THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAU PORTLAND, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1919.
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The eyee of the world are on us. We
kate promised to do all we cast for the
world, and we will redeem that promise. If
I thought I atood in the way of carrying
out this promise, I would be (lad. to die to
consummate it Wood row WUtoa.
JOSEPHUS DANIELS
THE work of the navy was oqaj of
the master achievements of
America in the late war.
Through submarine inested
seas, more than 2,000,000 troop were,
transported to France without the
loss of a single soldier who sailed on
an American transport under Amer
ican naval escort. . No other nation
made such a record. It was an
operation of the foremost magnitude
for the. reason that it was accom
plished in the face of cunning and
ruthless opposition by an enemy that
pmnlovfid a. wearjon in a manner con
trary to all international and civilized
laws, and for which for a time no
truly effective counter weapon had
been satisfactorily developed. .
in the beginn'ng, the safe con
duct of all these troops , overseas
without attendant loss seemed a ta6k
insuperable. Germany was confident
all along because she believed deliv
ery of American troops in France
could be embarrassed and confounded
hv hop rllvpra
Our ships were few. Three thou
sand miles of sea iras between the
American base and the battle front.
A submarine with' only its periscope
above the water might at any mo
ment send deadly torpedoes crash
ing into the vitals of a heavily laden
troop ship. It was a cruel kind of
warfare with every advantage on the
side of the hidden foe and every
disadvantage hanging over and im
periling the troop carriers and their
precious human cargoes.
The lurking divers had all the great
sea lanes as the scene of their opera
tions. They might appear off the
American coast. They might make
their swift attack in mid-Atlantic.
They might strike near the Azores.
The blow might fall Just outside the
French or British harbors. t To antici
pate, U avert and to escape the dis
asters planned by a merciless and
crafty foe, striking from ambush
and employing a weapon never be
fore used, was a super problem.
Our supply-of destroyers wf lim
ited. Of these swift, light and
easily maneuvered vessels, wo had
bjit few. It was a tremendous han
x dicap. Nor had wo adequate ship
building plants. But the navy, with
rare efficiency, began producing in
iO months vessels for the construc
tion of which 20 to 24 months had
The story will never be adequately
told of the preparations, for and the
Knilin? of tho first -transnnel rnnvnv
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Some of the details have been eclated.
But the anxiety, the apprehensions.
the unspoken dread of that first de
parture of thousands of men in
khaki for the voyage through diver
rightfulness to the friendly ports of
Franco can never be pictured.
There were spies in Washington
ready to wireless notice to Berlin of
the sailings. A stenographer has told
us how seemingly innocent telegrams
to Mexico were vital information
carried to the enemy from pro
Germans high up in confidential
relations in New York and Washing
ton. To dispatch ships on which
large bodies of men had to be assem
bled, and to keep every avenue of
infornjatlon closed to these secret
enemies at home was in itself a
mighty problem.
Above all else, the German high
command desired to obstruct the
coming of the Americans. The race
to Paris turned out to be between
Hindenburg's gray hordes and the
American transport ships. The story
of the little band of American ma
"rlnes at Chateau-Thierry is one of
the superb tales of the war. The
American regiments t the second
Marne are imperishable history. The
race, with Germapy and America
pitted against each other, with Paris
as the goal, was won and gloriously
won. by the Stars and Stripes.
In her Intense desire to obstruct
the arrival of American troops, alt
German diver power was "concen
trated against the American tran-
I sports. The first American convoy
was twice attacked, first on June 22
off the Azores and next on June 26.
In the latter, a German diver, was
destroyed, and to the destroyer Fan
ning fell the distinction of being the
first American warship to annihilate
a German diver.
The safe arrival of that first convoy
at St. Nazaire June 26, 1917, was the
beginning, of a world epoch. It was
-America for the first time as a war
power in Europe. It was the initial
step in the downfall of autocracy.
Nobody knew it then, but it was the
beginning movement in a naval opera
tion that, ships and personnel con
sidered, set an example of efficiency
and results not surpassed in naval
annals.
It was the occasion of wild enthu
siasm at Washington. News of it
thrilled the country. Congratulatory
telegrams were interchanged between
the heads of the national government.
It was a most auspicious beginning
of what proved to be the end.
Yet the great, combat with diver
frightfulness was but one exhibition
of the power of the American navy.
The navy built a wall of anchored
mines across the North sea that Ger
man divers could not pass, and the
American admiral who directed the
work Is in Portland today.
The navy supplemented the marvel
ous work of the British warships in
the deadly blockade of Germany, an
operation that helped speed the end
of the war.
The navy supplied the personnel
and navigated all government owned
and built ships.
The navy rendered conspicuous
service in the speed and efficiency,
with which it repaired and put
seized German ships into service.
The navy, which certain interests
criticized shamefully before we en
tered the war, so completely proved
its efficiency during the struggle
that it is almost the only great de
partment of the government that is
now free from stricture or doubt.
The man who was at the head of
the navy throughout this crucial
period is Portland's honor guest
today. Vhe power of a great institu
tion is is leadership. No matter
what its resources in brains, experi
ence and training, there must.be a
head to organize, to concentrate
and to direct. There must be a
leader to inspire, to stimulate and
to unite the force and personnel of
his organization, and, in the planning,
to utilize the information and intel
ligence of all his subordinates.
By the performance and by the
result that came from that perform
ance, none can deny that Josephus
Daniels was' the man for the place,
a leader with the vision, a great
captain of a great company.
THE BIG FIGHT
T
HOSE who discuss the need of
high wages to meet the high
cost of living half way, do well
to combine the counsel of Lloyd
George and Woodrow Wilson. In a
speech some time ago the great
British leader declared that the ques
tion of wages is of little conse
quence beside the greater problem
of production. If production mounts
with wages, said he, almost any com
pensation can be justified. And in
his Labor day message to the Ameri
can people, Woodrow Wjlson pleaded
with his countrymen to enable "the
processes of production to overtake
the processes of consumption."
As labor is- better paid it ought
proportionately to become more ef
ficient. The shortening of the hours
of work should invite greater en
ergy and less waste during the period
of employment. It may not occur
lo the worker that he owes greater
production to his employer. But it
is' beyond dispute, and Lloyd George
and. Woodrow Wilson have made it
clear, that increased production is a
patriotic duty from which no per
son should attempt to escape until
times become normal again.
If the world's supply of products
is not as great as the world's de
piand for products, the inevitable
result is increased prices. Other
things like profiteering undoubtedly
contribute to present prices, but back
of those prices are the world war,
the transfer of millions of producers
into the field of destroyers and the
transformation of plants that nor
mally produce into plants for con
triving engines of destruction.
There were 51 months of such a
process. The effect was greatly di-,
niinisjhed production and the exhaust
tion, of all surplus slocks, The out
standing fact is that only through
production can the warehouses be
replenished and conditions settle
back into the normal.
In the time of the Pizzaros, gold
was so plentiful in Peru that a
horse was worth ils weight in that
metal.
Six degenerate prisoners in the
Kansas penitentiary are to undergo
the sex operation under a state law
passed in 1917. One of the six is the
murderer of a little girl at fopeka.
Why should such reproduce their
kind?
GOING FORWAJU)
T
HERE is much of interest to
Portland in the news of recent
sailings from ports of the Co
lnmbia. England, the Orient and
Panama are mentioned as destina
tions. The cargoes are the products
of the Oregon country. The ships,
m numerous instances, are the craft
built for the Emergency Fleet cor
poration.
Thus many of the things long de
sired are coming to pass. Predic
tions thaL resumption of shipping
would include the Columbia are being
verified. The relation that ports of
the Columbia desire with other pro-
ducing and consuming centers the
worlds over is being established.' The
enlarged use of Oregon products over
a greater area is being recorded. The
pleas for . service from ships of our
merchant marine are btelng granted.
Little by little, the things sought
for and fought -for in port develop
ment are attained. An aggressive
policy Is bringing results. More hard
work, better organization, the back
ing of ship lines by shippers and
public support of port concerns will
give cumulative momentum.
Thre things appear of first mor
ment: To secure the port traffic
manager sought by the Port of Port
land commission without further de
lay. To press forward to the earliest
possible date the completion of the
port's public dock facilities.
To hurry the realization of a 35
foot all season channel to the sea.
Taken to a barber shop at Law
rence, Kan., to have his hair cut, a
small boy voiced hla displeasure in a
manner that attracted the attention
of a passing bulldog. Ready to len
der assistance wherever needed, the
dog: entered, concluded that the boy
was being abused and promptly treed
the barber. a It took considerable
coaxing to persuade him that the
boy was being barbered, not butch
ered, Remembering the sorrows
that come In some tonsorial chairs,
was this a case of almost human in
telligence ?
AN OUTLAWED NATION
By Woodrow Wilson
E3 HAVE such an agreement
(arbitration treaty) with prac
tically every great nation ex
cept Germany, which refused
to enter into such an agreement, be
cause, my fellow citizens, Germany
knows that she intended something
that didn't bear discussion, and that
if she had submitted the purpose
which led to this war to so much as
one month's discussion, she never
would have dared go into the enter
prise against mankind which she
finally did go into, and, therefore, I
say this principle of discussion is
the principle already adopted by
America; and what is the compulsion
to do this? The compulsion is this:
That if any member state violates
that promise to 6ubmit either to
arbitration or to discussion, 4 it is
thereby ipso facto deemed to have
committed an act of war against all
the rest. '
Then, you will ask, do we at once
take up arms and fight them? No.
We do something very much more
terrible than that. We absolutely
boycott them. It is provided in that
instrument that there shall be no
communication even between them
and the rest of the world. They
shall receive jio goods; they shall
ship no goods; they shall receive no
telegraphic messages; they shall send
none;. they shall receive, no mail; no
mail will be received from them.
The nationals, the citizens of the
member states, will never enter their
territory until the matter is adjusted
and their citizens cannot leave their
territory. The most complete boycott
ever conceived in a public document
And I want to say to you with con
fident prediction that there will be
no more fighting after that. From
his morning speech at Kansas City.
Announcement is made that the
Pacific Mail will establish a steamer
service between the Pacific and At
lantic via the Panama canal. With
a blast of trumpets, the company,
early in the war, when shipping- was
scarce, withdrew its steamers from
that route, announcing at the time
that the withdrawal was caused by
the seamen's law requiring more pay
and better living conditions for sail
ors. Restoration of the line now is
concession that the former state
ment was a bluff.
WHEN THEV MEET
N
O MORE auspicious lime, could
have been dhosqp for the con
ference of capital and laboj"
which President Wilson has
called. It will be a few days in ad
vance of the international gathering
at Washington provided for in the
labor anrtex to the peace treaty.
and it follows the war's exposition of
the great strength of organized labor.
The,. growth of the principle that
the general publio has an interest in
industrial disputes equal to that of
capital and labor is well shown when
the events of today are contrasted
with these of a few years back.
It will be recalled that when Presi
dent Roosevelt appointed a concilia
tion commission in 1902 to settle the
anthracite strike, he was condemned
as, one who was interfering with the
rights of property and was called a
dangerous radical.
It was perhaps the first time the
effort was matte under government
authority to settle a labor dispute
by other means than force, and it
was justified on the ground that the
nation as a . whole was more con
cerned than , either the miners or
operators. '
Since this time the word radical
has taken a new definition. There
are radicals among the (employers
and there are radicals ( among the
employes, radical bosses ' and radical
union men. It is largely they who
are keeping the great masses of era
ployers and wage earners apart, in
a state of mutual misunderstanding
and suspicion.
The settling effect of the confer
ence where both sides will meet face
to face, where by personal contact
they will more clearly vision the
viewpoint of one another and where
Iherc will be-at least a chance for
mutual understanding, should be of
value. : The gulf now is wider? than
it has been. The trend toward radi
calism is stronger than it ever was.
Nothing can be lost and a great
deal may be gained through the pro
posed conference.
In a three-hour battle, a horse
mackerel that dressed 857 pounds
was recently captured by three Jer
sey fishermen. The struggle started
when the monster fish became en
tangled in the net of one of the
boats. The other two boats spread
their nets for him, but he tore them
in shreds. The battle began three
miles off shore and ended 10 miles
at sea, when, with four harpoons in
his side and 23 gashes from Shark
knives in his boy. the huee fish suc
cumbed. He is described as the big
gest fish ever landed in the locality.
HIS CLIMB TO
NAVAL CHIEF
Josephus Daniels' Rise From Country
Editor to Cabinet
By Ward, A. Irvine
Josephus Daniels, secretary of the
American navy, is a Portland visitor
today.
It was under his direction that Amer
ican greyhounds of the deep transport
ed more than 2,000,000 khaki-clad fighters
from the United States to the shores of
France without loss of a single life.
Naval annals do not record a like
achievement.
He fought and won during the early
months of the war, a campaign to re
duce cost of Bteel for naval purposes.
He abolished the wine mess on board j
our floating fortresses and ripped to
Bhreda the red tape that had previously
kept uncoordinated busy bureaus of his
department. '
He was the first jiavy executive to
afford the enlisted man opportunity to
become a commissioned officer.
His is one ef the few. departments that
has escaped the sweeping ire of criti
cism pounding at the earthworks of most
war organizations.
Born in Beaufort county, North Caro
lina, May 18, 1862, young Daniels pre
ceded entrance into th- newspaper -field
with a collegiate course at Wilson, North
Carolina, the then home of his parents,
Josephus and Mary Cleves Parcels. His
apprenticeship was served on a small
paper in his home town, of which he
later became editor and publisher. A
broader field beckoned from Raleigh,
N. C, where he established a
weekly paper. Editor of the Raleigh
News and Observer, and owner and pub
lisher were other rapid advances for the
young Southerner.
It was as chief of the Raleigh paper
that Josephus Daniels first burned his
name Into the political history of his
native state.' His courage and honesty
led him in a series of bold editorials to
attack Federal Judge Purnell of the
Carolina district for his acts as receiver
of the Atlantic & North Carolina? rail
road, a property owned by the state. A
$2000 fine for contempt of court was im
posed on the editor by the judge. Mr.
Daniels became one of the prominent
men of the state when Federal J" ere
Pritchard, in a sensational decision given
on appeal, absolved the editor from
guilt and remitted the fine.
An active part in North Carolina po
litical circles was thereafter played by
Mr. Daniels. State printer for six years,
he resigned in 1893 to become chief clerk
in the department of the interior, where
he remained for two years. A political
power in his native state; Daniels' in
fluence gathered momentum until he
was placed In charge of publicity for
the national campaign for the presi
dency by William J. Bryan in 1908, and
bis achievements made sure his succes
sion to the post in the campaign of
Woodrow Wilson, four years later. When
President Wilson, on Inauguration to of
fice, announced that Josephus Daniels
was to become secretary of the navy, it
caused no great surprise to those who
had recognized ability demonstrated In
campaign and administration.
Upon entering office, Mr. Daniels be
gan immediate search for practical
knowledge of the navy and its needs.
Many a night was spent aboard ship,
steel-nosed sea-fighters carried him A.o
target practice and fleet maneuvers, and
navy yards and posts were objects of
inspection.
Naval precedents were wrecked to up
lift the service and afford reward for
conscienclous enlisted men. The shat
tered regulations were used as shells
for the cannons of criticism early leveled
at the secretary by disgruntled officers
and political opponents. It is doubtful
if ever before in American history a
cabinet office was subjected to such
cruel and abusive broadsides as those
hurled at Mr. Daniels. The abuse rolled
on, gaining In momentum and volume.
until the thunderous peals broke and the
harsh voice of criticism shaded off into
unanimous and enthusiastic plaudits of
the people as the American navy proudly
nosed a triumphant way homeward
across the Atlantic, leaving behind a
record of more than 2,000,000 men car
ried to France without the loss of a
single Ufe !
Civil War Veteran Compares
Two Eras' War Songs
From the Philadelphia Publio Ledger
A Civil war veteran who heard some
of the warriors of the younger genera
tion cnanung "The Long, Long Trail,"
with their arms across one , another's
shoulders and their heads together in
the closest of close harmony, grew
critical. Listening with his head on
one side like a robin in spring on the
qui vive to detect an earthworm, the
old soldier said :
"la that a very popular ditty with
the doughboys in France?"
"It is," I answered. "Possibly it's
only second in command to the song
'Over There,' which has bean the raging
favorite."
"Rather lugubrious, if you want my
candid opinion," he said.
Then he grew reminiscent. "We had
songs that were songs when I wore the
blue." he said. "For instance, 'Daisy
Dean,' that came out in 'tz." He
hummed a few bars. ' "Then 'Dixie.'
Do you know how 'Dixie' got its start?
"It was a favorite marching tune with
the Republican Invincibles in the Lin
coln campaign of '60. Some of the
Union regiments had the tune In the
first battle of Bull Run, and the Kebs
got it from them.
"Then there was "When Johnny Comes
Marching Home!' There was a- good
high stepping tune for you. And STrarop.
Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching.'
"Tou say the boys like the sentiment
in a song like this 'Long Trail.' Well
we had sentiment galore, In bailads of
the type of 'When Springtime Comes,
Gentle Annie.' You remember Bayard
Taylor's' account of the singing ot
'Annie Laurie' to soldiers encamped in
the Crimea?
"When we got real doleful wj could
sing "When This Cruel War Is Over.'
There was a ridiculous ditty about
Massa Wld a Mustache on His Face.'
whose words J don't exactly recall. Mrs.
Henry Wood, the actress, popularized it
in the closing days of the war.
"Of course, there was 'John Brown's
Body, which was promoted to firandllo-
quence when the text ot the 'Battle
Hymn of the Republic was SUsd to IV
Stephen Foster, : with his "Camptown
Races' And "Old Dog Tray and the rest
was popular before the war as well as
while it was or his music must last
forever. He was a riant compared with
these gimcrack fellows who reel off tea
tunes an hour nowadays."
Letters From the People
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pany the contribution.)
At Issue With Mr. Johnstone
Portland, Sept. 1. To the Editor of
The Journal The fairness with which
he .presented his subject, "Practical or
Patriotic Americanism," from his view
point, is commendable for Attorney
HamUton Johnstone, who delivered an
address at Evening Star grange on Sep
tember 6. Owing to a widely diversified
opinion, please allow this public friendly
criticism.
To be fair, let it be said the speaker
declared himself a conservative and not
averse to being called a reactionary ;
while I am known to be a progressive
and not objecting to being called a radi
cal. Yet on some things we are agreed.
Supporting his conservatism, he cited
the need of advising with older and not
younger heads as a guide for the future.
This opened the way for an attack by
use of the phrase "entangling 'alliances,"
against the League of Nations and
President WUson's part in it, entirely
overlooking the changed conditions that
time brings to all Uiings, including peo
ples and nations.
Evolution through inventions has revo
lutionized institutions and wrought great
social changes. These forces have made
obsolete the former well stated axiom
of our first president The ends of the
earth are tied in one Indivisible mass,
where there we: i great barriers of isola
tion in the former period. When another
people leaves off its friendly and takes
on a belligerant attitude no individual,
to sa y nothing of a nation, can remain
unaffected. The late war has conclu
sively proved this.
This annihilation of separations, this
congealing of everything, is what sup
ports that statement of President Wil
son, much criticized by the speaker,
about "minding our own business." In
deed, we must mind the business of
others if we may be allowed to exist as
a nation.
Great emphasis was also laid by the
speaker on Secretary Lansing's recent
statement regarding a world code and
congress. Any person not a reactionary
would see in this statement the necessity
for a League of Nations organization
preparatory to a code and a congress.
Lansing's statement was subsidary to a
substitute for the league. It was rather
disappointing that his address came at
the close of the session, when adjourn
ment was in order. To be fair when
current topics are discussed time should
be given for brief discussion If there is
to be enlightenment.
The writer is not necessarily here en
dorsing the League of Nations. Indi
vidual right Is reserved to consider that
document as a necessary expedient of
po 1 1 1 1 c a 1 evolution, internationalising
capitalism. And it is political and not
industrial In its nature. Industrial in
ternationalization, so objected to by the
speaker, will come out of this League of
Nations as a natural effect, not because
It is so intended by Its promoters, but
because capitalism cannot always con
tinue to function for the necessities of
the people. As recently and previously
stated by President Wilson, this -was a
commercial and Industrial war. It was
also the result of capitalism and not of
some other ism not in operation. Woe
to that thing that caused this cruel war
when once the people discover how to
rid themselves of 1L C. W, BARZEE.
"A Friend or Dr. Marie Equi"
Portland. Sept. 8 To the Editor of
The Journal I see by the Telegram
of last Friday that Kathleen O'Brennan
may not speak In The Auditorium, be
cause she is an agitator, an I. W. W.
sympathizer, and a friend of Dr. Marie
Equi.
Since when is it a crime to be Dr.
Marie Equi's friend? What has she
done that mankind must shun her to be
classed among tlbi "respectables"'? Did
she comer the bread market against
the poor? Did she hoard leather so
that the people have no shoes? Did
she form a trust to steal the milk away
from little children?
Heavens ! No. Else she would be
courted by kings. Her whole unpardon
able sin lies in that she is a friend to
labor and that she has fought these
crimes of capital, iooth and nail. She
told the migrator worker he had a
right to a vote ; she taught the army
of the unskilled that they could organ
ize as well as the crafts, and to even
better purpose. This is why she may
not speak in The Auditorium she nor
her friends, nor her friends' friends
after them.
Dr. Equi is a first-rank physician.
The Medical association classes her as
one of the great practitioners of the
Northwest. She might have been a
wealthy woman if she had not allied
herself with the "under dog." She made
the same mistake that Jesus Christ
made when he turned down the king
doms of this earth and cast In his; lot
with fishermen and shepherds. She has
her reward, and he had his a prison
and a cross. If she had chased dollars,
she might have figured in high Ufe
scandals and made the people proud
of her. Instead, it has become a crime
to be her friend. The pledge of the
mayor to the Central Labor Council
turns out to be another "scrap of paper"
when he bethfnks that one of the
speakers is a friend to Dr. Marie Equi
I wonder how many friends the doctor
has In the city' of Portland? I'll wager
she. has a thousand if she has one
Let all of us who are her friends takeJ
this as a personal insult and stand
shoulder to shoulder-' in her behalf. Let
us form an Equi society to show Mayor
Baker and the other ruling interests
that Dr. Marie Equi has friends by the
score, and for the still prouder purpose
of being a sympathetic support to that
Indomitable spirit of hers.
This Is written by a member of the
Boilermakers' auxiliary and a friend of
Dr. Marie Equi.
MRS. LULA H. RUPEL.
No Striking; Arbitration
Portland, Sept. 4. To the Edtor of
The Journal At a meeting of attorneys
recently some attorney suggested that
a law ought to be passed making strikes
a crime, and I think I voice the senti
ment of the majority of the people, in
cluding the majority of the level headed
people In the Union, when I say we will
hall with delight the day when such a
law will be passed, and if we can'J. have
voluntary arbitration we should have
enforced arbitration, and when any
question "arises between capital and labor
it could be taken into the court, or
a court for that special purpose, and
be settled with a court and jury. Dif
ficulties on either side could be pre
sented by attorneys and decided by a
jury of business men and laborers. Laws
could be enacted regulating wages ac
cording to the profits In business, and
this outrageous practice of picketing in
front of business houses ought to be
stopped.. It is surely against the law,
as it Is nothing more nor less than boy
cotting, and every city ought to main
tain an open shop. If the unions can
persuade everybody to join the union
. COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF ,.
SMALL CHANGE :
i " ;
No gas in Seattle. An, go on. '
Welcome, General Pershing. ; put 'er
there. .
Whafe the h. c of L investigation
coming to? ;
The "movies" do move, it seems, strike
or no strike.
. Cheer up: there'll be many sunshiny
days before Christmas.
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It seems to be a case of where
Arkansas tins come to Oregon.
The city health officer can find no
influenza in Portland. That suits us.
e
Colonel House will stay ln; Europe.
He can keep open house over there,
anyway;
The "pretty penny" of which you have
all heard must be one of the coins you
srent at the beauty parlor.
,
It Is reported that an attempt in
Chicago to raise shoe shining to 15 cents
failed. What kind of a town is that
umcago, anynow i
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Crop reports are to the effect that
the wheat crop will be 17.000,000 bushels
below the first estimate. Now we ma v
expect the price of our dauy 'bread to
go up anomer peg.
e
President Wilson at Omaha easid "there
is no need for reservations." ' He was
talkintr about the neaCA treatv. however
and not about retting a place: to' hear
mm at ine Auditorium.
While pursuing the food profiteer, let
all pursuers kindlv nauae In Inventicst
the cafeteria pie ana find out what that
iruca js ,tnat tne plemaker . puts in
among its innards that is so different
from what was wont to, be In the pies
that mother used to make. ,
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley-
Tempting descriptions of peace and plenty
in far-away Curry county are presented y Mr.
Lockley tnday. He inventories the items eon
etituUnt the daily fare ot the Fromm tastily,
and notes other elements that make up their
prosperous and happy liree. No "baek to the
land" for them they're already baek. ; and.
what's more, intend to stay there, by jiagl'J
Tou may not be able to locate Brush
creek on your map, so I will tell you
where it Is. It is 10 miles south' of
Port Orford and 22 miles north ef Gold
Beach. I am staying at Robert Fromm
ranch on Brush creek, in Curry couaty.
The open season for deer Is on, and this
is in the heart of the deer country.. If
you have been feeling sorry for the
isolated homesteaders of Curry county,
you have been wasting your sympathy.
As a matter of fact, they are sorry for
you. This morning we had a huge plat
ter of hot cakes with butter and lots
of horrey. We had fragrant coffee with
a pitcherful of crejfin bo thick It would
hardly pour. ' We had a platter of trput
ranging in size from 7 to 14 inches
trout that I myself had caught the
evening before In Brush oreek. We had
lots of crisp toast and fried potatoes.
For supper we had a platter of tender
loin of fried venison, as tender aa spring
chicken. Mrs. Fromm's brother. Arthur
Anderson, had killed a buck the pre
ceding evening. He had come to be on
hand for the first day of the open, sea
son. We had baked potatoes, beaten
biscuits, maccaronl and cheese, honey
and wild blackberry jelly, with a big
pitcher of creamy milk and a dish of
apple sauce.
We sat at the table in the kitchen,
eating leisurely and talking as we ate.
There were Robert Fromm, Mrs.
Fromm, Raymond, aged 6. and Bobby,
aged 4 ; Anna Anderson, Mrs. Fromm's
sister, and Arthur, her brother, and
myself.
"No, I don't want to live in a city,"
said Arthur. "I lived in one once for
nearly a ytar. I thought I would die
of homesickness. I am cured of the
city. You don't get to keep the money
you earn long enough to get acquainted
with it. My wife and I thought we were
getting good wages, but by the time we
had paid our rent, our grocery bill, our
butcher bill and our bills for fuel, water,
gas and electric light, and had dug up
for carfare, we didn't have anything
left. We just got to handle the money ;
we didn't get to keep any of it. We
thought of the Ice cold streams and
springs of Curry county, where you
could have all the water you wanted
without worrying about the water meter.
We thought of the hundreds and thou
sands of cords of wood to be had for
the hauling. We thought of the trout
and wild honey, the 1eer meat and wild
blackberries and strawberries, and we
beat it for Curry county."
V
"I suppose the people who HveMn the
city must be satisfied with their lot, or
they wouldn't stay there," said Robert
Fromm. "As far as I am concerned,
I prefer the country. It's a better place
to raise your children. Then you come
nearer to being your own boss if you
live in the country. You don't worry
about punching a time clock, nor you
don't worry about losing your job.
that Is' their privilege, and, perhaps,
their duty, but when they come out and
try to dictate lo people as to how they
should conduct their business that Is
carrying things too far. I have con
ducted business in different parts of the
United States and Canada and have
paid the union scale, but I will never
allow anyone to dictate to me sis to
whom I shall employ to ao my wow
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I am
member or ine carpnrs
. - j .iAi,.ti
union, ana never voieu vr vk-hcuus,
and it Is my intention now to organlae
a Buffalo millwrights union wherever
I happen to do business, aid this union
does not tolerate any such -foolishness
as picketing. If business men pay union
scale and grant union hours that ought
j repeat it Is up to the members of
the union to get eyeryooey into me
union that they can. Imagine a Mason
coming along to a business man and
telling him he wilt have to employ
members of the Masonic order Dr he
would be boycotted. There Is 3ust as much
sense in that as the union dictating to
a business man as to whom he shall
employ to do his work.
A. J. CLARK.
On Communicating With God
Eugene, Sept. . To the Editor of
The Journal The communication from
Mr. Johnson in last Tuesday's Journal,
criticising the use of the word "God"
by "American in the sentence "Ood
did not mean for the white man to in
trude upon the yellow man's home, nor
did he intend him to enter dark Africa
and carry the black man into a life
of slavery," illustrates the danger of
forming new assumptions as well as In
Ignoring oM ones. As to how "Ameri
can" gets into communication with
God, about which Mr. Johnson inquires,
that is . matter In which Mr. Johnson
has the same privileges ,as "American."
He can also get into communication if
he wishes and complies with the condi
tions, as God is said to be no respecter
of persons. The implication that such
is impossible is merely a matter of opin
ion to be determined by evidence like
any other issue or disputed point. In
this case, however, the conscience or
reason of each person is- supposed to
decide, "and "American's" view or opin
ion may be just as good as Mr. John
son's statement that "evidently 'Ameri
can' has a greater knowledge and un-
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Ptm telephone service between CoquHle
and Myrtle Point baa ended. It now
costs 10 cents for a three-minute talk.
e - e e
viona fnnniiintMl make It certain that
hi. hnlMlner onerationa in Baker will
soon be in progress, the Democrat awys.j
e
RsitnM ha farmer: he Is now reap
ing the results of a year's labor and is
receiving a just reward," admiringly
remaraav tne Amity eiuuru.
"They are telling us," says the Crane
American, "that the publio doesn't buy
low nrieed. ahoea any more. That s be
cause there are none to be had.
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Colonel Clark Wood of the Weston
Leader Is not so sure about It. He says :
"We are all of us consumers, and nearly
all of us producers, and nearly all of us
profiteering more or lessso the true
solution of the price problem will in all
likelihood have to be left to that great
adjuster. Father Time."
This, from, the Coqullle Sentinel, Illus
trates the teacher problem as It exists
in Oregon today: "The Sumner school,
which ws offering $115 a month salary,
informs Superintendent Mulkey that they
are going to Import two teachers from
North Dakota, having contracted with
the young ladies from that state whose
applications Mr. Mulkey sent them."
.
The Moro Observer might well have
told this interesting little story more
fully. It excites curiosity : "A generous
ample of roasting ears from the garden
conducted by Helen, Ruth and Harold
Bryant was received this week by the
Ohurvw Tr Is not arenarallv known
that a number of the tables of Moro
are supplied with iresn vegetames oy
vaoA vnnnr merchants each Year, but
the quality of their garden products is
bringing them a larger list of custom
ers each season.-
"Take this place here I have a sec
tion of land. You can get all the land
you want, as good as this, for 85 an
acre- Mjr land runs along the creek
for about a mile and a half. It Is L
shaped. At the upper end it takes in
that bald mountain and runs to the
ocean. . On my own place I have good
surf bathing, fine trout fishing and deer
and cougar hunting, and at the same
time plenty of land for farming. We
get along pretty comfortably. You came
through our apple orchard when you
were fishing. You noticed what fine
Gravensteln apples we had. Did you
notice that field of sweet corn? It':
about as fine a lot of corn as you will
see anywhere. My wife puts up. lots
of peas, string beans and corn for win
ter use. With our spuds, carrots, tur
nips, beets and cabbages, that gives us
lots of vegetables to eat during the
winter. We have our own honey, and
there are lots of bee trees, where you
can get wild honey, near at hand. Ar
thur got two tubs of wild honey out
of a bee -tree he felled not long ago,
We have all the eggs and chickens, and
all the milk, cream and butter we can
use. We kill a few deer in the fall and
jerk their meat for winter use.
.
"I am runnnlg about 500 sheep on
my place. I .never feed them, winter or
summer. I get 812.50 for the sheep and
85 for lambs. Last year I got 6S cents
a pound for their wool, and their fleeces
averaged about eight pounds, so that
meant over 5 for the wool from every
sheep. This year I have been offered
50 cents a pound for my wool, so I will
get about 84 each from my 600 sheep, or
about 82000 for my wool. As soon as
my pigs are old enough I turn them
loose to feed on the acorns. It's the
finest kind of food and I never saw
the acorn crop heavier than it is this
year.
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"When I first came here - there were
lots of wild hogs, but we hunted them
down with dogs and shot them. I get
18 cents a pound for my hogs, so when
you can turn in a rood sized band of
hogs weighing 150 to 250 pounds each,
you see it runs Into good money. We
put VP our own bacon, ham and lard
and it's better than you can get at
the corner grocery store, and we don't
have to stint ourselves on It, either."
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"What do you do for amusement?" I
inquired" of Arthur Anderson. "Fish
and hunt and do lots of reading winter
evenings," he replied. "Occasionally I
get a cougar or a oyote. The county
pays 820 bounty for male coyotes and
825 for females, so It Is profitable work
to shoot them.
"Of a morning about sunrise you can
often count from 25 to 60 deer In some
little clearing or on- the side of a bald
mountain.
"Taking care of the stock, fishing,
hunting, hauling wood, and keeping
things up keeps one occupied and con
tented and you can save lots of money,
which is more than you can do in the
city.
"No, sir-let them that like the city
have It. ft'he country for me every
time." ' .
derstanding of that which does not exist
than he has of that which does," as well
aaejother statements in his communica
tion, seems to imply that God has no
existence. But such implication would
seem to be as difficult of proof as
"American's'', belief that he (God) does
exist, and I believe the race In general,
or the civilized world, prefers "Amerl
can's" point of view as more reasonable
W. r. rt natural tViut, t ha nth.. anI m rr
p -
conaucive to ine Desi interests, peace
and welfare of all.
JAMES T. SMITH.
X 'Good Chance Overlooked
Portland. Sept. . To the Editor of
The Journal. -If School Director Thomas
is so sensitive about his honor and is
able to put up 82000 toward paying for
the auditing of the books of the school
board, why didn't he walk right in when
he got back from his junket ayl fork
right over what was left of the 8600,
and not stand so long on his dignity?
It is too late now to put up a bluff to
save his honor. A TAXPAYER.
Vrry Likely
From the Rufene Reflster.
The ex-kaiser is said to be greatly
pleased because a Dutch airman flew
low over Amerongen cast i and greeted
him with what looked to be a wave of
the hand. But Isn't he taking too much
for granted? Maybe the aviator was
merely shaking bis fist at him.
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
The terni 'links, in connection with
golf is of Scottish origin. It" originally
was used to designate a stretch of land
covered with short grass and stubble,
which lies between the high point of the
coast and the water lit parts of , the
Scottish seaboard. The first golf courses
were laid out along these stretches, hence
the hame. When the sport spread to
other countries the name "links'" clung
to it, but the original meaning was en
tirely overlooked.
In Scottish history golf can be traced
back as far as 1457. though others eon
tend that it originated hundreds of years
I prior to that time.
The News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
ot Journal Readers
OREGON NOTES
xroo&,co?nty'm WaTh school, opened
Prlneville Monday and the attendance,
broke all previous records.
After being closed for the past year,
ine bt. Helens Creosoting company r-ia
" a-M wum wiui a core or zu
men.
The big bridge across the Santiam ,
river at Jefferson will be rebuilt next
yer by the Southern Pacific Railroad
company.
..lS,amatJ co"U)r teachers institute,
flui dosed, was the most successful ever
J113-, Nearly seventy-five teachers were
in attendance.
ChftrlAM .QmAt. 14 , . . --
neart Alleghany when out hunting and
rr Vi . , " "kib in me wooaa, flas
tound his way home. u '
-.'"i1" .L Bosorth, for many years a.
mSli1 of.. s'fn' and Portland, but
i . . vi nay u ty, aied at thtK
latter c iv itwa.u " v
V .liuf,
Chnrla vr rjii i . .
rtmastership of "M." ' eSS" Itta
Sffif r'1if:ur. "udaon will be ap-
fvsii,vi u iiu uiu vacancy.
. o ii uiaiir years bii.
fiJJ" ih .practice of law at La
"u T"3" anown throughout the
state, is dead at the age of 46.
Two Vmnrfral ar.A . - .
- .v. muutiaiia serfs .
or public land In eastern Klamath
county may be plJbed in charge of the
naUonaTfort" f th m0nt
ofan,0.nvS.WoSack, becomes the owner
.t w iya"3r Hardware company store
at Wallowa, purchasing the establlsh-
,iorw- A. Arnold, organiser and
i-r.ma"i,r fi.the y1 Llo"
---- umiiucuuaii oi uoos ana
ti!li COUrLlMS. nas signed and re
turned to his farm at Pleasant Hill.
t..firf ?owff?ot 8alem & Instl-,
.K.edTU" 'ori"wo. images again
HnT.kl7 ci.iJi c"Uany and the
Southern Pacific company for the death
Of hia eon in an v.fi - . , . . .
June uwuwmn auciuent last
.Tnunhln. An. .
mm. ..T ' " "Prosniauves ra
to attend an extra session of the
..T.ney. exPr themselves, how
ever, aa in favor nt h. i .
ment. .menu-
A corn ihfinr f k v. a t i .
hur-r ThnruHav & ,.,uiu ,
- a - - i " mi," cttsn prize a
!f?rKStln r'v wlU ba w'rded. All
.uu ar?. t0 b made with the corn
slngl.- exhibit "n mwu cont"""p- .
Marvin 7hna ...v.. jii . .
hie home at Hubbard on April 80 and
"f"" sougnt py orfloers In all
ffi.Jl ? tt ountry, has written a
Lfnrt win ,hi.a 1ov.thr that he is well
and will return home soon.
WASHINGTON
. The aP.ni,al. lovy for the city of Che
halie will be 21.3 mills, the same as last
year. '"
Licenses have been issued to date In
JJ f I2at,oollnty, for s'018 automobiles
lm &08o"' reclpU reacnln a total of
Steps have been taken at Walla Wall,
for I HA nr.unl..tinn 0 - ...... . ... .1?
artillery, authorized in the Washington
national guard. .
Underwood orchardlsts will ship about
J00 carloads of the highest class apples
this fall; almost &0 per cent more than
were harvested last year.
A "lllW In that Tat1- i
court has returned a verdict of guilty
Baiiiai narry lumore, cnarged with a
crime against bis own daughter.
Of the tOtnl fVnr vf wlaava t 1
alia Walla valley about 60 per cent
sum at prices ror ine most
part above the government minimum.
Active preparations are under way for
work on the Pacific highway for seven
miles north of Castlerock. The contract
has been let to Henry &, McKee of Se
attle for $241,317.
The electric generator at the plant of
the Northwest Electric and Water works
at Montesano exploded tSunday morn
ing, Injuring three men, one seriously,
and demolishing the generator, rt
Walla Walla is planning for the big
gest agricultural fair in the history of
the COlintV. ("lilt- fmm am tarn - ...
as Minnesota are promised for the event,
which takes place September 10 to 13.
owners or several threshing outfits In
the Walla Walla section, refusing to pay
the wagiis demanded by the workers,
have pulled in for the season. Some or
the men demanded as high as 812 a day.
Fire at Prescott iSunday morning
burned six wooden business buildings to
the ground. The loss is estimated at
830,000. The Floyd King Cold Storage
company was the heaviest loser, with
810.000.
On account of delay In the completion
of the Vale-Yacolt bridge, commissioner
of Clarke and Cowlitz counties will In
stitute a suit for 813,000 damages
against the extractors if the bridge is
not finished ray October.
OKNERAL
A national campaign to Increase its
membership. to 1.000,000 veterans Is an
nounced by the American Legion.
A Bolshevikl wireless message reports
the capture by the Bolshevlki of Tobolsk,
capital of West Siberia and the govern
ment of Tobolsk.
Lieutenants Frederick Walerhoune
and Cecil Connelly, aviators, missing:
from San Diego since August 30, are
believed to be dead.
Governor-General Burton Harrison ar
rived at Manila Sunday from the United
States. He and his bride were greeted
by thousands of natives.
The association opposed to national
prohibition announced at New Voile
Sunday that it will go Into national
politics at the November elections.
Private Reass Madsen of Sacramento,
Pal., was shot and killed at Cobleng
Sunday- by German troops. The shoot
lng took place in the neutral cone.
After two months on the transconti
nental highway, an army transport
train composed of 72 motor trucks and
automobiles, arrived at San Francisco
Sunday.
Banks of the United States without
quotas belnp aijrned them subscribed
In a day for 8573.84 1,500 of treasury
certificates of indebtedness dated Sep
tember 2.
Two negro1 charged With . murder
were taken irom tne Jacksonville, r la.,
jail Monday morning and shot to death
after being dragged throush the streets
witn a rope aoout tneir necks-
Property valued at approximate
10.000.000 marks sold directly by the)
Americans to ine uermans, was de
stroyed Sunday by a series of explo-
Ions in ammunition dumps near
xsieuwiea.
UncleJeff Snow Says; "
nVaTe rilsia. e-tf 1 1 vrT-A m Vin ai arrtnav a am.
a II" J' . J a. ssca as-v Uf
50 per cent In Portland so the lawyer
could have -T-bone steak instead oi
namDurger.
Olden Oregon'
First Boosters Appeared. Upon the
ticene as Early ae 183s.
One of the early efforts to advertise
Oregon as a favored place for capital
and settlement was made in 1888, a few
years after the establishment, of the
Methodist missions. So far as work
among the Indians was concerned, the
mission realized that It was destined to
be a failure. To Jason Lee and others)
It became apparent that the proper
course was to build up the country. A
memorial which was to be submitted to
congress, to the mission board and to
the public generally was drafted. Thi
memorial, which was signed by three
fourths of the white population, rave a
description of the country, its fertility,
climate and general adaptability for set
tlement. According to Clarence B. Bag-
ley It was a literary gem and full of, I
patriotic sesiumeni. it waa carried east
by Jason Lee. The object of the me
morial waa to call attention to the needs
and the value ot the country and to
secure men and means or extended
cDurcn work. ; -