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THE OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL, P ORTX AND. I.I Oil DAY, MAY 5, 1919.
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free. Woodrow Wilson.
OVER
kOnTLANp is over.
Ur.v?n. the final test she followed
I ithd example of up-state counties,
. , and climaxed her , war record
with another filled quota. T&otuands
upon thousands of people who have
been anxiously hoping", are gratified
. and glad. They are people, not only
in Portland, but throughout Oregon.
- people who wanted the state as a
whole, in this last summons of the
government for - help, to be faithful
and true to the high standards set
up while the war was on.
It is a glorious record. , First in
volunteers; first -- in the percentage
- of service men In proportion to popu
. lation, first in so many other things
' and in tbo 'front rank Jn this last
and hardest of all loans to-float it
is citizenship and loyalty that is the
stuff out of which enduring repub
lics are made.
In the hour of that gratitude that
so many will feel over the result,
may we not all pledge ourselves again,
Id maintain in L peace that high
standard of citizenship that we have
; set up in war ? . Have the growing
youth of the state not absorbed from
. these, high examples of devotion that
spirit of loyalty so that it .may be
carried on through the next genera
tion? .The state owes a debt to the de
voted workers who never rested or
halted while this great thing was
on.' 'It owes a debt to those who,
frQm the humblest $30 buyer to the
heaviest subscriber, bought the
bonds.
, At the Civic league luncheon Sat
urday the topic was teachers salaries.
Ben Selling appeared and offered to
match subscriptions up to 920,000 for
Victory bonds. Teachers were pres
ent in number and 940,100 in bonds
" were , taken. More than 60 persons
"subscribed.. The 950 bond of a
teacher, on 9900 a year has a mean
ing. So have the bond activities of
Mr. Selling. Both are good meanings.
A NEW LAW
IT WILL be interesting to the law
yers of the state, and, since they
pay the bill, also to the taxpayers,
to note the working out of the
new ' law providing for the appoint
ment of "a "code . commissioner to
supervise the recomplIaUon of the
laws of Oregon. The new act pro
vides that the justices of the " su
preme court, or a majority of theni,
shall appoint some competent person
as code commissioner, to superintend
. and assist In the compilation, annota
tion and, publication of thV new set
of laws. His compensation is fixed
: at 95000, while an appropriation of
915,250 was voted by the legislature
to cover the entire cost of the work.
-: Just what, and how onerous the
duties of the new official will be
3s somewhat uncertain, since he is
"directed and authorized to enter into
a - contract with some responsible
law book publishing company under
' which contract the company is to do
the work of compiling, annotating
and publishing the code in such par
' titular form and manner as are desig
nated, in v the authorizing statute.
Under the wording ; of the, law ap
parently about all. the code commis
sioner will have to do will be to keen
his off ic open at the State bouse in
Salem, and dra,wi bis , salary, particu
larly since it was the current under-
Saw
.
standing ;during the legislative . sessimflar Places of ; eaierWrnT
sion that the. largest and most re
sponsible -Jaw" book concern ' on the
coast had the" code practically ready
for the press even prior to the con
vention of the ' session.
The vframers - of-the statute were
particularly,; kind to the officials of
the state in the manner of free codes,
since, every , one from the governor
to the various Justices of the peace
are to be provided -with sets free of
cost. .
The ; code ; . compilation 1 statute
formed one of the trading points of
the session, ' it having been - fathered
rnd; lobbied through, by; Conrad .P,
Olsnn. former Justice of the gunreme
f -.urt by appointment of the gover
: l r. It has been the general as-
sumption that be would be appointed
by the court under the authority of
the act put through . the legislature
by his efforts. , "
Carl B. Fenton of Dallas- was
brilliant young man, an athlete of
high reputation and a soldier who
went through the fiery furnace over
there. His death J after hi return
home, from the after effects of flu
contracted In the ' service, will be
widely lamented.
CAPITALIZING MOUNT HOOD
T
HE construction stage of the
Mount Hood loop highway has,
been advanced - a step by the
formal signature of Secretary of
Agriculture Houston of the project
agreement made some weeks ago by
the state highway commission and
the United States forest service.
There now appears no reason why
construction on this important road
cannot begin, this season. The surveys
have been made and the route has
been located. The' construction will
be done by the federal government
as the road lies through the national
forest
The completion of plans for the
construction of i this forest section
. 1. ...Ill . A V. .. ...... ,A4
scenic - roads in America leaves the
way . open for construction outside
the national forest. This must be
done through the cooperation of
Multnomah, .Clackamas and .Hood
River counties with the state.5 Pos
sibly further aid may. be had j from
the federal government; under the
post road act .
The old Barlow road must be re-
graded and brought up to the present
day standard and similar work done
In the Hood River valley to make
a connection with the Columbia
river highway.
From a cost standpoint the im
provement of the entire road 'from
Portland around the base of the
mountain to Hood River will probably 1
involve an expenditure in excess of
11,000,000. This is a small amount
compared to the revenue "which will
be derived indirectly from the road.
As a tourist attraction it will be
world wide. At no other point in
the United States is it possible within
an hour or two to go to the region
of eternal snow and enjoy the
grandeur of mountain and forest.
A vast .area for recreation will be
opened, leading to the establishment
of summer and winter resorts in
numerable. . ..
The highway as now proposed will
serve as a trunk from which will
radiate spur roads, bringing a closer
connection between Portland and
Central Oregon, adding to the com
mercial as well as scenic value of
the highway.
lt v"CfirrttabIe that fire insur
ance- companies et this city refused
to subscribe to the Oregon or Port
land quota of the Victory i$an,"
said Emery Olmstead. Though f the
companies take $6,500)00 in premiums
out of the stafe annually, the only
two companies which have sub
scribed are the Pacific States Fire
Insurance and the Oregon Fire Re
lief, both home companies.
VILLAINOUS HOOVER
A'
CCORDING to the philosophic
mind of sundry German politic
ians the quality of food seems
to depend entirely on who is
required to eat it They believe that
it is more blessed? to recejve than
to give, and they howl if everything
that Is given does not have the gold
label of supreme excellency branded
upon it beforehand.
Over in the vicinity of Coblenz
there are a large number of Teutonic
individuals who have been cinching
up their belts for breakfast, looking
at the, dining room pictures for
luncheon and gobbling what they
could find in Mother Hubbard cup
board fordinner for some four years
6r more. ''The signing of the armis
tice found them ready for food. In
fact, they clamored for It and. in
due time, the United States authori
ties began to ship in food by the
carload. White flour, bacon, rice,
canned milk and various other things
were distributed. The German poli
ticians grumbled. The flour was not
white enough, the rice plump enough ;
we strip or lean and the strip of fat
did not alternate Just right in the
bacon, and tbe milk bore the wrong
brand. But they licked the nlattpr
clean and let out their belts before
they began to find fault, something
like the little lad who vetoes turkey
Just after the-dessert on , Thanksgiv
ing day.
Coincident with the publication of
the ' Germanic wail by the press
agencies Victor Henry, of HoqUiam,
returned from a visit of more than a
year in a. German prison camp, and
has told of German hospitality to
Americans during; the war
Mr. Henry and large numbers of
r-LfellOW fi-lipcta lhf n nlv
comfort furnished by thoughtful Hin-
cenourgian hosts. ' For breakfast
they had carrots and. water. For
lunch they had water and carrots,
and for dinner they bad the same.
For amusement they built highways
and railroads, dug ditches and did
other, entertaining things. Marks of
appreciation were given them by the
gun iutta of their hosts when, they
stumbled and faltered under the bur
den of their; overloaded stomachs.
If they were tardy in their - appre
ciation of the many courtesies shown
Miem, me Kindly Teutons reversed.
VSlw contrast'the polish .of
....i. i.u "iuirei3 un mose or Day
onets made In Germany. -v c
Mrv Hoover should see to . it thai
there are no hulls in the rice, no
weevil in the flour "and no mould
on the bacon. ,
- One killed, 60 injured, property
damaged to the extent of ttlW,l Is
the Portland record of. auto accidents
for April. There were 590 accidents,
ranging from bent fenders to wrecked
ears,' or- at' the rate of nearly SO
a day. " And still the. speeders speed
and the plungers plunge!
A PUBLIC SCANDAL
F
URTHER. Investigation reveals the
. Marquam gulch transactions as
a public scandal. " . r
Ten years ago i Galtano : Dis-
tefano paid 9375 for a, small fraction
of a lot in Marquam gulch. Average
property In Portland is worth little
if any more than it was 10 years' ago.
Many a holding will not bring today
what it brought, in , those days of
realty boom. ;
But a jury awarded Distefano 13000
for his fractional lot on the Marquam
gulch .hillside. There is -not a man
or 'woman in Portland but knows
that the price is preposterous and
the -transaction a public scandal. -
Tbe same is true In the ease of
Nlcoleta Oimareo. He bought half a
lot in Marquam gulch some . years
ago at 9223. He built on it a small
house which ' the assessor ; values at
9260. A jury voted to give 93372 for
the property. Yet that jury was
under oath, and was acting as the
purchasing agent for: the people of
Portland in acquiring land for a
public park. The price paid is at
the rate of 96000 a lot, or more than
lots will bring in many of Portland's
best residential districts.
But here is the lot for which C
P. Smith some years ago paid 9725,
and for which a Jury 'bound the city
to pay $6250. Lots by the score In
Irvington or Laurelhurst can be
bought for much less. Lots with
seven -room modern houses on them
have, in instances, been selling for
less in these districts. One such
with a splendid house and garage
sold for 95000 in Irvington.
The prices paid In the Marquam
gulch suits are preposterous and gro
tesque, and ought to be investigated.
A California automobile, numbered
51403 was on Portland streets Sat
urday. A block away was another
California car, and its number was
521,549. When California has them
numbered at the million mark and
Oregon roads are built per present
program, will all the Golden Staters
come to see us?
WITH COVENANT SIGNED
T
HE more we see of the learue
covenant the more there Is to
commend. Just now the British
aeiegauon nas issued a com
mentary, upon that section of the
document dealing with the Monroe
doctrine and in its analysis sets out
its conception of the American doc
trine and of Its relation to the inter
national pact which it is hoped will
bring uninterrupted peace to the
world.
The, Monroe doctrine, the commen
tary says, has shown itself to be
not an instrument of national ambi
tion but a guaranty of peace. A
simple principle of American foreign
policy in Its inception, it has become
a recognized international understand
ing adopted and extended to the
whole world under the league cove
nant .
With that doctrine extended and
applied in the deliberations of .the
international tribunal of the league
it will be difficult for one natioa to
wrong another. America has always
stood as the guardian of weaker na
tions on this continent, protecting
them from possible interference from
the outside. It has done more than
that for it has always enforced the
same rule against itself that it has
demanded of others.
With this principle acknowledged
no Japanese, question will ,' arise to
vex the other nations because of con
ditions existing between China and
Japan. Whatever the contentions
that may exist between these two
nations they will go for considera
tion and settlement before the coun
cil of tha league. There the case
will be tried out in all of its various
phases and justice done between na
tion and nation.
Without the league all nations
stand upon the old basis, unrestrained
In their ambitions and plans for ad
vancement to the disadvantage of
their neighbors. When the final sig
natures are affixed to the covenant
orderly and equitable settlement tif
international disputes will be the
rule of the world. It will be a
great advance over the old way, with
a world. at peace and peace secure.
The assurance to - Mayor Baker
from Chairman Hurley that contracts
will be available to keep Portland
shipyards from closing down October
i Is good tidings. There are things
public officials -can ' do to forward
the interests of the community, of
which Mayor Baker's endeavor with
the shipping board are example, j
A BETTER WAY
REAL; and permanent benefit
of the war is the discovery that
lisabled men can r be re taught
ind retrained In occupations that
will render them self supporting and
useful to ! the world, j jfo more Im
portant work , Is being I carried on
than that of vocatienal education of
disabled soldiers, sailors and marines.
In - other ; days tbe only l, way in
to Its defenders was by the payment
of an . Inadequate pension i in case
of partial disability or: suppor. in a
soldier's home in case of total loss
of earning- power. Neither of these
brought a life of satisfaction..
An- interesting feature of ' voca
tional education for soldiers, is its
origin i L Schollacrt, -a Belgian liv
ing In France.' early in the war gave
asylum to a number of bis wounded
countrymen. While convalescing they
amused themselves:: trying to work
at various trades with which they
were familiar. It was immediately
noted that their recovery -was
hastened and those i incapacitated
from following their former trades
were acquiring a knowledge of some
other trade not incompatible with
their injuries. The Belgian govern
ment took up the idea and developed
It JSoon Jt was adopted by France
and Great Britain, and by- our own
government j
Our system goes ; f arther than
others in that besides training, a
place is found for the man after he
has been trained. While undergoing
the process of rehabilitation the dis
abled one is allowed a fund of ; at
least 963 per month with allotments
to his dependents. : His books and
tuition fees are paid by the gov
ernment. Training is given in the
best institutions ranging from Yale
and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, agricultural colleges,
trade and Industrial schools, and, jn
many instances, direct to the in
dustries and commerce.
how much better such a plan than
the old' way. Instead of embittered
men living on the pittance of a pen
sion or In the cold and forbidding
interior of a so-called home, set
apart from other men, we are to
have returned fighters who can still
be -a part of the useful world, In
the sunlight of opportunity and in
dependence. It is a policy that inculcates the
living truth that "a man may be
down, ' but never out"
TROOPS MOVING;
ALSO BUSINESS
BrCarI Smitl. Washington Stuff
Correspondent of The Journal.
Washington, May 6. The war depart
ment is now hitting; its stride for the
return -r of troops to American shores.
Those who doubted a short time ago
that the boys could be returned at the
rate of 300,000 a month are beginning to
see that it can be done, and already ia
being done. On Easter Sunday 14 000
men. arrived on six transports at the
port of New York. That was a big
days record, but not all the troops are
coming In at New York. Troop ships
are also coming In rapidly at Newport
News and Boston, and lesser numbers
at Philadelphia and Charleston.
An important factor in speeding the
return of the men is the addition of
Carman passenger liners to the fleet,
a factor which wUl count still more
heavily as soon as these big ships are
refitted for troop carrying, thereby
doubling- or trebling their capacity for
human freight. The German vessels
are in good shape, so far as their in
teriors are concerned, ' in spite of their
having been tied up so long. Paint has
not been recently applied to their ex
teriors, and the weather-stained, rusty
looking sides of the ships detract from
their appearance as they steam up the
channel to theli- piers. ;
On the ships the fittings are as the
Germans left them, jwith "enemy" lan
guage all about, On the Kalserln Au
gusta, Victoria, which; brought Major
Skeen and the nurses of base hospital
4, the signs painted here and there
informed the passengers when they
were on the "Kaiser deck." or the
"Kronprlnz deck," or the "Sonnen
deck." These Inscriptions did not ap
pear to worry the returning soldiers
and nurses in the least.
The Kalserln brought something over
tOOO persons. After discharging her
passengers she went to drydock to be
transformed Into- a troopship, and on
her next voyage over she will bring 5000
or 6000 men. The more commodious and
comfortable Quarters on the Initial trips
of the German ships are being used
largely for the transportation of base
hospitals, comprising war nurses, sol
diers wives and casuals, who could not
be bo well cared for on regular trans
ports, two ayr alter the Kalserln
came the Zeppelin and the Graf WaJder
see. each with the same weather-worn
look, and the eager faces of America's
eons crowding to the rails. .They are
being followed by the Prins Frledrtch
WUhelm. tbe Kroonland. the Konigen
der Nederlanden and others from the
docks along- the Weser and the Kibe.
One of the most appreciated trans
ports in the service is the Great North
ern. which the government comman
deered on the Pacific Coast. Her speed
makes her a favorite, and makes It
possible to load hertmore heavily than
some of the slower-going boats. Her
sister ship, the Northern Pacific is still
at the navy yard in Brooklyn for com
pletion of repairs made necessary when
she grounded on Fire Island In Janu
ary, ! I
a
Xectdedly hopeful is the business sit
uation as found in an exhaustive report
prepared by a committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce of : the United States.
The present volume of business la de
scribed as one of "the wonders of the
time." la view of the curtailment in
many lines of industry and the slow
ness of the building trades. ' .This In
activity Is due, it ia stated, to coat of
labor and materials, and it is pointed
out that building booms ordinarily do
not start at high trice levels. Indica
tions are seen that In the present situ
ation the revival of building on a large
scale may not depend upon a lower
Ing of costs, for reasons thus stated:
"We may realise that the cost must
be considered not an actual but as a
proportional matter, and as In relation
to our purchasing .power rather than
the actual labor and material costs. If
salaries, and wages maintain their level
and the costs of necessaries decline,
then our ability to build may be as
great as ever. The outlook is distinctly
better and the outlook Is for an In
crease during the next four months of
from 15 to 20 per cent in tbe volume
of building, -compared with the same
period last year, and for muchi greater
activity 1 next fall, should business be
good, for it all depends upon that,"
As to lumber, the report says in part:
"The general feeling Tin the' lumber
business Is that the worst Is ever and
that from now on there will be a steady
gain tn output and sales, with no de
cline in prices. Rather, there is the
belief that any large demand will result
In an advance la costs. Tbe largest
-single consumers, the railroads, are
slew In buying, and that condition Is
not likely to be remedied until congress
makes necessary appropriations. Stocks
of yellow pine are generally light. - Tbe
demand, from planing 'mills and from
sash and door factories is ' Improving-.
Tbe much hoped, tpr export demand Is
not In evidence to' any serious extent.
There is quite a demand for shingles.
In hardwoods there is excellent demand
from furniture manufacturers. , Pacific
Coast manufacturers of fir and kindred
woods are actively- engaged in extend
Ing the territory in which their.: prod
ucts can be sold.
Letters From the People
tCaaauuLieetiaa aaat te The Journal foe
peblieaUoa in tbia depaftaaaiit abeoM be writtM
on only an aid, of ba paper, should aot uaed
SOe werdS m laasth. end araat ba aisnad by tbe
writer, wbeae mail addxaaa in full mast aoeesv
pan lha eoetribnUoa.1
: Systems and Revolutions
- Ashland, April t. To the Editor ot
The Journal Tour editorial in your last
Sunday's edition headed, "Overthrow
Our System r sounds well, but eith all
the boasting of what we have done and
admiration ef things done, the 1 "one
thing needful.' namely the aboUtlon of
legalised : parasitism. Is yet to be at
tained. As said abolition cannot be
achieved without the overthrow of our
system, there are a lot -- of people and
may their number Increase ! who. to
abolish parasitism, are wilUng to see the
overthrow and to aid in its accomplish
ment. Many of us hate to face the odium
cast at us by, the misinformed and the
cruel criticism of the mental prostitutes
among the Informed, but take the con
sequences just the same.
A . revolution is any movement that
te verses the attitude of the courts on a
legal question. Admitting the correct
ness of the above definition, we have
had a number of revolutions tn the last
quarter, of a century.
As legalised parasitism, or exploita
tion, is the primary object of the present
system, said system must be overthrown.
Our system is political, because we use
the police powers to uphold and protect
the exploiter and enforce parasitism,
thereby forcing the laboring class to
submit to exploitation by the exploiting
class. c
' Our political system, must be over
thrown and an Industrial sy stem
wherein the attitude of the courts will
be reversed when the question of the
logal right of one. whether Individual,
firm or corporation, to exploit anyone
comes before them will succeed the po
litical. The establishing of an Industria
lahcrtng man's government would over
throw our system. As this can be done
by the electorate amending tbe constitu
tion so that a department of Industry
will be provided for,- why oppose the
overthrow? The overthrow Is inevitable.
D. M. BROWER.
"We have had a number ot rcvolutiona in
tha last quarter of a century." la a atatcmcnt In
the abora. Then ara aukloc prostata. We
ha, made trcaMndooa proateai in the paat aix
years. Our advancement ia even reflected at
the peace conference, where tha plenary council
preaeribs theaa policiee for application ao far aa
prtarfble In every taacue nation: Elfht-hoor day,
one day of rest in aevan. tha payment of a Hvin
wace, equal pay for men and women for tbo
same work, the riffht of eollecUve bargaining
and the abolition of child labor. All cannot be
dona ia a day.
Another Defines Bolshevism
Vale. May To the Editor of The
Jourral In reply to Ernest Barton's
addendum to Mr. Moras' letter. Bol
shevism is not a term in Itself except
to denote "the majority." Thus the so
called Bolshevism simply denotes that
the majority of the Russians are for
the rule of the people by the producers
or workers Instead of the 10 per cent
of the people which make up the cap
italist class of Russia. Mr. Bat ton says
the so-called Bolshevism stands for
robbery, assassination and violence. If
he will read he will find that the sen
ate Investigation of the soviet govern
ment found that the robbery was while
the cxar had control and allowed the
capitalists to take all of the poor man's
production and all the profit of his
labor. Now the workers who have been
fighting looked around and found they
had been fighting "for Russia, and so
they took it. The committee on the in-
vestigaUon asked one man testifying
before them if he had seen any terror
ism. Whereupon he replied. No red
terror ; however, General Cutoff told
me he had signed the death warrant
for 700 Bolshevlkl." And .the only vlo.
lence was when the rich refused to
deliver to the' government the lands and
other possessions that the law called
for. Under the soviet rule in Russia,
everybody is allowed to vote provided
he can make it known that he is pro
ducing something. instead of. taking the
profits of another man's labor.
In answer to tbe question, "Does the
hod carrier succeed the architect? At
all odds. If there were no hod carriers
to put up a man's house the plans of
the architects would be but air castles ;
thus the hod carrier must oe recog
nized. The argument is heard that one gets
along according to his mentality. I
will cite the case of President Wilson,
who ia supposed to be the smartest
man In the world, while he does not re
ceive in one year a salary or income
eaual ' to Rockefeller's daily Income.
Margaret Carnegie, according to the
daUy papers, will Inherit a fortune of
J800.000.000. Will It require great men
tal ability te fall heir te this?
LESTER BLANCHARD. ..
Credentials of Officers
Riverside. April JfJ.To the Editor of
The Journal Has a state officer or a
county officer a right to stop or arrest
a person without showing more than
his star? Or can they be called on to
show their credentials and have to do
so? Has the same officer a right to
stop a ancher's car and search the
same for liquor upon comity; into a
town or on a county road?
Officers of tbe lew are not required to
how credentiala when makin arraatx. except a
badse. If in doubt take number of badce
and report to sheriff. Officers have a ritcht
te search automobiles for liqaca ) ,
A Question on Naturalization
Portland. May ' 1. Te the Editor ef
The Joarnal What " standing, has an
honorably discharged soldier? I am not
a eitlsen . but served from the time of
my Induction until I was honorably dis
charged. March 19, 118. -1 have tried
to get my final papers in camp but was
turned down. Can such a soldier bold
property, or is he entitled to final papers
upon asking for them? Please answer.
AN EX-SOLDIER.
(The inquirer should see V. W. TemUnaon.
room 837, in the new poscoffioe building, of.
ficer in charts of natara liistinn matters in Ore-
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Wants Daylight Saving Repealed .
Portland, April JGl To the Editor of
The Journal Although tt is somewhat
past March' SO and the docks have been
turned ahead an hour, let us not stop
discussing: tbe daylight saving question.
People are setting up an hour earlier,
but moat of them are doing so against
their best judgment. -:: What Is obnoxious
to two thirds of the people ef the United
States should be voted out by congress.
Some advise tha W though tbe clocks
are set ahead an,, hoar, those who do
not care to get up by tbe new time can
make it aa hour later. If one does that
he is out of time with everything the
West of the day. That Is all right for
very elderly and retired people who do
not have to work for others and can
stay around the home all day.
Another very Important thing Is that
it works a hardship en the health. An
extra hour's sleep In the morning means
a great deal to those who are nervous
and restless, as it Is Impossible to get
to sleep on hot summer nights, even If
the clock says It Is time to retire. v
I say again, let as keep discussing
this question the rest of the .summer,
and let us see that a measure get to-
COMMENT AND
; SMALL" CHANGE
Wonder if -Pendleton is going to have
a Round-Up this year. - .
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For a regular fan the day Is never too
nice for a baseball game. . . ... .
Now, the Victory loan is over, all
aboard for the Rose Festival.
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We hope Europe can raise the dough
for the million barrels of Northwest
flour consigned to over there.
"First contingent of American army
to sail for France." says a news dts-i
patch. Looks rather like old news,
doesn't It? .
The little ones In the household ran
probably best answer the cook's ques
tton. to ft?w to keep chocolate from
sticking- to the aide of the pan.
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A contemporary remarks that the
Mississippi judge who ruled that the
United States Is still at war must have
based his decision on bis last grocery
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i.YJ1 a a ,ad' father pans him
If he doesn't get up and. build the fires.
P,. .w,heB n. ua' man th forestry
officials are forever after him to help
prevent fires; v
Taking it all In all. no one is going
to miss John Barleycorn more than the
persons who write vaudeville sketches
f "5 ,"' .And in the meantime
is L n lng b9t ot tn time that
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
(On tbe beast, tha charm and tha romanoe
of Hawaii, Mr. Lockler dwells today, mentumiug
besidea the wonderful resources of the islands.
Hi closes with a short quotation from Mark
Tr ain, who could writa about .these marvelous
isles without jokins about them.
Recently I was talking to Henry Schu-mann-Heink,
a naval officer, a son ot
Madam Schumann-Heiak, the great
singer. He Is a personal friend of Claus
Sprockets, and he is familiar with the
Hawaiian sugar industry. He Intro
duced to me another naval officer, whose
home is tn Honolulu. They told me
many interesting things about the
islands and about the tremendous profits
made in the sugar Industry. Vast for
tunes have been made in sugar. When
the duty of $34 per ton on Hawaiian
sugar was removed when Hawaii was
annexed to the United States, the price
of sugar did not fall accordingly, so
the already large profits made were
greatly augmented.
The sugar industry is the leading in
dustry of the Islands. The fifty or more
sugar producers are incorporated in the
Sugar Planters' association. They con
trol about 200,000 acres of sugar cane.
By building up the soil by careful
methods of cultivation, the Hawaiian
cane is made to yield four tons of cane
to "the acre.
Pineapples do exceedingly well In the
islands and bring- from 14 to $22 per
ton. There are about 15,000 acres de
voted to. pineapples. Rice Is another
profitable crop, the labor in the rice
fields being performed almost entirely
by Chinese. Coffee, cotton, cocoanuts.
honey, soy beans, sisal, tobacco, and
the growing of mangoes, breadfruit,
guavas, oranges, grapes, figs, bananas,
alligator pears and limes, all add to the
wealth of the Islands.
John Fleming Wilson, author of
"The Man Who Came Back," the play
which has been recently showing In
Portland theatres, and formerly editor
of the Pacific Monthly, was for some
years a resident of Honolulu. He told
me he had never been. In a place where
copy was so abundant: almost every
man you met could tell you interesting
experiences. , ,. ;
Think of the possibilities to a writer
of movies in the story of Wing Ah
Fong. In 1858, when he was a lad. he
was brought over by the sugar planters
In a shipment of coolie laborers. In
1860 he married the daughter of a Por
tuguese sailor, a beautiful woman named
Cones pcion. Ah Fong within a year or
two was the leading dealer in bric-a-brac.
Soon he became the leading silk
merchant of the islands. He began to
acquire sugar lands, and went Into the
sugar Industry extensively. By 1890 be
had three sons. 13 daughters and over
83,000.000 available capital. In 1892.
with his eldest son. Ah Fong- sailed for
a visit to jChina and the mysterious
East swallowed him up. - His daughters
were talented, cultured and beautiful
and were greatly sought, not alone on
account of their wealth, but because of
their personal charm. Captain Wh!tney,
an officer in the United States navy,
married Miss Harriet Ah Fong, and sev
eral of her sisters married Americans
or Europeans.
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The Hawaiian Islands not only have
great commercial possibilities, but from
the tourist standpoint they are a gold
mine whose riches have hardly been
THE CRY OF THE BRITISH POOR
By Alice M. Archer
Special Correspondence to The Journal and The
. Cbicae Dnfl? News,
London. -Sewing trades all ever Great
Britain are to come under the ' trj4e
board shortly to be set up by the min
istry, of labor. A trade board is, to be
set op also for all shop assistants. At
a recent meeting attended by both em
ployers and employee In the London
dressmaking trades it . was agreed that
It was advisable to fix a prescribed min
imum rate of wagev The London Em
ployers association and the National
Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants.
Warehousemen and Clerks came to an
agreement, resulting tn an Increase ot
wages for employes amounting te about
8 shillings (81.80) a week. In the prov
inees. notably the west and east of Eng
land, there are still ease of women who
after 19. years In the dressmaking trade
receive only $3.50 to 84 a' week. The
new sewing boards will make these
low rates of wages Impossible. There
will be two sewing boardsone to deal
with tailored and non tailored garments
and for dressmaking proper, and the
other, for the sewing trades. Is te be
responsible for millinery and corsets.
There will be a joint committee of rep
resentatives ' ef each beard, which will
decide in doubtful cases whether a gar
ment is tailored or not, the difficulties
troilueed Into congress so that by next
March there will be no setting clocks
ahead. M. A.
Wants Action Against High Cost
Portland, May 2. To the Editor ef
The Journal I wish to commend a
statement printed In the editorial col
umns of The Journal a few days age
anent the high cost of living. Th
lady suggests asking our good president
to . "do something" at once.
I would ask, Why should common
commodities be higher than during the
war? I do think that, while feeding
Europe, the powers that be must , not
lose sight of the fact that our own
country ; be , not starved. -, There f are
thousands who de not command a wage
commensurate with the prices one must
pay for necessaries. Flour, butter, milk,
eggs and meat are common articles of
food, and leent to me to, be beyond,
bounds. X may not understand the witu
atlon fully, but am sure thousands are
In my own plight, and profiteers are
waxing rich ' at the . expense of the
poorer, working , classes. 1' IndesM -her
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
"Baker's sprinkling cart 1919 model, is
VU IHO JOD Or tn KHUU - 1
Pour bungalows are simultsneously
tinder construction on West Court street.
Baker, the Democrat reports.
- Pendleton's brand new band, from a
brand new bandstand, will give Its first
concert on May 8, A little later the band
will appear In brand new uniforms.
Work on the Baker-Cornucopia post
road started April 80, and the contractor
expects to complete the unit to Irr
Powder river within 80 days. "This."
ays the Democrat, "Is good news to the
people of the eastern part or the county,
who have hoped against hope for years
for such a happy conaurrunatlon.
';
Henry Bolken of Union county and J.
W. Fisk of Malheur county, government
trappers, have reported to the Crane
American some big catches ot coyotes
and bobcats during tbe winter months.
Bolken recently captured 17 coyote pups
In their- den in the foothills of Steeu s
mountain.
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The Burns-Buchanan 'mail route Is
carried by the oldest carrier in Oregon,
writes the Rmt Divide correspondent
of the Crane American. "He always
gets there. He burned a lot of gas tnis
wtrttar tA lnaf mm rAnil horaer on the
route. ,but the Divide has received Its
matt on time every mail day during ine
last winter." . i
Lockley
touched. It Is a land of contrasts. One
can look up from the flooded rice fields
to the rugged peaks more than two miles
high ; from the cane fields . and the
patches of taro one looks far above to
the lava-covered slopes of the volcanoes.
Here you will see the flaming scarlet
petals ef the Poinciana or the drooping
yellow bells of the golden shower: here
is the lavender bloom ot the Pride of
India : and here the Cocia Nodessa, cov
rd with its mass' of pink bloom. Pas
sion flowers, night blooming cereus. and
a score of other blooms are to be seen.
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It is a land of pleasure as well as
beautv. Tou will th, t.w
their beautifully made - surfboards
SUM vi native manegany or koa
wood, rubbed with ooeoanut oil until
they shine riding in upon the incoming
surf, erect on their boards, like Cte
sacks on their swiftly running native
horses. Here you will see the visitors
out tn outrlarear nr mwltnaia ahvr,ir,
flying f ish on the wing, with a native
i.eiper to retrieve tne tun. with a hand
net.
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Life is not a difficult problem; in the
islands: With a bit of land on which
you can raise taro. yams, bananas, sweet
potatoes and a few chickens, you. are
Independent. From the taro root the
natives make pot, one of their chief
articles-of diet.
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Certain things that we have, the II..
walians do without. For example, they
dO Without man v nf nm ivinuvn. nt.
They have only U letters in their alpha
bet, which are a, e. i. o. u. h, k. l. m. n.
p and w. but with their lesser alphabet
they seem to get along just as weU as
we do with, more than twice as many
letters.
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Ktlauea. the world's greatest living
volcano, has ef late been more active
than usual. It Is well worth going to
see when It is indulging in its fiery pyro
technics. Haleakla Is the largest extinct
voicano in me world, its crater Is over
zauo reet. aeep and -the saucer-like de
ore salon la over SA m Ilea in r .-., .e
ence. This' crater lies over. 10,000 feet
aoove tne sea. ?
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Some years ago I visited Jack Lon
don at his home at Glenn Ellen In Cali
fornia, He told me he had traveled
over the world, but that because f the
evenness of its temperature and the
beauty of Its scenery, as well as the
charm of 'its people, to his mind the
Hawaiian Islands were the most desir
able place to live of any place be had
visited. -
If you have an opportunity, see this
urwuorn, ajun-aissea iano or cnarm and
eeauty. When I think of Hawaii I
tunic or what .Mark Twain said when
he spoke of the beauty of the islands,
which haunted him In his sleeping: and
ssuni nours. - -
"Some things leave roe, but It abides."
he said. "Other thlnars ehansre. but it
remains the same. For me its balmy
airs are ever blowing. Its summer sess
ever flash in the sun. The pulse of Its
urc-oesi is in my ear. i see its gar
landed draw f, tntn mstn A m
plumy palms drowsing by the shore. Its
mw summits xioaung ime islands
above the cloudracks. There stlU lives
!n my memory the breath of flowers
that perished V ,, years or more ago."
Aloha, Aloha Hawaii.
In connection with this latter point hav
ing been Increased by what sometimes
are called in ths trad "female-male gar
ments. I .
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There are homes In London "not fit to
house a donkey In." as a London county
councillor recently told his audience at
a meeting held .at St Martin's church,
Trafalgar square. The object of the
meeting was to inform the public ef the
conditions under which countless men
and women and little children are liv
ing in the borough of Bethnal Oreen.
London. As long ago as 1901 the bor
ough was condemned. Kvem further
back. In 1384. this district was described
by the metropolitan board of works as
a small and fourth class property ia an
"a red and worn out condition. In the
84 veara that hsva slnni ,llnt
It has grown mere aged and more worn.
out. xet its population has increased.
There are 130.000 people In 17,000 tene
ments on 7S5 acres of land, or about
172 inhabitants to an acre. It is esti
mated that If the lowest legitimate stan
dard of space for each person (400 cubic
feet) for living and sleeping (even In
barracks It is 600) were enforced
throughout the borottgb, fresh accommo
dation would have to be found for at
least 8000 persona
CoPrrls-ht.0l. br Chieaso Da Or News Co.)
plea that something should be done at
once. Why net start a peUtion circulating-
to this effect T ' ANXIOU8.
Olden Oregon
Coos Bay County W as-Made Knows
and Settled in 1853.
In May. 1353. a party of miners or
ganized at Jacksonville for th purpose
ef exploring Coos Bay. having been en
couraged by Indian tales of coal de
posits, gold, timber, a deep sea harbor
and splendid fishing.: Empire-City was
th name given the first townsite estab
lished It was located by Captain W. H.
Harris. Marshfield, located : by J. ; C.
Toiman. was second, and North Bend,
located by F. G. Lockhart, third. Soon
thereafter coal mine . were opened at
Wee t port by Flanagan and Mann. Ship
building was commenced by Captain A,
Mw Simpson at North. Bend. A sawmill
was started at Empire City by II. H.
Luse. In January. 1854, ' the ship
Daman's - Cove - was the first vessel to
enter, Cooe bay. .;'
Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories From Kvery wtiert
Out How Did She Kill If rs. J. Rabbit?
A WOOLLY poodle at -Fort Worth, nays
Capper's Weekly, la rfiiK-nvr.i
be mothering seven little Jackrabblt.
The dog was recently bereft of her fam
ily, then her ' ftvn.r nntiAxt
making- frequent tripe to a wooded spot
iinnsrw xoec rrom tne nousa
and, following, discovered the interesting-reason.
The old dog had killed the
mother rabbit near the house and then
been led by scent to the little rabbits, but
instead of killing them, took charge of
the orphans and Is bVingtng them up.
The poodle is now to be - allowed to
bring the little rabbits home if It wishes
to, and any Truthful James can do the
rest.
The Zero Hour
at 8 a m.
When you wake up '
Bitter ia lh taste
Of Fortune's rup.
Wealth la bat a trifle;
.' ' Mot Is all success; :
Fame la but a babble;
...J"" kncm emptiness.
w hat to you r"
Are pratae and blame t
Kothtnat ,
But jrouM ptar the camel
Xhue our blh resolr -
And tlisn I,
Orer the too
To sleep aeain! . "
rhiladslphia Etsnlnj Led nr.
. facie Jeff Snow Saj:
i Ws don't need to take the r&ad to clt
to a square- deal, that theinl Itooahati
fellers tuck, 'cause we've got the 'nllia
tlve and referendum. But the; Idle land
In Rooshy and the Idle land: in Oregon
was put there by God Almighty fer hin
Children to use and enjoy theirxelves on,
and not fer speo'iators and ;rltocratN
to hold Idle. ! Them Rooshan lords of
the earth wouldn't git off the backs of
the people till they was bumped off ;
but they'U git off In Oregon Jtat as easy
as feathers falls, if we JistrJnvite 'em
ta1. n n., a .11 . ,
iv wciibiuio an use! American
cltisens.. . -
The: News in Paragraphs
; World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
of Journal Reader,
p ' " ,: v ; GENERAL :.- . -"
Public debt of the United States gov
ernment ; reported Saturday by the
treasury Is 324.824.345,000.
Thomas Skel ton Harrison, former
Philadelphia Saturday, aired 12.
More than 8000 workers at the Los
Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock com
pany at Ban Pedro are on strike; .
William O. Sharp, former ambassador
to trance, has been presented with the
grand cross of th Legion of Honor,
On the basis of reports from 58 cities,
unemployment conditions showed a de
cided improvement during - the past
week. -
Th grand Jury at Chicago has In-,'
dieted 10 persons charged with election
frauds In the February mayoralty pri
maries.': .
The war department, announced Sat
urday that demobilisation of the army
has returned 1,843,391 officers and men
4, VI, tile, . - ' ?.
Piers and other property of the Hamburg-American
line at Hoboken. N. J.,
have been taken over by the govern
ment.' The purchase price was 2,t00,0o0.
Soldiers and sailors' government In
surance will be continued automatioally
one month after the end of the month in
which a man Is discharged. evenJfthe
man does not pay his premium.
For shipping liquor into dry territory,
Joseph -Eccles. president ef the Ameri
can .Sugar company; John Browning,
son of the Inventor of the Browning
run. mnn I t i uutn. . n I .luh ,.. - .
were iinea iyvu eacn in Ban irrancisco.
. NORTHWEST NOTES '
A total ef 13,000 sheep will be sheared
In Deschutes county this year.
A monster tabernacle that wilt seat
3000 people has been erected at Klamath
Valla.
' A permanent poultry and egg associa
tion was organised at Uresham Satur
day night.
A full million dollars will be spent in
Aberdeen this year on street construc
tion and new buildings. .
'Prunes in Lane county are dropping
badly, and the crop will be far shorter
than previously estimated.
John F. Vaughn Is president of a
newly organised company at lleppner
that will erect a $80,000 hotel.
Since September 1 the rainfall at
Pendleton has been 11.34 Inches, nearly
an Inch more than the normal.
Contracts for 103.24 miles of .road
work will be let Tuesday by the state
highway commission, providing th bids
are not too high.
Contracts for export flour, amounting
to probably 1.500.000 barrels, were
.placed In the Northwest Saturday by
th grain corporation.
Sororities and fraternities at the Uni
versity of Oregon must pay a 50 per
cent penalty because they nave not paid
their war revenue tax. -
H. E. rlck has been named manager
of the North Pacific dlvtaion of th
United States shipping board, with
headquarters at Seattle.
An order for 78,000 barrels of flour,
valued at $800,000, for foreign shipment.
was received by the Astoria Flouring
Mills company Saturday.
After a strllte of a few hours, union
electrical workers at Yakima n Satur
day forced their wage scale from 75
cents an hour to 80 cents.
At Colfax. Wash., Saturday, Marlon,
the 3-year-old daughter of T. J. Crow
ley, was-killed by a passenger train
while picking flowers along the track.
- Members ef the newly created state
$6 per day and expenses during the time
they actually sit as members of the
board, .t .
Mrs. jClara May Noah, supposed to
have committed suicide at Cheney,
Wash., Is declared to have been mur
dered. The body was exhumed and
found to be covered, with bruises. .
FOREIGN ::
. The Roumanian army is reported to
have occupied Budapest. '
Three American soldiers were killed
and eight injured In a railroad accident
near Orleans, France, Saturday.
As the result of an acute coal mining
dispute In New South Wales, the Aus
tralian government has commandeered
all coal In th commonwealth.
Desperate fighting between govern
ment forces and communists is proceed
ing north of Munich. Already more
than 100 persons have been killed.
Saturday, awarded the British military
cross to Captain R. Ciilee. D. Murphy
and F. Stone of the American army.
Dishwasher Accumulated
Fortune on Small Wages ,
- f Stories of echiereasent la the aocaasula
tten of Vt'a Basins ft temp, sent to The
Jfeamal'and accepted fur imblication. will
be awarded Thrift Stamp.!
A dish washer recently died in
Albany, N. T., leaving the sum of
$12,000 which had been saved out of
wages never higher than $12 a week.
It required 24 years, according to the
press dispatches, for the man to save
the amount mentioned. Twelve 'dol
lars a, week for 20 years would mean
a gross income of approximately
$12,000. ' However.' the small savings
of the first few years were, put out
at compound interest, and there was
also, no doubt, a lucky investment in
town lots or suburban real estate.
Thrift SUmpa and 1815 War Ea v.
Ings-Stamps now on sale at usual
agencies. .
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