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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, -P ORTLAND, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1919.
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aril, dartred from th brutaa, which U
rar at war with th batter and htaher
aoalitle Q trna human part Of oar
mintU. Nathanlal S. Staler. "
BUILD FOR ALL TIME
in? dav of road propaganda has
I passed. The construction period
has arrived with its responsl
bility , of building to secure re
sults that will endure and sustain
thg ever growing burden of. high
way .traffic. A short time ago it was
difficult to - obtain public money to
build a few miles of road. Today
the pendulum has swung In the
other direction and it Is easy to
obtain funds for many miles. Every
community wants an improved high
way an'd it wants it now.
It is a time for conservative
thought. The ourrent of highway
construction is at flood height and
the natural tendency is to rush on
and build a great number of miles
in the shortest possible time, sac
rificing the essential element of ft
firm and lasting foundation.
If this tendency Is not curbed the
result will be, in a few years, that
the roads will have" to be rebuilt
Roads are not built to serve a tem
porary purpose or a. passing emergency,-
but for all time. Their only
permanent feature is the foundation
or base. Like all other construction
intended to last, this foundation
should be, firm and secure. If the
base Is not solid expensive surfaces
are so much money, thrown away.
, Besides the desire to have a hard
surface 1 road all at once, another
factor which tends to a slurring
over of. the foundation is the fact
that a great deal or money may be
expended without making a show.
ir is buried in . the ground, in drain
age ditches and sub-base. While this
expenditure is absolutely necessary
in good road construction, the result
is not directly appreciable to the
public eye and due consideration is
not given it.
More attention and discussion are
given to the type of surface which
Is exnosed and imDermanent than
to tne rounaa.tion, whicn is con
cealed and 'which ought to be per
manent-
, Now there is a strong desire on
the part of those who pay the taxes
for better roads and a willingness
to , bear -their cost.. But there will
bo a reaction" in publio sentiment If
JSSMUg TCSUUI tU O UUt BCCUTCU. It
is tnoumbent on those supervising
- the construction to see that what
ever work "Is done, is. well done.
There is also a degree of respon
slbility resting upon the general
public This is to accent only sub
stanttal construction and - to realize
that all the roads planned can not
oe ouiu ai once.
. Two thousand cars with license
tags from Florida to California are
said to be within the boundaries of
Oregon. They have come at the urge
of the auto tourists' love of nature's
beauty and his need for recreation,
in another year or two a-hard-surfaced
highway will extend from the
Washington to the (California boun-.
daries and another from the Paclflo
to Pendleton. A third great highway
is to loop Mt. Hood and inclose the
great peak of Oregon within Us em
brace, i If the motor pilgrims come
In such numbers without waiting for
the permanent roads, in what multi
tude , will they not come after the
highways are built ? ; In " providing
good roads,. Oregon is merely sowing
the seed of a great, golden harvest.
THE TALE OF A TIRE
T
p-ajHE burning - Question used to he
wno struck Billy Patterson f
Then we deepened the convolu
tions of our crftnlums. trying to
figure out the , age of Ann., JBut
those Incentives to insanity have
. nothing on the new problem that is
harrowing the souls of the county's
officialdom Who got the fifth ' tire,
v anyway? :
Sara Martin said that Rufus Hol-
man got it, and Rufus said, in his
- quiet way, that he hadn't. Then, Sam
discovered that Mr. Davis had got
it. and Mr. Davis was "somewhere in
the East" and empty echoes ; alone
-came to his relief, for a time
Then the sheriffs office "cops the
!. S. JACKSON.
Ure. removing It vi et armis right
off the unresisting wheel. of Mr.
Davis' automobile in Mr. Davis' own
garage to. intern ' It ; in the "security
of the .sheriffs official safe; along
with moonshine, And -i bootleg, and
things like that.. And then Mr. Hol
man comes romping up waving Mr
Davis' cancelled check in the : air
showing that Mr. Davis : had made
due and legal ; recompense to the
county treasury for the rubber. 1 And
then the district attorney tells them
that Mr. Davis can sue them an
for damages, which makes them
sweat, and quickly screw the trou
blesome air cushion back upon its
raped and empty rim. And there it
is. And there you are. But where
are tney?, And yet they tell us that
republics are ungrateful.
TREASURER BOFTS DEMAND
S
TATE TREASURER HOFP'S Insist
ence on a more faithful applica
tion of the Inheritance tax law
is sound policy.
The principle of the : Inheritance
tax is more and more sanctioned by
governments and peoples- In every
country tnat engaged in tne late war
the policy was f applied of taking
taxes most heavily from those best
able- to pay. :x
In England the death duty has
long been ; one of - the principal
sources of revenue, and -the applica
tion of the process there is constant
ly strengthened. I The : first act of
the new government of Germany
was to turn to wealth as a princi
pal source . of revenue In paying
the war bills. The thought of all
modern governments is that it . is
not the man but the dollar that
should bear the larger burden of
government. -
Poverty has not , so many oppor
tunities as has wealth. Poverty has
not so many means of enjoyment
or so many privileges in the in
comings and outgoings of the day's
doings. Poverty has fewer occasions
to use government for protection
and for all these added things the.
great human family has almost uni
versally agreed that ' wealth owes a
larger obligation to government than
does poverty.; -
The justice of taking reasonable
taxes from inheritances . cannot be
successfully controverted, and Treas
urer Hoffs Insistence on a consci
entious application of the law in
Oregon Is sound publio policy.
The hearing of the Columbia basin
rate case in Portland this week is the
active engagement of a contest which
has been preceded by years of prep
aration and hope. No personal bus
iness can be so Important as to win
deferred Justice for the Inland Era
pire and the ports of the Columbia.
No business man or shipper whose
testimony is important to the success
of this great cause for the people, the
agriculture, the Industry and the
transportation of the "Oregon coun
try" can find in the exigencies of pri
vate artairs an excuse zor ratling to
be present to testify to his convic
tions and his faith. This is no time
to "isus the buck.'!
THE BLOOD SUCKERS
F
ROM $2000 to $5000 a carload is
being made as profit by specula
tors on-much of the dried prune
output of Oregon this year,
The crop was bought in advance.
The growers, being badly organized
or not organized at all, sold without
knowledge of the real state of the
market The great profits taken by
speculators are the result,
Oregon has long been at the mercy
of speculators. They should have no
place in the scheme of distribution
There is no reason for them to be In
the distributing process. They are
parasites. They are leeches on the
producer and ! the consumer. They
suck the lifeblood of industry.
Retailers and jobbers are essential
to distribution. In general, they are
satisfied with a reasonable margin
But the speculator is a non-essential.
a manipulator and an undesirable.
The $2000 to $5000 a carload that he
is taking this year out of the Oregon
dried prune . output is a crime
against both producers and consum
ers. It lowers the price to the man
who grows and advances the price
to the man who consumes.
Oregon is more at the mercy of
speculators than any other - state,
because In most products the grow
ers are unorganized. Take Oregon
walnuts : They are the best In the
world. They are far superior to
the California walnut. Yet last year
the California ; walnut went at 36
cents, while 'growers in Oregon ex
cept in two ;or three Instances, sold
their superior walnuts at 30 cents,
at 8 cents and even less. The Call
lornia growers were properly or
ganized, the Oregon growers were
not. The speculators preyed upon
OregonianB but not . on the Califor-
nians. -
The newly organized All-Oregon
Fruitgrowers' association Is a de
fense against speculators, its pur
pose Is to stabilize prices, cooperate
to marketing and defend growers
against speculative
the application of
pies . to marketing.
parasites. - It is
; business princi
palis effort to
guarantee to the grower the fruits
of ; his toil and to protect the con
sumer against the raids,: greed and
ill-gotten gains of Jhe speculator.
The appeal of the Inland, Empire
and ports of the Columbia for recog
nition of the Columbia water grade is
not a "case, but a cause.. It calls
for v loyalty; as wcIIa as technical
knowledge of rate structures. It will
be won by the lmpaet of publio sent!
men t demanding Justice as much as
by mathematical computations prat
ing the thing we all know that the
cost , of carrying: freight Is greater
over the mountains than by way of
the water grade. No person between
the source and the mouth of the Co
lumbia can escape the cost of the
present discrimination or the signif
icance of success.
PUNISH THE PROFITEERS
T
HE profiteer should be exposed
and punished. This is a ' duty
the government owes itself. -Every
manufacturer, every con
tractor : who had to do with war
contracts should have his accounts
thoroughly examined and If it ap
pears that he has swindled the gov
ernment i his indictment, trial and
conviction should follow. If s this
investigation can not be made with
in the period not covered by I the
statute of limitations the statute of
limitations should be 'extended. t
It should be made known that no
man can defraud the .government and
escape behind ' technicality; that so
long as he - lives he will be J under
the shadow of exposure, disgrace
and punishment. .
It should be understood .that no
influence can protect him. no. refuge
or immunity be given him. '
To discover and punish every per
son who has grafted on the govern
ment or' profiteered is an obligation
owing to the 50,000 American dead
sleeping in France. . ' f . ;
It is an obligation to the thousands
of wounaed soldiers.
It is an obligation to the hundreds
of thousands of American youths who
shouldered arms, j ;
It is an . obligation to the fathers
and mothers 'of these soldiers living
and dead. ,
It is an obligation to the millions
of American people 'who made sacri
fice to sustain American arms.
When the land Was seething and
surging with the struggle and sacri
fice of war was no time ' for men
to conspire and scheme for easy
profits. They had no right In that
hour of travail to deliberately coin
dividends out of the blood of
wounded and dying American sol
diers. If they are shameless enough
to have done it, 1 they should be
sought out by the government and
made to pay the penalty that their
traitorous conduct so ' richly merits.
The plundering profiteer is a
skulker of the lowest ' and most
vicious type.
Harbor Master Jacob Speier has
achieved a rare accomplishment dur
ing his visit to Washington, D. C. He
has succeeded in directing naval
eyes to .engineer corps charts and
thus to win conviction from the com
mander of the Pacific fleet that the
Columbia harbor enhance is suffi
ciently deep for his warships. There
are many others in Washington who
will deal more intelligently with the
projects of this region, if some en
thusiastic mlssioner will turn he
pages for them.
A WORTHY PROJECT
w
HETHFR the house publio roads.
committee at Washington
lends a favoring ear to the
appeal; made for federal aid
for
velt
the construction of the, Roose
highway, or turns its marble
heart upon It, the Oregon petitioners
in Washington have put up a val-
liant fight, and one Which shows the
value of cooperative effort made in
behalf of any publio proposition.
Washington dispatches tell -is that
the committee, when it met to listen
to Oregon's plea, was visibly hostile.
but that the .combined onslaught of
facts, figures, logic and eloquence
hurled at Its members by the Oregon
delegation, almost if not ' certainly
turned the committee's coolness Into
favor.
There is more in the Rdosevelt
highway than a mere pleasure road.
more, in all probability, than any
argument urged as to its potentiality
as a military highway. It would
be a commercial highway first, a
pleasure way second. It would un
lock untold and ; dormant natural
wealth wasting away by the effect
of time and by reason of inaccessi
bility. v
Government forests and those in
private ownership are now over ripe
with some; of the best timber of
the continent being wasted because
of the Impossibility of transporting
it to market. ;
Thousands of acres of agricultural
land are : Idle because what they
would produce ' can not be trans
ported from them to the ' consumer.
It is a big project with large possi
bilities. Oregon has expressed her
willingness by an overwhelming vote
to stand - half the cost.' ?
Under the circumstances the state
is entitled to the federal aid asked
It has asked .often times and has not
received. This time - its request
should be granted. , 5 , : ., i
HEROINES OF PEACE
T
HIS year's report of the Visiting
Nurse association contains a sen
tence that reads as if it might
have come from the battlefield
. Our nurses were like soldiers at their
posts, working early and late with in
telllgent brain, skillful hands and ten
der i hearts to relieve the suffarhur
never complaining but always ready to
meek m many, wan calls inai came,
ana only giving up when they them
selves went under - with the dread
disease. ;
Portland remembers and will not
forget that ths service rendered by
this association during the influenza
epidemic Which the report describes.
was heroically and unselfishly given
The scourge invaded many homes
and rendered whole families misera
ble anoV; helpless, a When ether help
could not be obtained the Visiting
Nurses, like "blue clad angels of
mercy,' entered bravely and with
the touch of hope and healmg. Their
work was done for little or no pay
to save humanity. Neither soldiers
nor angels could do 7 more. -
AIN'T GOT NERVE,
T. PAER TELLS MA
By Ralph Watson.
The trouble with you," Ma told her
shrinking , helpmate, as her usually
placid eyes flared at him over the rims
of her spectacles "the trouble with
you, she insisted, "is that you am i
got no" nerve."
"I know it," T. Peer admitted rue
fully ; "these last 30 years has wore
It out"
'Too never did have none," If a per
sisted. "You Just've set back and let
lot of numskulls put It over on you
ever since I've known you."
'I get the habit about that time."
T. Peer answered Innocently. I useta
have a mind of my own, but lately it's
reminded me of a sacrificial goat."
"How soT Ma answered suspiciously.
I know a lot about ' your habits, but
I'm not so sure about the mind part
of it" - w :.-.?:-..-.:;.
"Well. T. Peer explained, following
up his illustration, "I useta have a mind
of my own, but It died at the foot of
the altar." -
'Humph !" Ma sniffed. "It must have
been scared to death."
"It was," T. Paer mourned. "I won
dered about it, at the time."
"They'a no doubt about Its bein'
dead," Ma Stated, "or that your nerve's
paralysed,, too.'
"Have it your own way, as usual,'
T. Paer groaned ; "but I tell you I don't
know a whoop about maritime law.
Phil Metschan an' John Burgard an'
Gteorre KeUyd give roe the horse
laugh If I ast 'era for that ; Job they
promised to Gus."
"What ' does Gus Moser know about
telling a horse's age, more'n you dor
Ma demanded. "I bet be don't know- a
fetlock from a pastern joint."
"I know," T. Paer argued hopelessly.
bnt the Fort of Portland don t tell
horses' ages like we useta. They flgger
it out by the . law instead of by tne
teeth." -
The teeth's the only way," Ma said
with firm conviction. "When you look
at the teeth you know what you see.
and they ain't no comeback."
"I know." T. Paer argued ; "but they's
so many of these city horses get their
teeth knocked out that you can't be
sure. That's the reason they're goini
to hire Gus bo's he can flgger it out
by the law."
"But." Ma insisted, "didn't Phil or
some of 'em say . tnat when uua got
up aa-ainst it they could hire somebody
that knew how, to pull him out of the
hole?" .
"Yes." T. Paer admitted : "that's
what they said."
"Well," Ma argued, "does Gus know
maritime law by heart enough to tell
horses' aces by ltr
"No," T. Paer conceded, "but they's
an index to the book and the fellah up
to the library knows where to find the
index."
"But," Ma persisted, "suppose they're
out In the pasture some place and the
book ain't handy. Then what 11 Gus
dor
"Take the horse to ihe courthouse."
T. Paer answered. "Gus could ride
ira if he didn't lope 'im, an' it wouldn't
take no time at all.
"Gus'd cut some Cgger rldin' up to
the courthouse," Ma smiled ; '"specially
if it was a Clydesdale or a Percheron.
But what's the use of rldin' 'em all over
the township when you could just look
in their mouth an see?" '.. i
"I . don't know, T. Paer confessed.
"unless you got to fuss around a lot to
make them pubUc jobs look like you
worked hard at 'em.
"Well, anyway," Ma stated with con
viction, "if I was a man I'd have wthe
nerve to asa xor a jod n a wougai
wanted to get it." - r
"But you don't get them jobs that
way," T. Paer told her. : "it ain't so
much what you know about the Job's
how much you know about politics."
"But what's the Port of Portland
commission hirin' Gus Moser for?" Ma
demanded- "politics, or maritime law?"
"Search me," T. Paer answered. "But
he's a expert In political economy."
"I didn't know they was any poUtlcal
economy. Ma ' answered . dubiously,
What kind of Stuff is It?"
"Knowln' how to save a good salary
out of a senatorishtp," T. Paer told her.
"They ain't many fellahs can do It.1
' -
"We ain't gettin any place," Ma said,
Are you roin' to try to get that job
of the commission, or netr
I am not," T. Paer said stubbornly.
I ain't got the goods."
"I never saw the beat of it," Ma
flung at him. her voice full of deep ex
asperation. "Here Gus tells you man
time law's ' just knowln' how to tell
how old a horse Is, and you're raised on
a farm and ain't got the nerve to tackle
It. I wish r was a man."
"Sometimes," T. Paer answered am
bicuously. Tve wished so too. But,'
he concluded, as he started for the door.
I never did have the nerve to bull
anybody Into paying me tax money to
try to do somethin' that I dont know
nothln about."
Written for the Purpose of
Bracing Up the Movies
From the Chicago Post-
Any enterprise If you object to the
word "art" which commands a daily
audience of 20,000,000 people, cannot be
treated lightly, no matter how lightly it
may treat itself. It is likely the movies
need a moral censor. It Is certain they
need an art censor. We, like everybody
else, occasionally scan the screen, and
we are sure that it is our taste rather
than our morals which are occasionally
offended.
One Bhould preface a screed . of this
kind by congratulating the movies on
their advance- In the last few years. . Of
course, the 10-cent show has one stand
ard and the dollar show another. - The
thing to note Is that both have a higher
standard than formerly. -; - ? .;"
Yet in even the best films, probability
not to say possibility, is tossed to the
winds In the story. For instance, the
field exhibited to the audience which a
character using an opera-glass is sup
posed to see is inclosed by two circles
instead of one, which every user of
glass knows to be absurd. A man rushes
into a courtroom where his sweetheart
is on trial for a murder she never com
mittedpoor dearl throws her out of
the witness v chair without leave : or
license,- bounces into K . himself and in
20 words washes her reputation whiter
uiaui inuw. a tku iihw am, ana ,ia xu
minutes his "bereaved" relatives eagerly
listen to the. reading of the wfll, which
may or may not turn out to be forged.
A couple elope and without witnesses
or license are married within the hour.
A "nice girl accepts an automobUe ride
from a sleek young scamp she meets
for, the first time along the road, and
the twain have plighted their troth . be
fore She reaches home, though she may
nave been aireaay engagea.to be mar
ried.
In short, the climax is forced." The
events leading to It have no more con
tinuity than - spilled paper of tacks.
All this is false to both nature and art.
The young, adolescents as well as chil
dren, - are introduced into a counterfeit
world 'Which they are altogether too
likely to accept as the real world. This
may be Immoral, but It la not an , Im
morality which any censor would catch
in hls .net. It will be aboushea omy
when producers, who spend so lavishly
on actors and scenic i accessories, aig
up enough money to tempt real authors
Into scenario writing. Already, we are
glad to say. a start in this direction has
been made by 'the high-grade producers.
rCommunieatfocu r aent to Tbe Journal ' for
publication la tbm depaxtnBt ahonld bo written
on only eno aula of u paper. aHoaJd Boa cxeoca
SOO words la leerta, and meat bo aisnad by tna
wntar, waoao - nail ddraas la full bum
pan J UM cootrUHiUoa. J . , ; I
Patching the Paving'
Portland, July 17. To the Editor of
The Journal It sometimes faUs to the
lot of the uninitiated to see one reason
for high taxes. While sitting on : my
porch sewing a big motor truck stopped
t the jcomer. In it were seven men.
several sacks of sand, a wheelbarrow
and shovels and picks. Six of the men
jumped out. They poured some sand
on the paved ; street, sprinkled some
water on it,; and patched a hole in the
street, slsed 2x4 ; feet, covered it with
wooden frame, replaced their tools
In the truck, jumped in and drove on.
presumably to repeat the same perform
ance in other places. It took them 20
minutes or thereabouts to do the job,
The truckdrlver. evidently exhausted
from driving, sat In his seat while the
work was being done. Of the six men
standing around I noted only three
worked at the same timo. It seemed
to me they had a preconcerted arrange
ment whereby each man of the six
took his turn. There were always three
men working and three standing idle.
To be sure, their pipes were going full
blast. Not being a smoker, I am not
Qualified to give an opinion as to
whether it is possible to keep pipes alight
while working,, and of course it : was
absolutely necessary that the pipes
Should be kept alight..
I was very much relieved when they
left the corner, for. If the whole street
bad been torn up and patched I was
afraid : it would take the worth of my
50x100 lot and eight room house to pay
my. share of the taxes. X suppose each
of those seven men is drawing' SS, or
perhaps more, a day, t
' That Is a specimen of Portland's "effi
ciency." The truckdrlver, with the help
of one other man, could have patched
that 2x4 hole sooner than the six, as
they would have less to talk about and
would not have been getting in one
another's way. Portland's city govern
ment is an expensive Joke.
' . TAjXPATER.
The Two Eagle Creeks f
The Dalles. July 17. To the Editor
Of The Journal On June 2 there ap
peared in The Journal a letter by James
O. Menana Jr wanting to know why
there were two streams known as Eagle
creek located so near each other in the
vicinity of Portland: also claiming that
the .Clackamas stream had been on the
map for over 30 years, f
It seems a few only had known of the
existence of the one emptying Into the
Columbia "river until the Columbia river
highway made it so prominent.' The
old statute of Oregon very, indefinitely
described the boundary line between
Wasco and Multnomah counties. In the
early days this stream, which flows into
the Columbia, was conceded the juris
diction of the two counties and recog
nized by sheriffs Jn all court proceed
ings till 1892. when on account of trouble
having arisen between the net fishermen
and the fish wheel owners, tne legisia-
lature de'flned a boundary line'just east
of th mouth of this stream.; This
stream was known as Eagle creek at
the time General Sheridan brought his
soldiers up to quiet the Indian troubles
In 1858. It was known as Eagle creek
before Portland became a metropolis.
It was known before the Clackamas ap-
oendase was ever explored. ;
Now, Id my opinion, u tne names are
conflicting. It should be up to the par
ties Interested to get a new name zor
their western stream. The name "Eagle
creek," It would appear, belongs rightly
to the one on the Columbia river nign
way by virtue of the fact that it was
so known before the other creek, named
by Mr. Menane, was given tnls name.
mj. Jjb uaica
-This Man Is Out of Luck
Portland. July 18. To 'the Editor of
The Journal Would you please connect
me with that gentleman that came from
San Francisco who was jnviteo out to
so many wet functions and, with due
respect to our prohibition laws, refused
to drink? I have been looking for such
chances as that since Portland went
dry and have pot been successful: ; Any
time I have been askea ouv generally
have got to go. up against the coffee,
but this man comes along and walks
rhrht Into it. Isn't that luck?
It must be embarrassing on his part
to see everybody drunk but . himself
whereas, if he took me along, I would
drink enough for the two of us, and
would not consider It any favor on my
side only reducing my expenses ; hence
m-v oblect in Writing. v
I pay t a Quart now bum stuff, at
that. ' "
That's toe great trouble with the
Frisco boya It's hard to get them to
drink. They, want to use the funnel all
the time. . '
If you want to get convinced how
they regulate their drinks, go ever on
Muliit street ay. u:o P. m. ana
see the boys go home. .They don't care
if they never get home, s They sure can
reeulete. all' right. '
I don't know how true It is, but I've.
heard it said Carrie Nation expressed a
longing desire to be 'burled In San Fran
cisco, where-she could sleep peacefully
nmr the modest Kearney street and
Barbery Coast. PAT BRADSHAW.
' Interest On Savings Accounts '
" Portland. July !. Toy the Editor Of
The Journal is mere any niw m rwi
WnA navtns- 4 oer cent on savings ae-
counts? In- The Journal of July li U
waa stated that total deposits r. Port
land banks are . the 1 greatest In f history.
uiiif la it thev nay only S per cent, when
all California's banks pay 4 per cent?
F. UCE.
At Vaunt there kim ao banla la thto city
payiaf Pr teat tatertts mtum aeeeunta.
She' Does
Portland. July! It. To the Editor of
The Journal If tne wiaowv or a soiaier
carrying government insurance marries
,.,!. does she still draw the Insur
ance? V... INQUIRER.
A Missouri Opinion
rroa tbe Xaaaaa City Star.
Kansas City must have transnorutlon.
It must pay what - the transportation
costs. But that does not mean; that it is
ready to make good mistakes In man
agement on the part of the street rail
way company or the, losses I resulting
frun, reckless financiering, including
receivership so extravagant . that the
court would .not permit its cost to be
made public The application; for a lo-
cent fare is an attempt to unload au
this burden on thexpubllc. It is' an at
tempt which cannot - possibly, succeed.
Even ; were the ; public service commis
sion to grant such an exorbitant rate
the publio would protect itseu. it wouia
not ride- on streetcars. It is a serious
eueirtnn whether the Present form of
surface trolley will meet the transport
tation needs of the modern : city. In
Letters From the People
COMMENT AND NEWS fN: BRIEF
-
l SMALL CHANGE
A clean desk Is a Joy forever.
War . fiavlnrs Stamna will autvan 1
cent In biice next month. Now la the
W 9 W
John ft. Riwlrfanl Im mtktA tt limit
hie tips to nickels. Maybe that is why
he has so many of them.
It hSS Obtruded Itself nnon na that
we haven't heard "The Star Spangled
uanner- nayed in Quite some time.
Our idea of an ODtlmlat la a man who
contents himself with the knowledge
that the high cost of living might be
higher.. v.
m m e
Iempsey needn't draw the "color line"
on our account. All the men who
fought our fight in tbe Argonne were
not white.
. . . -. . - .- ', . :
It is said that aviation has added
some 200 words to the EngUsh lan
guage. How many of them can you
pronounce T-
WhV not cnend vonr vaeatlnn at bnm
for a chanse and' ret acauatnted with
your i .mUyT Providing, of course, that
uie lamuv is wming. -
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred-
t Aa sot of eblTalrr on tfaa oart et Gtrmana
Is narretcd today by Mr. fjocklar, who bar fur
ther record the xperieaea of Raymond' Oaorga
ot Portia ad. Thia thu baoomti on oi th aioat
rBsikblo atoriet ot th Oraat Wax. 1 , ;
"One thing in the Soissons offensive
that I shall never forget was the moan
ing of the wounded, said Raymond
George to me recently,-while we sat In
his room at the Portland T. M. C A.
and looked out at thfc lights of the city
and exchanged reminiscences of our
stay In France. "On July 1 we were
not over 800 yards from the Germans.
we were in a wheat field and the Her
mans were mowing, the wheat, and with
it the marines, " It"- a. scythe of macnine
gun bulleta - The space between our
lines was thickly sown with wounded
both our own lads and Germ aha.
"Immediately in x front of where we
were stationed were a sergeant of ma
rines and a young lad of about 17. The
young chap was shot through the stom
ach. . He and the sergeant had been
wounded In the morning. ; They lay
there all day, occasionally calling a for
help or for water. That night the
wounded men moaned pretty steadily.
Toward morning the sergeant stopped.
He had 'gone west.' We could still hear
the young char calling for water, lie
was lying about a hundred yards from
ua It's pretty tough to have to hear
your own pals moan and cry for water.
Our boys couldn't stand it, one rescue
party after another was organised to
bring them in. Every time we would
start, the German machine gunners
would - hear us and would concentrate
their fire on where the wounded man
fay, cutting the rescue party , to pieces.
t
"Several such parties had been .shot
up, the men-being killed or wounded; so
strict orders came from the battalion
P. c; forbidding any more attempts at
rescue. At S o'clock on the afternoon
of the second day McQueeny, a lad from
Elgin, IIL, said : 'By God, I can't stand
that any longer. X am going out ana
bring him in.' Roberts, a navy hospital
apprentice, said: '111 go with you.'- An
other one of our lads stepped out and
said, "Count me In on it, too.' Our first
lieutenant,' Lieutenant Nelras, said,
You cant go. boy a, - 111 prefer charges
against any man who disobeys -the or
der. It's suicide to try.' McQueeny
said, 'All right, sir. Ill risk a court-
martial. I'm going to get that lad.'
Lieutenant Nelros said, I'll let you go
If you'll wait until night, but you haven't
a possible show of getting where he
lies, and If you should you can never
bring him .in.' McQueeny said, Come
on, fellows,' and started to crawl to
ward where the wounded boy lay. For
the first CO yards there was some cover,
but the last 40 yards was In the open.
a . a
"When they got to the edge of the
brush they got up and made a run for
it. A machine gun bullet got one of
them in. the leg, but didn't stop him. I
never in all my life saw such concen
trated machine gun fire. The air seemed
to fairly hiss with machine gun bullets.
It was like the swishing of a thousand
virtually every city the street railway is
on the rocks. This Is due In part to the
mistakes of the past in part to the new
automobile I competition. The trolley Is
threatened ' by the development of the
motor bus.! People cheerfully pay the
jitney a higher fare than the street rail
way charges because the Jitney beats the
streetcar down town. The large unit is
at a disadvantage In speed as com
pared with - the small, even though the
Jitney Is in an unsatisfactory and unor
ganised ; transition stage. But out of
the experiment' now going on a new
system of transportation may emerge.
It Is certain that the trolley cannot save
itself If it continues to bear the burdens
of past mistakes : and seeks ' to make
them good by Increasing fares to a point
that drives away traffic. Its omy sal
vation lies in developing more efficient
service at a rate which people will pay.
Unless it can do this Its day is done.
City transportation will pass to more
competent hands. -
Coquille'g Superb Climate ,
i From, the Coatulle BesUnei
Last Friday a party picnicked in the
Lamb grove here and took both dinners
and suppers there, consisting of Mr. and
Mrs. J. , A. Lamb, Mr. and Mrs. O. C.
Banford, Mrs. Ida K. Owen and the
members of the Sentinel famlllea Our
eastern -readers will note with interest
that at 1 oclok in the afternoon, with
bright sunshine, we found It more com
fortable to get out of the shade into the
shine. We have the sort of climate here
that eastern people by the tens of thous
ands spend millions Of dollars hunting
during the. summer, season. And for
those who can't go away, but have to
stay at home and work, our weather
Is bracing and refreshing, instead of de
bilitating. We speak from a ripe ex
perience, as we spent SO years In South
eastern Kansas, where for months each
year one didn't feel like lifting a hand
to anything that wasn't absolutely
necesssry,;v:4.; ',-H-;-----!s;a.
A Reverse View '. i
' , From tbe Philadelphia Krealns ' Ladcer -
Ia all the cities and towns of Bur
man extensive t and costly, preparations
were made by the people to celebrate
the last hours in which, because of the
restrictions of the naUonai prohibition
act betel nut might be chewed in public.
"Great crowds gathered in the ; public
places and paid huge sums for seats in
which they could see and be seen and
chew betel In excessive quantities to
the sound of music Overindulgence in
the stimulant was deliberate and fondly
premeditated. All qtassee seemed eager
to participate in a ceremonial of national
scope which appeared to be Inspired by
a strange mingling of sorrow and re
joicing." , -
If, whenever sit national law deprives
the East Indian of. his betel nut we
read something like this from the cables,
bow the eyebrows of America will rise
In pity and contempt for the misguided
heathen 1 A great many persons will feel
( that all of the money spent on foreign
missions nas seen wasieo. .
OREGON SIDELIGHTS .
- Wasco county's fair has been dated
for October 7-11, at The Dalles. it
will be purely of agricultural producte,
without livestock or machinery exhibits.
Another reason why lots of people in
Harney county are In favor of saving
daylight, the Crane American face
tiously observes, is because It la easier
than saving anything else. ,
Hot weather in
Anew snAu o-h A lsr
Oregon
lasts, just
us know
now un-
pleasant it would be If we had to-put
.. M.v. Hii,.i tk KurM II ir la
ter with great accuracy observes. ,
uThe sale of government-owned mov
ing picture films for private account,
which he alleges was a scandal, is re
ferred to by Colonel Clark Wood of the
Weston Leader as "a sort of film-flam.
... , . a . a . . .
Baker "papers are cooperating loyally
In Eastern Oregon's, mining comeback.
The Herald says. - for instance : J'Ed
Oeiser of the Morning mine, located In
the Greenhorn district. Is In town for
supplies. Ed claims that everyone is
striking it rich. Several valuable claims
have been staked. It Is reported that
Frank Pierce has ' one of the richest
claims In that district."
Lockley
Umber switches. They found the wound
ed boy lying flat on his back; with dead
Yanks and Germans scattered all around
him. They took what cover; they could
and began throwing up a barricade ot
dead , bodies between the German ma
chine guns, which were about 200 yards
distant, and themselves Lying flat be
side the wounded man. Roberts dressed
his wounds. They dragged the body of
one- of our bora, who had a pack on. to
where they were lying and found in his
pack the shelter halt of a pup tent Mc
Queeny and Roberts rolled the edge of
the shelter half around ; two guns to
form a litter. They put the wounded
chap into this litter, rose up, and started
back to our own linea .
There wasn't one chance In a mil
lion- of their making it. The German
machine guns continued to rattle like
pneumatic riveters. It looked like
miracle to see them walking unhurt
through that hell of bullets. Ths Ger
mans had raised their fire so as not to
hit them. It was their tribute to the
courage of our lads. After that, when
ever we saw German soldiers . in No
Man's Land trying to rescue their
wounded, we raised our fire so as not
to kill them. Most of the rescue work.
of course, bad to be done at night ,
"When our three chape came In- with
the wounded lad the major asked for
their names. McQueeny said, 'Aw, for
get it malor.' and slid out of sight 80
did the other two lads.' Lieutenant
Nelms turned in their names with the
recommendation that they set the D. S.
C. I don't know whether McQueenys
people got his or not. He! was killed at
Chamnasne on . October 2. He was a
lovable sort of lad. He was 27 years
old. He worked in an amusement park
at Elgin, lit He had been a scene
shifter and-did other work around the
atres. -, '! -
"I remember one stunt he pulled off a
little later, ' when we were at Pont-a-
Moussen. We were there from August
2 to August IS. . CompareeTwlth what we
had been through, it was a quiet sector,
After a few days of comparative quiet
McQueeny said. Gee, fellows, this quiet
is getting on my nerves. I'm going out
tonight and see if I can't stir up a little
excitement' 'He slipped out of our lines
and worked-his way through the first
line of German trenches and into the
second Una. He came back in a couple
of, hours with two Mauser rifles and two
belts with Got Mit Una buckles. ' We
asked him about bis trip, .but he didn't
have much to say. 'I got a couple of
them.' he said, I brought in their guns
and belts.' - -
, . . , a a ,-
: "On the Champagne front the poppies,
the blood red popples of France, are
waving over his grave. - At his head a
small silk flag, the flag he fought for,
waves in the . breese to mark the last
resting place of one of the bravest and
most lovable lads, who went west that
the world might be a better place for
all of us."
Curious Bits of Information .
For the .Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
The American Museum of Natural
History has Issued a bulletin giving
many Interesting facts relating to plat
inum, one of the most striking of which
relates to Its ductility. The marvelous
ductility of platinum may be conceived
when we consider that out fit a -single
troy ounce of the metal It would be pos
sible to make an almost Infinitely slen
der wire that would reach from Santi
ago, Chile, across the continent to Rio de
Janeiro, a distance of about 1800 miles.
To draw out platinum Into so exceeding
ly fine a wire It Is covered with a thin
layer of gold. This new wire is drawn
to the thinness ot the former one end
the gold is dissolved. A small section
ot this second wire Is then given a coat
ing of gold, redrawn and the gold cov
ering dissolved. After this process ha
been repeated several times the wire
finally is still Intact but virtually in
visible. '' .
Olden Oregon
Southern Oregon Little Known Till
Emigrant Route Established.
The first public attention given to the
Southern Oregon country was in 1846,
when it was believed -that a shorter anl
easier route for the Incoming immigra
tion could be found than the one down
the Snake and Columbia rivers. . The
new route branched off from Fort Hall
and went by the Humboldt river and
what are now Modoc and y Klamath
counties, and thence by Rogue river
and through! the Umpqua canyon. It
was attempted by a train of 100 wagons,-
which succeeded in getting through
after: much loss and suffering. The
next year many traveled the route to
avoid the hostile Csyuse Indians on
the Upper Columbia. It was two years
later before any settlement of the Ump
qua valley was made.
And This Goes for Everywhere .
'. . Frost the Osayoe Cky ale
. Let's aH get behind ibe county fair
and give it a big boost All of the
boys are back home now and It can be
made a great show. Last year It was
rather lonesome with so many of tbe
young fellows ever in Europe.
.' ' JBBsesBBSBSassBBBessaaaaaaeasseaBBawaBs
Too Far East
From tbe New Tors Kanud -Lots
of crimes have been committed
against the language since the war be
gan, but It has remained for a Tonkers
man to put the finishing touch by airly
Inquiring: .
. "Who, anyway, are them Chicago
Hovaksr - f -
f i '. " " ' -. r-:, t
Stubborn Old Thing
v-.V Frees the Cbiewe News
- Somehow. In spite of its' leaders, the
world progresses. ' -
The News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
of Journal Readers
OREGON. NOTES
,B.,it J tchers In a neces-ary force
ftaii uVJ5?n 'cure1 tor the Marsh
field city schools.
An Investigation w. v n -m
. ... viunra wiin
vJ!po1!n"n,f W8tmMter
One dollar a box Is tbe average price
beinr received bv A.hi.n I.-w
atMor the early Vkrietiea "
William IT XVnnA . r
?f284V,dled a w ya ago near Los-
The City of Power. In .
?rt,Sf Coof, county' nas Just completed
a publio auditorium at a cost of J6000.
y xsew packing pu.nts and warehouses
now under construction by Hood River
orchardlsts will cost more than $25,000.
All bids for Sherman county's $300 000
Issue of road bonds were rejected at a
meeting of the county court Saturday.
Pendleton vlll liam nun .nn-
by August X a new pipe line being laid
I ft ChaDliah mrlnsa in t h ci,,.
taina .
Elsrht thousands
1819 crop on the farm of llamitf
Brothers of Lane county, have been con
tracted at 0 cents a pound.
Residents of the lower Umnoua river
near Heed a port are demanding thai
IougUs county construct within a year
a highway to the oountv seat..
"'Pensions have been srranteri t rra.
gonians as follows: Magdalene Unger, '
Mount Angel, $25; Dora B. Leach, rort-
na, iu; Anna Uood. Salem. 112 .
The VOtlna- Of tB.000.OOA hnnila htf V
North Unit irrigation dlatrirt nf 7f.
fersoh county has been validated. The
District nas an area of more than 100.000
acres.
The three-vear-nM fenn n pnv
Howell at Hood river, whlla nlavlna- with
matches, set fire to the house and com
pletely aestroyed the home of his
parents. ,
The Molafla ; lEIvtrln mihimii. Ii,.
been given the contract by the county ,
court for installing electrio power on
the WilsonvUle ferry. This is now a
free ferry.
The Corvallla hraneh nt th nnnn.
vllle cannery, owned bv H. A. Lewis
and C. D. Minton of PorUand. will soon
be ready for oneraUon. The butldtn
cost $40,000. .
Blllv Sundav. at MedfnrA. AnttM Tia.l
he was a candidate for the United States
senaie on tarn uemoe ratio ticket He
said he was a Republican, always had
been and always will be.
WASHINGTON
Wages of miners in Coeur d Alene
district . were raised Saturday to 15.25
per day.
Centralis has 2450 children of school
age, according to the school board's
complete census.
The election at Prosser, calling for a
bond issue of $1200 for the erection of
a school building, passed without a dis
senting vote. -
While fires are reported In all parts of
Grays Harbor county, little damage has
resulted thus far, and biases now are re
ported under control.
The Wcshlngton State Chamber of
Commerce, comprising 18 chambers rep
resenting alt parts of the state, is hold
ing Its annual meeting at Spokane.
P. S. Newoomb of Seattle has been
named Far Eastern manager of the
Barber Steamship lines of New York.
He will sail tor tbe Orient August 7.
Chehalis girls have organised to ae
slst in the war camp community serv
ice. Mrs. A. B. Nystrom and Miss V..
May Melghen have the work In charge.
W. H. Prlngle, a former manager of
the American-Scandinavian bank at Ta
coma, has filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy. His liabilities are $55,000
and assets $12,000.
The Standard Oil company has re-'
wmed drilling near Aberdeen In a hole
that is already 17S feet deeo. It in
estimated that this well will be 1000
feet deep before ths middle of August.
' ' GENERAL --
The Ottawa street car strike Is settled
and ears bears n running Sunday on the
normal schedule.
After being out 101 days and given
up for lost, the schooner Luka hes
arrived at Honolulu. -
Baroness de la Roche, the French
avlatrlx, was killed In an airplane ac- ,
cident at Crotoy Saturday.
Newspapers of Petrogrsd publish al
most dally lists of from 60 to 100 per
sons who have been executed for various
reasons. .
Judge Turner A. Gill, for 20 years a
Judge in Missouri and twice mayor of
Kansas City, died at Los Angeles Sat
urday, aged 77 yeara
Herbert Hoover, director general of re
lief In Europe, announces that he will
return to America as soon as the har
vest abroad Is completed.
- Edouard de Billy, former French dep
uty high commissioner to the United
States; was killed in France a few days
ago by a fall from his horse.
Republican leaders in the house have
agreed on an Investigation of the opera
tions and expenses of the shipping board
and Emergency Fleet corporation.
Wage increases of approximately 10
per cent have been granted by the ship
ping board to employee of vessels oper
ating from Atlantic and gulf porta
Queen Marie of RoUmanla has ac
cepted an invitation to speak before the
Women's Christian Citisenshlp confer
ence at Pittsburg, November i to 16.
Suicides of former German officers
and their wives have Increased $$ per.
cent since the publication of the news
that the kaiser waa to be put .on trial.
Stock of the Pabst brewing company
at Milwaukee, with a par value of $2,
99.S0O, owned by enemy aliens, will be
sold at auction by the alien property
custodian July 19.
A boatload of American sailors from
the United States steamship Cheyenne
was held up by Mexicans near Tamplco,
July , and the satlors robbed. The
American flag was flying from the boat.
Sliver, producers of the west are pro
testing against negotiations the treasury
department is reported to be considering'
for disposal of 100,000.000 ounces of
sliver to England for coinage purposes
at $1 an ounce. . -
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Now that President Wilson has ar
rove home we'll head some hollerln' from
them there Bolshevik senators 'cause he
run off from Parle before flnlshin' up
his stint of work there. A while back
they was hollerln' 'cause he didn't stay
in Washington and 'tend to his business
like ever other president done. It's
mighty hard to please a congregation
where a cantankerous bunch of 'em
wants some other preacher anyhow and
alius did.
Americans May Learn From
Foreign Example -
(Stertes of achiaraaftt in. the teegm
latioa of War Sarlnsa Stampa, "t to Tha
Journal end eoratrtad lor publication, will
be awarded a Thrift Susap.
The people of France, Holland. Bel
glum have saved. In large measure,
because saving Is the century
strengthened habit of their people..
They have - saved-becauae, money
coming lees freely to them than to
Americans, their money-making op
portunities being fewer, the stern
necessity of making provision for
the fcture has been sternly pressed
upon them. And they , have saved,
also, perhaps In far greater degree
than might generally be suspected,
because they have had good, safe
Investments government investments
always watting. In small denomin
ations to be
- Thrift Atampe and 191ft War fUrtnr
Stasspt now aa sale et uiual agetteiea