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AS WAS TO BE EXPECTED
LKASUHr. but not surprise reacth
U from the announcement by the
I newly formed cooperative mar
keting association of Inland Km
pirc wheal growers that Portland will
be its distribution headquarters. Na
ture created the Treat, nearly level,
gorge of Ire Columbia as the pre
ferred gateway for the trade move--ment
of the interior. The grain grow
ers, who are close to nature if any
are, have been quick to recognize the
expediency of utilizing the natural
gateway as an Important contributor
the success of their own enter
prise. The chief examiner of the interstate
commerce commission confirmed the
wisdom of the cooperating produc
ers' deelslou before they made it. His
recent recommendation designates an
important area south of the Snake
river as one entitled to lower rates
tO;or from Po-tland-Vancouver than
over the mountain barrier to Puget
Sound.
A commerce commission decision
which recognizes the advantages of
the water grade will give the 0-V. R.
A N. and S.. P. A S. railroads the
opportunity to which their strategic
location entitles them to handle the
freight movement of the Inland Em
pire. The development of water transpor
tation will transform the Columbia
itself into a magnificent trade artery
'and the growers look forward to the
day when millions of bushels of wheat
will be carried by barge and steam
boat' to the milling and transshipping
ports of the Columbia. ,
The grain growers' are already esti
mating the vast, sums which they be
lieve, they should be able to save to
themselves by retaining the control
oyer the processes of marketing
which brokers and speculators now
exercise. - Their savings will be added
to even more certainly by full use of
.the water grade transportation route
which nature provided.
There is help and hope for the
elk of Yellowstone National park.
Having learned that cold and snow
are driving- the splendid beasts out
of the park and out of the moun
tains down among the pot shooting I
guns of predacious roughnecks, and
having been convinced that the elk
must be fed. the National Geographic
society has Issued a bulletin on the
subject.
Jl'ST A MINUTE
T
illE judge rises from htsbench.
He confronts with an interrupt
ing hand the fact-concealing ver
balisms of opposing counsel. "I
will be back in a minute: we will call
a recess for five minutes," he wearily
announces. The machinery halts. The
crowd waits. The expectant witnesses
fume.- Half an hour later witr. due
dignity he reappears and the further
tangling of the tangled threads of
legal justice begins again.
The business man is reminded that
his appointment is overdue. "I'll be
there in a minute," he promises. The
business of the hour pauses pending
his coming. Fifteen minutes 'ater he
hurries and spends an additional
five minutes apologizing for his tardi
ness and In introducing the irrelevan
cles that always take precedence over
business.
Daughter hears the call for dinner.
Til be there in a minute." she, pre
dicts. While food grows cold she pats
a marcel wave into its involuntary
position, dabs again with a powder
penetrated chamois at that bewitch
ing bit of a nose, and descends upon
" a scene whence smiles have fled.
" All of which is merely by way of
ftreface to the assertion that our best
Ittle vehicle of the white lie is that
old, . old phrase, "Just a minute."
Chronometry's definition allows the
i minute precisely 60 seconds, but "just
a minute" ignores the hands of the
clock. It Is the most exhausted of
all' lhf? excuses for dilatory tardiness.
It is the most artfully striped ramou-
flage .for unprofitahTy consuming, the
. time, of others. While "just a min
ute" remains a valid justification for
trie unsystematic and slothful, punc-
LUCKLESS AND HAPLESS
-NOTHER Wrong has been added to
A
fallen the Armenian people,
France has seized Cillcla. It
Britain. The rich prize, which properly belonged to Armenia, Is in ad
dition to the French seizure of Syria.
The region Is the richest in the near East It is a garden spot in its fer
tility, and was relied upon by the Armenians as the agricultural support of
the new Armenian republic fts seizure by. the French closes the gates of
the Mediterranean to Armenian commerce except through I rench territory.
There Is left to the Armenians by the seizure a region largely mountainous,
underlaid to some extent with minerals, and though rich in oil deposits, but
illy supplied with agricultural areas.
The seizure is a return by France to the old policy of imperialism. It
could not be resisted successfully by England because that nation has in the
same -egion taken possession of areas analogous to the conquest of Oilicla
and adjoining districts by France. The principle Is tn direct violation of the
fundamentals upon which the League of Nations is built, and undoubtedly
comes about through the absence of America from the late deliberations
and decisions at Versailles.
The lot of the Armenians is one of the crimes of civilization. The fears
and jealousies of England. Germany, Austria and Russia, kept the unspeakable
Turk in possession of Constantinople and in rulership over Armenia. The
Crimean war was a sacrifice of precious
power of the rotten Turkish empire to
people.
When the late war broke upon the
munition and provision the Turkish
racy and civilization. Post war Information reveals that for months before
the great conflict began, the Krupp works were busied In turning out arms
and ammunition for Turkey. German officers and even German missionaries
looked on when the butcheries of more than a million Armenian men, women
and children were in progress.
The massacres" were a deliberate
with which Germany knew she had to reckon in her ambition of extending her
empire from Berlin to Bagdad, an ambition In which she was to have the
fullest cooperation of the bloody handed
The Armenian massacres at intervals
In comparison with the unspeakable atrocities under the Turco-Oerman
regime. One barbarian monarch of antiquity piled up a hundred thousand
human heads before a city that his armies had conquered in their sweep
westward toward Continental Europe.
ing the late war strewed the earth with mutilated human remains, brought
to an agonizing death through starvation and the most devilish devices that
barbaric ingenuity could contrive.
To the late war, in spite of their hundreds of thousands of dead and their
countless agonies, the Armenians looked for deliverance. Such ,of their men
as could escape the Turkish soldiery, flocked to the standards of the allies.
Their men and women, who had taken refuge on a high mountain, put to
rout a Turkish army that sought to butcher them, by rolling boulders down
the mountain side and by fighting with stones and clubs, for under the
Turkish regime they had long been deprived of firearms.
A quarter of a million Armenians from various parts of the earth hurried
into the war on the side of the allies in the belief that their people in Armenia
were to be delivered. Armenian battalions were the single force that held
the Turkish armies at bay and prevented entrance of millions of Tartars and
other barbarians into the war on the
British and French under Allenby marched triumphant through the near
East. Armenian troops, because of the great part they had played in the
campaign, were given the place of honor by Allenby in the triumphal entrance
into the captured city of Damascus.
They helped win the war. With their sacrifices, their struggles, their
devotion and their heroism, they helped bring Turkey prostrate at the feet
of the allies. They suffered higher proportionate casualties than any other
people in the war, even exceeding the terrible death toll of Scotland. Though
other peoples like the Poles and Czech o-Slovaks have been raised up into in
dependent nations, the Armenians do not even have the favor of recognition
of their newly formed republic, and consequently are without the power to
borrow money. They have had taken away the richest territory that a just
recognition entitled them to, and are thereby narrowed into territorial limits
that hamper their possibilities and limit their resources. The high hopes
of deliverance that their heroic dead perished for and that their devoted and
patriotic survivors struggled for, are dashed to earth by the injustice of
European statesmen and chancelleries. A Christian people of the highest con
science, a gentle people of the noblest purposes, a civilized people of the
best intelligence and most exalted aims, persecuted, hounded and butchered
for conscience sake, tens of thousands of their children living, if living at
all, on a daily ration of rice that a chicken would eat at a single meal, their
homes laid low, their farm Implements destroyed or confiscated, their fields
laid waste, and still beset by marauding Turks and Kurds, the luckless and
hapless Armenians are today the tragedy of the world and a terrible indict
ment of human civilization.
It was a sorry day for the Armenians when Lodge and Poindexter and their
tribe forced Woodrow Wilson's Influence and the moral force of America out
of the councils at Versailles.
With America out of the league, conquest and seizure of territory has al
ready begun, Armenia is robbed, imjrialism is renewed In Europe and the
League of Nations is started on the road to decay.
tuality will continue to be one of the
least 'practiced arts.
In the passing of William H.
Webb, the community has lost, not
alone an ' honored citizen, but a
friend for friend "Bill" Webb was,
not only to a favored few, but to an
ever-widening circle which included
all classes. To a man capable of
such friendship as his, there could
be no distinctions to dim the ideals
of lesser friendships. It is a high trib
ute to William Webb to say that he
was true to the highest ideals of
friendship. Many friends extend to
the wife and little daughter of this
true gentleman of an older school
their deep sympathy.
THE; SAME OLD QUESTION
G
OVERNOR OLCOTT has been just
as busy for the "past few days
vetoing the long list of salary
bills inherited from the legisla
ture as the legislature was industrious
in passing them. By and large
the accomplishment of the governor
probably is more -to be commended
than that of the assembly.
It is undoubtedly true that the sal
aries of various county and state of
ficials are too low In proportion to
present living costs. In justice there
should Le ax readjustment, but it is
a question whether this is the time
to fix the salary standards of the
estate, unless, indeed, the whole field
be surveyed and a general and equit
able scale established.
Count j salaries, and those of the
state government, too, have for years
been the creatures of politics and
legislative trading. The official with
the most, friends, at least the most
influential in the legislature, has
been he who has fared the best in
compensation. What his duties may
have been, his responsibilities or his
ability, has not determined the size
of his paycheck so much as the
persuasiveness of himself or his
county delegation with the majority
of the house and senate.
Governor Olcott, as one reason for
his wholesale onslaught upon the
salary measures, pointed to the Joint
committee provided by the special j
session to make an investigation into j
the puzzling problem of public salar-
iraiir rrjjun to me iiex
regular session of the legislature.
As a role these joint investigating
committees start nowhere and get no
where. Generally they show more
the long list of tragedies that have be
, ?
was done with the consent of Great
human lives that only added to the
butcher and massacre the Armenian
world, Germany hastened to officer,
armies for the struggle against democ
plan for wiping out a fighting force
Turks and the atrocious Kurds.
prior to the late war were trivialities
But the butcheries of Armenians dur
side of Germany and Turkey until the i
than normal fidelity if they reach
the stage Where tney can make any
report, let alone an educative one.
But the joint committee which has
been charged with the duty of in
vestigating and recommending a so
lution of the perennial salary puzzle.
has a man sized job ahead of it should
it really start out to do what it has
been appointed to do.
An attempt was made at the regular
session of 1913 to put the county
salaries on a sound and proportion
ately equitable basis through a bill i
submitted to the assembly in accord
ance with the recommendations of
Governor West. Had that bill become
the law it would have equalized the
salaries of the various county officials
throughout the state, and have pro
vided for their increase automatically
as the business and .responsibilities
of the various offices grew with ex
panding population, business and in
dustrial development.
That bill was defeated, not because
it was a bad bill but rather because
the politicians could not agree among
themselves upon what would be the
proper basis. Most of them demanded
more for their particular officials
than .they were entitled to receive
proportionately, fell into utter confu
sion over the problem, and killed the
bill.
Should the present committee be so
wise and so fortunate as to produce a
plan of standardization upon which
the next legislature may agree it will
do yeoman service for the state. It
is to be hoped that it will be that
wise and that fortunate. If it is not.
the next legislature will have the same
old question to wrestle with, and the
next, and on and on, for taxes we
have always with us, and salaries are
an incident thereto.
Oregon's Chinook wind is always
a friendly agent. On Saturday morn
ing when it discovered Jack Frost
stealthily attempting to fasten a mis
chievous and destructive "silver
thaw on the electric wires and trees
of Portland, it blew up and simply
melted him.
THE NEW ARMY
T
HE old-fashioned .regular soldier
who stood at salute or exercised
in drill formations is said to be
having a losing struggle with the
new order at such American can
tonments as Camp Lewis.
Men of the post-war army are stim
ulated in self initiative. They are
taught that a head. has other uses
than - as a peg for a campaign hat
They are encouraged to take up voca
tional studies. The illiterate is taught
to read and write. Classes In such
widely diverse branches as arithmetic
and French are offered to the recruit
The loafer Is given distinctly to
understand that he no longer is
wanted in Uncle Sam's military estab
lishment Once the idea was' that the
man as ignorant about current affairs
and public interest as the individual
acceptable for jury duty constituted
just the chap predestined by the stars
for regular , army service.
Moreover, the intention is that the
army shall bear a changed, a more
intimate, relation to the people. In
witness, the following erteerpt from
a telegraphed message of instruction
from the war department to Colonel
G. W. S. Stevens in command of Ore
gon' recruiting:
Our plans are being perfected, de
signed to insure immediate recognition
that the regular army Is not only In
theory but in fact a part of the nation
and not a thing apart. The campaign
mapped out will be nation wide in scope
and of a nature to insure the indorse
ment and participation of all classes of
citizens and representative bodies. This
plan in general is based ion the belief
that in order that the army may be
brought into closer1 and more intimate
relation with the nation each representa
tive unit of the army must be-brought
similarly 'into more intimate and closer
relation to some part of the nation. The
plan to succeed will require the united
and harmonious efforts of every officer
and man in the service. In order that
this cooperation and teamwork may be
effectively exerted each commanding of
ficer is requested - to make himself and
to cause each officer in his command
to make a careful study of personnel.
This study should be made primarily
with a view to select, first, officers
especially qualified to address repre
sentative civilian bodies and to consult
with the committees selected by those
bodies and to convince them of the
army's earnestness and honesty of pur
pose ; second, officers- who. due to nat
ural ability or training, have such know
ledge of salesmanship which will enable
them to conduct successfully the work
of actual recruiting:, and, third, officers
qualified by experience or training to
determine the character of publicity best
adapted to the immediate contiguous dis
trict. Thus is appears that the army after
its experience in the world war finds
that it can make good use of inter
preters, salesmen and publicity ex
perts. Even more startling is the immedi
ate intention to hold among public
school children in 56 districts, essay
writing contests on "What Are the
Benefits of Enlistment in the U. S.
Army." Through an offer by the
soldiers' newspaper, "Come Back," the
official organ of the Walter Reed
hospital, the contest prizes are actu
ally to be given by maimed and in
jured soldiers now at the hospital;
More than laying commendable
stress upon the value of intelligence
in routine military organization, the
army is actually becoming human.
It is not particularly gratifying to
learn of J. D. Mickle's purpose to
retire from the state dairy and food
commissionership. Mr. Mickle has
given to the administration of the
office honesty, courage and direct
purpose to serve public Interest. He
has been a constructive factor in
matters pertaining to dairying and
food manufacture. It is little enough
to say that Mr. Mickle has proved
himself the best dairy and food of
ficial Oregon has ever had.
ROTTEN POLITICS
P
OLITIC1ANS with rotten records
tried at the "special session to
strengthen their chances of get
ting back into the legislature.
Their past stands against them. The
legislature is to them a place of spoils
and jobs and manipulation and jugglery.-
They are the men who frame
up such notorious deals as the "mid
night resolution" of which the United
States supreme court said, in effect,
that it was an attempt to cheat the
people of Oregon out of the O. & C.
grant lands and to deliver the lands
over to the railroad.
Their past legislative infamy handi
caps these politicians for future elec
tion. To help themselves for the
future, they propose a "straight-vote"
attachment to Gie ballot. By a
stealthy change which tended to ham
string the Australian ballot, they at
tempted to partially restore the old
form of voting of, 80 years ago. when
the present pure form of balloting
was adopted.
Thus they proposed by setting the
state back 30 years, to help them
selves get back into the legislature.
They expected by the device to hood
wink voters into supporting them, in
spite of rotten record" and legislative
debauchery.
Some member in the discussion at
Salerii lamented the fact that but
one "Republican governor has ever
been re-elected to a second term, and
that, though the state is strongly Re
publican, Democrats are frequently
chosen to office. Just such didos as
the "midnight resolution" the notori
ous "Bean bill" and the "straight
vote" skulduggery explain why. Gang
politicians, mostly from Multnomah
county, get into the legislature, get
control of the organization, frame up
all kinds of deals and jobs, and, by
trading in measures, force the better
members to support bills that ought
never to be passed.
This sort of thing is objectionable
to the rank and file of Republicans
as well as all other voters. It de
stroys confidence in Republican lead
ership. It undermines faith in the
legislature. It splits the Republican
party into factions.
The masses of all parties are honest
and despise legislative skulduggery.
They have always wanted clean gov
ernment, and after what they have
passed through of late they want gov
ernment to be purer and cleaner than
ever. And they are entitled to have
it so, for they do the most in paying
for and - maintaining it. I, ; . r
Thrift week hu come and gone.
Itwaa conducted as an" enfilading
attack upon extravag an c e. It
taught valuable lessons to those ca
pable of learning. Benjamin Frank
lin said, "A shilling spent idly by
a fool may be picked up by a wise
person who knows better what to
do with It; it is, therefore, not lost."
From Thrift week five talis manic
words of fortune should be taken
These are: work, produce, save.
spend wisely.
When a Man Goes After the
Thing He Wants
Hell Get It if He Wants It Hard
Enough, Says Chris Scheubel.
Someone has said, "Sow a thought
and reap a word ; sow a word and reap
an action ; sow an action and reap a
habit; sow a habit and reap a char
acter." Macaulay was once asked the secret
of his success. He responded. "I have
made myself what I am by intense
labor." Isaac Newton said. "If I have
done the public any service it is due to
Industry and patient thought"
All of which Is by way of introduc
tion to what Chris Scheubel of Oregon
City told me a day or so ago. He said :
"The measure of how much you want
a thing Is how hard you are willing to
work for it If all you've got is a wish
bone you won't get It. but if you have a
backbone, and If you are in deadly
earnest in wanting it you'll get it."
When Chris Scheubel of Oregon City
married Agnes Beattle on June 22. 1892,
he had a job that paid him $1.50 a
day and his education in. the public
school had progressed as far as Os
good's Third Reader. When a man is 26
years old and has the cares of a family
on his hands he doesn't very often de
cide to go on with his education. But
Chris Scheubel was hungry. He was
hunger for the things that education
gives. His was a soul hunger.
"For two years after we were mar
ried we saved every cent we could to
pay for our home," said Mr. Scheubel.
"The first $50 I saved after our home
was paid for I sent to a correspondence
school to take a course in law. During
1894, 1895 and 1896 I" worked 10 hours
a day to earn a living for my family,
but each morning during all that time,
when my alarm clock sounded at 4 a.
m. I would roll out and for two hours
I would read Blackstone and study law.
Each evening from 7 :30 to 9 :30 I would
study. No, it wasn't easy. I would
often be so tired that I would stick a
pin in my leg till it hurt so it woke me
up. I would often have to dip my head
in a tub of cold water to keep awake.
"But I determined, no matter how
much the cost, to get out of the
$1.50 a day class and Into the class
where I could be of greater service to
my fellows. I had seen so much in
justice while working as a lumberjack,
on a section gang, at longshore work
and in other forms of common labor,
that I wanted a chance to right some
of the wrongs I had seen my inarticu
late fellow workers suffer.
"In 1896 I was nominated by the
Populists for justice of the peace for
Oregon City, simply to fill out their
ticket. J. P. Taylor was the Demo
cratic candidate, and Keller, who had
lost one arm in the mill, was put up
by the Republicans. N. R. Lang, my
boss, come to me and said, 'I hear you
are running for justice of the peace.
Keller is my candidate for that office.
I want you to cut out politics. You
know where you are getting your bread
and butter.' I went to Jack Moffatt,
my foreman, and asked. Is my work
satisfactory?' He said, 'If it wasn't
you wouldn't be here.' I said, Tou buy
my service, not my political, opinions,
don't you? If I run for justice of the
peace on the Populist ticket will I be
fired V He said, 'If the "old man" tells
me to let you go I can't hold you. He
is backing Keller.' I said. 'All right.
He can't fire me.
I'll fire myself. I'm
through.'
"I spent the next two days asking
every voter I could visit to vote for
me. I got more votes than both the I "While I was at college I took an ac
other candidates put together. I wanted i tive part in Y" work," said Mr. War
the place. I went after it. I got it. ner. "I was elected president of the
"That fall I attended the law school college T and represented my college
in Portland, at nighu A year later I
was admitted to the bar.
"I decided the way to help my fellow
workers was to go to the legislature, so
I have served three terms. I had the
pleasure of seeing my bill fixing the
hours of labor in mills and manufactur
ing plants become a law. I also saw
my bill creating the state board of con
ciliation and arbitration become a law.
as well as the general fund bill, the
water power tax bill, the present in
heritance tax law, and others of similar
nature."
Letters From the People
J Communications sent to The Journal for
publication in this department should be written
on only one aide of the iwper, should not exceed
BOO words in lenaUi. and mast be aigned by. the
writer, whom mail address in full mutt accom
pany the contribution.
The Subconscious Mind Considered
Portland. Jan. 22. To the Kdltnr nf
The Journal In The Journal's report of
iJT. jiowara Johnston s Sunday evening
lecture on "The Quest for Immortality,"
the speaker is credited with the state
ment that "psychic research to date has
produced no foundation of concrete facts
upon which thinking people can base a
belief in the supernatural."
Why the idea of a belief in the ku
pernatuial? If intelligent communica
tion with discarnate spirits Is a dem
onstrable possibility, it is no longer su
pernatural, but a wholly natural pro
cess. Many able and painstaking in
vestigators are thoroughly convinced of
the possibility of such communication,
while others. Just as able, perhaps, but
with a more materialistic cast of mind,
are disposed to attribute the wide rangy,
of admitted phenomena to the operations
of the subconscious mind. But is tha
existence of the subconscious mind any
less of an assumption than the fact of
spirit communication? Who has scien
tifically demonstrated Its existence? And
does not proof of Its existence rest upon
vivui ui iia riisiente rest upon
the same das. of eviderce as does the
proof of spirit Communication? To SC-
count for all known spiritual phenom
ena, o called, the subconscious mind
must have the power of instantaneous
communication, in defiance of time,
space &nd physical environment, and if
it can be shown to possess such at
tributes we may logically postulate it as
the immortal spark of human conscious
ness, unimpaired' by the shock of physi
cal dissolution. And, after all, may not
the subconscious mind of the material
scientist, and the conscious spirit of the
spiritualist, prove to be one and the
ame. J. d. GARRET SON.
Vote on Straight Ticket Bill
Hood River, Jan. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal Some of the Republican
voters here are wondering if the bill
recently passed by the legislature re
stricting voters to, their strict party
ticket is a Republican measure. They
do not relish the idea of going back
to a gag law like that and would lika to
know the names of the members voting
AULD LANG SYNEl
By Robert
SHOULD auld acquaintance be forgot.
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot.
And auld lang Syne!
For auld ling syne, my dear.
For auld Ian g syne,
We'll tak a cup o kindness yet '
For auld ling synel
And surely ye'H be your plnt-stowp.
And surely I'll be mine.
And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang synel
'W twa hie run about the bries.
And pou'd the Rowans fine,
But we've wander'd monie a weary fit
Sin' auid lang syne.
Wc twa hae paidPd In the burn
Frae morning sun till dine.
But seis between us bnid hie roir'd
Sin' auld lang syne. .
And there's i hand, my trusty fiere.
And cie's a hand o' thine.
And we'll tak a right guid-willie waaght
For auld lang synel
For auld lane syne, my dear.
For auld Una syne,
We'll tak a cup or kindness yet
For auld lang synel
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Assistant District Forester C. J. Buck
is leaving Monday for San Francisco to
attend a meeting of California forest
supervisors. Buck will compare meth
ods of California supervision of national
forests with those in use in the North
west David C. Whitney, who Is a "big"
lumberman in more ways than one. ar
rived at the Portland hotel Saturday
with Mrs. Whitney and her maid, from
his home at Detroit, Mich. On Sunday
or Monday the Whitneys will leave for
Garibaldi, where the Whitney interests,
with local associations, have just ac
quired title to the sawmill property on
the bay shore. Thus does Whitney com
bine business and pleasure.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coopey. who, if
you ask them, will tell you frankly that
Coopey Falls is destined to be the fin
est and most beautiful spot on the Co
lumbia river highway, are at the New
Perkins for a brief stay. Coopey was
formerly in business in Portland.
Harry Gard of Madras, who comes to
Portland with astounding regularity, is
at the Multnomah.
R. G. Balderee, generalissimo of some
.thing or other for the Willamette Val
ley Lumber company, and resident of
Dallas, is at the Seward. Balderee de
clares he can't get enough variety In his
entertainment at John Uglow's picture
show, so when he doesn't have to come
to Portland on business he just comes
anyway and visits the show shops.
W. G. Ballock. reputed to be a "whiz"
with a trap gun and one of the leading
lights of the Albany Gun club, is at the
Seward from his home town. Ballock
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
To far awaj India and back again Mr.
liookley takes Journal readers today, in company
with a Portland boy who tia dona good temce
there in "Y" work and intenda 'to go back
again and render further aerrice.
It is a far cry from Lincoln high
school here at Portland to Rowal Plndi,
Northern India, yet that is the trip a
Portland boy recently made. George
C. Warner was born In Portland. March
25, 1895, spent his boyhood in Portland
VS-Wr" ZrZ-
terian college at Monmouth. 111., where
he spent three years studying for the
ministry.
at the 'Y' conference at Lak Geneva.
Wis. There I heard 'Ned' Carter, who
later had charge of the American war
work of the "Y" in Europe, directing the
activities of over 12,000 'Y' secretaries
in France. Russia, Great Britain, Ger
many and elsewhere in the war rone.
Mr. Carter told me of the opportunities
for service in India and suggested that
I accomnany him on his return to India,
as his private secretary. Believe me.
being secretary for E. C. Carter is no
sinecure. He had accumulated a rge
amount of unanswered correspondence,
so we spent most of our time on the
boat cleaning this up. He had an insa
tiable appetite for work. He, always
carried his pockets full of mail and
would dictate letters to me on the train,
on streetcars and wherever there was
a chance. Many a time after holding
meetings of an evening we would go to
our hotel and he would dictate to me
till 2 o'clock in the morning.
"When Mr. Carter was called from
India to Paris to take over the Amer-
; ican war work activlties ther 1
came private secretary of K. T. Paul,
who succeeded him in charge of the
work for India. Burma and Ceylon. I
accompanied Mr. Paul on his journey
ings to and from and throughout India,
so that I saw a large part of that an
cient and historic land.
"We were so short of Y secretaries
for surh an ou'-e-f-date measure. Pos
sibly The Journal can give them.
A. W. ONTHANK.
The ot on the bill ia shown in full in the
following lists:
Senate:" Ajm Banks. Bell. Eberhard. rar
rU Howell, Huston. Hurley, Lchmund. Moaer.
Orton, Patterson, Ritner. Shanks, Smith of
Josephin:. Wood. Vinton 1.
Nays Baldwin. Eddy. Oill. Handley. Jo.
L rc41ett, Nickelaen. Norblad, Pierce Smith
of Coos and Curry. Strayer. Thomas 12.
Absent Porter.
House: Ayes Ballagh. Bean. Bolton. Brand.
t i Rnrrfu-k f:hilds. Crawiora. uroas. iiro
man. INmnia, ioaa. rimer,
Gallagher. Gordon.
i man. ", - " tjft
, n7hh H ofT.f.nd
i kubli. Lewis, Lofgren. Looney, Martin.
McFarland, Merryman. Roman. Snaiaoe.
Thi.mi. Westerlund. Wheeler, Wright,
Mr. Speaker 40.
Nay, Bnrnagb. Hunter. Richard; Repub
lican). Smith of Baker. Thompaon. Thrift; .
Absent Coffey. Edwards, Elmore. Graham
of Washington. Grigga, Hare, Lfferty, Moore.
Richardson, Scheubel. SmiUi of Uultnomgb,
Vfeeka. Woodson 18.
Of the senators Toting no. three are Drae
erata Baldwin. Pierce and Strayer. Tha others
are Republicans. All house members Totinl
nay are Democrats exeept Blchajda.
Incentive?
Athena. Jan. To the Editor of The
Journal What is incentive? One hears
the word so much in the discussion of
social subjecta
During the war we were paying our
railroad managers princely salaries. The
reason given by those that upheld it
mas that some men are cheap at any
price; that we most not do away with
"the principle of incentive." At the
same time, our boys over in France
were given tha "incentive" ox. $3 a
Burns
Is in the hardware and Sporting goods
business when he isn't trap shooting or
dabbling in military affairs.
Captain and Mrs. E. 1 Babbldge of
McMinnville are In Portland for the
week-end, enjoying the threatened storm
under the shelter of the Multnomah.
M. A. Rtckard. Corvallls garage man
and sportsman extraordinary, is at the
Oregon, where he has utterly failed to
give the staff an excuse for his presence.
Mrs. H. B. Officer of San Francisco
wrote her name very legibly on the Ben
son hotel register, where she Is a guest
for the time being.
Mrs. B. F. Swope, probably In Port
land to mix shopping with attendance at
the Saturday luncheon of the State Fed
eration of Women's Clubs, is registered
at the Seward. Mrs. Swope's partner in
life Is an attorney at Independence and
as city attorney there has had occasion
more than once to glimpse the fleeing
figure of Word Butler and his redoubt
able flivver. Word Butler and his auto
mobile used to be the chief excitement
of Independence except during the bop
picking season.
State school administration may take
a comfortable week-end nap for Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Carleton of whom the former
Is assistant state superintendent of pub
lic instruction, are tn Portland from
Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Laraway. whose
Hood River valley orchBrd keeps them
pretty close at home moRt of the time
are enjoying a visit in Portland. They
are domiciled at the New Perkins.
LockJey
that I was pressed Into service and as
signed to duty at Lower Gharial, Mur
ray Hills, North India. I had charge
of a hut there, as well as of the hos
pital work. There was urgent need for
a 'Y' man to take over the work at
Rowal Plndl, the headquarters of the
army of Northern India, so I took over
the hut at West Ridfe there. My work
was largely among the Tommies, though
I did some work with the Sepoys, Gurk
hahs and Sikhs, the work with the na
tive troops being entirely along social
and entertainment lines, as the British
do not allow any interference with the
religious customs of the natives.
"The old regular army was sent to
France, where they were wiped out al
most to a man In the desperate fighting
of the early days of the war, when the
handful of British regulars and the
poilus tried to stem the great gray tide
sweeping through Belgium toward Paris.
The regular army In India was replaced
by territorials. My work was mighty
interesting. I conducted classes for the
Tommies In arithmetic, grammar, spell
ing and Indian history. In India the
canteens are called 'tea bars.' We sold
tea at a penny a cup. A full meal, con
sisting of chicken, mashed potatoes, a
diBh of tea and a sweet, cost 8 annas,
which is about 16 cents In our own
money. We paid 12 cents each for
chickens and obtained other supplies
at equally low prices. We gave lectures,
conducted classes, gave entertainments
and had a strong athletic program. The
funds to carry on the work with the
Tommies in India were largely fur
nished by well-to-do men in America.
A lot of our American secretaries were
det.-iiled to serv with the British in
Mesopotamia. Six or seven American
'Y' men I knew died there.
"It took me 47 days to come on a
Japanese cargo boat from Japan to
Seattle. I joined the boys' department
of the Portland 'Y' about three months
ago.
"Yes, I am planning to go back to
India, for there are wonderful oppor
tunities to serve one's fellow men 'over
there.' "
month, with a chance to stay there with
a little white board at their heads ; or,
if they got back, a chance to be a modest
hero looking for a Job. Considerable
difference tn the two brands of incen
tive !
Some Of those heroes of the" extended
emoluments are wearing distinguished
service badges, which appeals to the
discerning mind as a rather remarkable
way of making the world safe for democ
racy. Extraordinary ability is not such
an extraordinary thing, after all. The
latent and potential forces of a thou
sand men -are ready at all times to b
manifested upon occasion. And we do
not often see a railroad or a big busi
ness of any kind up a stump for a man
for the place when a vacancy occurs.
How about the big Jobs in politics?
Olcott accidentally becomes governor.
Is there any question of his competency?
And there are plenty of men who are
competent, ready' to take the place at
any time at the ' same salary and not
arguing. In this case, that the salary Is
really commensurate. And Isn't his job
as Important as any railroad Job?
It is obvious that princely salaries are
out of keep'r.g with the principle of
democracy, and that "incentive" has
not so much to do with incumbency as
pull and influence. It is nothing short
of ridiculous to compare the salaries of
our executives with the salaries of the
chief functionaries of big business.
Genius and justloe and the finer in
stincts of humanity have nothing to do
with "Incentive." , . , F. B. WOOD.
The ; Oregon , Country
Northwart HappminM in Brief Form , tt
Buijf Hauler.
OREGON NOTES V
BL TT Chn.l. ...- i , - .
dent of the Salem Business Men's league. ,t
Approximately 578 carloads of apples
. iimni livfir. as
compared with 200 at this time last year.
Accormng to local authorities. Astoria
has three cases of smallpox under strict
quarantine. No influenxa has been Al
port ed.
Work is progressing at Albany on the
development of Takena park. It Is ex
pected to have tho park completed by
next summer. T
Actual work in the extensive fUck--amaa
county road campaign Iihm beer '
started by a survey of the highway be
tween bandy and Boring.
A passenger engine whs ditched four .
I""",. frm Biggs, on . the Hhahiko V
i nnt-K. a wrecking crew re.
stored traffic In two hours.
Members of the Hood River county
court are peeved because Uovernnr li
cott vetoed a bill liu-ieaslng the salary
of county surveyor to $8 per day.
The business men of Warrnnton ex
press regret that Governor Olcott vetoed
the bill providing for an Increase of port
indebtedness by the Port of Astoria.
The Presbyterian church of Corvallls
will purchase a motion picture machine
..m,.,.,,!! nunnvmuOIl Wlirt
ui increasing cnuron attendance.
Mattie I.elutiri AiA nnt ..14....A t. -
rectlons of h. N. Kricksnu, according to
jury verdict In the circuit court in a
case brmiirlit liv i.',.fiu.t'. . u
cover J10.000 damages.
The American legion post at Cove has
elected tho following officers: Thomas
" . , I'niiiTii ruip. V1CW
commander : Kay Barker, secretary, and
wui.ii ,, miaul, irr.a.MUrer.
Rend si'hnnl H i ul ri..t iu i .
aKe in cIrhm nom i-u u. -
" run tea lor temporary nchool pur
poses until buildings now in process of
construction are completed.
Opportunity to compete for $10,000 in
prizes In offered the students of the
University of Oregon In u nation-wide
contest for the bet HUP Pliut l.liB llffarnjl
for the Republican national campaign.
I wo alleged moonshiners have been
urroutuil a....... .. ....
' ' v ' . 1 1 ' I ! .1 - VJIH WHH IS
Greek, George Cumins, whr) had at his
mum a mm nun in gaiions or raisin
mash. The other Was a Japanese, who
had a still and 40 gullons of rice mash.
Clatsop post. American Legion, is
milking an effort through the govern
ment authorities to' help John I'arlsom.
an Astoria young man, to return to
America from Birkenhead, llngland,
where he Is recovering from aa Illness.
The Mcdford council has granted a
franchise to the Home Telephone com
pany for 10 years for a cawh payment of
1000, Instead of a percentage on busi
ness. The company agrees to plnce all
poles in alleys within five years and
paint all new poles erected.
Ross Churchill, state officer for the
Oregon Humane society, is investigating
the condition of horses and other ani
mals in Marion county. At one ranch
he found two hores in a pitiable condi
tion and ordered they be not worked un
til they had received medical attention.
WASHINGTON
. i iTi,ii nun ui "t-ii irt iru i:i,n
mander of the Aberdeen American Le
gion post, succeeding Goodbar Jones.
J. E. Arlington, who is charged wltti
stealing a suitcase, has been arrested at
Hoqulam. He will be taken to Chehalla
for trial.
lex Higdon. a pioneer farmer of
Clarke county, in reported to have died
at White Salmon, where he had gone for
his health.
M. P. Kelly, manager of the Kelly
Wood company, at Aberdeen, has re
ceived a medal from the Urltish govern
ment for devotion to duty under heavy
shell fire. . He was with the Canadian
forces.
Using a farmer's feed yard as a blind,
some unknown parties have been operat
ing a still at Yakima. The moral squad
raided the place and found two 2fi-gallon
stills, a number of empty flasks and
11)00 corks.
The Tacoma labor council has accept-
ed the proposal to settle Industrial dis
putes by a board of conciliation com
posed of an equal number of represen
tatives from the employers and the la
bor council.
The city health officer of Yakima has
issued an order requiring that all cases
of Influenza and pneumonia be reported
to him In order to carry out. Instructions
of the state board of health regarding
isolation of cases.
More than ll.OBO.OOO in taxes will be
raised tn Clarke county this year. It
was only a few venrs ago that the tax
law wuu u). on I S40H nun. In Vancouver
this year the rate will be about 73 mills,
with no relief In sight
After what is generally considered to
have been one of the niost Interesting
and entertaining hardware conventions
held In Spokane, the fifteenth annual
convention of the Pacific Northwest
Hardware and Implement Healers' as
sociation has come to an end.
" Yakima reservation farmers are pro
testing against an assessment of $10 an
acre for the purpose of canal construc
tion to patch out the small appropria
tion In the Indian appropriation bill,,
where congress. In the Interest of econ
omy, cut the estlmatefrom $500,000 to
$300,000.
Robert Taylor, a former service man,
was found unconscious in a side street
at Centralis. He was thought to le
dead, and an undertaker was summoned.
When the latter arrived ho discovered
signs of life. After being taken to a
hospital. Taylor recovered. He had been
assaulted and robbed.
In barring the Yakima Automobile
Dealers' association from .'Use of the
armory for an auto show. Captain Hoy
er. custodian of the building, announces
as a general policy that the armories of
the state may be used for community
and patriotic affairs, but not for the
benefit of any group of business men.
Centrnlia is getting electricity too
cheap, says the manager of the North
Coast Power company, in reply to the
city's protest acainst a proposed raise
of rates. The city owns the distributing
plant and huvF Juice from the company
at the rate of 1 '4 cents per kilowatt
hour, with a minimum charge of $800
per month.
IDAHO
Road projects costing more than
$3,000,000 are under way throughout the
state.
J A. Young, a prominent physician OlT
Caldwell, was drowned at Kromans
ferry when his automobile plunged Into
the river.
W W. Deal of Nampa has been elect
ed marter of the statf grange by one
vote over J. A. Handy of Mindoka
county.
A new HtMI In perfect working order
and 10 gallons of whiskey have been
taken into custody 22 miles north of
Rupert by the sheriffs of Cassia and
Bonneville counties.
Members of the Ijewiston Boy Scout
troops have received from the U. 8.
treasury department war service medals
and bars awarded for exceptional service
In the Victory loan campaign.
Despite She fact that In a part of 19lO
when the 2-cent postage rate was In
force, receipts of the Holse postofflce
ihow a substantial gain over 1918. In
1919 the receints we,p $202,444. as com
pared with 200,834 in 1918.
The John Regan post of the American
Legion has demanded that the state land
board recall and rescind ell action lead
ing to the segregation of over 500,000
acres of land In Owyhee county for rec
lamation by the Twin Falls-Bruneau
Land at Water company.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Borxworth Nettlejohn Is afeard to go
to town any more, on account of trouble
he gits into. Last time he et two pieces
of mince pie at a social and his breath
smelled so bad .ledge lloss fined him
$50 fer drivln' a auto while Intoxicated.
Leastways, that's what Bort tells. His
a If e. howeven has told .him of $5000
worth of things she needs that could of
all of been bought with that. $50. and
so Borx kep' a memorandum book of
'em, and at Christmas he give her $50
and told ber to go gitem..