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THE OREGON DAILY . JOURNAL. PORTLAND. MONDAY, OCTOBER 0, : 1819. IS JSDKPBNnENT NEWSPAPER C. ft JACKSON. .Publisher 1'nbtiibad every day. Bftaraooa and morning ,, 4 except Sunday afternoon! , at Tb Journal , ButitUm, Broadway eod Yamhill ... (treat, ' ' Portland, Oregon. . ; "r Saterad - at ; tba Postoffiee at Portland.. Oregon, for transmission through the mail as second lEI.EPHOXK Main '71T8; Homt, Ait deiammetiu reached by tneie numbers. Tell the operator what department you want. IXmEKiN ADVKIiTIHl.NO BEPBESENTATIVE w Benjamin Kantnor Oo. Bruiie Building. 4w225 rtfu, ,fenue, New YoriU 900 .Mailers ' ' ' Building. Chiflego. -" --' - - Subscription ternn by mail, or to any address in the United States o Mexico: -- j DAILY, (MORNING OB AFTERNOON) Ona rear..... SS.00. One Uonth..... .90 SUNDAY' 2ne year. ,....t2.S On month f .25 3&HLY UIORNINQ OR APTEBNOOX) AND . . , SUN DAT . 4me yea,.. ...$7.50 4 On aeu..... .03 The world Is wearied of statesmen whom demoaracy bee degraded into politician. -, , DiaraeU. WHY OUR DEAD? ' at BIO motor truck collided with a . l car. driven by a Portland, woman. , who narrowly escaped death 1n the accident "The truck was driven by, a boy subject to epilepsy. HJ"had, at the time, been driving but four days. . Driving his newly purchased car, oYPorllander had trouble in making ttVo.'' He "was a wholly inexperienced driver. In crossing Washington street, he became excited, pushed all the levers, nearly ran down two people and' was about to kill a third when 1 policeman leaped on the running soard' and stopped the runaway car. There , were 850 automobile acci dents in Portland last month. Five ' persons were killed, and 150 in jured. More than one-half the" acci dents occurred in the district between Xehth, Jefferson, the river and the -. Union station. : How many of these accidents had as their cause, a boy who had driven - an automobile but four days, or Ihe owner of a ne.w car, who didn't wnow the first principles of how to drive It? One boy who pleaded guilty to two counts of speeding, ono at 40 and the other at 48 miles . aa .hour, had no license and was in- experienced as well as highly nervous. But for the police, how long would it.have " been until he would have kijled ' or maimed somebody? ... "Why rot-have, a rigid investiga tion . of jjvery automobile accident? In what better way could definite knowledge as to the main cause of accidents be obtained? What, easier way. to determine what regulations are necessary to reduce accidents? ' Remembering that there were 850 accidents last month in Portland, ' that five persons were killed and 150 . injured, is it not. worth while to make some effort to locate the real cause? Thus, there was not one prosecution in the case of the five dead, or the 150 injured. If there is no concern about those killed in the past what about those to be killed tomorrow, or next day, ' Qt the day after? May be the plock, '. Will strike for you, or for your rvife, or for your child? ; For your own personal safety, do you not think it would be a sound precaution for every accident - that - happens, say within a, month or two months, to be made the subject of ' igid 'Investigation, and for all ;the' . facts that led to those accidents" to Be made of ecord, and for the. data tbbe collated, and made pubUcfor rjse' in making intelligent traffic regu lations? ' ,i . j . At- last . a . monument has ";bcen raised to ir farmer. - He was; ;the fimnwho did the first plowing. in Cascade county, Montana, and the : eommunity has rewarded the sery- tjee with a monument to his memory. It will fare well with, civilization when mankind learns to glorify the plowmen. " ' . . . - -; ' , ; ! A 1 ROTTEN MAIL SERVICE sr HY! should Burns mall facilities uo u vi uue i wnjr snouia man routes not be established so ucnirai a Oregon 1 could be brought Into closer communication with r Western Oregon? These are the questions that are uppermost In the minds of citizens of that section of the state. Burns has only one means of obtaining mail and that is via the stub railroad at Crane.. The result Is that two days elapse before a letter .mailed in Portland reaches its destination. All; this time is occupied because the letter or the package travels around in circles instead of by a shorter and more direct route.: To remedy this delay the Com? merclal club of Buraa-hasi petitioned the postofflce department for mall, r route i; from- Bend to Burns, cr the extension of the present route from' Canyon CUy, .or both. The Pcnd route ; would, make Jt possible to obtain mall in about SO heurs from Portland, while the. Canyon City ex t nsion would at least , offer 'gome The route out of Canyon City -is narvvjjoperated .on ; a, iHy, schedule nun way ia Burns, h vvny snouia u not be possible to. extend this seryr ice to Burns, even on a schedule of every-otherday? The contractor in charge of the Canyon City route says that this could be done without . an increase of expense Burns wants' its route to Crane left undisturbed, and if some facilities are not provided "for the mail from Western Oregon, Idaho, will continue to take more and more money out of Oregon through extension of - its trade zone, . ' Except Burns people, nobody should be more interested in the proposed better mail facilities than are the business people of Portland. .Thirty-five : thousand " Serbian children marched in the retreat of the Serbian armies in 1916. The American. Ked Cross reports that or the number, but 5000 are living to day, and that the survivors rare shelterless and orphans. When- the destruction of child life in the war is finally calculated It will probably be disclosed that it exceeded the dreadful slaughter on No Man's Land. MAKING OLD MEN YOUNG T HE reported successful trans planting of a vital organ at a California penitentiary is fol lowed in the news dispatches by the suggestion of a French physiican that hospitals in big cities keep on hand in cold storage a stock of vital organs to meet the demands of patients. Whenever a man's prostate gland or thyroid wears out he can go to the hospital and have a new. one planted where the old one grew. This, hospital stock is to be replenished from the bodies of those who have died from accident. It is a heartening thought that our old bodies may be , rejuvenated and age deferred by a simple surgical operation. But however strong our faith in modern sureical skill it is well not to hold the glittering possibility before our mind's eye too fondly.! It may turn out to . be Illusory as has the age long quest for the philosopher's stone. Even if the dream- should come true we might find that it carried with it IU modi cum of regret and disappointment. A few years ago it was found that broken bones could be repaired by inserting a graft from another bone. This opened up a vast field of pos sibllities which have not been fully realized. For example, it is found that while the operation or taking the piece of, bone from the frame of the subject operated on Is fairly suc cessful it is not always the case when the transplanted bone is taken from another person or animal., There are local differences of structure and growth which may not Combine This same rule may hold. in the case of the .Vital organs! - , About the only record we have of a man recovering his' youth was Faust, . but he had to sell his soul to the devil and in the end was bitterly disappo'nted. After It is too late, Germany dis covers that these things are the consequence of the late war: 800,000 marriages not consummated; 4,000, 000 children not born, and 700,000 deaths because of the war blockade. In Bavaria the women are striking against motherhood, saying it is not worth while to rear boys to be used as cannon fodder. KEEPING A PROMISE F OUR years ago 30 or 40 Port land business men placed their names at the bottom of a peti tion addressed to Robert E.' Strahorn, railroad oullder. They asked him to inquire Into the practic ability of providing the great rail- roadless region of Southern and Central Oregon with steam trans portation. The,y assured him of their cordial interest and coopera tion. Mr. Strahorn went with his enflneers down into Klamath, Lake, Harney and Crook counties. He found that the transcontinental lines had left untouched a zone 150 miles wide, unconnected "save for the slender thread of the Southern Pacific, west of the Cascade range. He found an area aggregating about half of Oregon, where lands looked at least as premising as " pioneer railroad builders of the Atlantic states discovered in the Middle West, aift the opportunity not Inferior to that which prompted - building of the Oregon Short Line. He commit ted himself to "the task Of construct ing a triangular system connecting Klamath Falls, Lakeviewr Burns and Bend. -....-; War came and promotion of, con struction was necessarily interrupted. But the citizens of Klamath Falls, through their municipality, had provided $300,000 and this amount was the nucleus of construction 20 miles in a northeasterly direction nearly to the town of Dairy. Already this slender bit of work has had results In excellent freight tonnage, and five 5 irrigation projects . have developed adjacent and tributary to me railroad. Looking at the map, one sees tnat the Strahorn system, creates a feeder system through Bend to Portland. Through such an outlet trade worth many millions of dollars - annually can ne diverted to Portland. It now.l goes to California simply be-' cause transportation difficulties ; In other directions are insuperable. It is , no wonder that Portland business men, seeing with their own eyes the timber,- Irrigation,' grazing and grain - growing already successfully under; wy, have attained realization and determination simultaneously that to aid Central Oregon railroad con struction is a 'task to. which this city " must set -itself aggressively and resuitfully. - - ' A KEY . MEASURE 1 N THESE troubled days, when everyone is wondering whether the entire world Is to be governed by Soviets, the" American Bankers' as sociation resolves that federal farm loans should not ' be exempt 1 from taxation. It would approve the ex emption of a tax on the farm mort gage, but that is another story; It Is the generally accepted theory that , the federal farm loan was es tablished for the purpose of encourage ing farm ownership and for; that reason no tax was to be placed on loans negotiated for that purpose. It is also a commonly accepted belief that a deed to a home is the best cure for Bolshevism, The trouble in Russia was that the peasant did not own the land. To tax the farm loan bonds means to add to the interest rate farmers must pay on what they borrow. To increase the interest rate on "Ihe farm loans is to help kill the system that was established after a 30 years' fight, for giving ow interest rates to farmers in order that they would be able to pay off their mortgages, save the old farm and continue as owners of the 'old homestead. Thirty years before the farm loan system was established the fight on it began, and it has continues unin terruptedly ever since it was put into operation. ' Propaganda against it often reaches The Journal office. There are interests that want it destroyed In order that they may make the loans at the old and exorbl tant interest rates. Happily, there are bankers, and there are some other money lending Interests in the -country who are for the farm loan system They have the vision to see that if the farmers Shave arTle money at low interest on long time to give them freedom financially, their farm Operations will result in a larger volume of products, that - more wealth will be created. that there will be Increased bank deposits and increased banking to do-, a greater and happier country, and a republic anchored on enduring foundations. The farm loan system is one of the great key measures In modern ized America. A fine field will open for the profiteer when the transplanting of vital organs becomes a reality. NO LONGER HOGTOWN A" N INTERESTING study in social development is furnished by the Socialist 5 colony, of Desdemona, Texas. -When - this 'Colony was started about' 20 years ago it was easy for the colonjsts to be Socialists, for all were poor. All this has been changed by the discovery of oil on their sandy farms. Now the colonists ride in 'high powered motor cars and invest their royalties in stocks and bonds. Despite this, they are endeavoring to maintain their socialistic principles. In the old days, when Desdemona was known as Hogtown, there was an annual encampment at - which Socialists from all over the country gathered andf enjoyed the excellent provender furnished by the colony. But there was no encanjpment this year. The hosts of other years were too busy 'loollng after their oil wells to entertain their brethren. Formerly there was community ownership of'many necessities, partly because- the colonists were too poor to afford them individually. Now that they can do so it will be inter esting to observe whether or not they will continue to share all property in common. One of the colonists is quoted as saying, "We are going to attempt to prove that a man can be very wealthy and still be - a Socialist" He ad mitted, though, that it was harder now, so many chances to exploit others having been opened up by wealth. ; It Is to be hoped that they will succeed and demonstrate that it is not hard sometimes to be what we want to be. A great step to Jthe desired end was taken when the name of the coloirjswas changed from Hogtown to Desdemona. May the end -of Desdemona colony be different from the wife of the Moor. The new gasoline streetcar, Henry Ford's K latest Invention, promises to do most everything1 except pay fares. ASHLAND A' 5HLAND furnishes, Oregon an inspiring example of civic ef ficiency. Some grace of archi tecture and culture has presided Over Its building. The visitor within the gates of the beautiful city at the head of Rogue River galley goes away' with a lasting 'r Impression of Its rare charm. Nestling at the base - of snow trowned' Mount, Ash- lana tne ruramte City" has a Dark to whose i entrance municipal enter prise at a cost of 100,000 has brought and . converted Into never failing fountains - the - curative waters of lithla, soda and sulphur syings, The park 4 itself contains T nearly: 1500 acres, partly n the title Of the forest service ana partly or int. city. ' Hie Cbiutauqua auditorium of i Ashland furnishes 6eats ! fop more than :4000 people, . and ; in its "domed - Interior the dropping o. a pin is almost heard from the platform 160 ; feet - to 'the Lback of the ball. It la an auditorium which, explains why Ashland, with five or six thousand people, wins the best of attractions ' and the most famous., speakers, that ; come to the West. : , . Since a ; city is .strengthened, first, by; the quality of "its citizens and then ny the resource of Its tribu tary .area, Ashland has schoois that in: architectural i. excellence and . edu cative force are a guarantee of gener ations that "will be the pride of all Oregon. The nomas are in keeping with the natural beauty with which nature has endowed the spot. The business places:, 'maintain ra high standard of appearance and service. Ashland, is a city where one who comes to visit j briefly would fain remain always. : " NO TAX REPEAL AFTER ALL By Carl Smith, WnBiUnKion Staff . Correspondent of The Journal I Washington. Oct. 20. Republican lead ers in congress bave definitely aban doned the idea of any immediate legisla tion for reduction of federal ' taxation. Early In the present session there was much talk about reducing- the burden of the taxpayer as one of the prime objects of the majority. ' The ways and means committee of the house, under the lead of Chairman Fordney of Michigan, went cheerfully to work and reported a bill to repeal the so-called semi-luxury taxes, which are Imposed upon high priced, wearing apparel and photographic and toilet sup plies. The committee soon after lost courage and withdrew its report, so the bill never came to a vote. It did report, and the house passed, a bill to repeal the special taxes on ice cream and Soda fountain drinks,, but when that bill reached the senate It crone to a halt. It began to he doubted whether such a measure would be really popular, in view of the fact that revenue thus relinquished would have to be made up in some other quarter.. Senator Penrose, who dominates the revenue and tariff situation at the sen ate end, gave no encouragement . to the repealers. He even poked fun In a sly way at the activity of Fordney's com mittee in tframing and putting through th- house a number of small protective taViff bills. Penrose takes the position that during this period of readjustment the time Is not ripe for general revenue revisioD or general, tariff legislation, and that until general legislation can be consid ered, the enactment of small bills- pick ing: out two or three or a few articles for special treatment is unwise. Penrose has steadily refused to call his com mittee 'to consider' Fordney's '"popgun" bills, as he calls them, and the Penrose Idea about the. futility of such proceed ings has been making steady ijoadway. Representative Good of Iowa, chairman of the appropriations committee in the house, estimates that the expenditures for the fiscal year will be more than $3,000,000,000 in excess of the revenues, and he points out that congress will; soon have to consider how It is to pro vide more money, instead of repealing existing taxes. The extra session is also preparing to pass Into history without any legis lation in aid of soldier land settlement. The Mondell bill, reported from the pub- he lands committee by Chairman Sin nott many weeks ago rests on the shelf while the - responsible Republican lead ers, glare at each other. Mondell. the floor leader, is for Mjut he is about the only Influential men In-the manag ing coterie who , doe;, and he - has "hot been strong enough to put it through. Representative Hull, Democrat, of Ten nessee, has introduced a bill to create a special committee of 21 to consider all legislation for soldiers. Including bonus bills, extension of credits, and aid for homes and land settlement. Mr. Hull points out that money bonus bills have been referred to the committee on mil itary affairs, bond bonus measures to ways and means, still other measures to the pensions and interstate com merce committees, and the land settle ment biU wen; to the committee on pub- Ms lands. Thus there Is no unity of action, ana no common forum where bills intended for the benefit, of service men can be compared and broadly con sidered. The situation as seen by Mr. Hull Is akin to the argument for the Widget system. One great difficulty now is that responsibility for money bills is divided between a dozen or more house committees, each jealous of its jurisdiction. - and acting without any common understanding a to what- ex penditures may reasonably be made. - Senator Chamberlain, objecting to the bill for retirement of General Enoch H. Crowder with the rank of lieutenant general. . f reel conceded that Crowder's services as provost marshal general in administering the selective service law were valuable, and -may properly be recognised. He; based his opposition upon failure at the same time to recog nise others who per formed unusual serv ice, particularly the army chiefs In France, asserting that to confer this honor upon Crowder In a separate bill minimizes the services: Of the others. He proposed as an amendment that the same distinction.1 be given at the same time to Generals Hunter Liggett, Robert L. Bullard, James G. Harbord, J. W. McAndrews, W. L. Kenley, Harry L. Rogers, W. P. Summerall. Ewiest Hlnes, Mtrrltt w. ireiana, w. c iangiitt, Leonard Wood and K. C. McCain. The Oregon senator said that Crowder did not originate the idea of selective draft, and while th bill came from his Office the substantial features which made it popular with the country were prepared in the military committees of the senate and hofaae, who advised not with General Crowder, but with Major Charles B. Warren, who was assigned from Crowder's office. : As to commendatory letters from Secretary Baker- which BeMttar Knox had read in support of the honor pro- poeed. Senator Chamberlain said the secretary or war ana unnror naa ap parently formed a mutual admiration Society, and each p.aised the other. Crowder has beet, a strong champion Of the existing System of military courts- martial, and some time ago came Into conflict wKh Senato- Chamberlain, who Insists tha radical reforms .should be Instituted. ' -' h ' i Represer Ut've ' Vestal of Indiana has introduced a biU to establish a standard Of weights for package sales of flour, hominy grits and meal and all ' com mercial feeds. If offered in packages pf five pounds rtrvr they would fce sold In 100 pounds op multiples thereof, or in 5, 10. SSL or pounds, 'except that feed stuffs in addition, might, also oe sold ia 60, 70 and 80 pound packages. October Gardening: Why and How to Do I,t From the Spokane Spokesman-Review : -If people 'would only realize it they coald save themselves a lot of work by doing as much as they can of next year's gardening, iveaetablei" floweri and land scape, this month and up to the time of the first heavy snowfall. It will surprise the average man to learn how many things can b none m the way n "-tall gardening - that wiU expedite .matters when, spring comes again. -. .... r One thins tha& everybody can , do to rake up every available fallen au-1 tumn leaf, wetting them down in pile and letting; them rot for fertilizer. Peo ple who burn .U their leave nd then spend money for commercial fertinaer need to have their heada attended to. Opinions of "experts differ- aa to whether It Is best to set Out fruit trees, berry bushes and shrubs la the fall, but there is a strong case to be made for this practice. Those who favor it claim that a fruit tree planted to ectober g-ets several months start In the way of healthy grrewth ovr the spring planted tree, and bears earlier and more copi ously. Fruit trees already- m beartn can be sprayed to. good advantage be fore winter conies in, and there is a cer tain amount of fall pruning that Is prac ticable, v . '. ' . . An excellent way to work off surplus energy In snappy fall days la to begin orkine the ground for next year's gar den. , time can be freely distributed and the ground turned over and then dressed with manure. There are so many little things that can be dona now with a view to better backyard crops and handsomer front yard flowers next spring: that, no home gardener need comi'laln of this being a dull season for his botanical activities. Letters From the People Communiqttiona aeot to Tha Journal for publication in this department thould be written en only one aide of the paper, nhouid not exoved 800 words to length, and must be fignta by 'he writer, whoa mail addreu in full soft acouen paay tha contribatien. I . Sir. Ilodson Assails the League Portland, Oct. 13. To the Editor of The Journal X -want to recall an inci dent which occurred in Portland early last spring In which your paper took a leading part. I am reminded of. it now because of the "pat" statement made by your Mr. Earl C Brownlee, in the article published by you yesterday, in which he pulverized and atomized Sena tor Hiram "W. Johnson". I assume that since reading that article, Johnson has disappeared from the face of the earth and will be beard from no more. But to ' return to the point: Last March you were firing broadsides of wind wads into the camp of the oppo nents of THE Leag-ue of Nations, as proposed by our peace delegation at Paris himself, and to clinch your argu ments and to drive home your asser tions that there was an overwhelming Oregon sentiment in favor of that par ticular league, you conducted a "won derful" plebiscite which showed several thousands of voters as favoring your contention, as -opposed to a beggarly showing of only a few score who wanted to be shown. I reported the result of a private inquiry made by myself, in j which 62 people were interviewed, of whom only 11 stated- they had read the j terms of the proposed league, and of which 11 only three claimed to have any comprehension of what the proper inter pretation of its terms was. I made the assertion that if your super-intelligent voters were as well informed as were the individuals I had talked to, your much vaunted plebiscite didn't amount to a tinker's damn. This statement aroused a considerable howl as being a reflec tion on the Intelligence of the people of Portland and Oregon. Now comes your -Mr. Brownlee, who, in one of his lofty climaxes, transfixes the senator by the statement that "John Bon knew, as well as did his auditors, that few had read the covenant of the lieaguo of Nations." Well, well, welll To think that such an assertion Would be made In your columns, and on your editorial pge! And to think, too, that it would have your editorial sanction to the extent that the charge of ignorance on the part of thA Oregon, public of the covenant's termS should. be mads by one of your own hired writers ! ' WHat are we coming to? Last spring the - infallible "peepul" were quoted by you with commendatory approval, and were cited as showing conclusively that THE league should be taken, bait, hook, line and bob. Now comes your reporter, who states positive ly that but "few had read the covenant." Last spring they all knew and your plebiscite was an infallible index td a well digested and final conclusion based on their definite knowledge. Now, but a measly -"few had read the covenant," and when they, applauded Johnson's statements, were only a pack of loonies' who dldnt know their own minds If they had any and were car ried away by the oratorical speH be wove about them. Ho, hum! Don't such foolish actions on the part of this voting public make you weary? C. W. HODSON. There wai so lacue eorenaat when Tbe Journal'e straw Tote was taken. It had not been completed. Tbe plebiscite was on tbe general principle of a- league of nations, and the vote was 28,005 for and' 176 against, or 164 to 1. Mr. Hadaon wsa then one .of tha 176. He was against the league before the covenant was formed, and be against ft now, and it ia safe to assume that he would be against it no matter what the terms of tbe covenant were. It is therefore safe to assume that it is not the covenant, or the present tieague, that he ia against, but that be ia against any kind of a league of nations. Being of that mood, hiring doubtless tbe belief that big armies and big naries are tbe true order and that men should continue through all time to be crucified on No Man's Land whenever kaisers and kings aee fit to run amuck, Mr. Hodson natnrsily concludes that all who dis agree With his Views are absurd and all their riDrToKiona wrong. Cnlike Mr. Hodson. The rarasl cannot find fault with parents of sons killed to Frames and parents of sons crippled in France because they and millions of other are asking for a pact among tbe nations to avert future wars, bloodshed, agony and death. Autoists and Pedestrians Portland, Oct. . 13. To the Editor Of The Journal I have read the letter In The Journal of October 13 sigped by'Mr. GMlesple. ' I agree with him that there 4s a reason for the numerous auto accidents ot ku. Khv drtv.n aulomoWl. on usssf sxzrrz? :?jrj:z without accident' of any kind, and the almost' criminal carelessness of pedes trians In crossing- busy street Intersec tions causes one to wonder that there are not many mora hurt The two inci dents of which he speaks should have been reported. Tha auto license would make that a simple matter, but what of the woman, who dodges out between parRed autos la the center of the block. causing the statrtted autoist to swerve suddenly, perhaps damaging some other car. for which be la obliged to pay? And what of the hurrying man, occupied with ousiness, wim never a tnougnt ior tne frantic autoist who tries in vain to make him hear his signal. -eA. short tims ago I narrowly missed a little girl who had been playing on the sidewalk, but suddenly darted out into the street Good brakes and a dry pave ment helped a quick stop. The mother. busily conversing with a friend, knew nothing about it until I called to her. Proceeding north on Third street and reaching Alder, always a busy corner, I signaled.. The crowd paused to allow me to pass, but to my consternation two women busily conversing walked directly lntd the rear fenders of my car ! So the list, runs on endlessly, with each day bringing forth a new emergency. If only pedestrians would realize that normally, & car does "not come up on the side walk after them, and that nearly U accidents oocur tn tha streets t v- . . Perhaps a system of licensing pedes trians would be a solution. B. M. 8. , Opeo Letter to Hay or Baker Portland, Oct ' l. To Mayor Georae Lv Baker Dear Sir The dty of Port land has the distinguished honor of hav ing at Its head one who ti without blem ish politically or morally during the past 25 years and who Is much. inUrested In handing out a .square deal to alt X trust, for the benefit of those, of COMMENT AND j SMALL CHANGE Senator Johnson says he is tired. Too much Johnson, again. ..... j No, we are NOT going to church, until the mothball season is over. ; -T-t i- .. " .- "Do plumbers take up as much time striking when they strike aa they do working when they work? One-might say that one half the dollar doesn't know what the other half buys, and good reason at that. ,. The housewarming as a form of social luncuomng seems destined to lose its popularity Its feasibility, at all events. "Turn down an empty glass,- Is the final phrase of old Omar's Immortal work. And that's about all that's left to do any more. If everybody were barred -rrnt thnaav who have actually read the peace treaty iiicrv iingm not oe any mora dona, but urerr wuuia oe legs saia. , v Countries that go dry from now on will have the advantage over the pio neers in that line, , in that the recipes au.wwn testea dv mis ume. ! " S - '.' ' Lieutenant Maynard, pastor-pilot win. ner - of the American a.ir darhv. ii probably now hava his choice of pulpits or a vaudeville engagement. We have an. idea' which would pay Jlm better iinanciauy speaking, at least. When It was merelv a. nuttatlnn r,t nut. ting an undesirable tenant out of the house, said tenant had a whole lot to say about it. by law. But the device of ejection by raisins: the rent seems to ba a game with only one. player, the tenant being merely the playee. - IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS i - OF THE JOURNAL MAN i . By Fred Lock ley V (Judge ! William Packwood knew as much about the long ago famous "Lost Soldier" quarts ledge aa anybody on earth, and in this and a succeeding article Mr. Lockley recites the story of it as related to him by Judge Packwood himself. This is one of the West's very bast "lost mine" stories. Some of these days someone, will dis cover the famous "Lost Soldier" quarts lode. Some years ago Judge William Packwood of Baker, one of Oregon's pioneer miners, told me how this tains was discovered, and lost The rich Quartz ledge was found by a party of soldiers ; under Lieutenant Stoneman. They were out trying to locate a feasible roadway between Port Orford and Jack sonville. ! This was In 1852. They be came lost in the Coquille mountains. . "They ran across the quarts ledge late In August, 1852," said Judge Pack wood. "They were short of provisions and anxious to strike Cow creek or Rogue river, so as to find their way out to civilisation. Lieutenant Stoneman told them to mark the place so they could come back and find it later. Ross McKenna, my buddy,' helped mark the place. He and the other soldiers with him girdled four big pine trees In the form of a square. The trees were about 100 yards apart. They cut blazes on the trees and wrote their - names on the freshly cut wood. The enlistment of many of the men In our company ex plred the following year, in 1853. "When I was mustered out of the service, George H. Abbott, one of my fellow soldiers, and myself took a claim on Roland's prairie. This was in the spring of 1854. Mr partner. George Ab bott, with a man named Miller, decided to look about the country a bit and see what it looked like. They went up the Itogue river, past the Big Meadows, toward Grave creek, in the Jump-Off-Joe country. While .-they were gone George met two of the soldiers who had been with us when our boys had found the rich quartz ledge. These two men, Schllsk and Schnedlcker, had a party of about 10 or 12 men with them. The party had started from Jacksonville and for several weeks had been hunting through the mountains from Grave creek to Jump-Off-Joe. Both of these men were careful, reliable men and had us who are unenlightened, that we shall have to ; remain Indoors after midnight or we would find ourselves In the hands of your minions, at Second and Oak streets. - It seems that the Portland Press club Intends holding midnight Jinks and JlggB, too, maybe, perhaps. I trust they an not all criminals, but I hope you will hold your loyal legion in readiness for the above occasion, to cope with any serious situation that may arise. PATRICK E. COLLINS. Color Line With a Vengeance Vancouver, Wash., Oct 16. To the Editor of The Journal At last on sena tor has fallen 'over a fact : yet It Is evi dent ha doesn't know what It is. Lodge senses danger in Japan's' imperialistic alms, and danger there is; but It is diffi cult to imagine how Lodge purposes to lessen this danger by refusing to ratify the peace pact. European statesmen see danger In Japan's aspirations, but they know that this danger can materialize only through union between Japan and China, and that while relations between these nations remain strained the world's peace Is comparatively safe. In an ' attempt to descry future war Senator Lodge looks toward the East The direction is right but he Is short sighted. Our next great Vonfllct (and come It will) will be a color war. In time China and Japan will be one, and the motst powerful and compact nation i" "ST. sea. vszxszzzz tions will lose all control over tfte Asiatic and African races. The East and West will, and shall, meet, and in that day there shall be "wigs on the gTeen and few to lift them." And why should not the Edomite hope to retrieve Esau's long lost but rightful, birthright AMOS. . Advertising's Development From Lathe's The amazing development, during the emergency of war, of the value of ad vertising for. every patriotic purpose made a profound impression on the busi ness man of the United States. As a re sult an extraordinary impetus to adver tising has been felt sine the close of the war. much of this in directions in which the value of publicity had not been appreciated. . In a thoughtful article on "Advertis ing's Opportunity," by Roy Dickinson, In the current issue of Printer's Ink,-we are told : "Today advertising Is m the presence of an even greater opportunity to serve."' ; He believes that publicity in the leading advertising1 mediums of the country will 'aid m working out a fair and equitable understanding between capita! and .labor. Ha says that while all sorts of agencies, from banks to churches; have been told that they alone can step in and save the country p its need; the trouble Is that no attempt la made to tie up with fundamentals, and that the line of action suggested for co operation IS most Indefinite. . ' Lutky Farm Boys J From tbe Bead Bulletin. In our items from Powell Butt this week there appears a bit of news that Is worthy pf more than passing mention. U U to the effect that Povrelt Butte NEWS". IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS; "TVtober In Oresron." truty asserts the Euarene Register, "makes perfection it self! look like a pale pink imitation." Pendleton's -council has condemned ail th wooden sidewalks in town and by ordinance has provided for building new walks. V . . - Sneakinr of matters perfectly, under stood by Us local readers, the Bend Bulletin says: "Cement walks and iron water mains aenoia permanency. -. The cltv council of North Powder has perfused a - resolution amending the charter to vote water bonds. Ths amount of S30.000 Is asked for the) work. "As this Is at present one of the greatest needs of - ths town," predict tha La Grand Observer's correspondent, ' "it will be carried by a big majority.. - Work has started on a temporary , the road crew in Umatilla count v last wooden addition to Friendly hall dining week. county last room at the University, the manage-; ,v . , . . ment having decided that students for ! -..tf PUii J?nlarM h,a11' built from this year cannot be accommodated in u,n,d?L,yAd y rP?p"lrB ubscfPton. an v mother manner The addiUon wUlw,u b dedicated October 23 to the p it ieoM T-HendrtckVK th , d the Weston- Cell 4 9 jWIBlMIO. . Iiciiui ivraa "M j women's building, has also overflowed Into two rented annexes, i This pleasing picture is drawn. In the concluding paragraph of a news article in the. Roseburg Review on ths fruit situation in that violnlty! "Every variety grown in the Umpqu valley, with the exception of the Ben Davis, Is being taken bv the cannery. The Ben Davis, it U stated, has mf annlng. value. Mod em and up-io-datepnachinery has been installed to ftld in fpreserving the fruit in the toost Approved way. and tha rows of shlrifcg tins of steadily growing." reserved apples are been good soldiers, but neither of them was a woodsman or mountaineer, so they failed to find the lost ledge. Most of the soldiers, not being - miners, did not attempt to find It. e "George and I several times thought Of going ou to locate It, but we were doing pretty well on Rowland's prairie, and kept putting it off. In 1861 I was ninnlna a Rforlc ranch on Rnchanted prairie. That Spring someone told me of some prospectors who had found the soldiers' caniD. but they ha-1 n"' flls covered the quartz ledge. Clint Collins and I decided to local it. We Ment about 60 miles and found, not far from Cow creek, the old camp. Going back to Enchanted prairie, on the middle fork of the Coquille river, we packed up a week's supply of grub, and re turned. We struck the old camp, found the girdled trees, one of which had been blown down, and also found the blazes where the names had been written, but they were covered with pitch and had grown over, so ws couldn't read them. We found several mule shoes and some brass buckles. We camped there and -hunted inside the square formed by the four trees, thoroughly, but failed to find the ledge. We became "disgusted and went back to Enchanted prairie. "The next August I happened to be looking down the trail one day when I saw a man who looked very familiar, coming up the trail, it proved to be Msnley Martin. We had not met since 1854. As he came up he said. 'Well, BUI, I hear you have located our sol diers' camp.' I said, 'Yes. I found the girdled trees and plenty of other evi dence that you had camped there, but I couldn't find any xjuartz.' He laughed, and said, 'No wonder you couldn't. Take me to the camp and I will show you where the quarts Is.' 1 agreed to do so, and began packing up things for the trip. While I was packing our provi sions Brown, a neighbor of mine, who lived up Sandy creek several miles, hap pened to pass. He knew I-had been out with Collins in the spring and had found the camp. He was very anxious to go with us. I let him come, and thus lost my chance of being In on the location of the gold bearing ledge." father has bought a small flock of sheep for his boys and that, though hardly In their "teens, they ars learning proper business methods. How different from the sort of thing that, according to farm experts, has done so much to send boys from the farms into the city. In too many In stances the boy has been given a calf or a colt which he has brought up and cared for as his own, only to find, when the animal began to have a com mercial value, that his father claimed It That so it Is said. Is one of the biggest reasons why farm boys do not like to stay on the farm, but escape to the city just as soon as they can do so. These Powell Butte boys' have a father who knows how to keep his sons at home and, at the same time, to give them training in agricultural methods that will mean success In after years. It's a wise father and a lot of lucky boys. Berry Peculiar to tne West From the Banks Herald It is said positively that the loganberry is peculiar to the West add more par ticularly , to the Willamette valley, where the best production vindicates the assertion. , Be that Is it may. there is a constant urging of owners of land by buyers, canners and growers them selves for increase tn acreage. There Is i notable increase here of the Increase) In the value of land planted to berries. A logger, bought 12 acres last year and this spring set seven acres out to logan berries. This fall he was offered twice the price that he had paid for the 12 acres by a loganberry grower. He re fused the offer. Curious Bits of Information For the Curious ' Gleaned From Curious Places Lace making was Introduced to Indian squaws in 1890 by Sybil Carter, a dea coness of the Episcopal church. accord Ills' to the New York Tribune. Today the Sybil Carter .Indian Lace association has a store In New York which sells $12,000 worth of Indian work annually. Bishop Whipple of Minnesota asked Deaconess Carter to befriend the squaws of his neighborhood, and she taught lace making first to those around Duluth. They took It up quickly and today lace schools are maintained on 10 reserva tions,' Exquisite examples of cutwork. needlepoint and bobbin lace have received gold medals at five expositions, and squaws, without, neglecting their house work, are able to earn $75 to $100 a year by this work. They are not only getting money, but those doing the work are be coming brighter and cleaner and take more of a joy in living than those con tent to remain Idle.' ...... ' Olden Oregon Oregon Began to Go Dry as Early aa the Year 1852. . - The passage of a prohibition law in Maine in 1851 was reflected in Oregon within a few -months. In -May, 1862, a temperance convention was held In Sa lem, attended by delegates from several counties. The convention declared for a Maine law for Oregon, and a committee was appointed to confer with legislative candidates to set their attitude on the QuesUoa, - The Oregon Country Northwest .Happenings' in Brief rotra tot the . . 'nusy Header. OREGON NOTES Harold Howell, a 14-year-old 'boy, has been Indicted for murder In connection with the killing of Lillian Deuthold of Bandon last spring. v i One thousand pounds of mint oil was., consigned Saturday by different growers around Eugene to Portland, and most of them are expecting $10 a pound. Grading contracts have been awarded1 for a four-mile extenuion of the Oregon, California Eastern railway from Its terminus at Dairy to Hlluebrand. T. G. Armitage, an employe of the Mountain States Power company at Its big plant at Dallas, was Instantly killed by coming in contact with a high-power wire. I. W. W. literature found In the vi cinity of Pendleton is believed to explain' the strike whhh InM off nn ... community. Sixteen cases will be rnady for the supreme court when It meeta In Pendle ton October 27 for the semi-atinual - Ion there. Two of these only are from Umatilla county. Oregon City school bonds to -the amount of $35,000, authorised by the voters several weeks go, were pur chased by Devereaux k Cn of Portland, bringing a premium of $178.63. After being given up as lost, a victim of the Lusltanla. LeRoy o. Stelnke. a ressldent of Catlow Valley, has returned to his home in Harney county after serv ing two years in the heavy artillery In France and Germany. Reports received by tha fire marshal indicate that the fire prevention cam paign which 1 now in progress in East ern Oregon has thus far proved a great success, snd plans are under way' to ex tend the drive to other parts of the state. WASHINGTON f Two hundred carloads of apples dally are being loaded and dispatched to easteru markets from Wenatchee. The strike 'of timber workers In the mills and woods of the Inland Kmpire has reduced production about 50 per cent E. A. Hartwell was fatally Injured Saturday while working as a faller at' the Morse shingle mill, four miles eaat of Kelso. Boot and shoe repair workers of Spokane went on strike -Saturday. They ajk for $86 a week pay and recognition of the union. Compensation paid out to injured workmen of Washington In the year ending September 30 totaled $596,11-7. Claims awarded numbered 11,803. Thomas Duffy has ordered the equip ment with which to start a match fac tory at Winlock. The plant will be In operation within the next (0 days. Work has been started on two new apartment houses at Wenatchee, and already applications have been made by enough tenants to fill them twice Over; .With one exception,' all - the women members of the Yakima Jury panel for court cofnmenuing mis week nave exer cised their privilege and declirtod to serve. At a meeting of teachers held at Centralia last week a teachers' league was organized, the object being to ralnn standards and salaries in the teaching profession. Chehalis school directors, by a vote of 108 to 39, have authorized the di rectors to issuo serial bonds totaling $32,000 with which to redeem outstand ing warrants. The United States shipping board steamer Delight, with five carloads or rifles In its cargo, left Seattle Saturday for Vladivostok. W. C. Garfield, city editor of the Walla Walla Bulletin, has been named as secretary to Congressman J. W. ,t Bummers, to succeed C. IU. JSverlll of Cle Elum, who will return to newspaper work. The Gilbert Hunt manufacturing plant at Walla Walla, which has long been idle, has been sold to the H. H Harris Manufacturing company of Stocktou, Cat., who will immediately reopen the plant with a large crew for the manu facture of threshers nd farm ma chinery. IDAHO The Twin Falls Commercial club, so long disbanded, has . been reorgatiir.cd under the name of the Twin Falls Cham ber of Commerce. After a conference with governors of other states. Governor Davm has called an irrigation congress of delegates from 12 western states to meet at Halt Lake November 21 and 22 The .north and south highway, the only motor outlet to North Idaho and the Inland lOmplre. will be closed to traffic November 16 until far into next year. Howard J. Brare of Boise, chief clerk in the state highway department has been appointed stale innurance com missioner, to succeed W. It, Hyatt re signed. The Lewis-Clark post of the American Legion has agreed to lend every effort to keep away from LewiKton radical speakers and agitators with tendencies toward Bolshevism. Officers are on thv hunt for the per son reeponslble for the death of Daniel O'Connell, an aged sheep herder, who was found brutally murdered in hut tent near Kuna ou October 14. O. P. Hendershot, secretary of the State Fair association, has been In dicted for manttlaagrtter for the alleged ' killing of Michael Morrlx, who died a few days ago -from 'the effects of belnjff struck by Henderahot during an alter cation, on the fair grounds. GENKIIAL Petro Pierre, a member of the I. W. W.. haM been foued guilty at Leaven worth Kan., on a charge of threatening the life of th president. The demobilization of the French army, it is announced, la virtually com pleted. 101.000 -officer and 4,32,000 men having been mustered out The personnel of the British navy will be reduced to 60,000 men when the Unit ed States ratifies the peace treaty. The pre-war strength was 114,236 officers and men. The policy of his predeceMor In striv ing for peace In cooperation with Uie president of the republic will be fol lowed by Chin Yung Peng, the new Chi nese premier. The transport Logan ha arrived at San Francisco from Vladivostok- tarry ing 1271 members of the Twenty-seventh and Thirty-first Infantry regiments, re turning home after 15 months service In Siberia. Uncle Jeff Snow Says : This Idee of Jumpln' alt over a farmer fer hoardln' grain Is all right mebby; but what about the feller hoardln' land and lettln' noboddy raise grain onto It millions " and millions at acres of UT Old Hayseed worked and sweat to raise that grain, but God Almighty hutself made the land. 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