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10 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PO RTLAND, THURSDAY, JULY 31, ' 1319. A! iNDKrENTICXT NEWSPAPER C. a JACKSON..., ..PnbUanev lltbUitMd arvry nay, aftaraooa and atoning toieept Sunday afternoon), at Toe Journal bnlMing. Broadway end Tasabui aU, ' roruaaa. unm - . - - . V Entered at tha woffie at Portland. Oregon, for tranmuioB thxouh tlx mil a neeand -claw matter. ..- " ' ' TKI.rPIlOKWU-Mais Till: Hoaaa, A-e04X. . An Annntm n1ud lav them number. Tall tha operator what daparfaaant Too want. -IfORKlGr ADVEKTISINO BK P HK8 EN J A TIT18 Building, cnicaga YSuhMpUon terns br malt, or ta any address tha Unitad StatM or Mexico: - One yaar,....fS.O0 Om auntfe. . . . . SO'DAT ..... . . si -- a a aat I svm Mmfa . . - - K .28 1AU,Y (MORSLNG OR AFTERNOON) AND Abo mat. ....tT.60 I One month. ... Erery war hToWa a grant or laaa re la pw into barbarinm. War, tuaeed. In its dotaila, ta tba aaaeaoo of inhumanity. It dehumaDiaaa. ; It may tba atata, bat it oeatroya tha eiUaen. Boaaa. AN 'APPLE OF WAR EACE hath her victories no less renowned th.an war." So Milton told Lord Cromwell many years ago. nut war , mars Its own - victories " and dims , those of the peace that follows it with the lust for blood that follows ; in its wake. - S ' Bolshevism is the child of var; its terrors- and its menace were bred upon the battlefield. ; The race riots of Washington, the unreasoning hosBH- ties at Chicago, the wave of murder sweeping over Great Britain, thedi-. - content, the lawlessness and the strife everywhere, - all , are the apples of war which crumble at the touch into the ashes of discord, iorrow and dis appointment. .' ' London dispatches tell of whole sale' murders throughout England, the result, eminent criminologists of that nation say, of the low regard for life planted in the human mind as a result of the long years of war and bloodshed. ' Our own papers are ablaze with : the conflagration of riot and "blood shed at Chicago. A few days ago the scene was at the national capi tdl. Why it has flared up no one . seems to "know. The same laws prevail for the apprehension -and pun ishment of those who r transgress i them as before the war. , The courts 1 are still active. The Chicago turmoil ; has been traced to a stone thrown ! 'by a boy which struck a negro, tumbling him to his death in the lake. , - - . . Why that should mass the turbu lent element of both races in armed mobs to roam the second largest city of the nation seeking indiscriminately .to kill is at circumstance which sane men- find difficult if not impossible of solution, eicept as a psychological . effect of . the battlefield and its highy organized carnage. War is awful in its bloodshed, its suffer ing, its devastation and its death, its aftermath of brutality,'-retrogression and world-wide human disturbance. Germany sowed the,. wind. The world Is reaping the whirlwind, with the harvest Just begun. 4 ; . Beef, 6,871.000 pounds; pork, 70, ,817,000; butter,1 7.8S,000 and eggs, i S 60,000,000 dozen, are declared by the Ilpols board of agriculture to ;be held In cold storage In Chicago by 'the five big packers. The board says release of the products would tend to reduce prices. The district attorney announces that the report will be used in the government's Inquiry Into the high coat of food. A bill tn the French chamber of deputies pro eposes' to punish food speculators , with death. PRISON CAMP SCANDALS BRUTAL treatment of American soldier prisoners by American officers in French prison camps is much In evidence in the day's news. ;-:B-:': - - Doubtless allowance should be mad" for exaggerations. With re : straints of the army, removed by return to civil life, privates have in , congressional investigations opportu- hi,y to even up for things they had - to bear" from officers," fit and unfit. - Doubtless too, there were occa sional privates who were difficult to control. Every kind of character was brought' into the' service by the drag of the draft There were men whose worst qualities were brought . into play by the blood' and butchery .psychology . of . the ,- time. . "Hard Boiled" ..Smith, who tells of " his ' brutality to prisoners, was doubtless such a man, else whence his nlck- : name? , . - ' " Nevertheless, there was tyranny and the remains of a dead age to some extent in the American army. We know this because of the . inhuman , sentences in some . of the courts martial. 7 Many of those sentences and 7 the processes by which they were , reached were- more "like ' the edicts of the Dark Ages than of a twentieth century 1 civilization. , i The fact is acknowledged in con gress where Senator Chamberlain's bill in the enate and a -similar bill in the bouse propose alteration of the articles of war. Those articles were largely drawn from the Prus sian model, ! and : the Prussian model of all times made an ox of the private and an overlord of even the lowest petty officer. ' We fought the late war to kill Prussian ' ideals. ' and sacrificed many noble boys and some billions of money at the task. Our next bus! ness should . be to ' drive Prussian ideals - out - of ' a civilized American army. 5 - "What do you pay week?" said an applicant for work, to a factory owner. 'Twenty dollars for brains and 142 for muscle," was the reply. Some workers think their brains better than the owner's. Borne own ers prefer ; workers with no brains because more docile. There' are oc caslonal misfits in all callings. WHO IS HE? At t PRUMi?iE.NT Portland oanxerwas 11 a traitor to - Portland - at . the 4 late rate hearing. The fact leaks but through, a Seattle newspaper. - It had a, corres pondent 4n Portland who dally re ported to his paper proceedings at the hearing." Here is what he said in one of his articles: "This r etc case is not being consid ered very seriously in many quarters in Portland," ; a a prominent Portland banker said last evening. Who is this banker? The Journal tried to find out so his name could be given to the public. The rate hearing was a battle. It is war. This banker sneaked around to the enemy, and gave information of ' value J to and for use by those with whom Columbia gateway peo ple . are at war. . He assured the enemy that "this rate case' Is not being -considered verx . seriously in many quarters in Portland." If de tected in the act of conveylr 3 such information ; to the! enemy In the late European! war, this banker would have been courtmartialed and shot. His was a case of treacherously in forming the enemy of alleged di vision In the ' army- at " home. The principle In Benedict Arnold's treach ery was not more heinous. ' The operating cost in moving a ton of freight from Pendleton to Portland is 75 per cent less than from Pendleton , to Seattle, but the freight rate is the same to Portland as to Seattle. ; This tremendous fact is "not being taken seriously by this treasonable banker. He doesn't care howi much the Columbia gate way is 1 discriminated against 'in freight rates so lonfc as deposits pile up in his bank. It has been said that money Is the least patriotic thing in the world. It was In this case.. It was a treach erous traitor, and the ' banker guilty of it cis "sneak . and a renegade. - A few days ago Dr. Lee Stelner, while In familiar conversation with a high state official, remarked that out of 2000 people who lived in and about the state insane hospital there wereot .more than two but would nave more sense ' than to "fuss around with those airplane things." N6w the public press tells how Dr. Steiner "fussed" with one of them, at 10 bones per fuss. '? ? .? ? ? IT COULD BE EXPLAINED La GILMAN, formt r president of the S., P. A S, railroad, told some interesting Northwest his t tory as a witness " in the rate hearing before the interstate com merce . commission at Seattle. He gave some other testimony which was interesting, but which would have been more so had he amplified It with additional details. As a historian Mr. Gilman told of shipping conditions as between Port land and j Seattle. , Seattle, he said, had turned its attention to the sea because; of ; the mountain barriers with which it was surrounded. It nad maae, or useir a maritime port had furnished the facilities needed for maritime commerce, and . as a result had led the s railroads across the mountains to establish termiaala and do business with its water commerce. Portland, he said held the balance of ; power, but turned Its face to t Inland business; leaving the water lanes to the westward neglected. ; It provided no facilities within its harbors and water com merce slipped away from it, weaning the railroads i when it went. That. he said, was the reason Seattle grew and Portland stool still. It was true history. '; Portland , knows It now, is working to win back the laurels it has lost by neglect, , and, as Mr. Gil man testified, has," so ; far as harbor possibilities are conisrned, an equal chance with ' Seattle. But there are some points in Mr. Gilman's testimony that could have been made ; clearer. The operating cost . of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle, he said, was greater than that of the' Northern Pacific because of lack of - traffio density and the high cost of coal. It would have been interesting had Mr. Gilman told the commission what the compara tive cost of operation would be with the same: density of 4 traffic; what the difference would be, for instance. If Inland j Empire -wheat were sent down - the 1 water - grade over the S. P. . A- S., thus giving that line something to do, . instead - of ? being routed over : the - mountain line,' leav ing it little to do, ' Or. what the difference - would be If the Northern . Pacific and Great Northern had treated the S. P. A S. as a part of a ' transcontinental sys tem and have Touted ; over it some of the enormous -transcontinental business that went to Puget Sound and 'laii in terminals there for months at a time. And it would ' be interesting to know how much the Northern Pa cific, the parent of the "S. P. A charges its child for Northern Pacific coal; whether the latter buys its fuel on the basis of family membership or on .a commercial basis; .whether it gets it at ' cost or buys it at a commercial profit to " the northern company. In other. words, it would be - interesting to - know whether ; the S. P, A S. would not be more-profitable than the northern line if it were permitted to do as much bus! ness instead of being left In partial idleness for the benefit of the moon- tain haul and the Puget Sound term inals of the Northern Pacific ' It patent ; to the novice that an - idle road . costs ' money, ; just as a busy road makes money. It would be interesting to know why the Northern Pacifio permits the S. P. A S. .to cost it money when it could make It ; money. Why does- the parent support its child in idleness instead of giving it a self-supporting Job? ' . x . . - The collector of internal revenue reports that. his office has received in -' partial payment of the luxury tax on ioe cream and soda fountain drinks for May and" June more than 135,000. No wonder the Oregon girls are sweet!.". THE FUGITIVE GERMANa "R ICH Germans are trying to escape from their own coun try to avoid the confiscation of their property," " says a Copenhagen news dispatch. Jt adds, that more than thirty German mil lionaires have arrived in the' town of Soenerburg, h where t they ; hope to save their ; fortunes ; by transferring their allegiance td" Denmark. 1 -The German minister of financs recently announced : that levies ex traordinary would be made on large estates to pay ;the war bills-' These bills are so enormous that (100 must be collected from every man,' woman and child per year merely to pay Jae- interest. Otherwise stated, it means that if the burden of paying: the an nual interest were divided 'equally among the workers, (400 would have to be taken from the wages -of each to -meet the annual paymenL Obviously that : policy would be impossible, and the new German gov ernment; of seeming necessity, turned to the rich to bear the heavier bur den. . Nor is ; it possible to see what other: course could be followed, in view of the stupendous 'aggregate of German war debts," debts that can scarcely be paid within a century to come. " Possibly a new thought is to spread through the world in conse quence, h It is' neverT the' poor who clamor for ,war. They have always had' to do the fighting, and mostly to do the paying.' .Jt is wealth that is the war maker. The rieh Krupps were- notoriously clamorous for the late war. i Wealth has always added enor mously to its profits ; through war. The great fortunes made -in America J during tne late ; war are, ? in many instances, beyond the; dreams of avar ice, s Some of them are so stupen dous that the possessors do not know how to spend their money. It is mainly, if .nott altogether, from wealth that there is ; now a clamor for armed : Intervention by America in Mexico. ' ': .' : I ) Possibly, in the fugitive German millionaires and in the . example ' of Germany of making wealth pa- for the late ,.war, the world will .. lay down the wholesome ; rule :j of re quiring those who Remand war to pay; for it.', -v - I - , " Women, organized ' into a house wives' league, in Chicago threaten a strike against high prices by curtail ing consumption, not only, in food stuffs but in all lines. The spark is smoldering. Whether s true ; or not, there is surmise of deep-seated profl- teeHngr- A few discoveries of price manipulation would start 1 a blaze. The psychology is such that, if high prices are to continue, they must be proven to be legitimate and not arti ficial. Nothing Is more in the aver age mind today thant the cost of things. :. I. . . STAYING ON THE FARM That "mere are many thousands of Indiana boys maybe 20,000 of them who are no longer an bitlous to leave the old home ster d and cast their fortune- in the strenuously competitive ;i ci(ies and towns," is the statement of the head of the , Indiana state board of agriculture, after an extended study of conditions in f country life. The - change revealed in Indiana is doubtless ; true in ; many states, if not in most states, r The agricultural colleges , arej giving : thousands , of young men and young womc a new vlsion'of country life. r Highly trained young men, after being given the college view that agriculture is a science . and -, the farm a place . for brains, are removing many of the old impressions that country life is without, opportunity and , exploding tne thought that ; the only way ' to make a place in the sun is to go to the city, f L t " Larger-prices for . farm products ever " since 1914 have , added : W the higher estimate of life on tha farm. Growing decadence : ; out - on - the farms a few years ago was due to the low . estimate statesmen! placed on agriculture and j was heightened by the favoring legislation they gave to other groups to the neglect of the farmers. For a long time the farm ers were even unable to -get a farm loan system . through congress be cause the money-lending Interests so long controlled that body. . The change in which young folks prefer to remain on the frm is doubly wholesome: It more widely diffuses all the cultivating interests of national life, and it counteracts the congestion of great cities, which is one of our most serious problems. A Chinese inventor of . Shanghai has perfected a typewriter which will reproduce the Chinese language in written ' form. . It has nearly 3000 keys. It ought to be a prolific source of profanity 'whatever else xit- may accomplish in the commercial world. PACKER LICENSE FIGHT RAGES By Cart Smtth. Washington Staff Cor I . respondent of The Journal. - Washington, - July . ; 11. Considerable heat is being developed in the senate on the Kenyon and Kendrick bills aimed at the regulation of the packing Industry. So far, most of the warmth appears on the Republican side. Senator Kenyon has been denouncing" the propaganda of the packers against the bills he and Kendrick have introduced,' and Senator Sherman of Illinois shot back at him. . 1 realize." shouted . Kenyon. "that some gentlemen always are ready to rusbr to the defense of the packers, but you cannot camouflage - this issue by putting up that kind of a smoke screen. This is the worst monopoly this Country has seen. . The packers not only have monopolized alljthe meat the people eat. but they are seeking' to control all the vegetables, fruits, and . even the soft drinks."' Kenyon expects the support of most of . the pother progressive 'Republican senators, but he is not : assured of all of them. In some respects the coming fight looks like a lineup of progres sives and reactionaries,' but that is not wholly true. - Some of the progressives are not ready to go in for the licensing of the packers, and there are degree of opinion, as to how far control should be extended. . Senator McNary has taken no, position on the bills as yet. He is inclined to believe there is need for legislation as to stockyards, to prevent ' monopolizing control, and that some other - features of the business may need regulation. He reserves bis Judgment on the licensing: provision. Under this provision, in both the Kenyon and the Kendrick bill, all of the packers would have to take out federal licenses and become subject to various regulations. Violation of .the law or the regulations would place them in peril of revocation of licenses by the secretary of agriculture, though this would not be finally effective until ap proved in' the United States court: 't::?: :' .: - a : ; The -soldier land settlement bill, as completed by the public lands committee for oojasideratlon by the house, does not differ in any substantial respect from the measure as it was framed by Secre tary Lane and introduced by Represen tative MondelL One amendment allows a loan of S1500 for. making improve ments, instead of S1200, and the amount which may be loaned for livestock and equipment is placeafat $1200 instead of $800. - A proviso was added that : loans shall not exceed 75 per cent of the value off the livestock and so per cent of the cost of. equipment, and the secretary is authorized in case of emergency to post pone the payments of any. installment and make additional loans not exceed ing two thirds of the total cash invest ment. A provision has . been inserted to authorize the withdrawal of public lands suitable for use under the act, and the sale price has been fixed to rep resent as, nearly as possible the selling value as compared with other units of the project, the aggregate ' of the units not to exceed the total cost of the project. 1 Representative Sinnott, as chairman of the committee in charge, has received letter of indorsement of the bill from the executive committee of the Eastern States Agricultural and Industrial expo sition, with headquarters at Springfield, Mass., an organization which Is said to be of high standing, and representative of advanced agricultural opinion in the Bast. The indorsement says that after: careful consideration of the bill the committee -Is convinced of its import ance to the North Atlantic states, and that this territory will benefit as much as any other in the nation. - This-is in repudiation of the view of some of the . Eastern congressmen, who are talking J against the bill on the ground that It is ; a scheibe to benefit the West and South. E. E. Carter, acting forester, has written Senator Chamberlain with ref erence to requests from Baker, Or., for establishment of a forest patrol by air plane. Funds for the air service are too limited, he explains, to do more this season than to establish experimental routes in proximity to aviation fields, ' and. there are no aviation fields : in Oregon. The cost of the-air patrol is between $200 and $300 a. trip, says Mr. Carter, and this is so high that it is practically prohibitive except when it can be operated In cooperation with the war department.- The cost of operating dirigible balloons Is much less, and the forest service looks hopefully upon the development of the dirigible patrol in keeping watch for forest fires, as it offers especial advantages for observa tion, and landings can be made at al- i most any point. ,'.".-.': Elephants Piling' Teak , . in Siam The elephants are our chief standby in Siam and without them teak could not be worked, as It grows in such, in accessible places that no hauling ma chine .could be brought near the trees. says a writer in "Asia." Elephants can climb like cats. It is marvelous to see them pick their way up and down steep slopes, but sometimes they lose i their foothold. One pf our elephants- fell down a steep river bank last year, hit her head against a rock and broke her neck. The work of the elephants con sists in climbing up' to the fa! lea trees and pushing or rolling them down hill to a spot where it is level enough for dragging cnains to be attached. . Then they drag the. logs down to the nearest floating creek, often six or seven miles away..- An elephant can handle from 60 to 70 logs per season. . which lasts from about June 1 till the end of Feb ruary. Then it becomes too hot for them to work and they go into rest ' camps until the next rains. The elephants do their best work in floating streams, working the timber with the current, releasing logs from Jams and . rolling the stranded logs back into the water. The elephant driver have a special "elephant language, which - the ani mals understand a special elephant vo cabulary with such terms as "Push sideways,' "Roll, ''Pull out." "Stop," "Lift your chains. lit Js very interesting and exciting to Watch the .elephants at work la high water. They are magnificent swim mers.: When they swim from bank to bank. - herding the logs that require their special attention, you see nothing' of them except the tips of their trunks through, whWh .they breathe, and the mahouts. - or ' drivers, who are gener ally in water up to their waists. If a big stack or jam breaks suddenly where elephants are working., they know the danger of being overtaken. They trumpet and clear off to either bank.: or swim downstream as fast as they can go. I once saw an elephant working at the head of a jam slip off a rock into deep water and get swept under the stock. We all believed that he n was a goner, but every now and then we were surprised . to see his trunk come up through-the logs, suck In a long breath and disappear. -' The trunk would reappear eaeh time fur ther downstream. He finally emerged at the ' foot of - the jam, very much blown, but otherwise none the worse for his accident. But he would not go near a 'pile of - timber in high water for a year afterwards. This particular, work is called "hounding. ' :' ""- " ' Letters, From the People ' (Commnnieattona aeat ta Tha Xouzaal far pobUeattoB in thu depajrtaaant BhtmW ba wnttca ob oalr ana tada of tba nixt. ahaald aot axeccd aQ arocda ia lenrLh. and aaoxt a aisaad ar caa wraw, miuaa Mil awuw aa nu aw paaj tba cgatribntica.1 - -r:::; Would ; Recall Obstructing Senators Portland. 'July 25. To the -Editor of The Journal W read in the press re ports that there is much discussion over the League of Nations among politicians and would-be politicians, back numbers of bygone days and obstructionists and knockers of the present administration generally. To adjust the League of Na tions treaty will cause. a delay ox its operation at least six months and . will necessitate a return of President . Wil son and , the American delegaUon to Europe and the calling together again of the ' delegates of America and the allies to . adjust a' few minor points which would not affect the fundamental principles of : the league and would be for no purpose with the exception of gratifying the whims of the disgruntled. The sooner the League of Nations is In operation the better for the world in general, and, as ' to minor adjustments they can wait . until the - first regular meeting of the league. If there are not enough 'senators broadminded enough to ratify a League of Nations to pre vent war, without resorting to the play ing of politics and consulting "down and outers'! who now have and hold no po litical office with the government and are busy stirring 'up dissension against the present administration in order to establish political Issues for the presi dential campaign of 1920, then there Is only one remedy, and that is to hold a special national election and let the people of the United States vote as to whether we approve of the League of Nations or not. And let a vote be taken kt the same time to recall certain mem bers of congress for disloyalty to their government and faithlessness to. their constituency, to be carried automaecally in case the League of Nations Is ap proved in each respective district.: Cer tain Republican reactionaries would put the country on the .rocks today and throw the world into another war if by so doing they could shift the responsi bility to others and wreck, the present administration. The remedy is in the hands of the people, and recall of these un-American ' members . of congress is the only system if they don't get down to business and cut out politics. ; , - OTTO.D.. DRAIN, Discourses of Personal Liberty -Astoria, July 29.-To" the Editor of The Journal I have read so many arti cles respecting prohibition that I am tempted to say a - few words. First, wholly regardless of prohibition, I object to making the "constitution a penal code, which is not the purpose of that vehicle, which: was designed as a framework of government' and to lay down certain fundamental principles. Next, labor ad vocates, anti-meat advocates, anti-coffee clubs, antl-igarette agitators, etc., may, with the precedent of the prohibitionists, seek and obtain f amendments suiting their fluctuating, tastes. Finally, John Stuart Mill and his brilliant wife wrote their great work entitled "Liberty," after a ripe experience. -Mill was the greatest man of his age, and he believed ."Liberty was' the greatest joint work of his wife and himself. In this "book he lays down the fundamental principle that over himself, his mind, his body, over what he shall eat and drink, a man is sovereign, ; being subject ;only to his neighbor for abuses of bis rights, and when he abuses them they are no longer rights. We may plead and argue with him to live our way, but we cannot force him.-. ?V - -: -'"J , We have a perfect right to abolish sa loons, for no man 'has ah inalienable light to conduct a public' tippling -house. (See Tiedemann, on "The Police Power of the State.") : . - but a man has an Inalienable right to drink - wine with ' his meals, and it is puritanical Intolerance for anybody else to force him to desist from drinking be cause somebody else desires to select his menu. Open the gates for pestiferous; in terference in one. way and there is no preventive to stop brutal majorities from destroying all the sacred rights of man. 1 CHARLES HADLET. '--' 1 Unsightly Lots " . Portland, July 29. To the Editor of The Journal. Some time ago I read tn The Journal, I think it was, that an ordinance had been passed to clear: up the unsightly lots n Portland and ad ditions in the city proper. X would lute to know why some have to comply and others pass it. Living in Irvington. I notice some disgraceful lots In. the midst of the beautiful residences, one at Twenty-sixth and Hancock streets, and some on Thompson street. One would think : the Immediate: residents would have more pride . than to have such disgraceful spots nearby, covered with all the pests that are known, and the worst thistles five feet high, with other weeds, such as St. John's wort and burdock. What are laws made for if not to be enforced? t RESIDENT. Direction of League Wind From tha Naw Tork TCTcainc Poat . A ; correspondent opposed to the League of Nations writes to challenge the Evening Post's expressed belief that the country Is for it, and blrtheiy re marks that the recent congressional election in Minnesota, to fill a vacancy, "shows which way the wind is blow ing." The Democratic candidate polled only about 25 per cent of the total vote. Npw, there were two Republican candi dates, but It happens that all three favored : the - league. : The Independent Republican candidate, Mr. Keller, 'who was elected, had the following plank in his platform: '-.v.-,.-. ".. "(1) I believe that : the peace treaty should be ratified at the earliest possi ble, moment so that the United States and the , whole world may be relieved of uncertainty, and , that - industrial and business life may be resumed . on a basis of human safety, happiness and progress. .: .! y - - "(I) I believe that the permanence of this peaceful treaty and happiness is largely bound up in the plan for a League of Nations and that the cov enant for this League of Nations should be agreed to immediately by the United States,. , - - Our correspondent will have to try again. So will those editors who jumped at the conclusion , they wanted without knowing or much caring what were the facts. ; The Good That Good Roads Do . rrem tha Canyon CHjr Eaila . - ..Tourist travel is now on the road, Automobiles, from the four points of the compass, run through Canyon City COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE Hail, hail, the Pacific fleet.- ." ... Every actor is a hero to his press agent. 4 a a Buy your War Savings Stamps today, for tomorrow they will cost more. . Verily, the straw has ' usurped the place of the "stick we used to call for in our soft drink, s We read of a man being . "relieved of $300." but fail to comprehend where in he would feel relieved. - We read that the Fiji Islanders are taking kindly to tha wearing of shirts. Trousers, we take it, are still taboo. a . Card sharps, speaking of an aviator who hits an an air pocket, would probably refer to him as "an ace in the hole.! A cousin of Alvin Tork, hero of the big-, war, has enlisted for service on the border. . Now, Villa, look a little bit . out. V. - - One of the few chores that small hoys find to their liking is turning the lea cream freezer, providing it doesn't take too long for , the. cream to get "hard enough." j -., ,- ... 'a a ' . - When the streetcar men In -Chicago went on strike downtown workers were carried in ice wagons. Not so bad at that, on a hot day. - a - a Ifs all right for President Wilson to delay his swing around the circle until cool weather sets In, because he'll have to travel through the Eastern and Mid dle Western sections of the country to get here, but we'd like him to under stand that on almost any summer day he lands in Portland he isn't likely to suffer from the heat. OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred Hera begin, tha atory of Mr, Btran'a Ufa, as told br himaelf la an intarrlaw given. Mr. hoekltr tor Tha . Journal. : It Is larraly oon eemed with the pra-volitfcal, tha paraly par aonal, if r. Bryan. Tba story will be eonunaad is a second and a third toatallmaat-1 Some years ago, while at East Orange, N. J., I called on Thomas A. Edison, In the hope of getting a five or- 10-raJnute interview with him. We spent the entire forenoon together. He showed me all over his factory and then took me Into rhis den, where we 'talked until nearly noon. . On another occasion I wanted to get a half -hour interview with Thomas W. Lawson. He was staying at (Alma Howe's place, at Hood River. L went to see- him rat 9 30. We telkedV until lunch time, ate our lunch, resumed our talk, and talked until 4:30. When I left I said, "Mr. Lawson, I think I have broken all records. I doubt if you ever gave any other reporter a seven-hour interview." He smiled and said: ... "I usually give two-minute Interviews, sometimes five and even 10, but once I gave a reporter a . 24-hour Interview. However, you have secured the second longest interview I ever gave anybody." A day or two ago. through the cour tesy of John Gratka of Astoria, I had the pleasure of taking lunch with W. J. Bryan. . I . asked him when he would have a few hours to spare, as 2 wanted an Interview. He was game, and said: "If you want to accompany me tonights on the train, we can nave a couple of hours together." - ' Shortly after the train pulled out we sat down together and Mr. Bryan said: "The way I happened to get. Into poli tics was rather unusual." I said, "Mr. Bryan, everybody knows all about your life since you entered politics. " What I want to. know IS about the old swlm min hole where you learned to swim? Did you use to catch channel catfish, or perch, when you were a boy? Did you ever go rabbit hunting? ' What was the name of the dog that used to go with you? Who was the first girl you ever went- with? Did , you plan on being a pirate, or a preacher, when you grew up? I want to know all about your boyhood. Tell me about your father? How did he happen to meet your mother? Those are of the kind of thing I want to know." ' a a a Mr. Bryan gave me a curious look and said, "Well, this interview Is going to be one of very unusual type if I answer your questions. Tou want- to V know about my boyhood. Well, there was nothing in my boyhood that was differ ent from the boyhood of a million other American boys. My father was a Jeffer sonian Democrat. He was born in Vir ginia, near Jefferson's home at Monti cello. His parents died whet" he. was 14 years old and he went to Illinois, where his brothers and sisters had gone some time r before. ; Father graduated from McHenry college, at Lebanon, HL He was an enthusiast on the subject of education. It was while he was teaching school that he met my mother. My mother's name was Maria Elisabeth Jen nings. She was horn at Walnut Hill, Marion county, Illinois. My father was teaching school there to earn money to go to college,- She was one of his pupils. They were married at Salem, the county seat of Marion county. Illinois. My father was an intensely religious man. He was a member of the Baptist church and was frequently called upon to speak at religious gatherings of that denomina tion. - . ' -:-- i -s-.v :i"',.e-' "'- -Jv" ! "I cannot remember the time that I was not ' planning to go to college. I was born at Salem on March 19, 1860. My father was judge; of the circuit court and - his - interest In public life threw the care of the family largely upon my mother." She was a woman of unusual Intelligence. . My mother and father, like my wife and myself, were comrades, . and ray mothejr was la full sympathy with my father religiously, ln- daily, and this is only a forerunner of what is to transpire with the comple tion of rood roads through the State. Oood roads will shorten the distance between ' towns, between . counties and even between statea With the comple tion of the John Day highway it will be no effort, for the people of DayvUle- to attend an evening's entertainment fin Canyon City: and return the same eve ning, end Canyon people can fraternize with the good people of Dayville, and, in fact, with the people la all parts of the county. For mere miles shrink un der pneumatic tread of the- automobile. The building of rood roads Is going to produce one of the most beneficial, re suits that has transpired during the past generation., Loflsnberries In Benton Frost the Albany Deawcrat .. J. F. Mayberry.- one of cur progressive Benton county .farmers, reports an ex cellent yield of 'loganberries. From one third of an acre he has gathered more than 6000 -pounds of the Juiey fru't, which he disposed of at the cannery at 8 cents a pound, or more than $4000. which is at the rata of $1200sn acre. This is not far behind the vtnuch ex ploited Hood River fruit lands. - i-y-:v i . An ? Admirer f Idleness From the Waabington Star. "Pt League of Nations idea sort o' gets to my sympathy In one way," re marked Plodding Pete. "What- d'ye mean?" Inquired Mean dering Mike. "A lot of people is sayin' It caaa be made to work." . NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS , Wallace Eaken. formerly city editor Of the Baker Herald, has returned to bis home state,-after being discharged from the navy. ' :-.": a ... . a This is the season "when vacant lots and neglected lawns are viewed with alarm on account of fire danger and with disgust on general principles of esthetics. The editors - of Oregon are doing their duty at least, with their pens. , . .. -.,.'". a " a a "People in the interior of the state who are suffering with heat should come to Florence to cool off." writes the Eugene Register's Florence correspondent. "The thermometer has ranged between C3 de crees and 70 degrees maximum and S3 degrees to- 41 degrees minimum In July," -?!:'- i'. ', ' .':':';'-. v : i : Surveyors are at Durkee, the Baker Herald's correspondent writes, making a reliminary survey to ascertain what and will come under the proposed reser voir. This will be constituted an irriga tion district and the owners given an opportunity to vote on bonding to build the reservoir. . , a a a Here is the most versatile vacationist of them all, as reported In the Salem' Journal : "A. M. Clough has found a new way of spending the vacation in the mountains and at the same time having all -the comforts of a home. With his family he has been visiUng relatives in Portland! Early each morning 1 they drove out from SO to 75 miles into the Mount Hood district and camped out until about C or 7 o'clock In the evening, and then drove back to Portland for the night. This was the regular program each day for 10 days, only selecUng a different part of the country for each day's outing." - - ' Lockley tellectually and politically. It was the Impress of her life on mine that helped largely to mold my character. "In 1872 my father was a candidate for congress.' With Greely he went doVn to defeat, as did the rest of the Demo cratic candidates. He was defeated by only 240 votes. I was only 12 years old at that time, but I was greatly in terested in the campaign. Right then and there I determined to go Into poll tics. As a grew older I planned to enter the law and make a competence before entering politics, but circumstances changed my plans. "I didn't go to school until I was 10 years old. My 'mother taught me at home, I went through the grammar grades and high school at Salem, III., and. tn the fall of 1875. when I was IS, I was sent to Whipple academy, at Jacksonville, a preparatory school lor Illinois college. Two years later I went to- Illinois college, where I . graduated in 1831. The next two years I spent at the College of Law. at Chicago. The law course at that time was a two-year course.' I began the practice of law at Jacksonville, July 4, 1883." a a a "When you were In school and college what were you mostly interested in ath letics, girls,, debates cr fraternities?" I asked.' - -: -.'( - : V "Shortly after reaching Jacksonville," Mr. Bryan replied, "I was elected to the Sigma Pi and for the following six years I took a very active, interest . in It. I was particularly interested In . debat ing. ' Teachers frequently assign a stu dent the affirmative or the negative side of a question for debate, without re gard to whether the student believes in the side of the subject he is to uphold. Personally, I believe this Is a mistake. I have always believed it unwise to argue against one's convictions. I myself have always refused to uphold a side in which X did not believe, and X have always ad vised others to do the same. I think persons suffer a certain moral impair ment when they try to make others be lieve what they themselves do not be lieve. Unless you have a deep and abiding' faith in a cause you cannot im press others with your sincerity.- , "I began my public speaking with declamations. I took part in three con tests. In the first I was pretty well down the list. In the sect nd X was third, and In the third I was second. In my : sophomore year I :. won the prize for my essay. In : my : junior year X - won the prize for oratory, This gave me the privilege of represet lng my college in the state oratorical contest. This was In the fall of 1880; In this state oratorical contest I won second place. When X first entered the academy ! attended the Intercollegiate contest at Jacksonville. Then and there I made up my mind that if it was pos sible I would represent my college in the state oratorical contest, on or before I reached, my senior year. Yes, I think in justice to myself, I can say that-1 studied hard. I think this Is proved by the fact that during the four years in college I led my . class, which resulted In my being chosen valedictorian. "In many of the college sports I toolfit but an ordinary interest. Many of the boys could beat me in the 100-yard dash, my best time being 11 seconds. Like most American boys 1 played bass- ball, but was more or less of an ama teur at it. I excelled In only one thing. and that was the broad jump, or, as it Is usually called, the standing jump. When I entered the academy X , could Jnmy nine feet In the broad jump. When X graduated my record was 12 feet. , Several years after graduation I returned to the college and the students induced me to compete in the broad jump. I won the prize by Jumping 12 feet four Inches. In one other event I was always able to take tha prize, and that was in the backwards jump. X was able to jump nine feet backwards. If you think that Is easy, try it some time." Curious Bits of Information , For the Curious Gleaned From Curious Places ' The "sand flea", is not a flea at all. It is a crustacean, clad in a wonderful suit of armor-proof. ; It Is rarely abroad In the dayUme. Its business Is noc turnal. ' The sand Heas are the "white wings" of the ocean strand. They come out at night In myriads and remove all decaying organic . matter, animal or vegetable, that has .been deposited on the beach. ' It Is their accustomed food. Their work goes on .winter and sum mer. As each broken billow recedes a bubbling may be perceived from ever no many little holes in the wet sand. These are the mouths of small vertical pits, in which the sand fleas dwell. Olden Oregon In 1855 the "Salem Clique" Put the Quietus on Durhamites to 1856 Judge C. Pratt, leader of the Durham faction of the Oregon Dem ocrats, aspired to succeed ; General Joe Lane as delegate to congress. Behind Lane were what was known as the "Salem ' clique.' Pratt was supported by. those opposed to the "clique." When It came to the meeting -or tne conven? tlon to make the nomination, Pratt re ceived only six votes against 63. for Lane. This marked the passing of the "Durhamites" . and the coming- of ths Salem clique ' in Oregon politics. ' The.. News in Paragraphs World Happenings Briefed for Benctit of Journal Readers OREGON NOTES K copy of the League of Nations pact ?S-bn .roeiTd. Clovernor Olcott from Senator McNary. , tifi ne7. 3nt,n at Corvatlls. built I.J,POW"v'l'e--"o-vil!la canning company, has been completed. . The construction of IS miles of hlgh jn? il?-8?'0' creek to Spray, on the ia hi&L.r.ver'. en-Ploying 250 men. s scheduled to start next week. ; . Sho- accidentally by his yotiecrr brother. Oeraid Kentonf son Of R. W. Kenton of Ooldendale. Wash., is in Tha Dalles hospital With a fractured fcnik .i!?.,5.1, Burr company of Portland ?edK warded a block of ' " lcr "nl xamniu county ottilM m bonds at a premium . ,SlrCaU,5 J.ud8 Eaain has decided that I?k . rw c?rnctjrr commission is ft.i52U-tiUt,ir,ty to lv' malntenancs cemrtery PFOprt3r la Ooaanview rZL "SSU .'?1 Lt and Ernest Ci-amer, The Dalles boys who ran away A?M,omS.wr rt"'ed y Lee Moon Hvex'.treeC hem on a : iir.SrilP 10 MnU ,op a ft-mlnute i-SP?J2n coTraatlon between Astoria i,JZ rrenton ha DB Put l effect, 12 S f servioe. The city of War renton plans to protest. , State Inanrano fmmi..... . : " vwuiiHiMiuiior iirTPr '1I"Z f'ea. "P th affairs of hU KllCifid turned t over to A. C. Bar- the insurance business in Portland. W2rkn,n x,cYaUn for tn approach f the new Ninth street bridge tn The Dalles uncovered the skeletons of a woman and an Infant, believed to have : b'".urll half century ago by some Immigrant train. . tt Ira Williams, state geologist: C. B. Osburn of the federal bureau of mines. and. 9 s,ncllr hve been investi gating about the mouth of the Colum bia river for pi I Indications, but found tlttea WC 0,1 ,n commercial quan- A Hindu shawl, valued by its owner. Miss Emma Jones, at more than $100 ' and given to a friend of Miss Jones as a wedding present 60 years, ago, was do nated by Miss Jones for auction in Hood River for reconstruction, work funds. .. . . . ' The Warren Packing company has "tartjd suit to compel Andrew tfuljis and M. Gorman, owners of the seining boat President, to deliver to the com pany all salmon they catch for three years. In accordance with an alleged agreement. ,: WASHINGTON The state tax commission has ranked Lewis county second in efficiency of handling probate business. An air taxi service between Puget Sound points la to be, established by a Seattle firm. , . . . Test borings for foundations of the Pasco-Burbank bridge over the Snake river have proven satisfactory. - To take up work In Porto Rico, Miss Elsie May Wlllsey has resigned as Pierce county home economics Instructor. Washington Red Men chose T acorn a as their 1920 convention city and elected E. B. King of Tacoma great sachem of Washington. - French " girls have written Spokano authorities, asking for the records of Spokane soldiers overseas by whom they have been asked to marry. , : Riley May, II years pTd, slipped at the top of a bluff near, Salkum, rolled 100 feet and dropped SO feet to the bank of the river, breaking . an arm in thrye places. . . : Vancouver win he host to the West- ern wasmngton wainui lirowers- -as- sociatton. August 6, and additional guests will be members of the Oregon association-- - , The Centralia city commission has passed an ordinance limiting use of several ' streets by Jitneys in an effort to stop competition with ths North Coast The Tacoma council has begun a fight vr - a" s v civ - av nvvina awarais w say ajaa - Power company and the Pacifie Trao--tlon company from doing away with the transfer- privilege. Frank Martin, Bruno Mlchiloff and V. Fomaclari pleaded guihy in Chehalls to stealing caacara bark from Robert Ma.iifrmann at Drvad and Pe Kll and rwere fined $60 each arfd assessed $17.10 costs. - - - ' .; GENERAL - f - : The national assembly of Germany has voted confidence in the government. An opposition motion was voted down. The Pacifio International company of Portland. Or., has been denied authority to ship 2500 tons of flour to Denmark and Norway. Austrian musicians. Including Oscar -Strauss, composer j Frans Leht&and Em merich Kalman, are planning to tour the United States in the spring. ;S ,-r The Sacramento, Cal.. city commla. Un k . - mmfA tha matm mmtM aratiara.1 to esUblish an aerial mail service be tween that city and San Francisco. A commission of five representing the on by the supreme council to Interpret and coordinate U German peace treaty. The president of the Hungarian soviet government, Alexander Garbai, commit' -ted suicide following an attack on the government and Bela Kun, government leader. . ... -- ..'? The bodies of Mrs. Tony Stravisar and seven children under 10 years of age were found in the embers of their noma at Kimberley, Ohio. The children had been saturated with coaloil after being: tied in their beds. - .-vvvvv;-w.v; The shipping board has agreed to pay 1333.31 charges for shipping to Portland, r, tmm Ktw York of tha body Of Lee L. Wallace, who died in Italy. Through a mistake the bill was sent to Mr a E. ' A. Wallace of Portland, the - boy's mm ner. . Uncle Jeff Show Says: The way a block of landU jump up In, price when the school trustees wants it Is like the way a rasorback hog turns into a thoroughbred Berkshire when tha railroad train runs sorest It. That way is by fraud and perjury. Some day we'll git mad enough In Oregon to make It the law that what a man has his 'lot assessed fer is 90 per cent of what any body can buy It fer. That can be done, though of course lawyers'!! tall us It can't be enacted and provided tinder the : constitution of the United States and the statutes of limitations. The lawyers alius says , that about most -ever'thlng the people wants. That Is, 'fore they find out the people's bound to have It, and then they show us a hole in the fence which they knowed was there all the time, and we crawl through mighty thankful to 'em fer all their ways, even If they did build the fence. 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