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. trodden ow kvdf the feaoU of swiaita
multitude Barte.
BEATEN
one wfco believes In the economic In
terpretation of everything and every
body. If hi cream sours it U due
to class Interest ; if he falls to get a
letter, capital' has been intriguing
against him; If, he stubs his we. It
la due to "these labor disturbances."
Politics and , economics have,: it ; is
true, t matters ; for which to answer
before th bar of history. But ; if
the ; report of the Housewives ' Is
true, Dr. : otg - has, no right to use
either as a scapegoat
from" the West once confessed that I it odd times to help out.- Tb.ere are
while he has heard ' many 'eloquent few callings that flo not appeal to
and well reasoned speeches .in tno i tbe- Jaur aay ; woman,
senate .which had changed ills con
vicUon, he thanked God he had never
heard one which changed his vote. s
Like beauty, senatorial oratory is
Its own excuse for existence.
A resolution in the1 senate provides
tor a complete' report from all the
oU&r-ayear men and the war prof
its of the concerns In which thef
were Interested. v "Why net pass tt?
K tbalf record are clear, no harm
will be done. ' If not clear, the conn
try Is entitled to know It. A good
war "to provid against profiteering
In any future crista to to publish to
the country the names of those
guilty of It lb the late crisis. ,
THE RED RIOTERS
'T
rIIE bankrupt leadership of Mr.
itodge was displayed in the
senate yesterday, when 14 of his
- Republican colleagues repudiated
the ; madcap assault of himself - and
hi foreign, relations committee oa
the League of Nations.
His sole following was the bour
bons with a wretched spectacle of
three Democrats trailing on 'behind.
Their entire number .was 35 against
the" 55 V who voted to reject the
Shantung' amendment reported for
, passage by Mr. Lodge's foreign re
lations committee.
: ' in the final, alternative when sena
tor ' must ' assume the tremendous
responsibility of coming to the show
down with a vote to reject the first
pact ever made for ending war, many
shrank: from taking the step. It is
a dreadful thing for a senator to
actually vote that no attempt must
be made to get away from the old
order of butchery of men like oxen.
After' great group of leading states
men of the world have adopted a
plan by which international disputes
may be settled by organized arbitra
tion instead of by the barbarian
system of going to war. It is an
appalling responsibility for a senator
to vote to kick the plan overboard
and undo alt that has been done in
t great peace conference lasting many
months. :v "'
Making a noise against the League
of: Nations IS one thing; to publicly
and . formally veto against It and
.thereby assume the frightful respon
sibilities and terrifying consciences
Us . defeat might entail, Is quite
another thing. Were the truth
known It is wholly probable that
'-there are senators who voted for
the imendment -who would have
. voted the other way had theirs been
the deciding Votes ' ;
A , conspicuous fact In the prelim
inaries to yesterday's voting was that
i number of senators, while express
ing dissatisfaction with the Shantung
provision, declared that they would
not be party . to ny senate : action
that would lend the treaty back to
, Paris. That attitude by those sena
tors is the best of all Auguries that
have; oome but of Washington Indi
eating that no action Is likely to be
taken that will send the treaty back
for acceptance by . other nations of
ch anges made by America.
A : reassuring incident In yester
day's proceedings is the smashing tt
party nines, s it gives us proof that
this great enterprise on which th
test nations and the best statesmen
Irv the world are engaged Is not
party issue in America. The 14 Re
publicans,' despite Senator : Lodge's
efforts to. whip them into tine and
make a party question of the greatest
treaty ever negotiated on the earth
have kept: the Pct out of partisan
ship and made it's question of con
science and human welfare.
It ' : is. a , further ' gratifying fact
mat Senator McNary of Oregon is
among. the fourteen.
Jt is hard to understand why a.
Umatilla county farmer became
tianXrupt in these flaVS when It
eaown that be is possessed of two
suits of underwear,' on pair Of eox
and one pair of shoes.
! BURLESON LANDS
ON HIS CRITICS
I there, aa-dty Health ; Officer
Parrlsh contends, insufficient lnspec-
Br Cart SmittU' Waahington Stair
Correspondent ot Th Journal
Waahlnrton. Oct. lTPesUnater.Gen-
erai Burleson nas returned to the speak-
tion in the Portland public schools? J er of the hottse an answer to charges
As much la Indicated by the dis- made by foiroer Commisaloner Gllfy
covery yesterday of 1 S dlpntherla ,fco. , hmra th martt
carriers In a single Portland school. m w the appointment of first, sec-
To neglect or. waive Inspecuon is I end and thtrd class postmasters, : ana
to invite epidemic InspecUon costs I his statemsnt shows that since the merit
llttia comnaratlvefv ' and If it saves I rBiem WM pp,1b w c""'" ww.
mue comparaxiveiy, ana u iv saves i in M.tmutri eat
One life, it Is worth All it Will COSt Cf appointed, or per cent, were
for a decade.
SAFE OR UNSAFE?
S'
men who were . sraded highest la the
examinations. - ::,pt:-i:-
Galloway recently ( retired , from the
commission, after, his reslr nation : had
t been . asked for by the president s He
I has been greatly disgruntled,' and some
congressmen nave seen
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IE . mistake which . seems to
have been made by many who
have come, to America re
cently from other parts of
the world Is this: They affect to be
lieve that the general movement ' for
better conditions In life in other
parts of the world must have Its
counterpart In method in this newer
world." - ,...!:
These are the words of Attorney
General Palmer in an address at La
fayette college Wednesday. Speak'ng
of the alien agitator, he said:
His time for the use of force Is be
hind him l his time for the use of In
telligence has oome.
This Is an accurate analysis. Most
of ' the agitators come here from a
lifetime of experience under govern
ments wholly different from Our own.
They were under kings. They were
reared under oppression. Their edu
cation Is deficient. Many are illiter
ate. They do not even understand
the government or the institutions
of . America. v .
They have lived under government
by ukase and government by force
They are accustomed to conquest
and subjugation Of peoples. Peoples
governed by force adopt force in re
sisting established order and in their
efforts to remedy conditions. Not
.understanding America and having no
education with which to comprehend
the processes and plan of America,
they corns - here With their propa
ganda of force and red riot -Their
entrance here is the signal for the
same secret plots, the same resort
to bombs, the , same misguided and
unreasonable methods with which
ihey resisted kingcraft and oppres
sion in Europe,
They do not know that this is not
the kind of country they have been
Used to. They do not realize, and
their associations here are such that
they do not seriously try to find out,
that the citizen here is sovereign,
that the ballot' Is In his hand and
that there Is remedy for - every
wrong in the court houses or, In the
election booth. ,
They musk be taught. They shbufd
be rounded yp and be given instruc
tion In what this country is, Instruc-
lon in what a government of, for
and by the people lsj and Instruction
in law and order as compared. with
violence, bomb throwing and Bol
shevism, such -of them as refuse
to learn these things and persist in
practice of force as contrasted with
he ballot, should be sent away.
And the arrival of their kind Of re
cruits should be checked until there
a sufficient .organization here to
tame . them and civilize them and
educate ' them into the ways of
Orderly citizenship as fast as they
arrive. ,
we have too many , pressing do
mestic problems of large meaning.
to suffer illen agitators, untutored
and crude, to go on adding to our
responsibilities with their hallucina
tions and plots of violence. .
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OME authorities say the Morrison
and Burnside bridges are not safe I Keoubiican
for heavy traffic. Other authari-1 eager to give publicity o hie charges
, 7 to the' hope that they, could make a
111"" . : ? ; ; Domical case against Burleson.
wny'permit tne matter, to . remain I .The nostmaster aeneral is having Dra
in doubt t Shall we have to Wait J pared a complete statement with names,
frt ti.aaiw o! ti rtctinne aatee and the reasons the first
There must be way to arriveat ltSk wfil bV nt in' whS
a definite and dependable conclusions i completed. Pending that, he has sup-
Rnlf arte holta imii l (prtnnd wnrtd olted a tabulation, which shpws the
- . . ,-. number of cases tn, which there was A
u wooa. yvneiner or no we oo. 4eTtttfcm from the .rule of naming the
iron ana .wooa in tne structures are man who came first in the examina-
still sound or whether they have be- tions.
come defective tnrougn tne pro-sses l when the executive order was issued
.of? time Can certainly be ascertained it was recognized that it would not be.
bv- Intelligent and interested exami- proper , to appoint the highest eligible
nailOn. ' . ' 1 th.rf p marlA that th narnA of the
On the various PUbliO payrolls "here I highest candidate should be submitted
p Anrfnmra e-alnro. Thv miiRt hd 1 to the president "unless It is established
... . . ,ii., i that the character or residence of such
cinuicu cuamcc.a wi nv, v . applteant disqualifies him for appoint
wouia not De reiamea. me mfiniment.'
thing necessary seems to be an ex
amination that will examine and a
conclusion In which all will agree.
s. If the engineers cannot agree, then
doubt will continue, and the public
which, in such matters mUst trust-
Itself and its safety to lis paid
servants, cannot know whether or
not to use the bridges.
The one positive thing in the situ
ation is that there should be , no
wait for a disaster to show us
The summary of appointments, made
-since the executive order went into ef
fect shows that 1188 postmasters nomi
nated were those who qualified first
under civil service, and '26 others who
were first on the list were not appointee
because Of 'death or refusal to accept.
This makes a total of .7 per cent in
which the postmaster general cannot by
any possibility be charged with discrim
ination. The charges ef the critics gave
the Impression that there had been
wholesale refusal to appoint the first
eligible.
A3 a matter- Of fact, there were Just
S3 cases out of 1267 where the first man
SINGLE TJUCK MINDS
-lFr"0HTS to reduce the high cost
. i ' of living f v aro an attempt . to
i mate political Capital for Wilson
and the Democratic party, sug
gests Dr. H. P. Ong, landlord accused
by- the housewives council of profit
eering. ,
A peculiar kind of single track, mind
is betrayed here. It Is. that of the
individual who Is always looking for
r ciitical motive behind everything
that displeases him, or .runs contrary
to his Interests. If It rains and spoil's
crop of wheat, or potatoes, or
rrnlng glories he scents secret wires
, Washington. , If the wrong team
: 3 the world tserietv he , suspects
;i from" the Capital. If he slips
i the sidewalk, be blames the White
:se. ' ." .. -. - '"s--' '
ccai cousin to this man is the
whether the bridges are safe or. Ian- on the list was not appointed, or where
gafe. I ms appointment was prevented ny seath
or aecunauon. i surteson reports tnat 3i
of those, or 2.8 per oent of the total.
Ida Burnett Callahan, newly I were not appointed because of the char-
lptd resident of the Federation acter or residence of the applicants.
af Wamm'I clubs la the daughter Of ,vcr' now " applicants. iaae me
women s ciUDS, is ine oaugnw oi j examinaUons who are found later not
me laie jonn nnraen, lormer jus- qualified because , they do not reside
tlce of the Oregon supreme court, within the delivery' district of the office.
"TT " T This leaves a residue of 18 postmas-
teacher In the English .department ters, or 1H per cent not first ellgibles,
at Oregon Agricultural college. She who were named because the first man
Is a woman Of high Intelligence, on the list was refused appointment be-
v a .,i v. kA.n I cause of some reason involving health.
uivu Tivu, I .,.- Monno" Tt I. hl.lK
prominent as a woman's Club Work- that in a small percentage of cases the
er. As president or tne organisation successful candidate in the examination
h should h an able administrator was found to be suffering from tuber
of the affairs of the. women's clubs. '-J. "i" "8ase-.
examination paper he was regarded as
an improper choice.
The next res.ult shows that If the
postmaster general has discriminated in
a political way it must fiave been In an
extremely small number of cases, and
T
HE discussion Of the labor con
ference now in session at Wash
lngton" BCemS to be ' harrowing his friends assert that he can justify
down to the auestlon of whether e7e,T appoinunent upon a full review of
or not workers should be represented I -
by outside agencies. . . One of the disputed eases Is at New-
. - . urn, a -i. j. ine nignesi canauiate re-
Tne.pnnoipie or coiiecuve nargam- ceived a civil service rating of 7fi.-and
ing Seems tO be pretty Well estab- the second highest 74. 40. The high man
HohArf hut It la AnnUnHM that thl I WM lormer postmasteB, and tbe rec
-- I nM- V.
umuing wiuum ue w .wic uauua tfo poStofflCe Inspectors had recom
Of those WhO are actually employed mended his removal for pernicious pe
rn tha hnn. Utical activity. This, taken In connection
" I t-W n Jl.Kii. A a.1 j a i m -
It can be easily conceived - that in SnA 7 EZ&ZZE
large shops where there are hundreds friends of the second man contending
Of employes this condition might be he was entitled to the higher rat-
ppiied but how would it. work In nT TaSZSJa.2rZ Zl.
small shops where the workmen may the few cases in which Burleson used
his discretion against the man with th
not be qualified, to present their own
caser v ,'
Are tfiey td be debarred from seek
ing assistance outside t
Would employers be willing to act
without 'the aid of their lawyers or
would they agree not to enter into
agreements with other employers?
It is a big question. It lies at
the very root of industrial disputes.
A Wyoming farmer has a new lrri
gating scheme. H would pipe water
ftom . .mountain streams In winter,
pouring it from the pipes in ouch a
way that it, Will drop several hundred
feet, freeilhg In the process and
forming huge ( Icebergs. ' The Slow
melting process as summer advances
win supply the irrigating water.
What a chance, says an exchange, to
get iced watermelons direct from the
farm! : S : -
SENATORS WILL TALK
w
HILE other nations are ratifying
the treaty of peace the United
Slates senate continues tP talk.
The treaty Is still unfinished
business, taken up after the senators'
private bills are disposed of.
Senator Lnderwood Is reported to
have declared the other day that the
senate has become the most ridicu
lous legislative body in the ; world,
Unable to stop talking and get down
to business. He added that every
body knows that tee unending debate
never changed a single vote. .,
it has been suggested that senators
are merely discharging air obligation
to the faithful and laborious private
secretaries who write their speeches
for them. It would be a crime to lay
aside .the vast undigested . mass of
statistics, extracts from, the speeches
of the fathers . of - the republic, -quo
UUons from the country press, cita
tions 'frdht former speeches, and repe
tition of documents which have been
read to the senate thousands of limes
before. -, - 1 " ' . - -
It would not be so bad if the entire
senate body, Were compelled to listed
to the speeches which under existing
rules are usually f delivered to empty
benches and sleeping galleries. '
It is on record that a noted senator
A big question
highest rating.
Letters From the People
build a sugar factory and have nothing
to say in the management, why not Con
tribute the whole 100 per cent and have
all to say In it? A going concern, built
and managed by the 'producers for.the
benefit of the producers., and not for a
foreign syndicate, should he established
Instead' of the nsual concern, which
would squeeze every penny of profit asd
would have the power to close shop at
any time, to the detriment of the farmer
and-everyone else. - ' " . ' :' " -r - - 'Z '
' The enterprise hi feasible and therefore
there would.be no difficulty tn capital
ising it It is probable that th farmers
could swing It ' alone, and If not and
they found It necessary to sell stock,. It
ought to be easy to do so,
K When onoe It is established that the
soli la adapted to sugar beats, and that
they contain, th necessary content of
sugar, there is no risk -whatever, Out
Side capital likes a good thing, and they
pretty nearly have It In a, sugar fac
tory On a Si per cent basja
Th farmer and community cannot af
ford to take less than their product U
worth and that Is 100 cents on the dollar
of all of-the profits, and not 41 cents.
The people of Portland cannot afford to
let outside capiUI rule an industry that
home enterprise should. F.'.B. WOOD.
: . The" People for the Lesgue . .
Portland. Oct. IS. To the Editor of
Th JournalThe opponents of ' the
League of Nations are atlU busy with
their nronaranda in stirring ud strife
among people botn at home and abroad.
and certain Bepubucans are wailing loud
and long' against any and all things don
by the present administration for the
benefit of man. The Democratic party,
under the leadership Of Wood row Wil
son, has enacted more Constructive legis
lation i 7 years than th Republican
party has done since the time of Lin
coln. The predictions and hopes of the
Republican party that the country would
go to the dogs under a Democratic ad
ministration has resulted in keen disap
pointment. They are jealous and envi
ous On account of great deeds done' under
JVilson. and especially the League of Na
tions, the greatest of all things enacted
for" the benefit of the human race,, and
they would defeat the league and eventu
ally plunge the world into another war
and surrender their own country to the
enemy If by so doing they could shift the
responsibility ' to - others -and put 'the
Democratic party out of power. Wilson
Is Just getting the United State started
on the straight path, in spite of an the
knockers - of the Johnson, Borah and
Poindexter type. These men never had
any conception of fair play Or justice and
always considered personal ambitions
above the general good of the people.
The American people as a whole, re
gardless of all things political favor the
League of Nations without amendment,
by an overwhelming majority, and any
:who fight, the league for political pur
poses will only plunge themselves into
political Oblivion. When ratified by the
senate, the league will be a foundation of
great things'1 fiir the human race.
Who knows but the brotherhood Of
man will eventually become a reality
through the League of Nations, the
greatest -merely civil instrument ever
written by man. OTTO D. DRAIN.
Would Restrict Agitators
Portland. Oct. 7. To th Editor of th
Journal Holding political meetings on
the streets ought to be prohibited, es
pecially the socialists. To my mind the
socialist street meetings are nothing but
I. W. W. in disguise. The world Is In
turmoil. There never was a time whn
there was . so much unrest everywhere,
and for this reason' and many others
extra caution ought to be taken t nip
Lag! tat or s and anything contrary to -the
government If this is not don some
thing is going to "bust" and Portland,
with other cities, will see something even
worse tnan war. . ' i
Streets were never mad for meetings.
anyway. ..-If politicians want to hold
meetings, let them hire a halt To sup
press or prohibit street talking or ora
tory does not prohibit freedom of speech.
by any means. Any person is xree to
talk to an individual any Where, bat
strictly speaking th streets are for
traffic. This la a free country and peo
ple are free to express their feelings if
It is not against the government or Is net
offensive to the individual, out if we'
anew one party to use the streets for
political meetings, w can't deny it to
another, so It would be best to prohibit
it entirely. Preaching the gospel is a
different thing ; yet there is danger m
allowing the gospel to be preached, be
cause that gives people a chano to work
in many things that look like the gospel
that are In themselves nothing but devil
ish propaganda. " A J. CLARK.
COMMENT AND NEWS, IN - BRIEF ;
SMALL CHANGE
is
du soon - to : stop Its
Bhantnng
wacrarlnc
Baron Goto visit Portland and where
does he go to from her ?v ;: ;
Th Hungarian Mac treaty has been
completed. With th "Hun" taken out.
w trust. -
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There's one Mrson that doesnt car
a hoot how high coal is, and that's th
hay fever person. , ; .
Nlnd aviators dead In the first trans
continental airplane race. I the goal
worta tn sacrifice?
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AU Russia Is ihltu With War."-.
Headline. Let 'er-burn until the last
of the Bolshevists -is consumed. -
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"Letts Han Baa-un : Ntw AffamaiVa
Along Dvina." Headline. Being . urged
on, probably, by the rallying cry, "Letts
-.sr. . a. I n . ,
If w bIiVd thera was an hone
that w might win th many nice things
asked by the coal miners, we'd go on
Strlk ourselves.- . .
If the government had been running
the chariot of fir there are people who
would criticize th way it handled
the Elijah traffic. " ' ' .
Had a broken crankshaft not .forced
th flying parson down near Wahoo,
Neb,, we never would have known that
there was such, a place in th United
States. -
, - .-a
No doubt the poor young man in love
continues to recite that ancient maxim,
"Two can Uve as cheap as one." And
they can. If it's "cheaply and not
"Cheap", that he's talking about '
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
rTh death of Tang Toy Kay, S4 years
old, for many years engaged in mining
at Auburn and Mormon . Basin, is re
ported. , , ,
Th executive " council of th ' Polk
county agricultural council has decided
to reestablish th vacated position of
county agricultural agent
the Tlaker Demo
crat, "ha produced 80 per cent otT all
the aold outpurMrom the mine In Ore
gon for several years, and from ui
mining, acUvlty that I manifest, will
continue to do for years to; com."
Of Roseburg torthcoming com show,
the Review, among other things,-says:
The prospects are for a large number
..hikita a nA ' u there will b no
admittance charge it expected that
unnl , thousand people will visit tn
show during the 24th. and 2Sth."
ir tin A TTvda Af Baker, wife
I of the assessor of Baker county, U is
claimed by th Baxer ijemocrai. na
the dlstlncUon of being the only woman
in Oregon this year to secure a prise,
having killed a four-point buck last
Sunday evening In the mountains at tne
head of the Grande Ronde river. JBhs
shot him through the head at the first
hOC. ' alia 'a. ,. '
T1 usual method pursued In con
struction work," sagaciously observes
the Bend Bulletin, "is to plan during
thos months, when building Is easiest
and then to build during th other
months when building is most difficult
Th city councils, in arranging to get
preliminaries attended to this winter so
that improvement work can be begun
early In . th spring, is doing, a good
work."
"fEe Oregon 'Country
artBeat Bapptatec to Brial rorm i U
.r Buy Xda '
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
J 'OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Frd Lockley
T
tTha rt 180S u gfnd eld mr for
lirmg Double to the World, sad 1S1 aa
earcelj law ). If it had no Lincoln. Dar
win or Gladstone, a 1809 had. It bfouctrt
out a lixt ot Americana whora namea an dia
tinraished to this day. Mr. Lockler ha aoma-
thlne to tj of them, and of a number old
tiaag at veB at pannna. besldas,j v
fCorannnteatiotia tent ta The )nnl lo
PSblieatfam in this dpaftJtaot honld be written
oa only osa iMe f tha papw, bouM sot exeaed
SOO mMi In Jhgth, and ntut ba licned bj tho
writer, wbOM Hail addrea la fail aiiut Scooei'
pftoy tie contribution. )
-The Farmer's Profits
Portland. Oct. 13. To th Editor of
In a Pennsylvania court two I Th Journal I noticed an article in Tha
Women recently disputed the owner- Journal by Mrs. A. tt Cas con-
- I aaarft I n SP f-Vl A tteft MAat 1i-wa4aaw aVU
.miViaa .u.u.r, ucU. juugo bi; profits In farming. IShe seems to
directed a constable to liberate the think the farmer makes an excessive
fowl a short distance from- the profit and is the cause of too high
homes of the two contestants. The P'lces,, But ! thmk not, and I hav
hen promptly walked into the yard KSVrSKi
vioiuiut, iwu w uo-1 givea iigurea o snow product and re-
fendant .was assessed ' 14.00 and turns, ana says, "I am sure of my fig
Costs. Could th method be heed Me" '.B.tSAlA h left oot
successfully Jn settling the owner- o? pMon6 to gtfTor
Ship Of husbands? practice there? are insects, blicht and
various other causes to cut down th
COtTtr OF CONOIUATION W acre. I have known thVto-
' , . mato mignt to take half and even all
.. ... . . . I Of tha Inmit V.ir. T,la t
Wwtiu or tne industrial peace didn rfcn, the Thigh cosi
donferehoe now In session at of farming did. Mrs. Cave says it cost
.Washington David Lawrence th grower u cents a box to pick, crat
aaVs- ttnd eh,p tomatoes to Portland. But la
says
All groups setm to be agreed on the
principle of a court of conciliation to
Which disputes can be carried.. Out of
that suggestion will grow a concrete
plan. ' - - '.v tt ' i , -!"'
The establishment of general prin
ciples is what is ' expected , of the
conference. It was not the Intention
that it was to take up specific eases
but it was hoped that it would
outline a geherat policy which would
apply ' la ' the settlement of specific
disputes. 4- '. -;--'V?
Given an industrial : Cbde a,, court
of conciliation could Interpret and
enforce it, and by dealing with specif
fie disputes as. they oame xon gradu
ally br.'ng about a better condition
in the-Industrial world.;
In framing thds odnstituUon of the
United States It was not attempted
to settle particular controversies but
rather to establish, a. "general - law
which would cover any possible con
tingency. ? "- J ' s -,t . V '
A 'court of eoneillallon for capital
and labor would . ba In accord with
American tradition'" land American
policy. , , . - v.
; There are BOO.ftOO women working
continually as farm laborers in the
United States, and there are 466.000
women who own Ad Work their
farms,' making nearly a million en
gaged In' soil production: The. fig
ures do ot Include those who work
Hood River this yar tomato boxes cost
llhi cents In knockdown condition. They
must then be nailed up, hauled heme
ana the tomatoes picked, packed and
hauled' to the boat. . And freight on
Doai (tne cheapest there is) and cart.
age at Portland, and the coat f about
so cents a oox. Then add commission
and retailer's profit, and whatever . is
above this will go to tho farmer for his
years wont alter he has paid taxes. In
terest and possibly other-expense out
or it. i tsjnK he is usually not ovar.
paid for hi work.
The fact Is, moet of the. tomatoes pro-
aucea m tne nooa Kiver ana Whit
Salmon districts at present are amwn
by Japan, who practice oriental, not
American, standards of living. .But as
to the high cost of Hvine I think ihaa
Is too much expense between the farmer
and the consumer. If this can b cut
down to a. minimum and th farmer can
increase the production of his farm, then
the man id tha city can troct a bat.
ter living at: a reasonable cost. -
V r E. C COOtf.
' Home-Owned . Sugar Factories
. Athena, Oct 10. To the Editor Of The
JournaH-Ia North DakoU the farmers
have a statewide organisation called the
Non-PartlaaitBleague, for th marketing
of their products. The fruit growers in
all the large fruit districts of the North
west have organizations for th market
ing and manufacture of their -products.
Everywhere they are a Success. Ifcthere
la any reason why th beet Industry can
not be handled in the same way, it does
not show ,on the surface. ; Why - cannot
th producers of beets organize and build
their own factory? True, It would take
considarabl money, but they could capi
talise, and raise money. Instead of con
tributing 'ii per cent, of . the capita,
- Paying for The Auditorium
Portland, Oct. IS. To the Editor of
The Journal I writ this from a desire
to express my appreciation of your edi
torial In Monday' Journal headed The
Pound of Flesh." I am also convinced
that the editorial meets general ap
proval, as it advocates that the city
should pay for The Auditorium what It
cost, instead of letting the two local
bondsmen, N. A. Schanen and J. P.
Kelly, pay the deficit and thereby be
practically ruined financially, v It is
wrong In principle to get something for
nothing, and, surely the city of Port
land should not get Its auditorium for
160,000 less than it cost and require the
bondsmen to pay this large sum, saying
that It was - nominated m the bond."
Upon investigation I have , learned
that The Auditorium cost over $416,000,
and the city has paid for it only $347, 000,
or $63,000 less than its actual cost. I
hav heard no one say that th 1 416.606
was not -honestly spent In erecting the
building. - Who should pay the dflcltt
Surely not the bondsmen, ' who were
not responsible for the great war which
Increased the cost of the structure. Yet
strict adherence to the bond they signed
would make them, responsible and force
them to pay for what the city is receiv
ing. I believe the least th city council
can do is to submit the matter to arbitra
tion, to the end that simple Jostle be
done to two of its citizens who have
lived m Portland for nearly 40 years
and contributed to its growth. -
: H. N. BURPEE.
t 3 ; Roosevelt on Germany
Chehalls, Wash.. Oct. It. To th Edl
tor of The Journal I am sure that i
Short time after Oermany Invaded Bel
glum, Roosevelt made a speech in which
he braised th German army and said
h was proud of the Oerman Mood In his
veins, - Now I am sure that he made
that speech, - but don't remember just
where or when. If you can get me that
address X shall be grateful.
GEORGE ROMAN E.
(Ilaaettelt We the regular contrlbnter to
tha Outlook. The inquirer 1 referred to the
lero ot the Outlook for Septstabe zS, 11.
Oa paste 170 and ITS, paauaae eomepoedins
te tha f&atier eUttKed in bk htauuy are to be
. t A Valley of Optimists ,
' - Pmar tha Road Rirer ltewa -
A pesfdmlK in Hood River at this time
would be a very lonely man. Everybody
one mU od the street IS an Optimist,
and there is evry reason why he should
be. Even if he la not the owner of an
orchard, be Wilt Indirectly benefit- from
tjie wonderful crop Which Is now all bat
safely .housed. Day and night, for th
past Week, trucks hav been - bringing
in big. loads of apples from the valley
and hav 'returned, with vn bigger
load Of box "hooks. Oood news from
the East Is another cause for eptlnv
Um here, and It would b difficult la
deed to persuade any-of our;.: ranchers
or eitlSeb that the 1919-1926 season Is
not , going ' to be the year which all
have looked forwaad to during tha lean
years that have gone- before, . r.
There are many who can still remem
ber the thrill they felt at the announce
ment that the Atlantic cable had been
successfully laid and the messages, could
be flashed across the sea from America
to England. ,
When I was In London last fall I was
invited to a luncheon to meat Marconi
We Wr greatly disappointed to be- told
that Mr. Marconi had sent his regrets
at being unable to be present, as h
was detained by a matter Of great , im
portance: We learned next day that th
"matter of great Importance" was the
successful sending of a massage by
wireless to Australia, a distance of over
13,000 miles, which broke all distance
records for the transmission of wireless
messages. , ..v
What a thrill Cyrus W. Field, who
laid the Atlantic cable, would- feel could
he bat know that today we are flashing
meesagee across th ea without wires
or cables ! r
The one hundredth anniversary of th
birth Of Cyrus W. Field occur on De
cember IS this year. Th year 1911
is the centennial of a very large num
ber of distinguished Americans. Mrs.
E. D. E. N. South worth, who ir. her
day wa such a popular novelist, was
bcrn December 26, 1S19. Thomas Eng
lish, author of "Ben Bolt," was borA
June 29, 100 years ago. Other dis
tinguished authors, poets and scientists,'
whose centennial occurred this year,
are: Walt Whitman, the "Good, Gray
Poet." who was bom on May 21 : James
Russell Lowell, February 22 ; Juua Ward
Howe, whose "Battle Hymn of the Re
public." stirred the - heart -of millions
Of Americans, May 27t J.,0. Holland,
founder cf scunners siagastne, wnicn
later became th i Centura July 24 j
Charles A. Dana, for many year editor
Of the New York sunf- August 8: th
sculptor, William WY Story February 12
General w. S. RoSfeoran. September i i
Vice president Thomas E. Hendricks,
September 7. "'"'ly- "
e e
Not long ago some writer whose hobby
is digging up curious myths and cus
toms assembled a gxount f interesting
facts about, our popular, superstitions
relative to Friday and the number U.
He aayst. .
"It take American history to sweeo
away the ' Friday as an unlucky-day
proposition. For It was not only on
Friday that- Columbus sailed tot Amer
ica but he discovered land and actually
landed on FrICay, Nothing " unlucky
about mat: Tn Maynower, too, maae
Provtiicetown harbor on a Friday, and
ft was on a Friday thats the Pilgrim
Fathers landed on Plymouth Rock,
George vTashihgton elected to be born
on a Friday ; St. Augustine, Florida, th
oldest settlement tn the United States,
was founded on a Friday : and tt was
on a Friday that John Adams made the
motion that these United states -should
b mad Independent, So Friday has
not been an unlucky day for this coun
try. u. .
"The : so-called unlucky number 13
played a curious part tn the life of
Richard Wagner. He was born in lilt.
The numeral of the year of hi birth
added : together make IS, an,d he was
given a same (Richard) the letters of
which, added to those of his family nam
Warner also ma'c IS. At finished
The Flying Dutchman' on September IS,
1841. and completed Tannhaueer on
April IS, 1844. . The scoring of Das
Rhelngold was finished on May 13,
1854. and that of 'Parsifal' on January
IS,-1882. He was exiled from Germany
for 18 years, and his long-cherished plan
of giving his own operas in Paris was
carried out with a production of Tann
hauser on March 13, 1861. Th first
performance of The Ring couiplete, at
Beyrouth, wii given August 12, 1878. He
composed It. complete operas, ajiiT he
passed away On February 13, 1882."
a a a
One of these days someone will b
Inspired to write th words and music
for a national hymn one that has the
fire and U.rUl of Th Marseillaise. At
a recent public meeting on old gentle
man stood- up and looked reproachfully
at thos sitting- near him because they
did not vis. - The band was playing,
"Auld Lang Syne." I was interested
in the spontaneous mass singing that
occurred at The Aucltorium when Pres
ident Wilson spoke on th League -of
Nations, and also a few days later
when Colonel . Roorevelt spoke on The
American Legion.- On both occasions
the audienc . started out bravely on
"The tsy,apangled Banner," but by the
time th last stanza was reached there
were but few survivors. James Jtode
meyec givss a laughable ' but true de
scription of how the typical American
-audience sings the national , anthem,
thua; t-
Oh. aar. eaa yea sins ttom the start to t.he
and, '
VTast so pfoudlf yon. rtttd fof when or-
etlaem nlav It!
When the whole eoDgrecatlon, la voices that
blend, '
Strike up th mod aysin Bd this torture
. and (1st itf -
Bow they bellow and snout when they're flrtt
atartlns oat,
X But "the daws7s eif Hsht" nods them
floundrina about.
"Tie "The Star Spans-led Baaner they're try-
tn to suit. .
But they doa t know the words at th
- pteclotss old thine
Hark! The "twilight's last leaauag" ha some
of theta stoDDtd.
Bat the valiant survivoit sress forward
serenely
To 'the rampartl w trstebed." ' Where sbm
others are drODMd
" And the loss of the Wien is menlfsst keenlr.
xoe tae rockets- red ciare ' gives ut brav
est a ecare.
And there's tew left to tare the "bomb but-
thg In alr
Tie s thin Use of heroes that rftanags to sere
..Tha last of the versa and "tha home ot the
- ....
- OREGON NOTES ' . .
Snow and minlatur blizzard hav hit
the Santlam national forest, and very , ,
little land oan be planted thls.falL
' The Clatsop , County.- Bar. association
has decided to raise all the fees for legal ' '
services approximately - SO per cent,. - ,
At its closing session in Salem. Cor-,
valiir w-as chosen as the next meeting -pace
of the Presbytery of the Willam-
The arm of tanll Frther. a Browns- -ville
contractor, was mangled and
crushed by being caught In a bean
threshing machine.
Albany to Portland via the Pacific
highway will be possible by th nd of
this week, according to Engineer Cau- '
field, la charge of the work. X .
John W. Gruner, geologist from Mln
neaota, baa arrived to take up hta duties
as professor in the school ot mines at
Oregon Agricultural college. ,. .
When Loula Villor tWtA .i r.h.,ht
While hunting near Eugene, th bullet
glanced and struck John W. George in
ww ng in eye. ueorge wiu recover.
Th 4 Var old at.n nf Mi. ., trm
Frank Bailer at Eugene waa probably 4
fatally burned when he attempted to
warm himself before an open fireplace. .
ine paving of the Columbia highway
'tween Cascade LockB and Wyeth has
ten completed, and tbe difficult detour
Over an old road la no longer necessary.
Oregon City banking institutions hav
entered into an agreement to open ut
. bi.- anu ciose ai p. m.. except on ,
Saturday. When the closing hour will '
be 1 p nu
McMinnVill wants a vae-alnKta unit ,
fruit cannery, and business men of that
city are willing to provide a large turn to
in ngni pariy wno will consider th Op--portunlty.
Abides ar blled an hlo-h In tha atnra '
room of th Albany cannery that th
manager expects to have apples enough if"
to run at full capacity until the first
Of the year.
The car shortaee situation thraatana
to , assume the Herlous proportions ef
1916. 1917 and 1918 in solte ef tha af. .
forts of state bodies and officials of the
railroad administration to rsmedy the
situation. -
Thome Snannatl Jr. ta In a hnarUl as
Medford as a result of a fight with a
bear that he had wounded. He has a
broken wrist, lacerated hips, chest and
shoulders, and the calves ot his legs '
are torn into shreds.
Argument on the appeal of J. Henry
Albers of Portland from a fadarai
judgment, under which he waa fined
ana sentenced to Imprisonment for vio
lation of the espionage act, waa heard
in the United States circuit court at ban
Francisco Wednesday. .
WASHINGTON
Between 1000 and 1200 people ar now
engaged on the 1919 apple orop in th
Spokane valley.
Seven contract, amounting to JllJ
089.4S, were awarded this week for pav
ing portions of a number of Toppenlah
streets. t
Use of the state armory t Tacoma
for an address by Eamon da Vetera ha
been refused by the adjuunt gjnerai.
oi th state,
Th nW telephone cable between Ta
coma and Vashon Island is in working
order. Th cable Is 11,000 feet long,
weigh 25 ton and coat $22,000.,
Figttres from railroad off'c how .
that 111S cars of apples were shipped
out or the Yakima valley laot week, the
total vaiue being more than $1,600,000.
John Cleoria, a Seattle oaf owner
and prominent In Italian circles. Is dead
as the result of agunshot wound inf
flic ted by Edward , Kletistra, an attor
ney. ... -. J
Enlistments and reenlistmenU have
been heavier at Camp Lewis this week
than at any Um since the cumpiign
for strengthening th regular eauMlsh
tuent commenced.
, Pinned under an overturned tractor
at Spokane for two hours bafor h was.
discovered, David Conway waa so badly
vaiuwu ui ne Qiao wna Deing fir.r- f
rled to a hospital. T
By use of an airplane, two fitxrlcan
men covered 16 mile from 8pokane to .
Odessa lake, rot a foil bag of dunks
and returned the same day, making til
return irip ra do minutes.
Miss Genevieve Danlelann tt Koattla.
aged 25, whil learning to drive ah hu-
tomobiis, was kiued when th jnachlu
got from under her control, dashed down h
nui ana was overturned.
John Donovan, eon Af John Ttannvan -
6f Belllngham, was killed on the puved
road between Sultan arid . Gold liar
when an automobile In which he waa
riaing sxiauea ana turned over.
Private Shelby C. Cole is being sought ,
r his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cola
Of Tacoma, who have heard nMhlne
from him since he waa rescued from
Olden Oregon
Earty, Oregon History Largely Inter
national Boundary Dispute, --
During 25 years prior to June, 1846,
th history of Oregon Included as It
principal thame th dispute Between in
governments of the United States and
Great Britain as to where the boundary
line should be located. On the part of
the United States th forty-ninth parallel
of north latitude was early proposed and
quite consistently held to, although tne
political Cry or "iity-iour iony or
fight was not unheard for a time. On
the part of Great .Britain, the course of
th Cqlumbla river was considered a
fair compromise line, but without entlr
disavowal of rights to the country north
of California, or the forty-second parallel.
Proud of doquille
' Trot th Ceqttilla Sentinel.
w ' have had occasion, many time
durinr the nast few years to reel proua
of Coqullie. ; in war work, in iurnisnmg
both men and Wean for the world
struggle ngalnst German autocracy and
flendishneaa, coqwue ana in neignoor
Ing districts measured up to th full
standard- Of wegon painousm ana
there was son hlsrher in the nation. In
contributing to th Red Cross and other
war charities Coqulli was never a
slacker and always did a little more
than .was asked aome times giving
doubled . - ,
When'lk came to building a new' school
house those who lacked vision and faith
In our people were dU to get an awaa
ening. -.The decision, wsi left to tax
payers only, and the amount asked , was
probably double what It would have
been five years ago, bat Coqulli an
swered with no uncertain Bound. Four
out of every five said "ye." and th
result was such a indication of our city
and school district as must silence all
caviler. ; We are ashamed of our pres
ent school accommodations but more
than proud of the way oar people have
Joyfully r and enthusiastically put. their
shoulders te the wheel and declared that
the best possible irt th way or a school
buDdlng la none too good for the children
f thi city. Coqullie 1 on themap. The
city has a great futur before IC W
expect to see it become the .educational
center of southwestern Oregon.
- The Deutsehlsnd
renM tti rtfielnnatl fhaee-StSf -
The Deutachland. th first submarine
to crces the Atlantic, ocean, baa mad Its
last voyage. It has landed in a London
inuaeum. where it . will ba viewed as a
permanent war souvenir. -v c n. -
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
Gleaned ' From Curious Places
Camel proved a source .Of great
strength for the BriUshT during their
camnaiens against th central power In
Asia in the world war. They were In
valuable in the warfare where forced
marche through desert region were re
quired. They Were also Stoical and
brave under fire and bore their wound
bravely. Their use, however proved the
fallacy of some stories about camels,
such as their ability to go seven days
without water, write George F, Paul In
popular Mechanics.
The Sudan oaml can do this, but
the Egyptian . camel, the neat best for
use in warfare, can go only two days
without drinking during hot weather.
The most delicate of all camels, ar those
of Hindustan. They ar also difficult to
train because Of their temper. They ar
more obsunat than mules and eveti
wilder during certain periods. They
kick -and bite and fight fiercely with
each other;
On the dry sand of the desert the
camels lop along nicely, but n wet or
slippery ground they tumble around Ilk
persons learning to roller skate. During
the operation In Palestine horse proved
much their superior. On one occasion it
was found necessary to abandon, 100
tons Of material because the camels
heeuld not advance ove the bad roads.
; f Uncle tit Snow Say:
Soldiers don't atrik very often, but
when they do things happen fast A
chipmunk ain't much of a fighter, but
he can bit Into your finger and mebby
give you blood ptsenin-. - ,
Irrigatioa la the Valley ,
j Prom the Balers Capital Journal
Irrigations and k Willamette valley cli
mate form a combination that 1 hard
to beat when It come to producing ever
bearing strawberries. In th stlmation
of I. M. Christopher , of Marlon. Mr.
Christopher, Who was in this morning
to complete hi fUtag upon water, for
Irrigation purpose -' uttfn his tract,
brought with him a boa f the luscious
berries just to show what can b don
in the "strawberry line with the aid ef
irrigation. Lack of sunshine ha robbed
the fruit of some of its sweetness but in
appearance the berries ar as rich as
any appearing on th local - market la
th normal strawberry season.
the Turoania and rmovdato a hospital
In Ireland. . , -
IDAHO
Buhl high chool has been susnended
IndefinlUly pending th installation of a
steam heating plaint.
Joseph W. Zimmerman, a busineaa man
of Mohcow, fell dead on a street In -that
cuy wium on iu way so cnurcn.
The Buhl Canning company haa put
up lSOO casea of peaches and in now can-,
nlng apples, having about 1000 cases of
the latter.
The commissioners of the Deary rural
highway district have awarded the con
tract for clearing th nw Pin creek -right
of way.
"The canning factory at Psyett has
cloned for the season. About 100 peoeple
have been employed and $15,000 waa
paid out for fruit -
Short course In general agriculture, -dairying
and homemaklng hav opened
at the University of Idaho with many
students enrolled In each department.
.' Employes of the Washington, Idaho It
Montana railroad, owned by th Potlatch
Lumber company of Moscow, have
truck for Increased wages, only the crew -on
tbe passenger train, r fusing to quit
work. . - v (
The public uUlltief commission - of
Idaho has denied, the request of the
operators of the Oualey ferry for an In
crease In rates, and ba required the
company to malntalan a continuous day
and night servlc.
OENERAL. -Vv
Tha price of certified milk haa ad
vanced in Ban Francisco to 21 cent a
quart. 7
Savage fighting Is U1I gning on ifl
the city Of Riga between Lettish and
Lithuaaian troop and th 'Uermaho
KuMslan army.
The Pacific mall liner Colombia passed
through Honolulu last Sunday with
$25,000,000 in bullion conalgned to the
bank of Shanghai. . ' . ,
Berlin experienced a new brand of f
atr Ike Wednesday, when 18.000 clerical
workera In th municipal office walked
out, demanding more pay. .
" The first contingent of regular troops '-.
to leave Camp Dl since the armistice
entrained Thursday on the first (eg of -their
overseas trip to Silesia.
.' Charles L. Stokes haa coxfsed at
Lo Angeles that It killed Dr.- Ernest
B. Roberts when Roberta told him that
he bad stolen the love of Stokes' wife. '
Abandonment of organisation of th
World War Legion and cancetlaUon of
It national encampment scheduled for
this week at Pittsburg waa announced
a Washington Thursday.
Six former Cantu soldiers, th last ..'
survivors of the mutinous Algodone
garrison, met death at the hands of a
firing squad in Lower California 1m
mediately after the fight Wednesday. -
Journal Is Leader in
Constructive Effort '
The Journal has long been a leader
in progresaiv,! oonstructlv news
paper work, and haa set the pace for
other ; Portland ' publlcatlonaj . A
glance through th. files of all local
newspapers will ' quickly jfnd fairly
how a considerable, numner of In
stance wherein Th Journal ba led
-the way and haa been followed and
imitated by other papers. -
ft'