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MAYOR IIANSOVS ADDRESS
-HOSE who read Mayor. Hanson's
il San Francisco address in yes-
II terday'a Journal, concluded ' the
reading, full ; of : hope.
It la delightful to picture a better
future for our great . oountry. It
fills you with the thought that
the dream will come true.
You feel , that In his i strength.
Mayor. Hanson may give the vision
to others, and a great body of
strong men go out to preach the
glad tidings of more Justice,' more
righteousness, more of the good
things of life for all. f
Mayor Hanson told the San -Franciscans
; that workers must have
more; of the fruits of their labor
than they had before the war. He
said that nation, state, county, city
and every other form of govern
ment, as well as all employers must
do everything , to provide, employ
ment for idle men.
He said to'.employers I that, "You
must do more than . your share in
the ayment of men, in Improving
the' living 'conditions of . workers."
He said, "You must go more ,. than
half way in meeting the demands
of labor,' and that, "You must be
more than . fair now -because so
many, employers : have been . unfair
and selfish In the nasL" "
lie Sailed upon workers, as Inthe
past,; to te true "to the country
and its institutions, and .appealed
to all to make the "golden rule more
and more the guide of mankind."
He i appealed for the , great re
sources of the country to be de
veloped In order that there maybe
lands for. the : landless by ? irriga
tion of arid reaches, that there
might be Industries for' giving more
employment , through development ' of
water, power, and a time come when
'hearth fires will blaze as brightly
in the homes of the poor and lowly
as in jthe palaces of the rich and
wealthy" - ,,
In this great country there is so
much with which to fill homes with
comfort and abundance, it .is a
-pleasing thought that there is to.be
a day when "no1 hungry child shall
so supperless to bed, when no little
boy or little girl will: go to work
in the gray dawn of the morning,
starved -of sunshine and starved of
play' ' - " A :! ;- : yy
That could come from universal
application : of the golden rule "Do
mto others as ye wculd that they
ould do "unto you." It Is a pre
; 'ou3 rule' and a precious purpose.
Thought of ' It helps one see the
i ; ion that Mayor Hanson 'sees.
It helps "one see the old Republic,
.sing out of the war; "majestic and
sublime, a granite edifice against
xvhic Bolshevism may beat in vain. '
Senator Thbmas of Colorado, is an
exponent of the League of Nations.
I '2 did not fight the Hun on No
; lan's Land.' He sat in a swivel chair
while others went through the hell
-f the screaming shells. - t the
eo pie will fill the senate with re
i urning soldiers there ' will be no
trouble about a League of Nations.
WHY THEY ORGANIZE
T OUGHT not to be necessary for
. Portland civil service employes to
cranize for the correction of
' uses in the administration, of
5 cfvil eervic act. The ,lav is
' iia and : Its mandates are easily
!crstood."' ' ,
There has been inclination on the
rt of some officials in time past
evade the law. k That ' is said to
the underlying cause for the new
inization of city employes,
if there be features of the civil
rvice act which do not work for
3 betterment of pub lio service, the
:dy lies in a change " of these
visions rather t'harKin their viola
j or evasion. All too frequently,
over, the reason for the evasion
been not' a desire to improve
publio service - but . to provide
; by friends. It was to meet this
ney that the people ? put -the
.1 service coda oil the statute
3 new organization, however.
: need wise heads to guldo " it
' I its course be unwise the. ef
fect will react, against -the organiza
tion and the civil service system.
If its influence can make it plain
that a civil service day : is full of
energy, efficiency and interest in the
publio business and welfare; that the
civil service is-not a cloak for laxity
but is in fact and truth a protection
for the conscientious and worth
while employe against petty politics
and spoilsman's tactics,' the .organi
zation will' be productive of good.
Otherwise it will not serve a good
purpose or be - beneficial in its
results. . !
The Newport pecplo are asking the
railroad administration . .o - extend
the Yaquina bay railroad four miles
to Newport. It is a connection, that
ought to have been made long , ago.
It would greatly : conveafence thou
sands who make annual pilgrimage
to ' the Newport beaches, as well as
serva a longtime commercial . need.
. , tVORTH WHILE
I.
F
EW vote at school elections in
Portland. It 1s the habit here
, "for .."citizens to do nothing at
school, elections and "cuss'?f.th,e
schools afterwards. - -
We make it our main business to
howl after the thing is done, i We
do not take the ' precaution to see
beforehand that the objectionable
thing Is not done at alt1 There
could Je no more shiftless way. of
conducting school government, j
It is a miracle that r Portland's
schools maintain mo high a standard
It is good fortune more than good
attention by the people. As few
as 4000 or 5000 out of 70,000 or 80,000
vote at school elections. Fewer jhan
10 per cent take part in selecting
the men who spend the millions- of
school money, direct the policy and
control the schools.
So. far as the -schools are con
cerned we chiefly indulge ; in the
great American privilege of swearing
about it when something Is wrong;
and we not Infrequently do that
without being fully informed as; to
the facts.
An organization has been formed
in Portland to enlist publio Interest
In the schools. No movement could
be more worthy. Or more advisable.
Or more wholesome. J
It is help that the school officers
should welcome. It can afford coun
sel and assistance that school heads
will doubtless appreciate.
If the schools on which the future
of our children depends are not
worth while, what . is worth while ?
i.
As chairman of the committee iof
100 which proposes more interest by
the .people in Vchool matters,- Joseph
N. Teal is In the same commendable
attitude that was true : of th'e late
D. P. Thompson. No citizen was
moroy. concerned; - with .. the.; -schools
than Mr. Thompson. He visioncd
the relation of the children of today
with the citizenship of tomorrow. It
was a wise and patriotic thought Of
the republic and one that every
citizen may well emulate.
THE MEDFORD SPIRIT
EDFORD people have launched
a campaign ;. to raise 130,000 to
keep in operation the Pacino
A Eastern railroad, which re
cently-went into the hands of a re
ceiver and stopped running trains. -
The. road is. a short line operating
out of Medford. and Is 'a develop
ment agency in the Medford district.
The 30,000 is to match a like sum
pledged by a lumber" company at
Butte Falls. The plan proposes final
purchase of the road through a bond
issue.. - i
The drive for the 130,000 is typical
of Medford. It is the spirit of self-
help present there . that has made
Mearord a city of parts and promlse4
The people there keep something
doing. In a public Way for home
expansion all the time. The war Isj
no sooner over than the old activity;
for a greater and stronger Medford
is . resumed. - ' !
Accountants say the Pacific A East
ern will pay r. profit above operating
cost and fixed charges. ' If not now,;
a time 'will come when it wilL The
road will be the developing agency
by which added industries here ;and
there along the! line will make - it
pay' a profit. The region has
boundless, resources and nothing but
a little time 'and energy is required
to bring them all into play.
. The Medford formula will win.
Self-help always wins. ;';
Twenty-two Oregon; counties are
ready" to go over the top next Mon
day, the opening day of the Victory
loan drive. Here Is the ' list: Clacka
mas, Coos, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant,
Hood River, Jefferson, Lake, Morrow,
Sherman,- Tillamook. - Union, Wasco,
Washington, Wheeler, Benton, - Co
lumbia, Crook.- Douglas; MalheurrMa
rion and Josephine. Do " you, no
tice 'how: many? of them .are in
Eastern " . Oregon ? f Are ' Western
Oregon counties to ; tag: ; along be
hind T
WHERE DOES IT STAND?
mHE " public service commission
1 owes it as a duty to the peopjM
of Oregon to protect them from
. . unjust and discriminatory . rates.
That was what it was created for.
' Fceight moves, in the channel of
the least cost . A low rate : and a
Just one is- the . lubricant .which
makes the wheels of transportation
go round. Low rates on commodi
ties mean lower prices . to the con
sumer and greater : profit to the
producer. - .
The wheat growers of the Inland
Empire are seeking to have the rates
they must "pay for the shipment " of
their harvests based on the water
level haul down the- Columbia river.
It Is a Just demand, and it . ought
to prevail before the Interstate com
merce commissions ' - ' y
, There is no equity In forcing
them to pay the cost of lifting their
product over the crests of the Cas
cade 'mountain range when it ' can
be hauled : around the . base for
much less.
The' business Interests ' of . the
Puget Sound district are compelled
to haul what they get across the
mountains. They, can not' help it for
they did ' not make- the mountains.
But they have made every one tribu
tary to the Columbia gateway pay
for Puget Sound's unfavorable geo
graphical position. Unable to scale
the mountains down they have
scaled' the ' rates ' up, and the Co
lumbia river district pays the freight.
The Columbia river people are tired
of the situation. They have asked
the interstate commerce commission
to give them ) relief ; to place them
on it - rate basis that is equitable
and JusL .
The Washington ' publio service
commission is fighting the petition'
of :; the Eastern Oregon and Eastern
Washington - farmers .and shippers,
before the interstate commerce Com
mission.! It -is a fight against East
ern Washihgton interests by Puget
Sound Interests, the latter of whom
want the rate down the Columbia
kept as high as the rate over the
mountains regardless of the cost
Of haul.
Is the Oregon public service com
mission for Oregon 'or Is ' it for
Puget Sound? -
It should make its position elear
before the interstate commerce commission.
It will not be 4ong until it will
be a delight to journey , over Ore
gon. This we know from the great
movement, manifest in eery connty,
for better roads. And what a de
light it will be, too, to see Oregon
in all her greenery and beauty!
j ROBERT STANFIELD
ROBERT STANFIELD owns about
200,000 sheep. . ' ' '
Nobody knows the exact num
ber, not even Mr. Stanfleld bo
hasn't time to count them.
His transactions with banks last
year totaled around ten million dol
lars. -
. He annually winters about 120,000
head of sheep. He carried over the
past winter a much larger number.
With sheep worth $16 a head and
more, you get some idea of the im
mensity of Mr. StanfteldTs opera
tions.- . -
. On a door in a handsome building
in Ontario, you see the sign, "Office
of Robert Stanfield." Across the
river In Payette, Idaho, and over at
Weis,er, ' there are similar signs, all
suggesting the . scope of Mr. Stan
field's business. v -
He owns 147,000 acres of land along
the Malheur canyon. A railroad
siding named Gwinn, after the sec
retary of Mr.: Stanfield's company.
was installed to facilitate1 operations
at One of Mr. Stanfield's ranches.
In addition to the -Malheur hold
ings, .this Oregon sheep king has
properties in Umatilla, -but they are
only a side line to his huge industry.
It Is the vast ranges of semi-arid
country, contiguous to Malheur can
yon, where ' population, is scanty and
the areas still wild that are his
great headquarters and operating
territory.
A man remarked over in that coun
try the other .day that "15 ' years
ago $20,000 would cover all Mr. Stan-
field's worldly possessions." Whether
or not that Is the fact, it is true
that withhv that period or a little
more, he has risen from a status of
very small means . to one of very
great- wealth. , His rise to affluence,
has been phenomenal and his career
in the business world meteoric.
A native instinct for tbe sheep
Industry and a natural gift for han
dling big undertakings are ascribed
by his friends- as the powers that
have enabled him to garner wealth
so swiftly and with such pyrotechnic
success. " v "
Other young men might have done
as 'well If they had dared as much
and been, as energetic In any event,"
In America, you do not have to re
main poor merely because born poor.
His was the gift of his life. He
gave all for the honor -of his , coun
try and you. ' Will you lend for
America and him ? As a tribute to
him, will you not lend yours on the
first Victory loan day?
LOOKING BACKWARD
HU woo. tne war T
If I Everybody helped. The whole
?f f roll of honor cannot be enum
erated-nere. .... ' .
But on the list are the- volunteer
cfvi6 bodies.. They were the heart
and soul of what' the cities did. They
aided and fought for wider coopera
tion of citizens (With the government;
for higher standards of publio. eon
duct;:, for more efficient govern
mental fc machinery and t- methods : of
administration; for a militant, spirit
of patriotism that helped countless
citizens . to an understanding ; and
discharge of their full duty. -
Citizens cooperation was thus de
veloped in a way never seen "before.
The : Liberty , loan and other drives
in the cities never would have been
fully successful but for . the organ-;
ized efforts of these volunteer or
ganizations which visited all ' men
and women and , drew them into a
cooperative mass. " ' .
Members - of these citizens organi
zations did all their every-day work
and carried the war burdens in ad-ditlon-
It Is difficult '.to estimate the
value of this ervlce, which was
given freely,, .promptly,- frequently
and consecratedly. .; They stood stead
fast. They kept the faith. They
fought a good fight ofttimes at great
sacrifice. . - ; , '
. Why r should they i not establish
themselves as permanent factors in
our body politic? .,-
If effective in war," they could be
equally effective in ; peaee.
Why - not enroll them for. home
service In the public welfare for " alt
time? . . ' ' '
What a Portland and what an
Oregon country we should have if
this wonderful. army that was, could
only be recruited, and mobilized for
the good works 'of peace-!
WHERE HOSPITALS
REALLY ARE
By Carl Smith. Washington Staff Cor-
respondent f The Journai.1
Waahington, April IT. Out of 7 general-
army hospitals 19 are located In
states" alone the v Atlantic - seaboard
north of Virginia, seven are u in the
Middle West, six are in the South and
five in the Far West ; a
This furnishes an answer to the pft
repeated - statement that the SoutJi is
"getting the best of things." The South
did eet a majority of the army camps,
when men -were beingr hastily assem
bled in masses with only tents for pro
tection, the army command holding that
men could be better handled and drilled
in the southern climate. The canton
ments, of more permanent' construction,
were scattered North and South. .
"'
In Vuildlng general hospitals the army
has looked rather to the locations in
the section where troop movements from
abroad are centered, and whence the
greatest number of men are drawn.
There are a few exceptions where os
pltals are specialised for the treatment
of particular classes of cases.
Taking: the general hospital list more
pin detail, it is found that , New York
leads with 7, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey have S each. Massachusetts and
Maryland 2 each, Connecticut and the
District of Columbia 1 each. -
In the .Middle West are 2 general
hospitals in Illinois, 2 in Indiana, 1 each
in Iowa. Michigan and Minnesota. There
are 2 in Georgia. 2 In North Carolina. 1
in Arkansas and 1 in South Carolina. In
the Far West are institutions in Arizona,
New Mexico, California, Utah and Col
orado. -
In these 3? general hospitals at last
report there were 21,133 overseas cases.
7856 domestic, a total of 28.989. In the
base hospitals located at cantonments
still in use were 9178 overseas cases,
8C00 domestic 15,718 In all. A com
paratlvely small number of men, includ
ing fewer than 10OO overseas cases.
were under treatment at seven camp
hospitals, with a larger number under
the surgeon's care at Hoboken and New
port News, the ports of embarkation,
and a few others were distributed in
miscellaneous institutions controlled by
the army, furnishing a grand total of
38.Z14 overseas cases, ib.vod soma cases.
68,970 all told.
Of the 16 base hospitals still in
use, no two are in the same state. They
are to be found in the states of Massa
chusetts, New York, New Jersey, Mary
land. Virginia. Kentucky, Georgia,
South Carolina.. Mississippi. Arkansas,
Texas. Iowa. Illinois, Ohio, Kansas and
Washington.
The five hospitals with the greatest
number of patients were. Fort McHenry,
M(L 2109 r Fort ' Sheridan, 111., Z07Z
Catnp Taylor, Ky.. 1675 ; Walter Reed.
D. C W65. and Fort McFherson. oa.,
also 1665. These are all general hospi
tals except Camp Taylor, Ky.
Admonition to "Forget
Portland Bugaboo"
From the Medford Hail Tribune
There is ample authority for exhibit
ing a friendly spirit toward the sinner
that repent th. Most of us regard fort
land as a sinner of long standing, but
for some time past, assurances have
come from the north that the metropolis
has repented of her ways, and predged
herself to a new and righteous policy
of good will and friendly cooperation
toward the rest of the state, particularly
Southern Oregon.- ;
Now comes some concrete evidence of
this change of heart.' The National Sdi
torlal association planned a trip to the
coast in August but was "routed to" ar
rive and return over the northern route.
A trip to Crater Lake was suggested but
the expense of such a side trip stood in
the way. Portland was appealed to and
without suggesting the assistance of
Southern Oregon pledged S6000 in cold
cash to provide a special train to Med
ford and return.
We have never been backward in ad
vertising the sins of Portland now it's
only common decency to give equal pub
licity to . her virtues. This investment
of $8000 is unquestionably an invest
ment for Medford and Southern Oregon.
Itmeana financing the largest and most
important campaign of beneficent propa
ganda Jackson county has ever enjoyed.
It means bringing 300 leading newspaper
men of the country to Medford, and
thus informing at least a million people
of the wonders of the Rogue river valley
and the glories of our greatest tourist
asset. Crater Lake. This publicity, more
over, will extend where it is most needed.
in the heart of the densely populated
district of the east and middle west.
Let's give the devBhis due. Instead
of reverting to suspicions -and time hon
ored grievances, let's forget the past,
start with a clean slate and take this
splendid testimonial of the new Portland
spirit, in the spirit in which it Is given,
ready to return it in kind, whenever op
portunity offers. ' r: : ; Ui- J
No possible good can come to Med
ford, Portland or the rest of the state.
by encouraging antagonisms, distorting
motives, or nursing perhaps needless as
sumptions of hostility and ill will. What
benefits one portion of the state; bene
fits all, and while we may believe we
have always accepted this view, it Is
scarcely generous to assume that all the
errors have been on one side, and none
on the other..
Here's a splendid opportunity to' start
a new era of good will and friendly
feeling within the commonwealth. Port
land has done her part, now it Is up
to us to do ours. Let's bury our griev
ances at least until there Is some new
and undeniable evidence of their justifi
cation.
Nebraska Farm That Produces
. Prehistoric Livestock
From Popular Mechanic -
. Wher. ?a ti tmiajtfimn A? thai fnii.tm
get their strange and curious skeletons
of prehistoric-animals? :) If the skele
ton Is a - "dinohyus or a "moropus."
one may be quite sure that ft came from'
the farm of James; Henry Cook in the
chances are almost, equally good if the
specimen happens to be a saber-toothed
cat or a many-toed horse, or almost any
oi uiose queer animals that belong to
the 4-ariy Miocene periods Most ranch-'
men and farmers are quite content to
raise the ordinary sort-of stock, but
here is a ranch that Is most .widely
known because of its output of pre
historic animals. Foe. more than a de
cade paleontologist from the great uni
versities and museums of this country
have made regular trips to these fossU
quarries.
The Cook farm ' and ranch, located
close , to thw Wyoming line, comprise
some 15,000 acres. On the eastern edge
of tbe ranch the Niobrara river has laid
bare two hills, from both of - which
scores and scores of fossU skeletons
have been quarried. In the summer It
is no uncommon occurrence for repre
sentatives of half a dozen eastern In
stitutions to pitch camp near these hills
and spend several 'months digging out
-the fossil bones which, . when worked
over in the museum, form the queer
looking skeletons. ; - .
Letters From the People
(Conununfcatfons aent to Taa Jeamal for pab
E cation in this department 'ahooM ba written en
only ona aida ot the paper, abonld not esoeed SOO
voids in lenctA. and moat be aicned by thm vritar,
wboae mail address in full most accompany the
eontribuUoa. j - ; r ,
Love of Justice the Solution
Portland. April 14. To the Editor of
The Journal W. H. Black's economic
reconstruction plans lack the elements
of practicability, not to say reason. To
offer such a solution witn the hope of
any measure of success within the next
fifty years would be absurd. The whole
structure of. industry and economic re
lationships would of necessity undergo
revolution and bring about a chaotic
condition by its adoption. Impracticable
economists who theorise on a panacea
for the evil days upon us by a resort to
industrial and economic revolution with
out taking into the reckoning the educa
tional factor are .simply wasting 4helr
energy.. Changes,- if they' come at all.
must come through the agency of educa-
turn, affecting the masses in conceptions
or justice and human rclationshlna.
Conceptions of justice and human rela
tionships are surprisingly vague and
have not advanced very far from the
Jungle period of our ancestors. There
never was a time, perhaps, when the
worship of mammon seemed to be the
all-absorbing pursuit of every class as
It is in this day ; but of all sinners more
responsible than any other agency for
unrest and the evil days, the capitalist
class have sinned most and will be com
pelled to shoulder tbe responsibility, un
pleasant as it may seem. They must
reap what they have sown corruption
of government, of the church, of our
educational institutions. : civic organisa
tions and every other, agency of social
intercourse. But the 'pity of it is, the
Innocent must suffer with the guilty.
I need not remind anyone of those causes
responsible for revolution in Europe. If
we in America escape, it will be only
because we have awakened to the need
of retiring those official gentlemen to
private life who have stood for and do
stand behind special privilege and have
sanctioned the schemes of- the indus
trial and commercial robbers of the
people. If every man had his rights,
justice would be the reward of honest
endeavor. . We could then build our own
libraries and schools and educate our
children without the aid of charity.
Charity is a disgrace to our body politic.
Poverty is a virulent disease made loath
some through injustice and greed. If
love of justice were the rule of conduct,
if this were the impulse behind every
activity of life, there would be no
accumulation ot surplus wealth, at the
cost of poverty, starvation, tears and
misery, the sacrifice of virtue and un
timely death. These are the fruits of
selfishness uncontrolled by government
and unhampered by conscience, winked
at by the church and fawnlngly wor
shipped by what we are pleased to call
society. , j
In the final analysis, what we need
and what we 'must have, if we are to
survive. 4 an industrial - and economic
policy founded upon justice. J. Jri. Al.
"Renegades' and Liberty
Oreron City. April 15. To the Editor
of The Journal M. R. Kelley's article of
April 5 put a long train of , thought in
mv head in regard to the "renegade Vol
taire." As long as the church had the
power and had the strength it punished
with severest penalties every man or
woman that expressed a thought dissent
Ing from its man made creed. Savonarola
was burned at the stake for teaching his
people to think. Calvin had Servetus
burned. I nave a iitue cnurcn mstory
that tells about the renegade priest Lu
ther. who was excommunicated because
he taught people to think and -to show
the men of his church the right they
again had as of yore to wives, homes
and children. This same history goes on
to say that he repented on his deathbed
for the harm he had done-'the church.
Lutherans know that is absolutely false.
The very liberty M. R. Kelley is en
joying in this country is due to the pen
of Thomas Paine. Ingersoll was the last
rreat man the church attacked, i They
could not burn him nor put him in the
pillory, nor into the ducking stooL But
vituperation and calumny of the church
did not lessen his influence. Ingersoll Is
retting a rest-now. because there. is a
new religion which they can attack.
Dare an yon e think what ; would have
been the result in our country, our homes
and our religion without the mental lib
erty these men gave to the world? Thomas
Paine said. "The world la my country:
to do good, my religion.'? No little two
by four built-in idea , with four walls
around it, witn an iaea tne size or a gim
let hole. ; MARY DAVIS.
Keep Children" Off Tracks
Portland. April 15-Jro the Editor of
The Journal To ; send a loved one of
tender age to school in the1 morning, and
in sa short time thereafter, providing
identification can .be f made after ex
tricating the child s remains from be
neath the wheels of the train, to take
the remains, bloody and mangled, and
give them to the parents, is to behold
tn moat nolrnant grief known to hu
manity, ' The parents that allow their
children to walk upon the double tracked
right-of-way between Portland city lim
its and Willbridge are liable to fall heir
to the above grief unless they at once
keep their children from this doubly dan
gerous and trespassea upon railway, it
is doubly dangerous, because one is lia
ble to steo from in Trent ot an oncom
ing train only to be run down by another
one bound in the opposite direction, and
to nut that kind of risk up to -children
ot irresponsible are seems the height of
criminal carelessness. I sincerely hope
that the parents of these children will
take cognisance of this danger at once
and not wait until It is too late."-
K. L. WALTER.
On Quoting Washington :
Dallas. April 12. To the Editor of The
Journal During the discussions of the
League of Nations that have obtained
during the past few . months, the reac
tionary senators (lnapireo apostles or
junkerisna. they may .be consistently
termed), have been very persistent in
quoting from Washington's farewell ad-,
dress in reference ; to entangling alli
ances, v . , . . i -
Now that this discussion is drawing to
a close and we can again all give more
attention to other questions, -will some
one kindly state why It is that politicians
were never known to refer to what
Washington said in that same document
in reference to powerful political par
ties? C MILTON SCHULZ.
Mr. Walker on Tobacco Using
Albany, April 11. To) the Editor of
The Journal I was vexed this morning,
and at the same time I could not help
laughing in my sleeve.'" What about?
Why, a Portland dally paper had evhalf
COMMENT AND
- ," , SMALL CHANGE r
f "Patriotism before politics!'
May the peace conference soon rest In
peace, -t - - . a-.,.-;.- ..-vi ,.r . ..,
,- ' ; - v a - ,'
Well admit that It Isn't very fine
weather for home-gardening.
. .
! Generally speaking, we wouldn't care
to buy a house that is built to sell.
'The best jobs in the world are not
necessarily those that pay the most.
If you can't possibly buy any Victory
Liberty bonds, maybe you can give an
ex-soldier a chance to make a good
living. . .
i ....
The small boy has reason to rejoice
about on thing. He won't have to take
a chance on sneaking under the tent or
carry water for. the elephants, in order
to see the 5flying circus" next Monday.
-i If hoping wifl do any good here's hop
ing that Sunday is a warm, sunshiny
day. Not that we have any particular
personal, charms or adornments to pa
rade, but just for the sake of those more
richly endowed with worldly goods.
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
. OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
(Many an old time resident of Ore'soa will
ba transported to chudliood'a happy daya apoo
perusing tbe reminiscences of Mrs. Deli Coon,
who waa a teacher at Mount Tabor sod at Kaat
Portland in the eighties. Mrs. Good mentions
by aama many of these, and one especially who
achieved literary, distinction in a work whose
title is a household word in Oracon.
' "There were four girls in our family,
said Mrs. Delia Coon, pioneer teacher of
Portland, t "Sarah, ths eldest, married
George Orchard. I married Thomas R.
Coon. Jennie and -Annie were, twins.
Jennie married J. S. Cooper of Inde
pendence and Annie married. Mr. Coae
and lives at Dallas. My husband and
I were both born in 1854 and both 61
us have spent a large part of our lives
as teachers.' We -were married at Ta-
conia in 1874 when we were 20 years
old. Mr. Coon was born In . Silverton.
Or on March 4.- 1854. His father.
Thomas L. Coon, crossed the plains to
California in 1850, came to the Willam
ette valley the following year, and took
up a homestead. On which the town of
Silverton is located. He sent for his
family to come out to Oregon. His wife
-and his daughter, Cornelia, accompanied
by Paul Crandall, Mrs. Coons father,
crossed the plains in 1852 and joined
Mr. Coon at Silverton.
"Thomas L. Coon died at Silverton
on January 10, 1854. Seven weeks later
his son, Thomas . R. Coon, was born.
Thomas R. Coon went to the Salem pub
lic school and it was there that we were
classmates.
. a
"Mr. Coon, while attending Willamette-
university, secured a position as
teacher of the negro night school. This
was in 1873. When he was 17 he se
cured the position as teacher of the
school at Puyallup. We both taught
school there during the winter of 1874,
moving from there to Portland in the
summer of 1875. Mr. Coon secured the
position as teacher at Mount Tabor, a
suburb of, the city of Cast Portland. His
assistant was Jennie Fields, now Mrs.
E. SL Brubaker. . When Jennie quit to
get married X took her place as assist
ant teacher. The school was located at
what is now Sixtieth and Stark streets.
It consisted of two departments, . a pri
mary and a grammar grade, Lettie and
Cora Hosford were two of my pupils.
Lettie married Ed Peterson, and Cora
married D. A. Grout, now supr intendment
of the Portland schools. One of my
pupils was Frederick. II. Balch. author
of "The Bridge of. the Gods. He was
an inveterate reader and a ' good stu
dent, but he despised grammar and used
to get very poer grades in his grammar
examinations. ' Another of ray pupils
was Annie Prasp, a sister of Fred
Prasp, leader of Prasp's band. George
and Laura Fisher came to. school to me.
Laura later married Mr. Suttle. Lulu
Moore, daughter of John Moore, one of
the school directors, was also one . of my
pupils. C. W. - Gay. who still lives on
Mount Tabor, was also a school direc
tor and had two children in school.
One of his girls. Nellie, married Mr.
Walton. They are still living on Mount
Tabor. They have two very sweet and
pretty girls, who look more like their.4
mother's sister, Emma, than theirl
mother.
"In the Mount Tabor school, in 1878.
'self -government was instituted in the
WINTER TRAVEL; IN SIBERIA
- By Paul Wright
Special Correspondence to The Journal and The
Chicago Daily New.
(This ia the fourteenth installment of a aeries
of . trare notes, ahowinc transportation and
other condition In Siberia., by one of the ape
eial correspondents serf in a The Journal front
that country.)
Verkhne Udinsk, Siberia The old caste
system Is hot operating to the benefit
of revolutionized Russia. . The nachalnik
Cboss or superintendent), the 'man with
the soft, white hands, does hot fit in
as comfortably as once he did. There
.was a time when bis diploma from a
technical school eassured him a lucrative,
position for life, but his tenure is by ne
means as sure as formerly. At tbe pres
ent writing .the nachalnik as a type has
money and the habits that go with -it,
and his whole . training and education
have made him look upon the worker, as
a thing -of different nature from His
own. He has never heard and could not
understand the remark of a certain great
and successful American : l do not
page advertisement depicting, evidently.
Turkish women, in tnetr vrieniat cos
tumes and as women of the harem.
smoking a certain brand -or cigarettes.
Women smoking t Bah I 1 remarked to
a gentleman friend la the room i "The
tobaccflr men are becoming alarmed at
the growing sentiment against tbeir
trade and are resorting : to a big ad
vertising propaganda ; but they are over
doing the thing, for these efforts- of
theirs will prove a boomerang." .
It was thus with the liquor men,, to
my certain knowledge, here in Oregon,
when statewide prohibition was pending ;
for day after day large liquor ads ap
peared that vexed my very souL and I
redoubled my efforts to stake .Oregon
dry, And when the last liquor ad ap
peared I ; shouted, - "Praise the Lord V
May 1 live to thus shout as to the to
bacco and especially cigarettes.
At the are of 10 years, and in Oregon
eityi In 1848, one evening after eating
supper I ; went down on : the sidewalk,
and. chancing te find a cigar, I took a
few whiffs. My ! wasn't X sick; X lost all
desire for tobacco In any form.
Tears ago X was told that fny digestive
organs were my .weakest tones., r The
passing years have proved that tne di
agnosis was correct. I am fully con
vinced that bad X used intoxicating liquor
or even tobacco X would long since have
ended-life's Journey. As it is. X em in
quite good. health, and have passed sny
eightieth : mile stoneT All seven of us
boys of the Rev. E. Walker family were
anti-liquor and anti-tobacco, by precept
and example, an our lives. And we lived
in the then truly wild and woolly west.
Knowing from army life. In 1864-68,
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS.
The Pine Valley Herald will soon be
setting type by machinery "instead of
one at a time
As soon as the uniforms arrive the
Ladies band. I recently organised at
Sheridan, will give . concert.
-..- . .; - -- " - -Polk
connty Is advised by the Dallas
Itemiser that It "should follow the ex
ample of Sherman county, which re
cently passed a $300,000 highway bond
ing measure almost without a dissent
ing vote." , : i -
Testimonial to his tfellow townsmen
by the editor of the Reedsport Courier:
"Evesry man in business in Reedsport,
and, we might say. 100 per cent of the
residents of the town, are conscious
boosters.-,-;.' t:-
It is proposed by the Salem Commer
cial club that photographs be taken of
all of Salem's industries and all ar
ranged in panel at the Commercial club.
When a visitor happens to drop in, by
means of these photographs he is quickly
informed as to -what is doing. "And
if he happens to be a farmer." observes
the Capital Journal, "it would not re
quire much talk to convince him that
he could sell everything he could raise."
Lockley
gramrnar department. There was a writ
ten constitution printed on the black
board. The state was called Franklin.
There were two counties, AtlanUo and
Pacific There was a legislative body,
which enacted laws. One of the laws
forbade the throwing of trash or paper
on the school i grounds. Another law
made It a misdemeanor for a pupil to
.strike, knock off a bat. or throw rocks
or other missiles. There was a governor
for. the state and a sheriff for each
county. The authority of the supreme
court was vested in the teacher. Frank
Fields was one of the governors.
;..
"The school directors were & W. Gay,
John Moore. C. M. Wiberg, Mr. Newell
and Mr. Brainard. Here, as I remember,
are the names of the punils.I taught at
Mount Tabor in 1878: Ellsworth, Mary
and Hattie Abraham, Frederick Homer
Balch, Eddie. Willie and Herbert Bull,
Anna and Ada Clark, - Harry Corson,
Ona, Kd and JEtoma. -Crosier, George,
Will and a Mary Daly, Frank Fields,
Laura Fisher (now Mrs. George Suttle).
George Fisher, Dora Francis, Nellie Gay
(now. Mps. Walton), Frank and Emma
Gay, Frank and Fred Gtlliam. Olin and
Pearne Hosford, Lettie Hosford (now
Mrs. Peterson), Cora Hosford (now Mrs.
D. A. Grout), j Annie Howes, Thomas
and Jennie Howitt, Fred Daly, Doxie
Kelly, Fred Newell, Dave, Nate and Fe
licia Rosenthal, Ida and Paul Kinzel,
Alvin E. Lake,' Annie. Herman. Essie,
Sadie. Ed, Fred and Lulu Lewis, Ber
tha Mahli. Lulu Moore, Ed Peterson,
Anna Prasp, ; Ella and Richard Price,
George. Mary and Annie Prettyman,
Clara Ross. Mamie and Clara Smith,
Lena Van Scholk, Annie, Ed and Lizzie
Wiberg. ;
..... ..-
. "From Mount Tabor we went to teach
in the newly erected school building at
East Portland, which stood Just where
Washington high school now sjands.
There were five teachers in this school.
Mr. Coon was principal. The other
teachers were Ada Thomas. Mary Daly,
myself, and Lola Bailey, who later mar
ried Dr. Harry Lane, later United States
senator.
-': "- e.
"Mr. Coon and I taught In East Port
land In 1877 and 1878. at Seattle in 1878
and 1880, at Hood River in 1880, and
at Astoria in 1881 and 1883. In 1883 we
bought a farm in Hood River valley,
where we Btayed till 1894. I taught the
Pme Hill school from 1908 to 190. I
was particularly; interested In the school
house there, foi it' had been a church
that had been built largely through the
efforts of one v of : my Mount Tabor
pupils, Frederick Homer Balch. author of
The Bridge of the Gods. On Septem
ber 24, 1908, the Historical society of
The Dalles visited the Pine Hill school
and held memorial exercises for Fred
erlck Homer Balch, bestowing the name
of 'Balch school upon it The building
had been erected a number of years
previously, for a chuTch. but had been
sold to the school district, for a school
house. , Mr. Balch was buried in the
cemetery nearby without a mark of any
kind to distinguish his grave. A granite
stone was secured and set on a concrete
base with the i following, inscription
Frederick Homer Balch 1861-1891 The
Bridge of the Gods.' "
hire men to work for me, but to work
with me."
Like other sweeping generalisations,
these remarks have exception. At Bliou
danka we found a nachalnik who worked
with his hands at the heavy work of
moving the Red Cross materials that
were to be given out, and when our
train, departed from his station he shed
tears Of vexation and grief because his
men had been clearly out of control.
Moreover, though the Russian workman
is annoyed at fhe nachalnik, he needs
him. The nachalnik has the theoretical
book knowledge that the other can never
hope to possess, under the existing sys
tem, and so, while the worker cannot
get along with the nachalnik, be cannot
gov avious wiuiuat nam, ana ootn tne
worker and the nachalnik are aware of
this fact The Russitfn .workman needs
a boss of Xh nachalnik type, but there
is.no reason why the nachalnik should
not discover that his welfare derjends
upon the prosperity of the man who
woras win his bands.
(Copyrlfht. 1819, by Chlcaro Uafly Newa Co.)
out In the wilds of Idaho. most of the
time, , the temptations that come to
soldier boyr away from home and
kindred, X cannot, really blame our boys
who saw service overseas for smoking
tobacco, particularly cigarettes. Now that
they are coming home, may they find it
best for .health and business reasons
to eschew tobacco In any form. : A. ci
garette fiend won't pass a physical ex
amination. If business men see a man's
finger tips stained with cigarette smoke
the chances if or employment will be
greatly lessened, and It's going1 to be
more and more so as the years go by.
In the Saturday Evening Post of April
S is a humorous article by Harry Leon
Wilson, entitled, "Here's How." in which
he depicts tbe supposed acts of the liquor
users July 1 next, when the , nation
goes dry. Before he gete through he
gives a slam against tobacco and coffee.
It may seem as though in ridicule, but
I know he tells much of truth, and X am
"tapering off" on coffee. As for using
liquor and tobacco, what I have done of
restraint as an Oregon boy; all other
boys in Oregon or elsewhere can da Try
it, boys. ' CYRUS H. WALKER.
Olden Oresron
Settlers Attacked by Indians in 1851
- In Jackson County
While returning from the California
gold mines . In June, 1851, a party of
Oregon settlers was attacked by Indians
near Table Rock, in Jackson county.
The miners were well armed and suc
cessfully, withstood the redskins, the
leader of whom was killed, v
Ragtag1 and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
Late but Authentic
pFFICIENCT is an admirable quail tk--
but it can be overcome,- according to
Representative M. Clyde Kelly of Penn
sylvania, quoted , In the New" York
-Tribune. , i
"Last election day, Mr. Kelly ex
plains, "the city editor of my news
paper la Braddock sent his best reporter
out to learn if the saloons were open '
in defiance of the law. - f
"Four days later his reporter returned
and reported:
"They were."
. Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
The way these here. Hun revolutions
revolves in one day and out the neat
beats anything the Mexicans ever dose
in that line. Mexico is quite a settled
and slow goln' kinder guvTnent along
side of them ' Bolshevik-Soviet demot
ercies the Huns Is revoivin with now
adays.
The Praise of Apple Trees
Our moantain firs are straight and tall;
And oaks there be with mossy kneea
And pleasant shade; but, best of all
tror comradeship, ara apple tr
Waist-deep In fraaraai meadow f raM.
A kindly company are they; .
And what ia richer than the mass
Of bloom that buries then In Uayt
Tour hemlock alalia of forest com He:
Tour pine of rocky hetsht or elan;
But apple orchards breathe of home -Their
trees ba always dwelt with mm
Beneath their bong-ha the cattle arase,
Asnons their leaeea the mbina Hate.
And bountifully autnma waJahe
Their branches low with hardy rait.
Tea. aim and beech hare stately chirms.
Ana) sa hare sycamore and lime;
Bat apple trees hare friendly arms -That
bet a little boy to climb.
Arthur Uuitenoaa, in Christian Bcieeee
aionitor.
The News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
of Journal Readers
GENERAL. )
Mrs. F. H. Wilder has been electee
commissioner of police at Fargo, N. D. (
Lynching of a negro at MUlen, Oa,,
Monday, caused a race clash which re
sulted in seven deaths. J
Forty-seven brides of American sol
diers and sailors arrived at New York
Monday night irom Brest . j
The California legislature has voted te
clip nine inches off bed sheets used la
hotels and lodging houses. ; J
The latest news from Munich 'is that
heavy fighting is raging in the streets
between Red Guards and loyal troops. I
Sixteen enemy aliens interned at the
war prison barracks at Fort Douglas V
ware paroled Monday and sent to their .
homes.- -
Marshal ' Petain, commander-in-chief
of the French armies in France, has an
nounced his intention of visiting the
United States.
Revised casualties records made publ
lie Tuesday show 274,960 major casual
ties, an increase of 175& over the total
announced week ago. j
The associated governments have aut
thorlsed the resumption of postal, cable
and wireless communication between -Germany
and neutral countries. . j -
' More than 1,500,000 tons of' shliping
has been assigned by the United States
Europe threatened with starvation. j
Herr Neuring, war minister in the
government of Saxony, was killed at
Dresden by disgruntled soldiers to whore
the minister had refused a hearing. - j
The United States consul at Seoul pro4
tests against the search of missions
churches and schools in Korea by Jap-e.
anese for Information against the revolu-4
tionwia. - f' ...-f .' ' -,.A I
Investigation of the clash betweenf
American soldiers and Japanese at"Tier
Tsln is still trt progress, -ejHth every inj
dicatlon that the incident will soon be
adjusted satisfactorily. V - .. I
The first; woman's bill ever signed by
a governor of California was approved
Tuesday when Gojsernor Stephens signed
a measure placing a sister on an equal
plans with a- brother in the adminls-4
ration of estates, . - I
A report just issued by the interstate
commerce commission shows that the
gross revenues of 60 telephone com-i
nanles were $2,400,000 more In Novem-j
ber, 1918, than in the correspond in si
month, of 1917, aithougn the net revenue
decreased a.? per cent. .
NORTHWEST NOTES. , '
Wheat land transactions aggregating!
8284,000- were made curing last wee in
Umatilla county. rl-
A total of $1,250,000 has been loaned
In Yakima county by the Federal Farm
Loan bank at Spokane.
The Utah-Idaho - Sugar company has
commenced tbe erection of sugar plant
at Toppenish, Wash. . ,
A distinguished service cross for hero
ism in action has been awfrded to Lieu
tenant Francis A. Barlow of Douglas,
Wash. j; , u
Charging ma! Icious prosecution.
Charles J. Stauf fer has filed a damage
suit at Bend against William W. Brown,
a wealthy stockman.
The Hood River Apple Growers as
sociation has purchased for $55,000 the
Vanhorn storage plant of the Hood
River Apple Storage company.
A. Zelaski was arrested In Oregon City
Tuesday on v a 1 warrant from Butte.
Mont., charged with: taking a phono
graph out oi that state to Oregon.
- Albert F. Yeager, a graduate of Ore
gon Agricultural college, has been ap
pointed head of the horticultural de
partment of the North Dakota Agricul
tural college. ,
Allotments to Indians of all ages are
now being made on 700 80-acre tracts of
land in the foothills of the Blue moun
tains. The land ranges- in value from
$5 to $50 an acre.
JoseDh M acker, who says his home is
In Portland, is serving a 80 days' sen
tence in the Lane county jail for having
liquor in his possession.
After losing all track of her mother
since she was a little child, Mrs. Kva
Mason Bell of Aberdeen. Wash., has
located h-r near Roseburg In the person
of Mrs. Thomas Alexander. v
A ntnsalsm has been launched at
Medford to raise $20,000 to finance the
Pacific - A Eastern . railroad, recently
placed in a receiver's hands.
Rar P. Bean has been aonoin ted 'su
perintendent for the new state experi
ment station at Prosser, Wash. The re
cent legislature appropriated. $35,000 for
the development or. toe farm. .
The Eunnt Chamber i of Commerce
has appealed to Representative Hawley
to obtain - better train and mall service
between Eugene and Oakridge.
Representatives of Northwestern, fruit
shipping concerns are gathering data, to
nresent to authorities at Washington In
an endeavor to show discrimination
against fruit shinners in freight rates.
Uncle Sam Offers Splendid
Opportunity for Investment
tStertee of achievement ta tier eeeesrals
ttoe of War Sarin tHsmpa, sent to Tbe
Joaroal and aecepted tor pobUoatiee. will
U awarded a Thrift ump.J
When you don't have to' worry
about money you i are; happier
man as well as a better worker. And
the secret of financial freedom Is to
Invest' safely. . : J
Your government now offers you
the - opportunity to Invest small
amounts of money so that they will
yield good interest. Thus your money
grows and at the same time is safer
than it could be anywhere else, --
Thrift Stamps and 1919 War Sav
Ings Stamps now on sale at usual
agencies.- . '