The Oregon daily journal., April 21, 1919, Page 8, Image 8

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, P ORTJLAND, MONDAY APRIL 21. 191t. ,
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1AILT MOBNINO OB AFTERNOON) -
On year.. $3.00 1 Ona month.'.... 60
SUNDAY
One year. ...... 32.60 One month. ..... $ .38
DAILT (MOIl.MNcOBAArTEBNOON) AND
One year. ... ..i 37.80 One month.;t . ;.3
It ia for uif, the, lmcg. rather to ba
' dedicated lie re to the unfinished ' work
they hae thus - far to nobly ' carried
on; that from thee honored dead
take increased -devotion to that causa
for which they t here gae the laet full
measure. of devotion; that we here highly
, resolve tliat these dead ahall not hare died
in tain. Lincoln at Gettysburg. -
, THE BOY THAT WAS
ejejJS face was pallid.
M H ,lravvn lftnt.
It. had a
' I a I ' '
. j i Leaning on his crutch, he
. waikrW with difficulty. ,He made
his way, but slowly. He was .In an
1 American uniform, and Portlandcrs
l on the : street . turned and "ldoked
after him when he had passed. .
:' They knew. The pale young face,
the crutch and the shambling-' gait
.- told his story. Over there, an ex
rploding shell, a bursting shrapnel,
;1 - a '.machine gun bullet any or 111 of
Ihem may have been thething that
mutilated this fresh young boy; once
j: full' of the vigor of youth, now,
young as he is, a boy that was.
j There are a hundred thousand of
j them, some who fared better, some
worse. They are "all over this land,
1 some . on crutches, some In wheel
1 chairs, some stretched on beds. of
pain. Foe some, there will be restor-
all on and the returned vigor -of man-
hood, but for more there will-be a
$ lifetime of struggle with a maimed
1 a .. - ! I Inn, wl.fyfl
DOUy, a inis&illg lllliu ur iuai thivu.
Today, this day that is first in "the
'Victory loan drive, ItUs for usjto
rededicate. ourselves to the cause for
which they so nobly . sacrificed. It
I is for us, from these crippled lads
k to take increased devotion to " the
"t country . for which , they gave so
..jmicu.. . - , - .-
It is for us today to lend of our
means money for restoring them,
so far as human skill can restore,
to that power of honorable self sup
port that a grateful nation should
bestow. Let;us buy Victory bonds
for the boy that was.
Oregon is honored by the election
of one of her daughters to
the vice presidency of . the Daughters
of - the American Revolution. ' Mrs.
Isaao Lee Patterson, -so elected, was
Miss Mary Wood worth, a Salem girl,
educated at- Willamette university,
highly intelligent, only daughter in
a , highly respectable family, and a
devoted official and worker in the
Daughters of. the American Revolu
tion 'organization. Her husband, was
a state senator " at f the' late Oregon
legislative . sesston and vhas ' served
other terms .in the same position.
THE OLD FIGHT:
yEW YORK brewers are preparing
iu ucij ins iiaviuuiii war jiru
hibition statute. -
They are playing their last
i card in . the game they have long
! Waged. 1 -
I Without doubt the attitude of the
3 brewers of the nation has had .as
much influence as any other cause
in ' the advancement ' of prohibition
! sentiment It was( so in Oregon
and .undoubtedly is true in all the
. other states.: ;
; t For a long time sentiment has
; been growing more and more against
' the manufacture and sale of whiskey,
brandy, . gin and , the . other strong
distilled liquors.. . .They were, looked
upon as a " potent cause of drunken
ness and r the "social, and economic
evil flowing ..from1" it. .
Close linked . to .this was the agi
tation against the open saloon?" Not
so many years- ago the preponderant
i sentiment in this state, and ' the na
tion,: leaned , away from prohibition,
t owards the use of light . wines and
beer and -the .regulation - of, the open
saloon But ; the. breweries owned
or' controlled - the saloons. They
wanted--revenue, and they did not
care how they- got it. .Dives and
brothels, with all the lawlessness,
debauchery and crime that ran ram
pant in them were the equipment
and the means by which tney kept
their output and their profits at the
maximum. They brooked no 'Inter
ference of iaw.;" ;,They bought elec-
tions, debauched officials when they
could, and Intimidated ' or' defeated
Ihem when they could not.'. They
were -the sinister influence" Behind
the shadow of invisible government
'.: anting - over the states and nation
verywhere. - Their autocratio atti
and foolish persistence ' for 4aw-
less- uncontrol xmade reluctant con
verts to prohibition.-; ' - - '.. '
They had no vision. They were
blinded by their bankrolls and the
power their closedrawn pursestrings
gave. them. They could not see that
the wreck and ruin they were
making of men and homes, the eco
nomic i flotsam they were casting
upon the sea of humanity, was over
balancing the desire of the normal
man for normal self , indulgence.
: They are still blind. It was the,
lawlessness " of , the brewers, , their
hostility , to restraint, -"that : has
brought , on ; national , prohibition.
They believe It has been the long
haired men and short haired women
who are responsible for their Water
loo. They are mistaken. They have
been all along.
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I AN AMICUS CURIAE
ATTORNEY FRANK S. GRANT
has taken issue with Attorney
General Brown before the su
; '. preme court as to the ., status
of Governor Olcott's tenure of of
fice. He contends that Mr. Olcott
is i governor because he is secretary
of- state, and that 'his resignation
of the latter ofice would . autor
matically sweep him out of both
offices. -That is a debatable point,
and one upon which trained . minds
may honestly and logically differ.
Rut Mr. Grant goes further to urge
upon the court that J technicality
should stand as a bar! against the
court's decision upon the merits of
the question . sought - to be , determ
ined. He argues that the court may
not climb over, the invisible line Of
wornout precedent to consider in
a i mandamus proceeding the only
Question at issue In .the controversy.
What the public wants to know.
ano what Governor Olcott has asked
the court:" to' determine, "is not
whether the state treasurer can law
fully pay his salary a3 governor
but whether Mri Olcott ; is governor
in fact or by reason of his being
secretary ,of, state. .
The' best 'interests of the state
government require that there be
three men in the three chief offices
provided by the constitution. Th"e
publio interest demands that there
be ono man to devote his whole
time to the duties of secretary of
state, and one man giving nis whole
time and attention td the , governor
ship. Each is a man's job, and no
man, no matter how able, should be
required to bear the. burdens of
both if that condition can lawfully
be avoided.' ' 1
When the composite mind of the
learned court functions upon that
question it can answer It. It would
cause no added, mental exhaustion
just - because the question happens
to, be basketed in a - petition in
mandamus.. Trie platter does not
make the feast, and, to the lay mind
at 1 least, it would seem foolish to
refuse the meat because it were
served in the wrong dish. When the
full functioning ' of the. state gov
ernment Is at stake quibble should
not stand in the . way. As Amicus
Curiae Mr. Grant s'igns himself under
the wrong title when he urges the
supreme court to sanction ,uch a
thing.
These are no times for "courts to
yield ' to technicalities. The public
welfare and a struggling people, still
worried with war tasks, want de
cisions on something i more than
quibbles.-. ,
Salem Is contending for" the honor
of .; being .the first . capital city in
the nation,, to 'pledge its full quota
for the Victory loan. Since" the old
town has turned to loganberry juice
It seems to have saved the whizz out
of its', whiskey and "put it in" its
punch. .
THE WOOD SHIP SALE
BY THE time the United States
shipping board has sold all of
the 110 wooden ships it now has
. j It may change its mind as to
the worth of these vessels. Already
It I has sold 15 of them at a erica
only $33 a ton less than they cost
when built under the extreme war
time pressure.
What makes this sale air the more
significant is that . the new owners
Intend to use the ships in the
transocean and not in the coastwise
trade. .
The wooden ships have had a
hard time of it. It would not be
surprising if the propinquity of the
shipping board to the steel produc
ing center, of the nation did not
have an unconscious psychological
eneci upon ine attitude of the offi
cials.: They may have been so
accustomed to thinking' in terms of
steel ' ships that they could not
twist -, their minds into any other
channel.'
The eagerness with which biivera
nabbed - the first vessels put up for
sale by the ? shipping board shows
that wood ships are not so much out
or date as was supposed. The pur
chase or tae remaining number on
hand will demonstrate that there are
shippfng men who do not scorn to
operate, a wooden- hulL ? v .
Foreign yards are building wooden
ships, some of them ' out" of Amer
ican lumber. There . is no reason
why -American yards should not be
permitted to put: American timbers
into American built Rhine f. Bia
to; whomsoever desired to buy. That
time .will come.
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- In the Victory loan drive begin-
mng loaay. mere - Is offered- four
year gold notes, exempt from state
and local taxes, bearing 41
interest and convertible into 34 per
cent notes xempt from all taxation.
The terms of payment are: 10 per
cent at4-purchase, 10; per cent on or
before July "5th, . 20 per cent on or
before August 12, 20 per cent " Sep
tember 9, 20 per cent October 7 and
20 per cent November 11. The notes
are so attract've as an investment
that sagacious people are buying
to the limit: of their ability.
It is creditable to the Oregon pub
lic .service commission that : it has
decided to Join -in the petition of
Inland Empire farmers and shippers
before the interstate commerce com
mission for a. reduction of rates
through the Columbia gateway. It
is action by; which the Oregon com
mission is 1 truly representative of
the Interests of Oregon.
HILLS AND HONEY AT KLAMATH
EKUuuii j timoer - is immeaiaieiy
tributary to Klamath Falls to
make a lumber train reaching
11 & .It.. M T a 4am r,st
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n um in oik viijr vu - uvuuuu auu
return.
Klamath county will ship 8500 cars
of box shooks and lumber south
ward through California this year.
The product goes all over the
world. The box lumber industry of
Klamath county is t enormous. It is
a gold mine In Its returns. .
The "basis ; of the Industry are yel
low pine forests, of which 30,000,-
000,000 feet j is- immediately tributary
to Klamath i Falls, and will probably
be ultimately manufactured Into
lumber and boies around the shores
of Klamath j lake. Other billions of
feet of the same standing timber
cover the eastern slopes of the Cas
cades. In one body the Booth-Kelly tract
recently sold to St. Louis people,
there are 287,000 acres. The tract
is almost inconsequential in compari
son with the Weyerhauser and' other
great holdings. . ,
Yellow pine is peculiarly suited to
manufacture of boxes. It permits
of manufacture by a process which
prevents the warping, often common
to other materials.
The payrolls in the milling in
dustry of Klamath county are : esti
mated - at around $4,000,000 for the
current year. The Pelican Bay com
pany at Klamath Falls is the largest
establishment, with a wage list of
500 to 600 men, It has a timber sup
ply to last 30 years. . The president
is H. D. Mordenson, whose father
owns a sawmill at Silverton, Marion
county. Both are Wisconsin people.
A part of the output is manufactured
into boxes ranging in size from a
five pound "grape box to boxes of
the largest : dimensions.
The Algoma mill is on Klamath
lake "near Klamath Falls, and employs
330 men. The company owns and
operates 10 miles of railroad, and
has a 30 year timber supply.
The Klamath Manufacturing com
pany plant is a sawmill - and box
factory. The concern has a 'payroll
of 200. . -- - -
Other establishments ' are the
Ewauna Box company, ' the . Chelsea
Lumber company and the Big Lakes
Box company, all employing large
forces of men.. These are mills
around Klamath Falls and do not
Include big plants at Kirk, Chilo
quin, the Lamb Lumber company at
Modoo Point, and numerous other
concerns, some of whose output is
hauled to Klamath Fall3 by auto
truck.
A story goes the rounds at Klamath
Falls of one man who put $20,000
into a mill and in the third year
of its operation drew out $80,000
as profit. There are other accounts
veracious or otherwise, of money in
milling, , as well as in other en
deavors, in the great Klamath coun-
ine milling inausiry oi ine region
is one of numerous resources on
T?L. Il1f I a a M .
which the Strahorn railroad, now
building northeast from Klamath
Falls, relies for support - A zone
of almost inexhaustible forests ex
tends northward to Silver Lake and
Bend. It is timber that can never
be marketed until a railroad is built.
It is one fof many resources In
Southeastern Oregon that stand
waiting for means of transportation.
Beyond the present northern term
inus of the Strahorn railroad there
are dense belts of timber. There is
said to be capital that, as soon as
the road reaches these timber areas,
will establish logging camps and , at
once begin shipping logs to new
mills to be erected at Klamath Falls.
Announcement is made that air
buses", are to begin regular service
across the Alps, making the trlD
from:- Prague, . Bohemia, to ' Paduaf!
Italy, in four hours and 15 minutes.
each . bus carrying 47 passengers.
Not even the domain of the mountain
goat is sacred tc the bird men.
MILLIONS FOR ROADS
STATE highway construction in
- Oregon i is 'assuming "proportions
whose vastness was undreamed
of "a few years ago. To one
who has not " followed closely the
work of the highway commission it
will be somewhat of a surprise to
learn that approximately six millions
of" dollars worth I of work ; has been
contracted 'for since the first of the
yearv In addition to this, plans are
being I formulated for ;. the letting- of
another two million dollars worth
within : the ! next two months. To
this must be added work to be done
in cooperation with the government
on forest roads to the - extent of
another 'million.
' The. contracts now outstanding call
for the. grading of 163 miles and for
the paving of 187 miles. The most
of the ' contracts cover construction
on the two main highways, the Pa
cific highway and the Columbia river
highway, involving an estimated ; ex
pendlture of four and one -half mil
lions. - Of - this amount ' the Pacific
highway, is , receiving three . and 'one
quarter millions. r -; r ;
Notwithstanding all v this provision
the demand for better roads shows
no diminution.' , To the contrary it
seems to be - getting stronger and
counties are growing more insistent
that . the state go ahead with con
struction. Everybody wants i roads
and wants them built right away.
That some are going r. to be dis
appointed this year is clearly ap
parent. There - is a physical limit
to the amount of work that can be
done in one season. In reality there
are only 100 days in thej,year when
pavement can be put down. Besides
there As .the question of labor
supply.
The consideration of these fac
tors will result in the cultivation of
patience,- Ultimately all will be
reached.
Washington , county Is' claiming
first county henors against the state
of Iowa as being the first county
In any state in the; nation to fully
pledge : its Victory loan quota. It Is
an honorable -distinction.
A BRILLIANT
CAREER
From
Stenographer to Director
General of Railroads.
By Ward A. Irvine
From . stenographer to director of the
largest aggregate of industrial proper
ties in the worlv today Is the life story
of Walker E. Ilines, Portland visitor
tomorrow..
As director-general of railroads Mr.
Ilines directs the destinies of, approxi
mately 2(T,000,00,000 worth of property.
He touches the dally life of revery
American through the Immense trans
portation system under his control.
When young Hines was compelled to
abandon his educational career at 14
years, shortly after . the death of his
father, he became stenographer. His
income was largely, spent in aid of his
mother, . a country , school teacher. At
16 he was. official stenographer. for the
state circuit court : In i Kentucky, and
after two years' service he had saved
enough money to resume his education
al career at Ogden college. Bowling
Green, Ky. Hlnes left college to be
come ' a stenographer in Bowling Green
and later jumped to Trinidad, Colo., in
the same work.
; .
Mr. Hines first connection with rail
roads waa as secretary to the - assistant
chief counsel of the LoulsvUle ft- Nash
ville. After two years he. left that posi
tion to study law at the University of
Virginia, - and emerged with a degree
in 1893. He returned to the Louisville
& Nashville,, as an assistant attorney.
became assistant chief counsel In 1S97
and ct 30 waa made first vice president
of the' road. In this capacity he was
head of the legal department and aided
In the supervision of traffic.
The Louisville & Nashville lost Mr.
Hines to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe In 1906, where he assumed the posi
tion of chief counsel. At 38 he became
chairman of the executive committee of
the board of directors, and chairman
of the board of directors in September,
1918. During the last 15-years he had
engaged in a private law practice in
New TorU city;- ' "
His rise with the railroad administra
tion was quite as rapid as when con
nected with private roads. He was
originally assistant to the director
general, then, became associate director
general, and was finally advanced to
director-general on the resignation of
William G. McAdoo. ,
Relative to. return of the roads to pri
vate control, Mr. Hines believes . .there
are but two courses open return of the
roads without, remedial legislation, or
government control for five years as
recommended by Mr. McAdoo. - Speak
ing on ' the-j subject recently, Mr. Hines
Is quoted : . - '
"Undoubtedly a great many., people
whose judgment ts sound on this sub
ject -would far prefer to turn the rail
roads back with adequate remedial leg
islation, but that is not a practicable
thing. The. 21 months' solution is not
practicable and .will simply pile up con
ditions which are unsatisfactory now
and which would grow increasingly un
satisfactory in .the 21 months. The
practical choice is ls it better for the
railroads to go back to private control
promptly under the old conditions, or
is it better to have a five-year exten
sion of the present control with pro
vision for the continuing Improvement
of the properties , and ; with conditions
which will make . for a satisfactory
morale in ; the railroad organization?
No other alternatives ate available as
a practical matter,
. .,;. . .
In America, the most responsible posi
tions often fall to those who began life
In obscurity
Yanks (Let Others Do, Their
Boasting for Them
Dr. John Errine ia the Outlook
The American soldiers came, and We
liked them. They were fine, healthy
looking, resolute men, with the. self
confidence of men who know what they
can do and are determined to do it.
They astonished us. by their modesty. I
do not mean to suggest that there were
not ny American soldiers whe bragged
there probably were, although X never
met anybut I do mean to suggest that
tne very great majority of them were
men of quiet demeanor who made few
assertions, but who asked a great many
questions.
I am not sure that their inqulsltlve-
ness aia not astonish us more than their
modesty. They were always making in
quiries they even carried notebooks In
which they jotted down our answers to
their questions and they manifested a
desire to know all that there was to
know. . There was no attempt to teach
us how to do the job ; there was, on the
contrary. great anxiety to be taught.
, Rumors began to run : about the
trenches of the way in which the Amer
icans were testing this and testing that,
comparing our gas respirator with the
French one, accepting this idea from
us and that idea from the French; and
perhaps another idea from the captured
Boche. And training: : In-no place in
the world are so many rumors born and
spread as in the trenches: aid after a
whUe the stories of the way in which
the Americans trained became legendary
in character. And a most extraordinary
cnange in m our attitude towards them
took place."
Imagining that they would be full of
boasts, we, had prepared to deprecate
them ; finding that they were modest
and determined, we actually, took to
boasting in their behalf ; and our favo
rite expression was. i"The YanksH put
the wind up Jerry when they get ?at
him !". With swift unanimity we de
cided that the Americans were taking-
uie weir eeriouoi.,
Letters From the People
t ( Communication sent to The Journal tot pub
llc.Lkn ia thie department eboniJ be -written cm
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emnto ia length, and muet be eigm-d by th writer.
TTtioen mail addmea a lull biui accompany u
contribuuoa. j
Checking Up on Battle Date
! Dahlen. Germany, March 22. To the
Editor of The Journal Yesterday's roaU
brought me a copy of The Oregon Jour
nal of February 83, which 1 read with
great interest. In It I noticed an antcie
headed "Was inFlve BatUes," regarding
a man from Culver, Or., named Private
Peck. The article ended by giving the
names of the five battles that Private
Peck participated in, ' also . the : dates.
They were Chaumont, May 28 ; Solssons,
July 18 ; Toul, r August S ; St. Mihiel.
September 12 ; Sedan. November 8. I
have been in the First division for eight
months, and from all I ever heard about
the division, it never took part i the
battle of ChaUmont,Twhich place, by the
way, happens to be general headquarters
of the A. E. F. Private Peck might
have meant the battle of Cantigny. but
that battle was fought by the Twenty
eighth infantry, with the Twenty-sixth
in support, and I believe that battle was
fought on . May 14. So on May 28 the
Eighteenth Infantry waa not in the lines.
And the battle of Toul. August 6 that's
when the First division came off the
Solssons drive and went into the Toul
sector for a rest, as the Toul sector was
a quiet one.: The rest of his story will
hold ' water, though any man who
claims to - have been ia the battle of
General . Pershing's headquarters he
uses poor Judgment.
, Of course, I am in the army of occu
pation, and have been with the First
division since the Solssons drive, except
for a month spent in the hospital ; for I
drew a "bllghty" in the Meuse-Argonne
offensive, but got back in time to hike
up into Germany with the division.
It Is rumored that this division is li
able to go home in 1920, but yau know
how unreliable rumors are. So it will
probably be some time before I see
Portland again,
CORPORAL THOMAS T. HERALD.
Hdqrs. Co., 28th Inf., A. K. F.
Landlords and Parents
Portland, April 18, To the Editor of
The Journal My one and only attempt
at renting out rooms happened about 12
years ago. It ended so disastrously that
I said never again! However, when I
read, some three or four weeks ago, the
article in the Oregonian about getting
rooms for soldiers' and sailors' families,
X thought I would take , a chance. I
wrote to Mrs. Richards that I had two
or three rooms in a modern house that I
would rent to a soldier's famUy no. ob
jection to two children if properly con
trolled. I never received a reply, so I
suppose all of the . properly controlled
children are housed. ' I have since rented
my rooms to adults and am not at all
sorry. However, if there Is such a scarc
ity of available rooms, it seems strange
there was not one reply. I do not thinlf
the landlords object to the children so
much as they do to the foolish parents.
If the parents rear their children like
little savages, they should go to the
wilds. I have reared a family, boys at
that ; and now that they are not likely to
see this, I can say I am proud of them,
as soldiers and good citizens. So I
know it can be done. When this contro
versy regarding landlord versus tenant
is over, won't someone please start a
sure enough "school for parents"? Be
lieve me, some need instruction, even if
they do not know it. Let's hear from
some professional landlord, whether his
greatest objection is to the children or
to the parents, or rather., the attitude
the majority of-parents have toward
other people's property. . O. A. W.
Indorsing Mr. Cole's Views
' CRadstone, April 16. To the Editor of
The Journal I have read with much in
terest C. Cole's letter In today's Jour
nal. He is quite right. Let us by all
means have temperance, but not intoler
ance. There 1s altogether too much dic
tating to the "other fellow" what he
should or should not do. There are far
too many csars and kaisers in private
Ufe knocking about for general comfort.
I- was recently astounded to learn that
wine could not be procured even in case
of urgent sickness.- I am confident that
hundreds of lives have been sacrificed
during this recent epidemic of influenza
through this Intolerant prohibition. By
this I mean, let us have temperance, the
real kind ; the bull-headed, fanatical kind
is useless. Society Is not improved
thereby, and it causes alienation of feel
ing and bitterness where kindness and
cordiality should alone prevail. A.
Would Call It "Gratitude Loan"
Portland, April 1?. To the Editor of
The Journal With-regard to our com
ing Victory loan I have a suggestion to
make. The designation "Victory" ex
presses one phase of this loan, but I
should like it called the "Gratitude
loan" also. It is to provide the money
necessary f or - finishing; up a good job
well done for us by our boys, of whom
we not only feel proud, but their sacri
fices, largely for our benefit, also fill
us with gratitude. The willingness .with
which we absorb our share of this loan
is a humble expression of our gratitude
Let the button be acquired and worn by
everyone ; the smaller subscriber - no
doubt will be given the first chance to
express his gratitude. And let the wear
ing of the. button be a pledge to "our
boys" of our good will, which pledge we
will gladly amplify in every "way within
our power. T. J. CEISLER.
- Champions Knights of Columbus
Portland, April IS. To the Editor of
The Journal X was reading the other
day in one of our local papers a de
fense of the T, M. C. A., and one 'of our
Methodist churches, by : a returned sol
dier, presumably, a Methodist. Usually
where a defense is needed there has been
evidence of some. guUt, but this young
man gave all the credit for all the good
that was done to the T. M. C. Av Salva
tion Army and Red Cross. It is admit
ted they all did good work, but why,
may- I , ask, were that heroic body of
men, the Knights of Columbus, omitted?
Did they not also do some good? How
much money did the Protestants give"
when the Knights of Columbus were out
after money? Not much; while the
Catholics gave alike to all. ...
I was born and brought up a Metho
dist, and my father died at the age of
82, having been an honored member: of
that church for 5 years. ; .
My observations ha been that the
Catholic church goes on In its even,
humble way, doing good wherever it
sees the need of it, and without pub
lishing its charitable deeds to the world.
Following the example of Christy their
leader, they do good to all. alike, and ask
not of their religious beliefs Far bet
ter it would be if sother churches would
imitate their example. .
FRANK S. BARBER.
. Soviets . and Allies , ' f -.
Portland, April 18. To. the Editor of
The Journal In one of the city news
papers a picture Is printed of certain
Bolshevik; officials i that have aided In
establishing Soviets in ; Siberia. ; These
Bolshevik authorities were shot by the
Omsk government " Judging by the pic
ture, M should break a human heart.
Their faces show i they are educated.
Intelligent. . honest.: and unselfish;' and
leaders of their people,- They were
working out successfully their soviet
plan, before' the Czecllo-Slovaks turned
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
' On to the Victory loan.
All aboard for the circus.
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Indications are that it will be a safe
and sane July 1.
Things that don't bother us: The
price of high-priced automobiles.
Wonder why ' the funsters don't build
wheezes about Easter neckties like they
do about the Christmas kind?
The French aviator attempting a
transatlantic flight Is named FOntan.
If he had been born a Chinaman what
would his name be?
. ... ... e e
The "Facetious Fragments" man on
the Spokesman Review says : "We had
.suspected from the first that the Bol
shevist movement in Hungary was not
the real thing. : Our suspicions were
confirmed when the - report came
through that one of the first things the
Hungarian soviet did was to throw open
a lot of public bathe."
MEN AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE
OREGON COUNTRY
By Fred
I The bardiest and moat prolific of perenniala
is the story of the American poor boy who re
tolTe to escape from his ttraitened existence into
the full and free life open in Una land to all who
bare the qualities to achieve it. Mr. Locklejt
preaenta today such a story one that ia in un
common degree heart-warming. It will be of
Interest to all who applaud deserved success, and
of extraordinary interest to all who have been
patron of the cultural agency whoce rise and
operations are here so well sketched. ,
A million dollars is a lot of money.
There Is a Portland institution, doing
a business of 11,000,000 a year, that is
not so well known as it should be. When
this enterprise started in Portland it
had eight employes. Today it has 342.
By July 1 it will have over 600. It
gathers its revenue from all over the
western half of the United States, as
well as from Alaska, Canada and Aus
tralia, and spends a good part of it
here in Portland.
It ii the EUison-White Chautauqua
system.
I visited J. R. Ellison In 1912, when
two rooms were sufficient to house his
office force. A day or two ago I spent
an hour with him on the tenth floor of
the Broadway , building. Today there
are seven departmental heads, four
bookkeepers, 18 stenographers. and
more than 30 traveling representatives
who make Portland their home, as well
as nine teachers In the Conservatory of j
Music. The pay roll for the office force '
alone exceeds 3100,000 a year, practical
ly all of which is spent here in Port
land. It Is one of the institutions of
the West of which we can well afford
to feel proud. . ;
J. R. Ellison to responsible for the
founding, growth and development of
this institution. He was born in a sod
house ' 40 miles from . .Lincoln, Neb.,
August , 1875.;
. t
"My father came from New Hamp
shire," said Mr. Ellison. "My mother j
was born in Illinois. They drove in a
covered wagon from Iowa to Nebraska. '
My mother was a music teacher and
brought the first reed organ that ever
came to Saline county. Neb. ' The year
before I appeared on the scene was the
famous grasshopper year. Any old time
resident of Kansas or Nebraska knows
what that means. .
"My father had taken up a home
stead. . The grasshoppers covered the
earth, and like a plague swept every
green thing " before ' them. My people
certainly knew what hard times meant.
I can remember, as a boy, getting up
and eating my breakfast by lamplight
and going out to drive up the cows so
we could . get the milking and other
chores' done by sunrise, to enable us to
get In a full day at farm work. Many
a cold, frosty morning when I have
gone out barefoot to drive the cows up,
I have stood on the ground where a cow
had Just got up, to warm my feet. We
worked IS hours a day. "We had to do
it to get along. ' -
. e
"Both my father and my mother were
ambitious that we should obtain an edu
cation so that we could be useful citi
zens etnd succeed In life. Only one of
the nine children in our family failed
to secure a college or university educa
tion. ' .
"Gradually nay father added to his
holdings until he owned several large
farms. - He raised corn, wheat, cattle
and bogs, and as the years went on he
prospered and became well to do. When
I was a boy, though, the years of pros
perity were still far in the future. X
remember how hungry X was for some
thing besides' the everlasting grind of
doing the chores, plowing the ground
and taking care of the cattle
.' ,.
"When I was 14 years old. that was
Just-30 years ago, the first Chautauqua
that ever came to western Nebraska
put up Its tent in a nearby settlement.
My father got a neighbor to took out
for the farm for a week, hitched up the
plow horses to the farm wagon, piled
enough hay in the wagon to last the
team a week, tied the best milk cow
counter-revolutionists and, through the
imperialists of Russia, have been, re
sponsible for this crime.
Lloyd George has finally declared the
Russian affair to a domestic trouble,
which means"that the Russians should
settle their, differences among them
selves, r
The committee which was appointed
to feed Russia. ' X hope, will act with
judgment. They should beware of mis
takes. We -i can profit more from the
Soviets than from former, corrupt mon
archies. If the allies should leave Rus
elan problems to the Russians them
selves the' Soviets would have order in
that -country within one month, and
civil war would be ended and the ex
termination of the free white race would
cease. v MARK JUBITT.'
On Owning One's Home
Portland, April 14. To the Editor of
The Journal We read and hear much
about owning your home. Fine it is to
say, and to dream of it. But Just in
vestigate, and see bow easy it is. pro
vided you are poor with a big respon
sibility, and you would be the last one
to try it.- Tourr theory is very good
with regard to; bringing your children
up In your own home, but suppose you
have the. children first, end "then you
are: kept so clean of money that you
never can get the start unless you borrow,-
and - then, you invite yourself to
an early grave, worrying about getting
out of debt; - Isn't it the truth?;: Suppose
you start to buy a home, put all your
savings as a down payment and so much
a month; and get along fine for a couple
of years.' Then 'you are taken sick, or
are out of work a few months. Then
what? Too lose, and the landlord gains.
There have been. many cases Just like
this in Portland, and the man "uat had
that experience will never try to buy
on the "perfectly easy! terms you men
tion. X. tot one among many, am per
fectly in favor of passing a law to pre
vent people from condemning children.
Let more pity be shown the people who
try to raise families- and less for the
landlords, for most of them have no
children and are the ones that condemn
them. If Portland expects to he the city
NEWS. i IN BRIEF
I SIDELIGHTS
, Mrs. Mildred Brooks, county recorder
of Marion county, employs only women
as deputies in her office, and the Salem
humorists have christened the office
"No Man's Land."
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A net profit of nearly $1700 on a car
load of Lane county apples, the Lugene
Register thinks. -wUl give the pessi
mists who declaimed against the, fruit
Industry a few years ago something to
think about,"
..
Weather reports at Salem for the
first half of April show 1.85 Inches of
rainfall and the month much wetter and
colder J' than one year ago, when the
rainfall was only 1.22 inches for the
entire month. 4
The first rose In bloom In Eugene as
far as reported to the Register was
found last Tuesday at the residence of
E. C. Lake, et 1382 Pearl street. It Is a
Golden Ophir and is high up oh the
vine, wb'ch is a climber.
Lockley
behind the wagon, and with my mother
and the seven of us children drove 20
miles to spend a week at the Chautau
qua. We had cooked up enough food to
last us throughout the week. We
camped out and had a wonderful week.
one that we talked of for months there, I
"A young man gave a talk that
stirred me greatly. I decided right then
to go into-the Chautauqua business, and
from that day on I worked to that end,
The young ; man's ' name was Frank
Gunsaulus. Today he is the head of
the Armour Institute and pastor of the
Central Congregational church of Chi
cago and is considered one of the
strongest men on the Chautauqua cir
cuit.
see
"I attended Doane college, at Creed,
Neb. - I continued to work on my
fathers farm until I was of age. I
spent my summers In the harvest field
and worked my way through college,
In my senior year a lecturer employed
me as his advance agent, so at last
I was launched on the life work to
which I had looked forward. The fol
lowing year X worked for the Coopera
tive Lyceum bureau as traveling repre
sentative. Next year I became district
manager of the Rtdpath Lyceum bureau.
Later X was made manager for the
Southwest, with offices at Kansas City.
From Kansas City I went to Detroit,
where I handled their Independent
Chautauqua department. X was general
manager there for three years, when
my health became Impaired and X came
West, buying a ranch near Boise. Idaho.
After two years of ranching I sent East
for my friend, C. H. White, and we
formed the Ellison-White Chautauuqa
system.. Originally Boise was head
quarters of our organization, but for
several years Portland has been tour
headquarters. On June 18, 1901, I was
married to Elizabeth Howell. We have
three children.
e e
"X believe no man has . right to give
his entire time to the mere making of
money. Every man should have out
side. Interests and should be engaged In
some form of altruistic work. Believ
ing this, I accepted the chairmanship
for the Northwest area which includes
Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washing
ton of the Minute Men's department
of the Methodist. Centenary Movement.
I am also on the. interstate commission
of the T. M- C. A. - I am also on the
advisory committee of the International
Chautauqua. and Lyceum association.
':. 4
"I love this work. Looking back to
my boyhood days and remembering how
hungry I was for just what the Chau
tauqua furnishes clean entertainment
and a broader outlook on life has made
me resolve that no city In the West, no
matter bow small, that wants Chautau
qua service shall be deprived of it, .Very
orten tne sending or a Chautauqua serv
ice to some little remote community
means that we lose . money. For ex
ample, going to such communities ai
Lakevlew or Burns or some of the re
mote settlements of Idaho and Mon
tana, where a yet there are no rail
roads and where we have to take our
companies in by automobile, means a
heavy expense, which we cannot hope
to get back from the community. One
of the things that gives zest to this
business to the fact that you can never
tell how things are going to turn out
Grand opera has always proved a heavy
loser here In the West, yet we made
big money on it. Last season, when all
our contracts were made, town after
town put the flu ban on and permitted
no publio meetings. The .flu epidemic
cost us an actual loss of over $100,000.
But in spite of the uncertainty, in spite
of the problems to be met and solved, in
spite of the worries incident to carry
ing on so complex an enterprise, there
to real inspiration in It, for you feel
you are engaged in creative work and
are helping young men and women to
become more useful citizens and better
Americans." '
she is striving to be, she must make it
a welcome place for the children, as
there are about 60,000 people here from
other states and they are not really
established here as yet, and they are
the ones that are having a hard time
to establish themselves, because there to
no place- for their families. Just let
thlr.gs go as they are, and in eight
months Portland will be In the same rut
as it was four years ago.
Don't think I am a knocker, for I
love Portland and am a good booster,
but this is just my own personal feel
ings. I am not alone. X know of many
others, and X talk from experience.
A READER.
Ah Eog Story
Drain, April 17. To the Editor of
The Journal Speaking of hens: A
hen belonging to G. W. Dixon of Drain
attempted to lay a golden egg, but In
stead it ftid an egg- seven inches in
circumference, inside of which was an
other perfect egg of normal size, with
a. hard shell. I Between the normal egg
and the outer shell, which was some
what softer, the space was filled with
the white of the larger egg.
F. S. FRANCIS.
Olden Oregon
Founding of State University With
Land Donation Fund.
: . When Oregon was admitted into the
union, 72 sections of land were reserved
for the establishment of a state univer
sity. According to Horner's History of
Oregon, the fund derived from the sales
of these landa amounted in 1872 to 980,
000. In this year the Union University
association, which , was organized to
place the school at Eugene, proposed to
the state to- provide a building, ground
and furnishings to coat, not less than
350,000, If the legislature would establish
the state university at Eugene, The of
fer was accepted The first building was
completed hv 1374 and the first session
of school began, in October of Oat year
under the presidency of John. W. John
Ragtag and Bobtajl
Stories From Everywhere -'
Taking a Tip From the Stork I
A , COUNTRY doctor in Nebraska lias
ordered an airplane with" which - to
make long distance hurry calls. With
It. aays Capper's Weekly, he expects to
oe aoie to m&Ke a 60-mlle trip, in about
half, an hour, regardless of the condi
tion f the roads, A former Instructor
In the army avtatlon corps will be! his
teaeher in the use of the plane, and he
will soon be ready to outstrip the swift
est stone.
- i "Itev-e-lee
Toe're the Dominating Note,
. KeT-e-lee.
And you get ruy helpless goat,
IlT-e-le!
Tea disturb myi mental pole.
You're the demon that destroys
all my military joys,
Ber-e-lee! ,
, v -When your dreadful summons toots,
Rer-e-lee,
I most don my rubber boots,
H.t- Ire.
Or an arrant sock or sboa,
f! But my trousers paa du toatl
And it's all because of you,
Rer-e leel
When my earthly triers are o'er,
ReT-e-Iee,
.And I reach the Golden Shore,
Re-e-lee,
On a cloudlet I'll recline.
And your spasms, I opine.
Will be no affair of mine,
Rer-e-lee I
The Spiker (Franca).
Uncle Jeff now Says: j .
Tightwad Henderson's been enioyin'
hlsself down to Portland ridUV 'round
pertendln he was a eastern cnp'dlet
lookln fer a site to .build astfgar rec
tory to make syrup outer sawdust. (He
seen a whole lot of .things and it didn't
cost him no gasoline, the real estate
agents cheerfully puttin' up that Tight
wad observed that some of the private
garages goin' up is most big enough? fer
a bungalow, and some bungalows gotn'
up Is most small enough fer a garage. .
The News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
of Journal Readers
GENERAL j
Nine hundred metal miners in I the
Leadvllle district are on strike aga1nt
a reduction of wages from 34.50 to 33.60
a oay.
The state department has been ! in-
formed of the appointment of Sadlgh
Es-Sultanch as Persian minister to
United States.
the
Woman suffrage rained a victory
in
the closing hours of the Iowa legislature
when the house passed the measure by
a vote of .84 to 2. i
The threatened tteup of the port of
New Tork was averted Saturday when"
the workers agreed to submit their -grievances
to arbitration.
The report is confirmed that Edward
L. Dufourcq of New York, manager of
the Teziutlan Copper company, was
murdered last Wednesday by Mexican
bandits. - (
A cablegram from President wOson
Is Interpreted as authority for- the in
dustrial board - of the department! of
commerce to continue its general price
stabilization program. .
The United States department, of I ag
riculture has announced the appointment
of Francis W. Peck of the OJniverslty
of Minnesota to the position of farm
economist in the office of farm man
agement, j ,
Mobilization of naval effort fori the
proposed flight of seaplanes across ithe
Atlantic ocean next month probably is
more extensive man any nereioiurs wni .
dertaken In peace time. Every bureau
of the department to aiding in, the werk.
NORTHWEST NOTES
Yakima bakers threaten a strike I
:e lun-
less they are paid an additional wage
et fl a day. - j
Two hundred and fifteen miles of
road work - soon will be under way in
Eastern Oregon. j
J. W. Brewer, for more than a fear
farm help specialist in Oregon, has ten
dered his resignation. j
Crops throughout the Palouse country
look better than for many years, and a
record yield to assured. 1
Roy Mates, employed by the AJ F.
Coats Lumber company, was, drowned
at Tillamook Saturday.
Work will soon begin on a new 9100,
000 hotel at Gearhart to replace the one
burned three years ago. J
About 200,000 ladybugs will be planted
in various Jrta of the Yakima valley
to combat fruit aphides. )
Spanish Influenza has struck Pilot
Rock the second time. Schools have
been closed for two weeks. ; j
Oregon veterans of the great war Will
send delegates to the convention of ithe
American Legion Is St. Louis in May.
For the fourth time Jacksonville was
the first district in Jackson county to
secure its quota in a Liberty loan drive.
Before authorizing unrestricted Jitney
competition, Spokane will give the 4
eent fares on street raUways a 90-day
trial.
A fine granite quarry, suitable! for
monuments, has been discovered at
Roderick Falls, five miles west of Forest
Grove. I
Work Is being rushed on a new
shingle mill at Kelso which will have
an output of 300,000 shingles every eight
hour a . , I
Approximately 34,000.000 will, be sex
pended daring the coming summer on
publio and semi-public improvements in
and near Astoria, i
Excavation has been started for 'the
erection of Philosophy hall, a new
building at the University of Washing-
ton to cost 9260,000. . I
Homer OJ Tasked a graduate of Wil
lamette university, has been recom
mended as: an' assistant in physlcevet
the University of California. -
The state highway commission will '
let the contract and supervise the work
or constructing the 9230.000 bridge over
the Snake river between Walla Walla
and Franklin counties. J
FOREIGN j
The French chamber of deputies has
passed a bill establishing an elght-heur
day for workmen, with no reduction in
wages. - j--. - -
A dispatch from Berlin says three
envoys will be sent to Versailles April
25, authorized to receive the text of the
peace preliminaries. .
A mob of rebels at Amrtotar, British
India, was repulsed by the military Sat
urday, with a loss of 200 killed and
more than 200 wounded. : j -
Russian: and: British forces In the
Archangel section have occupied the Vil
lage of Bolshie Ozerki and are pursuing
the Bolshevik! southward.
Thrifty IPersons Know Hob
to Spend Wisely -
7 fStorWa of ecbleeement to the 'sceunrBfe.
tloa of Wsr taring Stamps, sent te Tfe
Journal and accepted for publication will
be awarded a Thrift Stamp. ' j
Wise spending means that we
think before we spend. Then we
buy, to our ability, what we really
need - today. But vre wisely hold
some money for tomorrow's, or next
month's, or next year's needs or un
foreseen emergencies.
Wtoe spending gives us more for
our work now, and leaves . more
money for future spending. J .
It to getting full value in goods,
comforts, service, advancement, and
fun-
War Savings Stamps are a wise
purchase, j , j
Thrift Stamps an.d-1919 War Sav
ings Stamps now on sale at usual
agencies. ..