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4 . PabUancf l'ub!ihd err oar.' afternoon and njoroing , (except Sunday afternoon ) , at Tha Journal "! Hulkung, Broadway and Xamhill . street. M Jroruaad. Onton. - - - - mm for tauBWas Oirouan tb mail aa aecond ": riaaa matter. . . .. - . T ' TELEPHONES .Main 7178: Horn. A-06L All AmnmrttrnmntM nuhrf ' b tilCU BOIBbere. g ' - TH the oprtor what department yoa want. rOREIOJ ADVERTlBlNfJ KKPRESE.NTATI VE t4 S .. H Htttawf jag TlniMlriaT J, -25 VUth aTeoaa, KW To raj 800 Ualten t BtlUau, Chlraio. r -a.ii Mention trnu by mall. or to any addreee in - j ,.- tne Unrle Sratee or Miico; - 2 P-AILX. (MOKNINO Oil AFTEBKOOJO e One rear..;.. 99.00 t On most.... 9 -80 o 7na ycM, . . . : 92 90 Om wek.';;..f .M " PAILT .JMOJKNINO ; OR A rTEBNOOS ANO on Ttrf. ...II.M I Otis month . , . . t .65 'Haste trip op ft own beela." -Seneca. HIE COST OF DELAY -M ERICA is paying a heavy toll S;7i- In-lost S Mtalnty. I 7rfll rtl. lost Industry, business uncer- , industrial unrest, and gen eral disturbance by delay-in tfxe j ratlficatia of peace, President Wll- . c a. jAcjcaoN.. a if. a ssssaw. sorf told, the members of the senate committee on - foreign relations. He Slias' Warned the senate, and through Hit the nation, that delay is dangerous Itiod unwise. "The whole task of Springing ,the country back to.norrnal C conditions of life and industry waits HXipon the decision of the seriate with regard to the terms "of the peace," Jibs told the committee, and he told it 'ijWhy by cogent illustratioi and exam- pie; ' ' 2 ' The copper mines of Montana, Ari ijjzona anl Alaska are being kept open and in operation at great cost and : aaloss, and in part upon borrowed 7 money. .The zino mines of Missouri. Tennessee and Wisconsin are operating Hat half their capacity, while the lead of Idaho, Illinois and Missouri J2 reaches only a fraction of its normal - Jjmarket. The pressing demands, for cotton oeiting and lubricating oils .can. not be met because "the chan aanels of trade are barred by war when "there is no war." Raw cotton is shut .Jaw-ay from its consumers by the 'exlstant barriers of a. non-existant conflict. ' ';. --v" : " "There is hardly a single raw mate- rial, a single important foodstuff, or a single class of manufactured goods vrhfeh. is not in the same class." the president' told the committee. ' " h ' Thw military .and 'naval - plans of the government wait on the determi 2f atton of the senate . and the final conclusion of the terms of peace. "jThe policy of military training waits upon the determination of whether the peace of th'e world is to be sus tained by the arms of single nations ' ?6r the concert of all. There can be no stabilization of wages because there can be no settled conditions of ' employment. There can be no easy "or normal industrial credits because there can be no confident or perma i nent revival of business. I These are a few of the reasons why the delay of peace abroad means U delay of peace and prosperity at ! home. -While we dilly dally mother, nations are invading and annexing J the markets of the world. The cost of delay 'to America is a stupendous cost j It cost $2,762,676 to sell the first tissue of liberty bonds, $5,53,062 for J the second, $8,283,515 for the third. J $8,727,658 for the fourth. The cost J of marketing the Victory loan Is in j addition. The percentage of cost is extremely low in comparison with the cost to other governments, and in comparison with the cost of mar I keting commercial bonds. MR. DODD'S COMPLAINT T rT IS .to be regretted, of course, that Tne Journal seems to have miffed Representative Dodd of Hermiston, whose letter appears in another ; column. Mr. Dodd was, and is, a j conscientious legislator but he . is too j serious minded, or perhaps this news- paper made the strategic error of not exempting the present assembly, t of which' Mr Dodd is a member, from jits badinage. i Had it made its re 1 marks before, he 'added the burdens t of office to his alfalfa and his fruit, Jits statement might not have vexed ; vhim, But, be that as it may, there have been legislatures not . this one per haps, hut others of the pastwhich the public viewed not only with mis- irust but ; alarm.- : They . bred thei .... , eymcai mistrust," of which Mr. Dodd speaks, from which the initia tive and the referendum took uieir being. Tisnew8paper does not look upon -the initiative or the referendum as a legislative "straight Jacket," though it does believe each has a decided ..tendency to make straight legisla tion and legislators. So . far as jenemory serves, no wise and Just enactments of the legislature ' have I? ft been repudiated by; the, people of Jregon when , referred '-'to them, though such, legislation, in some In stances refused by 'the assembly; has "Toceri - enacted by initiative -.!- Z After all, the voice of the initiative or-the .referendum- is bat the. direct enunciation of ' the whole people stronger and often purer than the reflected statement of their represen tatives. It is' the voice of the master, not. of, the servant. Mr. Dodd is. a young man or he would doubtless remember that the people of Oregon "let er buck" long and often before they put the hackanjore, of the refer endum over the head pf the legisla tive outlaw, i rode it '"straight up,' taught it its paces and made a fairly dependable saddle horse of it. There is a. thin about the. late war never known before. The meji who did the fighting will be able to see themselves as thef were la action on the battle line through the me dium, of "moving pictures. More than 107 miles of films, made by. the offl ciar photographers of tne A. "El have reached New Tor k, and are to be produced throughout the country. To show the pictures without titles will require 142 hoursof time. ONE BIG PROFITEER A' T SPOKANE, notice has been given that there is -to be an early advance of $3 to $5 a pair on all grades of men's and women's shoes. , The announcement ' is reminder of a remarkable charge recently made in the British house of commons against the tyranny of the American shoe trust over British manufacturers Mr. Wallace, a member, declared that the United Shoe Machinery com pany or America controlled m per cent of the trade in America, and that through its -offshoot, the British United Shoe Machinery company of Leicester, it controls the shoe trade of Great Britain. The American company, he said, supplies machinery toBritish shoe manufacturers only on lease, on very onerous' terms, and once a shoe man ufacturer gets into the meshes of the American concern, escape" is im possible. ' Describing the lease which British manufacturers are required to sign. Mr, Wallace said it was a standard ise! document of 10,000 words, and the "cleverest lease, ever devised by the wit of man." Another member declared that everv British shoe shop is - "tied forever to , this American company." Here . is undoubtedly part explanation of why American shoe prices are on a level for which there Is neither excuse nor defense. ; It is not the retailer but the big figure in the background that is the profiteer. Behold the enterprise of the theat rical men! An American firm is try ing to prevail upon Premier Clemen ceau. when he gives up office, to come to America and lecture on the war and the peace negotiations. It is effort to add one of the great his tory jjfeakers Of the age to dividend producing assets. SELL OUR NAME r HE actual advertisements, actual cans and; actual packages in which Oregon, fruits are adver tised and sold in the East as California fruits, were exhibited at the Ad club luncheon Wednesday. No room was left for doubt. The advertisements taken from eastern magazines proclaimed them as Cali fornia fruits. The labels on the cans and packages heralded them as Cali fornia fruits. But the fruits In the cans and packages were grown In Oregon. It was shown that one California company buys and " packs Oregfn cherries in branch plants in "Oregon and the "consuming, public is led' by the label to believe It "Is . buying a California cherry. They buy Bartlett pears grown in Oregon, and the con suming public is 'led by. the" label to believe it. is buying California pears. Samples" were 6hown at the lunch eon of 24 carloads of Oregon cher ries put on the market by "another California company as California fruit. The label on the packages read''Lyons California Glace Fruit." It is a case of Oregon spiling her birthright for a mess of pottage. It Is'on Oregon's fancy fruits that Cali fornia is making the best of her reputation and it-is on her reputation that California-'is gaining control of the distant markets. . Oregon's Ust- lessness in permitting the practice to go on is a .crime against her fruit industry. '. , - :' , j Oregon's true course is -to sell her own: fruits under: Oregon - labels, ! and by the high quality of tni fruits build up her. own 'reputation, among distant consumer, fin time a distinc tion could ' be gained i in" which the name Oregon' Would selU the fruit and the fruit sell the name.; This is distinctly a day in which consumers buy by brand, and it Is suicide for Oregon not to be selling her own incomparable fruit under her own brand. It . turns out that prices -on. .the Seattle public market "are higher In many instances than on the Portland public market It is not American farmers that are making prices high, American politicians, who are refus ing to ratify the peace treaty, thereby keeping industry and 'commerce un settled and production restricted, are a chief cause, j Until there is greater world production prices will remain high. -':)' - GASOLINE KISSES COME HIGH ACK in the vicinity of BryaMawr the local swains . are worried over the high cost of loving. They are also in rebellion against" the justice of the peace whose auto cratic guardianship over, "the "morals of the . public hfghways thereabouts is causing Dan Cupid untold anguish and despair. ' The justice 'so it seems has been taking heavy toll of cooing, coeds and their devoted admirers wherever spied ' along the shady lanes of Ila verford,i ,,tawn$hip.,t No automobile rolling under single-handed guidance through the twilight is immune from the Impudent" Interference of his minions. Hand-holding is a ' Signal for arrest; a swiftly stolen kiss is a crime. Last year the rural treasury was made fatter by some f 12,000 by those ardent .young men who would rather love and. lose . than never to have loved at all. And the giris are to tears because the cruel justice is interfering with their curricula. All of which is sad and all of which proves Ahat the Haverford jus tice of, t-e: peace Is a crank and an eastern product . ur-jiown to our western5 land of liberty. Our own speed cops along the highway- and byways of Oregon are not so hard hearted. But they are young men. Maybe they, themselves, are . in love. And love is blind. Ninety ' years old, still attending college and expecting to continue until she is 100, is the record of Mrs. Winship of Los Angeles. After 80, she completed a course of study in Wisconsin university. She studied the last two years in the University of Southern California and expects to enter a university at New Orleans this autumn. PRIVATE PECK P' RIVATE PECK was a victim of self-Inertia. He was- "just tired." ne said, so ne connected a gas jet to his gas mask and drifted into the long sleep in a Geary street rooming house in San Francisco. He had been in the American reg ular army before the world war. He served with the French forces and received several citations for bravery under fire. 4 The war over, ue re- tuifced to . his home country, and reenlisted for Hawaiian seryice. ,. Then he ended it all "after long delibera tion." In the message he left, he said: , . .;. l am so tired that ' I am going to "try a little rest. I am tired of eating, getting up, washing and trying to pass away the time. I have always gone through life like a piece of paper fluttering in a current of air. I have decided to say good bye and rood IUCK. ' Evidentally Private Peck's trouble was that he fluttered through life like a piece of blank paper. He wrote nothing on the pages of his life as the days passed by. He seemingly had no incentive and no goal. The sun rose on an empty day and set to mark the beginning of an empty night. It was not necessary to have lived such a life. He could do things, as his citations ' for valor demonstrated. But he drifted with the current. He had no place to; go and nothing: ( to accomplish fchoulfl he get There.;1; So he became a burden to himself, grew tired and ,said good bye, x : Now and then, In the stress -and strain of the day's taslts we ; aro sometimes, prone to think" that idle ness would be happiness; that a vacant mind and. an undirected exist ence would bring peace. But it will not Man was made to be doing, to be striving after something beyond and above him. It Is the rule of life and, the measure of contentment. Private Peck found it out. There was no end to the journey he was taking. He grew tired because 4 he could not see his goal. So he said good , bye and good luck. There Is no' solitude so awful as that found In, the desert of aimlessness shunned as it is byHthe normal man. ' The visit 'of the Prince of ' Wales recalls that $57.50 was paid for a bed on which a former Prince of , Wales, later King Edward VII, slept during a visit to America. Once $7500 was paid for a chair on which Washing ton and Jackson had sat, $700 for a bed that had belonged to John Wes ley, $4500 for a letter written i by Mary Queen of Scots. $600 ffor Mar at's bathtub and $440 for the wig worn by Immanuel Kant while medi tating his philosophy.-" At these pre carious prices, would either purchas er dare let a friend wear Kant's wig, bathe in Marat's tub, sleep in Wes ley's bed, or .sit in Washington and Jackson's chair? ", INVESTIGATION OR PROSECUTIONS I T MAY be that the. administration and conduct of the Spruce Produc tion Corporation was not all that it should have been. There may have been extravagance, waste, inef ficiency, favoritism and various other abuses and circumstances connected with the operation and execution of that business. All that has been charged against it may be true, and more. That is the one possibility. : But ' there " is another possibility. War itself is waste. Waste is be gotten of and by it. It may be that, from, the viewpoint of . war and Its; necessities, the record jof the spruce production division is' not so bad after all. ' That Is a matter to be ; determined. If there has" been waste; if things have been" done - which should not have been done; Congress man Frear and his, committee should sift ..them out that Jhe v public - may know ; them and that1 condemnation and punishment, if-such be possible, may be meted out to those who' de serve it. -i ;;-vM:m If, on the other' hand, investigation discloses .otherwise, yien the commit tee owes it . to " the men - concerned, as well as to the. public whose serv ants those, men were,-,to-be just as fair, and frank in, their exoneration and defense as ; it' should be in con ducting its investigations. " -.'Judging from .current press re- ports i Congressman Frear, chairman of the committee, Is conducting his Investigations more upon the theory of ; th French than of tha Engiisb law. I He seems to ' have " convicted the - Spruce . Production Corporation and Its officials before bearing , the testimony, a proceeding : the reverse of the doctrine upon which the law of America Is founded. Mr. Frear, if news reports are .true, .seems most a prosecutor and least a -Judge. Congress and; the. public generally, want .the .facts' and are entitled to them, t Having secured them, fairly, fully, without rancor or political bias. congress, ; and the public, can then pass . judgment upon the facts as found,j in condemnation If the testi mony supports that; in acquittal if that be. just. Americans were fair in France. They should be so at home SINNOTT ARGUESl rOR' LAND BILL By Carl Smith. Washington Staff Correspondent of The Journal Washington, Aug. 22. In a compre hensive report upon the soldier land settlement which be presented to t the house with a favorable' recommenda tion from all but four of the 21 mem bers of the committee on public lands, Chairman Nicholas J.- Sinnott of that committee . meets beforehand the critics of the measure and sets forth the need for its 1 passage. Referring to the -history of D'ast wars. when public lands were available ; for soldiers who cared to take them, and to Lord Macauley's prediction that when the free lands are gone "will come the test of your ' institutions.' Mr. Sinnott asserts that "the present moment carries a .challenge to the genius of American statesmanship, for the free public lands suitable for agrt culture are practically gone."- "Nevertheless'' b.e continues, "if the past is any guide for the present and the future, this is a challenge which must be accepted in order" that, the nation shall remain sound and whole some, and tha man's conquest over the resources of nature shall go on In this sna in coming generations. TThere Is another lesson which It is very important for us to learn from the past. The number of veterans who actually availed themselves of land op portunities at the close of former wars was small as compared with the total number! engaged. Even so, tho Invita tion to go on with the development of natural resources was effective not only in meeting the needs of the discharged soldier, but in steadying the whole fab ric of Industry, and society at the most cnucai iperioas m our history." This ebwrvation has point in reply to critics who have pointed out that while there are. 4.000.000 soldiers, the sura of &oo, ooo, ooo authorized to be expended will onljy provide from 80,000 to 100.000 zarms, jiir. buinott devotes some Space to consideration of what are . termed substitute proposals, Including a money bonus, individual farm loans, loans for all kinds of business, loans for city' or country homes, advancing of money to the states, -and mere friendly assistance to private development. The bonus pro posal, involving direct expenditure ef irora ont to SO billion dollars, or the advancing of capital or setting soldiers u in any kind of business they may desire," are dismissed as outside the jurisdiction of the committee., - Loans for individual unfl9 of lands selected by soldiers, which is favored by the minor ity members, ia examined at length and declared 'Impractical, among other rea sons the following : " If loans were made to 100 per cent, tt would not be finan cially sound, and if for less, only sol dlers with a fair amount of capital could accept them, as there would be no opportunity to earn ? money before coming into possession or a larm ; tne government could not effectively super vise scattered farms all over the coun try, and- the entire scheme would be insecure; an immense cash Investment by the government would be required, amounting to ten billions of dollars if half the men accepted an invitation to 'locate a home for yourself" ; Inflation of land prices sure to result from such policy ; and the experience of Aus tralia and England, where the system was tried and abandoned because of the constant practice of. collusion, the prohibitive cost of "overhead" in try ing to supervise scattered units, and the impositions practiced upon both the soldiers , and the government. Mr.' Sinnott . declares that the testi mony adequately supports: the finding that the soldiers want the bill, pointing to the Indorsements received by Secre tary Lane, the information collected by overseas commanders, and the indorse ment of the American Legion. The Idea of Easterners that It ts a "swamp land and desert land bill" Is combatted by referring to the bill itself and the testimony of Director Davis of the reclamation service, whd has shown that many small projects may be found In the Eastern states, where large cony pact bodies of waste land are not avail able. ' , . .V "... - ' The minority report is ' signed by Representatives Snell of Kew Yerk, Nichols of Michigan, White of Kansas and Benham of Indiana, all Repub licans. They assert the legislation is not needed to meet any. employment problem,' and claim that not ; enough y Is done, to meet the situation and provide" for all soldiers who may want . a . farm. They say that abandoned farms in .New England, Virginia,' New York, Ohio and other states ceuld be bought for less than under the plan proposed. . "We would do the fair thing and In clude all." says the -minority report. "We would provide for the cy soldier an opportunity to buy a home with the aid of the credit of the government; we would provide for the young farmer ' soldier a chance to buy a farm all ready for ' cultivation right in his - own state and among the relatives and friends of his lifetime." . . . , . The minority members also declare that they would divide "whatever money is appropriated between .the . states' In accordance wltlj the proportions ot sol diers furnished by tha state." ' Into the Primitive With Little Henry Nutter r - From the Chicago News. - V If -year-old Henry Nutter could ex press in words his experiences and emo tions during the : 11 days in which he wandered lost in the' woods -near Fox lake without food or drink and, for a part of the time at least, without cloth ing, ws should gain fascinating insight into the child's mind and no little light on early race psychology. According to a well grounded, scien tific theory, the Individual reproduces at each stage of development up -to ma turity a corresponding stage In the his tory of the race. If we knew, therefore, what was la the mind of the child during those Interminable days of wandering in the woods we should have a better Idea of what was in the child mind of the race when It : wandered about under condi tions not wholly dissimilar. The terrors and imaginings of this little boy were the terrors and,, imaginings of the men- tally undeveloped man in the midst of the unknown dangers of the. forest of primitive days. The craving for food and drink was the impelling force with the child man : of long sgo. .The fate that was nearly Henry Nutter's was the fate that ruthlessly overtook all except a seieet number -of the- primitive men whom chance, vor t special; aptitude favored in the struggle for existence. JEn the meantime small Henry Nutter, recovering- with. marvelous rapidity from his terrible experiences and -beholding CO particular significance in his trials, recalls ns to the real, everyday, living boy- with bis ' srrowin&r annetita and his aunger-between meals for all manner of experiences with the primitive. Letters- From the People : f Communication aant to Tha Journal for pob liratkm ia thia department abould be-twrittaa on only oua tida of tha paper, ahould Dot exceed ouu woraa ia iensta. and must be ttgna by tna writer, whoee mail addfeaa ia 'f oO, : SMUt accou. pauy me conn-mutton, j Mr. Dodd Complains Hermiston, Aug. 20. To the Editor of The Journal Your editorial comment August 15 -on my letter to the governor regarding the special session Is slightly in error, as I am misquoted as having ne objection to being "straight jacketed I did object to being straight jacketed. and though I have no bills to offer.- I believe that should a session be called it should be open for action on any emergency or pressing needs that might be urged.- You said that "unwittingly' perhaps I had "stated a great truth.". Why unwittingly? Is it because I am an alfalfa and fruit grower or a member of the legislature? Your comment that "no- one would dream ' of suoh a thing" except some one at the end ot Asylum avenue is sufficient, cause for a libel suit on the part of the governor, unless by much corroborative evidence you could prove that you were really joking. As to the cost of producing the people's "biennial crop of statutory wisdom,". I will concede that the constitutional $2 per day 13 something enormous, and I believe that it does "Jar". the citizenship or. Oregon; and, that constitutional 6 per. cent limitation made captains of economy of the. ways and -means com mittee. The Oregon constitution is some straight . jacket itself. I am glad that you said that -1 had "stated a great truth," as I was not aware before that the "laborer was worthy of bis hire.' and that the poorly paid are as a rule the most expensive. Your mistrust in the Oregon legislature exceeds that of our governor. If all men were of the same mind as you, we would certainly initiate the legislature out of business. Why. not-vote out of existence this leg islature and leave it to Oregon voters to fix the suras for the maintenance and support . of -government and state In stitutions? Would you have any fear of their "progressive" grip on the purse strings? Perhaps I am old fashioned, or perhaps I am an optimist, but I do not believe in undermining such an impor tant branch of our state government with cynical mistrust. The legislative branch is as old as our tree of govern ment. -Jl haye had my "fling" and am not a candidate for anything, and can therefore speak without embarrassing my friends, but I believe that the "Hon." should mean something, and that the ablest men throughout the state should be' chosen, for these Important duties. jvhich no other branch of . government can perform. And even these must wear the constitutional straight jacket of the Initiative - and referendum. Don t yon believe that the' straight jacket is one of the things that is the matter with Oregon? I would like to see Oregon Xet ; 'er Buck" Just once. That spirit never j had any holes In its pocket, but pros perity spills "out v over the top, and the tight wad partners up so -mwohthat,lhe iwrinTtled --f 'ys;are forgo ttenarid he rrisas luce a yearling in June alter a hard winter. You could become a public benefactor in advocating these theories. and with "silken thread . make the stitch that "maketh the pocket whole.'' As to "whisperings in the legislative crass" about, all kinds 61 legislation in . special session, everyone knows that Mark Twain" juewls was only joking on moving the capitol. If you had at tended the last session, in which you may recall the members gave six days' free service, you would know conclu sively that not a member of the present legislative body, except perhaps a few political speechmakers, would want tb stay ; any longer on the job than duty and patriotism and progress demanded, notwithstanding the munificent salary they might receive. B. P. DODD. . ; Does 'Not Fear Paternalism Vancouver, Wash., Aug. 17. To the Editor of The Journal Today, through an editoriar article, you inform - your readers that Mr. Beebe, Armour & Co.'s representative, views the Kenyon bill with : apprehensive alarm, and - that he asserts "it is a stepping stone to gov ernment operation and ownership of every basic industry in the United States, committing us to paternalism and socialism from which there may be no return." Now, unless Mr. Beebe Is a stranger In our land, he must be aware that thought of government ownership does not alarm Americans. None dread na tionalization other than junkers. Junker stool; pigeons and the "great unwashed" rabbis who, : through Ignorance, can be made to believe any fool ghost story, t Under government ownership, the packing Industry would continue, even more methodically than at present. The farmer, would receive a fair price for his cattle. Labor would receive its just reward, and the public would be sup plied! with wholesome (not embalmed) food.! Government ownership alarms alt junkers for the reason that it would put an everlasting ena to exploiting iator, robbing the jjubllc and squandering mil lions . of "swcTtt earned" American dol lars In subsidising and indemnifying the diseased . libertines of continental Eu rope. who degrade noble (notorious) names by marrying the daughters of our pork ' packing plutocrats. .1 Inequitable . Distribution Athena, Or., Aug. 18. To the Editor of The Journal Ia the high cost of liv- ine due to the high price of land and Is the old earth soon to be over-populated 7 To both parts of the question I shall say no. It is a big old world, and there is room for all, and will be. for genera tions to come. - But that which is avail able must be utilised and a system of distribution 1 instituted In pU.ce) of the present system, that- is equitable and just to all alike. - , o Illgii cost of land la sot the cause of high Bt oC products, but it is the other way around. Wheat in Umatilla county tor Instance, is not worth $2 per bushel, because land? iaheld as high as 250 per acre but land Is held at that price be cause of the 40 and 50 bushels per acre of S2 wheat. i.'--; . It will be seen that tt is a mighty nice thing for the big farmer who. is able to buy a new farm evry year, while the landless man Is simply out of the game Rentals become exorbitantly high, and he cannot buy even In a small way, on account of the large amount of capital required to even make a start. , , The I self lsh monopoly ef the funda mental source of Wealth Is wrong. Ther should be restraints. Every young man in every generation should have an equal chance With the rest, and he should not be fenced out by a condition of property rights, inequitable and unjust. No man should be born a prince or a menial in a free land, and no man should occupy forever the sources of -sustenance to the' COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE In the Legion there Is strength.' a And the soldier sun l pursue the ban- nits. ' It will soon be open season for county fairs. . : ... , .. . . a , - Unfortunately forest fires are making it rather hot for communities In Baker and Grant counties. ' After all it Isn't so bad for a once Hen man to die poor providing he made the beet use of his money - while it lasted. --.-;.- . .. ,,,-...,,--.a.-. a a " Needless to say Mrs. Josephus Daniels didn't break any bottle of champagne when she christened -the new dry dock at Pearl harbor. ; . , ,. - -.-. , j . f. .. a . - -' l. A Philadelphia man. we read, has dis covered a. certain admixture of vinegar and soda that will make Uie ground fly up and hit you in the eye. Some kick. ' ' - - r - , :., ' The aviator who is going to do stunts in an airplane at the Pendleton-: Round Up would probably, get a few new thrills himself if" he entered the wild-horse bucking contest. -; - a Many service men will probably ap preciate the feelings of the returned doughboy, who, when asked If he had learned anything in- the - array, replied : "Yes, It was only when I was twisting and squirming . and trying" to - get to sleep in a . dugout that I really learned the true and deep meaning of -animal industry," . , IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS r OF THE JOURNAL: MAN By. Fred (From the Bev. Ellaworth B. Collier, chaplain of tha BoTontylfhth diirtnian of tha A E. F.. Mr. Loridey obtains a recital of aerTica OTereJi aa Y. M. C. A. secretary durin tha war, with as interaatin preliminary recital ot eTcnt In. hit personal career,, many of which went to fit him tor tha valuable war serrlce he haa rendered. 1 A few days ago I had the pleasure of entertaining the Rev. Kllsworth B. Col lier and XI. Kinney Miller at lunch. Lieutenant Collier is chaplain of the Seventy-eighth division and served at St. Mlhlel and at the .Argonne. Mr. Miller was- also a member of the Ameri can Expeditionary Forces, serving as Y. M. C A. secretary at Rome. Lieu tenant Collier halls from Wisconsin, hav ing been bom at Northport, March 11, 1882. He graduated from the Shattuck military school at Faribault. Minn., m 1900. He graduated the following year in shorthand and typewriting from a business college at Des Moines. "My thought In going to business col lege," said Lieutenant Collier, "was to pick up a knowledge of shorthand ana typewriting, so I could take up news- Daner work. Before graduating rrora. business college I had definitely made up my mind to enter the ministry. I went to St. -Stevens college at Annon dale on the Hudson. This is an Epis copal college. After graduating from the classical course I went to General Theological seminary. New York city After spending a year there I decided to spend the summer traveling in Europe; so. after vlsltins? In Ireland. Scotland and England, I went to Parish On the way over to Engiand I had met a very charming Frenchman, who had invited me to visit him when X came to Paris. When I reached Paris I looked him up. He offered me a position at a very good salary In his establishment. My duties were to handle the English correspond ence, scent a year in Paris, working during the days and attending lectures at the night school. From Paris I went to Switzerland and Italy, returning to the theological seminary in time to take up my interrupted work after a year's ab sence. After graduating from the the ological seminary, I went to Fond du Lac, Wis,, where I was ordained. ? . : r , -. .e "My first church was at Duluth, Minn,. My next one was at Vancouver, Wash. I went to Vancouver in 1912, and for the next five years served as rector of St. Luke's church. In 1917 I was of fered and accepted the archdeaconate of Kansas, with headquarters at Topeka; I had hardly reported for duty at my new work before we declared war ou Germany. 'I at once volunteered a an overseas secretary for the Y. M. C.f A-r exclusion of all others.' There should not be any such thing as privates deer; parks and tenantry, and women who mother dogs should not be held In high estimation above the woman . who ful fills the mission of the race. ;' . No, high cost of land is not the cause of high cost of .living, I say again. It. Is unequal distribution, the selfishness In the world, that knows no limits, the am bitious acquisitiveness v that knows no bounds, and the predatory wealth that Is eating the vitals out of our social system. There Is enough for all always has been, always will be. If tt is dis tributed. ; 7 . We should- not- too much concern our selves over the economic conditions of future generations. "Sufficient the day unto itself." Let the tolls and duties of. our own day receive - our attention, and when we have done our duty to our own generation, .we will have done it to the next. If we do that. I think tne Almighty will take care of the rest. . F. B. WOOD. Will: Better With Aue ; "Spokane. Aug. 18. To the Editor of The Journal I was just thinking on the League of Nations. You know, those Republican senators make me laugh. You see, they are great Imitators. A ; few : years " age they were all shouting their heads off because our great, and j lovely president wrote a few notes. Now, as election draws near, it appears they, all want to be president, so there is great competition between them aa note writers. , - We must admit that the League of Nations is a step in the right direction, possibly not perfect, but then we have years ahead In which to perfect n, tne same as the-constitution of the United states, which has had 18 amendments m the last 100 years. It grows better by age and no doubt the League of Nations will 00 UXewise. . But what makes -tne laugh Is how per slstent some of those Republican sen ators are to write a note and attach it to that League , of Nations. Now, If each of those, senators writes and: at taches a note, then Engand's house of lords must have the same privilege; then France, Japan and Italy have the same . right. By that time, possibly, election would be over. Then it ought to come back to us. for possibly some of those senators would want to write a note on those notes. But what's the use; it's either good or bad. We should either sign it r reject it. And say,'X think, it's up to those Republican sena tors to do something. . . WOBBLY. BILL WIGGINS. . ' Depends on Circumstances Portland. Aug. 20. To the Editor of The Journal Can a discharged .soldier reclaim his uniform after he has been discharged. I was on Indefinite furlough when I was told to return the uniform within three months. On returning from furlough I was not Issued clothes, but was discharged the following weeg; Please Inform me where to send for same. SOLDIER AND . SUBSCRIBER. -" - (Tt wonkl depend altogether on facta aur rnandisf discharge. Tou nlbt consult United tales recruiting office. Worceatet . baUOiflg. j t ." V' NEWS IN BRIEF " OREGON SIDELIGHTS " The " survey of the Roseburg-Myrtle Point highway has been completed. -v. a a a The North Beach peninsula cranberry crop, estimated at 60.000 barrels, will be ready for harvesting early in September, providing the present favorable weather continues. ... . 'y ; .;-,": ' With a good 'road to Sparks lake and Elk lake no- greater trip in the United States can be found than that from Bend to these, two lakes and back via Crane prairie, says JUie Bend Press. . The folks at "Marysville were con cerned this "Week with a mad dog, that was running loose in those parts. It Is a mighty dead community that cannot afford some style of excitement, com ments tne Blue Mountain Eagle, . . a a . Bear are said to be very plentiful In the mountains this summer, according to the s sheepmen who are on their sum mer ranges with their sheep. The stock men claim that the bear have destroyed some of their stock. One of the reasons ascribed Is the fact that berries are very scarce this year,: and it has caused the bear to search other food. - -.i - - ' Growers , in the Upper Valley should keep close watch of the codling moth situation this summer, warns the Hood River News. . Up to the present time there hss been no great need of apply ing a summer, spray. However, some orchards show considerable first brood infection .this year and this is usually a rather good sign for the occurrence of a rather generous second orooa. Lockley On account of my knowledge of French I was assigned work in the Foyer d Soldat with the French troops. J reached Bordeaux September 17, 1917. At that time yea saw no American uniforms In Bordeaux, nor was there a sign of Y. M. C. A. activity there. I was at once as signed to work at Revigny. This, by the bye. was the last town taken by the crown prince In his march across France. The French stopped him there, From Revigny I was assigned to work in a little village two ana a half kilo meters from Verdun. . A regularly as nightfall came, the German gunners shelled this village. It's a rather strange thing, but a city and its people become accustomed to being shelled, until in time they take it as a matter of course. in the morning you look to see what new buildings have been wrecked, and you. inquire how many people have been killed during the night,- and then go about your work. In other words, death and destruction become the expected and the commonplace. - a ' e a - - "After several weeks of work .there, I was assigned . to work under Mr. Cas selis. whose son is the author - of. the .famous war book, 'A Soldier of France.' Alfred Cassells, under whom I worked, founded the mission work among the Ashantis of Africa. All oft his children were bern in Africa. After the death of his son the- author of the - book Mr. Cassells, though an old man, gave up a good position in Paris, came out to the battle . front, and went through all the hardships of war, because he thought it his duty to take the place of his son who had been killed. I grew to love his courage, his comradeship and his devo tion to the soldiers. ; .. a - , ' rz, "In January, 1918, I was sent te take charge of the Y' hut at Houdelalncourf. Z was there until about July 5, when the first division of the United States troops was ; ordered to the front. ? I was as signed , to work- with, the- ammunition train of the .First - division. You wilt remember the. splendid work.' this; divi sion did at Cantigny. - "It was in "June that I met you in Paris. From Paris I went to Bordeaux, where I served as general utility man and roustamout at the Tourney Y. My duties consisted in making the hoys wel come, in answering their questions, in advising them, and in helping them when they were in trouble. I ran across many of your former' fellow, workers there. While-there I received my appointment as chaplain, and in September, 1918. I left to take up my new-duties with the Seventy-eighth division.". Curious Bits of Information For the Curious - Gleaned From Curious Places Some curious conclusions have besit reached as the result of what are called the "preferred numbers- the inhabi tants of different countries. The basis of. the Investigations had to do with the "various denomloaUons of 'money, post' age stamps and othtr mediums of value. It appears that nearly all races evince a marked preference for the numbers two, three and -five and their multlniaa. The Mohammedans, however, avoid the use of the number three. Among the French and other Latin peoples two ana nve are .more popular than three, while the English prsfer two and three and the Germans three and nv, 1 The Chinese are said Ia reamhi th Latins in their choice, while the peoples or uioia nave a strong liking for two. The. number seven is most used in the Slavic countries. The higher numbers are not mucn used except in Spanish speaking countries, as 11 in Salvador; 17 in Mexico; 19 In Spain. The people of Hawaii are said to be fonj 0f 13 Olden Oresron Beore the Day of the 'Combined Harvester and Header. - The old fashioned sickle and flail wars the harvesting Instruments of early times. The first cradles for mowing were brought by Jason Lee in 1140 from New York on the Lausanne. The early husbandmen ef Oregon used three types of cradles. The turkey wins" had up I"0' S111 .The "muley- bmiw tne -grape vine" bad a handle much bent. Late In the '50s the first mowing machine ap peared,, and by the early '60s were much in use. The threshing machine arrived nearly a decade earlier. Thomas Otchln had one near HUlsboro in 1860. Chaff pliers were employed sarly. Dr. Whit man had one In operaUon near Walla Walla in 184S. . , .. Three Hundred Years Ago . rrota the New York Times Without a tingle thumping of drums, with her old patrician quietness, Rich mond commemorates today , a memorable and fruitful event, and, doubtless, other parts of the Old Dominion' will celebrate It too. On July to. 1819, the first Vir ginia house of burgesses, the first elect ed representative body . in ; the United State -or . on this - continent, met at Jamestown. That little knot of men, come together at Governor Yeardley's invitation. Were the beginners of repre sentative democratic-republican self government.. T'-.'..-'..:--.;;.....-r,:...-i.-t5.! - If. j.wlth three centuries of ' glorious names and deeds behind her. Virrlnia can' find time to honor these obscure' founders of her and our political house, at least the. rest of us may give a mo ment of grateful memory to the origins and originators of our representative system. ::'-..-- -:'-:-r'-:- t -V vr-.';;f The News in Paragraphs World Happenings Briefed for JBonefit v of Journal Readers - OREGON NOTES The first carload of muskmelons grown at Canby was shipped this week. . Sales of two choice lota of prune have been made at Freewater at $127.00 a ton. ... Oscar Vanderbilt. owner of a Mood tr.ftArd' hM M his 1919 crop xor 140,000. i Plans have been- completed for the niA"00 ?.f Notary ciub at Salem, with 60 members. vHVilt1 C-0' y,n,p h "turned to Pendleton after 27 months in the uni form of the United States army. Oregon stands eleventh in the list of i1" having tha largest number of chapters of the American Legion. Ben Cummins, aged 32. was killed by a falling limb Wednesday morning while fighting a forest fire near Buxton. A tnember of the crew of the steamer J. N. Teal was drowned at Mosler Tues day night. His name Is not known. The Dalles Is facing a water famine. Snow is all off the mountains and very little water comes into the reservoir. .approximately a ton of government foodstuffs was sold to consumers Wed nesday in Astoria through the post office. , A carload of Rogue river pears was sold Wednesday by the Bear Creek or chard at $4.05 a box. the highest price on record. .F,rJ?. Brol out Wednesday night nt the Pine Tree Lumber company's mill near Bend, and did damage amounting to $75,000. The labor shortage in Salem Is keenly felt by the city, and street improve ments and other municipal work are at a standstill. Paul Schonagle, a native of Germany who was killed accidentally near Stay ton recently, left an estate but no heirs have been found. , Hop picking will begin In Marlon county next week. Sixty cents a box, an..?Tanc.of lu cents over last year, will be paid for picking. Death is announced of P, Chrlsman, who crossed the plains to Oregon lit 1851 and settled at Cottage Qrova more than half a century ago. Salem is preparing a celebration for returned fighting men on Labor day. There will be an industrial parade, a barbecue and a patriotic program. Every available person has been called upon to assist in picking and packing the largest pear crop In the history .of the Rogue river valley. With the mercury hovering around the 100 mark, the hottest August weather In five years is sweeping over Southern Oregon and the Rogue river valley. ; Fire destroyed the bams, granary, outbuildings, machinery. 16 tons of hay, 85 cords of wood and other property on the farm of Chris Goebel near Aurora, Tuesday night. M. E. Phillips of Aurora has been served with an Injunction to prevent his removing more gravel from the bed of Pudding river to supply the paving contractor on the Pacific highway. has been appointed state director for Oregon in the nationwide campaign to combat un-American radical doctrine by the popularisation ot the constitution, of the united Slates. WASHINGTON The Snake river hss reached the lowest stage ever recorded. Cecil Keys, son of Mrs. Mattle Keys, arrived in Centralis. Tuesday night after 28 months with the marine corps. Yakima county will put on a special deputy with a motorcycle to run down speeders and bring them before justices of the peace for trial. J. - O. Greenway has resigned as Yakima county drainage engineer to take charge of the Washington Brisk, Lime Sewer Pipe company. Seven girls held In' the detention ward of the city hospital at Heattle broke throue-h a temporary partition. Jumped 10 feet to the pavement and escaped. The Ladle" lxyaJ legion, or "j iirea T." haa lMn orra.nl led throughout the Inland . Empire lumber district as an adjunct to the lyai legion 01 log gers and Lumbermen, Dr. Summers bill for construction of the Kittitas high-line unit of the Yak ima project, and providing a fund of $7,000,000 for such -development, has been approved by Secretary Lane. Japanese of Tscoma are now operat ing a Japanese school, supported by a Japanese organisation, and teaching nothing but the Japanese language, cus toms and r ideals to Japanese children. Councilman Bolton announces that he will place an ordinance before the coun cil providing for a 1600.000 bond Issue for the establishment of a municipal market In Seattle to fight the high cost of living. ' QKNlSnAli Gwaa n,r.nn a. w.r. IrtllftA m.nA 1ft fntirei In a train wreck at UrsWlU Mich.. Wednesday. Salaries of all county employes st Lewtston, Idaho, have been increased from It to $15 per month. m.-. nin,tlni r A. Mitchell Palmer. to be attorney general was confirmed byi the senate Wednesday without opposU tion. - The Japanese transport Bhijlki Mani struck a rock on August 15, south of. S&nafi-eshlma. and sank with 110 of those on board. of the Sultan of Zulu, has arrived at Olyropia on ner way- to v.dicb. she will enter school. . mx. tr.it. Twin. WnrVera rtt Pennsyl vania announce that the scale demands for- 1920 Will DO a Ciosea anoii, av mix. hour work day and an Increase In wages of about 60 per cent. a i . Ttrlfn 'afatett that America has won the deep gratitude of Germany for her treatment of prisoners of war and her labors in their behalf in Siberia. . a viii ...Vniitut n tha TniMi!sn cabi net would give former Emoeror William 170,000,000 marks as total settlement for the elvll list he lost through "forced ab dication." . . . .. At . I . . . V . leading packers, which would bar them from doing DUBinem in jHinDmnin". sought in a petition filed in chancery court at Jackson. . coal miners, which has been In proven many weeks, has been settled. rh ihr..).nii nilwAT strike has been averted by an Increase In wages. Uncle Jeff Snow Says : Some fellers Is born lucky and never' .i .ih , Th.r. ia Dick Mulford. fr instance; never was no good to work on a farm, drive a team or even eau a paper. He got him a job playln Injun i . i- Hr.wn tn Pnrtlajid w(fcXK n IUW.I. " ' ' ' jt -. nni1 An him arid busted three of his ribs, which gave him a ex cuse to CO notnm au summer ana imt ..a tha same all winter, and lt WB.v. , ; he draws down all hospital, expenses . i . , i t and gooa pay ier u oaiuc. .War Savings Stamps Make " x Ideal Gifts fStoriM ef achievement in tf aocnmnla foi of War Saringa Sumpa. to The Journal and accepted for publication, will ba swarded a Thrift Stamp.). . Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps are just as valuable for birth day and wedding gifts now as they were during the war. Every stamp, whether of the smaller or larger de nomination, represents a tangible value In dollars and cents ; an Invest ment in a government security, and a pledge of loyal cltisenahjp. The en tire wealth" of the United States Is behind these baby bonds. 'They will never cheapen. They will always grow more valuable. Thrift Stamps and 1919 War Barlngi Stamp bow ob nale at uoual agercln