THD OREGON DAILY; JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1919.
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'ItTOT ia not alway the effect of forca
and annanent i not a victory.
Edmund Bark.
IF AN Oregon legislative member
does' not favor an extra session
to ratify? ther suffrage amendment,
will.he not Incur the enmity of
the women , of the ste? A l
Will j. he , not be confronted with
opposition from them in future elec
tions? These kre questions- which
' every pregdjn sen'ator and representa
tive must answer for himself or her
self. , ; .'
' Nor I will it , escape the attention,
" of these members that, on the other
band, Jtheir -expressed willingness to
, ; attend an extra session without cost
to the state in. per diem and mileage
will ppl them In better standing wfth
the women voters. If the members
thus make a personal sacrifice in
order! to hasten ratification of the
amendment and thereby render a
service to the unenfranchised women
i in othier states, it cannot stand other
wise than as a future political asset.
The! suffrage 'cause is very deep in
the hearts of Oregon wOmen. They
were among the pioneers in the
movement. ; With them, suffrage is
a. cause, and not . a diversion. And
it. is a matter of history 'in Oregon
. that the mass of f women are very
faithful to those men who stood In
Its hour of ; need for -woman's equal
,' ity before ithe law.
' AnJ extra session for ratification of
c "the ., suffrage amendment In Oregon
' would ; undoubtedly have weight with
other isuffrage states. The fact that
Oregon legislators had waived per
diem and mHeage to ratify the
amendment would give the women
in such states an argument for
- appealing . to their own legislators.
There, (as here, it would be diffi
' cult for menbers , of the legislative
body to refuse ! to waive legislative
.expenses in order to ratify.
- It is hard to see how Oregon
legislators can refuse. The Sacrifice
.that the Women ask is very small.
A day's, per diem is the price of
a few ' cigars., Mileage, l.except to
distant, counties," is Ithe 'cost of a
dinner , and tickets to the theatre.
The . end to h& - attained - is the
1 probable admission of millions of
women: to exercise of theballot In
time f6r the' 1933 election. The re-.-
ward cannot be other than the good
. will of a very large parti of the
voting ' population wjf Oregon.
"Wax weddings in seven cases out
of 10 proved failures," said a Chi
cago Judge, In announcing that the
.j 12' months just -ended wilt go down
. irtjcourt records as the greatest di
1 vorce year in Chicago history. "The
young brides . are. afraid of the
: strangK men they hastily married
.two years ago." he added In explana
tion in. fpart cf the increased num
ber 'of I domestic tragedies. The Chi
cago' percentage ' of divorces is a
' little bver. one Jto every seven mar
. ' riages. ' - - v ' '
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ITS GREAT SERVICE
EEY ."people realize the wide scope
and effect of the work done by
tit$ -federal employment agency
' : throughout the country. The re-
, suits in Oregon, through r. the work
of . the bureau headed by Wilfred P.'
Smith,? are surprising. '
Mr;. SmiUC has Just filed hfs report
of the., work done by the bureau
' during the period between - July J,
. 1918, - and June 30, 1919, inclusive.
' During that time 131,568 men' regis
tered, with; the bureau in search of
employment.. Of this number 113423'
were furnished with work at remun
' erative wages. : " ... t
The report also shows that 9710
returned soldiers, sailors and " ma
rines have been furnished wihf po
sitions in the fate of the; fact that
V-sInca;, March & last -. most of this
work iias- been done through the
. Liberty 1 Temple. - During the same
vperiod 7680 women were placed in
'posiifons,' and at the present time an
average of 20O men are being located
in positions daily. , 1.
" This -reeorcl-has been jnade In spite
of the fact that the' work , of the
bureau has been 5 hampered .by lack
of funds and consequent curtailment
of activity. Its results, however,
, demonstrate the wisdom of the law
which created the bureau,' and ought
to be compelling reason for the
continuance of the -work, not only
in Oregon, 'but throughout the- coon
try. v , ' ,
In the ' fullness of health ! and
strength she' alighted from a Union
avenue car. 'But an auto was pas8
ing. ; It struclc her.; One . le i
broken. ; Dot any of us realize the
mosientou8nss of the auto problem ?
When, in the next year or two; their
number la doubled,, what of the acci
dents? .,..,..: - ' -v ." ' v
CITY LAND SCANDALS
WILL oppose to the finish tiny at
tempt to obtain excessive prices
.from the city for, park sites. Prop
1
erty for that purpose will doubt
less be secured, through condemna
tion proceedings, and U the verdict
of the' jury is anything other ' than
what X 'would consider a good 'buy for
tho city, I will vote against its ac&J
ceptance. City Commissioner Pier.
Fbe hundred thousand dollars of
public money is to be spent for park
sites in Portland. Experience in
buying land for public . uses in the
past ' has been disastrous. Marquam
gulch" prices? were a public scandal.
Juries fixed valuations for lets in
that district at more than double
the figure aUwhlch.lots In the heart
of Irvington were offered the city by
the Irvington club. . The expressed
purpose of Commissioner Pier is as
surance that the scandals of the
past will not be repeated. The other
members of the city commission made
similar pledges when the measure
for purchase of park sites was pend
ing before the people.
It was on those campaign pledges
and on them alone that the people
voted the appropriation for park
sites, Even with the pledges of the
commissioners to back the measure,
it was adopted only by a slender
majority. The people trusted the
commissioners on the campaign
pledges made, and committed to them
the expenditure of a great sum for
parks and playgrounds for the bene
fit, of the city's expanding popula
tion. There is every reason .to believe
that profiteering on the city in land
transactions is to end. A great deal
of good intention has been shown
by the present city government.
There is no field in which it can
dojhore to further prove its high
purpose and efficiency than by put
ting an end to city land scandals;
I there were ho rail lines and, as
City Attorney LaRoche points out, a
waterway were constructed over the
mountains to Puget Sound, raising
the slow-moving craft over the ridge
by a tedious series of locks, wouldn't
the difference in cost of transporta
tion be obvious enough to secure for
the natural route along the Colum
bia a differential in freight ratea?
Why not, then, a differential in rait
rates?--f
ONE GUNMAN IS BEST
FREDERICK A. DOWSEY, the spe
cial agent of the United States
shipping board, whose sudden
death at Seattle not long ago
has been the occasion of much ex
citement because of the theory that
he was murdered to prevent disclos
ures of j widespread shipbuilding
frauds, came to his end from natural
causes, ' according to - the findlngs
of the ' coroner's jury.- In spite of
this verdict the government agents
are not satisfied but will still con
tinue to follow the murder .theory.
It is difficult to believe - that men
of sufficient prominence and stand
ing to be engaged in the building of
ships would commit or instigate
murder even though they might have
been engaged in fraudulent transac
tions. .
Such things have been "done but
usually , by -men in other walks of
life. There are gun men in New
York, or used to be, who hunted
men down when marked by the vice
leaders and head gamblers of that
metropolis. But out in this country
the hired assassin is' a rare bird.
Men here are their own gunmen wfcen
they reach the point of 'taking hu
man life. . .
It is riot a nice thing to think of
men hiring murder done. Whatever
may be the result of the further in
vestigation into Dowsey's death, it
Is to be hoped that he .was not killed
by proxy, should it finally be de
termined that his death was not as
the coroner's jury, found. It is more
comfortable i to bave direct action if
there should be murder co'mmitted.
Then there is but one murderer to
punish, andThot two or more. .
The shortage of houses in all Ore
gon cities and towns is often reflect
ed. It waa brought to mind in Pen
dleton the other day, 'when a "for
rent'i, ad In the East Oregonian
brought 17 replies.. The ' house waa
rented within an hour. Most of the
17. calls were' received ' within three
hours ; after the paper r appeared.
Some of the applicants offered a pre
mium In their . effort to secure a
lease. . i - ; : u ; .
A FABLE' AND A FACT
0' NCB : upon a time, a long, time
ago, ' some f little children were
robbed ot their - heritage by a
big corporation. , . . .
At last the legaj guardian of the
little .children asked ai lawyer "to get
the heritage back for th benefit of
the little children, and their children.
" The lawyer, after a while, sued the
big corporation and, alleged in his
complaint that it had i entered Into
a 'conspiracy with , its hirelings and
paid them to steal the heritage frcm
the little children. .
The big . corporation went before
the ; circuit ; judge .and argued that
the lawyer's complaint did not have
enough facts stated In it to enable
him to brin .lhe suiL --
The circuit judge overruled;' the
plea of the big corporation and , said
it would have to defend itself against
the charge of the lawyer. ; : . . '
AftW 4 f while Tlhe jjawyer'. went
away and the- legal guardian asked
another lawyer td try the case
against the big corporation. -
The new lawyer studied the case
and "found, out that the big corpora
tion, bad not paid his .hirelings to
steal the heritage of the little chil
dren, hut that it had forged j the
deeds to the heritage J and was ; the
thief itself. So the new lawyer asked
the circuit Judge to let him tile a
new - complaint so ' that, he : could
prove that the l!g corporation had
stolen the heritage of i the little
children, and get it back for them.
The .circuit judge was a Just Judge
and let the new lawyer file a new
complaint so that he would have a
chance to . recover the heritage of
the little children. ' :
Now the big corporation realized
that the new lawyer could not get
the heritage of the little . children
baok tor them if he tried the case
on- the complaint of the old lawyer,
so it asked the supreme: court to
make the new, lawyer , use the old
complaint because it had told' the
circuit judge it was not a good com
plaint and the - circuit judge would
not believe it. t - -
Five of the Judges of the supreme
court were just judges and they, told
the big corporation that the new law
yer ought to 'have a chance to re
cover the stolen heritage of the little
children. There' were two other
judges who did not agree with the
five just Judges, and they told the
new lawyer that he ought -to be
forced to use the old complaint and
not have -a chance to recover the
heritage of the little children which
had been-stolen by the big corpora
tion. 1
So, because there were five Just
judges and only two other judges
in the supreme court, the little
children were given a chanco to get
their heritage back from the rich
corporation which had forged the
deed and stolen it ' from them and
their children.
A boy 41 has been adopted by
Widow Duff Of New Rochelle, She
has no close relatives, and a court
has confirmed her adoption of this
foster-son. He has neither father nor
mother. He Has a " 12 -year-old
daughter by a former wife, whom he
divorced-in the state of Washington.
He Is a captain in the army, and has
lived with his foster-mother 10 years.
LOSING THEIR INSURANCE
OF THE 4,000,000 war risk insur
ance policies issued 'during the
war three fourths have -ybeen al
lowed to lapse. '
A government commission is striv
ing to reach th insured service men
in an effort to restore .as many'' as
possible of the policies, v
In their youth and inexperience,
the soldiers and sailors do not realize
the great value of their war risk in
surance. The terms are remarkaniy
easy. The system was designed . to
supplant future pensions. It is the
effort of government to give the
fighters a privilege in a . measure
recognizing the sacrifices "they made.
It is the most beneficent program
ever offered by a government to its
service men. Only the thoughtless
ness of immature years can account
for the high percentage of policies
thaf have been allowed to lapse.
Parents can scarcely render their
boys a greater service than to advise
them to hold fast to the policies
and meet all of the few requirements
of the government in keeping them
intact. - f "
War risk insurance is" a far better
system than the dole of a pension
which ' inexorably carries with it,
whether just or not, the Idea and
atmosphere of "a gratuity.
It hasn't been named or explained.
But a big NewYork concern is. buy
ing wine' grapes and wine-making
plants in the Lake Erie grape belt
and assures grape growers there that
their vineyards will be as valuable as
ever, In spite of prohibition. That
the product he is to manufacture
from the grapes is not what is, known
as grape juice is the statement of one
pf the firm; and that it will be wide
ly accepted by the public is a -further
assurance. Curiosity ..reigns In the
region. v.- ' .
HIGHWAY; DEFECTS
mWO general ' conclusions reached
I , from a survey of the state road
I work, completed are that not
enough attention has been given
to questions of drainage and width
both of grade and pavement. It. has
also been demonstrated that it is
not agood nplicy te put an expen
sive pavement on a new grade which
his not i sufficiently ; settled, gone
through one winter at least and de
veloped its weak spots. ,; "
, A concrete example in which are
illustrated all these defects of past
construction, is ' the section of the
Pacifie highwajr between Oregon City
and anby. The results following
sufficient! and Insufficient drainage
are found here In immediate -contrast
.
Of this section of highway the
stretch between Canemah, and New
Era was poorly drained and the pave
ment was put down on a green grade;
Water penetrated the road. The pave
ment became rough and broken.: It
gave way , under th,e traffic. Thls
has brought the necessity of correct
ing thevneglected: and faulty drain
age at" a cost far in excess of what
It would 'have, been had the proper
attention been - given during original
construction, -
The width of th pavement is only
IS feet. Not only la this too narrow
to accommodate the- traffic, but it
adds to ' the ' drainage problem by
encroaching in the cuts on the slopes
Of the bank to such an extent as to
make it difficult to put In. the side
drainage to care for surface water.
This condition shows that the .road
bed itself ought to Jte wider.
Contrasted with .toe section Of 4he
foad between Canemah and New Era
is the section between New Era and
Canby where :- the " old county road
formed the principal part of the
foundation and' where the drainage
was good. On the hill: going out of
New Era where a new ; grade was
built, the soil conditions 'were' bad
but' especial attention' was, given to
drainage. . As a consequence the road
here; is holding up well, illustrating
that drainage is. the fundamental
support of r highway. '
Further emphasis of the need of
wider roadbeds here'r there . is a
heavy traffic, and - the intimate rela
tion of width, and uralnage, may ne
fqund on the lower Columbia river
highway in Clatsop and Columbia
counties and also in Tillamook county
and other parts of the state where
there is a heavy rainfall.' , '
With a- 16-foot pavement on a 20
foot grade there is not sufficient
room on - the. sides.; The natural
drainage of the ground is poor and
the ..space between, fee foot of- the
slopes and the edge of the pavement
is Insufficient to Install artificial
drainage: ' ' ' .
FEDERAL DRY
LAW'S TEETH
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff Cor
respondent or The Journal. ..
Washington, August 2. The wets la the
bouse of representatives' spent nearly
10 days -hammering at the drastic pro
visions of the prohibition enforcement
bill as It had been reported from com
mittee, and at the end of the 10 days
they were rather worse, off than they
started. The drys had about two votes
to one all the day, and wrote the bill
as they wanted it. These are samples
of the teeth the .bill possesses : .
Any room, house, building, boat, ve
hicle, structure or place of any kind
where liquor Is kept, made or sold in
violation o the act may be declared a
common nuisance.
If a person has knowledge or reason
to believe that his property is used in
violation of law, the property becomes
subject, to a lien to pay the fine of. the
occupant. .
Upon' affidavits of improper use, an
injunction may be - issued without the
giving of a bond for damages by the
complainant.
A physician, may have a permit to
prescribe . liquor if he is duly licensed
and actively -engaged in practice, but
he may prescribe it only after a care
ful physical examination and after the
conclusion that this "medicine" is neces
sary in good, faith to afford relief from a
specified ailment.' The quantity may
not be ver one pint in 10 days.
It is made unlawful to advertise liquor,
or any recipe sor formulaxptf, the home
made kind or to give any information
as to where a "speakeasy" may be
found. . .
' No one shall permit a sign or billboard
advertising liquor to remain on his
premises, and the revenue officers may
paint out such signs when necessary.
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Senator Chamberlain has Indicated
that he expects soon to address the
senate on the subject of military jus
tice, using as the text' his new bill to
wipe out, courtmartial sentences for
minor offenses and illustrating it fronj
records in -his office of individual cases.
The Oregon senator has a collection of
complaints which have coma to him
from military prisons and from other
sources, some of which he. feels are
amply substantiated, concerning sever
ity of sentences and: mistreatment of
men. He spoke with unusual feeling
concerning these cases.
"I propose now to wipe out these
courtmartial sentences where the of
fense is less than a felony tinder civil
law," he said, "and to discharge these
boys honorably, as though they never
had been convicted, remitting all fines
and forfeitures1 of pay,-' I -want the pub
lic to understand not only the severity
of sentences, but the cruelties which
have been suffered. The Spanish in
quisition ,was not a marker to some of
them."
Senator Chamberlain - said be had pre
pared his bill "without assistance," and
it might, need some amendment, which
could be made in due course.
Suggestion that the Big Five packers
are going into the berry packing busi
ness and affecting the loganberry In
dustry were made by Representative
Carner of Texas during the hearing on
the fruit juice tax before the ways and
means committee. Arthur M, Churchill
of Portland, .representing the fruit, juice
interests, said he thought the packers
bad a part in it. ' That is the impres
sion, he said, but he had no. direct
knowledge about It.' Representative
Moore of Pennsylvania thought prohi
bition might help the fruit, Juice indusr
try and, by increasing the volume of
sales of soft drinks, enable the makers
of fruit juice drinks to pay sonle Of
tho revenue lost 'from alcoholic liquors.
Churchill replied that while there was
practically no limit on the price people
would pay for a drink with a "kick,"
there was a, definite limit oh what they
would pay for a drink minus the kick,
and, that point had already been
reached. - ' . 1
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The Western Pine -Manufacturers as
sociation has appealed to Senator Mc
Nary to support legislation " to restore
the power of suspending rates formerly
possessed by the interstate commerce
commission, so important changes may
be reviewed before they go: into effect.
Senator McNary states he favors this
and will support' it . .-
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Enlistments in the army bave reached
the rate of .1000 a day. If continued,
that would be mora than 104,000 a year,
and, therefore, more than enough to fill
the ranks of the 'army now provided for
of approximately 240.000 men. This
seems to dispose of the argument that
recruits could not be had In the number
needed for the regular army.
Rural Thrift in America,
and Francejebrripared
From the Review
Commenting on a recent article in the
Review by 'an A. E. V. major-entitled
"Fed Up With th French,, a corre
spondent writes : " :: "? - M-Ws.1;?. ' .
I bad had a conversation with a young
New Englander; ; recently discharged,
firbo expressed great bitterness because
Hie had had to pay a large price for a
knife In France and had, he thought,
been overcharged for eggs. It happened
that we got off at the same station, and
I inquired his name and learned that his
father was one of the selectmen of. the
little lake . village where X "spend my
summers. Then I recalled that th se
lectmen had assessed my cottage twice
as much as that of the mora valuable
property ot the farmer next to me J tba
wis same ooys aunt cnargea us aoove
th currant rate for eggs and was so
careful to pick out all the big ones, for
the Boston market that at times I have
wondered whether .she had not changed
her bens for pigeons : that this boy's
cousin, who plays golf on our hillside
links, had a short time since 'borrowed'
a doxen golf. balls from my locker; that
the village clergyman, who Is a distant
relative of - this boy's, after selling me
nay property on the lake, arranged with
a friend to claim that the title was
faulty and that the lake front had be
longed to him and not to the clergyman,
and the two had tried for six months to
blackmail movant of an additional sum
of money for ihe land.: all these things
because,! am to these people a New
York millionaire., though In. reality a
college professor on an inadequate sal
ary." '
Letters From the People
i Commanictkn unt to Tb Journal for
publication in this department ehonld be written
an only onfl aid of th paper, ahonl4 not exceed
SOO words ia lenrth. and mnat bo aicned by the
writer, whose mail addreaa in tali unit accom
pany the contribution. )
, 1 Syndicating .
Athena, July 30. To the Editor of The
Journal Tour editorial relating to the
syndicating of the fruit interests of the
east by the big interests is timely. But
what are you going to do about it? The
war ts over, and greed' must have new
avenues of exploitation. Every indus
try, every public utility, must .in the
end succumb to the" grasping power of
greed.- Abie apologists are filling the
magaztnast in the Interests of the money
power. - Thousands of newspapers are
heralding the downfall of public own
ership of the railroads. The money
power is rampant. The signs of the
times are pointing to a new day of open,
unrestricted plunder. The red rag of
Bolshevism is waved before the eyes of
the mad bull of discontent and his horns
are getting sharper all the time. I.t
them not bait hirn too long. It will then
require more than a bugaboo' to stop
him. v
The money power rules, but how long
can it rule at the present rate? There
are extremes to which people will not
go. The care" can only coma when the
disease has made its run, and the reme
dies may be drastic. When our mines,
our forests, oar lands, our- industries of
avery kind, our products,-the bread w
eat, the water we drink, all are syn-.
dicated, and the only thing left is the
air we breathe and the sunshine, I sup
pose we shall sing of the "land of the
free and the home of the brave," and
syndicated patriotism will shout "Bol
shevism!" if anyone. has the presumption
to kick about conditions.
F. B. WOOD.
. The Question of Who's Selfish
Portland, July 30. To the Editor of
The Journal There is a peculiar thing
I have noticed in letters written by pro
hibition sympathizers and published in
the papers. They almost invariably
speak of anti-prohibitionists as being
selfish. We have all. heard of the pro
verbial dog in the' manger that did not
want the hay himself but would not let
the starving horse eat it. Is the prohibitionist-
any less selfish than ' the
dog?. Nit. Because they do not want
to use wine, beer or liquor of any kind,
they do not want others to have the
right to do so No matter how badly
one may want it, or how badly one
may need it, no matter how weak and
debilitated one may be. bo matter how
badly one may require brandy to stlmu-,
late, or alcohol rubs to brace up during
severe sickness, they must not have
anything - of the kind. That is the
theory ot the prohibitionists. For in
stance, last winter,' when more thaft a
dosen children died in one baby home
in Portland and the physicians claimed
that if they could get brandy the lives
of those little ones might be saved, a
letter was published, in a daily paper
in Portland, written by a woman, in
timating that it was better to let the
babies die than to have brandy used.
And they call anti-prohibitionists ' self
ish. It strikes me that the selfishness
is on the other side of the fence.
J. H, CLARK. ,
Epidemics and Barbers -Portland,
July 30. To the Editor 'ot
The Journal There is some cause for
alarm in the city on account of the
epidemics of scarlet fever and small
pox. Wars are nearly always followed
by epidemics, andy we have taken a
great many precautions in our city; but
our danger is not all over yet. A doc
tor and noted health authority who re
cently visited Portland, in speaking of
the recent fever epidemic, said that
one of . the very best combatants of
these contagious diseases Is the barber
shop, because the barbers use lotions
and - antiseptic washes that are pre
ventives. 'Returned soldiers say that
Whenever they were on long, weary
marches, weakened through deprivation
of food and also of soap and water,
they welcomed the sight of the little
barber shop. And they say that-when
they -were stationed where the barber
shops were accessible there was little
contagion, and that when they were ill
yn hospitals, these same ministrations
not; only hastened their recovery, but
prevented further spread.
i Almost 1 in the heart of Europe a
great many of the people live without
the civilizing Influences of soap and
water or clean linen. In parts of Si
beria and Poland, where there are no
bathing appliances or barber : shops,
Btnallpoz and typhus sweep away thou
sands upon thousands. It is necessary
for us to make a deep study along these
lines, because many of our boys have
been exposed by association with . men
from these region a It is too hard to
rid the country of these epidemics after
they get a foothold.
- A READER.
.. Replying to One in Distress
The lady who asked The Journal, for
information as to -legal means, if any,
for preventing her husband from un
dertaking' a hazardous feat which he
contemplates, is advised that there is
no way he can. be legally prevented
from, attempting the purposed exploit.
Ekaterinburg.
5 Fronr tho Cleveland Plain, Dealer.
-On 'July 1. 1918, Nicholas Romanoff,
the man who had been czar, was stood
against a wall in his prison at Ekaterin
burg and'ahot to death. AJ the same
time the BolahevikI executed the former
czarina and the tour daughters of the
czar, the youngest only 17. The fate of
the boy Alexis, heir of the Romanoffs,
is uncertain ; but If he was not butch
ered with his parents and sisters he has
undoubtedly since been disposed of.
Less than a month after the slaughter
of the Romanoffs Ekaterinburg wa cap
tured by the JCsecho-SIovaks. These mod
ern crusadera gladly turned the city over
to Admiral Kolchak, and It appeared to
be permanently lost to the Reds. Now,
on July 16, 1919, one year to the day
after the execution of the royal family,
Ekaterinburg has fallen ' to the Bol
ahevikI. The horrors - Incident to the
new occupation of" this blood-stained
city '-can - scarcely be imagined. The .
frightful punishment of the citizens who
were almost unanimously " hostile to the .
COMMENT, AND
SMALL CHANGE .- .
Ws won't mind the . Increased tele
phone rates so much if we don't have to
pay them.. , ,
? Food profiteers are to be prosecuted,
and a whole lot of people wouldn't care
if they were electrocuted . . ..
The price f foodstuffs Jumped 88 per
cent in five years, according to the dis
patches and still jumping, say we?
France is gettls ready to reduce her
army. But for France's stubbornness,
the Germans would have had that all
done long. ago. .
, They're still launching a ship once irt
a while In Portland, though the papers
don't make as much of a play about it
as they did a few months ago.
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.Though some loose steers were round
ed up. by automobile near Portland Fri
day morning, the usual old-time methods
are to be followed in the big gams at
Pendleton. In the fall.
The strike of the. London policemen is
declared a failure. After nerualnar annua
ll??Zl..T?.?C J?-4
land's Beavers are tn the same fix.
"School Commissioner Evan Essery of
Washtenaw county." says the Detroit
New", "while pondering over, requests
which be could not fill, f or v-teachers
from 23 dlstrictaJof the county, received
a letter from Stevens county, Oregon,
asking him to send a few of Wash
tenaw's surplus teachers to the Pacific
coaat." To teach geography, perhaps.
OBSERVATIONS ANDIMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN .
By Fred
Mr. Bryan, in this article, the conclndinc na
of Uie eerie of three that Mr. Lockley baa
presented, express bie mom of t&e primary
rata of Um well crowded religious life aa aa ele
ment ia the rntdance of pnbUo affairs. Be
proceeds thence to rejoice in the auooeaa of equal
uffraie and in the downfall of Kins Alcohol, pre
dicting fraa theee aehieTementa further notable
trlumpha of America's reform forces.
"What was the most important thing
In my lifer said W. J. Bryan, ms he
repeated my Question. "There are a
great many important events in a man's
life th choosing of his parents, the
choosing of his wife, the choice-ef his
friends, his choice of his life workand
many other things. I believe the most
important event in my life was wbenI
Joined the church. It has shaped and
molded roy whole life. I was 14 years
old when I joined the Cumberland Pres
byterian church. My father was a very
active worker in the Baptist church. My
mother was a Methodist, but because of
my father's great interest In his church
she also joined " the Baptist church. I
joined the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church without any particular knowledge
of its church doctrines, but because when
I joined the church the Baptist churca
was very small and held only one meet
ing a' month. Moreover, there were very
few young people who belonged to the
Baptist church there. Seventy of my
schoolmates Joined the Cumberland
Presbyterian church, and I felt more at
home with them. I have always taken
a keen interest in the ' Presbyterian
church. , In f acW I am, and have been
for many years, an elder In the church;
and at the last general assembly I pre
sented a resolution which I think will
be adopted. It provides for a board of
councillors . or pastorja, to take up the
various problems of the church. -
" e
"In my day I have had a very large
number of brickbats heaved in my di
rection. For years the press iwas full
of criticism, abuse or good-natured fun,
because X preferred grape juice to liquor.
A real man will never sacrifice his con
victions, even though the maintenance
of these convictions leads to the defeat
of his cherished ambitions. I have been
a teetotaler from youth. Neither Mrs.
Bryan nor myself has ever permitted
liquor to be served in our home, and
now I have come to see the day when
liquor can no longer be served In any
home. I am not so lonesome as I ones
was.
"Yes, the church has always ben one
of the important elements of my life,
and I attach whatever success I . have
had more to my faith in the triumph of
right than to any foresight that I have
exercised. Some one has expressed It as
faith in the wisdom of doing right,
e
'One of the heavy prices a person
pays for being in public life is his en
forced absence from home. Only the
urgent call of duty .can Justify one's
sacrificing home life. No profit nor
pleasure that comes from absence from
home can compensate for that loss..
"X have three children and eight grand
children. My daughter, Ruth Baird
Bryan, is now Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen.
W. J. Bryan Jr. is my second child. My
third child is Grace Bryan, now Mrs.
Grace Bryarv Hargreaves. My eldest
child haB three children, my second child
has three and my youngest chiM has
two. I usually . describe my grandchild
dren as one, two and. three In series one.;
one, two and three in series two, and
one and two in series three.
Bolshevik cause -may mark a new high
water mark of Bolshevik terrlbleness. V
The loss of Ekaterinburg Is undeniably
a severe blow to the forces that are de
voted to the redemption of Russia. - The
city Is the center' of the Ural mining
region, and its possession will be- of In
calculable value to the BolahevikI. More
over Ekaterinburg was Kolchak's, last
Important base north of the trans-Siberian
railway. He is now forced back
on the railway and continued Bolshevik
successes may drive him across the
Urals into Asia. The only definite hope
Is that the success of Denlkine's Cos
sacks In southern Russia may divert the
Bolsheviki from their seemingly ' ir
resistible advance against Kolchak,
In- time Ekaterinburg will again be
redeemed. When that, day comes the
wretched city may have a new tale to
tell that will dwarf the horrors of the
former Bolshevik rule. A year ago the
followers of Lenin and Trotzky wiped
out the imperial family; now they may
determine to "execute'.' the entire citi
zenry of Ekaterinburg
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The Right System .
From the Eocene Begister
Out of a motor trip of some 4000 miles
and covering many states, the thing that
most impressed E. J. Adams was the ex
cellence of the carefully patrolled roads
of Wisconsin; Back there, he says, they
patrol their highways Just as the rail
roads patrol their roadbeds, and the re
sult is distinctly pleasing to the man
who drives a car which is rapidly com
ing to mean everyone. An automobile
can be allowed to coast - swiftly down
bill. Mr. Adams reports, with the com
forting certainty that there will be no
racking holes at the bottom, and bridges
can be crossed with no checking of nor
mal speed, because ther are no bumps.
Thechuckholeand therut are conspicu
ous in Wisconsin by their absence. That
is what the patrol system does.
- Quite Within the Limit '
From too Philadelphia Public Ledaer
They were kidding Lucretla Borgia
about poisoning several . of her dinner
guests. c j.
. "Some kick to those cocktails, sister.
remarked Cesare. , . ,
"Nonsense ! laughed Lucretla, girlish
ly, "I put In only, MS per cent of ar
senlc ;. ;' ' "' : v ' ;
NEWS IN BRIEF.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Thrse'lllllsboro men were victims Isst
week of auto cracking accidents thst
resulted.. in broken arms.
This is the Eugene Guard's definition :
"A pajfur Bolshevist is merely a molly
coddle .under & new name."
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With the cooking ovens and other
improvements contemplated. Eugene, the
Register promises, will have one ot the
finest camping places for tourists on
the coast.
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Recognising the need for action In
exterminating black tail rabbits and sage
rats in Central Oregon, the United
States biological survey, the Bend
Bulletin says, will send a representative
to that section within a month to initiate
a, relentless war against the pests.,
e
How would Baker people like to see
1000 men -employed In the copper sons
near this city?" inquires the Baker Dem
ocrat,: which goes on. with the answer,
thus: "It would be .nice, wouldn't' it?
Well, stranger things have happened
ami it In not imoossible that such will
occur and before very long. Watch the
development now under way.'
Three thousand dollars has been sub
scribed for the erection of a cheese fac
tory in the Lewis ana Clark district to
take care of the surplus milk of the
dairymen's league, the Astorlan says.
This will be the second eheese factory
to be built in Clatsop county as a result
of the recent trip made to TiUamook
county to Inspect the cheese factories
there. - . .
Lockley
"What do I think of private owner
ship of railroads, telephone and tele
graph . companies, water companies
street railways and electric UfAtlng
plants? Well, I think a' private mo
nopoly Is indefensible and. intolerable.
If the government can successfully ad
minister the postal service it can cer
tainly take over the telephone and tele
graph companies. The trouble is that
the men who are put in charge of these
industries under government control are
frequently' not'. Interested In making
them a success,, as they prefer to have
them held in private ownership. If a
city can successfully - operate - its - own
water system and fire system and most
of them do it can also successfully oper
ate a street railway. The trouble with
thpRA nrlvaf lv owned monopolies is that
they are able to employ the best of legal
talent, not to protect the citizen-in nil
fights but to take his rights away from
him. If the government . Is powerful
enough to draft a man for military serv
ice It should be powerful -enough to re
dress his wrongs and protect , his rights.
The trouble with moot of us is that when
we see a condition that Is wrong and
which needs righting, we can see onlyH
that one thing, and we become Impatient
when others cannot, see as we do.
Though reforms ; may seem , to move
slowly, yet they move surely. No ques
tion Is settled until it reaches its angle
of repose. Do you -remember what bit
ter controversy there was over the
slavery question? It has reached its
angle of repass. ; You never hear It
discussed any more. The same thing
is true of the liquor question. Ws shall
no more go back to the day when we
shall auction off our boys to the liquor
interests than we shall go back to the
day when we auctioned oft the' bodies
of. black men. Do. you . remember tnat
verse In the Bible where they sent for
Joseph and Mary to come out of Egypt?
The messenger m.m,; Tiny are aeaa
that sought the young child's life. Yes.
Herod, the Blayer of children, was dead,
and . so today King Aioohol is dead.
Where Herod slew hishundreds. King
Alcohol has slain his hundreds of thou
sands,. Woman suffrage will also-soon
reach its angle of repose, for it Is is now
recosrnlzed that it Is .not only a woman's
right but her duty to take part in gov
ernmental -activities and to neip make
and enforce law.
. "There are frtany questions that must
be met and solved. They are questions
that require, our best efforts to find a
wise solution. -1 can remember wnen i
was considered an anarchist for advo
cating the income tax and direct election
of senators by the people; yet you hear
no further discussion about those quet
tloris. They have reached their angle
of repose. Oregon and otner progres
sive states have long ago adopted the
initiative and referendum, and soon that,
too, wilt reach its -angle of 4-eposs and
be nationally adopted.- Everyone will
realize that in a democracy all of us
should help to form as well as obey the
laws. . .'" "
' e .
Yes, .1 am an optimist. I have seen
so many vital measures brought to pass;
so many things that have been bitterly
fought by the forces of evil at last
triumphant; so fren seen righteousness
prevail, that I believe all of. our prob
lems reconstruction capital, and. labor;
a more equitable distribution of wealth,
and all ethers which now seem so serl
nn. will fin&llviabe settled, and settled
right, through the wisdom and sense of.
Justice of the American peopie.
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
.The first number of the Gazette - ds
France, the oldest "newspaper in France,
was published May 30, leair, under the
Editorial direction of. Dr. Renaudot. This
most powerful of the early Journalists
of France was born in 1514, and, after
graduating in medicine, established him
self In Paris about ieiZ. TUcbelleu and
Pierre d'Hoiier, the genealogist, are
said to have inspired Renaudot in estab
lishing the Gazette, which was published
weekly and- consisted . of . two small
sheets, the first bearing the title of the
Gazette and the second Nouvelles Ordl
naires de Dives Endfroits. Dr. Renaudot
established the precedent, long followed
in European Journalism and by no
means extinct, of presenting foreign
news first and relegating domestic and
local news ,to the last page. Soon after
the establishment f the Gazette, Dr.
Renaudot was granted an exclusive
monopoly of printing and selling news
papers in France. The title of Gazette
de Franca was first used In the middle
of the eighteenth ceitury. It has been
published under that title ever since,
with 'the- exception cf a brief period
during the Revolution of 1848. when the
name was temporarily changed to Le
peuple Francals."
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Olden Oregon
Slavery -Question. Delayed Territorial
Government in Oregon
It was .not until two years after the
settlement of the Oregon question- be
tween the United States and Great Brit
ain that -congress took acUon- looking
toward Che - formation of a territorial
government In Oregon. The delay was
caused by members from the Southern
states, who objected to, the anti-slavery
clause : In the proposed organic "act
After a long and determined fight by
the pro-slavery .element the Oregon ter
ritorial bill became a law August 14,
1848. ' On March a,. 1849, Joseph Lane,
first territorial governor, arrived at
Oregon City. - . . . -
The News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed lor Benefit
of Journal Headers
. OREGON . NOTES
A movement has been started In Asto
ria to secure an Internal revenue office
for that city. - . -
A Michigan society' was formed m .
Salem at a picnic attended by about 100
former Wolverines. - .
5j"h Plcnk;ked at Montrose park. on the
vuiumwa juver niRnway.
An option on a Halem residence ha
been taken by Private Pent, chautauuua
lecturer, author and aoldier.-
A contract for the second unit of the
Eugene "Fruit Growers' association can
nery, to cost snnrAilmiii.lv tfinm t.ua
.been let. . .' .. ... ' .
. Posters warning the people of Gaston
to be careful of fire have been distribu
ted by the volunteer fire department of
that town. t - i
r The Pelican Bay Lumber company ha
wuriiiaeeu a ju-acre tract near Klamntu
tails and plans early construction of a
new box factory.
Plans for a new cldr plant are be
ing discussed by Hood lUvur growers an
a result of the, low price offered for cull
apples, 8 par , ton.
The' Columbia river highway between
Hood River and Cascade Lock will be
closed Monday for. approximately two
weeks that the 22-mlle stretch may be
paved. . ,.
An automobile was stolen from J. 8.
Leclercq of Dallas, Texas, a tourist, at.
The Dalles and was located two miles S
southeast of the city the following i
morning, ,
George "I Cooper", former American ;
vice .consul at Lima, Peru; ha been
named district deputy of the Modern
Woodmen of America, with headquarters
at Salem. . . s
Clark Hemdon's new barn and giraare -la
Fossil wa destroyed by fire, the re
sult of a short circuit on an automobile.
A team of horses, a calf and the car
were burned. c
Leroy' Chllds, superintendent of thn
Hood River Experiment . station, ha
warned Oregon fruitgrowers to sprav
their trees If they would escape having
wormy apples.
A plea for skin' to graft on the body
of Erma King, 11 years old, who was
burned while- on a camping 'trip, hn
been-made from the sanitarium in Salem
where she ' was taken.
Hood River authorities -stopped the
progress of a - steam shovel which waa
tearing up .the streets and compelled
the owners to repair the "caterpillar
treads, which had become worn,
A $10 a month raise in salaries was
granted Fossil teachers and the follow
ing were elected: Miss Flo Otldan. Ml on
Laura Simmon and- Mrs. Fred 'Welch
of Fossil, and Miss Clara Luther of Al
bany. ,
With the exception of 1500 left to each ;
of two great "aunts, tne estate ot a.
L Jessuo Strana- of Salem, is left to the
STFlrst ConpregaUonal church of Salem
and the - Knights Templar lodge of the
Capital city. . - ' f
Holding that an ordinance' recentlly
passed providing for a purchasing ae-snt
and naming Earl Race, city auditor,
for the post would give the place per
manenUy, Mayor Wilson of Salem has
vetoed the ordipance.
-.WASHINGTON
Vancouver teamsters and chauffeurs
bave organized a union. ',
The organtzaUon of a Victory, girls'
chorus has been completed In Vancou
ver. r -.
Charges of wearing I, W. W. buttons
have been filed against 30 men in Spo
kane. : 2?
Former Councilman Nelson Smith of
Yakima died Tuesday as the result ot a
stroke, of apoplexy. :
The' Spokane council went on record
In "favor of a municipal streetcar system
and against use of the streets by Jitneys.
The League of Nation was urged by
former United States Senator Oeoras
.Turner In an address before the Wash
ington State Bar association at Spokane.
Plans are said to "be under way to
gather In Tacoma all shipbuilding mate
rial owned by the federal shipping board
in the district, estimated; to be . worth
$30,000,000, for disposal. .
Bricklayers at Toppenlsh struck when
they found work had been done by. un
skilled men, . and the . contractors are
building a sugar factory in that city re
fused to- have the material torn out.
'..""v 'general. -
Mall between Francs and Germany
has been resumedr
A Santa Fa freight train plunged into
a washout near llackaberry, Arlz.,and
the engineer is missing.
The California supreme court has up
held the criminal syndicalism . act
passed by the last legislature.
Offers on "straight wheat flour" will
be received, beginning Tuesday, by the
United States Grain corporation.
Albert' Clavellle. French minister of
public works, urged before- the cabinet
measures to hasten build. nK of the tun
nel to connect England and France.
The Shipping board has nold 100
Steamers built on the Oreat Lakes to
the Anderson Overseas corporation of
New York,- th price being approxi
mately 880.000,000.
Pictures taken In France were of
fered by Privates C.' H. Johnson a
evidence that millions of dollars worth
of airplanes were burned there by
American soldiers, under orders.
. In a clash? at Kuangchengku be
tween Chines and Japanese troops, 18
of the latter were killed and 17 wounded.
An assault -oh a railroad employe by
Chinese Is said to, have beenvthe cause.
Chinese casualties were not given.
Frank Bowers Sr.,- 64, 'of Loftus, Cal..
Frank Bowers Jr., 88, and Frank Bow
ers, III, "18, Joined the army at Han
Francisco. They were assigned to serv
ice in' - the Phililplnes In the quarter
masters corps.;-! The father had seen
service before.
Through the efforts of Representative
Slnnott, rauiiette Coudin. a French or
phan from Bordeaux, was adrnitted to
the United States to be taken to La
Grand by Captain Jerry Husk, former
speaker of the Oregon nous of repre
sentatives, where 'she will make her
home with mm. . . .
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
The Good Book tells us we hadn't ort
to lead folks Into temptation,1-and when
a feller draws down a roll of a thousand
or so and flashes' it ever time he buy
a bottle of sody-pop or a shoelace, he's
playln' fer trouble, leadln' others Into
temptation, .and . makln' Jobs fer cops,
courts and lawyers. I hain't got. as
much sympathy Xer him as I uster have.
There's plenty (of postal rsavUVs banks,
traveler's checks, Liberty bonds and
safe deposit-boxes nowadays, and if
he'll be his own money-herder and then
gits doped, rolled, robbed and busted,
I'll glv him a meal and set him to
work cuttln' wood In the back lot, but
I hain't a-goin' to weep none fer him.
Educational Feature ( Big In
V S. S. Campaign
t Htorlea of eeaiveeraent In Uie aeewntt
ht&a War Serine StanSe, eent to The
Journal and accepted for publication, will
be awarded. Thrift Sump. J - .
" "To glv permanent value to one
of the great lessons which the war
has taught us, the treasury depart-,
ment is conducting a campaign to
make thrift a universal element In
American life. In this work. - th
object is to better the financial con
dition of the American people. This
object Is to b reached by teaching
th people
To put . aside, as their first
obligation an&Jbgfore they spend at
alh part fthe'r incomes forJaWfe"
us. '
, ,-"2. ...To- mvest the .money that they
save out of their ,-lncome in , some
security which pays a reasonable
rate of Interest, and Is absolutely
safe, preferably Thrift and War Sav
ings Stamps; . ;-.!
Thrift Stamp and 1919 Vltr SaTlori
Ststopa now va.aale at usual acenc-Ui.
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