities the policy of the stata ' highway eom misntoa to pave the street t the usual road width, - If desired wider, community must con struct. Suggests Cure for I. W. W. - Korest Grove, March 24v To ' the Ed itor of ' The JournalSome advocate Lchristianity ia a- cure for I. w. w.ism. tsui iiret we must jtei. iue nnsuanity. I believe it is safe to say that the ideals of Christ have been preached for the last 1500 . years. Christ taught peace and love to His people and ; when He 'de parted from this earth He expected them to practice His sermons ; but no sooner had this great redeemer gone than Uam- : . ' THE TEACHER , - Ragtag and Bobtail By 'Witfiam WordSWOrtb . " ; Stories From Everywhere T TP! up! my friendVand quit your books; .Or surely you'll grow double: Up! up! my friend, an clear your looks; Why all this toil and trouble? The sun, above the mountain's head, A freshing luster: mellow' Through all the' long green fields has spread. His first sweet evening yellow. , Books! 'tis a dull and endless strife: Come, hear the woodland linnet, v How sweet his music! on my life. There's more of wisdom in It. u And hark! how blithe the throstle sings! He, too, is no mean peachert Come forth into the light of things, " Let Nature be your teacher. ' " She has a world of ready wealth. Our minds and hearts to bless ' Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health. Truth breathed by cheerfulness. " . .. One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, - Of moral evil and of good. Than all the sages can Sweet is the lore which Nature brings;. . Our meddling intellect " . Misshapes the beauteous forms of things We murder to dissect. Enough of science and of art; :, Close up these barren leaves: Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives. " . MEN AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE OREGON COUNTRY By Fred Lockley This article is the fourth of a series on the particular "institution" first to be treated by Mr. Lockley under tha new heading chosen for this particular class -of matter. ' Prom time to time be will describe other "institutions" f Ore gon, in connection with the men who have es tablisbed them or been otherwise instrumsntal in bringing them to or maintaining them at their present flourishing and 1eneficial status. , There was-"a time when a prophet" was not without honor save In tils own coun try. That time has gone, by, for Ore gon takes pleasure in bestowing- honor upon her sons who have brought fame to their native state or helped to- make the world a better place to live in. Just as map, so Dr. W. T. Phy is putting Hot Lake on the map. The time is approach ing when the fame of Hot Lake will be as well known to those in -the West who need surgical attention as Rochester, Minn., is today through the 'work done by the Mayo brothers. . 1 V-- - .'. e ' e - --: - f Dr. Phy. the man who is putting Hot Lake on the map,- is an Oregon' boy. He was born in Polk county about 42 years ago. While still a little chap he moved to the Grande Ronde valley in. Eastern Oregon. . He went to school at Cove, later "graduating at the nigh school at Union; and still later, he went to Leigh ton academy at Cove. Many years ago H. G, French endowed two. schools at Cove one, Leigh ton academy, for boys; the other, .Ascension school, for girls. Many an Oregonian who has become weU known in Oregon secured his prelim inary education there. - By working all summer with thresh ing machines,' driving cattle across the plains to Omaha, picking up odd Jobs fir respective of how hard the work; r. Phy saved enough money to go to. Kan sas City to study medicine. He at tended the night school at .Kansas City while working as an interne at the hos pital there, and after several years of strenuous work he received his degree. From Kansas City he went to New York city, where he took post-graduate work. During 'the past 10 years he has taken post-graduate work in Cleveland, New Orleans, Chicago, Los Angeles and New Tork city. . 1 . e .; Returning, after completing his post graduate work in New Tork city. Dr. Phy practiced medicine at Union for three years. From there he went to Baker, where he practiced for several years and then secured a minority inter est in the Hot Lakes Sanatorium. After several years at the Hot Lake Sana torium he went to Spokane, where in six years he built up an extensive practice. About two years ago he purchased Hot mon presented himself unto the people in all his golden glory.; So the un scrupulous leaders of; the time bowed low before him. drawing the great mass of unlearned with them. ' Then came feudalism. This put the churches in the background to praise and cheer the unmentionable deeds that were experienced under their economic system, and to cover the corruption over with deceit. Feudalism lived for an age, and Changed into our modern capitalism, the third agent of Mammon, and we know too well the degrading effect it has had and is still having on humanity. Under its predominance the churches 8 till played second and a great many people became so disgusted with their unjust doctrines that they began to drift Into different forms of Infidelity, thus bringing mankind still farther apart. -" ;;;;; ' '; But out of this struggle which seemed so hopeless a new light began to beam. New inventions of communication were revealed unto the people and they began to be drawn more closely together in understanding. So. the contention for a common cause arose And now this old vitiated state of civilization is beginning to totter and fall, and as it passes into the shadows of death . a new spiritual and intellectual awakening, wherein Christian democracy will reign supreme. And until we have this state of existence it will be impossible to cure I. W. W.iam, anarchism or any other kind of ism. We can only hope that this change will come, in- our "own beloved country, by the brains of well-balanced men. so we may not suffer the blood-curdling ex periences of the Russian and German people. ARTHUR J. THOMPSON. Language Teaching - Colton, March. 24. To the Editor of The; Journal "I could not carry on a conversation with a Spaniard, because his Spanish, does not sound like ours," was ;a quotation in ; a" recent Journal editorial. V And the editor went on i to ask, "When shall we ever learn to teach languages?' I answer, when we adopt the only rational method, the natural method. We begin the study too late in the curriculum and then we follow the wrong method of instruction. The study of any language besides the vernacular should begin not later than at 10 years of age.. : Then the teacher of any . lan guage should be native , born to : that language," And no other language should be spoken in the class while; the "for eign" language was taught. Of course it is objected that then we ' must have a Frenchman to teach the French and a' Spaniard to teach the Spanish," and that is impractical, as we must have teachers that can teach more than one subject in the classes. Now, if that ob jection holds "good, it is .m practical Lake Sanatorium. In a recent Interview with Dr. Phy at Hot Lake, he said : "i can't remember the time when I didn't love surgery. As a boy I looked forward to the time when I could be come a surgeon. When I was nine years old my father set me at the task of cut ting the tails off the lambs. In those days we had a large number of sheep. One of the lambs whose tall X started to Cut struggled and the keen knife blade hamstrung him. I secured a needle and some linen thread and made a tendon suture. I sewed the tendon together, bound the lamb s leg in splints, and in two weeks the leg was as strong as ever ; it wasn't even lame I' was quite proud of pay first bit of surgery. In the early days of my boyhood most of the fences were made of barb wire and our horses were constantly running into the wire and cutting themselves. It was my job to sew up these cuts so. that our horses would not have bad barb wire scars. ' j . ' . "It seems . strange to see this whole valley now in wheat, alfalfa or pasture When I was a boy, where this sana torium now stands was a tule marsh. The tule was in some places 12 to 15 feet high. Hogs that had escaped from farm ers became wild and made their home In the tule Jungle. In going in and out of the matted tule the hogs made reg ular runways, or tunnels. We boys used to send the dogs in to chase out the hogs. We would try to lasso ' them or shoot them as they came out. About 1883. the railroad was- built, and ' sparks from the engine set' fire to the tules one dry summer. The whole country for a while was like a vast prairie fire The fire burned down into the matted peat-like roots of the tule and -left great holes, which filled with water, a nek Into these cattle occasionally fell and were drowned. "The first bathhouse to be run i here was operated : by Mr. and Mrs. -New-hard. - That was In the early eighties. Dr. H. J. Minthorn. uncle of Herbert Hoover, and Ben Cook, another Quaker, bought the baths and operated them for about three years. Waiter Pierce and Jeff . Scrlber purchased the property from Cook. and Minthorn. ' I. came here in 1904. buying a small interest. Being a minority stockholder and feeUng that I could be more useful elsewhere, I went to Spokane in 1111. where I spent six years. A little less tnan two years ago I purchased the property. If my dreams come true you will see here some day a place of which the whole West will be proud." . .' 1 also to teach any foreign language In our public schools and we might as well never try. So it seems to me the only practical solution is to . have 'special schools of languages. French and Span ish and also Portuguese and Italian might go together. . Then pupils would go there, board there and. for at least one semester never hear a word of their vernacular, only the language pursued. After that they could live with families where that language was spoken. When we are to compete with Europeans for the South American markets, we find it a business venture to know more than our own tongue. S. M. HILL. Arraigns School Histories ' Portland, March "24. To the Editor of The Journai--After reading a very inter esting article by Owen - Wister In last November's issue of the American Maga zine entitled, "The Ancient Grudge," and being told by that distinguished author that 20 years ago 36 histories in use in our schools lied about England, I am sorry to have to admit that Owen Wister Is correct. I would like to ask why We were lied to;, why were we told that we won the war of 1912? f We didn't. Our navy alone saved us from disgrace, and not one of the four points that we went to war about was mentioned in the treaty of peace. Why have we been taught that we were always right and England always wrong? In 1812 we were leagued with that arch despot Na poleon against almost the sole champion of constitutional liberty in Europe and the country that Is standing today by our great president in his fight to save the world from another holocaust, I am 100 per cent American, and I hope the day is coming when our children will be taught the truth about the Meiber Country, who has cleared her fair name of ail the wrong she ever committed, in helping us fight for the liberties of mankind. Anyone doubting that we lot the war of 1812 I would advise to borrow (as I had to) Upton's Military History of the United States, taken from official docu ments and printed in our government prlntshop. It is the truth, and should be in the hands of every school teacher. NATIVE BORN. Street Railways Status , Estacada, March 25 To the Editor of The Journal Afe the city raiways in control of the government the same as the large lines? -Are there- any cities that own and control their railways? If so name three, and the fare paid on these lines. WALTER E. HEHN. (Street ; railway system are not under con trol ef the L'nMed States railroad administration. The following three cities own and operate all or a portion of their street railway systems and charge fares as indicated : . Taeoms, 10 cent: Ban Francisco, 8 cents; Edmonton, Alberta, 8 cents. The street car syKtem of Boston t pri vately owned, but operated under the control of a board appointed by the governor of the state of Massachusetts; far charged i cent. - Desert Isle Stuff AS HE polished his customer's boots, tha rmntHi-hlr Mro . . . w p cigar.. Thinking to have a little fun at the youth's expense, the customer asked him If he always smoked cigars. un, yes. pretty often." declared tha youth. . . t - - -.- . . "What brand do vou nnanllv niMitur was the next Question. "Robinson. Crusoe, sir," cams the re ply. . - .. The customer pondered awhile "I never heard of that brand," he said. "It's si nam 1'v o-fvn Am -...w 11 " saf; the youth. "You see, guv'nor, old rusoe was a castaway." A Book on Economics , ' Between !mg rows of figures lurk Pictures of iitUe boys at work. And how poor women fade away 1'ag. after pag the -rusrgins say. And In a note once in a while I see death frsete a baby'a smile; ' lisniel tang, in Poetry. Uncle .Jeff Snow Says: Some fellers seems to talk and act like they had somethin to do with beln born whe. and had had more sense than to be born black, or yellow, or red. Mebby they did, but they can't prove it. The News, in Paragraphs World Happenings Briefed for Benefit of Journal Readers GENERAL Twenty-six American. British and French aviators have been sworn In as members of the police reserves of New York. Building operations aggregating $93. 000,000 are being held up in Chicago because of existing exorbitant cost of construction. Forty-six per cent of the commissioned officers who were on the army lists No vember "11, 1918, had been discharged on March, 20 last. , Premier Borden of Canada announces that he has no intention of relinquish ing his office to become ambassador to the United States. A man believed to be II. N. Lee, and the automobile he was driving, were blown to pieces by an explosion of dyn amite at Visalia, Cal., Friday. The bureau of public roads has agreed to share half the cost of construction of a hard surfaced road from Medford to Crater lake national park. The Colorado legislature has granted the people of the state permission to vote on the question of the state pur chase of the lenver & Salt Lake rail road. An old mohair chair concealing bonds worth $4000 Is part of the estate left by Mrs. Helen Saunders, who died recently in San Francisco, Her daughter, to whom ' the estate Is left, has been miss ing for 25 years. NORTHWEST NOTES The Umatilla county Red Cross has the sum of 115,666.14 In its treasury. Tacoma teachers are asking an addi tional wage of f 10 a month, and threat en to quit unless it is granted. L. B. Howsley, chief clerk of the Clat sop county draft board, has. wound up its affairs and closed the office. The death of Maxwell Young, one of the first settlers of Clatsop county, is announced, at the age of 88 years. Louis Stancltffe and Garrett Starke were arrested at Prineville with 2V gal lons of whiskey in their possession. Wage Increases of 6 cents an hour, retroactive to August 8 last, have been awarded street rail way employes In Spo kane, v. i-.- ;',..-. ; A man supposed to be N. A. Davis, aged 71, leaped from the parapet of a bridge at Spokane and was drowned in the rapids below. . Most of the session laws of 1919 are now printed in page form and probably will be bound and ready for distribu tion by May 20. Three hundred Broadway high school students tn Seattle withdrew from school last week rather than submit to com pulsory vaccination. - - James Brockway of Portland will speak to the Sheridan Boy Scouts on April 2 to obtain new members and help the boys reorganize. ' The city of Aberdeen is being sued for 86000 by Mrs. Maude HI mon for in juries received by ' her when : she fell through a plank roadway. A division of the United States school army among the school children teen courage the raising of garden truck has been organized at Vancouver. The last Idaho legislature appropriat ed 825,000 to be uaed to investigate various state departments and check UP their books and accounts. Private Charles F. Schwind. Forty- ninth company . Fifth regiment. U. S. marines. Is a Umatilla county man with the army of occupation in Germany. Granrerville. Idaho, gave a three day celebration last week, of "Tha Days of 49." An immense crowa from all over Idaho and Eastern Washington was In attendance. - - Gearhart is to have a new summer re sort hotel representing an investment of $50,000. according to announcement made by O. W. Taylor, who heads the syndicate. Blxhoo McGrath. newly appointed to the Baker diocese, will be installed On Tuesday. ' ArchbishoD Christie of Port land and many other noted prelates will So badly burned that it was tmoos- fbIe-to tell whether death- was acci dental or the result t foul play, the body or Jtobert it. HJrug, a wealthy her mit rancher, was found In the ruins of his home near Bend a few days ago. . ' FOREIGN Riots continue In the provinces of Korea and it is estimated that 40 Ko reans have been killed in the last few days. r, . i The Hungarian soviet 'authorities have declared themselves ready to- guar antee the safe departure of the allied missions. ... The Duke of Albany, Duke of Cumber land and Viscount Taafe, who adhered deprived of their British peerages by a king's order in council. .' Advices from Madrid say conditions In that city are quiet, but at Barcelona many arrests are being made by the military authorities because of refusal on the part of citizens to obey orders. Teach Youngsters to Earn and to Save Earnings Stories of achievement In the aceumnla' tlon ef War Having Stamps, sent to The Journal and accepted for publication, will be awarded a Thrift Stamp. J - 7 Were you ever In possession -at the age of six of' a penny that you earned? - Do you recall what a sacred coin it was ? How much more valuable than the penny that was given, you? Pass the lessen along. While your children learnr thrift, let "them earn It. : Make a game. 'Offer a bonus to the biggest saver ' every month. Offer double savings that reach a given amount In a given time. Print the rules on a sheet of japer and post it by the banks. Suggest ways of earning ennles. If your children have allowances, offer to add a specific amount to the sum saved each week 6 cents for. the 10 cents saved, 10 cents for 20 cents, saved, 15 cents for 30 cents saved, and so on. And keep it up. ? . Thrift Stamps and 1919 War Sav ings Stamps now on sale at usual agencies. ,-