OncGON DAILY - JOURNAL, P ORTLAND. MONDAY, JUNE s 30, 1919.
In vvu iium muui ui uieas vi 114.1111
ful influence : nnrl if rivn' nnfmil
C 8. JACKSON Publiaher opportunity i to liv whnlPninlv
i-ubiuhd ttt day. iftmm and nonin Then, ... according to the science of
lexeept Bumlay afternoon) , at The Jooraal .i. . , . . . .
Uniiding. Broadway and ymhm street; social service, the task of the 6O
ronund. ortgon. - called charity worker is not only to
?"evJut V fInd cuf fjf vfrty
ci mur. . .. .: . - . - and perversion. The destitute fam-
iklw'hones kuis 7i7S; Hojn A-o6i. Hy, properly advised and guided, may
ri'u j!r: be rehabilitated and acquire for itself
Her.juPA Kratnor ce.. lsnimrw Bnikiinc, i vi ciiaruy. -ine delinquent may re
ft"KSr TortJ ,0 led by sane ; and sometimes vigorous
restorative methods , from destructive
thine so far beyond sense and reason
that It should not be asked of him.
He should not be expected to keep
step with a woman Inching her way
In the recent hobble skirt. Posterity
wiH file the record of the present
style with the pinched shoes of
China and the pierced noses of
blackest Africa's belles. -
BLEEDING THE GOVERNMENT
knhvtinUiiii lanu tnr nail, or to u adarea la
tne united tutu or Mexico: . - pracuces lO COnSirUCllVa Usefulness
y .... i i . . . . . , ...... ... ...
8CNDAT , Kiiucu w mc science .01 remind-
cn Tr.....2.6o 1 om mm s -3 I Ing men and women from abnormal
rn jtx ....$7.50 I On month..... $ . I So long as it works from the heart
as well as the mind ft Is as much
better than the old idea of charity
as trie new, garment Is better than
the one cast off.
"President Wlhson was accoiied
the greatest . ovation since he has
-I been in Europe when he left Paris
for Brest," says a news dispatch. It
seemed, the dispatch went on to say.
as "if the entire populace of Paris
had congregated at the station." Nor,
in view bf his great work for man
kind, as written in the peace treaty,
will there be less of homage to him
from his own countrymen on his ar
rival home. ;
'Nothing ia harder to direct then a man
in prosperity; nothinr aaote mil man
aged tha on in adrsraUy. Plutarch.
A PUGET SOUND LOSS
BITTER DAYS
I
s seat lutj nntms tne toooggan
slide ia foreign commerce? The
report of, Seattle's port warden
for May shows a loss under May
of the preceding year of 85,588,422
in imports and $2,827,203 in exports,
a total loss of $8,413,625. The report
also shows a loss of 1693,471 In do-
1 HALL the sword devour for
ever? Knowest thou not that
it wilt, be bitterness in the
latter end?"
The Bible is a great treasure house mestic lmports, composed largely of
irum. 11 is imea.irom cover 10 business with Alaska and California
cover with tne soundest .philosophy. -in nf jsi woRfifl m HnmMtta pv
.Its teachings are a sure guide to portg over May of last year fa noted
uujiian jiappmess. so thst Seattle's total loss in hnth
.Those who deny its authenticity foreign and domestic commerce for
csnuoi succcssiuuy coniroven lis tne m0nth is $7,686,227.
jjiccepis. inougn mey question me During the war, Seattle obtained
cmuu inai 11 is inspirea, mey can- u considerable movement of com
not overthrow the sublimity of its modities to and from the Orient and
vision arid ideals or Its wisdom as Siberia. For a long time, Seattle
buium 10 Human conauct. raii terminals were glutted with
fhall the sword devour forever? loaded cars and sheer nhvsical ina
Knowest thou not that It will be biiity to handle the freight brought
bitterness in the latter end?" tne business of the port to a stale-
11 wiuiam. iionenzoiiern nad only matc and -held out to use thousands
considered this injunction, written in 0f cars seriously needed in transcon-
m oiuie more man ouw years ago, Unental movement of war materials.
jiu uiuctuuj uennaux wouia oe Seattle's future as a port under
irom mo stripped, snorn, aisneveleu normal conditions and with full grant
land that it is! What a different 0f natural advantages to competitive
Europe, there would be from the ports on the Columbia depends on
thsouc, impoverisnea ana maaaenea ner establishment as a transconti
contlnent of today! nental transfer point. Her, natural
Returning from Europe the head iOCal territory, on account of her
of the Red Cross said: "No American surrounding mountain wall will sup-
couia sieep nignts ir he fcnew con- port a port only a fraction the pres-
citions as. tney are in Europe." Cnt size of . the Port of Seattle. 1 Rec
In Europe, he saw the chaos. He ognilion of the Columbia river water
saw mad millions ready to stampede grade by : an interstate commerce
into dizzy and bloody enterprise, commission order for a lower rail
lie -saw the multitudes, long sub- rate than over the mountains to
merged,, waiting only "for Ihe leader pUgct Sound, will permanently de-
10 uproot civilization and plunge the term lne the movement of freight
world back into a shambles more between the Inland Empire and the
terrible than the bloodiest days of seaboard.
uaroansm. Ports of the Columbia will then
- But William Hohenzollern, in spite have as strong a bid for foreign
01 nis ooasiea relations with his commerce as Seattle and will stand
"gott," took no counsel from the on an equally competitive basis in
good old Book. He accepted no guid- serving Alaskan, business. In many
ance from its sublime pages. He ways Seattle is entitled to her port
arewitne sword. He recked not that prestige and to the best wishes of
T
In France they are exhibiting a
kid glove from the pocket of a
French officer who was gassed dur
ing a terrific bombardment. By the
ra.stringent and corrosive effect of the
gas upon the leather, the glove shriv
eled to half its normal size. It was
such deviltry by the Huns that made
the peace terms signed Saturday the
most terrible sentence ever pro
nounced by the world upon a nation.
it yvouldV'be bitterness in the latter
end."
He is a , fugitive. He is outlawed
by mankind. The assembled nations
in the mightiest tribunal in history
have ordered him brought to triai
for drawing "the sword."
Yesterday at Paris representatives
of the German people stood at bar
in the court of the .world, and, by
their " written signatures, accepted
the most terrible sentence ever
pronounced upon a nation.
"Shall the sword devour forever?
Knowest thou not that it will -be
bitterness in the latter end?
Let Lodge and Borah and Sherman
and Penrose answer.
London celebrated the signing of
the peace treaty with booming can
non and other demonstrations, but
New Tork remained calm and un
demonstrative. Britain received in
her breast blow on blow aimed at
mankind an struck by the Huna
with remorseless energy. France,
too. had her great heart nearly cut
out; and at an early hour of peace
day vast crowds jammed the streets
In anticipation. We suffered .nd
strove, but not enough to feel the
deep agony of the long-sustained
.conflict. No wonder the French and
' British celebrated! "
I
A CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE
iHE social work conference in
Portland has called attention to
the fact that this Is the only
Western , city where organized
.training In social' service, is given.
Courses of instruction In modern
methods of caring for dependency
and delinquency have been arranged
In the University of Oregon summer
: school.
Before w-ord are selected to con
vey v. the customary sense of pride
in Portland's various forma of com
. munity leadership it may be well to
- Inquire just what is social service.
Basically it springs from .a convic
' . lion that service Is more important
than bread ; In the administration of
- 'charity. Dependency is viewed as an
evidence of. 'mental, or physical de
fect. : Delinquency" may be traced
"& bark to , disease, or to perversion
"V gained from improper environment.
' People would not be supperless or
lterless, it is assured, if they
' -"C sufficiently strong and algrt to
v . - . "
her competitors. In other ways , the
structure of ' the Port of Seattle is
built on the sands of artificial ad
vantage.
Listen to the leaders of the League
to Enforce Peace. "Don't Let Oer
many Win the War Through the
United States Senate!" was the slo
gan and appeal adopted at a meeting
in New Tork a few days ago. How
stupendously stupid it would be for
any group of senators, by blocking
the League of Nations, to draw from
German militarism the sting of de
feat and plunge it into the world's
hope of peace! 4
THE ANTIDOTE
I
F THE sensation of business in the
signing of the peace treaty can
be summed in a single phrase,
it is, "Let's get back to work."
Although the approval of the
armistice announced the ending of
the world war, the world's business
has been much In the position of
the salesman who has convinced his
prospect but as yet lacks his name
on the dotted line.
The final ratification of peace will
be accompanied by a renewel of con
fidence and; activity in industrial
enterprise for which history provides
no precedent. The courage required
by unsettled- conditions will be re
placed with, assurance that any con
structive effort well conducted to
ward the meeting of international
need will be successful. It will be
long before the destruction and the
scars of war will be effaced. The
employment of many men under high
pressure of work to be completed
as speedily as possible will be the
best possible corrective for the social
unrest and extremism feared by
many students of world affairs.
The best advice that business can
ive itself ia to attend to business.
Grant that the relations of men are
being modified. Admit that these
modifications, affect employment, gov
ernmental methods, class conscious
ness and even religion. Tfce changes
that are occurring are merely evolu
tionary. They will come with less
harmful Jolting to communities and
nations that put 'stress on wholesome
enterprise. The work of the world
is the best antidote for Us worry.
Mere man : can be cajoled" into do
ing a lot' of things, but tfcera 1m one j
IIIRTY-ONE pages of speech de
livered in Missouri by some
judge and printed by the puiuic
printing office at Washington as
a public document, has reached The
Journal.
The speech , is sent broadcast over
the country under the frank of
Senator Reed of Missouri, a vicious
opponent of the League of Nations,
and is, of course, an attack on the
league covenant. .
It Is a part of the great franking
scandal of America. - Five hundred
to 600 clerks are employed at Wash
ington who do nothing but pack
free literature in free envelopes to
be carried through the United States
mails free of expense. -The public
printing office, established origin
ally to print the ': record of proceed
Ings in congress, has been corrupted
largely into, a private printing office
for the personal tise of senators
and congressmen for " spreading
propaganda, mischievous and other
wise.
Every day there is franked out or
the house office building and there
is also a .senate office building 20
to 30 tons of mail matter. About
election time ' this increases to 30
or 40 tons. F6rty tons of mall matter,
is 80,000 pounds.
In r one day one congressman re
cently franked out. 640,000 parcels
of free books at publlo ; expense to
the voters in his stated The, cost
in postage would have been 45 cents
on each parcel, or a total cost of
$288,000. This ;.gres a glimpse at
the great price the people pay for
the privilege of having congressmen.
In .one election, one congressman
franked out through the mails 750,
000 parcels, while one political party
sent out 55,000,000 copies of speeches
on free paper, printed free in the
government office, and carried . in
free wrappers, under free postage.
A commissiqn '. appointed to investi
gate the graft, reported that in 1908
members of the house, senators not
included, franked out 4,500,000 pounds
The speech by a Missouri Judge
delivered in Kansas City, printed
on 31 pages of government white
paper in the government printing
office, enclosed in a government
envelope and sent by Senator need
through government mails through
out the United States, free of : cost
of any kind except to the govern
ment, is illustrative of an abuse that
is a national scandal.
business of such Inland Empire dis- "nt fame?. Don't you recall the typical
alley on equal competitive basis you must admit that, even as Alphonse
With the ports Of the Columbia. jnd Gaston and the count were irreeUt
Shipments to ports .of the Columbia I ibly tunnr from """ standpoint, some of
gain no benefit from the water grade uoWnk no'Tranehe. rTsde-T of t&
and the Cheaper carrying, good but service mut. In their transplanted en
pay the same tariff as if laboring lo- vironment. inevitably appeal strongly to
comotlves lifted the freight over the r nly ourwe"n 'se. 1.
mountain wall. - j to call, promptly and properly, those
Railroad men and traffic : men re- brother Tanks who will insist on max
allze that the condition is unjust but ,n themselves and the rest of us. be
tu-., . . . cause of the uniform uncomfortably ri
w.w rueei oouno anu diculoua In and out of season, and there-
corporate - interests have enough ' in- by furnishing the artists and text-
fluence to defer if not to prevent a wlters with their themes. But, after
cm,,., j-.i ri,,v,i all, -what of it if the Paris illustrators
square deal tothe Columbia basin. and maJrter craftsmen of barbed wit do
duv mey wm nov nave Bucn in- eet into us a little? TheyU never, never
fluence if every Columbia basin com- j convince old Madame Martlne up Verun
munitv that KhnnW rin cn'i intr. wy na i-ierre apa uaeue m t,c
1U. ..U1 1
H1C llglll.
we are anything but the most
wonderful, wonderful . soldiers . In the
world.
It's "dollars to doughnuts" in a
new sense to the Salvation army
drive. While lassies of that army
of devoted service were distributing j
doughnuts among the doughboys
they were teaching them the dough-
Letters From the People
T Communication sent to The Joornal for
rnblioation in Una department should be written
en only one id of the paper, should not exceed
aitO imi, in l.n.fh and mrtmt be aimed bv the
nut creea OI optimism that . helped I writer, whose null addrcasia luu must aocom-
wln rtattl Rafvatlnn mm.- Anl.a.h. I ccntnouon.j
nuts are cheap at any price.
APPEALING TO
THE COUNTRY
How Wilson and Others Have Gone
xnrectiy to the People.
IN OREGON
HE Associated Industries of Ore
gon has launched a belligerent
little publication tot its members
called "Start Something," and in
the issue which has just appeared
are two assertions worthy of wider
circulation. One of them is: "Boost
your business. That will boost your
payroll." The reference is to the fact
hat support of home industry is not
charity, but that the goods produced
at-home must be as good,' the prices
as reasonable, the service as gratify
ing and the advertising as effective
as characterize the merchandising of
outside competitors. The second as
sertion is a little longer but equally
true. Concerning Oregon the state
ment runs:
It leads the entire West in the pro
duction of furniture. Its woolen goods
are nationally advertised and world
famous. Its candies are sold over the
whole United States and in many for
eign countries. From Oregon comes
Tillamook cheese, the most widely
advertised cheese in the United States
and the one which sets the market
price all over the West. The only rea
son it doesn't go clear to the Atlantic
is because people won't let It Before
it can get beyond the. Rockies it is
gobbled down. Live advertising of
g-ood cheese did it. The greatest na
tional advertiser of fruit juice is an
Oregon concern. v
Oregon furnishes much , more rea
son for crowing than croaking.
Having figured it out that a woman
in her lifetime consumes 12,700
hours in dressing her hair, a Jersey
man insists that by having all the
women wear their hair close cut, as
men do, enough time can be saved to
solve the housemaid problem. It
sounds fair enough, but what would
the girls with the heavenly auburn
ringlets have to say about it?
IN THE RATE FIGHT
iHE Union County Ad club is to
be applauded. It bas taken up
seriously the representation of
La Grande .and the Grand Rondo
valley in the Columbia river rate
case. It will ascertain the steps
necessary to friendly; intervention In
the pleadings to be heard by? Inter
state commerce commissioners at
Portland July. 21.
The hope of the Inland Empire is
to get its products quickly and eco
nomically to market. The Columbia
water grade .furnishes the quickest
route and it should be the cheapest
route. But by . weird : parity of
charges, Pugct Sound interests can
go over their mountain; wall for the
Giants and Goblins
Athena, June 25. To the Editor of
The Journal Once upon a time the
maps of the world were decorated in
places denoting the unexplored with
giants and goblins. The unenlightened
mind was terrorised with imaginary
things that did not exist. The world
map is not much better today. Large
areas are "given over to the goblin Bol
From the New wnl.. r.. T snevlki. Russia and Siberia seem to ne
President WIlBon'B nrnimM m. uio. I his happy home. And there are all
tour on behalf of the treaiv a fnmi I sorts of Btories wafted about of hfs
ax rans is just what might be ex Dec t fid 1 navoc " aesirucwon. tie. represents
of a president and what the I violence, hate and lawlessness, and
has almost never seen. Presidents have I therefore terror. But "what strikes one
fought their battles with cnnr-ra. i I as remarkable is that anyone could have
uivers ways, DUt seldom by a face-to-face lBBra tni wis ternoio presence coum
10 ins VOterS. With Mr Wltm I " -" fi""" J owmuv a
the method falls in not only with his I bomt should be feared only by those
luting- 1 or directness But also With his I euiiiy. uuiBnevuin ciTiinis
view of the nresidencv. Wnm th tr.- from a condition of injustice and in-
beginning of his writings his preference I then we' by fixing our fences.
tor we caomet form of government has Rccv mm out. oecreiary unn-
been avowed. His revival of the short- tl'"y h I3 nt afraid of Bolshevism
lived custom of a president reading; his m America, because he has - confidence
messages was not due to a sentimental m the American people, that they will
interest in an historic arrangement, but tum 14 down "when they know what it
to his conception of his office as par- ls and says wlth the next hreath that
taking of the nature of a Dremimhin ho believes that labor should have all it
. Tl . . ... I tM 1 . M 1 J . 1 A 1 . . 1 .
n iranwai aa option or the role has 1 uctei muhcu mini. nun.
been at the peace conference, where he Is- And the secreUry is right. If radi-
let it be understood that In spite of his c&li8m nd violence are caused by
technically sovereign rank h gnm,.rf wrong, and wrong Is righted, of course
upon the same footing as Clemenceau there wHI no violence. But a mere
who is prime minister nt a nain 1 Play with words won't do the thing. Ex-
has also a resident. TCrw n nim. I President Taft says he is not afraid
go to tne country for an endorsement "l 01 raaiauism, ior aoout tne
of the central achievement of his en- same reaon t nr sagaciously
tire administration. " I adds that employers must have a care.
ana treat labor to a "square deal." And
He goes as president, and not a, en,a' .tn WDole rigt,t
premier IT a Mnnnt H( , ZZ mere. ut ne mignt nave saved ms lace
ators who will vntu in I xi it can De louna out wnat a
the outcome of a nlebiscite. thA vnt
m wrucn would have at least a moral
consist in subterfuge, fair promises and
scraps of German paper. Half the
world living in ease, lolling in fine ral-
eiffnificanee TTa ia BArtn. . V woria living in ease, loumg in line rai
2Sco5SU 'SS "inL"Lvd5 while the other half grind, at the
he mulii hi- .. in "V" 13 not a square near, iiair or tne
ness. Then. nw i,: V.V. JU,....T" I PoP'e rolUng over paved roads to beau
ness. Then, as now, he had a particular
Issue at heart, and his obtect was tr, ,5?" L.Hle.rin"
win iirmrf In C..' :. I Peaces, lavxaning ana
ty spots of the earth in their touring
nrn h am.in 1 "
oninion r,ntM xr .k. . ri "jr -ney never earnea, upon every
For the success of
anfi n aaIv.wa . 1. a . A . . i
matical test of seats carried and lost. "V1 . J !L
! desire and pleasure, while the other half
COMMENT AND NEWS IN -BRIEF
- SMALL CHANGE
Add "successful drives" : That of the
Salvation Army.
..'
Will the president be welcomed home?
We'U say he will.
"Eat, drink and be merry," for to
morrow we're dry."
.Let the eagle scream. He has a big
one coming this year.
... 4 .
Now that the war Is over, let's har
vest the peace garden crop.
. .
One thing that isn't truthfully said
about moonshine liquor is that It's
"old stuff.".
'-'
That some few persons would like to
see an armistice in the Wlllard
Dempsey. affair. '
Exchange your Thrift Stamps for
War Savings Stamps today. Save some
pennies. . That's the thrift idea.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
PrlnevUIe musicians have organised a
band, with James Austin as instructor.
-.-..
A hearing before the publlo service
commission on the subject of a new
depot for Astoria will be held at the
Clatsop county courthouse July 18. at
.WW V V1WVIW
Hood River's bandmen are rood scouts.
After they had leased and rot rnto shape
a dancing platform for the Fourth of
juiy tney agreed to spilt proceeds 60-aO
with the Commercial club for an auto
park fund, and with the fire department.
wnicn neeos tne money.
"It's a wonder how all native Or snon-
taneous vegetation thrives this year."
says tne jjoqjJttie sentinel. "Alter a
couple of unusually dry summers, in
which all growth was retarded, we now
see everythlnr that grows on the land
going ahead by leaps and. bounds. The
prospects are for an immense crop of
native blackberries."
Kagtag and Bobtail
Stories from Everywhere
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
f A pioneer of pioneer ia prmnUd by Mr.
Lock ley today. Still la the enjtnroent of seet
in life ntf keea Interact in public affair ia
Cyrua H. Walket of Albany, bora ia the Orefoti
country ia 1888. and aneetator of all and
participant In many hiatory ataking e-renta since
the flrat advent of the American eeuler ia the
rvortnweet. J ,-
A few days ago I sat with R. R.
Temple ton In a grove of cotton wood
trees near Brownsville. As the smoke
from the nearby campflre eddied about
us he told me of his trip to Oregon in
1847.
"My father was born at Rock Bridge,
Va. My mother was born on the Mo-
nongahela river, in Pennsylvania.
Was born in Polk county. Mo. - We
crossed the plains with two wagons
and four yoke of oxen. My father took
up a donation land claim three miles
east of Brownsville. Our prairie
schooner was overflowing with ehildren.
David, my eldest brother, was If; Jim
was 15, Sam was 14 and Margaret was
13. Then , there were Alexander, John
Joseph, Matilda, William and myself.
Isone was born shortly after we got
here. ' Then came Bert and a baby that
died in infancy.
"I.- want to introduce you to some of
the old pioneers. Tonder is Joe Yates.
For the last 60 years he has been trav
eling around the country giving singing
lessons. He is a pretty good fiddler
yet. I have a picture of a group of
pioneers who met - here 15 years . aro.
There are 75 in the picture. Only five
of them are still living. I am one oQ
the five." ,
A little later X talked with a pioneer
who came in -1843. I spoke of Mr,
TempletoH. "Oh, yes," he said ; "Bob
Templeton can qualify as -a pioneer all
right, but we -folks who came in 1843
had the country pretty well settled up
by the tune the emigrants of 1847 got
here."
no. - . ,i ,, . . I oom, iia.il ii
run cam oi me senate I ..j,,.. v Te. , .
aftor- h tAt t, u .! l endure. yes, Mr. Taft said a lot In a
kI, v-' JT'Zr" " ' la "T. hrew words. The square deal has alwayi
trfnW Vhirt C ,i been elusive. It has been the bird upon
staging which, for all,, our spectacular j Whos tall we have hn trvinp.
nolitical efforts, ia vffrtia.lttr linlrn
I ",.vl' T,.r-'.: J que aspeu now,
verbiallv matter-of-fact innHtiwn. r ' "V
Lloyd Oeorge. Nor will this effect be ?(...; r-,,- ,
diminished if taw -nt r,P. Interposing a Criticism
president in a special train of their own .1 Portland, June 27. To the Editor of
Other presidents have appealed to the I The Journal As a Republican I have
country as aralnst con cress, but for a sreauy aamirea me stand The Journal
parallel to this mode of consultation we nas taken on the League of Nations
have to turn elsewhere. It was Wood-1 and BO on niany local and national
row Wilson's opponent in the campaign issues, in yesterday's issue your edi
of 1916 who. as rovernor of New York I torial, "Planning Revenge" was inter-
years before, made just such an appeal I esting and truthful, except when you
In his fight for the abolition, of race-J stated that Germany and her allies
track betting and won. had England. France and Italy "beaten
. . to their knees." Italy and Great Brit
inis is not to say that other presl- ain destroyed the power of Austria and
ueiua nave not appealed in person to tne Turkev. and th ntliM HMimvorf Tii
country ror sometmng Desides reelec- garia. From July 18 the BriUsh army
J?"' rr&l1 rece.nf Presidents have done captured more guns and prisoners than
ZZ .7, trance and America put together, and
?i,Ieeaarl7,Pre8ident Wlteon( "es ,n the at the same time loaned eight divisions
Itint1 thmr conceni,a "Pacific measure of troops to Krance and tw dlvision, n'
hv7 f.. .k. ..T-Xl". V . brought down more enemy planes than
S?Wt,ff-22SS.,!f combined totals of all the nation.
f h. nh.i, .... ...i vi-.. : i ub"ui.b -"o "iiuai powen. i ne L.1C
dirtl, to th I erary Digest of May 24. in an article
k in iii. . .CT v.- from Garfield, Utah, says that as Brit
was etr IvlnV to create and enethen lsh casualties in 1918 on all fronts passed
general atutude toward the trusts, and ,2 irJi, .M
not for a particular bUU He was asking f fJ SUSL StJ?C,k lhe nem
for an informal vote of confidence in an? brought about the downfall
himself and his platform. When con- "f ,th,e central powers " We struck the
rs irj. In wim lie, w. wa.h- finishing blow against the Hun,, but he
ington. If he thought that some measure as ,on .his knees, beaten, when we
required more vigorous support from "truck. As a French general said : 'Xet
tne public than it was gettlnghe would I UB lvo U""IM to tne Americans, out
write a letter, make a soeeca. talk to "untr me xrmn neet.
the newspaper men. or take some other
action, ordinarily at the capital. For
a president" to absent himself from the
seat of government, with congress ia j
session, in order to affect the. course
of events there is a new precedent.
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w. c. w.
Inquires) for Day Boarding School
Fourth Division's Return
Portland, June 26. To the Editor of
The Jouranl When will the Fourth
division military police and Fourth en
mwuuhj uicuwu was in euine m.rs will 4V.v V,. d(1,o,..4t
wiui ma ajenerai political lactics. . x ne i WIFE AND SISTER.
inanc 01 nio appealing- to tne lTfc wm announced aboat a month aco that
country did not begin as an appeal at the Fourth division would be back in the United
all. When he left Washington for his States by July 20. As it ia a regular army
famous, trip to the Pacific coast, after f"Zl.i7Dd vpon "pinr
wv nai - will "D llftU JIOL lUiSUC
up his mind irrevocably upon the ques
tion of the retention of the Philinnines.
But he was Inclined to favor "nnnn. I Portland, June 27. To the Editor of
sion," and as he observed the response I Tll Journal Is there a boarding school
that his careful references to It evoked somewhere in Portland where 12-year-old
from his audiences, he erew more out-I 'rIs can "be boarded to keep them off
snoken. until he vu nrrine ini.ti f the streets while mother works?
merelv auo-irARtiner. W rtirnH r Vi. I A 5UBSCRIBEK.
White House With what ho unhealtatlnr- f JWat the Inouirer pleaso aend to The Jonr-
,,r . , ,.. . , - . I nai ner . complete mau aaaresa. xier quesuoB
. ""-" " "-" can then be answered.!
set out to orranize oninion for or I
against a measure before congress; his I Inquires About Portland Schools
purpose had been, rather, to exercise Bandon, June 16. To the Editor of
ms aamitteo stun in ascertaining tne I ti Journal Please nublic in. The Jour.
sentiment of the moment,-with the idea nal the names of all the girls' boarding
oi Bsusiying it, is last speecn. at Jur i echools located in Tortland
falo. sounded like the opening gun In a
campaign for modified protection.
A READER.
tlf !. duinim wilt spiui to The Journal
her mail address she will be tmt In the way of
The most tragic instance of an appeal ! obtauun the information desired. 1
to the country in support of a measure) " -" :
was the appeal of President Taft fori BfeCumber's Great Plea
the Payne-Aldrlch tariff , at " Winona, I From the Woodbum Independent
when, although it was the law. of the a rrmm Rnephpa like hat ' de
land, it was already dead and only Hvered by Senator McCumbe'r, Reputf
awaiting burial. 1 1 lean, of North Dakota, and no senator
wUl dare to vote against ratification of
the League of Nations covenant and
expect , to be ' reelected. The senator
claimed that the league was consistent
with the-constitution ; that if the senate
refused to ratify, every great nation
1 A J ..ftp wnn. ,V,rt I.
Some members of the A. E. F. whose I 7" t Jr: .r; -
knowledge of the French language and aavaneed that "we now have in
Let Sauce for Gallic Goose Be
Sauce for Yankee Gander '
From Stars and Stripes
literature has Increased in geometric
fair i prospect of completion bombs
progression With their added service i ,hIK t Hrr.nne.rl hv a. ainrle fleet aver
""1" ,ir.hiiu sib luiira w trow I lilr. TJ.w -V-lr i- Tntnn
ii4iu v j , . t. ""w ' - -
..w .moujr uui c""ub" I wouid, not by mere explosions or fire,
blouse collar when they see fun poked!,., h miinnoim ii limidinui ruM.
at them and theirs in the French comic destroy all life in such city." Lord
press. In fact some of them have open I xrnrttioiiff . r, - reoem lv drawn nttn.
ty expressed a desire to tndubre in that t Hah eh. ff - fhftt KrtOn fftiA Atlantic
mu-iMUBrnw iiasume, once rampant iniwoud be as easy to cross by, airplanes
u, .-. i. w suu t oi u.i ovum, , wi m uw ungiisn cnannef u . now. . xne
horsewhipping the editor. ? ; ? ; . I ratification of the League of Nations
Yet. stav. brethren: all (istloiu miintl..... a m - it. r.iu
have their -little Jokes at one another's 1 tinn stands for wir. There is rm other
expense.- Have you forgotten Alphonse I way ' to look at the subject. The eon
and uaston of America comic supple- stitution gives to two thirds of the sen
A day or two later, at Albany, I ran
across Cyrus II. Walker, a pioneer of
18S8. My name is Cyrus Hamlin
Walker," he said. "I was named after
Cyrus Hamlin, a classmate of my
father at the Bangor Theological Sem
inary in Maine. Father and Cyrus
Hamlin were graduated in the spring
of 1838. Mr. Hamlin went to Turkey
as a missionary. He beeame president
of Robert college at Constantinople.
My father and a young woman named
Mary Richardson had both been as
signed to go as missionaries to Africa,
but Zulu troubles occurred about then,
so they were sent- as 'foreign' mission
aries to Oregon. A few days after
my father and mother met they were
married. They thought that inasmuch
as they were; both going out to Oregon
as missionaries, they might as well
travel In double harness, even if they
were going on horseback.
"BJy father was 'born on ' August 7,
isoir, at Norm y armouth. Me. Mother
was also born In Maine, on April 1,
1811. They started their honeymoon
trip on the stage coach, then traveled
as far as St Louis by steamboat From
there they started across the plains with
Mr. and Mrs, William Gray, the Rev.
and Mrs. C. Eells and Mr. and Mrs. A.
B. Smith. AH were newly married. It
was a regular honeymoon special. They
traveled on horseback, carrying their
baggage on nackhorses. They Joined a
party of mountain men and trappers.
"I was born shortly , after they
reached WadUatpu, where Dr. Marcus
Whitman had his mission. They
reached Dr. Whitman's mission on
August 20, 1838. I was born-that fall.
We stayed at the whitman mission that
winter, and next spring went to what
is now called Walker's prairie, 35 miles
north of Spokane, where mother and
father started their work among the
Indians. -
"During 1845 and 1846 I was at the
Whitman mission school. I lived with
the Whitmans. They had only one
child of their own. a little girl, Alice.
She was drowned in the Walla Walla
river when S years old. Eliza Spalding.
who later married Mr. Warren, and
who died a day- or two ago, lived with
the Whitmans ; that winter, also. She
was born at Lapwal, Iiovember ir,
1837. The Sager children lived with the
Whitmans, also, as well as Helen-Meek,
daughter of Joe Meek and a Nes Perce
woman. . . .
e e 'a.'
Dr. Whitman was a chunky, heavy
set man. He was the head of - the
house, all right. Mrs. Whitman was not j
nearly so firm and positive as her hus
band. Narclssa Prentiss Whitman, his
wife, was of medium height, rather
slender,; with reddish golden hair. She
was very kind, and we children all loved
her greaUy. We were rather - afraid
of Dr. Whitman I do not remember
very much about my school days there,
except that Andrew Rogers was my
teacher. The beds were made of poles,
and we slept between blankets. Our
usual breakfast consisted of pancakes
and milk. For supper we usually bad
beef or deer meat with plenty of vege
tables and eggs. Dr. Whitman always
asked a blessing at the meals, and
they had family worship. Sometimes
we children thought the blessing was
a HtUe longer than necessary. In the
spring of 1848 Andrew Rogers took me
to my home on Walker's prairie. I
stayed there until Dr. and Mrs. Whit
men and the others were killed by the
Indians; In fact we stayed there until
the following spring March, 1848.
"At that time the chief factor of "the
Hudson's Bay company, John .Lewes,
took us to Fort CoJvllle on the Columbia
river. We stayed there unUl June. At
that time the Cayuse war was. being
fought and Major Joseph Mabone, with
60 volunteer riflemen, came up Into that
country, and we went back with them
to our mission at Walker's prairie. It
was thought best to give up the mis
sion, .however, so we came out to The
Dalles on horseback. The Eells family
came out with us. By this time there
were six children in our family. I was
the eldest The others, in order of age.
were Abigail, Marcus Whitman, Joseph
Elkanah, named for my father; Jere
miah and the baby, Robert I. Jeremiah
became a missionary to China -an
has been there 45 years. We settled at
Forest Grove, where two other brothers,
juevi w ana bamuei T., were born.
"In coming out of the Willamette
vaney during the Cayuse war the Ore
gon volunteers, who carried us, shot
tne rapios with our batteaux.. which
we had secured from the Hudson's Bay
company at The Dalles- We wsiirtrt
ror six miles around the Cascades on
tne trail. v e stopped at Vancouver,
unere ur. Aicjbaughlin was stationed.
ana tnen came up the Willamette In
canoes to Portland. We struck Port
land June 20. 1848. Thera hut -t-
or ia tog cabins, and one store. The
little settlement was on the bank of
me river. We ran un to Orecon-Cltv
inai nignt. ainer oourht a team mri
did freighting and teaming. We stayed
in Oregon city until the fall of 1849
Mrs, J. Qulnn Thornton was my teacher.
One of my most vivid memories of her
was when I did not know the multipli
cation table, and she had me hold out
my hand while she gave me- a few
good licks with a ferule.
We went to Forest Grove in the
winter of 1849. I went to school there
to the Rev. C. Eells. He was teaching
ih a log school house. In the winter
of 1851 and 1853 I went to Prof. J. M.
Keller in Forest Grove. Ha u a
teacher in Tualatin academy, which
later became Pacific university. In
1853 and 1854 I studied Latin with Rev.
S. H. Marsh. I left school In February,
1859. . I enlisted In the First Orecnnf
infantry in 1884.
"My father had taken un a donation
land claim half a mile north of Forest
urove. He gave 20 acrea from this
farm to help start Pacific university.
Several of the college buildings are
located on the 20 acres he donated.
Father lived until November 21, 1J7J,
while mother lived until December fi.
1897. Mother spent the last 48 veara
of her life on this farm.
un February 15, 1859. the academy
at Forest Grove held its exercises. They
naa recitations, music and dialogues.
After the entertainment was over.
Maria Tanner "and myself stood up and
Were married by the Rev. J. S. Griffin.
He had come from Litchfield. Conn., the
same place that the Tanners came from.
My first child was born at Fort Hall.
Idaho, on January 13, 1866. After my
first wife's death I married Mary F.
Wheeler. Her father was Indian agent
at the Warm Springs resration.
"My son often brings me In from his
ranch In his auto, which " Is a great
Improvement on the. way I used to
travel. I have lived to see the pack
horse and the canoe superseded by the
automobile and the airplane. Today I
am the oldest living white child born
west of the Mississippi river."
The Reform of a Poet
HA,RJY KEMP, "tramp poet." who
l-ft Kansas university 10 years age
to figure in many escapades In the East
and finally to become a successful poet
and playwright In New York, has ad-
veruseo. m a Lawrence paper, says Cap
per a Weekly, a request asking bis cred
it01! ' earlier days to get together
their old bills that they may take them
to a dinner -he will give there shortly.
After the dinner, he promises to pay
air his old debts, Aa the old hymn has
it. While the' light holds out to burn,
the sinf uleat , poet may return."
Confidential ...
Oh, brirtal pairs, (though
Friends ma? arivrel, -i
Of t eU the ifU that
They receive I
1 Cartoont Msesslne.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says: ' '
The funeral of John" Barleycorn is
somewhat troublesome. The corpse per
sists in settin' up and hollerin' fer help
on the way to the graveyard. How
some ver, I reckon, the Prohls is a-goln'
to plant him In a grave more'n six feet
due east and west end a heap deeper'n
six feet perpendic'Iar ; and when they
do It'll be face down so's the more be
digs and scratches the deeper in he'll git,
The News in Paragraphs'.
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
of Journal Readers
ate the right to decide whether we shall
have peace or a greater and more dis
astrous war than the one through which
the nations have just passed. A senator
will think long and hard before he
votes in the-negative. .
- She Was Punished
From the Sydney Bulletin
"Mamma, did you love to flirt when
you. were young?" .
"I'm afraid I did, dear."
"And were you ever punished for It,
mamma?'
"Yes, dear; I married your father."
now Would You Like This Job?
From the DetrottNewa '
The first German traveling salesman
to visit EngTand after the war will feel
as glowing and radiant, we Imagine, as
a dyspeptic floorwalker in an ice house.
Olden Oregon
How Lewis and- Clark Financed
Their Return Expedition.
Lewis and Clark might have made
their return by water if a ship had op
portunely put In at the Columbia's
mouth. This not occurring, they started
back by land on March 23, 1806. Horner,
in his "Oregon." tells in few words, and
almost with humorous suggestion, how
the great explorers, then almost out of
funds, arranged to finance the eauleolnr
of the expedition. They were skilled in
the use and preparation of herbs. - and
these remedies were bartered to the In
dians in exchange for horses, dogs and
other necessaries, at valuations that
Ehowed the noble . red man that the
game of running up the prices was one
that'two could play at
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
A man made a -bet with his wife
which was indiscreet
The wife won whichL was fore
ordained-
The man wrote the wife a check for
$3 in payment of the bet which was
ad.
The wife cashed the check at the
grocery, but forgot to Indorse it which
was natural. .
The' grocer, despite the lack of In
dorsement paid it to a packing house
collector which was careless. ,
The packing house collector turned it
inwhich was all in a day's work.
.The packing house office man dis
covered the lack of indorsement
which was good work.' ' .
He handed It bade to the driver and
docked the driver's salary which was
system.
"The driver placed the check In his
white duck coat and sent it to the laun
drywhich was unwise.
The laundry mutilated the check be
yond recognition which was to be ex-
Which is why the driver asked the
cashier to ask the grocer to ask the
man's wife to ask her husband to write
a duplicate check. Which is why, says
the Mississippi Banker, that the . man
feels as If he were paying the bet
twice.
At the Old Stand
r-From the Cblrago Daily Ncwa
One thing that the war has not left
in julna Is William Howard Taft's fine,
broad smile.
GENERAL
Saturday was a school holiday
throughout Krance in honor of the sign
ing of the peace treaty.
The British dirigible R-34 Is expected
to arrive in the United States on July f
or 6 on a round trip flight across the
Atlantic.
All Intoxicants left in the hands of
Montana liquor dealers after' July I
will be declared contraband and seized
by the state.
The. Prince of Wales, on his visit to
Victoria. B. C, is expected to unveil
a bronse statue of Queen Victoria, 13
feet high and weighing two tons.
The Knights of Columbus on Satur
day placed wreaths on the graves of
American soldiers and sailors at nt-
faat. Queens town, Dublin and Wexford.
King, George has conferred upon CoT.
Lloyd Garrison, former i American am
baaaador to Italy, the honor of a knight -commander
of the Order of fcSt Michael
and St George. . '
The "Nebraska supreme court has
granted an injunction to suffragists re
straining state officers from submit-.
unsr n uii a partial suurage law to
a referendum vote.
Nine hundred Germans who have been
interned in this country and who have
requested that they be returnedhome,
left Charleston, 8. C, Saturday on the
Martha Washington.
; northwest" notes
Road work amounting to 811.129,683 la
now under contract in Oregon by the
state highway commission.
The county court of Linn county' has
appointed special officers to enforce the
law against Canada thistles.
Contracts for paving in Klamath Fait
have been let to the Warren Construc
tion company at a total cost of 1 128,003.
E. R. Ostrom. a farmer living near
Monmouth, grew strawberries this year
that yielded at the rate of 81082 an acre.
Contract has been let for the Improve
ment of the Pioneer-Ridgefield road in
Clarke county. The work will coat 199,- -090.19.
-
a meeting win oe neia in Asnmnn
Tuesday evening for the purpose of or
ganising a local chapter of the Ameri
can Legion. - 1 -
A site for a state trout hatchery Xo be i
built this year, has been selected oi the
banks of Salmon creek, near Oak Kldge
In 1 AnA rniintv . .
More than 400 per cent increase In the .
the summer session over the attendance
last year is recorded.
construction worg nas Begun on tne
new bridge across the Yamhill river near
Willamlna. The bridge will be com
pleted within two months. .
ceived a salary rise from 82400 to 13000
at a meeting of the livestock sanitary
oouru neiu ai Datem oaturaay.
Contractors who are construcflnr tha
Marhfield-Coquille paving highway have
been forced to increase the wage scale of
common labor from 84 to 1 4.00.
Funds for naval aviation for 1920
were fixed Saturday at $25,000,000 un
der a compromise agreement reached
DV nouse ana senate conferees.
T. M. Hall, arrested In Bookane last ;
week on a charge of nassinr worthless
checks, has been identified as an escaped
convict from the Oregon penitentiary.
Cholera attacked Rudoloh Zeriefal'fl
herd of bogs near Wheeler, Or., last .
weea ana to aate na naa lot no out or. -282
head, with a money loss of $4000. ;
One of the richest gold finds made in
recent years In Idaho is reported in the
unity mine at warrens. A 16 Inch vein
of almost pure gold has been uncovered.
Requests for three men to serve as
superintendents of state experiment
farms in Wyoming have comer to Presi
dent Kerr of O. A. C- The salary offered
is 8125 a month.
The steamer Aurella was raided by
officers at Astoria Saturday night and
35 pints and three quarts of liquor
found in different parts of the craft
were confiscated, ..- . ,
At a meeting of the Polk county court
last week an order for the grading and -hard
surfacing of the roadway between
Dallas and the Polk-Marion bridge at
tialem was Issued. ,
H. C. Ostein, former professor ei
mathematics at Oregon normal school,
and mayor of Monmouth, has returned
from overseas and will resume his po
sition as instructor.
When the Japanese steamer Africa i4
tuaru sans irom rvalue juiy i, sne will
carry a cargo of live sheep in her hold, ,
purchased by the Japanese government '
for breeding purposes.
William Brotherton, one of two bro
thers confined in the county jail at Al
bany on a charge of stealing nine sacks
of wool, escaped Saturday evening, and -has
not been recaptured. ,
About J50 persons from Clackamas
county, Portland and other points were i,
present at the annual meeting of the
Clackamas County Guernsey Breeders'
association at Wilsonville last Friday
From the survey now being completed
it ia learned that fully 75 per cent of-the
Coos Bay wagon road grant lands 4s
timber land, and but a very small per
centage of the remainder Is suitable for
agricultural purposes.' , ,-
The Elevator Managers & Director
association formed In Portland recently,
has taken steps to effect affiliation with 1
like organisations to be formed in Wash
ington and Idaho, making a northwest
body for concerted action in the solu
tion of bulk grain problems.
Thrift Teaches Real Meaning
i of Independence
(Rtorlea of achievement in the seetimii.
laUon of War Marines Htainpe, sent ta The
Journal sad accepted for publication, will
be awarded a Thrift Stamp. '
flection of the individual. " A great
many of us have never known what
real independence It We have been
bound by a lack of funds to the daily
grind. The war, with its stringent
demand for saving, first taught us
that It Is possible to put a little aside
from what we would ordinarily con
sume. We know now that if we
steadily place a part of our earnings
In safe Investments such as the war
accustomed us to in the form of gov
ernment securities, we will be shap
ing a lever with which to rslse our
selves out of our rut onto the solid
road of progress.
Thrift Stamps and 1919 War Saringa
Stamp sow on sale at usual aaenriei.