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" , ;. Abraham Lincoln.
TO RESTORE THE KAISER ' ,
tKSY Gerrfian pefoplc political
"M
leaders, subordinate govern
ment officials, professional
men and farmers--want the
return . of the . monarchial form of
government in. Germany, says a
.news dispatch.' .
? Naturally." There has been nothing
but bedlam in Germany, since Novem
ber 9, r when . the : revolution began.
Almost every German has become a
politician.' Many are half crazed
with the five' years of turmoil' which
the war brought on. v r
People - weary of turbulence ' ' and
yearn for rest- Revolution,- civil war,
disorder and violence have' been the
order since the ' monarchy' collapsed.
It may be accepted, as true that
many Germans are ready to go back,
to a throne as the .only promise of
relief from , Incoherence; and Illusion.
The teachings of r 40 ears In the
: - t ' J' ' . . J!
dooks ana scaoois ana cnurcues auu
colleges fi&ve - not "been." forgotten.
Germans now living, grew up under
a tutelage that " exalted autocracy.
The lessons and influences of child
hood are difficult to displace.
Then there, are the junkers,! always
sagacious I and .Running.; Afon&rchy is
their Idol.'their.fcrced and their faith.
They are born tothe belief that some
are superior: and . the others Inferior,
and that- it ' is & , heaven born right
of the superior , to rule over the in
ferior,. Of course '- they want . the
. monarchy restored. '
v- How- far- this revitalizing impulse
for a return to kaiserdom H spread
ing through Germany, nobody knows.
That it is greatly strengthened ; by
the- excesses, strife and -incoherence
, incident to fall of the throne is not
doubted. 1 That it will continue , to
grow is almost certain.
It examples the need of an organ
ized interhatioal body that all races
will respect and thit can Exercise
Influence and guidance in ; pacifying
peoples and quieting disorder.' This
would be the province of ' the League
of JNations. it would steady and
stabilize free , governments and 'lead
peoples into the - domain "of sane,
harmonious and peacefur life. .
The American junkers who are
fighting the League. of NatlOna are
directly aiding German junkers to
: . restore the German throne. . ,
Of two of the best known men in
the Nrthwest in a debate on the
League of Nations - at Seattle, 'one,
supporting the league, discussed the
covenant "as though the 'Aionroe
doctrine : clause had not been- in
serted" in the amended covenant,1 and
the other, in an answering argument
said he did not "'know whether the
Monroe doctrine had been : mentioned
in . the revised covenant.;' And they
were debaters on the most 'Important
issue now . before the world t .
1. itiii proposals received by the
state ' highway commission this
; week there is noted a, tendency to-
ward cheaper prices. 'V; On -.the
w hole the bids ran under those re
ceived In April and were below the
estimates of the engineer. Wh ether
this can be attributed to the anxiety
of contractors to secure the work or
whether it reflects i a real economlo
condition is not clear. If the latter,
the predictions of a long period of
. high prices after the war arc not
being, realized. 1
Oa -ihe: other" hand, if based n th e
over zealousness of Contractors it is
not a healthy sign. . It may predict
a stormy time for the highway com
mission when it comes to- making
Yinal settlement "with the contractors
with their claims for extras and other
incidentals.
In any. event, . a comparison', of
road costs in other states 6hows that
Oregon Is getting its work contracted
for more cheaply than most. :
The cost of pavement in this state
is running ..in the; neighborhood of
OO fUVl n mils T .K j
reaches from $25,000 to nearly : $30,000.
- In some states the cost is- so great
that work contemplated is not un
dertaken at present but is. advanced
Into the futpre In the expectation of
a lower cost.
With nearly nine million dollars
worth of work "under -contract the
highway "department of Oregon Js
responding to the demand ' to provide
a source of employment throjugh, the
period of readjustment. " -
. Anything Portland does to build
up her: back country increases her
own importance nd her own : busi
ness. WU there were no 'farmers, out
in the Willantette jValley and Eastern
Oregon there v would be no Portland
of consequence. ;The market roads
cut the cost to the farmer" of getting
his products to market. That builds
up his business, i In voting for the
market road bill ; Portland is voting
for herself and her "own prosperity.
VOTING FOR HIMSELF
I
O MEASURE on next Tuesday's
ballot is of more importance in
its effect on Oregon than the
proposal for 'the state to guar
antee . the, interest on irrigation and
drainage bonds. : . ' ; .J
'.The guarantee 'will not cost the
state a dollar. No taxes will have
to be levied., f ' ''. ' '
: On 'A the ; contrary, 'the guarantee
will tend to heavily increase ' the
state's taxable property. "It will aid
irrigation and drainage projects. ' If
In effect at the time ifr would have
saved the farmers' in the A'ale irriga
tion project 175,000 on 'their first
bond issue by .increasing the rata at
which the bonds .were. sold. That
kind of a saving, .that stabilizing' of
the irrigation bonds as a security;' Is
an encouragement to general irriga
tion, f Since the .state takes no
chances, having alwijjs the irrigated
land as security., for "the .guarantee,
why not giye irrigationists . the bene
fit? Why not give Willamette Valley
farmers, whose lands need drainage,
the benefit? ;
By irrigation, idaho has , pushed
herself far forward in , the " scale of
states. , She is rapidly overtaking
Oregon. The Boise Valley hasbeen
transformed " from, a rabbit 1 resort
into one of the most wonderful: pro
ducing section's in America- Nearly
half a million acres ' there that was
formerly arid 'sagebrush prairies has
become a great J alfalfa region, to
which thousands upon thousands of
cattle, and- sheep are driven every
autumn for Over (winter feeding;
The other day, The Journal told
how sandy sagebrush plains at
Hermiston have been converted into
wonderful -farms, yielding $66.25 per
acre on alfalfa land last year.
The Journal has frequently told
the great story of the Klamath Falls
country, where every man, through
what he9 has seen, has become an
enthusiastic irrigationist, and where
every, square .yard of ground on
which -water can: be placed Is being
turned A into steady and profitable
productions '-!. ,4.:'l-
These . and many other object les
sons in irrigation are before our own
eyes. They, are j the proof 'of how
acre after acre and section after
section of-arid land Js beingEurned
into -taxable wealth, to help bear its
share of state, county . and s school
taxes. i ,
If there is one man who more
than another should vote for any
and very measure in aid of irriga
tion and drainage ; It,, is the Oregon
taxpayer. .- In ; doing so he is voting
for his own pocket book.
J. J. Van Allen, with mansions in
New York" and Newport, announces
that he will go to Europe to live
as soon as " prohibition becomes ef
fective in the United States. Being
a social ornament Mr. Van Allen can
be spared. " Meanwhile If booze is
dearer to him than his country. If
he thinks so little of America that
booze alone keeps him here, he is
emphatically of ; the tribe that we
should get rid of. We want America
Americanized, v
TnE SENTENCED CHILDREN
T
HE United , States supreme., court
will soon pass' judgment on the
constitutionality of the child
labor law, which was passed in
the form of an amendment to the
revenue act by the last congress.
It" provides that; a 10 per cent tax
shall be .. imposed on' the profits of
establishments employing children.
In I9It a national child labor law
was enacted, but it was declared to
be unconstitutional by the' supreme
court. Concerning the two laws
there seems to be a popular miscon
ception. : Whilej the law of 1916
confined its prob ibition to the. ship
ment s in interstate : commerce of
Child-made goods T the present law
makes no distinction between goods
shipped into another ; state and those
which remain in the sUte in which
they are made, f Both laws had the
same standards,'' a" 14 year age limit
for work in factories, mills, can
neries , and . manufacturing establish
ments, a 16 year ; limit: for employ
ment in mines and quarries and an
fight-hour day -and no night work
for ch ildren v between 1 i , and 16.
Concerning the ; probable action of
the supreme court, Owen R. Love-
ijoy, secretaryof the national child
labor, committee says ; that unless
the , supreme court goes squarely
back on its previous decision it will
affirm the , constitutionality of the
law. Whether congress can, do by
indirection what it could not do by
direct prohibition does . not J enter
into, the' case, ;he thinks. In the
congress has-laid a prohibitive
tax in order to destroy the article
taxed,, and-, its- power to do this has
been- helped by the court: -
A federal -district judge In ' a
Southern. state, has held the new law
invalid," If ' the supreme, court fol-
lows his view and sentences the chil
dren to further servitude in factories,
it -will be a near crime. , "" -
In this - country of prodigious
abundance,' in this land where pro
duction is so enormous, vvhat are we
as a people If children of 14 ' must
be f made to toil ? How guilty we
must- be of incompetency, how; lack
ing we must be in capacity, bow
greedy ' we .must 'be s in our . selfish
ness, 'In all this mighty abundance,
if children, who ought' to be In
scnool, must, instead, be harnessed
to machines!
The conscience of - the - American
people is against this criminal thing.
The -sentiment of the American
people is . against it. The purpose
of the American .people is against
it, and if the high court in ' the
coming bearing frustrates it, there
will be millions who will think .the
tribunal ought s. to be deprived of
power to annul legislation. .
Many Oregon mothers" arc hoping
for the passage - next Tuesday of Ihe
bill to give ) such , returned fighters
as want to attend college, $2iv a
month to help defray their expenses.
There could be no more effective
recompense to the boys for the time
they sacrificed, in their country's
service. There could be no recogni
tion more fit of the mothers, whose
devotion and work did so much to
help win the war. If you vote for
the bill you vote for the mothers
and their sons.' If you vote against
it you vote against them. -
wims WE BUY
PouTLANU . stanas in a.;iov jnace
In the percentage of parks and
playgrounds to populations Other.
CUies ;Oi Her ciass are iu: r
higher place. , i
The thing that holds Portland back
in providing parks Is the fact "that
on severy foot of ground it attempts
to buy, ; the city is cinched. The
inevitable experience is that as soon
as the city goes into the market for
land the price goes up. A single ex
ception -was the purchase of a tract
of the O-W.-R. &.N. in the Marquam
Gulch park, site .'in which tha aiW
road accepted the fair, offer? -made
by the citjv s
Even juries in condemnation suits,
where they are on oath to b,e -just
in the findings, fixextottionate- prices
for the "public to pay. v The common
remark Is, "Olr well, it is the public
that Is the buyer; it is expected to
pay a big price. . ? ' I ,
This was the evident psychology of
the juries In the Marquam gulch
cases in which prices were 'fixed
two and three times as high as those
on lots offered the city for a park
site in the heart ot Irvington, one of
the city's best residential districts.
Offers of $1750 a lot in Irvington are
widely different from $5000 and $6000
a lot in Marquam gulch.
Citizens who want parks voted for
their districts June 3 face this record
of the public always cinched in land
purchases and face the fact that
many people .are getting tired of the
practice. If they would , present op
tions on proposed.. purchases as in
the Irvington offer, the park meas
ures would s stand ? a : much better
ctemce of -adoption.
The farmers ask for the market
road bilL The 1917 legislature denied
it to them. While we are going
forward with all this splendid road
program, would It 1 be fair to dis-
Lregard that great body of taxpaying
and producing ; citizens the farmers ?
Emphatically, not. . Give them their
market road bill when you go into
the booth .next Tuesday.
THE DEADLY TUT
RECOMMENDATIONS relative to
rats were carried In the . annual
report of City Health Officer
Parrish.
Rats, it is asserted by government
experts, are ; responsible for " more
deaths than war.- As carriers cf in
fection, and infectious germs they
have played a prominent part in all
the great" plagues which have . swept
over the world. -Resides
being a propagator of
disease the rat is destructive f to
property. A government bulletin says :
"The economic . loss due to rats is
enormous." Assuming that there are.
iuu.tu,uw raw iu ijie uuuu oiaies,
and that In a year each; rat destroys
two dollars' worth of property, the
total annual destruction would ; be
$200,000100. ; i. - v
If half this loss were represented
in grain it would mean the. destruc
tion of the: product of 5,000,000 acres.
So from both a health and property
standpoint the rat is an undesirable
citizen and should be exterminated.
It costs more to feed him than it
does to destroy him. But to destroy
him close cooperation is required.
His birthrate - Is very high, i About
the most effective methods are traps
and poison. - The rafr is a cunning
animal,, and In hunting him down
considerable strategy .has 'to : be
brought Into play. ."Like many human
beings . e can be fooled once but not
all the time. You have ; to s change
the. bait. - - i
ANOTHER' FORTY MILLION
CALIFORNIA Is; not satisfied with
Its" "present state road system
and on July 1 will vote on the
question-cf : 5-4000,000 bond
issue.- .The state has already "issued
road .bonds to the extent of $33,000,000.
While, I no doubt there "has been
considerable waste in the expendi
ture of this, the general benefit in
the development of. the state and in
the attraction of tourists has more
than offset it and has created a de
sire Xor more . roads .tapping every
productive ' and scenio center, , i
In addition, to voting on a large
bond Issue 'there . is a movement - to
raise $iXX,000 for the construction of
a paved road into the Yosemite val
ley.; A unique plan' has been devised
for raising this money. Certificates
costing $5 will be offered for sale
to automobile owners. . These certifi
cates will be good for entry into the
park In lieu of the toll of $5 which
is now charged. Each, certificate will
be good for entry and reentry during
any one' season In the. next 10 years.
A paved road into the Yosemite
will have the effect of making this
world famed -valley a' winter as well
as a, summer resort. - :
. This, novel .Idea in financing road
construction might be borrowed and
applied here in Portland. .
Take the Mount Hood section, for
example. - With a paved road to the
base of the mountain an all year
round resort-would be I made acces
sible. All winter 'sports could be en
joyed, winter grandeur as well . as
the charms of summer. -
HE AMENDED
COVENANT
Republican Contributions Such
Should Silence Their Ratline
TYom Uia Independent.
If only Republican had the irit to
serve, their party and the world by coming-
out in favor of the covenant as now-
amended, it would be ' eood political
strategy. Then, instead of a fight which
would do "nobody any rood, we should
have 'both . parties - competing; ' for the
credit and: honor of having originated,
popularised, amended and ratified the
League "of -Nations. w r .j
. It is well for, the Republicans to. re
member that ".Messrs. Taft, t Lodge,
Hushes and Root, easily their most In
fluential and competent men, have all
made susrsestlons for the improverqent
of the covenant and that these have
been substantially adopted in the re
vised draft by President Wilson and. the
peace conference.- . -
All four urged that (1) the Monroe
doctrine be specifically recognized, (2)
domestic questions be reserved from the
jurisdiction of the league, and (3) se-
cession.be permitted. ..c .j - ai
Messrs. Taft, Lodge and. Hu.?hes sUg
gested that (1) the language of the cov
enant be ; revised,- and (2 the council
should-act by unanimous, vcte.
Mr. Root proposed that (1) justicia
ble questions .be referred to arbitration.
(2) they de defined, (3) provision be
made for a general conference- to form
ulate international law."4) any nation
may be relieved of its - obligation to
guarantee independence of league mem
bers after five years, (5) the i league
shall have full powers to inspect arma
ments, - and (6) the covenant shall be
revised at the end of five or 10 years.
Mr. Hughes advised (hat (1) no nation
shall be a mandatary .without its con
sent, and (2) the provision for .the guar
antee of the" independence of league
members as against external aggression
be entirely stricken out.
.
A comparison of the tentative draft
of February 14 with the revised draft
of .April 28 shows that the conference
has adopted in to to the three sugges
tions in which the four distinguished
Republicans co'howr as well as (he two
recommendations In which Messrs. Taft,
Lodge and Hughes unite. In addition
they have completely incorporated Mr.
Root's second and Mr. Hughes' irst
point, whereas Mr. Rook's first, third
and sixth points are substantially recog
nised in the original draft. They have
failed to adopt only Mr. Root's fourth
and fifth points and Mr. Hughes second.
In other words, in : the five cardinal
instances where more than one of these
eminent,, constitutional ..lawyers have
united on any particular point their
recommendations were adopted, three
were already partially recognised and
but three were rejected., r
. . .. -i -
It la perfectly clear, therefore, that
as all of Mr. Taff s: and ? Mr. Lodge's
five suggestions have - been accepted.
and as Mr.; Hughes got six out of his
seven points and Mr. Root four out of
his nine, with three partially recognized,
the Republican party heed pot worry
about its prestige in the peace negotia
tions in the coming presidential elec
tion. In fact, it would not be stretching
a point too far for the Republicans to
welcome the new draft -as a Republican
victory, v If they do riot claim it is t
victory they will have to accept it event
ually as a defeat, for, as President Wil
son has well said : "No party has a rigut
to appropriate this issue and no party
will in the long run dare oppose it."
How Coast Highway Would
Help the vWholeState
From the - Eugene Guard v
When it wa first announced that the
state legislature had passed a measure
providing for the construction of a coast
highway to be known as the Roosevelt
memorial .highway, and appropriating
$2,500,000 to be matched by the govern
ment, and that ' the measure a would be
referred to the people for ratification,
there was a tendency to immediately
bury the proposition. At first glance it
looked like a wildcat scheme, dreamy
aitd visionary to say the least. How
ever, there has been time for thought,
and reason has displaced distrust, leav
ing little, if any, opposition to the plan.
Those who were most antagonistic have
begun to realise that once this road is
built it will mean, millions, of dollars
sayed to the rest of the state In taxa
tion .alone. The development of "the
coast counties, which have so far-been
neglected by both the state and the
nation, would mean , Increased valuation
in taxable property and- thereby lift the
heavy - burden from other -.sections' of
the state. Besides, it would develop one
of the most productive sections in the
world ; we have more scenery unseen
in Oregon than has ever been found in
all Europe. and what we need Is to
give the visitor an opportunity to visit
the various places of beauty and get a
real . glimpse of a natural Garden ; of
Eden. ' The Roosevelt hftrhway; will pay
for Itself, In travel. and pleasure, , not
taking into consideration the increased
wealth it will produce. Vote "310 yes"
and help the coast sections to help you.
Roosevelt Coast Military Highway ,
.. ' . From the Astorian ; r ;..
-.-This -measure - proposes to bond ' the
state for $2,500,000 for the construction
of the Roosevelt coast military highway
down through the seven beautiful coun
ties of the state from Astoria to the
California line. Issuance of the bonds
by the state are dependent upon appro
priation of a' similar amount by- the
federal government, and in , event the
federal government fails to make the
appropriation by February . 1. 192L the
act providing for the issuance of bonda
by the state shall -be null and void. .'The
proposed highway is to pass through
Clatsop,: Tillamook,. ; Lincoln, Lane,
Douglas Coos' and Curry counties. Por
tions of this higtoway already are con-
structed and " paid for. , Proponents of
this measure point out the. wonders of
the natural beauUcs of the seven, coast
counties ; the development of the won
derful industrial resources of that sec
tion, and the immense value that would
accrue to other parts or the state as an
outgrowth of the construction of this
highway. . The coast counties 'believe
that they 'are entitled to this highway,
and not only do they believe that, but
they are- certain that- Us construction
would be of immeasurable value to other
se-ions of Oregon.-.1 '.-,i--."V
Letters From the People
t Communications tent to. The . Journal for
publication in this department should bo written
on only one side or tfts paper, snouia not neeca
SOO words in lenjrth. and Hi tut be aisned by the
writer, whose mail address . is full most accom
pany the contribution. ; ,
Would Elect Chief of Follee ,
Portland. May? 87. -To the Editor of
The Journal Charges of inefficiency in
the police department ' are made with
glaring headlines in the papers of late
and I ask space to say to the people
of Portland that so long as the office
of. chief .of police is filled by appoint
ment of the mayor, as it is now and has
been for many 'years past, charges of
inefficiency and graft will be made, with
a considerable foundation, of fact lor
basis, c We adopted the. commission form
of government some years Ago with a
view of wiping out "divided responsi
bility." yet we failed - to wipe it out In
the most vital part of our government.
That is. we left the power of appoint
ment of chief with the mayor, when
he should have been elected - by vote
of the people, just as constable and sher
iff are. We are told by politicians tnat
the people can't choose a good, chief.
Well, with two exceptions the mayors
have done worse lor the last Za years.
Captain Spencer and Charles H. Hunt
each in turn, started out right, but each
in turn was squelched by his superior
officer. he mayor, 'for the good of the
party." . There is Just as much reason
for a "superior officer ever the con
stable or sheriff as there is for one over
the chief ; nevertheless the constables
and sheriffs . of the' past have given
much less cause for charges and crit
icisms than the police.; Practically
every mayor : since 1890 i has wrecked
his political fortune through the po
lice department and I submit that it is
not fair to any mayor, whatever his
other delinquences may be. to force
such a' condition upon him ; and the
only way of avoiding it is to elect the
chief as we do other officers. The -older
men on the force will tell you the pres
ent system is retained for the purpose of
maintaining the party strength of the
party in power, whichever it may be, and
that the solution for the ills of the
department is to have the chief elected
by the people and ! thus be freed front
the incubus of politicians, capitalists,
churchmen 'and the various insidious in
fluences which have . handicapped it so
sadly in 'the past
-We've been the "fool of the family'
for other states to "copy after; now let's
try it once more for other cities to copy
after. Never mind if Seattle or some
other jay town does or does not do it
that way; let us try it, and I'll wager
that after candidates have run the gaunt
let of the numerous women's clubs : of
this city prior to the primary and ream
lar elections, we shall have a man
elected who: will clean up the city and
keep it clean, or resign, or.be recalled
and a better man put in his place who
can and will do it. Under existincr con
anions tnat nigmy desirable change can
not be brought about. J. E. HUNT.
Senatorial Reactionaries
? Pertland, May 27. To the Editor- of
The Journal It-appears to be impos
sible to frame a, concise and exact ex
planation as to just what kind of moral
delinquency is- rampant in the,, United
States senate that, can so prey upon' It
as to put It into the mercenary power
or a jf enrose, or a Knox, or any of the
rest of the political henchmen' of the
Wall street gang. It is the same old
gang that howled "high tariff as a
protection for American labor against
"cheap foreign labor." - and readily al
lowed cheap foreign labor to be shipped
into the United States in order tot lower
the standard of wages-that the Interests
might realise .bigger dividends on their
watered stock.
j The foregoing may be old stuff, but
you can make a safe bet when' you
venture to say that the same tactics are
being used by these usurpers in block
ing the League of Nations and every
other move that tends toward the wel
fare of mankind. They are trying to
.mold public opinion against Itself try
ing to make the' public think it is too
dense - and ignorant . to discern really
what is good for it. Any Intelligent
person that ever lived or traveled in the
particular districts from which Brande-
gee, Knox and Penrose were elected can
readily understand why they are re
turned to Washington. It was hard to
find an English-speaking citizen in
some of these districts a few years ago.
especially In the industrial centers.
They could all say "Republican." and
"Full dinner- pall," while they were
working for I LI 0 on the 12-hour basis.
We can honor , conscientious. . right
minded men who possess the senatorial
togas, but can - we consistently follow
the lead of political tricksters? -
R. I WALTER.
In Honor of
Our Dead Heroes
By Alice M. McNaught
llace a flower on the srSTs .
Of a soldier today,
. Place it there with a prayer
For Blue. Khaki or Gray.
lie's hero who died
. For hi country. I aay
Place a flower on the grave
Of soldier; today.
Wre a garland of flowers
For our soldiers todsy;
Weee the colors they lore , .
A we tenderly lay
Crow their mossy green beds
A we silently pray;
Weave a garland of flowers
. For our soldiers today, . ! .
TA'eare a garland of -flowers
For oar soldiers today;
Weae ft lovingly round ' -Their
headrtonee of gray. "
They fought for the rights
We enjoy, honor, today;
Weave a garland of flower
For our soldiers today. -
Drop a flower on the water
For our tailors today ;
Drop it there with a reverence -.
As we- march -on onr way
By ther storm-tossed, wild ocean;
Neath ita billows they lay.
lrop a flower on the water
, For our sailors today.
Wave Old Glory in honor
"t our loved heroes todsy. '
.''Wave it long, wave it strong, -As
in battle's array;
To "Our BoysM who are with us,
i .- -To those pasted away. , i
Wave Old Glory, fire s shot.
For onr heroes today. -Portland.
May 89,
MayMemories ' -
By June McMillan Ordway
TJpon this hallowed cronnd we atsad. . :
While whiivertnc zephyrs say; - -
Thoish saddest hoars have come between.
It waa but yesterday. , .. U:
, With onr loved colors, we shall wreathe - .
slay blossoms rare and sweet
For tboee who saarehed bst yesterday .- . .
and bravely death did suet.
" Bat yesterday we cheered them on; .
Hark 1 heat their mighty tread -:
While sweet, white Mliea whisper, -
"They sleep: they are Dot dead."
rortland. May 88.
Vital Lines ,
' From the New Tark VTorld - . -'
May 7. 1518. the Hindenburg line; May
TallM. the dotted line, i - ;
- ' s By Clyde A. Beals ". . -
' . . - ' of The Journal Staff j
WEsrnourru -The passinj of V friend of kin
.Whose kindly word or smile to us his been
A cheerful rift. In trouble -clouds, seems hard. -
' We would accompany him the way Is barred.
Today."' Perhaps the morrow will unfold .
' The shrouded . roster with ' our names enrolled.
. Men die. . Their- deaths wealth of good confide
.To us, for death reveals - what life will hide
The .struggles of the tortured mind of those ,
- Whose tides of life were; hopeless undertows;
Consuming ills- the 'Superhuman trial
Steal others' strength and yet they've nerve to smile.
Men die. Unfailing death exacts its toil
Where quiet reigns, where oceans ceaseless-roll, .
Where flames of battle pitilessly rage, .
'Mongst ranks of those unwise, and 'mongst the sage.'
The lives men lead meet each the final test;
-With fear, or peace take they their endless rest?
We mourn? Far better by their deaths to learn
The lesson in each life we may discern;
For modes of life like lava seek a mold
Our present flaws' by those who've gone are told:
Unselfish service, beg the living dead.
Their lives reach out to lead can we be led?
COMMENT AND -
SMALL "CHANGE
t1-' ' X " :-:?-r- . .. . .- ... .'vyi:-::V::. ,
Memorial day.- $
The Balkans, it acems. have (emmrir.
Uy balked the treaty, - ... , '
Spain' recognizes the new republic of
Poland. ; Well, ifs all right with us. ;
Have you broken any of the S48 laws
that became : effective . in Orearon . on
.Thursday? k ? r
; "You poor bey," she said to the young
man in uniform. "Did you lose your
arm 'over there? "No," he replied,
"I forgot it in my hurry to get off the
ship." . - :- v.:'-. -"
- .
' Mr. Morfrenthau thinks there, will be
another great war in 20 years. Is it
going to take as long as that to raise
a new breed of men who will think they
can whip the world? -
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
- OF .THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
X
rWtth a lofty tribute to the oeroee j of
America's wars all for liberty Mr. taciltj.
at this "time for memory end for -tears. In
cludes eulos-istic utterances ot two of America s
noted orators oa occasions commemorative oi
thv deeds oi the soldiers of the .Civil war. 1
Memorial day this year has a new sig
nificance for us all. In times past we
could strew with flowers the graves of
our hollowed dead. This- Memorial day
sees thousands of - mothers and wives
with hearts bowed down in grief and
with tear-dimmed eyes, wending . their
way to lay love's tribute of flowers on
other graves . than those of their loved
ones. Their fallen heroes sleep in a
foreign land. The graves of their loved
ones are being . cared for by sad-eyed
French mothers whose sons also fell in
the world war for liberty. Row on row
I have seen the wooden crosses on the
smiling hillsides of Northern France,
where our boys are at rest and "where
Glory marks with solemn round the
bivouac of the dead." More han 70,000
of our hero dead are consecrating and
making holy: the - ground - where they
sleep the: sleep, that knows no waking.
They splli. the red ,wine of their youth.
They gave all they had, to make this a
better world; for men to live in. ;
-' ..,",- . .... . - - . ;
i inW ' In"" Europe Lieutenant J. H.
Yates, who handed me this tribute he
had written to our fallen' heroes :
These are the jronng, the strong, the true, the
Who." waiving-' their jt claim to life's full
worth. .
To future senerationa cladly save
The treasures which belonged to them on esrUL
We dare not let them, dying, count for naught.
They gave their all to death, and we must give
Our beat to life! Their pain and loss have
taught
-A lesson to our profit; and the. cost
They paid that earth might be a better place
For men to live in. will be basely lost .
By us. How then should we have heart to face
That world that lies beyond death's open door.
Where we shall see our great loved dead once
motet- . .
e e - .
- No longer is there a North or a South,
or-'East or West, for the blood of our
boys poured out on sodden field in Fl sen
ders. In shattered trench or sheil-torn
field-in France, has made us all Ameri
cans and wiped out social antipathies,
religious animosities and sectional feel
ing. - :-'.-' -i "- v : "' ''. ' t
Henry Watterson delivered an addresa
over the graves of the soldier dead at
Nashville, ,Tenn.. on Memorial day, 1877,
that breathes the very spirit of patriot
ism r Her said : V '
We are .assembled, my countrymen,
to commemorate the patriotism and
valor of the brave men who died to
save the union. The season brings its
ti 4. Yt nava if tt homaera
to the dead: inspires the living. There
are images of tranquillity all about us;
in the calrri sunshine upon , the ridges:
in the tender shadows that creep along
the streams ; In the waving grass and
grain that mark Ood's love and bounty ;
in the flowers thatf bloom over the
rnanv, many graves. There is peace
everywhere in this land today
. - Peace on the open sees,
In all our sheltered bays and ample streams.
Peace where'er our starry banner gleams,
- And peace ia every brwese.
The war is over. It is for us to bury
Its passions with its dead : to bury them
beneath a monument raised by the
American people to American manhood
and the American system, in order that
"the nation shall, under Ood, shave a
new birth of freedom, and thst the gov
ernment of the people, by the people, snd
for the people, shall not perish from the
earth."
The Union is Indeed restored, when
the hands that pulled that flag-down
came willingly and lovinarly to put It up
again. I come with a full heart and a
steady - hand to salute the flag .that
floats abov me my flag and your flag
the flag of the. Union the "flag of the
free heart's hope, and home" the Star-
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
The foUowing anagrammatle sentence
Is sald to have been published In a vol
ume of sermons during the reign of
James I of England: V
This dial shows that ; we must die
all : yet notwithstanding, all' houses are
turned in ale houses our cares Into
catesr our paradise into a pair o' dice:
matrimony into - a " matter of money ;
and marriage Into a merry age ; - our
divines have become ry , vines, it was
not so in the days of Noah, antno. "
Olden Oregon
Indian Have Told; of a Terrible
' , Forest Fire In 1848.
In 1848, according to Indian tradition,
a great forest fire swept over the Coast
range of mountains. The fire was so
largo that. It is-said, the : flames' leaped
across Yaquiua bay. Many Indians per
ished. Only those were saved who took
refuge In the water, and even they suf
fered much while their heads were ex
posed to the heat. - Much wild game was
destroyed. . , . ,
. The' Roosevelt Highway Needed
. From the La Grande Observer
1 Western - Oregon - papers vv?T(Uiout ex-
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS .
Reedsport citizens on June 9 'are to
vote on the question -of incorporating
their busy ana growing umo city.
All branches of the building industry
in Baker are crowded to their capacity
to fill orders, and the cry is for more
houses for rent, the Democrat states.
It is announced,' the Herald says, that
n . v i t . V. .
very sLvsuia.uic; iu.i tj tit vi io uunua .
J Jill . t -1 V. v.ll. Vbm : K.An
planted in potatoes again this year. This
section is widely noted for its spud
1 . i . :- S
I me IS uifl year ui mfl niviinici
Pourth of July celebration, all over
Oregon.- And that is none too big a
word -to describe it, judging by the plans
and-specifications as tentatively an
nounced by the various newspapers of
Tuockley
Spangled banner of our fathers the
nag mat. unlirted trinmnhantlv nvpr
few brave men. has never been nh.
scured, destined by the God of the uni
verse to -waft on its simple folds the
eiernat song oi ireeaom to all man-
aino.
The hundred of tknnaanila wrTtn foil nr
both sides did not die in vain. The
Power, the divine nower. which - mad
for us a garden of swords, sowing the
land broadcast with sorrow, will reap
thence for us. and for the ages, a na
tion truly -divine; a nation of freedom
ana oi tree men: where tolerance shall
walk hand in hand with religion, while
civilisation points out to patriotism the
many open highways to human right and
see
R. G. Ingersoll, in an address some
years ago," said:
Aft WA C!OVf.-thA rrmvm nf tha fiat-rtfa
dead with flowers, the past rises before
us iino a a ream. Again we are in the
giant struggle. We hear the sounds of
preparation the music of the boisterous
drum the silver voloea nf hrni rina-lea
We hear the appeals of orators ; we seo
the pale cheeks of women, and the
nusnea races or men ; we -see an the
aeaa wnoee oust we have covered with
riowers. r we lose sight of them no more.
We are with them when. they enlist in
the great army ot freedom. We see
them, apart from those they love.
; We see them as they march proudly
away, under the flaunting flairs, keeping
time to the wild music of war march
ing down the streets of the great cities,
through the towns and across the prair
ies, to do and die for the eternal right
We go with them, one and all. We are
by their side on all the gory fields. In
all the hospitals of pain, on all the
weary marches. We stand guard with
them in the wild storm and under the
quiet stars. We see them pierced with
balls and torn with shells, in the trenches
by the forts, and in the whirlwind of
the charge, where men become Iron with
nerves of steel. We are at home when
the news reaches us that they are dead.
We see the maiden in the shadow of her
first sorrow. We see the silvered head
of the old man bowed with the last
grief.
Those heroes are dead. They sleep
under the solemn pines, the sad hem
locks, the tearful willows, and the em
bracing vines. They sleep beneath the
shadows of the clouds, careless alike of
sunshine or of storm, each in the win
dowless place of rest. Earth may run red
with other wars they are at peace. In
the midst of battle. In the roar of the
conflict, they found the serenity of
death. I have. one sentiment for the
soldiers, living and dead cheers for the
living, tears for the dead.
: -e - . e
They have fought the good fight. We
strew their graves with flowers today
and In memory pay them the tribute of
our love and devotion. Soon we, too,
shall be vttustered in the grand review
and join 'our boys and their, sires and
grandsires who have given their lives
for their country.- In fancy I hear the
Great Commander say, "Well done.
Enter Into my rest. .
'" - e .- :
Cover Uiem ever with beautiful flowers.
Deck them with garlands, thoae brothers of. ours.
Lying so rilent by sight and by day. , . -Sleeping
the years of Hieir manhood away.
Give them the meed they have won ia the past;
Give them the honor their future fonmast;
Give them the chaplet they won in tlie strife;
Give them the laurels they lost with their life.
Cover the hearts thst hsve beaten so high;
Beaten with hopes that were doomed but to die;
Heart that have burned in the heat ot the fray;
Hearts that have yramed foe the home far away.
Orwe tiiey were glowing with friendship and love;
Wow tbeir greet stills have gone soaring above.
Bravely their blood to the nation they gate.
Then in ber bueom they found them a grav
Tover the thonand who -sleep fsr sway.
Sleep whtre tlieir friends eannot find them today.
They, who in mountain and hillside and dell,
Rent where they wearied and lie where they feB.
SofUy the r fades creep round fhlr repose;
Sweetly, above them the red poppy blows;
Zrphyrs of freedom fly gently o'erheed
vVliinperfng prayers for the patriot dead.
ception couple together the two great
highway projects which are to be de
termined one way or the other in the
special election of June 3. One of the
usual arguments set forth Is that the
Roosevelt . highway will be the means
of great advantage to the eastern por
tion of the state because It will afford
better facilities Xor the marketing of
the products ; of Eastern Oregon, so
much needed by the people of the re
gions along the - coast. There 'may be
some truth In this, but' the main rec
ognizable fact is that Oregon needs the
highways - both the eastern and the
western projects because of the advan
tages that will accrue to the state as
a whole. '- '.
Oregon borders on the majestic Pa
cific and it Is hardly conceivable that a
greater drawing card could be provided
than that ot a boulevard skirting the
ocean's shore from Astoria to the Cali
fornia line. This Is a drawing card
enough to attract any tourist who ever
expected to turn the wheel of a car on
any -part of the Pacific Coast- No affi
davits or testimonials would be needed
to explain the scenic grandeur of such
a highway and there is no guesswork as
to what such a road wou:2 eo toward
attracting the visiting throngs to this
state.
There is just as much reason for one
project as the ether, and there is ample
reason for Tooth,- - - - -
Ragtag. and Bobtail
Stories from Everywhere
When the Hindenburg Line Broke
A DUSKY doughboy, burdened under
" tons of medals and miles of ribbons. ,
service and wound .chevrons,- stars, et at., ,
encountered a 27th division scrapper in '
te ians a lew days prior to the dm- '
Bton's departure .for the states, says the
Gas Attack, . - - ,-
"Whah yo all beri scrannln In dl
hyuh- wah, bossr meetly Inquired the '
colored soldier. .S . --J - :
"Why. we've been ftrhtlnr -un In Bel-
glum with the British.", replied the New -Yorker,
proudly. , . . -. ,r ,. .
Well, we-ben down In d em woods
watcha can dem woods, 'way down
south?" ,- ----- . .; .; . - -
"The 1 Argonne?" sure-ested vountr
Knickerbocker. " " -
"Yas, yas, dem's de woods de rAh-
gonne." ,-. ' -.
"You know our division was the first
to break the Hlndenburir llneu colored
boy." explained the Twenty-seventh man.
Y'know. boss, we all felt dt ol' Una sag
way down In de Ahgonne." -
The Psalm of Life
. ChilL
in. ;
" PHI. '- ' .':.-:..
Bill. " -'
Brooklyn ClUten.
" - Uncle Jerf Snow'Suys:
Jack Thibert. who come back with
battery B, 'lows it was worth a million
dollars to have tuck part in the world
war. but a million dollars investment
alone, that line is all he wants to make
at present fer a while. If not longer.,?
The News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
of Journal Readers ' .-
GENERAL . - : ;
- For the -week ended May 24; 2S7.42S
persons were reported as unemployed in
New York city.
Adjutant Casale, a French aviator,
in a flight for altitude at Paris Wednes
day, ascended 31.000 feet. This consti
tutes a world's record.
Jack HIggins, who will celebrate his
one hundred and first birthday on July
IS, took a ride In an airplane over Wa
bash, Ind., Wednesday. .
A growing demand for farm labor is
decreasing the amount of unemployment
over the country, according to the
United States employment servicer
Collective bargaining by farmers or
ganizations will be permitted under an
amendment to the Clayton .art, . Intro- :.
duced Wednesday by Senator Capper of
Kansas. ,
A trip to the north pole by airplane
would be impracticable, in the opinion
of Donald B. McMillan of Freeport.
Me., an Arctio explorer. Such a trip
could be made by dirigible, he says,
but would cost 81,000,000. -
William Cyrus Lawson, superintend
ent of the Yukon Gold Twnlng com
pany, - died at Dawson Wednesday of
rtomaine poisoning. Lawsoii wu one of
3 taken 111 after eating dinner at the
camp, and the sixth one that has died.
1 Praise xt the Y. M. C. A., rather than
condemnation, is contained In the first
official report of army authorities dl-.
rooted by Secretary Baker to Investl
fate the records of welfare organise, -ions
In France, especially the Y. M.
C. A. - ' , ' " ,
The -attention drawn to the arrange
ment by which France and Great Brit
ain were carving up Kamerune and
Torroland between : themselves without
any relation to the League of Nations
has caused a reconsideration of -this
plan. -
NORTHWEST NOTES
There are 27 known cases ot smallpox
at Yakima, Wash. .
i. -t A 'a.nf hwt TJtraaRf i.rnw
Danicii . w r-y mil . ... -
counties will meet In Tacoma . July 10.
The first Leonard Wood Ohio n
WaahlnsTton was organised at , (Seattle
Wednesday.
The Columbia river Is rising rapidly
and lowlands in the vicinity of Vancou-'
ver are flooded.
The greatly feared Canada thistle
has made Us appearance on several Cen
tral Oregon ranches. ; - -
Joseph tiongtsln, boom man employed
by the Crown-Willamette Paper -company
at. Astoria, was drowned lnsYoungs
river Wednesday night.
The Presbyterian -church at Pendleton
has completed plans' for the erection of
a new $100,000 building, and most of the
needed money is raised. ...
Frank Iogenhall, 3 years old, com
mitted from Multnomah county, escaped
from the insane asylum at &alm last
Monday night and has not. been found.
Joel Berreman of Thllomath won th
pold medar given by the Hon. Mark
Weatherford at the Weatnerford dentate
at Philomath college last Monday night
Cutting of the first crop of . elfalra
hay has Btarted in Umatilla county, ,
Sales thus far hsve been on a basts of
$18 per ton In the stack for the new,
bay. ''. "'
During the past 25 months the T
diet on Meat company has furnished the
stockmen of Umatilla county with 100
pedigreed animals for breeding pur
poses. .
William Booher of Athena ,wu the
hlghent bidder last Saturday at the less
Ing of renwrvatlon wheat land when he
bid $21.60 for the crop on a tract near
Athena. . . e;: ;
Ninety-one former " Centralla high
school pupils and teachers ved In
various branches of serylr-e during the
world war, and eight of these died in
the service... -.: . - "r- '".
The U. H. S. Oregon, the last ship of
America's old hattl fleet to retain her
name, has arrived at the Puget Hound
-navy yard at Bremerton and will proo-
ably be put out of commission. -.
Otto -Toedemeyer and .Herman Id er
hoff, both of Wilson vllle. were arrested
at Oregon City Wednesday, charged
with assault and battery on the. person
of O. Gosimt, a returned soldier.
The new tariff of the Port of Astoria
belt line railway has been filed with
the interstate commerce cvmtmlsUrn
The -.witching charge p-x car is
and the charge for storsge is HM ...
day. . ..
A meeting of sit dl-charged soldier
sailors snd marlii-s from Kn ""O
surrounding towns will be held at Kit
gene next Wednenday night for the pur
pose of organizing a post of the Amer
ican legion. - '
The mail stolen two weeks ago frhm
the Elms, Wssh,. postofflce whem the
safe of that establishment was blown,
was located Wednesday under a tog
near Malone. Only the registered let
ters were missing.
Proof of the effectiveness of the game
reserves of Cow Creek valley - may be
assumed from the fact that heavers
have commenced to cut down rlp-rap-
B ing along Cow creek, and It Is feared
ley will break the irrigation dams.
In a raid on I. W. W. headquarters kt
Seattle the police found a formula for
nitroglycerin, guncotton, quick drying
phosphorus ana seeds said by the liter
ature in the seed box to be capable of
producing Insanity In 24 hours I and
death within three days. - - -
Tike Out the Shine and Buy
War Savings Stamps
'Stories of achieve ent ia the m.
Istioa of War Savings stamps, sent to The
Journal snd arceirted for publication, will
be awarded a Thrift Stamp.
Men's and women's clothing is oft
en discarded before it is worn out
because of the objectionable "shtae"
fvhich appears on material after 4
short time. , This condition can - be
remedied by sponging the -.shiny
places on the garment with . pure
vinegar-boiling hot.? Rub -the vine
gar into the material plentifully and
vigorously. Then . press with pre.-,
ing iron as usual. This process who;Jl
be repeated whenever the chine ro-
. appears. : -t-
Thrift X'ftmpt and 1019 War Raving
fUm Bov.od tale at usual ageucies. : ,