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THE OREGON DAILY , JOURNAL,; PORTLAND. TUESDAY, I.1AY C, 1910.
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, t The four Liberty loan put the punch
into Victory. The Victory Liberty loan
- (U put the' puncti in prosperity. Charltn
' M. Bcnatb, -
THE TIDE OF FORTUNE
MEN, at some time are masters of
their fate.
These are the reported words
of one Caius Casslus, who some
Ityvo i thousand years ago was a prom-
; jinent citizen of Rome.
'i - Portland and Rome are half a world
part; but, the parallel between them
'is . close;; enough to be Interesting.
I Bothcgan life as small tillages on
r- jtho banks of a river, a long way
f pom-the sea; both attracted a sturdy,
undependent type of citizen, and both
developed Into busy ; and prosperous
cities. ' Rome became mistress of the
(known - world; the Roman , system.
. the Roman law, the Roman organiza-1
jtion," were in many ways the most
I jenduring and prpgressive In the his
tory of government;, and yet, in the
' ibf ginning, the Romans faced much
I lhe same problem as the citizens of
i jPortland face today.
Rome's river, the Tiber, looks like
A T trout brook compared v'-i'th the
hVillamette Ostia, Rome's seaport at
ithe Tiber's mouth, is only a few
pours away by automobile. But 2000
jyears ago the biggest -cargo vessels
jwere propelled chiefly by oars, and
a -galloping horse was the fastest
: 'transportation known. Besides hav-
Irig to fight their neighbors, therefore,
fto protect their women, their farms
jand . their cattle, the Romans had to
contend with exactly the same situ
jatiou that confronts Portland, namely,
ithetr location.
j The: world's trade moves in ships;
jships must load In harbor, and no
' aailor will' prefer a. distadt or diffi
icult harbor to a nearer or an easier
jone unless he gets paid for it. Yet
Jloma solved '.the problem. Rome, not
Ostla, became the great center of
trade. It was in Rome, not InjOstia,
jlhat the products of the Campagna
jand jthe Apennine farms the wine.
the oil, the grain were collected for
iexport.; It was to Rome, and not to
jOstia, that - the Greek and Tyrian
shipmasters brought the gold and
(Bilks and -tin and spices, the manu
factures and products of the Medi
terranean world. Rome, jiot Ostia,
handled the goods, financed the ven
tures, loaned and collected the money.
jAnd the citizens of Rome, . not the
citizens of Ostia, dictated the policies
jand enjoyed the prosperities and
privileges pf their , time.
t The strange thing about Portland's
ituatlon today is not Its novelty, but
the fact that so -many of her citizens
; know y seem to care, anything about
4 to We hear much talk about the
. 'Inland Empire" and Portland's pros-
erity, about the wool, the grain,
he lumber, the other exports which
t Naturally ; flow (or ought to) into
Portland from the great Columbia
' asin country, , But hdw. many people
' actually Jtnow the few plain, business
facts of the matter?
, ivHow many know or take, any in
: fereBt in the very real and acute
llauger which ! threatens their city ?
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, ( The public Is informed by Chair
, mam Cprdley of the state, lime board
. that tlie price of agricultural lime is
to be Increased because convict labor
. s not available. Dean Cordley may
be all right in his results, but he Is
mistaken in his diction. The diffl
.'rulty .wlth -convict labor seems not so
much , with the lack of the labor as
the elusiveness of the laborer.
ONE BALLOT MEASURE
lNE o the measures to be oh the
special, election : ballot is the
soldiers educational bill. ' .
frwpyova , grant - f25 a
. month or 1200 a year, for four years,
to any soldier, sailor or marine who
attends v any, : educational institution
in. the state.
It -provides this:
Any and all honorably - dlschart;e4
soldiers sailors and marines, who have
1 been in the Berlqe pt the army, navy
or marine corps durine the war with
. Germany en!lste4 or inducted
, into such service from the state of
, Oregon., may. if they so desire, receive
financial assistance while attending any
institution in - the state- of Oreron,
whether public or private.
The benefits , of the act are not
" extended to studepts of ' any army
; training corps, or men of-the limited
service of the army -who ' did not
leave the United States. ' .
"Limited": service J has a definite
meaning to army men. It refers to
stenographers and like service, or to
men . who, from ' physical disability
or otherwise, did not c-ualify for the
regular army work. v
A levV of two tenths of 1 mill is
to be fixed each year to cover the
cost. On the 1918 valuation, it yould
yield around i 1197,000 annually, auto
matically Increasing, 5 of course, with
Increased valuations of taxable prop
erty, v.-- -. ;.-. i:-v..V
The legislature referred the bill to
the people because of the strictures
of the 6 per cent tax limitation.
Young men who gave months and
even years out of their lives for mil
itary or naval service earned all this
bill gves. ; '.
ONLY- ELE"EN
H
IS father suddenly dead, and
11-year-old Milton Chadsey alone
with the body far from human
1 habitation, was a story of child
heroism exclusively 'detailed . in yes
terday's Journal.
This mere child in years - was a
man in aation. When the father
expired from heart failure, the boy
covered the body with canvas, built
a fire to keep off wild animals and
went out -to 'find- help. The forest
ranger station four miles away,
reached at nightfall, was empty and
locked, and the night was spent in
the forest.
The next day he walked 13 miles,
reached Palmer junction, sent ames
sage to the coroner at La Wlnde,
and on the arrival of the coroner,
led the party back to the father's
body.
The unutterable loneliness, the loss
of his father, the mid-mountain sur
roundings, the soft snow and all the
other dreadful things piled upon this
child & an age accustomed to think
of marbles and baseball, were met
with resourcefulness and devotion.
to honor the years of maturity.
In the loss of a husband, the
mother at Walla Walla has found
a son, and the five saddened broth
ers and sisters have discovered a
brother worth while.
All worked to putiOregon and Port
land over. The heads of. depart
ments worked. The canvassers who
left business and solicited bond sub
scriptions worked. Above all,, thou
ands who bought bonds worked to
earn the purchase money. And back
of it all was the incessant, intelligent
and constructive planning and per
fecting of the organization by the
fftate Liberty loan manager, Robert
E. Smith. . s
A MOMENTOUS ISSUE
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HE delay in perfecting a con
stitution for the League of Nations--and
in signing the treaty
of peace is unfortunate, not only
from an international standpoint, but
from a national standpoint, for all
eyes are focused On Paris, and events
which in other times . would be con
sidered momentous .are being allowed
to pass without notice.
For Instance, the Democratic na
tional committeeman for Oregon
having taken up bis residence ir. the
state of Washington and tendered
his resignation, the quesUn of choos
ing his successor is now before the
publie.
Like other parties, the Democratic
party has within its ranks many
brethren who become deeply con
cerned over the choice of a national
committeeman, not that he cuts any
particular figure in national affairs,
but because it js he who is expected
to blaze the trail through the politi
cal wilderness to the pastures, where
the "faithful" may have license to
feed, even for only a brief period, at
public expense.
This momentous issue is percep
tibly dimmed, unfortunately, by the
foolish persistence with which the
American people keep their eyes fixed
on the attempt at Paris to make the
world safe for democracy1, and lose
sight altogether of the vital necessity
of making a few safe places for Dem
ocrats. -
In the - midst of this condign
lethargy, the executive committee is
said to be hopelessly deadlocked, a
fell calamity, and nobody seems to
have thought of summoning, the
state central committee, by which a
more representative choice could be
made than by an executive commit
tee mainly, if not altogether,' in
Multnomah county..
WTiy spend time on a League of
Nations, or on Orlando, or mere
Balkan questions, or the terms for
the Germans if some of the fafthful
old war horses are to be left with
out jobs?
Over In Germany, a place formerly
noted for its efficiency In Industrial
organization they are deporting' all
alien labor in order to give employ
ment to the demobilized soldiers.' If
Uncle Sam would deport all the alien
bomb makers and trouble breeders
who are spreading - their nnUnm
propaganda over this nation, it might
help some Acre.
A CnEERY OUTLOOK
R
OGER E SIMMONS,'. trade com
missioner for the United States
department of commerce, has a
pomiorung tale to tell a th-
lurobermen of ; the Northwest par
ticularly and to the people of the
Northwest in general., The collapse
of Russia. s according to his story,
will make the demand for lumber far
exceed ih supply, for several years
to come. ...
!i Russia, potentially, is the largest
lumoer . producing section, of. the
world. Bolshevism . and the chaos
that has followed in Its wake has
put that country aside ' as a supply
source to meet the world's demands.
The waste of war has created an
enormous market for lumber through
out th'e ' war stricken district ' of
Europe, while long halted construc
tion project$ from all sections of the
continent swell the calls.
The United States, Canada and
Sweden must meet the problem from
their forests. The Northwest is the
great , timber ' producing section ; of
the United. States.i
Mr, Simmons has been in Russia
for two years studying ; conditions
there. He speaks from experience
and! information gained at first han.d
so that his story, must have un
doubted basis of fact upon which te
found it. If It has, there should
be no idle camps' or - mills during
the next few years. With them run
ning at top speed there ought to be
no majo- problem of unemployment
in this section of the country. It
is a cheering outlook. : , ,
THE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
THERE is nothing sweeter: than
the apple blossom, except it Is
the apple. Thre is nothing more
pleasant to the senses of man
than an orchard blooming in the sun
light," unless it is the taste of the
fruit when the family is grouped
about the winter fire. J;
The people of Hood River valley
were hosts to hundreds .of Portland
people Sunday, the : apple blossoms
unrolling before the eyes of j the
motorists a picture, the duplicate of
which thesun will fail to find In
all his ; journey from the ea&t of
morning to the west of night.
Hood River's apple blossom festival
furnishes a spectacle which can be
enjoyed nowhere else in the world.
It may be that somewhere else on
earth can be found a reach of land
across the -bosom of which is flung
13,000 -acres of apple trees in almost
unbroken succession. . Should this
doubtful thing be true then it would,
be possible for mankind to see as
much of bloom and to drink in as
much of fragrance as gladdened the
visitors to the valley on Sunday last.
But no place in the lap of Nature
is such a picture set in such a
frame. No orchard country has such
a sentinel as Hood to watch its blos
soms fructify. Nowhere else does
such a river sin its ever chan.erin?
melody, tumbling through the sunn
flecked shadows of such a fairyland.
It Is a festival event that should
be perpetuated as one of Ahe annual
features and spectacles of the state.
It is more than beautiful enough and
out of the ordinary.
Oregon is probably first in the Vic
tory loan. The Iowa subscription to
the fourth Liberty loan was not ' a
popular one; but was Ainderwritten
by a fund provided in advance. IV Is
charged that the Michigan fund, as
well as that in Iowa, to the Victory
loan was underwritten by the banks.
If the truth is finally known, it will
probably appear that Oregon was the
most steadfast - and most faithful
state in all the Union in every loan,
as well as in many other activities.
It is a war record to be grateful for,
and never to be forgotten.
AMERICANIZE AMERICA
St.vi!jNi'x-rivEi per ceni oi siz,
000,000 worth of fish taken from
state waters of Washington goes
annually to persons nut citizens
of the United States, 40 per cent go-f
ing to alien enemies.
This is the statement of Fish Com
missioner Darwin of the state of
Washington. The statement applies
in large part to salmon fishing on
the Washington side of the Colum
bia river. The Oregpnian raises the
point that it is not a satisfactory
situation, and its contention is sound.
The late Oregon legislature passed
a bill making full citizenship a
requisite to fishing. : The Washing
ton legislature refused to pass such
a bill. The ground for beating the
bill in Washington was. the claim
that so many aliens- were engaged
in the business that fishing -would
fall if aliens were debarred.
This is one of the, great American
mistakes. Alien ownership ofx land,
alien exploitation of American natural
resources, alien operatives in Ameri
can factories, who in some instances
run as high, as 72 per cent of per
sons unable to speak English, were
among the difficulties we had to
contend with during the war.
The Dumba incident is .a green
memory. So are the activities . of
Captain von Papen and others.. The
attempt by European official agents
through their unnaturalized country
men in America to obstruct the man
ufaciure of munitions and other
American activities ought to be a
sufficient .warning. '
Those who coie to America from
abroad to fish, or mine or; work
should be made welcome. But they
should be met at the port of de
barkation with the constitution of
the United. States and with a certify
cate ': of admission to ' American free
schools to learn the ' American lan
guage and absorb the spirit and pur
poses of American : Institutions. ..
If they decline, to avail themselves
or these privileges, tney should be
sent back to the country from which
they come, -
What will men. not dare for whis
key? vWitU all hands lost, a launch
used as a whiskey runner from Ohio
into " dry -.Michigan has . turned up
with" 60 . cases of whiskey on board.
The- sole survivor "of ? a-rwrecked
launch carrying bootleg whiskey from
California Into dry Oregon has been
.rescued from the' sea at Eureka. The
perils of bootjegging is one of the
romances of a doomed and disappear
ing liquor traffic in America.
The Seattle news dispatches tell us
that Senator PoindexterV presiden
tial . boom has started." 1 So far the
only sound that it has caused-is Xhe
press . report. 5 r
FOR ROOSEVELT
HIGHWAY
Great Project Shown as Boon to All
Sections of Oregon. ,
- IF. K- Beala. a pioneer dairyman and atoek
breeder of Tillamook ooanty, dbjeaaaed the Booae
wlt Mehway is an article tn a went Imam nf
the Tillamook JUeadlisUt. which article is here
reproduced. It well present the economic sod
military advantage of the proposed coast highway-J
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The Roosevelt military highway biU to
appropriate the sum of 1200.000 by the
state contingent upon an equal amount
being appropriated by the : federal gov
ernment Is one of the most important
measures that will appear on the ballot
at the election to be held next month.
The military importance of this highway
has long been realised by i the military
authorities of our government. Events
In Europe during the war clearly demon
strated that transportation afforded by
the highway systems of Europe was of
inestimable value In the successful pros
ecution of the war, the value of the high
ways far exceeding the value of the rail
ways or of any other method of trans
portation. ' i
If the Roosevelt Military Highway
measure carries, the fact that the peo
ple of Oregon have taken the initiative in
the matter and have made a substantial
contribution to the project, should and
Will appeal to congress. It is perfectly
safe to predict that a special appropria
tion wilt be made by congress to matcht
our state funds. , ' I
The military importance! of. this proj
ect Is not all that is to be considered, t it
will develop thousands of acres . of Ore
gon's most fertileJandsj lands capable
of producing many millions of dollars
annually and of sustaining a large popu
lation. This change from wild, non-productive
regions to prosperous communi
ties will bring added population, aug
mented wealth ' and a tremendous In
crease in assessed valuation, all of which
will be enduring assets to the state.
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. In the coast counties, where im
proved land for soiling and grazing pur
poses is valued at from S300 to S500 per
acre, dairymen find it unprofitable . to
raise hay on their valuable lands and
are relying more and more on the Wil
lamette vaUey farmer and the Eastern
Oregon, alfalfa producer to supply them
with the hay and grain they consume.
The coast territory furnishing a market
for these interior products is poorly
served by roads. This makes the cost of
transportation on merchandise like hay
and grain prohibitive. The cost of local
distribution is so great that many dairy
men find it necessary to raise their own
hay. or a large portion of it. This re
duces the size of their herds and the
number of their hogs and thus m&teri-'
ally lessens their consumption of bay
and grain. For example,' the cost of
transporting a ton of hay or grain from
Tillamook City, the railroad terminus in
Tillamook county, to certain of the rich
est dairy districts is $10 a ton. The
Roosevelt highway would reduce this
cost by 8 or more, per ton.
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The conclusion is obvious. These farm
ers -would increase their herds, raise
more hogs, and thus double or treble the
amount of hay and grain they now con
sume. , Under the, present adverse con
ditions "Tillamook county alone, with its
15,000 dairy cattle and its large number
of hogs, purchases annually close to a
half million dollars worth of Imported
hay and grain When the Roosevelt
highway is completed, these consumers
will draw heavily upon the Willamette
valley and Eastern Oregon bay and
grain districts for these supplies- It is
safe to-say that in the immediate future.
the coast countries of Oregon, with the
expansion of the dairy industry which
the highway will bring about, would fur
nish a steady and ever increasing mar
ket for Eastern and Central Oregon and
the " Willamette valley products to the
extent of S3.500.O00 or more annually.
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In this connection I wish to say I find
a great deal of interest among the peo
ple throughout the coast counties in the
irrigation bill to be voted on in June en
titled "State Bond Payment of Irriga
tion and Drainage Bond Interest." it
seems to be the disposition everywhere in
the coast districts to support this worthy
measure, which provides for the state
guarantee of interest on Irrigation and
drainage district bonds for five- years
with a provision for repayment This
support is perhaps due to the fact that
a number ofour dairymen are interested
in Eastern Oregon alfalfa lands and, as
above stated, many are looking to that
section of Oregon for their supplies of
hay and grain, but in a broader sense
th.j support comes from a feeling that
the irrigation districts of Eastern Ore
gon are great assets of the state and that
the state can well afford to use its credit
ta assist in the development of this won
derful region.
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So let us work together and vote sol
idly for these two measures which are of
such great importance to the whole state
of Oregon. An increase in hay and grain
production In Central Oregon, Eastern
Oregon and the Willamette valley con
fers a direct benefit upon the dairymen
of the coast ; hence we of the coast will
support, any reasonable measure to aid
irrigation' and drainage, both from our
selfish interests and from our desires to
see these great irrigation and drainage
reclamation projects of : the Willamette
valley. Central- Oregon and Eastern Ore
gon developed. The Roosevelt highway
will provide a -continually enlarging
home market for the Willamette valley
and Eastern and Central Oregon bay and
grain producers; therefore they should
support the bond measure to construct
it, both from selfish ; motives and from
state pride. The Roosevelt highway is
a military necessity!; it also contains
vast economic possibilities for the state
of Oregon Therefore every good citizen
will support It. ' Every citizen of every
part of Oregon, directly or Indirectly, will
receive commercial - benefit from ' it ;
every patriotic American citizen must
see the military value and necessity for
it. So let us all join hands atross the
mountains and work untiringly and vote
unitedly, unanimously for the Roosevelt
military highway. . .-i:
Where 25,000 Brave American
- Soldiers Are Buried
From the New Tot World
; Thirty : kilometers north of Verdun,
near the line where the. closing battle
of - the great war was most) fiercely
waged, the remains of 25.000 , United
States soldiers are being assembled In
what will be the greatest of our na
tional cemeteries. , 1 - ! .
. Arlington has more ' than 20.000
graves, ' Chalmette, more1 than 12.000,
wnatianooga more man ij.wv, -i rea
erlcksburg more than 15,000, and Nash
villa ; and Vicksburg more than 16,000
each; Antletam and Gettysburg, rank
ing among the most sanguinary fields of
the Civil war, have cemeteries -contain
tog 4751 and 3836, respectively.
; The precise " system With which our
dead In Franca have, been cared for
Is tn keeping with ; all - our military
operations overseas. It Is not possible
to bury in one place the remains of U
the brave Americans who cUed. tn bat
tle, twit the vast graveyard at Ro-mame-ous-Montfaucon
will - testify
most Impressively to the valor of the
nnlu that rin,ll nvrrramc the hosts
lot autocracy and should -be the object
of patriotic pilgrimages forever, -
Letters From the People
Communication sent td The Journal for
publication ia this department should be written,
on only one aide of the paper, should not exceed
SOO words in length, snd muat be signed by the
writer, whose mail address to lull miut accom
pany the contribution. I V
" Strongly Indorsing Wilson
Athena, May 3. To the Editor of The
Journal Tour editorial of a few days
ago under the heading. The Threatened
Americans," is fine. What a reproach 'it
is to this country that we cannot stand,
to a man, back of our president. No
nation ever had a; representative that
they had more reasons to be proud of
than we liave o& President Wilson. His
position is'unique and un parallelled, and
he has acompllshed almost the impossi
ble, despite the harpings and carpings of
Uttle men. Unassuming, without vanity,
with an unswerving belief that right
must ultimately prevail.' he has battled
along from day to day. One would think
khat a man big enough to become a
united states senator could grasp the
magnitude oCthe situation and be help
ful by friendly suggestions and a helpful
ness in every way, and cast to the winds
politics and political ambitions. Never
In all the history of tie world was there
a more compelling need of all good and
true men to work for a common cause.
I. B. WOOD.
Objects to Senate Bill 269
Athena, April 30. To the Editor of
The Journal Verfly. it Is easier to criti
cise than to construct, but criticism in
the-oright spirit should be rather com
mendable than otherwise. And I wish to
offer some such criticism upon senate
bill 269 soldiers', sailors' and marine
educational bill to be voted on June 3.
This bill is not equitable, for the reason
that it offers a certain benefit that only
a few can take advantage of, on account
of financial and various other reasons.
A great many of the boys will of ne
cessity have to go to work to support
themselves and even others depending on
them. Those in better circumstances
wilt find the $200 a year benefit avail
able, and use it- Now, it isn't that I
should not like to see such young men
helped on their way and think it a priv
ilege to pay my share of taxes to furnish
the means, but that it does not treat the
rest of the boys fairly. My boy, who
served two years, would not think he had
a square deal if he could not go to school
on financial grounds or because he felt
he was trjo old, if my neighbor's boy, who
served only tKree months and whose
father- had means, were to take advant
age of It. Now, I put extreme cases, of
course ; but there are plenty of extreme
cases.
Of course the law was not framed, I
am'sure, with any idea of unfairness. It
was not made for the purpose of giving
a certain few a benefit; but if it had
been it would not have been any worse.
The fact that the young man does not
actually handle any money makes no
difference ; ; he receives a benefit of a
certain value.
I. for one, cannot vote for the law
as it stands. I think the boys should all
receive some kind of bonus from the
state, but it Bhould be based upon the
amount of service and not upon a flat
rat basis. By all means give them a
bonus, but make it equitable, and avail
able to alL F. B. WOOD.
The War's Spiritual Consequences
Vancouver, Wash., May l.-r-To the
Editor of The Journal For more than
four years frequent allusion has been
made to 'the great spiritual awakening"
to which the war wouia give Dirtn. mat
awakening is now here. Does it fn any
degree meet the expectations of those
who foresaw its coming?
Trulv a universal awakenins is now
in ; full progress, yet many assert that
the forces which are now in operation
IO JlUk cjjiiitwip cull. kuu .j
forces, if not checked, will degrade civi
lization to a state approaching barbar
ity. Now to the faithful religionist, or
the erudite natureist, the world chaos
of today offers no cause of alarm or
distrust. The faithful preach that "God
moves in a mysterious way his wonders
to perform." and they sing. "Tea,
though I walk in death's dark vale, yet
will I fear no ill; for thou art with
me, and thy rod and staff me comfort
stilli- The evolutionist comforts him
self with the truth that nature ever fol
lows the path of least resistance and
that her course Is ever onward and up
ward. The philosopher rests confidently
in - the belief that what Is to be will
be, and that what is is always best.
Science trusts in nature. Religion con
fides in God. The one relies on an ef
fect ; the. other trusts the cause of that
effect. Neither shall be confounded, for
their hopes are founded on the same,
eternal truth. -
Now the viewpoint of the godly and
the learned is not a universal viewpoint.
The great mass of the people lack con
fidence and entertain doubts regarding
tin world's future; "this from the fact
that their lack cf understanding renders
them egotistic, selfisBr and self-conceited.
They cognize nature as a creation for
their special benefit, sense her as their
duly appointed guardian, and feel 4fcat
they are her sols wards and "first and
greatest care." This is vain, presump
tuous and arrogant. To nature, man is
of less consequence than is the grass
of the field, for does not all animal life
depend absolutely on vegetable exist
ence? Truly our non-importance and
lack of significance in the stupendous
scheme of nature la, or should be, pat
ent to all.
'God moves." Evolution evolves.
Therefore let. all trust In the God , of
nature. AMOS.
Inquiries About Soldiers
These replies are to questions re
spectively signed as indicated by the
side-beading: "
Anxious , Mother It is expected . that
the 823d field artillery will sail early in
May, If it has not already sailed.
An Anxious Sister The Thirty-first
infantry is not listed with any division,
and no information as to its movement
is at hand. ' . r
A - Sick- Mother No information . - is
available about "the 203d center tank
COrpS."". - ' :. " ,-;'..'. f. .;
Mrs. John Carr There is no Informa
tion available' concerning "M. T. C. Co,
828." As to "company F. Eighteenth In
fantry. First division." the First division
is a part of the army of occupation, and
hence no announcement has ever been
made as to Its, return, since that army
is not at present subject to orders for
return. '
An Anxious Mother The Fourth engi
neers is with the army of . occupation.
The preceding answer,; is hence appro
priate to this Inquiry. - - !
Free Speech '"
Portland, May 4. To the Editor of
The Journal In your editorial today on
May day you say s The city of Port
land was in striking contrast" (to Paris,
Cleveland, etc) ; "There were no dis
turbance of the peace, no riot calls, no
mobs to quell, no outbreaks of lawless
ness and no casualties. There aretoo
many Americans in Portland fbr such
conditions to gain much headway." ? -
Right you are ; for there are. too many
honest to God Americans here who be
lieve In fair play. The May day gatb-
COMMENT AND
V. SMALL CHANGE
Some weather man. '
, It's apple blossom time In Oregon.
The bushes are getting ready for the
Rose Festival, i
- .. e .
.Mias Edith Plnn waa in the bank at
Washougal when it was held up. Prob
ably not of the safety variety.
Now the police department is staging
its own little "drive." Gamesters en
trenched in gambling dives are the ob
jective. . -, i
';e
Wo- read that -'a boose-laden launch
turns over on bar.'; Sounds almost as
though femeone might have spilled a
schooner . -f
'v;-: "--''V'- ..:'-e 1 - '.v " -j.
lThe men who held up the bank at
J v ten pair or tne
yre<h behind on purpose. All men re
not hnre-iBh i
MEN
AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE
OREGON COUNTRY
By Fred
In this article
Ur. . Lockley takes tip the
career of a man whose work for many years
hat been with the! Oregon prune and the put
tins of same upon the map. The present
installment is preliminary to the matter of
achievement with prunes, beins rathel devoted
to the - prooeasea by which this prune 'promoter
qualified for bis treat work.
The phone bell rang the other day. I
found H. S. Gile of Salem was on the
wire. He said,! "We want you to come
up to Salem and tell us about your ex
periences overseas." My first Impulse
was to say it would be impossible for me
to come, but there flashed; through my
mind a score Of incidents that caused
me to make my "no" a "yes." So I
promised to come. . -
Twenty-five years ago or so Mr. Gile
was president of the State Christian En
deavor union. Professor "W, I. Staley of
Salem was state secretary and X was
state treasurer.! For two or three years
our relations were Intimate and exceed
ingly cordial.
After my talk at the Baptist church
at Salem, X made a shorts talk at the
Young Women's Christian association,
and then went to Mr. Gile'a home, where
I spent the night. When we had talked
over old times 1 1 asked Mr. Gile to tell
me something about himself and bis
connection with the fruit Industry of
Oregon.
"I was born on a farm on' September
6. 1861. near Smith's Falls, Ontario,'
said Mr. Gile. "Both my father's and
my mother's people came from New
England. When I look back to my box
hood days, it seems tot me that the boys
of today have a good deal more done
for them than the boys of my, genera
tion. Before I was 18 years old I was
getting up before daylight to feed and
milk 'our cows. After a breakfast : by
lamplight, I drove 2 miles with our
milk to the cheese factory, hurried
home, put up jthe team, got ready for
school and walked half a mile to the
school house.
"When I was 20 years old X had a
sick spell. After X got up I did not
seem to regain my strength. I felt I
was more of at liability than an asset on
the farm, since X could not do a full
day's work. I told my father that if
he would lend me $50 I would go across
the border to the United States and find
some lighter work than farm work and
support myself. With the $50 my father
lent me I went to Chicago. X got work
as a book agent, selling "Great Events
of the Past Century. The book sold
at from $5.50 to $7.50.- depending on 'the
type of binding. .With- long-legged toots
and an umbrella I spent the winter of
1881 walking (through. Egypt' and all
over Sangamon county, selling this book
to the farmers. I avoided -towns and
villages, because I realized they had
- THE COTS WHERE POOR MEN LIE
v . By Alice M
1 .
Special Correspondence of The Journal and The
Chicaso Daily News. :
London. It Is reported that many of
the houses inj Bethnal Green. long fa
mous for wretchedness, have rooms so
small as to be incapable of occupation
by more than! one person without caus
ing illegal overcrowding, and so low
that a tall man cannot stand up in
them. In one part of the borough the
houses are built back to back ; in six
of the 'streets there are cases of leaky
roofs; three of the streets are infested
with rats. Itl was officially reported in
19 :: that in the Plgby -street area there
were 34 families occupying each one
room, and 77 families occupying two
rooms each. ! There are underground
living rooms in most parts of the area
and In one lot of tenements there are
people sleeping on and under the stairs,
which are open to the street. The
weekly rent paid for a tenement of four
rooms and a basement is 12s 6d ($3.12),
and nearly all the houses are sublet to
lodgers.
Of the people who live in this slum
area the majority, naturally, ere in a
condition of abject poverty. Their work
consists mainly of tailoring ana - tne
erlngs In Paris. New York. Boston and
Cleveland would have passed off in
peace and been as orderly ' as Port
land's if the fReds" had been left alone.
People do not have to attend their
meetings : also, there is no law to keep
them from walktng away if they do
not. like ' what Is being said. I do not
belong to either the Salvatioef Army or
the Holy tollers, but I am . American
enough not to disturb their street meet
ings. I do not believe In all of their
teachings, butX do believe in ; free
speech. If X were looking for free
newspaper advertising I would have
tried to break up the "Reds" meeting
last Thursday; but, remembering that I
was a true American whose forefathers
fought for i "freedom of speech,' I
walked . away without making any
trouble. r J- K- C.
For ibe Education of Soldiers '
CorvalUs, May 5 To the Editor of
The Journal Please Inform me. if the
law presented to the last legislature in
regard to the schoolboy .soldiers high
and, college of our state being given
$200 for educational s purposes was
passed? I thought It died in committee.
If passed, did it Include the S. A. T. C?
C. D. C.
fAnewers to these mMStfofM may be ln
an editorial article tint appears P uue pace
M . ' .' "-.' .: . - - ':. ,'" ' -
Olden Oregon
Diversity of Spelling and Derivation
of Name "Coquille." , -
While the accepted . spelling . of the
liver and town in Coos county la Co
quille, there Is a difference of opinion
as t tho pronunciation. - By some it ia
called Ko-keeU by others, Ko-quell, It
depends on the origin tf the name.- If
named after the French word meaning a
shell. It is Ko-keet An early spelling of
the word was ScoqueU which is said
to have - been an Indian tevm for a
species of eel. In a map of jltSl the
spelling is Coquette, bnt this may have
been an error for Coquelle. The name
Coquille appears In a map ef 1855. -
NEWS INBRIEF
-s , OREGON SIDELIGHTS V
Albany postoffice, the Democrat says,
bids fair to get into the first class
pretty soon. Judging by the current
showing of Increased business.
- 'Race prejudice ; against Japan
would die out. Editor Bruce Dennis of
the ; la Grande Observer . believes, if
Japan would only stop talking about It.
.... . . ......
Salem the5 sedate, according to the
Capital Journal, is going to have such
a real, old fashioned Fourth of July
thir-year that 1f the lid isn't taken off
It will be blown off by the enthusiastic
celebration."
Sure sign of springif not Indeed of
summer regtsterea oy ine .ugenw
Guard: E. J. Arnold's merry-go-round,
which has been stored at the fair
grounds here since the last county fair,
has been set up on the vacant lot at the
corner of Olive street and Eleventh ave
nue West, and wUl be run for a few
weeks." - -?
Zjockley
been canvassed mora and it would be
harder to sell books there. I stayed
with the Job for a year; then I went
back to Canada to visit my people. I
paid my father what X owed him, and
gave him $200 In , addition. You have
no Idea what this $200 .meant to him.
In those days the farmers of Canada
handled very little money. The system
then in vogue was to take your product
to the store, receive credit and trade it
out. Once a year there was a settle
men t The farmer's aim -was to try to
break even. -
"After visiting home for a few weeks
X went to Iowa, where I secured the
agency for a book. Meantime I took
up the study of telegraphy. As soon as
I was able to send and receive a mes
sage I secured work with the North
western Railroad company as telegraph
operator, being stationed at Maple River
Junction, not far from Carroll, Iowa.
After a year and a half I found my pay
check was not increasing very fast, and
as I lookd ahead there seemed to be
very little future to the Job. I secured
a position as express- messenger, running
between Burlington and Cedar Ttaplds.
Finally X was promoted to the overland
run between Pacific Junction and Den
ver.. It was a hard run, as we handled
lots of ; baggage and the pouch mail.
From that position I was promoted to
that of general agent at Nebraska City
for the joint offices of the Wells Fargo,
American and United States express
companies. This was an important
transfer point. -I stayed there three
years. - -.
..-,: . I '
"I sized the matter tin and decided
that If I worked half ahard for my
self as I did for the express company
X would be making a lot more money-.
secured a leave of absence without pay
ior 9u aays ana came west to size up tne
opportunities out here.
"I landed in Salem in the fall of 1889
Salem looked good to me, for a peculiar
reason. That reason was that it was a
slow, ooiervative and sleepy place.
Looking around the country I realized
the "wonderful possibilities of : growth
and expansion of the city as the coun
try settled up and developed and the
larger farms were broken into smaller
holdings. With George Sroat I started a'
retail grocery store, with which we com
blned he buying and shipping- of fruit.
The fruit shipping business waa origin
ally the tail of the dog. but the tail soon
'wagged the dog. We dropped the retail
grocery business and confined 'our at
tention entirely to the shipping of fruit.
Mr. Sroat went to California, so X started
in business for myself in the old State
Insurance building.? Iater I took in
Walter J. Jenks and we changed the
name of the firm to XX. S. GUe ft Co." .
Archer
making of wearing apparel, boxmaklng,
boot and shoe work, haversack and
army equipment work, brushmaktng
all of them sweated industries.
Apart from overcrowding, . insanitary
houses prevail all over the borough. In
the year 1916 877 complaints, and in the
year 1918 -1081 complaints of Verminous
children were officially recorded.
The decrease In excessive Infant mor
tality 184 per 1000 in 1898. 119 per 1000
in. 1908. lt)6 per 1000 in 1916 is to be
accounted for by health visiting, schools
for - mothers, compulsory notifications
and maternity benefit.
At the meeting at 'the Church of St
Martln-in-the-Fields. the vicar told the
people present that for considerable time
he had occupied a house In one of the
condemned areas. He , told them how
the new baby in a family might arrive
frequently did in the same room where
the old grandmother was lying dead in
her coffin. He also pointed out the
danger to the community at large of
having clothing and blouses and- toys
and other articles made tn these Insani
tary homes, where all the business of
life was carried on.
(Copyrisht, Xl. by Chios so Daily News Co.)
luriotis Bits of Information for
the Curious 'l
Glejtned From Curious Places
Three years are said to have been
spent in the following curious calcula
tion concerning the Bible, the accuracy
of which you are at liberty to test for
yourself. If so inclined s , . ' ,
- OU TESTAMENT . . -
The middle book Is Proverbs. :r r
The middle chapter is Job xxix.
: The middle verse is In Second Chron
icles, twentieth chapter, between the
seventeenth and eighteenth verses.
"The shortest verse is the twenty-fifth
verse. First Chronicles, first chapter.
" KEW -TESTAMENT
The middle book is the secona epistle
to Thessalonians.
The middle chapter la between the
thirteenth and fourteenth of Romans.
The middle verse is the seventeenth
verse, seventeenth chapter ef Acts.
The shortest verse is verse $5, eleventh
chapter of John. .-: ".-s...
The twenty-first verse of the seventh
chapter of Ezra hae all the letters of
the alphabet in it ' '
The nineteenth chapter of the Second
Book of Kings, and the thirty-seventh
chapter of Isaiah, are alike. -
' The Roosevelt Highway .
' From the St. Helens Ubt '
.The coast counties are practically iso
lated, from the rest of Oregon so far
as connecting' roads ' are- concerned.
When the Roosevelt highway is built,
that Isolated section will be connected
with the jrest of Oregon. - Goodly por
tions or links of ; the highway are al
ready constructed and paid for and the
completion and connecting up of those
links as a trunk or through road.: will
make the- present links more useful, ...
! ... . ,MMH 14. lN
a K'nrilx . Amhltlnn - :
i
C-mak th- Thrift sfaeazine. f
Every man should strive continually
to live tap to all the remarkable things
the politicians tell him about himself
lust before election. 4 -- - ...
Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
. Addicts All
IN THE JOURNAL, of the American
Pharmaceutical auonlatinn v 1-
Shelford. It is noted by a writer in the
Philadelphia ledger, has an article de
scribing , research in drug-addiction
through the curious medium of gold
fish. He had a shallow tank, In one
end of which water, was flowing with
amps m solution; at the other end un
tainted water entered"; and the outlet
was in the middle. When morphine
was put in the water a number of fish
BWam OVer tO Where It waa anri rnfnmaA
to leave. With ' cocaine In the water
tney- remained until they died. , With
ethyl alcohol they chose an area where
the solution was about 10 per cent, A
tadpole took kindly to a 20 per cent
otunon or aiconoi ana water. The ex
pression "drinking like a fish" la evi
dently less Innocent than is ordinarily
supposed.
- We Are Growing Particular ,
We like all liaraan ereeturaa, be
They fat, tall, short or lean:
' . But we don't like the man who calls
Hie auto "thuh aiitb-eheen. " -
Some folks depress one tool at time
When we are teelins friakyi '
anions them is the man who lays
-- "Comuuky" for Coulakey.
We can forslra the office boy
Who speaks of "det" and "dlMea"!
Bnt people eery much annoy
Us when they say: "Bay. listen!"
. .- -CUicao News.
; Uncle Jeff Snow Says: '
Th Tin Invaa ......
- - - - - tut K,IYC(, OUQ
the way some of these here 2x4 nations
In Eurone howls ahnnt ft vtn' tin .
of their garden-patch principalities to
one anotner in tne peace table divvy
makes a feller think the Lord must
have quit lovln'.'em quite a spell ago.
The News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
:' of Journal Readers
y:-- GENERA Ii -
The allies last Saturday officially rec
ognized the Jugo-Slav kingdom.
It is reported thst Field Marshal Hln
denburg has resigned as chief of the
German army.
On May 1. Oermany-had 325,000 men.
of various classes under arms, but only
225.000 available for service.
Bank and bourse employes of Paris
struck Monday, demanding a minimum
salary of 200 franca (monthly.
The United States government has con
tributed 2000 army cots for 'the relief
of poor persons in New York rendered
homeless by rental evictions.
Striking members of the Typographical
union employed on the four daily papers
in Albany, N, Y., have voted to return
to work pending arbitration.
A nationwide campaign in favor of
government ownership of telegraph lines
soon will be launched by the Commercial
Telegraphers' union of America.
Daily expenditures of the war depart
ment from March IS to April 15 aver
aged $14302,000. agalnat $28,711,000 be
tween July 1, 1918, and January 81.
Secretary Clans says the ordinary ex
penditures of the government duritiff
April were less than $1,004,000,000, This
1 18 than for any month since April,
King Albert has decor tied Major Gen
eral Edward M. Lewis of the American
army with the Insignia of commander
of the Order of Leopold and tlie crops
of war,
Senator Moses of New Hampshire has
Issued a statement urging the nomina
tion of Major General Ieonard Wood
as the Republican candidate for presi
dent in 120.
V What is said to be the largest sincrle
purchase of Victory Liberty bondm went
of the Mississippi river was $l,0o0.oo,
made by the Marl & Itefining company
of Ponca City, Okla. , .
Germans and Poles have reached an
agreement whereby the Poles will de
liver 90,000 tons of potatoes to Germany,
the latter permitting the Poles to ship
goods to Csecho-Slovakia.
i NORTHWEST NOTES
Just half of Vancouver's Victory loan
quota has been raised. ,
There not a death In Cottage
Grove during the month of April.
Highway improvement has started on
the roacf between . Cottage Grove and
Lorane.
-Out of a total of E10 industrial casual
ties in the state last week, only three
were fatal.'.
Funds now In the hand of the state
Industrial accident commission total
$1,787,427.89.
H. C. Allen, un to two weeks ago state
engineer of Idaho, died suddenly at
b Prague, Wash- Sunday.
Mrs. Wllilam K, Baydler of Beaverton
Is dead at Salem from the effects of in
fluenza contracted last winter.
"Articles of Incorporation have been
filed at Salem by the Wallowa Marble Ac
Granite company. The capital is $26,000.
' The Hood River Fruit company In
1918 handled a tota1! of 110,000 boxen of
fruit, mostly , Newtowns and bpitzen
bergs. ..
The financial report of the Port of
Astoria for-the first three months of
the present year shows net earnings of
$24,122.67. " .
To avail Itself of 7,000.000 feet of tim
ber, the Cleveland sawmill which has
been operating nqar Fall City, has
moved to Pedee. - .
' 'On account of a return of influenza,
the mayor of Monmouth has ordered the
closing of all nublks meeting places,
churches and. schools.
Arrangements have been made for the
erection of a $10,000 dormitory on the
campus of the girls' college of the
fiugene Bible university. m
A, C. Thayer, who had a complete
still at Vancouver and win manufactur
ing prune brand,, was fined $2i0 and
sentenced to 90 days In jail. .
- By the will o the late Janes M. Blos
som of Hood River, a large' list of books
from his private library is bequeathed
to the state hospital for the insane.
The'Grants Pass Red! Cros chapter
gave a reception in the courthouHA last
Friday afternoon to the returned sol
diers and sailors of Joseptflne county.
- The Butte, the tenth -wooden ship to
be launched from the yards of the
Standifer Construction company, left the
ways at Vancouver Monday afternoon.
The body of an unlndentlfied Than ap
parently about 60 years old. was found
by a finherman Kunrlay evening at Hub
bard Jake, a short distance from Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Khaner, near
Che halls, have received details of the
death of their son, Charlea. In France.
Of the entire company of which he was
a member, only 14 escapeeV death from
a bu rating shell that was filled with
phonograph needles infected with gan
grene poison.
Government Gives All
Opportunity to Save.
(Storie of achievement in the aocnran'a.
Hon ef War bt1h atampa, sent to The
Journal end accepted for publication, wiu
be swarded S Thrift Stamp. J '
Your government has made ft both
easy and safe for you to save. You
can put aside as little as a quarter st
a time by buying Thrift Htamps. As
soon as these are converted into W.
8. S. an irvestment of $4 and a few
cents your money starts earning In
terest for you. Soon you have saved
m. very considerable amount without
even missing the rhoney invested. .
Try it, Eegln today. Save regu
larly. Buy Thrift and W. S, a
whenever snd wherever you can.
Hold on to the stamps you have
and increase your holdings regularly.
Thrift Stamps and 1919 War Eav
ings stamps now on sale at usual
agenda- '