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FRANCE RATIFIES
F"
iRANCE ratified. The verdict was
overwhelming.' The vote for the
treaty was 372 against 53. It
is one - more I step in the dlrec
tlon of settling the turbulence that
bas been In the world since August,
1914, a period of 62 months.
The1 biggest human enactment that
has appeared in the world Is waiting
only for action by America. The day
the United States acts, the success
of , the league will be 'guaranteed
. The power of America, the prestige
of America, the leadership of Amer
ica, the moral .Influence of America
' would Instantly assure the nations
that the league is a reality, that Its
action is to le Just, that Its organiza
tion IS substantial, that war is to
be abhorred, that conquest and an
nexation are ended and that the era
of. peace and good will that Jesus
Christ taught has behind it a league
Jof powerful nations .banded together
to 'bring it as nearly to pass as may
be humanly possible.
, 'Happily, on the -very day of ratlfT
cation ;by; France, the. United States
senate! overwhelmingly voted down
the Fall 1 amendments. They - were
mischievous proposals offered by a
man who sought a secret Interview
with .Villa at the very time when
the - Mexican bandit ' was outlawed
and hunted by the American govern
. men! for murder of American ci
vilians and soldiers on American soil
The i American senate "knows : that
Germany will iot respect ( the terms
of the treaty unless compelled to do
so. The only way to compel her Is
either by use of armies If there is no
league, or iy . the economic boycott
r provided in the league.
" A Junker German writing In a
'Berlin "paper recently said that "non-
ratlflcation by America would create
a. multitude of new perspectives for
; Germany, which a. shrewd, active
: The world knows from the agonizing
events h that began in August, 1914,
what- this Junker German had la
mind, ftnd If shrinks at the thought
- of his sinister suggestion. To tinker
with the .'treaty tn such a presence
is to tempt other days of massacre
and butchery.
Badly beaten in , the . first, fight
and with the fact of French ratifica
tion staring them In; the face, may
there not be chance that confusion
Is overtaking league enemies in the
American senate T :
With the faUlng- of the leaves, the
wilfl fowl migrate from their north
ern nesting grounds, and from the
upland plateaus of the interior the
prosperous ( grain farmers come
down to spend the' winter in ; Port
land. 'The lights f the city are a
; Jure which they - feel fully entitled
to yield to, after the strenuous sea
son which fills the granary of the
Northwest .and their pockets
Well. '; . - -,
' T1LL1E ALCARTRA ' ,
rpiLUK ALCARTRA, the world's
I champion Holsteln cow, merited
l l the honor paid her by the Ad
i: ; fclub, , which made her guest of
honor at a luncheon Wednesday in
one of the city's leading, hotels.' For
several years she has been producing
more than 30,000 ; pounds of milk
annually. She is capable of providing
m people with a pint of milk dally.
In her . comparatively short career
she has produced the equivalent In
food value v of the beef of more
than a score' of steers.-. .Her butter
production ; averages In : the neigh
oornooa or lioo. : pounds -a year.
whereas ; the animal , that , produces
CC0 "pounds . a year 1st regarded as
a good cow.. She Is the equal, from
the standpoint of production alone.
cf four good cows. She will be
t i story maker in the dairy world,
for her calves will develop Into great
i ires, or, ; perhaps, even ' greater milk
rroducers. . . . ;t
Time Alcartra Is the- result of in
tr lligent breeding. She Is In'berself
r n epochal achievement. " Cows like
: -? are the objective ana thr ambl
encourage toe Improvement ' of Ilol
stcln, Jersey, Caernsey And Ayrshire
strains that the Paclfle International
livestock exposition is being financed.
That ? .Portland A has beeai chosen
the permanent home of the 'exposition
U a, significant honor, for It means
this city will become the centre of
m - .,..' Mi A
a splendid effort for tne. oeneiu
of .humanity," affecting not only the
Northwest and the Pacific coast, but
an area without boundaries. : r ' a
v The Oregon wild rose may be pro
duced to value ot $2000 or more
an acre annually, says a famous In
diana florist, who has been visiting
Portland. It is used as ft base etodfc
upon which to graft choice speci
mens of cultivated varieties, a With
such an opportunity, why be a school
teacher, or oven a mechanic?
OUR STREET ACCIDENTS
HERE is Portland's public
safety . commission ? .Where Is
ihe accident prevention cam
paign t Five people were Wiled
in street accidents last rdonth ; 138
were Injured r 871 accidents were reported-.
It was . the banner month
for. the death and destruction that
follow the dlsregardful and the crim
inally careless.
Once the public Joined with the
police to arrest ' the fearful toll Of
traffic accidents.. Business men '. at
their : lunch eons learned how f ore
thought prevents collisions and cas
ualties. Women at their i meetings
and children Jn their schools heard
the same message. A lessening In
number of ' accidents followed. The
ranks of the careful gained reprults
from the reckless.
Why was this excellent work not
persisted in? The public's represen
tative was the safety commission.
What bas become, of the commis
sion? Does it still exist? Has it
lost heart or standing? Has it proved
unworthy or is there nothing for It
to do?.If so, a new basis of cooper
ation between public and police in
accident prevention Should be estab
lished. Public- safety demands per
sistent accident prevention campaign
in. . '
LETS GO
S"
OME one not long ago classed
the word "daddy" as one of the
finest contributions made by
Americans to the English lan
guage. The reason given was that
daddy Implies a friendly, pal-like,
relation between the 'father and his
children In the United States. There
Is nothing disrespectful about it; on
the .contrary, it does not appear in
the language of estrangement.
"Let's gol" is another- expression
that belongs In the category of brief
words with big content. It Is pecul
iarly AnWlcan. It. expresses force,
purpose, determination and objective.
Expanded, it conveys the thought,
"Let's go from where we are to
where .we want to be." It was the
phrase of nonchalant super-courage
at the fnpnt when the order was
given to go over the top. It rivals
the pistol crack as a race starter. It
has never : failing punch when big.
heroic, optimistic, worth while things
are to be done.
It Is a surprise that "Let's go" has
not become the slogan of a city like
Portland. '
No man or woman need remain
uneducated In Portland. The poly
technic school offers for night study
courses in mechanical training In
great and inviting variety. The Uni
versity of Oregon is launching ex
tension courses for evening patron
age in languages and business, and
there are other night schools. No
one has any excuse for permitting
Idle hours to binder self -Improve
ment.
MR. LAROCIIE'S. BRIEF
TIE 8, P. S. is one of the
most magnificently constructed
railroads in tne united states,
lie waver , giwjo Riuug we do-
umbia and its easy curves -permit
maximum traffic movement with
minimum delay. A small . engine
can move a train of 120 oars either
west or east over it with perfect
ease. Its operating charges are about
three fourths the operating costs of
the Northern Paciflo mountain route
to Puget sound. '
Yet Portland's city attorney, W. P.
LaRoche, has directed the attention
or .tne interstate commerce com
mission to the fact that this splendid
transportation line is used to little
more than 10 per cent of its capacity.
Ills brief In the Columbia basin rate
case reveals that at a time when
the. nation's business requires the
largest ,use of eVery transportation
line the S.t P. A S.is almost without
employment. He shows graphically
that the northern railroads are haul
ing trains, to more than half mile
mountain altitudes when the equally
available water level trade artery Is
little used, i
The S,P,dS.' is the Joint property
of the Northern Paciflo and Great
Northern, b oth reaching : Puget 6ound
with their main lines, and both hav
ing bnilt extensive terminal facilities
for rail and water interchange i on
Puget soundt The objective of their
own economy would dictate - greater
use , of the ; water grade : line, yet
they have 1 failed to do so, and the
railroad administration . has made
almost no change in the policy.--v It
is remarkable to think that mountain
lines should be - so , heavily utilized
when the -parallel water ; grade is
neglected. It may -be that -thS
city attorney's Words,' like the similar
expressloa , uttered during: his "life
time by James J. Hill, will be pro-
pnttic. He sayss
Commerce, Ilk water, follows the Hne
of least resistance. Man may for a time
raise it over mountain barrlera, vhea.
close by, nature has provided channels
of least resistance, bat there win ever
be the , challenge of the naterel way
uTZc??.
ficial to the real. Aiding- the pressure
of natural economic forces, from , now
on.-there will be added the human tn-
deavor of energy end ability.
The Columbia basin and the ports
of the Columbia' have labored under
rates ; that discriminated against the
water grade route. It Is within the
power of 'the ; Interstate: commerce
commission to remove that dlscrlnJ-
ination ' and to pot an ': end to the
favoritism that develops Puget
sound at the expense of the ports
of the. Columbia. ' '.'
The women's Republican and
Democratic organizations of New
York have Indorsed a daylight sav
ings ordinance now pending before
the board of aldermen of that city,
and ! are urging'. Its passage. .'The
extra' hpur of daylight Is a safe
guard for the young workers in the j
office, shop and factory Jn Teaching
their homes," they say. AOO .inoeea I
it is.
RVVSViG FOR PRESIDENT
A
T HIS San Francisco meeting.
Senator Johnson was introduced j
lo the - audience as "the next
president of the United SUtes,"
and thereupon the Calif ornians . en
gaged In an uproarions demonstra
tion which lasted- several minutes.
Whatever else the rest of the
itnnnl.0 mv Oitnlr n h inik'rnlaln
vl7l""7, "w --4
able opposition to the peace treaty,
Senator Johnson's ' Calif ornia friends of iS750,ooo,ooo worth of German-owned
understand it. Others may wonder vr operty. CriginaUy the plan was to
. .. . . ,n hold this property In trust for the own
why there Should be opposition to sn anm the war ended. Then, as the
the only treaty that ever provided war issues were defined, the ramiflca-
the machinery for enforcing its terms tlons of German propaganda and pene-
withnnt retort tn war hot there is tratloa were laid -bare,' Palmer recom-
wlthout resort to war, out uiere is and con?reg8 adopted, the pol-
no lack of explanation for it among tc, f selling out this German property,
the senator's California friends. They turning Its control permanently Into
Vnow p-rnrtlv what thev are doing American hands, and reserving the
Know exactly wnat mey are ooing proceeds for dl8po8itlon M pubUc poijcy
and know exactly what the senator might dictate at the close of the war.
is doing. This was a large work. and it natar-
. . . , . ally led to criticism. With the close of
It would have seemed the better war the vlrtual conclxiaUin. ot
strategy for the senator's preslden- this .work, the retirement of Attorney
tial Candidacy for them to have kept General Gregory from the-cabinet gave
their real purpose hidden until 4 SLZ
more seemly and timely day. America instantly there was a storm of protest.
Is in the midst of strife and unrest, and the confirmation of Palmer as at-
Mighty business enterprises are wait-
Ing for the settling and pacifying ef
fect that would come from the , sign
ing and delivery of the peace treaty.
The delay In ratification by Senator SSSStmn of New jersey.
Johnson and his friends is Univer- who had submitted the charges, con
ga 11 y known to be a chief cause of tinned his opposition. Then it turned
..a v a tx.1i i i m '
the growing turbulence and unrest
seething tnrougn tne country, n is
sobering thought with millions Oil
Americans to reflect that at such a
. , , , ,. . -.! i
time the question in California Is
not the welfare of the republic and
fW ntntlnn nf its nrpRA.nt nrpssinr
problems, but the welfare of Senator
Johnson's presidential boomleL I
Th thnnirht of thi anrtlla snd tohs 1
of the presidency for their state may
be attractive to San Franciscans. But
the thourht of a neaee treaty hune:
up vuuMj " I
for an indefinite period In order to j
make a campaign issue ana 6ecure
nomination for Hiram Johnson is I
not attractive to the millions who
want the country to return to norr J
mal, want the high cost of living re-
duced and want ratified a treaty that 1
ror the ilrst lime in nisiory oners
a way to minimize war or prevent It
,,,h
altogether. . ,.
A nlan to end war would seem to I
be the desire of all those who suf-
fered from the late conflict. It must
be that mothers do not' want Other
of their sons sent to the front to face
fire and steel. They reason that
even though it be not the exact plan j
to suit every individual, it IS the best
and only plan proposed in is there-
fore worthy of a trial.
But it. is not so with Senator John
son and his friends in the midst of
their thought of who Is to be "the
next president of the United States.'
They are for Johnson first
America ; afterward.;
a-d
And the eenator-he is not thinking
of the 56.000 American dead on Flan-
uao "wu. - c u ,iuuauw u ws
liru campaign.
The accident which befell Fred
Boalt, editor of the Portland Daily!
News, and the tardiness of his re-
covery. is profoundly regretted by
uinay itwvf ,- rvniiu.t wi.i
Boalt is a man of nersonal charm
and a brilliant writer, with a period
of great usefulness before him, 1
early recovery is hoped for.
MORE MONEY FOR ROADS
-
HAT the principle of federal eo-
operation in highwar develop-
ment 'Is well established Is in -
dicated by ,Uie.'tatro!aeUoa lo
OductlOn In
congress recently of
bills providing for inoreased appro -
pnaiions. Tne majority or. xnese
TSE5n& lnCre48ed MnUnt
at f 100,000)00.
. . m a . . .
lss nee tne or lerinai law wa amennen
A f,r mnm )ovtn i KOf the. old immigrant trains, but for th
definition of post roads it has orl
very : satisfactorily and jan Organtza-
tlon has hepn htillt nn ti-hlrh m
more efficiently cooperaU with the
uubi v"
?.Thi flrRt annrnnriatinn for fednrsl
aid to post roads amounted to,75
OQOflQO, distributed over a flve-year
perl0d.b TOT this , was i; later added
kaiIi innMin.intinti f 9fY nm Ann
X A. Y .. .. r
. Out of these appropriations .Oregon
- 11.11 a 1 m AAA AAA'
was auouea approximately. C4,uw,uuu. issamuei Siemens ano many another for-
If the V proposed ..appropriation I: of j J"08 hunter tolled and endured prtva-..mm--,
1 t Itkm and suffered disappointment: the
WMWusswinnruugu ujo foaro
Of this State on the Old basis would
be between $1,000,000 and 12.000,000.
inbaeCthe pblloyjof rfederat
Officials Z tOSreqUlre the States ; to
for.doUar. -In thinly populated states
In j some Instances it has; not. been
possible to meet the condition.! .The
proposed legislation recognizes1 ' this
difficulty and one of the features
of some Of the bills Js that it U'tft be
kft discretionary wiU. secretary
of agriculture as to whether he shall
waive this requirement or not. ' He
, tK 4,. .,,,,A-u mat
' be auUlorlty tot make
the 7 government's share two .thirds
Instead of one half, if In bis Judg-
ment th$ situation demands it. In
practical effect.lt .is to make the
strong states give.ald to the weaker
ones. 1 "V." ' '
Another million or so in the way
of federal aJd will materially assist
Oregon in its road building program.
.PALMER PLAYS
BIG ROLES
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff
Correspondent of The Journal -
, Washington, Oct. J.Attomey Gen
eral A. Mitchell Palmer probably has
grown more ia the public eye. and
stows more favorably In publl opinion.
m a anon rao man any owr ium.il.
Many suggestions are heard that the
Democrats may go to Pennsylvania next
year and choose Palmer as their candi
date. " ;
Mr. Palmer has long had the confi
dence of the president. As a champion
f clean politics in a state beset by Pen
rose, the Vares and other exponents
of i special Interest, Palmer fought the
fight tn his own party, and finally over
turned the "Ouffey gang" and the whis
key ring elements, which had gripped
the Democratic as well as the Republi
can organizations In Pennsylvania.
With the war came the problem of
alien property, and the president chose
palmar for that work. He took" charge
w senerai WM fcj?,up wm,f ,e
his record. Weeks were spent in the
Investigation, and it ended in complete
and unanimous vindication by a Re-
Mm rK
reinsurance with a Bulgarian company.
the stock of which was owned In Ger
nd tUs company had refused
uinwpwiw wilh uio aiien property
CUftodian, as most other companies sim-
ilarly situated cheerfully had done. In
the cancellation of Its contract. So.
lLT tZlZ
tor Underwood pointed out that the at-
tacks on Palmer had been enelneered
Ln14 "'fi? lrJ
land who wanted to even the score with
the administrator of the property. The
I Frellnghuysen charges flattened out.
n twI nr.lv mm -
mppc rreUnghuysen in opposing the
confirmation or f aimer.
Ab4Mlt thw KJ, mtk .
dent's appeal to congress to assist in
reducing the cost of living. To the new
fiL Rleil tlie brunt
how auickiy he acted in bringing stocks
01 coia storage products into the market,
concrete proposals which he
submitted to congress to curb the prof-
ltfter8. He took thfl broa(1 no-ition
n profiteer should be above the law.
f,."1" Zt?1? i9! wm-
tion, he said, and the auiltv should not
jhave it. Southern reactionaries like
J"?. or Georgia and Smith of South
ilke -w7d.wrth r "1
France of Maryland, saw awful 'perils
??116 attorney general's proposals. Only
cjr
Capper of Kansas. McNary of Oregon
ana iiarnaon or JHlsslsalDDL wera with
him. In the end, to get the business
w or, a committee, a compromise had
to. De made, and the senate is still
dallying.
(Until congress grants Ieelslatlon. H,
Palmer cannot strike the .profiteers as
fi"Mcvi, hui me meantime he is
making1 use of the mw, rm-
I .. opposition, but the attorney general
f,Dm L"PJ
uoea ID Siar a lam nart Ih
iijr;u uie next zew years.
11 As the Airman Flies Along the
( Kcw Wilderness Trail
' t "'
I t " irrancisco CaU -
1m air roue Ml over the Ails-
gnenles, above the trails nt Tnin.
hnteLand ,Con8toBa wagons; crosses
. to .11
I n the unspoiled wilderness: then mhrZZ
Straight westward to the MiasiHlml
I beyond which it was once thonAt
I neither, wagon roada nor railroads would
S" - oe
where the Indian signal fires once
j burned and the buffalo passed by tens
1 Wf i1""- nas : uien crosses Nebraska,
I not far from the htraw hni.. ryl
ISL Lt5ndiv cr?S8e Nebraska,
i the plains slowly heave themselves
- - - . ... - mvooMllf . as
11. .LhOAl..- A. - A. m. . r
w mat. owarr tne highest
""am?ever??he
Muddy river, a mile and a Quarter
i aoove ne Bea: t;asiie rock, landmaw
V6 -SSJf
j over the great salt lake, with cautions
I consiaerauon or the wind from the
tun ,vuw uvti iwA .uw jiyss or anal-
1 tered the health of hundreds of vtn
5. 22Zl JiSr
jrange--wUl it glow and glimmer inTthi
eunrlse to the air traveler as It did to
I the footsore pedestrians who named it?
then between the- Kik and River-ranges
and op the Humboldt river valleyTwhere
! M-ml m "
OTersthe Sierras, two mUes above the
J sea, 5 guttering, wonderful, then down
F1 sope wlUl ,ot the salt
. .".
1 s-tmmlng -, In summer heat. or .t
winter rain clouds, down to the Paifin
I? J! MJ
straggles of her pioneers, all th hard
ships af ljer sUKrs. all the striving
and the fighting, all the poetry and the
pain of the westward movement, ell the
InwentlyewsB. aU the splendid rashness.
Tale Is the new wilderness trail, the last
and most wondertui. ui uw wiuwi
thronged with ghost they had to snake
the way clear oeiore iu ' ,
Letters'Frbiri the People
Mui i. ku i-.riMMit hanld sa wrltara
en onlj ona rids ef Uu pepw. oold art
SOO words tat laacth, u4 nt naa by On
writer, thn, siu Man m ru n
pur the contribution. 1 ;
Prosperity and 4 bo Farmer -
. Dufur. Sept. ?-To the Editor of Tba
Journal May we have a word as or
ganized fanners to the publio In gen
eral and organlied labor In 1 particular
oa the subject of profiteering and H.
C. L? There aeeras to be a universal
demand that ear produce from the farm
shall first .come down, although it was
the last to go op when the world ; war
crone ouu. i -v i-t-.
I think H will be universally admit
ted that the farmer as - a class -has
worked harder lor longer hours and for
less wages than any other class of our
state.: He has ever been -patient and
tong-safferiag. He has never struck for
higher wages or prices,: although he has
raised many crops at a loss, time ana
labor .thrown in. I know many Of them
have sown and reaped for 10 or. 15
years to pay for a f 5000 farm, and then
the mortgage took It This is the erst
time since the Civil war that the farmer
has been able to get his head above the
wave and to experience how, ft. really
feels to enjoy a taste of .prosperity, and
then only for three years out of Li. put
is he profiteering? Xt us see.
Remember always that the farmer has
never received the support and encour
agement which the town and city work
er so easily obtained in the form -of
better schools, roads, churches, houses,
amusements, shorter hours and higher
wages for work under more favorable
circumstances.
During the past three years the farm
er has made money, but the government
had to come to his rescue and knock out
the barnacles that have been preying
upon him. For the wheat now to make
a barrel of flour the farmer gets about
9 gross. The same barrel of dour,
baked Into bread, is sold at $2$ to $30.
When wheat was $1 a bushel, one bushel
would pay for a day's work on the farm.
Now it takes from two to three bushels
and more to pay for a day's work. "
Again, when wool was worth SO cents
a pound, allowing four pounds for a suit
of clothes, the farmer received for his
share $1.20. Figuring the cost ot a suit
of clothes then at $20 It ; required 13
days' labor at $U0 per day to pay for
the suit. Today wool Is- eround'tS cents
a pound, four pounds bringing the farm
er $2.60. The same suit of clothes is
now $40 anM the laborer can obtain a
suit for eight days labor at $5 per day.
Is the producer getting too much of any
one's money? These comparisons will
hold good with every farm product.
Americans will not stand being told
they must labor long hours" for a bare
living or even for nothing. In order that
another class may have shorter hours
and higher wages. Even the faithful
farmer, who has always produced suffi
cient food for all, feels that he has
about reached the limit, and that no la
boring man of the city should find fault
if he should apply the same rule that
his city brother has taught him, namely.
n striae. ' . - m.- M. BUKTNER.
r .."Puts Rule Up 'to the People.
Portland. Sept 2$. To the Editor' of
Toe Journal I can eee no good reason
wny radicalism should be suppressed.
If the American people . really desire
radicalism, why shouldn't thev hava It?
LWhen a . radical measure springs up it
snouia ne uua xairiy and squarely before
tne people and discussed and the good
and bad points shown. Many say radi
calism is a menace to society. Who Is
society? A bunch of corporations, kings
and financiers. X suppose. If the Amer
ican people desire a radical change In
our government. I believe they have a'
perfect right to make that change.
There is a big scare in this country
about Bolshevism. We have a right to
adopt any form of government wo do-
sire, so long as we do it by peaceful
methods. Does anyone believe that the
American people want Bolshevism? If
we want that form of government all
we have to do is go to the ballot box
ana adopt it. There is roinr to be a
revolution in America Money has con
centrated into the hands of the few, and
their gigantic power will cause the over
throw f our whole industrial system.
The days of industrial slavery are pass
ing and the great power of righteous
ness will triumph. This great injustice
has been burning In the hearts of the
American people until it has become a
roaring furnace.
American workmen don't want Bol
shevism, but what they do want Is part
of the profits that have made multi
millionaire to dominate over them.
Is. A. IJN.8COTT,
Urges Release of Debs
Athena, Sept' 80. To the Editor of
The journal Mr. Wilson has oome and
gone. We have been proud of the great
privilege to shake his hand and honor
hint. No other man has met great ob
ligations so unstlntlngly as Mr. Wil
son. The American people are a rreat
nation and they should produce great
men. Mr. Wilson, more than any other
American ever was before, has been
before tne wono on exhibition, as it
were. He has met all the great men of
other-nations ana we have no cause to
be ashamed of the comparison. : He has
uniformly been admired in other lands
and more titan ruiruied our expecta
tions. He has met princes with the dig
nity of "a prince, and still lost nothing
ol nis : sunpte, unaeummg democracy.
Surely, a man who has the Inbred ten
dencies, to be just and bas such a
grasp of the thought and impulses of
the time, cannot forget to do his duty
toward those who are now suffering
tor conscience sake. Big hearted, kind
and sympathetic Eugene V. Xeb is In
a cell, a convict wearing the garb of a
felon,! but not a criminal. Mrs. tcate
Richards CHars is another victim of
the chicanery, of nrivUaga. ' Her elo
quent plea for social equity is her only
crime, and she Is doomed to serve for
five years at hard labor. There are
others serving for various periods of
time. Their stay thero t is a living
propaganda, a vicarious plea that-will
bear fruit an hundred fold. There have
been traitors before in times gone by.
John Brown Hike that other John who
cried in the wilderness ana - was be
headed) got hanged, for his pains. No
one now would call John Brown a
traitor, bnt we know that when John
Brown died human slavery also died.
and so it la with me tyrany or prtvi
lege. - The great souls who Sacrifice -for
freedom of speech will Just as surely
brtnr it about. And President -WUson
cannot for long Ignore their caU for
justice He says It is an right to complain,-
bnt says, "Oive me a remedy.'
The remedy is simple; tt is even handed
tustico.'.s-:--:'-.--ti;.v- r..;;;wwifc.-i
& Wi Old -Age .Pensions -riv 4'
S Varthtd. Sent. To th Editor of
Tba JournaW-Wbat Is the United States
government going to do with the old peo-
t.n.T u Irwvirrie? .Fhirnn e-tvea
pron7- Why doesnp-t oarj
government, ao ino earn- --1
see by today .Telerami that Dorothy
Dillon advises her readers Uiat It Is the
county poor bouse for them. I had a
letter from TJnited States Senator Miles
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE 1
Even the fall styles era striking and
no way to arbitrate.
i. . . i. i-
Norwav e-eta Rnlt.K...n t.m nnfvt
but It costs money to get the Bpitsenberg.
One record that' Portland has no rea
n be- proud of U. its September
record of , accidents.
- All Jokesmlths win do well to- net that
K'Annunaloa front name to Gabriels,,!
m. uviu ui Aocoratngiy.
i v When the farmer m lim iii flnH
?u hJf oper,tl9M fr 1920. he can omit
i'6ui on jon ua cioca alal.
Should the league covenant.be defeat,
ed, the whole world will have to get in
xii Goet ot it am.
Those 40,000 people who "left Portland
when the state went dry" must have told
Wg. H folks what a beluvaflneplace
For ones m cm Mmtoiit. .
Bd Aa thlr actlvitle without
(esiuig we di,
up an
. Je One Man Army - otherwise Alrln
Tork. the Yankee bearcat, is. we read, to
beenllsted tawtbe fight rgalnarthe
olfffrette. and he needs to be careful
u vui geintm at tnat. ,-:
rtZA ?.ock 211 tt -Congressional
? J11 ,.w?rtl r some day will
be i worih an it costa a hundred
years from now It wUl be priceless to
the moral pointer and the tale adorner
who goes after the records of the sna-
" in League or Nation a
IMPRESSIONS And observations
OF THE-JOURNAlu MAN
By Fred
t la this article Vr. tjoekmw eofanbtst the'
etcb of Dr. Prace, eooelaaioe with as appeal
for ehte 'epirit ia th rotn, and a etorr tint
ahowa the suptrtM baportaoM that aur attaab
to "sir ess vota"J . - ,
"McCormick ' - Theological . ' seminary
gave me my degree in its J. when I was'
Jt years old." said Dr. B. - Pence, '
pastor of Westminster - Presbyterian
church. "Immediately after graduating
I received a most excellent offer from
an eastern church, but X could not get
away from the" conviction that X should
enter the home mission field ; so X went
to Georgetown, Colo. The year X -spent
there was better than any IS years one
could spend in a theological seminary,
for "there I met every problem that a
preacher 1s called upon to face, i earn
Into contact with th highest type ot
human culture as well as the reverse.
In 1892 th panic hit Colorado, The
prtoe of silver dropped below cost of
production and most of my congregation
moved away. I received and accepted
a call to Janesvllle, Wis. After being
there six years I was called to the old
Fort Street Presbyterian church In
Detroit.
"For the next 17 years I saw and was
part of th wonderful Industrial evo
lution of Detroit. From a small middle
western city It became the automobile
metropolis of the world. I knew quit
intimately many of the men who. have
since become famous in the automobile
Industry, men like Henry Iceland, cre
ator of the Cadillac and Henry Ford,
whose Tin Llziles dot the landscape
wherever roads are to be found..
"I worked so hard In Detroit that X
was worn utTphystcaUy and mentally,
so I welcomed the call to come to Port
land and be pastor of the Westminster
church. X am hoping to see from the
splendid body of young people In that
church some who win nave tne vision
of service and the passion to serve their
fellows. I am-hoping there will be some
of my young people who will be able to
put away the temptations of an easy and
enjoyable ure ana uw up uw urune
and responsibilities of ministering to
others.
"Did von ver realize that many of
our best ministers In the Presbyterian
church are from Scotland? In these
dava. to be a successful minister a man
must be a promoter, a manager, a finan
cier and a man or aeiau. un cannot
preach a good sermon through the mere
reading of books or the burning of the
midnight oil, for a sermon must bo 61
that measure. My opinion, as a citizen.
Is that if out men. naa support
kind they would go on land and help sefc-
.i . . v. Mt,ntw ond hMAtlta tajrnay
w uy t, j -
ers, instead of loafing around the slave
markets, looking lor work.
a. aaun.
A Theory of the Mud Shower
Kennewick. Wash- Oct 1. To the Ed
itor of The Journal As that phenomenal
dust rain In Portland of a tew days
., -em. to be auite mystifying to
people thera, X would Io to gtve you
a n,bie ,n. v ,u-..v . . ,
presume there ar plenty of people In
Portland who nave neara oi uii wd
section ot country . that lies in the big
bend Of th tlumDia river, some jpv
t-. ' .iwtkaui ef ftnokane. commonly
m ' tr-tf .iw. " - . -
referred to as the "Big Bend" and also
dulte famous for its winds and Its
dost storms. The one that hit port
land last week was from there also.
That section is located som ue rnues
Vera hilt it was difficult tO SC SJlV
distance .here for two days last week.
or to breathe, eunsr. wn au mm tew
estate In the air and more coming all the
with a earring- wind-down the
UIU,i -- .
ColumbU river It carried the dust over
th Cascade rang ana w nun-ironi
where it originally started it dusted tbe
people of western Oregon. Hoping this
will help to clear up this mystery you
may print in same in m jgumw.
, C. D. SHOEMAKER.
Olden Oregon:
Astoria Held by England as Coa
. quered Territory, 181$ to ISIS.
-Formal possessloa of Astoria was
taken by Captain Black of the British
navy In December 1818. He caused the
Union Jack to be run up to tbe top -of
the flagpole, and changed th name of
the settlement to Fort - George. Thta
capture of Astoria ; wa not -known to
th American plenipotentiaries when th
treaty of peace was signed at Ghent
December 24, 1$14, but President Mon
ro had taken the precaution to instruct
the American plenipotentiaries .to se
cure the restitution of any Amerlcaa
territory token during the war. In ac
oordane with th terms of th treaty
of Ghent. J. B Provost, aa agent tor
the United State, was taken to As
toria on a British frigate to take repos
session. The British flag was formally
lowered and th Stars and Stripes
hoisted. October 1818. .
Tbo Exclusive Party
'-' -''-.?"'. ' nn tii Beibio ytMvfrmr ' '
1 The Communist party does sot want
doctor-lawyer-editor membership yet the
average Communist win appeal to the
doctor- to bind up bis wound, biro a
lawyer to keep hint out of jail and beg
the editor to keep the affair out of the
wsp
. ICntertalnlnff the Stockmen .
. Proa the Detroit Newt
Those catUemen out West turned out
to see how It is done when a president
NEWS IN BRIEF
- , OREGON SIDELIGHTS
t. if. rM vn Vtinr eolumn the
Heppner Oasette Times further Inqulrea
thus: -That Heppner. has ta promising
i... ,nmm mMitM -Mi fair to
mske a. favorable Indentation on the
records of the literary wona.
Wallowa county Is able to point with
pride to homegrown fruJ JX,
prise Reporter mentions 0, W. Mltehell.
i mtmJL . several hundred dol
lars' worth of pears, grapes and toma
toes from his ranch on the Imnaha this
year. The Reporter ,says the WWt
is better than much of the fruit shipped
In from - outside points.
The Crane American passes this tip
to rural hotnebuilders in Harney county i
"William Butler, , the . good natured
: malt ernntr actor Of tne
CaUow vaUey, stated when in town this
week that? he will soon have the only
plastered residence m his region, -i n
sooner it dawns on the people that plas-
. . t aii hnuwi fa the
only system In this country, th better.
said Mr. Buuer.
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This little story can , be credited to
th Silver lake Leader s "Dad Adams
fminii mrioritv in. his hen house
few 4 days ago an ordinary slee hen's
egg impressed upon one side of which
mrmmi a enmnlete circle about One inch
in diameter, around the outsid of which
were 12 distinct lines about one eignui
of an inch long at equal distance from
Moh .ether, the whole -renresenting a
watch dial. If this egg had been found
at the Agricultural college it wouia
be announced In a special four page
buUetln. Who can beat itr
Lockley
per cent of the man himself and must
be flavored by his own experiences.
- "Scotland produces good ministers, be
cause from their very youth the children
tnere are brought up as God-fearing,
law-respecting men and women. Soot
land does not have much to export, but
one thing she does export lp a high typo
of manhood. In the old days the bright
est child of the family was always
picked out to become a minister. Too
often here In this country a child who
Is not, shrewd enough or keen enough to
be a lawyer, doctor or merchant is
trained for the ministry. As I look at
it, ' a minister's Job is more than the
preaching of sermon. It Is th helping
to mold public sentiment toward higher
ideals and better citizenship. I believe a
minister should take an 'active interest
in -seeing that politics Is clean and that
good men are elected to office. A good
many people who are indifferent about
going to the poll complain bitterly
about th low type of men who are elect
ed to office. I believe every man and
woman who has a Vote should use it.
and us It intelligently.
"There is a grove In Southern Indi
ana about 20 miles from Louisville. In
1894 my brother was campaigning
through that district, for congress. He
ran across an old man who in a remin
Iscent mood told him about the, day he
cast his first vote. He said, 'I cast my
first vote in the 40's. As my father and
X were driving home from the polls we
passed this grove. Father heard the
sound of chopping In the grove here. He
stopped and hailed the man who was
wielding the axe. He earns to the Bide
of the fence. Father said to him, "Have
you voted yet?" He said. "No. I ain'
aiming to vote. X haven't got any shoes,
and I don't Ilk to go to the polls bare-
foot." My father turned to me and said, j
WllUam, what rise shoes are those you
are wearing?" j said, "Number il,i
Turning to the man father said, "What
also do yoi wear?" 'He said. "I wear
number llj too." Father said, "Shuck
oft your shoes, son, and give them to
this man. 1 want Birn to go to the polls
and vote the straight . Democratic
ticket" ' . i
"Ed Hannigan. the Democratic candi
date, was elected by one vote. He went
to the United States senate, and It was
his vote that decided the question of
the United! SUtes declaring war against
Mexico. The Mexican war was fought,
and Texas, New Mexico and other terri
tory were added to the United States,
all of which goes to prove th Import
ance of as small a thing as one vote."
Curious Bits of Information
F6r the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Place
Som Icebergs are more than 200 years
old, according to Rene Bache, writing in
the Philadelphia Publio Ledger. He gets
his information from discoveries made
by th "ice patrol" of tbe United
States coast guard, which has been pa-'
troling the northern waters. Most of
the berg com from Greenland. Snow
may fall on the crest ot one of the
Island mountains. It hardens and is
pushed down th slope by other falling
snow. This process may continue for
centuries before tbe mass finally reaches
the coast and is broken off.
Icebergs are often of enormous slee.
one sighted by the coast guard steamer
Androscoggin being SOO feet long, 400
feet wide and 120 feet high above the
surface. As that portion ot the iceberg
under water is much larger than what
appears above the surface, only a faint
Idea is given of Its gigantio else. Parts
ot bergs consist of snow, and parts of
ice. The snow melts first and some
times causes huge cavities In them, or
sometimes arches largi enough for ships
te pass through, in some cases, due to
the action ot the warmer waters of the
Atlantic, the side of the berg is washed
away and a hug overhang appeara This
saved a ship recently that crashed into
a berg off, Cap Race. Its upper work
ings were damaged, but it was not
damaged along the water line.
When Icebergs melt they usually melt
underneath first, until the berg loses Its
equilibrium and turns over. - Sailor on
th . Androscoggin saw on berg ; turn
over four times In, 20 minutes.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Doc Dan Daniels has been tellln tales
outer school to the social welfare bunch
that meets down to Mra Weld rum's most
ever . Saturday afternoon ; when their
ain't nothin els in particular fer the
highbrows of the Corners to do, Doc
was telUn' us that most folks stops ustn
their brains early in lit, and most gln
erly bout th time they start in to git
married, I reckon. The scientific fellers
he has- been readla' after insinuates
that unless a brain is used it. sorter
gits numb,- and ache when yon try to
think about, somethin new or ' reaL
That's why so many, folks would ruther
go to a movie than take a chane on
anything that'll make 'em think. It
gives 'em the headache to think so bad
they hardly. ever do U - They only think
they air tblnkto. when their stununlcks
is merely- WcktaV. JM! Jv.;.
, Senatorial Dignity "
." -' Trem the Blnulnstw Ase-gweld -'
"Were you much Unpreseed when you
saw the United State senate in session r
. ."No," replied Mr. Cobbles, who had
Just returned from a vledt to Washing
ton. "In fact. X was kinder disappointed.
Twarn't much different front a session
of our own state legislature, 'cept that
tnc-m fellers ia Washington beat about
tli buuh crulte a speU before they come
The, Oregon Country
gorthvwt Happentae fa Brief Torsi lot Uw
OREGON NOTES .
Jm , mmsw.t tivu ' va, U1V lillU,
Columbia have ended their work for this ;.,
season. The salmon catch was unusual-
Herbert fitnn amt ' n,ni ninu. .
members -of th l2d infantry, hav re-
ilT'l'?. I?-81'?1 'ter PMig $0 months
w anco and Oermany. , .
Twelve hundred dollars for road eon
strucUon work between. McKensie bridge
k i' "pnnga iias been authorised
by th forestry department.
it a conference Wednesday the dtf-'
ferences between the Port ,tf Astoria .
sna the iynjrdhoremen's union were ad
veted and the men are araln at work.
The Bend Pnmmii.i n.K i
atiag with the business men of Burns
to securo the eaUbllshment of a through
daily niali route between the two clUes.
An axecuuv committee which will
conduct the .Roosevelt memorial cam-
r"'f". county has been organ- 1
sea in Salem. Mn4mi ..n....,. n..n.
la $1760. '
At a Special meetlnr of th tavnnvere
of
Crook county, held recent 1 v. ft was
oecided to put the matter of a $i20.00
road bond iau before the voters soma
nPiW' WCfn of M. E. Zwirht. a
lumber manufacturer, was killed near
Olenoale Thursday, when a huge limb
Of a tree he was renins .m.i. i
the Btau. crushing the skull.
Employ of the automobile depart-:
ment of the secretary ot state's of floe
,Su"f.Srepnna" application blanks
J0' the 1820 automobile licensee. Kegls
traUota will start November U.
-" In th case of Joe Craig and
J. W. .Klilln, former fish wardens on?
u,e.,M Asiona on tne cnarge or holding
up five men with revolvers, wer unabl
iu siw ana were aischarged. .
The irnlllno- hn Rniino nnm r.v
ing ton state fishing license No. 6.10,
was wrecked Wednesday on the rocks at
Tillamook Head, near Seasida Th
iaie oi me occupanu t th craft Is a
mystery,
Members of the Clatson Cnuntv nlrv-
mens asnoclation have voted to increase
the capital stock from $1000 to $ooo.
The .money will be 'used In th con
struction ot Clatson county's first
cneese factory.
. Taxpayers of Union county, on Octo
ber iL.wm .vote on a proposed bond,
iseue of $1,488,000. to giv the county
approximately 600 miles of roads, and
nu50 the most Important towns
with the Columbia highway.
k WASHINGTON
Three hundred members of the Metal
Trades council are on strike at Belling
ham. !; i, .
ine new evaporator of the Selah
urowera Incorporated, has started up -with
payroll estimated at $3000 a
week. . ....
Lightning struck a haystack on th
ranch of Morrell Roberts, near Wen
dell, and caused -a fire which burned ;
40 tons of hay.
Pointing a revolver at F. J. Hammer
ly, night clerk at the Langham hotel,
in Spokane, an unmasked robber took
$14$ frosi the hotel till. . . -
The University of Washington has
established a course on mining. Orad
uates wiB receive the degree of "Bach
elor of Science In Ceramic."
Bank robber blew open , the safe of
the Baumrlster. Volimen 4k Scott ban
at Asotin Wednesday morning and stole
money sal to amount to $3000.
The state board of law examiners has
recommended the 'disbarment of Otis
Johnson, Tfecoma lawyer, charged wh
forgery and misappropriation of money.
The TacoTea schools hereafter will sell
milk to atudrnts. The milk will be pur
chased by the school board and sold tn
half-pint bottles to students at $ cents.
The strike of ISoo miners of ' th
Coeur d'Alents was brought to aa end.
Wednesday night when delegates from
tne unions met ana voted to- can th
strike off. &
Because ot the, refusal of the Grays
Harbor Railway a- Liaht eomnany to
discharge a non-union armature winder.
linemen of the company in Aberdeen,
and Hoquiam ate out on strike.
Vancouver seon will have a com
munity building In which will: be a
swimming tank gymnasium, handball
courts, large auditorium and other fea
tures for the benefit -and use of every
one In the city and county.
landlords of Seattle hotels and apart
ment houses are compelled by law to
maintain heat at J to 75 decrees by
tween the hours f 9 a. m. and 10 p. m.
during the wlnteri months. .. .
, Rain has come Jo help the firs' tght
firn who have bee working to save ihe
summer i-esorts en the north side of
Lake Crescent. Port Crescent, once a
rosperous logging town, was oestroyra
the tire.
IDAHO : ,(
'Julius Olese. a prominent fsrmer snd
stockgrower of Jnliaetta, sold six head
of fat hogs this week for $S81. i
Word hss reaches Wallace that Wil
liam Kaugstad, a former resident of that
city, was drowned In tbe St Jo river,
near Arery. i
W. Scott Stuart? of New Plymouth
lost a 200-ton stsct of hsy by fir a
few days ago. Th origin of the fir
Is a mystery. . )
A car containing 0 head of fat' hog
wa shipped from Jiillaetta to Spoksn
Wednesday. The porkers brought H
cents a pound. . I
r An election will be held In Nes Pere
county, Octoner 7, on a propoeea oona
ismie of $100.000 , for tlie building of
bridges and roads, ' .
A lifesaving corps has been organized
at Coeur d'Alene, 'The town I n th
Coeur d'Alene lake and is renowned for
its situation as a bathing resort.
Because she did tiot love the i giver
well enough to mrry- him, a : Boise
Judge has decided that Miss Luella Har
rell must return the engagement '-ring
and all othT gifts from Fred Coepman
of Baker, Or. '-' -f i
GENERAL ' .1 . ' . '
After attempting te kill her husband'
with an axe, Mra George Hlslop ended
her life with razor; at Touopah, Nov.,
Thursday. . 1
Four men suspeoted of a plot- to set
fornia were taken into custody at Los
Angeles Thursday. . - - j ,
Thouands of exuoldiers will meet at
the Palac hotel In Kin Francleno Oc
tober 8 to bold th first -state eonven
Uon of the American Legion. , r
. Prices slightly higher than these of
last year were adopted Thursday by th
California Walnut Growers association
for this year's crop of English walnuts.
Count Leopold von Bsrchtold, formerly
Austrian foreign minister, who Is said
to be th particular pereoti responsible
for tbe great war. Is residing in Swit
zerland. 4 -
The Journal Stands for '
Qcan Advertisine
: Ao accomplishment of which The
Journal Is particularly proud has
been th - practical elimination of
doubtful and questionable advertise
ments from Its classified column.
Particular care Is exercised to see
that advertisements accepted for the
classified aectton ef The Journal cotw
tain : no Obvious mtsrapreiientations
and make no wild or unreliable prom
ise which art seldom, if bver, ful
filled, Att oil 'and mining stock ad
vertising to rigidly excluded, .Matri
monial advertising is refused, and
fake advertisements of all. kinds, so
far as The Journal Is able to deter
mine them, are sent back dally. It
would 4 be i difficult to . t!mat th
amount of money which The Journal
refuses to accept because it , value
th confidence of Its reader mora
tLan the few lines ef advertising and
the dollars- this advertising repre
sents. No doubt- this amounts to a
considerable figure in the course of
each month. -eut 'Th Journal eon
aiders tbe protection of Its readers
as paramount to the galnlrg tf a few
lines of advertising. -