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HIS SILLY SPEECH
THAT the pope at Rome might
rule ,the world, and that re
ligious liberty In the United
States might be ,lost under the
League of Nations was the hysterical
arguments of Sherman of Illinois 1 In
t speech in the senate yesterday.
- How could the pope rule the world
when he cannot rule Italy or even
the city of Rome?
Once popes tried to rule the world,
but it came to a wretched failure.
Th e system collapsed under . its own
weight because even the benighted
men-of ( the time would not consent
to be governed by a single authority.
In this enlightened age in which so
many millions will permit themselves
to Ire governed only by their own eon
sent how infinitely less Is the chance
for one man to put the world under
his dominion! ,
How ' utterly ridiculous for the
claim to be set up that one man
could usurp power in . America and
rule by his own' will over the
100.000,000- freemen - here.' One man
, could not - even continue that kind
of rule in Germany, or In Russia, or
In Austria.' -All that remained for
one-man ruleto be ended even In
Europe ...was supplied in the Ar
gonne and at the Marne.
: Wh en Sherman sees one-man rule
over the earth he sees red. He is
out of his mind-or his mind is out
of him. Even the Ijoys of 15 to 17
in America would not permit this
country to go under one-man gov
ernment, and if Sherman were one
half tx senatorial stature he would
know.it. .'
Sherman doesn't know that the
pope even ; wants to rule the world
temporally. He sees, and all men
see, ' where j the kaiser got to when
he thought to rule the world. hat
castle over in Holland is the St.
Helena and the Argonne the Waterloo
of his attempt to be a "one-man gov
ernment.: , Six feet . of earth and a
.terrible death are the end of theJ
czar s attempt to -perpetuate one-man
" government in a single country.
., If the pope desires but cannot rule
ihe world now, how could he rule
it under the league? ' There is not
a thing in the league covenant that
would give hlra added temporal
power. " Any attempt to rule the
United - States through the league
would be promptly met by America's
. negative vote in the assembly or
council, and- that would end all
so far as this country is concerned.
Great : Britain would exercise the
' same, power in preventing ponti
fical rule of ; that country. France
threw the church out of state control
long ago and if she did i( then she
would do It f again with her vote
in the league. Exactly the same thing
is true of Italy. - Sherman's speech
sounds as if it came from one in
a pipe .dream. : ; -
The league is not a Catholic league
or a Methodist league or , a Baptist
league or a Holy Roller league. Its
character is not -whanged by the fact
that a Catholic pope or a Methodist
bishop, or a Baptist preacher sup
ports or does not support It. ' It is
a great International pact to - keep
the . peace, Jo arbitrate between 'In
ternational controversies, prevent
- wars of conquest, reduce armaments
and spread Americanism throughout
the 'world, and as -auch the more
membersot every religious 'or non
religious organization that support It
. the' better for mankind. '
. ' As to Sherman's claim" that ' it will
be va Catholicized league, it is com
mon knowledge that many If not
most of the Irish Catholics in
America . are openly fighting the
league. ": Biff gatherings of '- Irish
' Catholics or Catholio Irishmen in
Portland pased resolutions opposing
it. Senators at- Washington ar re
- cc:vi i thousands " of letters from
Irish Catholics urging them to oppose
ratification of the league. ; These
facts expose 'the silliness of Sher
man's, foolish and fanatical speech
of yesterday, .
' This aherman contention shows to
what straits the opposition is re
duced in efforts to combat the league.
His speech is an effort to fool people
by appealing;? to Irelljious iprejudice.
He stoops to despicable depths of
trying to array religious denomina
tion against religious denomination.
He rants out his appeal to those who
have prejudices against the Catholio,
church," and, by misrepresentation, at
tempts to line them up with him
and his : noisy crowd against - the
league. Worst of all, he insults the
intelligence of . the American people
by .supposing that he ' can drag out
any, old ; scarecrow . and . fool : them
as a farmer with a cast-off suit of
clothes suspended near by frightens
the birds away from his cherry
trees.
OREGON FOR OREGON
THE .organization of Oregon fruit
growers is along progressive
lines. It is intended once and for
all to oust the California cor
porations from Oregon corporations
which are fattening on the Oregon
growers and iswaillng the ; profits of
San Francisco stockholders.
- It is pitiful to ead that half the
Oregon . prune 'crop is handled by
California concerns; that over 73 per
cent of Oregon canned fruit goes out
under California I labels, and that
thousands of tons of ; our cherries,
pears and other fruits are sold as
California products. : Eleven of our
largest packing houses and canneries
are owned or controlled by California
interests. ; , , : " .
The totajifruit crop of Oregon is
less than 10 !pcr cent of the fruit
crop of California- but the big Cali
fornia corporations put up our fruit
under their label only because Ore
gon fruit is better than their own.
On the products of Oregon they are
building up the reputation of-California
as jl I state which produces
wonderful fruits, and it should be
stopped. ;
That the Californlans .will fight to
continue their strangle hold on one
of our most Important industries is
to be expected, but directors in the
new association of the type of Sey
mour Jones, J. 0. Holt and R. C
Paulus are an assurance to the farm
ers and people of the state of Ore
gon that the domination by Califor
nia of the fruit Industry of this state
is shortly to come to an end. ,
The new association proposes to
extensively advertise Oregon fruits
under an Oregon label so that the
whole world may know of the won
derful products of this state. Call-?
fornla.is to be given, a dose of her
own medicine and. the way will be
made supremely easy for those grow
ers who become members of the new
association to market their products
-under a state wide and nationally
advertised brand.
. Judge Derr, Justice. of the peace at
Vancouver, evidently has his own
views of justice. In dismissing a
case brought bya local. father who
was suing I ' for 7 damage's Inflicted
upon his offspring by a neighbor's
dog, the Judge remarked: "I am sat
isfied that the dog bit the boy, but
probably the dog was Justified."
DAYLIGHT SAVING
THE daylight saving law seems not
to .have many friends in congress.
The senate, with' but six nega
tive votes, has ordained that the
law shall become a dead letter. The
house, by a two , to .:one yote fixed
its death at next October. So, with
a little more patience it will come
to pass that when the alarm clock
emits its raucous signal in the morn
ing it -will be seven o'clock by . the
sun as- well as seven by the dial.
The controversy over " daylight sav
ing has .been exciting. Workers In
the - city whose life is inside four
walls exulted in the '"extra hour of
afternoon sun while they; had. it. it
was a preciou hour to them. They
hoped for Its continuance.
But out On the farms daylight sav
ing brought complexities. The work
out there is in the open and under
that sun that is the brightening in
fluence over the earth. The change
to daylight saving created confusion
out there that ended in the demand
for repeal, j
; Congress decided for the farmers.
It doesn't do that often, its legisla
tion is usually a tax upon them
without benefit in return.
Every mint in the United States is
busy night and day, so Washington
tells us, turning out copper pennies.
Maybe the government has discovered
a; cation wide street ; car . conspiracy
to get six cent fares., .
THE SOUND'S FALSE CLAIM
THE public service commission of
Washington, in its champiotship
of the " railroad terminals .jand
large business interests of Puget
Sound, contends in opposition to the
Columbia river water grade rate case
that the petition of the Inland Em
pire Shippers' league seeks a tariff
discriminatory against Puget 5 Sound.
What the.publio service commission
means .to say, If it wishes to plead
the truth,? is that the existing rate
Is! discriminatory in favor 6f Puget
Sound's terminals and interests, and
discriminatory against Southwestern
Washington, Eastern Washington and
the Inland Empire district.
Investigation : shows that one ton
of coal will haul 8571.34 tons . of
general freight one mile ; over the
tracks of j the Spokane; , Portland &
Seattle road between the Inland Em
pire country and Vancouver, on the
water grader On the other hand, the
same amount of fuel will haul but
5888.34 tons of general freight over
the Washington line of the .Northern
Pacific 'between Inland Empire points
across the Cascade , mountains and
into Puget 'Sound - terminals. ' . -
Stating it another way, there is
a 'discrimination of 2882.94 ? tons jTor
every? ton mile of fuel i used i ove'r
these - two roads .in favor -of Puget
Sound terminals and interests and
against' the- shippers - and producers
of.? the .Inland. Empire, and . against
the. business men , of Southwestern
Washington and all other points
served by the water grade. , For
every ton of coal burned on the
mountain haul the transportation of
2682.94 tons of freight for one mile
is lost to the shippers in comparison
with the service that would come
to them ? for the same fuel expense
over the water grade
" Yet, the cost to shippers for trans
portation is the same J JTr. both
routes. The railroads charge as much
on either route notwithstanding they
can haul 8571.34, tons one mile; with
a ton of coal in the water grade
and only 5888.4 tons : the same dis
tance with the same amount of fuel
on the mountain grade.
The ishington commission seems
to be suffering from strabismus of Us
logic. It Is looking at the question
crosseyed. .The Inland Empire Ship
pers' league is petitioning for the
discrimination to be removed by the
Interstate commerce commission;' It
is already suffering from that disease.
It is seeking a cure. The Washing
ton commission is - asking that if
continue to suffer. '
DOLLAR COFFEE
ALMOST daily, there , are exorbi
tant advances in the price of
coffee. Leading interests assert
that the advance has. Just be
gun and that toffee is programmed
to eell at tl a fcound and even more
within a short time. Statistics are
being used by both the bears and
bulls. - - '
Speculators point to the very short
supplies, held in this country and
claim that present crop . prospects in
South American plantations are vey
bad.. ; ;
On the other hand, leading roaster
and jobbing interests acknowledge
that there is such a shortage, but
assert that the stock has been pur
posely held short in order to be
prepared for a break in price due to
the Sudden appearance on the market
of a two years supply held during
the war in Brazil.
The roasters claim that " the publio
is being robbed merely to swell the
profits of Brazilian .coffee gamblers,
and that the excess money from the
exorbitant prices does not go to the
growers. ; ...
Some speculators lay stress on the
fact that conclusion of peace would
greatly Increase exports to Germany
and Austria, two of the largest cof
fee consuming nations in the world.
The bankrupt condition of the two
countries Is used to combat this ar
gument, the claim being that neither
country is in ".position to consume
and pay for, a peace time supply:
Some of the big roasters and Job
bers are openly advocating a boy
cott of coffee by the publio in order
that the Brazilian gamblers may be
brought to their senses.
Meanwhile, poffee prices, even more
than other prices, are aviating, and
consumers are holding their breath
while waiting J to see if their fa
vorite beverage is to go to $1 per.
Down in Sonora the governor has
issued a proclamation to the effect
that any bootlegger caught manufac
turing or selling alcoholic llqiuor be
tween now and September when the
state Is scheduled to go "wet," will
be shot without trial, either civil or
military. ; Under the circumstances
it would not be surprising if it is
a long time between drinks "down
there. . . - i
NOT TENANTS, BUT OWNERS
FEW people pause to think that
-when they buy Savings Stamps
they save taxes.
The -war is not over yet, for
the taxpayer. The government won
the. ; war on credit. Now it has got
to pay thrbJJ and it is a big one.
This yearvecy man, and his wife,
helped in thisiask. Next-year they
will dothe same, and the year after;
and the year after that.
Billionsi of dojlars will have to be
provided ' to meet the cost of the
war. All of us will be retired to
meet and bear our individual share
of the rJurden. ' !
If the r government can not raise
these funds one way it will have to
raise 'them, another, J ' ji,
In the final . analysis the people of
the . country, who are the .;. govern
ment, will foot the bills. Every dol
lar the individual Invests in War
Savings ,or Thrift Stamps makes him
the creditor of - the government by
just that much.' He ; will i get his
money back, with interest. The man
who does not buy will pay his share
and get no interest or no principal
back. '-- -;
The man who invests has an equity
in the government and will be repaid
that equity in money. The man who
does not invest will be a renter, and
his '- rental will not come ; back ; to
him, not in money. The -government
wants the people to own their share
in the government. It would rather
have them joint owners Jn the nation
than; mere tenants. It makes better
citizens, and -better : citizens make
a better nation. ' -. lr ..
, ROADS FOR ALL OREGON
THERE- have' been ' differences pi
opinion concerning Oregon's road
building program City , folks
hae favored ." state highways
while, farmers , have advocated the
lateral or market roads. These dif
ferences of opinion have caused mis
understanding and a lack of harmony
among good roads, enthusiasts. r
A new view, point; is indicated by
the, returns from the recent election.
An road . measures, carried. - Cities
voted for market roads and the coun
try voted for state highways.
It Is the sensible view point. A
complete system j of . highways re
quires both ; market , roads , and tnain
highways just as a railroad needs a
trunk line, and branches. ; The united
vote augurs well for better , roads
throughout all "Oregon.
And this great road system through
out the state has a signal meaning:
Farms will1 take on a new dignity
and a new development. : That Is the
big thing in the road building.
Farmers will more and more mer
chandise their own products. Farm
ers j will more and ' more bring , into
use the. latent - resources of their
farms, because of the new accessi
bility to marLet. A great deal more
prosperity will hover over farm life,
and that will mean more of general
prosperity for all the great structure
of social life that rests upon our
basio industry.- -
OLD FOES FACE
NEW LAND BILL
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff
. Correspondent of The Journal
" Washington, June 21.-" Reprentatlve
N", J. Sinnott, chairman of the public
lands committee of the house and pilot-in-hief
of the Lane soldier land settle
ment bill, in tha lower branch of con
gress, has been del-Tins' into history. As
sl result ot his research be la -xble to
say that the principal arguments being
made againtt the passage of such legis
lation are "old stuff ." -When homestead
laws were proposed.. TO. and more years
ago they met with the same opposition,
on the same grounds, and from the
same sections of the country.
The historian McMaater - tells how
Andrew Johnson, then m member of
the house, fought for homestead legis
lation, and aays: -
"Then went-up from some of the old
states a cry ot opposition," It would
draw population from them, leave them
to pay the debt Incurred in acquiring
the public domain, depreciate the value
of their lands, for who would buy a farm
in North Carolina when he could get
kne for nothing In Alabama or Missouri,
and would . tempt the scum of society
in the old world tp come and squat on
our public domains and scatter seeds of
political pestilence on the frontier, and
in a little while the agrarian laws of
Rome would be reenacted in America.
This wholesale robbery. of the old states
for the benefit of the new should be
denounced by every honest-man the
land over. It is the most flagrant act
of depredation on the public domain yet
attempted - by- demagogues. -Jroperty
and usefulness are the fruits of Industry
and selfi-dependence, not of government
bounties and land plundering.. There is
no way of demoralizing any class more
certainly than by means of gratuities.
Undoubtedly many dtlsens would rather
have a farm given them than buy It.
But they are greatly mistaken If they
think they are the people of the United
States. The people approve not of ruch
agrarian and Utopian schemes. Congress
has no power to dispose of the public
land save for national purpose. If it
may donate land to the landless, it may.
give money to the poverty stricken
and take the value of 160 acres out of
the treasury and bestow It upon -each
individual of the favored class." .
i a 9 -.a . .'i
This is from .the mesage of President
Buchanan, vetoing the homestead bill
of I860: . ..'
"That land of promise (the. . west)
presents in itself sufficient allurements
to our young and enerprising citizens,
without any adventitious aid. The of fer
of free farms would probably have a
powerful effect in encouraging emigra
tion, especially from states like. Illinois,
Tennessee and - Kentucky, to the west
of the Mississippi and could not falf
to reduce the price of property within
their limits. " An individual in states
thus situated would not pay its fair
value for land, when by crossing the
Mississippi, he could go upon the public
lands and obtain a farm almost without
money and without price. The honest
poor man, by frugality and industry,
can In any part of our country, acquire
a competence for himself and his family
and in doing this he feels that he eats
the bread of Independence. He desires
no charity, either from the government
or from his neighbors. This bill, which
proposes to give him land at an almost
nominal price, out of the property f
the government, will go far to demoral
ize the people, and repress this noble
spirit of independence. It may introduce
among us those pernicious social theories
which thave proved so disastrous in
other countries." , ,
Winnipeg's New Water Tunnel
Is a World's Wonder
. From the Chicago Post
Winnipeg, the gateway to Canada's
rich agricultural western provinces, and
the greatest primary grain market in
the world, has a new water supply sys
tem. The new concrete conduit, eight
feet in diameter, 96 miles long and cost
ing $15,000,000, has Just been completed
and the water has been turned Into the
city mains. The aqueduct has been pro
nounced one of the world's major en
gineering feats. It is in its way a vic
tory memorial. It was begua Jn 1914
and built in the four years of the war.
It compares' with - the famous Brooks
aqueduct and great Bassano dam in
Eastern Alberta. ; .
The new aqueduct, with a capacity of
85,000.000 gallons every 24 i hours,
channels'-water from. Shoal lake, an
arm of the Lake; of the Woods, the
famous haunt of sportsmen,' southeast
of Winnipeg. . Shoal . lake has an area
of .107 square miles. The Lake of the
Woods has an area of 1500 square miles.
The Inexhaustible water supply of these
lakes is 100 feet above, the level of the
city. The flow of water is sustained by
gravity. , - : - .
The conduit tunnels under 'Red river,
Whitemouth river and several smaller
streams. - It passes ' 20 reef beneath the
bed of Red river , through solid limestone.
The length of river siphons and pressure
sections is seven miles, y
Winnipeg, in its early history, ob
tained its water from Red river. - Fif,
tean years ago, after several typhoid
epidemics, 'a k system of - artesian wells
were 4 established; ' These wells have
been Lnntll now - the dtyi source . of
water supply. While excellent for drink
ing, the water was so hard it ruined
boilers, water tanks and city mains and
had to be chemically softened for "wash
ing purposes. . . - w
. The new . supply . of soft lake 'water
wUI save the citizens annually 1, It 1.600
in chemical -softening plants ; 1 500,000 In
scale and corrosion in pipes; $58,000 in
cisterns and tanks; $41,000 . in boilers
and $27,600 in hrt water heaters. It will
cause - a tremendous reduction - in the
yearly bills for washable clothes and
soaps. . . -
To build the aqueduet. the city con
struct ad 'its own standard gauge rail
way and a telegraph line. The ' road
is 110 miles long and its locomotives
and 1S cars are valued at $1,429.(22. Sev
eral thriving towni sprang up along
the steel avnd farmers - began to Battle
in the country which was before a
wilderness. The road will now bo main
tained s In regular operation. The city
also operated its own gravel pita, rock
quarries and cement plants. f .
Letters From the People
(ConmnnieaHeBa sent to The Joaraaf for
inblicatioa in tkia departatent ahould ba written
aa oarty one Me of tha paper, ahould &H exceed
300 word in langtb, and nuat ba sizaau by tha
writer, whoaa mail addreaa in full must aoeoaa
paay tlie contribution.) , f
School Bonds and Boards'
Portland, June 19. To the Editor of
The Journal As a loyal and patriotic
citizen of this city, and as a booster for
any program or project in any .wise for
the interest of the community, I beg to
say .a few words on the school bonds
about to be voted on and to prove my
interest I will state that I have had two
children pass through Portland schools
and another will be ready to start In an
other year. In today's Journal appears
a full-page advertisement signed by
"Board of Directors School District No.
U' It shows pictures of portables, or
rather shacks, and I ask. , Are they a
credit to this city or to the persons who
ordered them built? Why this waste of
money? A new addition to one or sev
eral schools could have been built with
the samo outlay, sufficient to care for
the growing enrollment. A permanent
investment would then have been to our
credit-:-.' .
Recently a million-dollar lot of road
bonds were sold at a discount of nearly
$60,000, A similar amount was sold pre
viously at a much greater discount. Who,
may I ask, is interested in these tremen
dous losses to the taxpayers? Who, In
particular, desires this present school
bond issue? Surely not the public
It -is said that a large increase of pu
pils is expected in the fall. I can't see
it Where the town was filled last year
with shipworkers living in tent houses,
hardly a tent house remains. Two thou
sand men and families, I am told, were
taken to a Lewis -river tie mill in one
bunch. And where are the rest?
I assisted with my vote to put over the
C per cent limit on tax increases. Why?
Because of the unaccountable reason that
men are elected: to office who can spend
money, but who do not seem able to- get
a dollar's worth in return. Investing
public funds means wise spending, hut
show me anything savoring of wise
spending in any of our political be
souabbled (or scrambled) school board.
The reason the people -of Portland will
vote no bonds on Saturday is because
we are being bled white. We are get
ting insufficient value for funds ex
pended. I have decided to vote no on all bond
issues for school sites. Any district
feeling the need of a new school should
secure a bona-fide offer as a site and
the publio can be the judge if such price
is to be paid. We have been paying
front-foot pricea for acreage. Let's stop
it. By way of illustration, look at the
South Portland playground site. We
were assured that $100,000 would buy the
ground and partially install apparatus,
but we have seen $120,000 spent, and as
yet we do. not own the grounds.
Let us get down to business. Let us
build a bigger and a better Portland.
But let us. first of all. put in a. busi
ness administration in the school board,
cut out the politicians and then back up
such a board to the limit. Then let us
get a school clerk to replace the one
who has long ago outlived his usefulness.
Do -you, dear taxpayer, get a thousaad
dollar vacation fund to allow, you to go
gallivanting around the country, also
drawing pay? -I don't. , Also, did you
authorize the -school board to invest in
full-page advertisements when there is
no money to raise the teachers' salary
or to even build portables? I didn't.
And If new schools are necessary, such
advertising Is a gross waste of taxpay
ers money.
I trust every taxpayer'wlll get out on
Saturday and vote. Don't be a slacker.
Vote your honest conviction, but vote;
and I know what the result will be .
E. R. REED. ,
History Repeats Itself .
Albany, June 1$. To the Editor of The
Journal Noah Brooks, in his hook
"First Across the Continent," being the
story of the Lewis and Clark expedition,
relates that ' the people of the United
States were greatly astonished to learn
in 1SQ3 that Napoleon Bonaparte had
sold this country, the vast region known
as Louisiana an area of more than a
million square miles. But here is the
interesting part of the story : The pur
chase of this territory could not be com
plete without the approval of the bar
gainthe price being $15,000,000 by the
senate. Great opposition to this was Im
mediately excited by people in various
parts of the country, especially, New
England-, where there was a very bitter
feeling against President Jefferson, the
prime mover in the business. - The pur
chase was ridiculed aa a region uninhab
itable and worthless. They derided the
Jefferson purchase as extravagant folly.
And, besides being a foolish bargain,
they vehemently declared President Jef
ferson had no right under the constitu
tion to add any territory to the area of
the Union. It sounds like the Borah-Lodge-Polndexter
mouth ings against the
League-, of Nations. The public sets
down as fools those enemies of the Lou
isiana purchase and what will It say of
the Borah-Lodge-Polndexter crowd? It
is a Bore-ah!
REV. GEORGE H. BENNETT. V
" The School Bond Advertising
Portland, June 20. To the Editor of
The Journal I notice extensive adver
tising by "School Board of District No.
1," regarding the election to be held for
approval of new bond Issue, and as the
articles are marked "Advertisement,"
would you please inform me if the
school board is using public money to
pay for the election arguments published
on an entire page of -the newspapers?
"- TAXPAYER.
Tha adrertisln la beta paid for ant of
school funds. Thia use of rands baa evoked a
great deal of public remark.)
: the Printer's Art
Tram tha Naw Tor .World. -'
ew Tork is first in so .many things
that the news of its additional distinc
tion as the center of the world's,' print
ing industry will be taken aa- a . matter
of course. Tet, " after all, is not this a
remarkable ; distinction? To - lead the
world in the art preservative of arts,
to have beaten Leipzig and Amsterdam
and Paris and finally London, that Is
surely evolution that would -have as
tonished ; Ben Franklin no less than
Guttenberg. . '
From tbe rude hand press at Mainz
and th first font of movable types to
the 2700 printing plants in New York,
with a capital of $63,000,000, is from
any point of view an astounding devel
opment. And considering what even a
little printing press can do, what Love
joy's did, who can-estimate the, possi
bilities "bf good or evil In these thou
sands of clanking machines? Certainly
no free people in the world's history
has- ever had anything like this aggre
gation of agencies of publicity.
The "expansion Is wonderful enough
on the commercial and the propogandist
side. . Is it as wonderful "on the artistic
side? Po American master craftsmen
produce anything' to compare In finish
and permanent value as works of the
printer's ' art with the output of the
COMMENT AND
1 - ' SMALL CHANGE, .
Noeke, it seems, Is Germany's strong
tnanski.
' :. '
"Old Harvard'-' haa another chance to
celebrate,
a a - ' ,
Are you numbered among the Port
land people who go to church?
If coffee continues to . go - up the
chances are that less of it will go down.
We read that the Huns are massing
troops on the Polish frontier. Here's
hoping "the Poles polish 'em up. '
Sam H.vMoore haa been added to the
membership of the state lime board.
The Moore the merrier, as it were.
i . - ' - - - ' - a :". .... . t .
i Tbe ordinary person will probably find
but little reason for rejoicing in the re
duction of the cable rates to the Philip
pines. -' ' - .. -
The odds, on whether or not Germany
will sign the peace treaty seem to be
about five to four. And. by the way,
whi,t .are the odds on the coming affair
at Toledo? . v ,. - . ..
. ' Verily, times change. A man on horse
back or a woman on a bicycle on the
city streets is as much a novelty these
days as were -motorcycles and automo
biles a few years ago. - i
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred,
Taking docs aa his text. Mr. Locklay ex
pounds hnntaneneas ' is manner and form at
once entertain roc and appaalinz. . Instsncas at
rare sasseitv ar related, and operations ot tba
Oregon Humana ' society are noted. 1
If you are not interested, in dogs, you
had better not read any farther, for this
article is going to be-about dogs, some
one once said: "The more I see of. folks,
the more I like dogs." I am going to
qualify this by saying: 'The more X see
of - some folks, the better I like most
ilnfft " Tf HtlArn anA Anmrm had votaa. 1
oould run for most any old thing an&f
be elected....- . ' ,...v --..Vr v V.: -v
Ever since I have been married one of
the valued members of our household
has been a dog. ' We . started keeping
bouse with an Irish setter. .When .Rex
hit the long trail to the happy hunting
grounds, we got a collie named Lassie.
If the theosophlsts are right, the in
some past age Lassie was a . high-born
lady. In every line she showed birth,
blood, breeding and intelligence. If
there ever was a dog that showed loy
alty and devotion, It - was Lassie. .In
those days my son Lawrence was a
little chap. He stoutly maintained he
was not afraid to go to bed In the dark,
but that he wanted Lassie to ' go up
stairs with him Just "for company."
Lawrence was nearly three years old.
Lassie would go up with him,. lie by his
bed until . she - thought it was - time for
him to be asleep, and then very care
fully put her front feet , on the side of
the bed and look at him to see if he was
asleep. If Lawrence was still awake.
Lassie would groan, lie down and wait ;
but if he was asleep, she would leave
the room as quietly as the passing of a
shadow, come down v and with a satis
fied look and wag of her tail resume her
place on the rug in front, of the fire
place. She was his protector .nd de
fender, his playmate and comrade.
A few years later, when Lawrence no
longer needed Lassie to take htm to bed,
my wife's sister," vrith her two young
children, came to visit us rfor a few
weeks, and Lassie had to go upstairs
with them until they were asleep. If
there ever was d outraged look vand
an anguished expression on a dog's face,
It was on Lassie's when she had to as
sume the responsibilities of nurse for
these children. We would hear her set
tle down on the floor of the Sipstalrs
bedroom with a groan, and when she
would finally come down there was no
wagging of her tail, a -
' ,, . . " ; a .j, a"':, a. ' .r . ' -7 ;
When Lassie, had lived with us for
five or six years, so sensitive was she
to the tones of 'our voices -and the ex
pressions of i our faces that when, my
wife and I wanted to have any argu
ment we had to go out into the back
yard or somewhere where Lassie couldn't
hear us i because it made her feel so
bad. " . . .. .
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The responsibilities of maternity and
the cares of motherhood weighed heavily
on Lassie's conscience. She was a good
mother to her. little . fuzzy-wuzzy pup
pies, but she was torn between devotion
to her family And love- for ua If we
started out for e. walk she would run
after -us for some distance and then
run back to her puppies, and run back
and forth, weeping and wailing, until
finally, with an . anguished - look.- she
would go back to her puppies and stay.
It waa Lassie that convinced me that
if there isn't, there should be, a heaven
for dogs. ... - i .
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When Lassie went the way of all
flesh, she was succeeded by another
collie named Wallace, or, to give him
the name by which we always called
him. "Watly." ; . ;
Our present, collie's . name Is Donald.
Recently he disappeared. We put an ad
in the paper, offering a reward, and
finally got ins touch with him, but be
fore doing so my wife and I went Out
to see if by any possibility he had been
put in the city dog pound. If you-have
never been there, some day take a trip
out there.. If'you go by streetcar, take
the Vancouver car and get off at the
city limits and follow the main road a
third of a mile and you will see the
sign of the Oregon Humana society,
Mrs. Jessie Cleek is in charge of the
early printers of Yenlc or Amsterdam?
Is there an Aldus Manutius or an Elze
vir anywher among them?
Count GreppI Centenarian
Frots tha Boston Transcript 7 '-."O
Count -GreppI of ROm celebrated his
one hundredth birthday March 25. He
has been a diplomat, a great society
man. and is stIU In the very best of
health goea to 'all the reception, the
atres, and accepts all th Invitations
he receiveaHe always lives in hotels,
and evidenUy'-ha never .married, as
there has been no , mention of wife or
children in tbe accounts of his life, but
only of a nephew, who helped him re
ceive his guests. On th morning of
his birthday the 'tineen Invited hlra to
the palace- to present him to her chil
dren; at noon th senators had a din
ner for him. ' At his dinner 'm the
evening "all aristocratic Rome was
present.- ' ;
And at the age of 100 he takes long
walks every day -wUI Count
Greppi's case should remind all the old
fellows . that although th boy ar
coming' horn to take charge of .the
world, - the - older generation need not
suffer Itself to be pushed back, into
easy chairs by- the fireside, or in the
remote corner jr tne piazza. .
Olden Oregon
One of the Reasons Why There
Was An Earlr Rash Hither.
There is little wonder that eastern
men and women braved dangers in the
early days to .reach Oregon, nor that In
coming they passed over many a league
of vacant and wild lands as good as the
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Enterprise restaurants and hotels, the
Reporter says, that have been serving
40-cent meals have gone up to SO.
The state pure food Inspector haa been
In Klamath Falls looking over the
grocery stores and, the Herald says, is
Rvery high in his praise ot the cleanly
manner In which they were conducted. .
a a
y"A great stimulus has been given to
Sliver mlntnar en account of the high
-price of the white metal." says the
I Baker Democrat, "and here in . Baker
county many old properties are oemg
rehabilitated and new ones searched for
by the ever-active prospector.",
The Vuildlngs of the Eugene publio
market have ail been repainted ana ren
ovated. Market Director Ayres .. sayi
the market is supplied with more and
better produce than ever before, and
that it is "one of the few markets In
the state In cities of this size that have
met with success."
- "Everybody sits up and begins to take
an interest," remarks the Eugene Reg
ister, "when it is announced that in all
ftrobabllity there will be fireworks on
he night of the Fourth. Real, old
fashioned fireworks, with a good-night
piece at 'the end, leave the feeling that
the Fourth has been properly cele
brated." Lockley
pound. The dog pound lives up to the
reputation of the Humane society, which
operates it There were dogs of every
description and degree, from the '"yellow
dog who Is everybody's friend; to the
high-bred collie who had been there for
a week and who was heart-broken at
being kept in a pen and away from his
owner. "No. that collie takes no inter
est in life. He'll scarcely eat, and I be
lieve If he stays there much longer he
win die of a broken heart." said Mrs.
Wieeic
a ...
We went up and down the building,
looking in at tha different pens and
making friends with tha various dogs.
Most of them were willing to wag their
tails and be friendly.- Out In the en
closed yard .were a number of dogs,
one. of which fairly begged to be adopt
ed. It was a little thing and walked
along on its hind legs daintily, holding
its front paws against its side. . With
laughing eyes, and tongue hanrtnar out.
it came to the wire fence and tried to
shake hands, i It was disconsolate when
we left. ...
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In another department we saw a lot
of cats In wire .cages. "I haven't the
record for this year," said Mrs. Cleek,
"but here is the report for the twb years
ending March, 1915. 4 Our society in
spected 4000 horses and mules. We con
demned ' 61 of them and prohibited 212
owners from using horses that were in
bad condition. We Inspected over 1400
cows and 895 dogs. We secured homes
for1 89 dogs and. destroyed 189. We
round homes for SIS cats and destroyed
over 1000. We inspected 87 barns and
during the two years we ' made over
SI arrests. We operate an ambulance
for horses.- We have placed watering
palls at various points throughout the
city and have sanded more than 1000
blocks of ; slippery pavement and put
warning notices on over $00 grades. We
have distributed nearly 60,000 pieces of
literature and have carried on a 'hu
manity first' campaign with the school
children. . -
a-;a .-
"The first Humane , society was or
ganized in 1835, near London. . The work
was a tar ted in this country in 1865, by
tienry sergn, secretary or the American
legation in Russia- He was an
pointed consul - at St. Petersburg by
President . Lincoln. He resigned - from
that place in 1864, coming back to the
United States the following year, and
devoted his entire energies to tbe pre
vention or cruelty to animals.
."Th text in the Bible lnWhich we
particularly believe is .'Blessed are the
merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.'
You will see that . we dispose of the
animals here In-the'most humane way.
A dog is placed In this chest, this metal
collar being fastened around his neck.
The metal chain connects the collar to
the rod in the chest. The moment the
lid of the chest is closed it closes tbe
switch and the dog la electroculed. This
smaller one is for cats. We sell the
dogs here at from $1.50 to $10 each
and the cats we give away. We have a
particularly fine Persian cat on hand
now to give away. People who leave
the city often give us fine cats, so that
anyone wanting a pet can secure one
here for nothing. , I '
"Our main office is room 163 at the
courthouse. You can get- a good deal
of Innterestlng information about our
work there." V
. . a - a a
On of th departments of the paper
that I sgways try 9 to read is the lost
and found column. There I find many
a human interest story, I have always
believed with Coleridge : "He prayeth
well who loveth well both man and bird
and beast. He prayeth best who loveth
best all things both great and small, for
the dear God who loveth us, he made
and loveth aU."
No matter if the day conies when
w all have automobiles and airships,
we shall always have a soft spot in our
hearta for the horse, and the dog. for
from them e get absolute devotion and
loyalty, particularly from tbe dog. No
matte if you get drunk and kick him,
or if you starve him, you can get for
giveness for 'past offenses by a friendly
wrd or friendly caress.
Mississippi valley affords, when one con
siders th reports of th Oregon coun
try that were before them. In his min
ute report Lieutenant Wilkes, who was
on this coast in the early .'40s, said of the
Willamette valleys "In comparison with
our own country, X should say that the
labor required In this territory for sub
sistence and to acquire wealth is In th
proportion of one to three, or, in other
words, a man must work through tbe
year three times as long In the United
States to gain the . like compensation."
Curious Bits of Information'
For the Curious . "
Glassed Fraa Oaiioas Plaasa
Within only- six centuries, as th .sta
tisticians have figured it out, there wM
be so many people dwelling on the earth
that there will b only one square yard
for each person and possibly some of
us may have to sit oh ' the river bank
and. let our feet hang over. : At- presenu
it i estimated a muiion people are
living on the earth,-or about 20 acres
for each person. The most crowded part
of the world in Asia, - Out of every 1000
persons now. living on the earth 650 live
in Asia, f fh Europe, 109 Iff Africa. 93
In America and S in Oceania. Nature
has a way of dealing with overcrowding.
Every farmer knows that if he continues
to grow the same' kind of crop on the
same piec of land for a number of
years, so many of Its enemies and dis
eases appear that' finally it Is almost
Impossible for him to get a yield. When
many hogs are raised cholera appears.
Doubtless - if humankind - multiplies too
rapidly, nature has something up her
sleeve which will give the survivors of
th fittest all the , room they need to
turn around in. .. '
Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories from Everywhere
, la Society in a Sunbonn.l V "
rJVENNESSEE gave Its hero, Alvln
- ' vi mi . aiiu mviuer ia
great nublla "retention at th ranttal
of the state, and hoth women rod on ;
a railway train for the first time get
ting io it, says capper's Weekly. York's .
vta mower siooa in the reception line,
with the governor, .wearing her simple
best dress and hen sunbonnat. mi mm.
ducted herself as if she had been used
to SUCh functions all her lir TJvlna-
In the mountains Is conducive to a self-
respect so unconscious or Itself that It
amounts to good breeding. For that
matter, the best blood In America flows
in uio veins or. inese hardy moun
taineers.
t Regarding Raiment
To the Rar Tar Editor: Th follow.
tng, credited to Cartoons Magazine, ap-,
peered In your column Thursday t
- That wife t Ifaavan
y ftlioald ba bleat
y Who nays alia lis old
Clothes tha beat!
To which permit me to add :
The modern maid
Haa tot the (alt .
To wear searee any ' -. .
Clothes at all.
, RUSSELL SHAVER. '
, Uncle Jeff Snow ays;
Tt'n mlo-htv VlQrrl A Mitt,, n.L., rk.
the dealer don't pass you no cards,
which is where them Huns landed at I
Paree in the biggest game of poker ever '
piayea yit.
The News in Paragraphs ;
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
of Journal Readers
' : , GENERAL . .
- Fuchow reports -8000 students arrested t
and held by the Chines and Japanese i
authorities. . .
Official announcement I made that !
tne United Mates postal censorship has
been discontinued. , if
The steamer Monteagle arrived at
Victoria Thursday with 747 Siberian
troops on board. ,
All the American aoldlera now. have
left Archangel except the engineers, who 1
ar cleaning up the American base there '
ana win sail before June 80. :
Senator Gore of Oklahoma says con- ,
rrrvoH wjit ueuara a jcgai aiate ot peace
f th peace treaty encounters delay
when it comes up in the senate.
Eight American steamers laden with f
firovlslons for Germany are detained '
n the Downs on the British coast pend- 1
ing ma signing or tne peace treaty. -The
Vancouver strike Is faillnaf. Rail-
Way employes have returned to work. ,i
telephone service is normal' and em
bargo on freight shipments is shortly to
be removed. ,
Senator Myers of Montana has pre
sented a bill to prohibit all immigration ,
Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey
for 60 years.
The honorary degree of doctor of laws
was awarded by Harvard Thursday to
Rear-Admiral William S. Sims, Major
General K. H. Crowder, Henry P. David
son and Robert Bacon.
The concentration of troops, prepara
tory to advancing farther into Germany
If the Germans refuse to sign the terms '
01 peace, win ,oegin next weanesoay
throughout all the occupied area.
The district court at Fairmont, Minn.,
has refused to postpone the cases of A.
C Townsley and Joseph Gilbert, presi
dent and organizer of the non-partisan .
league, charged with conspiracy to vio
late the state disloyalty law.
' NORTHWEST NOTES
: Pendleton voters reelected E. L. Smith 1
as director and voted favorably on the
$i) 8.500 school budget.
Viscount K. Ishll, Japanese ambas
sador to the United States, left SeatU
Wednesday for Japan.
4". in r 1 1. . v. Jt m A A , a
stack of hay were destroyed by fire near
Hermlston a few days ago.
Cement workers are on strike in Pen
dleton, demanding $5 a day Instead of
$4, which they have been receiving.
Seaside will celebrate the Fourth of
July this year In the good old-fashioned
way, with a few new ideas injected.
The Palles district In the Methodist
centenary drive la over the top with 1
$101,640, or $1000 lever the assigned
quota, . .
Walter W. Gleason, operating th In- '
dependent mine, near Baker, report th t
or Is as wide aa th drift and assaying
$16 per ton..
J. P. Weyerhaeuser was reelected
presidentf tha Weyerhaeuser Timber'
company at the annual meeting of
stockholders at Taooma. ,
-The executive committee of the Clark ,
county farm bureau met at Vancouver
Thursday to discuss the building . of '
cooperative prune-drying plants. .
The Knights of Columbus have opened ,
a free employment of floe in Astoria. The j
object Is to find Jobs for all ex-soidler
and sailors who are out of work.
Authorities at the state hospital for
the insane report the escape of Thomas r
Loveall, age 61. who was committed to.
the institution from Med ford 011 Jun 7. '
Michaet Earle, pioneer lumberman '
who died recently at Seattle, left an!
estate ot more than $1,000,000. Larg
amounts were bequeathed to trusted
employes. : - '
Pendleton is to have a third flocr.ng
mill. The men back of the enterprise j
are H. W. Collins, grain manj E. .P. ,
Marshall, banker, and R. M. Crom
melln, a. miller. " 5
Warning to prospctlv Investor In i
Oregon against stock sold by th "Stand- ,
ard Oil company of Texas" has Just
been received by Corporation Commis
sioner Schulderman.
Delrnar Perkins of Carlton has re
ceived a third medal from th American ,
Jersey Cattle club. This was on a four-year-old
cow which produced $13 pounds '
of butterfat in, lS'jnontne.
Fred Bennlon, now a district super-
vlaor In Montana, nas bn mace coun- ,
ty agent for Umatilla county and will
enter upon his duties as soon as h can '
close up bis work in Montana.
Silas I). Haven fell from a scaffold
at the Todd shipyard in Tacoma and;
In,t,nilv killed. Ilia wtf and aiv '
small children arrived from th Eaatf
just a few hours be to re the accident. .
In an effort i to establish the closed
shop, building trades unions at Yakima
have entered Into an agreement which '
forbids any of their members working
on a job where non-uaionfjlabor is em
ployed. - , -, ; '
Th sawmill, five homes and. a large
number of logs were destroyed by fire
at the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine -
near ' Kellogg, Idaho, Thursday. Some ,
estimates place the loss a .high as
$200,000. - '
Florist Has Plan to Stimulate
rP Habit of Saving i
IStorisa of sehleeemant la taa SoetuBtala
- tioa at War Saainsa Htsmps. aent to The
Joarnal and accepted for publication, will
ba awarded s Thrift Stamp.) ,.
ssaiaaaiia
A unique plan to . stimulate the
habit of saving among his customers
haa been devised and put into prac
tice by F. H. Kramer, a public spir
ited florist of Washington. t. C.
For every -Thrift Stamp purchased
at hts shop. Mr. Kramer gives a
beautiful American Beauty rose, and
.for every War Savings Stamp, six
roses are given to the .purchaser, v ,
"It Is .not only good advertising
for m but it oftentimes marks the
beginning of habits of saving in per
sons who, heretofore, have never
evinced a desire tobe thrifty." said
Mr. Kremer, in d 1 t li s s 1 n g his
method. . - ; t . , j - .-
Thrift Stanpa and ISIS War Ss'tIosj.
BUrnps Sew aa sals at usual agencies.