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Newspaper Page Text13 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, P GOTLAND, , FPJbAY, JULY 1CV lZi: L. 1 A INDEPENDENT KEW8PAPEH C & JACKSON. .rabliaber rgblubfd mrr iftnMM ead iep SuwUr sfteraeoel, at The r"i . JIBUdlDS. HnMu sea .. rertiaad, Cisoa - ' for tranraualo throes the aaail a ooa elaae m attar, -v " Til.CCUnVKRMila 174 1 HotM. A-SOSl AU eeparbaeeta reached M -thee BMaabets. Tall tta operator whaa doyaiUaee W Beajaaaie Keertaer Uos. nii" eu' '.2i llftk avanae. Hew Torhj 0 MaUeta aeuauoe-, vrocasav - aabaaripUe tenae by aaan. o to Ml aadreie in the United Statea a Mnlwi DAILY IMOBNWO OB imBNOW) Ob fl.00 On asaatta . . . $ . ... BDNPAT -, 1 Sh , ' If Kit I Am nnth. .28 DAILI (1I0RMMO OB AFTEEN0ON) AND On nw,.M.IT.l r ota aaeart....;S law and equity an two thin which God hath Joined, but wfcfck nB hath put aauader. -Coltoa. NOW OR NEVER HE principal products of the Co- 1- lumbla , river basin are agricul tural. Their markets foreign and - domestic are at some dis ' tance from , the point of production. -Yf The .. production', far exceeds local needs, , and the price is fixed by - market situated elsewhere.. Under . normal conditions the price of wheat ; is determined by7 the Liverpool mar ket. The price the farmer in ihe , Columbia river basin seeures for b!s ' grab) is ttie Liverpool price, lesa all . charges, which lncl de , the sost of , transportation of the grain to market and no more. This la the situation , with - respect to substantially all : grain produced In the Columbia river : ftasln, even though It be -not sold to f Liverpool. The producer, therefore, is directly interested In, and affected : by, the ; freight rate, and demands - the . lowest reasonable . rate to the ' nearest tidewater; point. While he, of . course, wishes for all possible J. competition, hej knows by experience . that neither Seattle nor' Portland but . Liverpool fixes the price he receives " for wheat. He" knows that'ctmpetl :.tion between loral bdyers has but ' little effect on the price the farmer receives for his : grain, and further knows that lowering of - the ; freight y Tate through the Columbia fateway ; would give bira a competition such as he - never had before, because it would force Puget Sound to bid more strenuously In order to get its Uace of Inland Empire grain. The present rate structure deprives the producers of the Columbia river basin of the benefit of their ' geo graphical location. The rates on grain from the wheat belt of Eastern ' Washington .to the Sound have been fixed by the; public service-comm's sion of Washington and declared' by it to be just and reasonable for the , haul .over the Cascade mountains. ' The , rates Jo ' Portland from these same points in the state of Washing ton are the same as the rates fixed by:; the Washington commission; to . the Sound, and notwithstanding the roule :. to, Portland scarries shorter -distances and more favorable grades. Unless this situation is changed the ' farmer of the Inland Empire will be forever barred from receiving the ; benefits of reasonable rates based on the cos; of service via the water grade routes, and will for all time to come be compelled to pay rates based upon the mountain haul; to. - the Sound. ' ' ..;. .:,.- The - Northern lines, of course, de , sire rates based upon their long "haul and montainous route. There can be nothing under the law or under ; existing traffic con ditions which ; can justify a rate from Cewtston, or any other place in the , Colijmbia river basin enjoy ; ing a water level route to '; tide water being fixed or H controlled by -the cost of aervtce from such, points over a long and mountainous route to. the Puget Sound. , ; , The - M e d f o r d physician who scrubbed the woodwork f his office with 'gasoline and then,. pleased with the result of his labor, lit his pipe, with the natural result of burning up hie - library. -wiU probably: avoid bouaecleanlng, or do it with soap and water the next time. THE BIG SHOW fm EVENTY miles must seem like a long distance to the official of ll the United States railroad ad- - . mitustration wno defined that distance as the radius from Portland to which a rate ,. of a fare and a third might apply on account of the ' Pacific International Livestock expo- ' sjtlon -in Portland next November. - The official must have early be come familiar with county fairs, for he obviously judges the - exposition on the county fair .plane.- What should reach .hJs eye is that the Pacific International L'lvestrek expo- sillon ranks 1 second in size and lm portance in the L'nited States and is rapidly on the way . to first place. H is not primarily a show of en- tcrtainment, but a great exchange - point for purebred livestock. It Is u congress for one" of the splendid , NO TIME FOR SLACKERS , : rriRANSPdRTATION ; determines the development oit the . J resources of any region." . . A- They are the words of an emtnent authority. As here- f .tofore related fn this series of articles, the same authority laid "down fpur fundamental maxims relative to the influence of transportation .on human affairs. -Here XSi-i 1 tiinaporutten affecu the cort of ran'thin: bought or aold by any lndlvWuaX 2- rT.porttln Htntta tha territory tributary to atradof any city. J TranaporUUon dtermiie tha davalopment ot th r aaoua of any recm. ' 4 More than any other one thlnr. transportation the ahare obtained by any city or trade .territory of the commerce of. the world. It is the third maxim that is under discussion here. If there were no way to move the lumber to market, no sawmill industry could survive in Oregon. The timber would remain standing or be destroyed; by forest. fires. . A great resource would remain untouched.. ..-.".-. It is because he knows that there will be railroads or ships to move his prunes or. apples, to points where distant, consumers can buy them, that an. Oregon farmer sets out an orchard. , There would be no. use to grow tberh if, there wer no: transportation: The rule appliesVtathef rHanufacturing,. mining and, every other activity irom whidj marketable products are derived. : "Trans portation determines the development of " the " resources of any region." . -' , ' The freight rate is the determinative factor intall transporta tion. It lowers the cost of things sold and increases the cost of things bought. If it is too high, industry languishes. ; Transpor tation is the life or death of cities and communities. Effort to lower freight rates and encourage the development of the resources of the Columbia river hinterland is on. The hearing of the issues takes place before the Jnterstate Commerce commis sioners in-Portland next week. i Everyndividual, every newspaper and every public .body in this region ought to be fighting in the front line. movements for the betterment of agriculture!; H Is1 worth millions of dollars in I the development of the West. It ought ? to have rate en couragement Instead of rate blight. In Bnrland it ts lawful for a uAn to marry hia alter-ih-law--after his wife ia dead, of oourae tut unlawful for a woman to marry toer brother-in-law at any stare of the game. There la no statute, bo far as stated, which provides a punishment for the man who marries his mother-in-law. Probably the old common law con sidered it sufficient to Just let nature take its course. ' k v mi i us MAKE SURE 1 N CONNECTION with tne state road" Work now la progress ; yie question arises as to whether suf ficient consideration is being given to future traffic which will demand much more substantal .construction than does the traffic of the present day...'- ; '. ' ' . There is a demand from every sec tion for Immediate road improve ment. The public? will, not wait, In meeting this demand there ,1s a great danger that permanency will be sacrificed to mileage. -Jn border to make a showing or- a large number of ; miles b-ulit; tie important factors of drainage! and base are liable to be overlooked. The result would be in a. few years broken up oads ; and millions of dollars wasted. Far better is it to build ten miles of road properly, than ten hundred miles improperly. After everything is said about road making, the fundamental fact is drainage and then more drainage. If ! the road bed is not properly drained it will break tip under traffie even under a rock or. concrete base f indefinite thickness. , It does not. make any difference , what kind of a surface is given it, the water will eventually; penetrate the road and disintegrate It. Specific I examples of neglected drainage by the state highway de partment are . the - Rex-Tlgard road and the stretch in Clackamas .county between New Era. and Canemah. The same condition is apparent in Mult nomah coujjty 1 construction on the St. Helens road. In these; eases the grade was 'not properly : drained before the pave ment was laid. 'The water got under the pavernent and the base gave way. The condition of these roads also emphasizes the necessity of , lettinjg t grade be hammered under one or two years storm and traffic before it J is surfaced with an ex pensive pavement.: This lying in period will develop all the weak places in 5 the grade. It will ' show where more drainage is needed. - In l behalf of the atate highway depai tment it is due it to say that it adroltv that mistakes v. have., been made -nd that it is trying to profit thereby. ;More attentlqn is paid to the essential of dra'nage and,moe consideration is given the 5 lesson of experience. Representative A. S. . Smith of Baker has established a new, legis lative reoord, 5 for, after fathering ' a bill and securing its enactment Into law, he now advises the attorney general ; that it is unconstitutional. Xiots of legislators' father'unconstltu tlonal statutes, but no one heretofore has had the courage to admit it. ' . OLD SOL ' fjfHE sun is a magician and a mis I . chief: maker, lie caresses the 1 dark earth and it blossoms into a soore ' of gentle op vivid shad Ings of each , of the primary " colors. He rests : against the gray loud and leaves a I rainbow there. He paints the blush, on the apple and the pink on the cheek of the peach. He calls forth the life from the' seed in' the clod and makes , the grain succes sively green, yellow and russet until it falls' before the sweep : of the mower. He ripens the hay in the -meadow a and ; sweetens . the perfume of .the clover. He quickens the life of everything that lives. And, having done all these things that are good and a : blessing to mankind,? his rays paint stripes of red upon the backs of truant swim mers ant. betray, them ' to parental discipline and cold cream. . He clasps the - forearms of amateur harvesters until they burn and blister and Shed their : skins like snakes. He shines upon the water and the. '.wader with dazzled eyes steps into.- the ; deep hole of which he knew not. He radi ates gratuitous cordiality from houses and pavements and beads with, rer spiratloc the thoughtful brows of those who deem it wrong and a re proach : to , sweat -outside a Turkish bath. He streaks. -and 1 shames, the cheek that strove artificially to at tain the: tjnting of the peach, and laughs " at : cumbrous gowns donned for " appearance'sake. J As a magician. Sol is a wonder; as a mischief: maker he .surpasses - a million Pucks. ' - - "If the League of Nations had been the work of Charles B. Hughes and the product of a Republican admin istration, can you Imagine what The Journal would have done?f is a query by the ' Medford ? Mail-Tribune, -r a newspaper that began to decay when George Putnam ceased to be' ita pub lisher and editor. The League of Na tions was proposed by William How ard Taft; a Republican, and with that Republican erisin was advocated by The Journal - long before- President Wilson declared for iU ; 'The Mall Tribune's ignorance and Unfairness, as above exhibited, explain why it has gone into decline. t HOW LONG? A' H AS Lee Roy E. Keeley no sense of shame? . ; . ' How; far can the law and the courts be used by him to, un justly deprive a widow of her dead husband's death money? - Mrs. pibbern tsstif led ; in - a Salem court that T Keeley told her ; that it she accepted the workmen's compen sation award he would see to it that she did not get a cent of compensa tion for the death of her husband, who was accidentally killed in Portland shipyard. - , ' In that court . Keeley has a suit in which he seeks to compel the indus trial accident commission to sue Mrs, Dibbern for return of the 14000 death money . paid her by the commission, His purpose is to get a 11600 law yer's fee out of the 14000. ; .. Is there another lawyer in , Oregon who would be willing to "do what Keeley is trying to do ? New York lawyer who recently attempted to collect ; a workmen's compensation award on a 50-00 basis, was denounced' by the appellate di vision of the supreme ; court of . the state, and the. profession was given warning that such practice y law yers in future would not be eounte- nanced, but would be punished. The court said: We think It i our duty to warn the profession that we reaard such conduct, or the use ef any means which wit nay devise by . which a larger part of the recovery shall go to an 'attorney than , that fixed bv the commission, . as improper, unethical and descrying- disciplinary action, j Keefcy's " conduct is more repre hensible, because he-isjtrying to take. ine woman s money away from her, after It has - been paid her ': by the commission created by the people to make awards in Industrial accidents without payment of fees to lawyers. How long are the courts of Ore gon , to be used by Keeley p to perse cute the widow in his : effort to get a 11600 lawyer's fee out of her S4000 of death money?-:- How long is the bar association going to permit the profession !o be shamed and scandalized? , . 1 . . .1 ., f . . - v . wvtuyujr xa jtterormea, a glaring headline in the current news informs us. With all due regard for the verity of the press, wa think there must be some mistake some whe"re. ' , . , . THINK TOGETHER r t-HlNK together. " ' " ; T It is a creed for every Port- ianaer. ; ' It is s precept for every ciU- zen or tne CoIumbVa basin, Think together and the Columbia basin , rate, case will be woh., The Columbia water grade will receive long deferred recognition. A rate differential favorable to the interests of the Interior and- the ports of the Columbia will be granted. Think together and commerce will extend to world . ports. Railroads will pour out the wealth of the In land Empire at the, doors of the city. Shlpo wiir fill the harbor. !1 In dustry will wax mighty and business become a power. , - ' ? Think together and natural advan tages wiU ; be - capitalized. Alert scheming, intrigue and propaganda by Tcompetltor cities will be futile Portland will take the place to which she is entitled. Ports of .the Co lumbia will command the trade' of the great Pacific Nortbwesf. Think together and petty bicker ings will hush. People will pull together, work together and fight together. No good thing cad be denied then. Think together. WHAT IS THIS TREATY? Masterly Analysis ef the Great New Charter of World - Peace. . : as Editorial by Htalltqs Holt la thm Jaoqicsdca - Now that the president has come home bringing with him the peace treaty In its final form for ratification, the obligation ot action shifts from the executive to the legislative branch of the covernment. The president has done his part under the constitution. Th senators nnist. now do theirs. ; And what. then, is this peace treaty? It is a -voluminous document of about 75,000 words framed by the representa tives of SO nations working conscien tiously and patiently for 15 weeks. Con sidering the magnitude, and complexity of the problem to be solved, and the vital interests affected, the conference Completed , its tabors in a marvel ou sly short time, for it should- be remembered that the average length of all previous peace conferences since the end of the Thirty Tears' war In 1648 has been 15 months. ;- . . The treaty is naturally a compromise. It has pot completely satisfied any na tion, and it ought not to, for -almost every delegation demanded things at the peaoe table It ought not to have had. As Benjamin - Franklin said in the last speech of his life made before the con stitutional convention In! 1717. When you assemble a number of friends - to have the advantage of their Joint wis dom, you Inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local inter ests and their self ish vlewa" Neverthe less, considering the special idiosyncra sies of each nation, and knowing tome- thing of the difficulties at Paris from first hand observation, I am convinced that the peace treaty is beyond all ques tion the best that could be obtained un der the circumstances, and I am quite certain that Senators Knox Lodge, Bo rah, Johnson and Reed, bad they been the representatives of the United States at the conference, could not have1 done so well as President Wilson and his col leagues. j '.? .-?.;.:' " ; The treaty has two great . nurnosea. First, 4t purposes to stop the great war. Second, it purposes to stop all war. But these two purposes have been so inex tricably intertwined that it is not be-, yond the bounds of truth to say that the treaty is the covenant and the covenant la the . treaty. There have been many who have deplored this amalgamation, but the decision was officially made the first week of 'the conference that the "league should be created as an integral part ef the general treaty of peace." and the conference has proceeded on that theory ever since. W can. of course, amend r reject the treaty because of this provision, but to demand that the whole work at Paris should be done over again because we now think there might have been a wiser sequence, is as pre posterous as it is impractical. I cannot understand the mental attitude of some advocates of the treaty who apologize for it while giving it their general support.-- Of course here and there selfish provisions were bound to creep in. Of course the League - of Nations is only the foundation upon which the super structure or the international edifice will be erected eventually. But the treaty has within it the means of its own per fecting, and having once begun we can keep on building. But even as it stands the treaty is an admirable document. Ex-President Eliot is quite right when he says,- 'The treaty is by far the most promising agreement among the freer and more progressive nations that has ever been worked . out," This must be perfectly clear for the following rea sons: . - v , - " f .. The treaty has shorn Germany of her power to subdue by force her .neigh bars. It has thus made the world a safe place for those nations whq would live In "peace within their wo reservations. It has compelled Germany to make sub stantial restoration for the crimes she has committed. This is Justice to Ger many and Justine to her enemies. : It has provided a. probation officer to see that Germany carries out the Indeterminate sentence imposed upon her. : How other wise could the treaty be guaranteed? It will not execute itself. It has liberated -subject peoples and iset them up under democratic forms of government. Witness Poland, Finland Czecho-Slovakia, Jugo-Slavia and the other new republics. It has restored ravished territories to their rightful own ers and has redressed many of the great wiuugB pvrpeiraiea oy autocracies. It has created an assembly tit th tions, representative in character, that snsji. meet at "stated intervals,' and aeai witn any "matter affecting the peace or the. warti"; This Is the begin ning or me "jrarnament of Man." at has created a council of nine with ade quate powers to supervise the fnterna-, tionai realm and all matters "within the sphere of action of the league," This U tlie germ of the international exnraitfv It has provided, means fop'-the creation of a permanent court of international Justice. For the first time in history sanctions are provided,or the carrying It 'has made peace the active concern of all nations and, has brought interna Unai aw irom oui me oarK -i ages where. war was a perfectly legal method of settling disputes. - War le now made a crime against tne society of nations and the society of nations will Jointly prosecute tne aggressor. - It has recognised the Monroe doctrine as the law of the league. This Is m. trii umph for our delegates i at the .peace conterenoe tnac no one couJd - have be lieved possible a year eg. It has pro vided a method for tie reduction of ar mamenta and armies and for the -rrobli. cation ef military, naval and air pro- grama, u ctmea out this in Itself will make war hereafter .almost Impossible. It has established a boycott against any nation violating tne peace ot the world Thus, for the first time," the great force of economic pressure' will be brought into play to preserve peace. It bas recognised women as having equal rights witn men in ail international affairs. Thus sex equality Is recognised long before it has gained universal ac ceptance in the,: international affairs of . ; e ... - nations. It has established' methods for the securing ef fair and humane treat ment for labor, that of women and chil dren no less than men. This is the new Magna Charta of the worklngman. It has abolished wars ' of conquest against weak and backward peoples, whose welfare hereafter shall be a "sacsed trust of civilization." How bleed ing Armenia, the Congo, and .all those who have suffered unspeakable barbart-' ties from the oppressors will rejoice, it baa provided means for the control and prevention of diseases and th promo-, tfcn of the work of the Red Cross. This will be an Incalculable boon to mankind. It ha established international bureaus to administer such scientific and other matters of common interest aa may be agreed upon. Thus science will be in ternationalised. It has abrogated all secret treaties in consistent with the peace treaty Here after there will be no parceling out of the destinies of peoples by berlbboned bureaucrats sitting behind closed doors about the conference table. -- 'r' - The treaty, it Should be " added, 'has not created a world state or limited the sovereignty of nations. : It has not pre served th status quo, or prohibited op pressed minorities to - free themselves front unjust conditions by revolution.- It bas not put the United States in a posi tion where It can be coerced by -an ad verse majority, for all action is by com mon consent. It has not affected the constitutional, right ef congress te de clare war or In any ; way - exceed the treaty power under the constitution. It has not interfered in the domestic af fair of any nation, i ; ';.;"'a;.:.... s This is the pact that our president bas brought home to us. . It is the first great practical attempt' to substitute coopera tion for competition on earth.. Will th American people permit their servants1 the senators of (the United State to emasculate it or reject it and thus throw the world back to the old prewar days of alliances, secret diplomacy, colossal ar maments and inevitable wars?. It la. for the people to decide, i j r,A ; l Communications saet ite- The JonrnU for publication is tals- aepertaeat aboald be written oa only on tida of ta paper, anouid aot exceed 800 words in leocth, and But be aisned br the writer, wboae mail addraaa in full aatut aoeom- pany tfte contnDuUen. J -. ; "Ah Equal Right to the Earth Portland, July 17. To the Editor of The j oumal The words of the president of the United States in presenting the treaty to the senate. July 10. , will go down in history- as. one of th . epoch marking Incidents of- this age. Some of his words are equal In Importance and eloquence to the famous Lincoln Gettys burg speech, and. in fact. -may be con sidered an extension of the Gettysburg speech to world affairs.. Here are the most important: "For the United States to -reject it, would break the heart of the world," "American Isolation ended 20 years ago,wTth the war with Spain,'? "The stage is set ; the destiny disclosed. It has come' about by no plan of ours but , by the hand of God, who has led us Into this way. t We can not turn back. . We can only go forward, with lifted eyes and freshened: spirit, to fol low th vision.M What vision did! the president aee? Merely a political compact of nations? Or was it the final triumph of economic democracy, in which America would in deed be the leader? Thia i the only vision worth while. The collapse of the eld world . institutions . does not mean that they will now lead th world in democracy. They have yet to learn po litical democracy. 1 We have not yet perfected political i democracy, but we are nearer perfection in Oregon than in any other state on e&rth. America can set the pace for the world, but Oregon ha set the pace for America. .Will Oregon takS the ( next leap forward, which means nothing short of the adop tion of the full George theory without frills? Then- Indeed will America have fulfilled its mission. For democracy. as we now present it to the world, Is a tragedy,.and we have no moral right to bold our banner high to beckon the op pressed Of earth, so long; as we present such monstrosities in th unequal dis tribution, of wealth as springs from th monopoly of th -earth in America? We will not long be the leaders, morally or politically, unless -wo practice what we preach, namely, the equal rights of all to life, liberty and happiness which means, an equal right to the earth.' -; I i J. R. HERMANN. - - Warns AoalnstfSuper-Ef fieleney Portland, - July 14. To ' the Editor ef The J ournai Now; that the last ead rites have been performed and John Barleycorn Is at' rest, the big efege guns are being hurried to the front. their muaales pointing at tobacco, tea and coffee, aed probably nut sundaes, root beer and sarsaparilla. We were in formed in a recent; article that the big financiers are behind the movement 1 also that the primary object of t I to produce greater efficiency. : The ques tion arises. To what use will the' effi ciency when developed be put? One cannot help thinking, of the wonderful efficiency of Germany during the last quarter of a century or more. Look back at her during the war. What savage i spectacle I . look at her now. Efficiency is a very desirable quality. but if it is. not used in an Ideal way it may destroy vs. i If the barons of ft-. nance are seeking to make us all -effi cient merely to. grind fatter dividends out of the masses. It may prove more of a curse than a blessing. Let us be sure that this proposed; efficiency Is not manifestation of ! malignant selfishness, remembering the while thai in the pres ent new cycle wei are living under much swifter cosmic vibrations than hereto fore, and effect will follow cause more rapidly. .Wisdom : and ; good Judgment plentifully mingled: with selflessness are necessary at this ; period or we may steer a course toward a recurrence of those very world tragedies that think ing. farseelng people are bending every energy to prevent. - f " JOURNAL READER. -. m. 1 11 1 1 ...i e . 1 1. ..v-V i ' Misquotations HI - Harry Ayree in the Bariaw No book has. contributed more to the general stock of misquotations than-the Bible.' No book exist in such a multi tude of forms, which may account "for some of the popular departures from the wording ot- to King James version. But it is not easy to supply reasons for most people's habit of saying ."In the sweat of thy. brow.? when the text reads "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.": Why "the parting of the ways" instead of the fparting of the way?" "Bone of my boae." instead of "bone ot my bones and flesh, ef my flesh may be due to the desire for perfect parallelism. And the same explanation may hold for "Thus far shalt thou come, but no further." instead t "Hitherto shalt thou come." But why the general preference for "better part," when we are expressly told that "Mary hath chosen that good part"? The Vulgate, for whatever rea son.' says "the best part" opttmam partem often cited Jn the Middle Ages in proof of the superiority of th con templative life, as represented by Mary, ever the active life, symbolised by Mar tha. But pparently no such contrast was originally intended, i Why. 1 again, "a multitude of 'sins'j when it is said of cbarity that it "ahaL cover the multT tuce of sins"? Perhaps there-, ia no other reason save that the tongue is an unruly member ; such at .least the world agrees to ceil It, though the Biblical text describes it as "an unruly evil." Letters From the People l COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGS . . . And what have the roosters rot to say on this daylight saving . question? TTvn it tottS dUf wln tlia': war. It needn't be so awtullr stuck up about It, John Barleycorn Is banished, but. thank heaven, John Green corn still abides. . . e t e The fish - that rets away Is always overslsed. as these automobll fellows wouia ay. . One ef theirreatest eonrs ever writ ten was "Th Good Old Summer Time." don t you think? Caruso I loser ef SO barrel of win. But he lost 'em in Italy, not America where a loss, la a loss. Chart tv berlna at home ' nut It baa always had th habit of hurrying away iroro u aoout as last as u can travel. Jay XX. House, the estimable oolyumlst, says the reason woman cling to her husband I because, he' here.-. Rhake. Jay. Weill', say - we're not conceited. either. v "With fewer morons to handle them, fewer revolver would be nuaused in Chicago." say the Daily News. Do you know what a moron is? Well. Ionic In the dictionary and see, and: if you are not one you'll agree you have a lot to oe inanKiui ior. 4 - - OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By, Fred I With this article Mr. ieeMey iatrodaeea aa Interestin aariea of sU ia which a Bember of the yUOx rtcimect of asarinea talla what he and liia comradea did and eadurad ta the steal operations that proved the final enabiag ef the Uennaa jniUtary power. I Raymond George of Portland was member of the famous fighting - Second division. Recently we sat in his room at the Y. M. C A. in Portland and he told me of the work don in Franc by th marines. ---' ' "I was 25 years old on June S4, he said. "I was born at BlUings. Mont. My father, W. B. George, came to Mon tana in the days of the stag coach and pack: train. That was 5 or 40 years ago. .1 enlisted at Butte, May 17. 1H7. In the marine corps. X was sent from Butte to Portland, where I passed the examination and was sworn into th service as a member of the 108 th com pany. Eighth regiment, marine corps. Front Portland 1 was sent to Mar Is land, where I stayed until September 17. We were sent by way: of the Pana ma canal to Norfolk, Va, From there we were sent to the eastern training camp of the marines at Quaatico, Va. We had been there two weeks when, we received a hurry call on night to get ready to go aboard a transport, There was certainly some tall hustling for the next few hours.- Within an hour or so we were : aboard the transport. It pulled out that night. We supposed, of course, we wer bound for France. W Were greatly interested in the armored cars which were being loaded aboard the ship. We thought we should soon be - foUowlng them over the French landscape after the Germans. When w haw put to sea, we were told we were bound . for Tampico, Mexico, to. quell the anticipated trouble there. W were eight days at sea. V We anchored ' off Tampico, but "things quieted down, so we returned to Galveston and went into camp at Fort Crobkett. We went through the most strenuous kind of training for four months at Fort Crock ett, in trench work and other modern methods of warfare. -44 A call cam for 300 men from the Eighth regiment to be used a replace ments for the Fifth and Sixth regiment of marines. Use instruction were that no man was to be selected who had not qualified as' a sharpshooter or better. A you know, th grades of proficiency run marksman, sharpshooter and ex pert. I had qualified as an expert, my score being 276 out of a possible 300, All my life X have hunted elk and deer in Montana, I have bandied a rlfl sine I was . a little shaver. In addi tion tov the marksmanship. It was fur ther provided that the men chosen must be selected after - competitive drill in bayonet and signal work. Z waa a good shot and quick with the bayonet, and fair in signal work, so I was one of th lucky S00 to be selected out of the 1500 to go to France. Our 300 pulled out on May 1. 1918, for New York city. W left New York city on th transport Henderson.? Major General George A. LeJeune. in command of the marine! corps, was aboard. He certainly won the love of the boys. X guess he was th only major general in th army who went to the front line In an automo bile. I have an idea his reason for going was to show the marines that he was willing to take any risks they did, "There were ia boats in our convoy. We pulled out on May 24. On our war over we met th ' transport Abraham Lincoln. It was on it way back to th United State for . more troop. We were not far from it when it was hit 07 ' a torpedo. Signals were given to the' ships in our convoy to slgzag. Meanwhile our destroyers went at full speed to where tha Lincoln had been struck, to get the sub. Sailor, from the torpedoed transport were in boats , , .i , " 1 S" 1 Olden' Oregtn Pioneers Exposed st Times to Perils of Indian Warfare. ' Of the perils of the pioneers there is no better Illustration than that of the Getsel family. living near the mouth of Rogue river. The settlers were having a dance at Gold Beach on th night of February 23, 1IS6, but none of the Geisels were there. At midnight an Indian serv ant of the Gelsel family returned to th bouse after a visit to an Indian camp several miles away. : He knocked at the door for" admission and when Geisel opened the door a crowd of savage over powered him and with a blow on the head felled him to the floor. Mrs. Geisel, with an infant child and a 13-year-old daughter were seized and taken away. Three little boy were awakened end killed. Despoiling the dwelling of its most valued content the Indians de stroyed it with fire, cremating the dead. I - A New Treaty -' n " - From the Baate Pert At the Fourth of July elebration in Rio Janeiro, in which th Commercial association -of that city took part, a treaty was signed likely to be of. Urge importance, t This wa an agreement between the association and. the Araeri mui nhambar 'of Commerce , to i submit all commercial differences between the two " countries to arbitration. . lms agreement is similar to those already signed by the United States Chamber of Commerce with th chamber of com merce of Argentina and of . Uruguay. r Under th new plan of action arbitral Uon commissions are established in each country, with representative of .both chamber of commerce a-'.-, members, and provision is made for. the appoint ment of special arbitrators in event the commission's ' decision in commercial disputes la not satisfactory. It. Is ex pected that the arrangements will re sult in minimising commercial misunder standings In legal procedure. The treaties have no governmental correction, and mo, happily, they do not' depend upon senatorial . whim for their ratification.' They can and will do good, even if they are unofficial. OREGON SlbELIGKTS conditions iu Eugene liave about ar- rtvea ax uie point wn u " to have a home is to buy one, ; . . .. . . - - .- .i.w m.f.in... TTnl and do not throw up your bands even though 11 ts vaeauon ti mm, vworw, ,Tr. Democrat. . is asy to make a hill to business if you want to do It. - Better stay on th job andkeep Uvings going." "How sertously some of thos United State senator do tsk bemselves." pertinently exclaims the Polk County Examiner, "Miles Poindexter of Wash ington really believe he is pf preei dential timber. A peanut aspiring to be a cocoanuC" ' " . . . . .: . The tail goes with the hide, so far as Colonel Clark Wood of the W eat on Leader Is concerned. He says : "The allied powers are pledged to safeguard France which merely means that they are likewise pledged to safeguard the world's peace. : n. ; - W. C. Toran. who Uves near Santa Clara, in Lane county, claims the cham pionship for arly sweet corn, having used a dosen ears of his own growing onr July 10. Be has melons setting on the vine, and has been picking string bean for a week. ; He secured extra early vegetable by growing th plants In berry boxes in his greenhouse and then transplanting them, v Lockley or on rafts and some wer swimming around. Our destroyers dropped depth bombs to get th submarine. X don't know whether they got it or. not. The explosions of the depth bombs . killed many of the sailers from the Abraham 14ncoln who were In the water, w picked up several of them. W wer nearly half a mile away when the depth charges exploded and our transport, the Henderson, quivered like a glass ot Jelly when you pour It out of its mold. I'll never see a rat shaken by a terrier that I won't think, of thb shaking we got when th depth bombs exploded. .. :i:v-'-W-'vt;: i .. " f "W landed at-Brest early in June. From there, after two days' rest, w wer sent by box ear to Seileecher-Sur. near Tours. X few days befor th Germans had broken through at Chemln des Dsmea They were headed for the Marne. It looked a if it was going to be a hard Job to stop them. Both the French and British were up against it fo- reserves. The First division of our army had shown their mettle by ts king Cantigny. The "Fighting Second' di vision, to whlch-w were assigned, was under General Bundy. ; He was given orders to secure trucks and take his men to Meaux. On June S the Second division relieved the - French. They faced the Germans who were holding Belleau wood, r , Our ' boys decided - to take th wood; as well as th little vil lege of Boureseches. The Germans had machine guns scattered all through the wood. : They- also had artillery support. and knew the ground thoroughly. The lad of the Second division decided to capture th wood. They stripped down to their blouse and. with fixed -bayonet,, shouting and yelling as they went, charged the Germans. . , There . was no stopping ; them.: The only Americans that stopped were the ones that were killed.- Many of our chaps, ' although wounded, . continued to press forward against th German machln gun nest. Our replacement of 100 was split up and sent to different companies of th Fifth and Sixth regiment. I was one of a group of 20 sent to' the Eighth company of the Fifth regiment., This was a ma chine gun company.. You know; of course, th first Americans to meet the Germans was a machine gun battery of the Seventh battalion of the Third di vision. - We Joined the Eighth company of the Fifth regiment at Meaux, and that night we went into the line. On June 9 the Germans started their big attack, and for the next several weeks there ; was something doing all the time. "I can give -.you some Idea' of the fighting record 'of the marines when I tell you that out ef the 8000 marines engaged, 6500 were put out of commis sion, being either killed or wounded. The Eighty-fourth company . of the Sixth regiment went in with 276 men. O-v November 11, when the fighting was over, , they had only three men who were unhurt. : e " - ; "After several days of heavy artillery fire, w advanced for about two kilo meters.' This was - in the Chateau Thierry ;j district At times ' we had hand to hand fighting here.- One of th reasons for our heavy- loss was that th " German outnumbered us at least five to one in th air. That meant they could direct their artillery fire where it would be most destructive. Our own artillery that of the Second division was exceedingly effective, but the Ger mans had a preponderance of heavy guns. After advancing two days we held the ground gained, for four or five days, under incessant bombardment by th If 5-millimeter Austrian gun and other large caliber guns. We were also steadily bombed by the German bomb ing planes that came ever each night." ' Curious Bits of fnformation For the Curious Gleaned From Curious Places . The postage stamp collector, the phila telist, is in, a new haven of Joy. The changed world is developing new stamps and hundreds , have., already appeared in. this country. - : -: On of the prettiest of th stamps 1 from th new republic ' of Czecho slovak!. ' Several - scores of varieties have emanated since th dual mon archy, i Austria-Hungary, disintegrated under war pressure. Jugo-Slavia also is in line with a number of new stamp that deUght the collector, and the Hungarian republic is printing - zl different stamps for tem porary use until a permanent series can be decided upon.. Esthonla is In line with at least four varieties. Livonia has 11 new stamps ; Ukrania has a new series and the republic of . Poland Is of fering an unusual stamp with 10 varie ties. .,- " S 1 .1 . . e - - , . Jimmle Knew Vn Boya Life A teacher was InstrucUng a class in English and called on a small boy named Jimmy Brown. -. "James," she said, "write on the board, 'Richard can ride th mule if he wants : "Now, continued the teacher when Jimmy had finished writing, "can you find a better form for that sentence?? rYes. ma'am, I think I can," was the prompt answer. "Richard can ride the mule if the mule wants him to." . Shoes for a Hide and Z -. ' frets Capper Weekly ' A : Bourbon county farmer in Fort Scott th other day with a new pair of shoes under ! hi arm told the Tribune editor that he had brought in a cow hid and by adding f 2 to what he ob tained from the sale of the bids he waa able to buy the shoes.- f- - ' Willing to Sell- i ' - - frma the Beaton Transcript "What are you taking for your cold?" ' "Make me an offer." - T ' The News in Parajrsphs World Happenings Briefed for Lent :.t of Journal Readers OREGON NOTE3 "W T TT,, ari- . r . .. 2f i5 ,0roy?.weC Prostrated by the severe heat of Monday. -H nS8rl lXtftttf " V. Verln an .waier supply of Grand Konde valley. niokir Uf f Pound being paid for i.i,i,-.i,V' , 1 , . ln" isrownsvuie nrtgbborhood, and pickers aro scare at (?.lt-f!r. ."ring on th mlddl ' . .vw win uaa seen ournea over. Th citizens of Rmif. 'fi nave voiea bi to 10 to retain their charter and remain an incorporated "Ann" T.mlm. tAku.ii. - . , . . Of William KhUM. n ,u. . i. " . . ?Iffon PiOBrs, is dead at Creswell, The viaptv chii...i. i-1 Vfeeka wa entertained at Aatoria Wednesday. The sawmill belonging to George Kil- lien, o fw mIu. u.i . . " - .....iw ,wui ouvvriuxi. wain destroyed by- fire last Sunday, causing a loss of 15600. Prospect for ufficlent care to move this year's wheat crop are good at the . Draaant tlm rm-i . ... i . : . received at Pendleton. ine j. f, jjamson home at Cottaee -Orove, one of the landmarks and the burned Tuesday afternoon. J ;Af; Churchill, state superintendent ?!,?ubil?,ln"tryction'J1 lut issued the cmuon 01 in uregon school laws and copies are now being sent out-r Lieutenant George I Batcheldsfv who saw IS months of foreign service with the Seventeenth aero squadron, has re turned to his home at Hood River. , In the alienation suit at St Helens ot i J. E. Roblnette against James F. Klce the Jury awarded Roblnntte 130,000 a balm for the loss of his wife's love, J3alem firemen and policemen hav pe titioned, the city council to grant an in crease in their wages to tlOO a rontn. They are now receiving only 90 to (85. Surveys are being conducted in the Deschutes national forest to determine what Umber lands may be traded by the federal government to th Fremont Land company. 4 . The Smlley-Lampert lumber mill at Warren ton, whloh ha been closed foil some time, will again begin operations In a few day with a payroll of 121,004 per month. To escape collision-with a train, Mis Margaret Hlntzen of Sheridan drove her auto Into a 10-foot ditch. She escaped unhurt, but her father suffered a broken -leg and her mother serious injuries to the bead. WASHINGTON . The Prunarlans, a newly organlied booster dub. will hold a prune harvest festival at Vancouver In August. Wilmot B. Hale, well-known piftneer railroad man of the Northwest, died al his home 'In Spokan Monday, aged 4. Thomas P. Clarke has been appointed to succeed W. H. Kirkpatrlck as super intendent of th stat school for th deaf at Vancouver, According to reports from all the' ap- Sle districts in the White Balmon region, tie apple crop will be far short of the original estimate. The White Salmon Valley Fruitgrow ers' association baa begun the erection of a cold-storage building at Whit Sal mon which will coat 110,000. Th government has set aside $40,009 for expense. of fighting a forest fire that has destroyed 80,000 acres of yellow pine timber in the Thunder mountain region. The Lewis County Pure Breeders' club will hold Its annual picnic at Cheha.Ha Saturday. Dr. E. O. Holland, president of the Washington Stats college, will be th principal speaker. William Jarvls, a millworker, has been arrested at Aberdeen on auaplcUn the.! be ts the second man wanted in connec tion with the murder of John Alberta, mill foreman, two weeks ago-, . . ' -Y ' GENERAL Eight persons were killed and 30 wounded in a riot Wednesday at Lucera, Italy. In many portions of Texas th crop of wheat this year will yield twice as much as the value of the land. General Pershing reports that at pres ent there are only four American divi sions in Europe, totaling 2(0,000 men. The government Is preparing to ren der financial aid to cattle producers of the' country to stimulate beef produc tion. . Reported discovery of platinum about eight miles rrom Valdea. Alaska, has developed a small stampede to that section. California will harvest th lsrg crop of hofs in Its history, and th price Is 50 cents a pound, th highest in history. Eighteen million dollars for the voca tional training of Injured soldiers are provided in an amendment to the sun dry civil bill. The United States destroyer Hart, built at the Union Iron Works In Han Francisco, is to be fitted out as a mine planter for service In the Pacific. Clifford Bell, a 12-year-old bey. waa thrown from a hon. on his father'; farm, near Lewlston'Waho,' and died frm the effects of a fractured skull. The county court at Lewiston. Idaho, Is considering the matter of bonding the county for 1450,000 to build several bridges across the Clearwater riven Announcement Is mad, by the war trade board that individual licenses tot the importstlon of tin ore and tin con centrates will not be necessary in th future. Resumption of mall service between the United States and Germany, ef fotl ive Immediately, ia announced In an order Just issued by the postofflce de partment. ' Widespread rumors of total crop fall, ures tn Montana are denied by the state commissioner of agriculture, who say good yields are expected in many Un gated sections. The supreme court of NebraaVa haa decided that the Omaha A Council Bluffs Street Railway company may ' charge such street caf fares as wi.l make the company secure (fom insolv ency. .. Uncle Jeff Snow Says : The Schlagmeler boys baai found out there's sich a thing as overload in' 'ol the patience of a motorcycle same an fer a mule. Th motorcycle runs off th turn of th road and spill half a dosen kid down th hill, while the nrale under leh provokin bucks 'em ff-lii the road. Therefor you might think the Schlagmeler ranch was a hospital, but I told Mrs. Schlagmeler she had orter b thankful it wasn't a morgue. . Opportunities for Saving . Were Never Better Than Now fSterfea ef achievement te fbe' mttnawm . tattoo ef Wa avlaca Steaapa. aent to 'In Journal and aroopted tot publication, wul be swarded a Zbnit Stamp. It is the habit of steady saving that counts. . Th sums laid by may be small, but If they are continually added to they go more rapidly than might be imagined. Schwab, Rockefeller, Car negie, Marshall Field, George Weat Inghous and James J. Hill all start ed saving on small incomes, and aav. Ing opportunities wer neither ao easy nor o generous In their day they ar now. Not on of them but would hav rejoiced at an oppor tunity, while he was getting his start to save through the purchs, r t Thrift Stamps and War tUvIrr: t Stamps. Thrift Stampe and 119 V?tr r.. .- Stamps ao es a at uku .1 i.