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10 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, 'PORTLAND, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1919.. All INDEPENDENT KETWSPAPXB C . JACKSON.. .Publisher fublisbed Trr day, afternoon and if Bnildinc, Broadway Xaoihill street. Portland, Orecon. - - .-' ' Entered at tba Poftoftteo t Portlead, 0: for tniumiMioB ttmvH UkS-maii aa second - rltw matter. - - -- " : -' ' ' " TELEPHONES Main T1T8 ; Home, A--All departments reached bjr these number. Tell Um operator vui aeparuaenv FOREIGN AtiTEBTIStSO BEPaEBENTATIVB 22 fifth aww. Kw lerki 00 Mn BubacrrrHton twrme by mail, o to any address la . the United Bute, or Mexico: M: DAILY iMORjrdO OU AFTERNOON) On, year..... $5.00 One. meat... .0 uCNDAT fin rmt. .... S2.50 J OOfinnnth.. . , . . $ .26 CAIL.1 (MOBSINO OR AFTERNOON) AND . . SUNDAY One yuar. ....S7.B0 Ona, month..... S .5 Ho who has no Inclination to learn nor will ba venr P to think that bo knows enough. Powell. HOW IT CLOSED feaaliri ClUnliig iiuuis ui uic "vivij " (i . j, i -i., taa tha 100 per cent citizen spirit or America. 1 Twenty-four hours before the end, Portland was short $2,500,000 in her quota. It was expected that " the sum would have to be absorbed by the hanks. ' But It was finally subscribed, most ly in $30 and 1 100 bonds. : ; A solemn realization lhat the money had not been made up, that the country was calling for it, and that it was a eitizeniduty to provide it, seemed to become epidemic. What followed - was extraordinary. Long . lines of small subscribers Waited at the booths. The still, small voice of patriotism . was whispering to them. The appeal of country was tugging at their heart strings, . They absorbed the balance of the loan. When the end came, the quota was filled to overflowing. ' Can any man contemplate the scene, can -lie read the returns from Oregon, and not feel a renewed and strengthened faith in democracy? ".With tha speed regulation invali dated by the legislature, fast drivers in Portland will have a brief time in which to enjoy their favorite sport of running down pedestrians. In drafting a-new ordinance, perhaps the city council may find a few new teeth to put into it. The careful drivers Avill be .glad if any legal device can be applied to check the speed maniacs. THE SALVATION DRIVE A DRIVE is to begin for $250,000 in Oregon for the Salvation Army. An executive " committee coru- . , .posed of, representative men of all phases of religious and political thought has indorsed the budget and pledged support to the drive. It is also Indorsed by the Elks of Oregon, who have pledged their organization to the work of raising the quota. This ..means that the money will be . raised. : What the Elks undertake . they do. There is another great informal committee that backs the movement to the limit. That committee is made i up of ha ' soldiers and sailors and their , relatives, all . of whom are strong supporters of the Salvation Army because the Salvation Army , was 100 per cent through and through in Us service during the war. There is but one kind of testimony on the subject, and that is in praise The heroism of Salvationists, men and women, In carrying aid" to the fighters in almost impossible places and under the most difficult condi ..Ions is among the pleasing annals of the war. v The sum now asked is to strengthen the organization to carry on in peace the work that it . performed so de votedly in war. It is due not only as a reward for what has been done. cut for the things the organization so strengthened can and will do. 'You should arrange to go to the polls and vote at the special elec tion June 3. There are very import ant measures to be adopted or re jected, and there should bo a full study of their provisions by all v o ters In advance. The . Journal is giving and win continue to give full publicity to all the measures until election day. ONE COMFORT HE house broom that recently jj cost 25 cents costs 90 now. The !l broom that went for 75 cents is now priced at $1.75. . Sugar, that was 5 cents, is now lO'aC Nails that were 3 and A, now cost 8 cents. Galvanized wares cost three times as much as before. It is so through the whole list of necessaries. . A - pair of baby's; shoes at $5 or $3.50 Is example. - - In explanation; v you are told , that the broom corn crop Is short. . Or you are told that the higher' prices est dus to higher wages. , You are told that the dollar haa lost Its pur chasing power. - ; . - , - ; Th retailer tells you that be makes less on , sugar ' at 10 sod less on nails at 8 than he irtade when the prices were lower, and his statement is probably true. , You know that the higher wages are not responsible for the doubled price; of things, because wages are a comparatively1 insignifi cant item In average production. There is only .one comforting thought in the situation: In eco nomic history,' falling prices are usu ally, ! if not always, in a period of lean times,- while high prices are equally characteristic of brisk busi ness, universal activity and full din ner pails. " i Chicago, having passed a night without a burglary, , is placed at the head , of the class by its chief of police. Judging ffom the records of other sections of the country, the Windy City, having driven more than 500 burglars and safecrackers out of that place, according to the State ment of the chief, has just passed the buck to its neighbors. THE SALARY VERDICT TIE verdict was for the teachers. It was more or less a vote of confidence In the teachers. It should encourage them to higher endeavor. It should lead each of them to an emphasized determina tion to make Portland schools the best schools in the country. That determination once made the slogan of each individual teacher would mean the battle for best schools in Portland half won. Another thing necessary to such a happy distinction . Is for the people to function properly. Let them elect none but. men and women of the hjghest character to the school board. Let them make it clear to members of the board that the schools are the most precious public activity in Port land, and that service on a board is not a private service but a publio service. Let the people make it plain lhat the acts of the members of the board in the schools' behalf shall be so exemplary that the scandals so often whispered about will cease to be circulated. All these things are due the schools. They are due the pupils of the schools for whose benefit, for whose future and for their usefulness to the republio we lax ourselves to maintain the schools. None will deny that the public school has been the chief ally and bulwark of free government since the republio was established. Educa tion of the masses is the influence that; more than anything else, has brought America into her present conspicuous ' place of acknowledged ascendency among the nations. ! It is through the public schools, more than through any other Influx ence, that America has functioned so effectively as the great melting pot of races. The millions of aliens who have swarmed to these i shores have found in the free schools of the country the Americanizing influence that . made the nation ; unified to a high degree in the late conflict. There is a greater work to do In the educational field than we have ever done before. It is upon Ignor ance apd illiteracy that the great illusions now influencing so many people exercise their control. It is among aliens Ignorant of our lan guage that mad propagandists of an incoherent radicalism mainly gain converts. , It is the responsibility and the business of the schools to carry into the ' highways and byways that in struction in human affairs that will enable every illiterate to know and to think, to the end that none may become dupes of wild dreamers. Clarke county, Washington, has employed a drainage expert to ad vise the farmers of that county in the work of removing surplus water from those lands of the county which need it. Undoubtedly the county will find it to have been a good In vestment. WHAT ELSE? AXIMILIAN HARDEN is not sur prised at the severity of the peace . terms. The Germans themselves, he contends, are re sponsible for the conditions' that have been imposed. He says : " utriuana nave not eiven v.rv convincing- mental guarantees during mo ix mosini since the revolution mat wey nave chansred their syBtem ",D .uwuuinn proci&mauona are only bad copies of the kaiser's time. It and the press have used the same methods of excitement, the same tricks of bluff, as under the old rule of the petty noDinty. Harden is one of the greatest living Germans. He was famed during the war for the truths he told the junkers.. His characterizations now. as they were then, are a safe Index to the situation in Germany. Undoubtedly Germany is being swept from end to end with the echoes of an organized propaganda directed against the peace terms. No one inougni mat the terms would cause great rejoicing in Germany No one in Germany had the idea that France would rejoice when its peo- vj learnea tne terms of peace did tated to them hy Bismarck at the eiose of the Franco-Prussian war. wnat else but harsh terms could German politicians expect? They fought as long as they could tw their armies into action. So long as there was chance of a victory for uennan arms, tne. junkers uncompromising. t were The war was ; no parlor cactim The French " are still counting their dead. lUly and Great Britain are still casting up the rolls of their slain. Civilization is totaling up Its losses. ' . . ' iThe nations are trying to recon struct - their cripples. Peoples are weeping around their firesides. Gov ernments are driven mad over the question of how to meet : their ap palling debts. ' - - , . After bringing these catastrophes upon mankind, after filling the world with anguish, and tears, what else but severe terms could German politicians expect? ,, HIS INCREASED PROFIT A JACKSON county orchardist last year spent 30 cents a treeJ.for fertilizer in his orchard, , and increased his output $3.30 a trecUney Aad wpende(1 elr slender capi- His orchard Was pears. -He used nitrate of soda. It was bought from the government direct by carload at $9& a ton, or at a saving of $30 : per ton. The Investment paid for itself many limes in increased output, Jackson county orchardists "and farmers are highly progressive. They have organized a farm bureau under the plan suggested, by .the United States department of agriculture. The carload df nitrate of soda is example of the work of the farm bureau. The membership in the -bureau costs a dollar a year, and includes subscription - to the Farm Bureau Monthly, of which Claude CCate, county agricultural agent, a graduate of the Oregon Agricultural college, is editor. The membership in Jackson county comprises 400 families. ! Meetings have already been held in practically every school district in the county. A program of work suitable to each community has -been adopted. Work for each neighbor hood is planned, and this is called a project. The main projects for the county are as follows: Rodent control, dairying, cow test ing associations, silo campaign, poul try, egg circles, feeding and housing, livestock improvement, cooperative linstock shipping, crop demonstra tions, farm record keeping, child welfare, food conservation, household account keeping, home study tour and three phases of boys' and girls' club work, Including livestock, crops, canning and sewing. From three to seven of these projects have been adopted in every' community, and committee men have been named to take charge of the respective work for each project. The policy of the bureau Is co operation, a policy universal to near ly all endeavor except farm activi ties. In cooperation with the North ern Short Horn Breeders' association, the bureau recently conducted a pub lic sale of purebred cattle, which was described in The Journal at the time. Seven bulls sold at an average 01386. One brought $850. Nineteen females brought at auction an aver age of nearly $248. One sold at $425. It was the first sale of its kind ever cenducted in Southern Ore gon. Its success makes it certain that other auction sales of livestock will be held under the direction of the county farm Bureau. Jackson county farmers have found out that their country is not only a wonderful fruit country, but that it has enormous resouFces for the live stock business. Almost inexhausti ble summer ranges In the nearby mountains and big crops of alfalfa and other feeds 'for winter use are full of big possibilities for a profit able livestock industry. Dairying is included in. the ; program, and in addition to heavy purchases of best dairy stock already made, the farmers of Jackson are looking for 'other ani mals to place at the head of their herds. Claude C Cate, county agricultural agent, is a capable leader in ail these growing farm activities. The county-j agents are an influence for advance ment In all the counties in which they are employed. There is no question of the ' ad vancement to come from such organ izations. They spread information and diversify farm activities. They interest the communities in farm problems and soon bring to bear upon those problems the best avail able information. The Jackson county orchardist who spent 30 cents a tree "for nitrate of soda and increased his output $3.30 a tree is example of the profit to come from sucu organizations. A Kentucky mountaineer has asked the war department to send him a captured tank so that he can return home to his wife in safety after his weekly trips tq town, which would be a case of tank leading a tank. STABILIZE THE BONDS T HE constitutional amendment pro-; viding for the- state guaranty of interest on Irrigation and drain age district bonds to which the voters of the state will be asked to give taeir approval at the special, election of June 3 next, holds just as much : interest f for the people of Western as for those of Eastern Ore gon. It proposes aid for all sections of the state those which have too much water on the land as well as those which do not have enough. Irrigation and drainage districts now stand on the same footing be-? fore the law so far as financing is concerned. The drainage district, has the same rights and the same pro visions gf law by which It can or ganize and Issue Us development bonds as are possessed by the ; irri gation district. The one issues bonds to put water on dry land, while the other does the same thing to remove surplus water from land. Cultivation and productivity are" the objectives to be attained in both instances. East ern Oregon needs irrigation; western Oregon needs drainage, and irriga tlon. - Those? who have sought to reclaim land in Oregon,', either by irrigation or by drainage, have, up to this time, been confronted with a hiatus be tween the time of reclamation and that of harvest It costs money to construct ' reclamation ' projects, of either sort. ' Generally speaking the men who pioneer in either field are those with willing hands but slender purses. This has resulted Inatl too many cases in the Inability of set tlers upon new irrigation and drain age projects to meet the fixed charges running against the districts because of the fact that the land upon which tal in development had not begun to 'produce tinder that development The Gallagher amendment offers the bridge of the state's guaranty over which plo'neer settlers can pass tS reach their first harvests, and their ability to pay; as they go. , It prc X J M ' - M. ' il a ! viues. m cnet. uiai mc state mai issue bonds, in case of necessity with which to meet the interest payments - of irrigation or drainage district bonds. Where such districts find them- selves unable, during the first five years or for any ' Dorlion of that period, to meet accruing interest upon I.. 7 j . . , l, , us uuuucu inuecteuuess, tuey umy appeal -to the state for relief. If the ) work there they will add about 16 years statft aiithoritipc annrovp th riistrirt 10 ther lives, and the bums and near Slate autnomies approve tne aibtrict, bums tne cItIe8 wm eventuaUy disap- aftcr an exhaustive investigation, they pear. As long as a man can keep away are given authority to guarantee the payment of the district's bond in terest. The money the state advances, Is secured by certificates of indebted ness issued by the district bearing the same rate as the state's bonds. In other words, the property of the district secures the state as to the repayment of any sums it may be called jupon to advance. The effect of the amendment would be to make secure for pioneers of Ir rigation and drairtage district de velopment the holdings for which they had struggled. , It, ultimately, would cost -the state nothing in money. It would add vast wealth through the increased valuations of developed land brought under culti vation. It is in the interest of the common man working with his hands for a home and ought to be approved by the voters. . THE ARMY TO BE ALSO A SCHOOL By Carl Smith, Washington Staff Cor respondent of The Journal. Washington. May 13. A new concep tion of an army is coming out of the ed ucational work conducted by the army in France. Secretary Baker has returned' to America full of enthusiasm over the army schools and the eagerness of the men to make the most of their oppor tunities, if only given a chance. -This work shows, he salLwhat he", believes will in the future be -the normal occu po tion or a permanent army. "Instead of the men of the army living in perman ent idleness," said Secretary Baker, "we shall have them ' doing military things half of the time and educational things the rest of the time, so that they will come out with an education and the' army will become the West ; Point ;of the enlisted man." . ;; . This idea is not new, but Its practi cability was never so well realized, per haps, as it is now. Senator ; Chamber lain, retiring chairman of the military affairs committee of the senate, has been a strong advocate of vocational education in the army, so that soldiers in peace time may ; be learn ing something useful and be better citi zens when their terms of enlistment expire. It seems probable that a serious effort will be made to introduce"' the educa tional feature, both vocational and mental, into the army system of the fu- L . - - u . . . ... . 4 iure. cniisimenis tor we army win not be so hard to obtain, it is argued, if the government offers opportunities to men to acquire knowledge and skill which will fit them for good positions in civil life at the end of their service. i Nine thousand men are now taking courses in higher learning at the A. K. F. university at Baume, France, erected originally as a base hospital, but never needed for that purpose, -Here are schools of law, medicine, agriculture, fine arts, divinity, music, architecture and about any subject that a man may wish to mursue. The teachers are for the most part college professors or graduates drawn from the army itself, or from the Y. M. C; A.-" Jt is- a demo cratic institution, many of the lectures being conducted by privates and non commissioned officers, who have captains and majors for students. About 3000 other men of the army are taking courses in the universities of England and France, v Those who go to these schools agree to remain to complete a specified course, and in most cases are not able to return with, their units to America. Besides , these higher courses. there is more elementary instruction for men who cannot qualify for a college course, and it ts the elaboration of this work into a system which can be per manently used in the army that ia now under consideration. ' , - , ' . : 't. i . Secretary Baker has Indicated that the war department ia likely to be less lib era! than before in making arrange ments for parades of divisions and large units in home cities. H found almost unanimous : sentiment among the men against it, he said, after he had ex plained that to arrange for these dem onstrations it is necessary to hold con siderable numbers of men in camp until the , arrivalr-of later transports. The men' want to get home as quickly as they can and will take the welcome for granted. Soldiers from the, Pacific rJoast dis charged since November 11. 1918, who have, received travel allowances of Iv4 'cents per mile j to their homw, are en titled In many instances to collect a neat additional sum under the law allowing travel at 5 cents per mile. The finance office of the war department has started on the adjustment of these claims, for which forms may-be obtained from any army recruiting office, .the Red Cross or other war agencies. The extra 14 cents per mile is payable to the soldier's ac tual home or original place of muster, at his option. Claims will also be enter, talned from men discharged since Feb ruary who have received 5 cents per mile to tneir place of entry into mili tary service, but whose actual bona fide home at time of discharge . involved travel for a greater difrtance, . . v. o e Have you secured your pilot's license to operate an airplane or balloon? If not. and you Intend to fly. Uncle Sam directs that you apply to the joint army .and navy board of aeronautic cognisance at once.' ; This information Is conveyed to amateurs and civilian flyers gener ally Unlicensed civilian fryers have re cently executed some dangerous "stunts" in New York, . neglecting precautions against speeding at low altitudes over city streets, and it is stated that heavy penalties will be applied to unlicensed f Communication, Mnt to Tho Journal for publication in thio derwrtmont should' ba written on only oni sido of the popor, should not oxend SOO words in loncta. and must bo sicned.br tao writer, whoso mail address in full mut accosaf psnr the contribution.) I--1- - i- , ': " ! Farm, Forest and the Unemployed 1 Portland, May . To the Editor of The Journal Allow me to give my views on employment for returning sol diers and sailors. Eastern Oregon grain growers pay common labor at the pres ent tune from $60 to $80 a month, board and room included, which is equal to about $35 a month additional. Besides, a saving on clothes can be made of about $10 a month, as no dudes work on a wheat ranch, and overalls and w, .iMi m,VA m th nni jform of that work. Where can any re- tu soiaier. sauor or anyone out or. AmrriAvmant onH whA na Tr trflftA Tosf er himself?. There are thousands of these 'jobs waiting for strong men, just yer. the ML; But tte charm of city ajid ju, a consequence there are poverty stricken people in Portland in abun- ncr ,ut opn 7hen th cJf T otes howl at the moon, is a wonderful country, and it people will live there ana from honest toil by kidding himself Into thinking that the world owes him a liv ing, there will be beggars and criminals to fill the downtown districts of our cities in the winter months. The sun is shining, and it is entirely up to the sol dier, sailor or citizen, now unemployed. The farm, ' the forest are calling for thousands of husky men at, good pay with good grub and with long life and prosperity. STANLEY DAVIES. Cosmic Theories" Again Vancouver, Wash.. May 10. To the Editor of The Journal Concerning r'cosmic theories." a theory, in order to be a theory, must be thinkable. There fore, it must be purged of mysticism. Creation, annihilation, beginning, being and constancy, as referring to nature, are. misconceived attributes. Nature "ltves through all life" is eternal : "ex tends through all extent" is infinite; "spreads undivided" is monistic, "and operates unspent" is omnipotent. Yet, while this is a truthful description of nature as a tout ensemble, still within the bounds of infinite space there is no "state of constancy" and no "state of being." All is forever in "state of change," and eternally in "state of be coming All that was, is or shall be was, is and will be developed from dustr and unto dust it must return.' i Further, in scrutinizing subjects so Intensely' recondite as the cosmic, the protoplasmic conception is bewildering. For instance, it Is difficult to conceive the forces of gravity and energy as be ing vivacious and sexed. Is it not be yond thought that the rock roBs down hill, that smoke rises, that rivers flow towards the sea, and that clouds mount skyward through the influences of vi vacity and sex affinity? Further than this, bios (vital life) is but a new comer on earth, and sex duality a stUl morev recent visitor. When- the earth was cast off by its parent sun it, like the sun. must have been in absolute state of abios (non-life). This from" the fact that to sense life existing in a state of beat some 2000 degrees greater than -that at which carbon fuses is for ever impossible. Terrestrial life is but a recent development, and primitive life Is Invariably tmjaexed (non-sexed), and multiplies through fission (direct di vision). - This scientific truth was patent to Assyrian scientists more than 6000 years ago. They allude to their "first man" as being dissected in order to procure material from which to pro duce their "first woman." Centuries later the Hebrews plagiarized this Baby lonian narrative and formed their Eve from a rib roast cut from their Adam. AMOS. Homesteader's Rights Portland, May 9. To the Editor of The Journal A filed on a homestead two years ago. Will he be allowed to peel chittlm bark found on this home stead and sell it before he obtains a patent to the land from the govern ment? Please give requirements as to length of time for residing on a home stead. A SUBSCRIBER. f Write to Harry Lsuvhlin, chief of field di- Tigion O. L. O.. Postoffiee buildine, Portland. Or., and state your case fully, lie will ad rise you. Answer to Both Questions, No Portland. May 9. To' the Editor of The Journal In a party renting an un furnished house legally required to no tify the owner before vacating the house ; if so, how long? Has the landlord the right to show prospective buyers or renters through the house before it is vacated, without the tenant's permis sion? A REGULAR SUBSCRIBER. Are Wo Facing Deprivation? From the Washinstod Post The rise in food prices Is insanely rapid. It goes on apparently without regard to the ending of hostilities and the demands of the armed forces. The cry for food from Europe is more in sistent than ever and the exports are greater than ever. Surely there tmtist be some connection between these im mense losses of food to Europe and the increase1 cost of food at home. Not withstanding the quantities stored, there is a limit to the total supply in the United States. Xo one can prove that the prices , would not be curtailed if the tonnage sent abroad remained at home. Americans are willing to share their food supply with the stricken nations that defended the cause of humanity. It is not selfishness that is causing poorly paid Americans to ask pointed questions regarding the food supply.' It is because they cannot live much longer if food prices continue to soar. Wages are higher than ever before, but have not risen 'as rapidly as food prices. All the rise in wages has been more than absorbed m the increased cost of living. The best paid workingmen jure living on a closer margin than in the days of lower wages and cheaper food. What will 'it avail the American ex perts abroad if they stop starvation riots , in Europe and start trouble at home? The point of starvation, is far away, so far as anybody, can see, but the point of universal protest Is here. The point of excessive deprivation Is not far from ' humble homes. From that point to political and economic disturb ances is a short distance - Community Church 'at Reedsport : From tba Seedsport Courier The first church to be built hi Reeds port will be a community church, built by the citlsens of the town regardless of religious affiliations. All denomina tions will be equally enUUed to - bold services in the church, should they so wiah, arrangements being so made that Letters From the People COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE On with the Roam Festival. let lor be unconfirmed. . . ; -:-(. . - , . e ... ; " --v:;,,; v -i Here's honincr that Forth doesn't do anything to smear his wonderful record. We don't blame Belgium for objecting to the use of her flag colors by Germany. .-i . . ., .. .... j ,.... The promised decline in the cost 'of living -may come for those who live long enough." !: ( - . :v'' "';','' o : e . e V , r -v; Someone is wondering if after July 1 there will be restrictions on the freedom of the cider press. . - - i. . . The boys are Just as 'proud to get back into civilian clothes as they were to get into their first uniforms. "Allies to Move on Helslngfors." headline-. Maybe after they come back it will be known as Just Slngf ore." The news dispatch telling about' the negro who bathed in the ex-kaiser's tub failed to state whether or not the man did it Just for fun or really needed a bath. . .-. OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS j OF THE JOURNAL MAN ; By Fred Lockley Uncle Sam's war on predatory beasts, with the experiences of one of his most variant war riorj, constitute Mr. Ickle7's theme for tha day. . f. ATerill opens narrative which wtii be concluded in a : rlin installment. 1 Would you buy a five dollar gold piece if it were offered yoq for six bits? It b sounds like a foolish question, doesn't it? Yet a good many people think it is all foolishness for the government to pay men to kill coyotes and other predatory animals. The stockmen of the North west estimate that at least $500,000 worth of stock was saved the past year through the work of the government trappers and hunters. This branch of the government service costs the ; tax payers S75.00O, so tnat, after all, tne question with which I started this article is not a silly question. If by spending S75.000 you save $500,000. on the same principle you could buy five-dollar gold pieces for 75 cents. e Edgar F. Averill of Pendleton Is em ployed by the eUnited States biological survey as predatory animal Inspector for Oregon, Washington, Idaho and part of Montana. : WhUe Mr. Averill and Xaj were eating lunch the other day he told me some most interesting things . about his work, , and incidentally about him self. He was born on March z, msi, at Che t Co, in Curry county, Oregon. His father, w. u. Avertu. came as a Doy to the Willamette valley in 1S52. His grandfather, H. J. C. Averill, was Linn county's first county surveyor. His mother's maiden name was Mary Moss. She came part way across the plains in 1852. Her trip began after the immi grants were part way across, as she was born in the summer of 1853 while the immigrants were camped on 'the Platte. e Edgar Averill's father and mother went from; the Willamette valley to Summer Lake valley, in Central Oregon. His father bad to freight in' all the goods sold In his store from The Dalles, the trip taking a month or more. Ed gar Averill's father, W. II. Averill, took up the land on which the city of Paisley is located. From Paisley, the Averill family moved to Curry county. Mr. Av erill ran a store at Chetco, at which place Edgar Averill was born. , He next bought a store at Flora's Creek,' near the present town of Langlois. In those days there were no wagon roads in . Curry county, so the family went in on horse back. From Flora's Creek his father moved to the mouth of the Coquille, where he bought a hotel and store. The hotel is still in operation under the name of the Gallier hotel. e Mr. Averill bought the land on which the town of Bandon is located, laid out a townsite and called it Averill. : About a mile or so away, on the bluff, there was a postoffiee which served a large area. The postoffiee was known as the Bandon postoffiee. - Mr. Bennett, who came from Ireland, had asked that the postoffiee be named after his native town, Bandon, in Ireland. The present city of Bandon was incorporated under the name of Averill, but when the postoffiee was moved from the bluff to the mouth of NORWAY AND HER BOLSHEVISTS . " By Bassett.XMgby I prial Correspondence to The Journal sjd Ths Cbicaco Daily Nw. Christlania. Norway. The Bolshevist party leader, Scheflo, adfnlts that Nor wegian Industrial workmen are better situated than those of many other lands. It has been no special Norwegian hard ship that has turned them Bolshevist, no starvation or harsh treatment. Their revolution, If they make one, will' be as Scheflo proudly told me, a brain revolution, , not empty stomach revolu tion. ' ;.'".' - But though Bolshevists predict a so cial revolution in Norway, no non-Bolshevist observers consider this likely or even possible. It is conceivable, they say, that Industrial riots may occur, that windows may be broken, red flags paraded, shops looted, should the Bol shevist exuberance bubble over the sim mering party pot some time this year. one meeting will not conflict with an other. The town is too small yet to sup port denominational churches and the people should not be burdened in sup porting many churches where 'one for the present will answer the purpose. Ist You Forget " From the Etfgeno Register Cost of the world war to the United cy.iu - ia KnA nnn nftn in date. Keen this well in mind when you find youraeld ..t nnshv a hniit tne aurrennar inn humiliations of the vanquished .Ger mans. Shade Trees in Town From the Eoceno Guard '"How one town estimates shade trees is told In a biulletln Issued recently by the Massachusetts Forestry association. This town,. New Bedford,' Mass., has planted 4000 trees in the past seven years. The article says: "It is a con servative estimate that 25 years from now those shade trees will be worth to New Bedford over $1,000,000. - The ac tual replacement value of those trees Olden Oregron Archaeological Speculations Based on Mounds in Oregon Because of numerous points of re semblance, says Professor Horner In hil history of Oregon, the mounds of Oregon and those of the middle states and France appear to belong to the same system as the mounds of Mexico and the pyramids of .Egypt,! All were modeled after the mounds or pyramids of some country, and while it is com monly believed the pyramids of Egypt antedate the mounds of our continent there is, ; on the: contrary, a possibility that ' the'- Oregon mounds were before the -pyramids and mounds of Europe and Asia. This - would confirm- ; the theory that the American continent was tha oldest. ; NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS More sewers ' and sidewalks are on Dallas' improvement program for early action, with street oiling under inquiry. -. . ,.:- - The time will come," prophesies the East Oregonian, "when every Went End farmer will have a ear and he can come to Pendleton regardless of . rail road time tables." ' e e , Lawrence A. Hunt of .Lower Bridge, Or., has been appointed county agri cultural agent for Morrow county to succeed F. II. Brown, resigned. Hs will assume his duties May 18. Pendleton's Fourth of July celebraUon this year Is planned to be ' a super cele bration in honor of the soldiers and sailors who served in the present war, as the East, Oregonian phrases it. Mr. O'Reilly of the Oregon Agrlcul- Hir. t .nil... whA in nrsTaniSinK boys and girls clubs in Baker county is quoted by the Herald as accrediting the Baker county clubs as leading the clubs of the state in poultry raising. the Coquille and located -at the town of Averill, the government failed to change the name of the postoffiee from Bandon to AveriU. so gradually the town Itself became known as Bandon, and Bandon it is to thia day. The Averill family lived at Bandon for about 10 years, and 'then moved to Santa Crus county, California. From there they returned to their old donation land claim, near Brownsville, Oregon. 6-. . . "I went to Salem in 1891." said Mr, Averill, "and entered Willamette uni versity. I graduated in 1905. After my graduation I secured a position as cor respondent for The Oregon Journal. After serving a year- as Salem correspondent of The Journal I went to Pendleton and became city editor of the Pendleton Tribune. Ralph Watson, now editorial writer on The Journal, was at that time managing editor of the Pendleton Tribune. From the Tribune I went to work for the East 'Oregonian, where I did editorial work for several years. "Having been born in Curry county and having done lots of hunting and fishing as a boy, .1 have always been interested in game protection. I was appointed dis trict game warden for Eastern Oregon by W. L. Flnley. This was In July, 1911. I served until March, 1915, when I resigned. Just in time to keep from being fired. There was a group of in fluentlal citlsens in Pendleton and thereabouts who believed they were im mune because of their political promi nence, and. who consequently thought they could violate the game laws with impunity, i It was reported to me that some of these influential citlsens and politicians had . been shooting geese on the government reclamation reserve, which, as you know, is a national bird reservation. Other prominent citizens were shooting ducks after sunset. I had these men arrested and tried. I was told that if I would withdraw the charge and drop the case I could retain my Job ; otherwise they would get my scalp. X preferred to lose my scalp rather than my. reputation for square dealing, so I refused , to drop, the case. Political pressure was at ouce brought to bear on Mrj'Finley. He, of course, could be removed by Governor Withy combe, and as the politicians I waajiav lng prosecuted were friends of Governor Withyoombe, I found the only thing for me to do to save Mr. Finley embarrass ment was either to drop- the case or re sign. I resigned, and my successor im mediately dropped the case. i e "The publicity given by the press to my insistance on enforcing the law's penal-' ties against men politically prominent, men who were' friends of the governor and whose pull had been sufficient to get my scalp, resulted in my name being brought before the federal officials, who were anxious to secure men who would enforce the law.' Bo I was offered and accepted the position of predatory ani mal inspector, a position of greater re sponsibility, and having a much larger salary attached to it, than, the position I had with the state. So that was a case where a knock -was a boost." , But as Norway is mainly agricultural and contented, as only about half the Socialists are Bolshevists and the So cialists as m whole are less than half as numerous as the Conservatives and Liberals, even politically pessimistic Norsemen consider the country safe. The Bolshevists claim that they have considerably permeated the army, but this is only half the truth. Naturally conscripts from the Bolshevist infected Industrial districts are still Bolshevist, though they wear the military uniform. But they are well matched. Conscripts from the agricultural districts, composed chiefly of farmers sons, are staunchly anti-Bolshevist and are in so marked a majority that they can be relied upon to deal faithfully by the government in the case of revolt. (Conyricht, 1919, by Chios yo Daily News Ce.) at that time certainly will be well over that amount. Does It pay to plant shade trees? If It doesn't, the people of New Bedford are wasting their money, but they have had enough experience to know that ft is a good. Investment.; We have heard the complaJtjt that It is use less to plant shade trees in thickly set tled districts. New Bedford has dis proved this theory. We have seen shade trees thriving on narrow back streets in the heart of the njllr"dls trtets with scores of children playing vv w,..... Curious Bits of Information For the Curious Cleaned Frost ' Carious Flaeee It was nO;secret to his intimates that King Edward VIII of England subjected his arms to the art of a tat too r when -ff vW. rnr 1 u a secret that his' son, the present king. "t.-u uji u. utiilfui Japanese when, a "midshipman on board the "Bac chante," he visited Japan many years ego. The last unhappy Czar of Russia wore an Indelible India-ink dragon on . his left forearm. : and quite a number of other European royalties past and pres ent have received these indestructible 'decorations.' But the experience of Charles XIV of Sweden and Norway makes an interest ing little story by Itself. It was always a puszle . to those most Intimately as soslated with him, that he would never show himself anywhere with bared arms. It was not until his death in 1844 that tha mystery was explained. , On his right forearm was tattooed neither, a dragon," an eagle nor any insignia, of high authority, but instead, the red cap of Liberty, and (no wonder he wished to hide it) the motto. "Death to Kings." As Jean .BapUste Jules Bernadotte, Ih his young Republican days in France, he had been thus tattooed, never dreaming that-later ba would be called to a throne. Ragtag nd Bobtail Stories From Everywhere Feat of a Baby Sleep U'alkrr THE little town of Rock Springs, Wyo.. is Interested in a recent stunt of a 4-year-old sleep-walker. The child, says Capper's Weekly, rose from bed; at 3 0 In the morning, - and while isleeping soundly-unlocked the door, lift the house, walked four blocks to the home of her grandmother, broke a j window pane with her fists, unfastened the -window, hoisted the sash, crawled through tne opening, climbed the stairs to the second floor of the house and was there discovered sound asleep against a wall that barred her further progress, when the barking of the house dog aroused the family. . The child wm nnna th worse for the experience, except for a few cuts on the hand, the result of breaking the wmaow. , Nipping Weather There was a tan in our town And he warn wnntlnm wis lie went to ace the game wrapped up in sweater) to his eyes. And erer and anon ha took A bottle from his nip And took a Ionic and - loving look And also took a nip. j . -Chicago X era. L'ncle Jeff Snow Saysi There's a whole lot of them there Hun 'rlstocrats and profiteers that -d ruthcr give all they've got to the Bolshevlkies than pay half of it to the allies. They may have to do a little of both if they don't git some brains into their skulls, so's to make em think a little, The News in Paragraphs World Happenings Briefed for Benefit of Journal Readers GENERAL v.. vnrtr Hiatrirr exceeded Its quota of Victory loan subscriptions more man half a million dollars. ? General Tershlng arrived In Coblena Rimriav for what ma V be his i last visit to the American occupation area. Bratllian courts have refused to ap prove a contract let by the government for a cable between Rio Janeiro and Cuba. ! Julius Barnes. United States wheat director, says there has been no real reason for the advance of j flour ; in America. I Norway has sent a request to the peace conference at Paris for indemnity from Germany for Norwegian vessels sunk by the Germans. j ' Dr. Marie Kqul of Portland and Max Bedacht were denied permission in Han Francisco Sunday night to deliver lec tures on Bolshevism and industrial unionism. Anxious fears are expressed in' Berlin that Germany's Atlantic cables will never be restored. The companies wnicii own them estimate their investments at $25,000,000. y Tha mmmtnt of Dutch newsnaners on the peace treaty is Kenerally unfavor ! able, the ,JIandelsblad calllnK it "n icrime against Oerrnany anB, above all. against numanity. ; Maximilian Harden, editor of the Ber lin Die Zukunft, declares agitation for refusal to sign the peace treaty is fu tile, and that the terms are no harder than might be expected. j .Monday's outgoing mail at San Quen tln was the heaviest In the hiatory of the institution as the result of the ob servance of Mothers day at the peni tentiary. More than 1000 letters were written by the prisoners. , -j NORTHWEST .NOTES Klamath Falls has let contracts for the paving- of several of Its jrincipal streets. . - . , , . . A new flour mill will begin operations in Eugene this week. , It will be a 50 barrel plant. " J The schools of. Perry dale,;. - in Polk countyi have been ordered closed on ac count of influenza. j Spanish influenza has caused the clon ing of the public school -on Reed and Hawley mountain, east of Weston. The Coos County Business Men's as sociation has contributed $300 to the campaign fund for the Roosevelt high way. - - . -, . Hood River fruit- grort"ers say the re cent rains were worth thousands of dol lars, and bumper yields of : fruit are assured.. ..',(--...- Reports from the various sections of Linn county, relative to the grain and fruit outlook, indicate the best, prospects in. years. . At a sohoot election held In The Dalles last Friday it -was voted to issue bonds for the construction of a new school building. r Seven million rainbow trout; ejrers- will -be taken from Npencer ereeK. uiamonii lake and Four Mile lake in Lane county this summer, - The annual meetine of the Condon Racing association will be held on June 10 to 13. Purses offered for r the meet aggregate $J000. -George Mott of Portland was fined $50 at Oregon City- on a charge or speeding his automobile at the rate of 62 miles an hour. Influenza attactced the Alfred Miller family near Basnets ferry In Curry county and 11 members were ill prac tically, at one time, j One million feet of lumber, which will be used in rebuilding bridges on the government railroad in Alaska, will bs shipped to th north next month. ; ' Dr. C. E. Mason of Beaverton com plains ' that his automobile and a new suit of clothes were stolen while he was on a visit to Tortlsnd last week. The Yakima Brokerage comosnv la spending $7000 on a new fruit warehouse ; tne furry company on a iw ware house, and the Roche Fruit : company $14,000. ' j -. The farm home of Alex Johnson, three miles northwest of Weston, wss burned Sunday night The family were "leep at the time and escaped with only -their nlghtclothes. . . ,j : Alfred Beck, sn electrician, was seri ously injured at Ashland when a rot ten pole which he was elirnblnir fell r-witn mm a rew hours after he be segan work for the city. Last Sunday was the 127th annlverswy of the entrance of the Columbia r)v-r by a white man. On May ill. 1792, Robert Gray, an American ! seaman, sailed over the bar In a small boat. Through the efforts of the 1 Newberg Commercial club a scenic road is to be built from that city north, climbing to the top of Chehalem mountain five miles north, and .returning farther west While examining a revolver at the Lorraine hotel In Spokane Sunday nipht, Floyd Lane, aged 16, accidentally dis charged the weapon and killed his-friend, Ernest Collins, aged 24, almost instantly. Repeal r the "daylight saving" law at the next session of congreas is de manded In resolutions adopted by the Washington branch of the National Council of Mothers and Parent-Teachers. Samuel Bennett and Mrs. Mary-Bolter, each past CO years, appeared at the door-of the Methodist church In Inde pendence while services were in proa;rrs and asked to be married. The preacher consented and the twain were made one in presence of the congregation. Foolish - Coins May Become Wise if They Are Taught to Wait. - f Stories of arhievemmt in the erarmi lation of War Marines Stamps, sent to The Journal and arceped for publication, will be awarded s Thrift Stamp, J Foolish coins that buy j nothing worth while, group . themselves for worthwhlleness. . . ' They- may buy you peace n a fralny day" or enable you to have your share in a sunny opportunity." Thrift Strmps teach quarters to wait.;' .:-,. War Savings Stamps make dollars patient. Thrift tam? and 1919 War Rarlngi Stamps now on aalo at usual axcacies.