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VALE REED
THE Democrats of Missouri have
turned on Uipir Senator Reed. He
wanted to go as a delegate to the national-
convention at San Francisco,
and they "refused him the privilege.
They served him right.' In the sen
ate, he did not reflect the sentiment
of the Missouri Democracy on the
issue of the peace treaty. He hoTped
betray that grenl instrument. He was
the companion and cn-oonspirator of
Johnson and Poindexter and Lodge
and Penrose and Knox.
His speeches and his votes on the
treaty were exactly the votes that the
German junkers nnd mUitarists at Ber
lin wanted in the American senate.
Every blow that he struck at the
treaty was praised and applauded by
the military coterie that hroughl the
late conflict upon the world. In
America, Reed was the same kind ofj
a Junker that Ludendorff was in Ber
lin. Senator Reed would have heen out
of place at Ihe San Francisco conven
tion. The spirit of Wnodrnw Wilson
will surcharge the atmosphere of that
gathering and the formulas and poli
cies of Wnodrnw Wilson will be its
inspiration. Mr. Reed's true place, if
he wanted to he in a convention in
' harmony with his record and his pro
gressions, would he a convention of war
... lords in Prussia. His ideas and his
- purposes would have been a discord
ant note at San Francisco; for they
are the ideas and purposes of Fred
erick the Cireat-the Ideas and pur
J poses thaT were beaten to a pulp in
' the Argpnne and at Vesle river by
gallant American doughboys.
Senator Reed is not a Democrat. Nor
is he a Lincoln Republican. He is -a
Knox-Lodge reactionary, and his true
place Is to continue in the future, as
he has in the p;ist. to be of them, by
them and for them.
'' And in the same way that the Dem-
''TOcrats of Missouri have retired him to
private life so far as the national
convention Is concerned, they will
probably do themselves the same
honor when Mr. Real's term as sena
- tor ends.,
NE of the most creditable things
the United States has done is the
recognition of the republic of Arme
nia, announced -Saturday.
It was aid long delayed. It was jus
tice and assistance extended where
every right to them had been fairly
won. By their heroism at arms, by
the centuries of oppression to which
they have been subjected, and by their
steadfast loyalty to the Christian faith
for which they have been so perse
cuted, the Armenians have earned the
priceless sovereignty which the na
tions have recognized
Civilization could make no veracious
boast so long as Mohammedan rulers
governed a Christian people. In the
sight of the former, the Christian is
a dog, n'n't entitled to burial. A Chris
tian's daughters arc held to be fit
only for the bestiality of Turkish
harems. One hundred thousand to
200,000 of them are now in such cap
tivity. Often branded in the face with
cruel marks to designate them as
slaves to Turkish masters, they are
among the most pathetic figures on
the face of the earth.
For long, these -and countless other
barbaric practices had, at least by
omission, the tacit sanction of Europe,
a Europe that reckons itself civilized.
It was the product of the balance of
power, the fruit of 'the fear that one
nation had of another, the consequence
of the jealous rivalry in which one
nation sought material advantages in
commerce or in defense of territorial
limits or in thebalance of power over
another nation.
To these mercenary considerations
the fate, the hopes or the aspirations
of n race of several million people
were nothing. Conscience there was
fK HIS way home from headquar-
w ters recently, a Chicago detective
sergeant saw a lone man approaching.
The street was deserted. The black
ness of night hid surrounding objects.
As the form came nearer the glitter of
a stee barrel met the eyes of the de
tective. He put his hand on his own
gun. "Stick up your hands," the voice
muttered. A quick movement, a flash
and a bullet tore its way through
the shoulder and neck of the midnight
figure.
"You got me this time," whispered
the lips that were closing In death.
Next day the detective sergeant was
praised for his rapid fire action. He
had killed a 19-year-old highwayman,
recently graduated from a reform
school, and accused of crime after
crime in the Englewood district.
"you got me this time" sealed the
lips that had known nothing but the
language of the criminal. The clause
closed a career that had existed only
in the midnight hours, protected by
the blackness of night and the glitter
ing steel barrel.
To be hunted by day and hunter of
prey at night was the life of the 19-year-old
criminal. He could not greet
people in the broad daylight with a
smile and a cherry "hello." He was a
fugitive from his townsmen. He was
constantly dodging the "dicks." He
was forced to slink about, his ideritity
unknown to everybody. His secrets
were only those of himself and his
gun.
He had played the game. But like
all other criminals, he played a losing
game. And in trie end tne Duilet from
the gun of the detective closed a life
that had been a burden both to itself
and to society.
Where was the mother and where
the father when the habits of this
lost youth were being formed?
coast are being established with start
ling rapidity.
Before one 110,500,000 port .program
has been completed, another $10,000,-
000 program is to be laid before the
voters for their approval.
All of these things in the harbor
and from Uie sea.
In the hinterland are timber, min
erals, livestock; wool, fruit, grain and
other staples of export wnicn reuuc
maximum port development unavoidable.
of the roll calls, from which It appears
he was not enough interested in reserva
tions to attend the session when the
United States agreed to submit "all dis
putes 'of any nature whatsoever" to ar
bitration tribunals In treaties with 18
different countries.
This leaf from the past shows how
unalarmed the senate was over giving
the widest scope to arbitration late in
1914, and how quickly and decisively
the thin line of reservationists was de
feated.
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
Do not be misled. There will be
more rain before the Fourth of July.
Better hurry home this evening and
plant that garden you have been
neglecting. Fine weather is meant
for more employment, not merely to
look at.
THE TREATY AND
THE SENATE
No. IT
Course of the Bryan Arbitration Treat
ies Shows the Inconsistency of
the League's Enemies
This Is the concluding article of the
treaty series. However, as supplemental
matter of interest, and by way of fully
'completing the record, an additional
article will reproduce the famous round
robin, with names of senators who
signed it. .
Letters From the People
Communications Kent to The Journal for
publication in this department should be written
on only one aide of the paper, should not exceed
800 words in length and must be signed by the
writer, whose mail address in full must accom
pany the contribution. 1
The children of Israel had their
manna. Portlanders have their
smelt. The children of Israel wan
dered . through the desert of doubt
looking for the promised land. Port
land lives In the'promised land, but
the smelt running in the Sandy
river help keep the sand from the
desert of H. C. L. from blowing on
them.
NOT SO DAMP
seared and neutralized by the mater- ! THtHt come in tne spring to Ore-
x
ialism of cash register chancelleries
and bargain counter governments.
Who knows but this overweening
materialism, this lack of the spiritual,
this blindness to the claims of hu
manity may have been the influence
that plunged Europe into the late ter
rible conflict?
Recognition of the Armenian repub
lic gives it a chance to live, and be
stows on the Armenians a hope of
freedom. Above all, it guarantees to
them the right to worship according
to the dictates of (heir own con
sciences one of the great formulas
upon which the American republic is
founded. If the League of Nations
lives, and if the spirit of the cove
nant survives the perils of European
politics, the ugliest and blackest spot
on civilization is to be removed.
They say Portland has a potato
shortage. So much for the manipu
lations of the Pittsburg potato gam
bler who cornered the crop. The
whole country ought to boycott spuds
and tell him to eat his potato hold
ings or let them rot.
THE REMEDY
. Astoria Boy Scout troops intend
to spend May day planting flowers
aryl otherwise beautifying parkings
of principal thoroughfares in the
city at the mouth of the Columbia.
Theirs will be a good Americaniza
tion day observance.
GETTING TOGETHER
"INDUSTRIAL troubles will be few
' 1 where employes and employers take
counsel together on equal terms and
Without prejudice.
Plant conferences can be arranged
Without difficulty. Interchange that
involves the employer-employe inter
ests of a community must be reduced
td adjustment by representation.
Salem, the capital city of Oregon
. has taken out insurance against indus
trial difficulties by following the
leadership of what js said to be the
first district voluntary arbitration
board In the United States.
The idea was originated by Secretary
T. E. IcCroskey of the Salem Com-
' merclal club and the club sponsored
it The board is known as the indus
. trial welfare commission. It is com
posed of six members. Three repre
6ent labor. Three represent employ
era. - Thus machinery is provided the
industrial community to settle differ
ences or disputes as to wages, hours
and working; conditions without re
course to the strike or the lockout.
. Yet no compulsion is used to bring
about employment of the commission's
TWENTY-FOUR hundred families in
Akron. Ohio, occudv dwellings
where they are safe from rent profit
eering. They laugh at landlords. They
own their own homes. The tire and
rubber companies that employ them
urged them to do so and helped them
to do so.
The Goodyear company, for instance.
created a housing and home building
bureau. It bought property in East
Akron. It laid out subdivisions. It
improved the land. It built houses. It
sold houses to employes who were
family men at cost, asking a first
payment of but 2 per cent of the
total. A discount of 25 per cent was
offered those who at the end of five
years still retained title. The purpose
was clear. Those who stayed were
still working for the company. A
manufactory has no greater asset than
experienced, contented workers
long service.
It is said that a home shortage cre
ates a labor shortage. Home owning
contributes directly to the success of
Industry. Even the government re
alized this. During the war it cre
ated a housing division and actually
built houses for war workers. Eng
land followed a similar program on a
larger scale. Manufacturers might
take a tir from these governmental
experiences.
Wherever the percentage of home
ownership is low and allegations of
excessive rentals are Justly made, j
there will be found industrial tran
sients and troubles.
gon those persistent but gentle
showers which bring into flower the
blossoms of th dogwood and renew
the emerald sheen of the countryside.
Yet at this season of the year there
also arises the perennial pessimist who
insists that "we never had such
weather before." but knows in his
heart that the duplicate of the precip
itation occurred only last year.
It is then the not entirely genial
custom to yield to the hypnotic in
fluence of florid advertising and say
how much pleasanter would be the
sunshine of California. What part.,of
California? Los Angeles occurs tohe
mind Los Angeles is the best munici
pal . advertiser in America. But here
is the tribute of a, Los Angeles cor
respondent to the Sun and New York
Herald :
It has rained almost continually for
several weeks now. but a kindly native
son has assured us that It never rains
for more than six weeks at a time. I
shiver out of bed every morning and
shiver with other shlverers to work.
Personally, if I must shiver I prefer i
to do so in the Ice and snow instead
of the damp, foggy, miserable climate
of. Southern California.
Really, aftei reading left-handed
eulogies like the, above, the Oregon
mist doesn't seem so damp after all.
By Cart Smith, Washington Staff Correspondent
or ine journal
Washington, April 26. In this conclud
ing article of the series dealing with
the course of the peace treaty in the
senate, a short excursion will be made
hack to 1914. to show how the treaties
of arbitration with a large number of
countries negotiated by Secretary of
State Bryan, commonly referred to as the
Bryan treaties, were received by the
senate. The contrast between that and
the present day is striking.
The favorite talking point of Lodge,
Johnson, Borah and others who con
demn the League of Nations provisions
la that thev found it necessary to "pro
tect" the United States from having to
submit to "foreigners" questions which
are of vital interest to the nation. It
becomes pertinent to indicate the scope
of the Bryan treaties, under which the
United States bound itself to do cer
tain things, and no one even yet seems
greatly concerned over what was done.
Senator Walsh of Montana brought out
the record of the executive session when
the Bryan treaties were confirmed, and
has made this Information available.
He pointed out the extent to which the
United States went to secure peaceful
settlement of disputes under these
treaties.
The various treaties were alike, and
a quotation from one applies to all.
The treaty with the Netherlands pro
vides :
"The high contracting parties agree
that all disputes between them of any
nature whatsoever, to the settlement
of which previous arbitration treaties
or agreements do not apply in their
terms ear are not applied in fact, shall,
when diplomatic methods of adjustment
have failed, be referred for investiga
tion and report to a permanent inter
national commission to be constituted In
the manner prescribed In the next suc
ceeding article."
It will be noted that the treay covers
"all disputes, of any nature whatso
ever." There Is no reservation of do
mestic questions, the Monroe doctrine.
or anything else.
"I wish to call attention," said Sena
tor Walsh, "to the fact that this inter
national commission,, to which all of
these disputes of every character are
relegated, exercises practically the same
power as that reposed in the council
or in the assembly of the league. It
investigates, it inquires, and it makes
a report. That is all the council is en
titled to do under the provisions of
Article XV of the covenant Whenever
there is a division. If any one voice
should be raised against it. the council
can do nothing more than the interna
tional commission can do under thf
treaties. But if the council is entirely
unanimous, or upon an appeal the coun
cil is unanimous and a majority of
the other members of the league agree,
still nothing can be done by the coun
ell. Its judgment is no more enforce
able than is the report of the commis
sion provided for in the Bryan treaties,
and the only difference in, effect is that
under Article XV the nation against
which the report goes agrees that it
will not go to war."
CHAMBER OP COMMERCE
DIRECTORATE
Portland, April 21. To the Editor of
The Journal As some publicity has been
given on the subject of the coming elec
tion of directors of the Chamber of
Commerce, and so far only one side of
the case has been stated, the writer has
undertaken to define the ideals of the
petitioners nominating the progressive
ticket, so that the newspapers of the city
may have full information. Reasons ad
vanced by petitioners are as follows: To
give the membership a voice ; to intro
duce new men to public service; to di
versify the interests represented on the
board ; to provide additional competent
counsel in shipping affairs.
Explanation of the first reason: If
there is any love for democracy In the
hearts of our business men, they should
welcome this email effort that has been
made to allow them a choice In selecting
their business representatives.
Explanation of the second season : The
success of the chamber In the year past
has been to some extent due to men who
have never taken active part in such
work before. Men who are already
prominent, who do not have to make
good, lack the incentive that the new
man has. A little new blood has been
often demanded.
Explanation of the third reason : If
the progressive ticket fails, four bank
ers will be directors. Giving all due
credit for the wonderfully progressive
spirit that has lately dominated our
bankers, and giving special acknowledg
ment to E. G. Crawford as the leading
spirit in making the livestock show a
Portland institution, some of us feel that
out of a directorate of 15, we could
struggle along with, say, two bankers at
a time on the board. Our great woolen
Industry needs certainly a representative,
or at least a chance to let the members
vote for one. Real estate carries such a
large burden of taxes and is so impor
tant in our life that we surely can use
the brains of men who have made It a
life study.
Explanation of the fourth reason : The
great success of the year in getting ships
allocated from the shipping board was
due largely to the expert knowledge and
the work of C. E. Dant. He now leaves
the directorate, and in W. W. Payne
we offer the services of one fully qual
ified to continue the work a man who
has spent years in the Orient, where we
expect to do business, and who knows
ships and shipping. T."H. Edwards.
SMALL CHANGE
The teacher had been telling her class
about the rhinoceros family. "Now name
some things," she said, "that are very
dangerous to get too near to. and have
horns." "Motor cars," promptly an
swered six children at once.
It appears that one may still buy
whiskey in New York if one is thirsty
enough to be willing to pay $2 a drink.
Why worry? Only the profiteers can
afford that kind of dissipation, and the
sooner they and their money are parted
the better. '
There Is a possibility that a tax of $5
apiece will be put upon canary birds.
Somebody must have succeeded in mak
ing the proponents of the scheme be
lieve that all the canary birds in the
country are being kept by people who
work for salaries.
w
A somewhat reflective boy on being
told that the reason a flag had not been
raisea to tne top or the pole but had
halted half way up. was because a cer
tain distinguished man was dead, re
mained silent for a few minutes, and
then said : "I suppose they are not sure
whether he has gone up, or gone down."
SIDELIGHTS
At a recent meeting of Medford's city
munpll it was definitely resolved not
to approve any ;more general drives
for money until next ran.
S
A civil service? examination will be
held at Baker, May 19, for the position
ot postmaster at Huntington, where the
salary Is $1300 a year.
Graphic description In the Salem
siiiMmAn "Voliner at the primary
election is going lo be a good part of
a day s worn, it win oe a ixuiy umrmei
ballot : if not all swool, at least a yard
long." ...
Roseburg's school board has decided
to allow a bonus ol JSU to graue ieacn-
nr nnd 167.50 to' hlirh school teachers,
except principals, at the school year's
end. This will Dfing tne iowbbl bu.io.1 y
to 10r a month. ;
"One of these da vs." asserts the Salem
Statesman, "a cannery man is going to
show the consuming public that Oregon
can raise the bfcst asparagus in the
world the tenderest and best flavored.
And he will make a fortune, and help to
tuild up a big industry."
The Oregon Country,
North! UaprwniTuri in Brief Form for tbt
Buiiy Reader.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
. i ... . ., - T"0. . i
Random Observations About Town
Siskiyou heights is the home of J. Q-
Logan who is a week-end guest at the
Multnomah hotel. On the heights Lo
gan has an extensive pear orchard, on
whose trees are produced some of the
most luscious fruits of the Southern Ore
gon country. For Siskiyou heights is
near Medford, which gained fame as a
pear producing territory long before It
did as a commercial center. Pears used
to be a poor commodity from a financial
standpoint, but Improved and Improving
methods of marketing and a growing de
mand are putting the prices up to a
point where the grower can get a little
rrofit for his labors and investment
H. E. Fletcher was feeling so indis
posed that he missed the opening ball
game while he Indulged in the luxury of
pounding the pillow. But when he real
ized that he had missed the opening
game for the first time in 10 years he
suffered a relapse' that threatened him
with long confinement. He recovered
sufficiently to be at his desk at the
Cornelius hotel, of which he is manager,
on Saturday. Fletcher is an ardent
baseball fan, as is attested by the fact
that he asserts he has not missed see
ing the Portland team Introduce itself
for 10 years.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A Horstman of La
Grande are "putting up" at the Imperial
hotel while they enjoy their visit in
Portland. La Grande became a city In
1885 after going strong for more than
0 years, and that the place will con
tinue to occupy a prominent niche In
the map of Eastern Oregon Is indicated
by the rapid strides it has made within
tUe past few years.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Woodruff of Ta
coma are guests at the Cornelius hotel
where they are preparing to announce
again that the age old problem of
changing the name of Mount Tacoma to
Mount Rainier has not yet been settled
to the satisfaction of the Rainier folk.
To the profiteer who skyrockets
the price of potatoes is now added
the tuber moth in shipments from
California, rendering It possible that
this source of supply may be en
tirely cut off. Between the profit
eers and the moths there isn't much
left for a hungry man to do except
turn from spuds to hominy.
THE HIGH COST OF ILLNESS
The international commission in the
Bryan treaties consists of five mem
bers, two chosen by the two parties to
the dispute from each country i two
more chosen by the parties from outside
their own countries, and a fifth chosen
by common agreement Only a majority
is required for a report Therefore the
United States is bound to submit "all
disputes" to a commission of five, four
of them foreigners, and any three of the
five may make a report. Under the
league plan, parties to the dispute are
excluded from voting, and this actual
example may be cited : Italy is a party
to one of the Bryan treaties, and is also
TO MARY FRANCES ISOM
A TRIBUTE
Areata, Cal.. April 22. To the Editor
of The Jsurnal The newspaper women
of Oregon sincerely mourn the death of
Mary FVances Isom. I was on the staff
of a Portland paper when Miss Isom
Of course, the old hill Is still called
Rainier in official circles, but- that
makes no difference to Tacoma It's
Just one minor victory for the Rainier
folk, but to Tacoma the mountain will
ever be Tacoma.
P. W. Colton, sales manager of the
Pacific Coast Steel company, with heaP
quarters at Seattle, is stopping at the
Multnomah hotel while transacting busi
ness in the city.
Z. M. Agee, clothing merchant at Rose
burg, the metropolis and county seat of
old Douglas county, Is running up a rent
bill ,at the Multnomah hotel while he
casts a careful eye over sundry whole
sale stocks In Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Geier, who vote
a: Helena. Mont, and eat wherever they
stop on their travels, are resting for
the present at the Imperial hotel.
W. J. Patterson, cashier and manager
of Hays & Hays, bankers at Aberdeen
Wash., Is at the Multnomah hotel for
the week-end.
Former United States Senator Fred
T. Dubois was shaking hands with
friends at Boise, Idaho, capital of
his home state, when he received
a wire from his wife at Blackfoot that
brousht him through Portland Saturday
on rflbte to Seattle. One of the Dubois
firm hands, a Japanese, had gone to
his native land to bring his wife to
America. Arrived at Seattle the couple
had been stopped by immigration au
thorities. The senator is now at Seattle
attempting to learn the whys and the
wherefores and to obtain the release of
the pair if possible.
B. F. Stone, president of the Port of
Astoria commission, made the Portland
hotel his headquarters during a week
end visit that commenced with his arriv
al in the city Saturday afternoon.
OREGON NOTES
Baker firemen are requesting an In
crease In salary of $20 a month, begin
ning May l; and threaten to strike un
less the demand is granted.
Directors of the Bend school district
have authorised the calling or a special
election to voje on a $30,000 bond issue
to complete the main unit of the high
school.
Due to.the switchmen's strike, the Eu
gene Mill Si Elevator company has flouf
piled to the ceilings that it cannot ship.
Unless relief is had soon the plant will
A program for paved market roada in '
Linn county will be Inaugurated by the
county court -this yoar by paving a
stretch of seven miles from Sclo to
Green's bridge.
Salem tadRe of Elks wfll shoulder the
responsibility of having sent to Salem
from the Yellowstone National park a
carload of t-lk and will raise $500 for
transportation.
While L. M. Canflelrl wm nhsnnt frnm ,
his 40-acre ranch near Uermlston. un
nown persons tore down and hauled'
way a dwell Ins house, a rood bam and
hloken house.
Horses, saddles, blankets household
goods and clothing, valued at $2000,
wrre prescmeq to ins trllienmen or the
late Yum Sumkin at a potlatch held at
the Sumkin home south of Adams.
The Mohawk Wood comnanv at Eu
gene Is using the best part of the slab-
wooo lor tne making ot lath. The re
mainder is used as fuel and the com
pany has found a market for Its sawdust
Robert Paese.hke. who resides near
Junction City, has received from the war
department a posthumous citation for
gallantry in action and e eclally meri
torious services Issued to .. son. Ernest
I -aem-h ke. who was killed In action In
France.
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
The subject of Opal WhiteleT' personality
is here pursued by Mr. toc.ley who quote, her
former associates at Cottage (rore the home
of her childhood, and records aampte colloquies
between interested but puizled fellow townsmen
of this eniematical young woman.
What Cottage Grove needs is a Pudd'n
hnri Wilson. The mystery of whether
was preparing for her great work. We i Opal Whiteley is the real Opal Whiteley
rouna ner reaay at ail times to give us
fullest information on any subject, anc?
to those of us who camo in close touch
with her splendid personality she was
a friend of purest gold.
The great majority of people, every
where and always, are absorbed for
most of the waking hours of the day In
earning something toeat and something
or. if not who is she, and if she isn't
rVio Is the real Opal, and if she Is,
why does she olaim she isn't and '.f
she isn't, why does she look like the
est of the Whiteleys. and if she is.
why is she so different from the other
Whiteleys is a circle around which, no
matter how fast your mental machinery
revolves, you merely acquire speea wun
to wear and somewhere to sleep. Yet i out distance. Pudd'nhead Wilson came
into his own Dy -soivuig mc ihjo.c4J v.
the changeling children by means of
finger prints, but unfortunately there
are no such convenient accessories in the
mystery of Opal.
where there is a warm personal contact
with Christ, there will come the yearn
ing for the life of service. Strong and
sweetly fragrant was Miss Isom's serv
ice, for she was a true Christian. Hers
was a life of gentle patience and good
will toward all mankind, always win
some in spirit that spoke all the time in
musical tones to a circle that ever
widened.
The sight of suffering always troubled
her. She never learned that sort of city
culture that looks unmoved upon sor
row or helpless humanity. Her special
corner in the library was a hallowed
place, for I have seen young folks go to
her for atjvice on hard problems, and
I have spent several days In or about
Cnttaee Grove. I have done some tain-
inrr and a lot of listening. You will
I hear the Question of Opal's Identity dls
cussed wherever you go. "Sure, she's
'. their girl." I heard a man say in the
I hotel lobby. "All you have to 'do is to
I look at her and you will see she looks
i like Ed, her father. She has the same
i kind of upper teeth that Ed has, and
I Chloe. her sister, has teeth Just like hers,
i Her picture is a dead ringer of the
States, of the lenp-ue .nimr.it t a orignter.
pute between these countries under the! There are a ,ot of People today who
leamie. there would remain seven votes i are thanking God' with full hearts for
rne grip or tne nana seemed to make the . pure 0 her mother when she was a
' .USUI uui II JUQL a Lfll
comes later a beautiful flower, and how
death is not really death but being born
Into a new environment Then she told
about the caterpillars she had gathered,
and how they went to sleep In the!
cocoons and were reborn as butterflies.
She always taught by stories and lllus
trations like that, and the children
wouldn't stir, they were so interested,
When Opal was 13 years old she at
tended the sessions of the state Christian
Endaavor convention held at Cottage
Grove. At the sunrise prayer meeting
she consecrated her life to the Master
At that time O. Everett Baker of Port
land was state president of Chrlstia
Endeavor societies. Everyone with whom
I have talked has spoken of the fact
that Opal seemed "somehow different.
When I would ask for an. explanation
as to how she differed from other girl
the person interrogated would usual!
look uncomfortable and say. "Oh, just
different." When I asked Elbert Bede,
editor of the Cottage Grove Sentinel
ne saia, "sne may be pretty ; I never
noticed ; but the impression you carry
away after talking with her is that he
expression Is one of innocence. Intelll
gence and eagerness." Another person
said, "I don't ju, know how to describe
It She Is so Interested and enthusiastic
that It looks as If her soul was too lars
for her body and kind of overflow-
through her eyes.1
Alert, eager, alive, spiritual and man
other qualifying adjectives ""have bee
WASHINGTON
John M. East, aireri 83. la dead at
Vancouver from blood poisoning result-
on irom a nan scratch when repairing
noe. ne was ui only rour days.
The body of a man found In a mill
pond at SHkane was Identified as that
of iijalmar Johnson, aged 25. a minor.
it is thought he fell from a bridge.
An aerial passeneer route between
Spokane and Walla Walla Is to be ostab
lished by the Symons-Kussell company.
The first trip will be made this week.
Caught In the bottom of an RK-font
well which he was digging when Its
walls caved In, Robert Schneider of
Richmond Beach was buried under 45
feet of earth.
Spokane dry funds of 1250 000 hava
b-n Invested in short time government
certiricates or Indebtedness placed by
the federal reserve bank through local
banking houses.
At the county's delinnnent tax !
last week, the Parker school building,
grounds and barn In the Yakima valley
were sold because taxes of $113 were rina
on the, property.
Ira W. Davlsson and Jesse W. Silver
were elected city commissioners at Ta
coma last week. Silver Is a prominent
labor leader and was a Toreman In thai
light and water department
Increases in the prices of naner. boxes
and nails will cost the fruit growers of
the Wenatchee district- nenrly $2,000,000
more In the packing of this year s fruit ,
crop man was expended by them In
1919.
Property owners between Centralia
and Bucoda have pVtltioncd the Thurs
ton county commisHloriers to pave ap
proximately nine miles of the Centralla
Hueoda road at an estirriated cost of
$234,000.
Underwood is becoming one of the
chief mid-f'olumbla lumber producing
sections. With two mills already ship
ping an average of 50,000 feet dally, a
third mill Is under construction that will
have a capacity of 100,000 feet daily.
IDAHO
Nezpercn cltr,ens have raised $4000 to
procure grounds for a city park.
Moscow let a contract for laying wa
ter mains to connect with the new 800,-
000 gallon tank. The Improvement will
cost $11,408.
The sale of Indian lands at Fort Lap
wai last week brought slightly over
$600,000, a sum far In excess of the ap
praisal value.
An examination for the position of
postmaster of Montpelier will be held at
I'ocatello on May 19. The annual com
pensation is $2200.
Idaho's land department sold 101.
568.41 acres of state land during the
first year of the cabinet form -of gov
ernment at a total purchase price of
$2,187,034.09.
D. M. Cathcart, probation officer for
Kootenai county, refused a walary raise
of $300 a year when he ascertained that
1 its acceptance would mean, a decrease of
the probate Judge's salary from $2000
to $1800. , , .
The Bonners Ferry Lumber company
is now working a night Shift of M) men
at its sawmill In that olty. The com
pany will maintain two large camps all
summer at which It is expected will be
cut 12.000,000 feet of timber.
t Hrtn.Hi'i All vlorlit " rasnnnnail t np
1 ,i artmine with: "they can ! u,lcd when 1 a8kJ her acquaintances to
BECAUSE of the "hig"h cost of gaso
line, autos and living in general,"
members of a New York medical so
ciety have elevated the price of ill
ness. Furthermore, if prospective pa
tients are thrifty, they will become
ill only during certain hours. It now
costs more; in the realm of the par
ticular New York medicos, to become
0f sick at li p. m. than at noon.
Visits at the home for which the
physicians formerly charged ?2 at all
hours, now rost $3 from 9 a. m. to
6 p. m. : ?i from 6 p. m. to 10 p. m.:
and $5 from 10 p. m. to 9 a. m. Of
fice calls which were formerly $1 are
now 12.
Charges for confinement cases,
which used to be $25 per baby, have
been raised to $50 for. the first $40
for the second. 130 for the third and
the charge for twins is placed at $90.
NEW REASONS
The state survey of mental defec
tives, delinquents and dependents
which is being conducted coopera
tively for the Oregon legislature by
the University of Oregon and the
United States public health, service,
deserves the cooperation of every
teacher 6f "children, "every social
worker who comes in contact with
H'CRE are arguments which the
government has not yet consid
ered in support of the proposed 35
foot channel project between Portland
and the sea: .
The commerce of the port will reach
and may exceed 175,000,000 during
1920. Leading Japanese lines have re
cently selected Portland as a port of
regular call; , ,' -'
Ship' connections ' with the Orient,
Australia,- Europe and the Atlantic
In the council, all of which would have
to agree before a decision could be
reached, and when agreed the advice
would be advice merely, which the los
ing party could disregard if it found
the advice not binding in conscience.
But it would require seven "foreign"
votes to advise .against us; under the
Bryan treaty only three.
On the ratification of the Netherlands
treaty "witHbut reservations," the vote
was 48 to 0. This was one less than
a quorum, but Jones of Washington,
who asked to be excused from voting,
was counted present and made the
quorum. Twenty-three of those who
voted for It are still members of the
senate, and among those so recorded
were Gronna, present Republican ir
reconcilable; Reed, Shields and Thomas,
present Democratic irreconcilabies, and
prominent present "reservationists" like
Smoot Sterling, Smith of Georgia and
Owen.
When this record of the executive
session was read Reed declared it was
Inaccurate. He said he spoke against
the Bryan treaties, and voted against all
of them. The official record does not
show that he voted but once. Later he
admitted that there was a "naked pos-
sinuiiy- mat ne voted for one of them,
without understanding what the vote
was about Roll calls were, as a matter
or tact, demanded on only three of the
treaties, and the highest number of
negative votes was five. Borah. Bris
tow. Fall. Jones of Washington, and
Poindexter voted against the Norway
treaty. Borah, Fall and Potndejytej are
numbered among the present Irreconcil
abies. so they at least have a record
for consistency. Poindexter offered an.
amendment to the rcorway treaty to
reserve from submission "the Monroe
doctrine, or other question on settled
national policy, or the vital Interests or
the national honor of either of the high
contracting parties." This was rejected,
10 to 35. Jones proposed another amend
ment to exclude . questions of immigra
tion, the Monroe doctrine or other purely
governmental policy, and that was re
jected without ' roll call. No other
amendments were offered, except to
correct the text and make It uniform,
during the voting on the Bryan treaties.
After the treaties with Norway, the
Netherlands and Portugal had been rati
fied by" overwhelming votes the opposi
tion disappeared entirely, and the others
were ratified by unanimous consent.
Lodge's name does not appear in any
the Influence of Mary Frances Isom.
Thra seem a shadow on the dy
Her wnile do lonwr cheers.
A dimness on the stars of night
Like eyes that look through tears.
Fold her. 0 Father, in Thine arms,.
And let her, henceforth be.
A messenger of lore between
Our human hearts and Thee.
Edna Protzman Hessel.
A STATEMENT BY MR. FREEL
Portland, April 12. To the Editor of
The Journal An item in your Issue of
March 28 infers that the Christian Sci
ence church Is interested In the pro
duction of motion picture films featur
ing the application of truth as taught
in Christian Science in such a way as
to heal through the motion picture.
Among other things, the news item re
ferred to says: "According to motion
picture and Christian Science interests
In Los Angeles, a photoplay, and prob
ably a series of them, will be produced
for this purpose." Kindly permit me to
say through your columns, that Christian
Scientists, as a church or denomination,
have not adopted motion pictures as a
means of propagating Christian Science,
nor is if known that any member of
our church is interested In any such
project Several efforts have been made
tu exploit the public interest in Chris
tian Science by means of films, but this
has not been done with the approval or
sanction of the Christian Science church.
A. O. Kreel.
Christian Science Committee on Publication.
SHADE TREES
Portland, April 14. To the Editor of
The Journal It is gratifying to see that
some residents in Irvington have sense
enough to cut back their maples, the
eternaf nuisance of certain blocks in that
beautiful district. Look at the lawns
ruined by moss. Every spring they have
to be renovated. Those householders
who have pruned those Unsightly trees
have Improved their places 76 per cent.
A beautiful shade tree is a Joy and
adds much to the beauties of our second-to-none
city, the City of Rosea.
'. RESIDENT.
look like twins, for all I care, but how
do you explain her father acknowledging
that she isn't their own child." "That's
easy," responded the first man ; "he
doesn't want people to think she's yarn
ing about It, and he's doing it to protect
her reputation. She always was a bit
queer. -Don't you remember how she
would swing her arms, and how her
face would shine when she was interested
in things. Maybe she's one of these
geniuses you hear so much talk about.
They say they're always a little queer."
At the hotel a petite and very pretty
voune woman, Zola Gray by name, toos
my order for lunch. I asked her If she
knew Opal. She said. "Very well Indeed.
Opal was one of the brightest and most
lovable girls I ever met. We were In
Christian Endeavor work together. Opal
was very much interested In that work.
She often led the meetings. She was
particularly good In taking charge of
the Junior Endeavor meetings. She didn't
just read the Bible, as the other leaders
did. and then have them sing and recite
verses. She told stories. I remember
one time the lesson was about the resur
rection, and she told us all about how,
just as a person is buried, a seed is
buried, and how from the seed there
describe her to me. "She couldn't do
anything by halves." said one of herj
friends. "She was either Interested In
tently or utterly Indifferent. When she
joined the Christian Endeavor society
here she went back to where her people
were In the lumber camp on Row river
and organized a society there. Then she
went over to Dorena and organized a
society. She overflowed with energy and
enthusiasm, particularly to be learning
something new all the time. She ab
sorbed knowledge like a sponge. Sh?
was In the woods and fields all the time
she could be spared from her household
tasks. Someone asked her about It once
and she said, 'I love the out of doors.
I always have. I feel nearer God there
than in houses or cities. God made out.
of doors. You learn to love Him when
you understand His handiwork and His
creatures."
'When Opal was 17 she was made
state president of the Junior and Inter
mediate Christian Endeavor societies of
Oregon. That Is a heavy responsibility
for a 17-year-old girl, but she was so
full of enthusiasm that she made good,
and under her leadership the work pros
pered. Her folks shook their heads and
wondered. They were puzzled then ; they
are still more puzzled now."
dends on watered stock to pay taxes on
your Income, but it pays dividends on
watered stock If you double prices and
make folks b'lieve It's the Income tax
forces you to It, by heck !
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
Uncle Jeff Snow Says :
hi!e we're investigatin of rebel
strikes and a-takin' of rebel strikers to
jail we might investigate the rebel trusts
end food profiteers. It don't pay divt.
The Channel Islands (Jersey, Guern
sey, Alderney and Sark, are the chief)
are the oldest possessions of Great
Britain. They were formerly an ap
panage of the Duchy of Normandy and
were united to the English crown after
the Norman conquest of England by
William of Normandy in 1066. The In
habitants of the Channel islands pre
ferred to remain subjects of King John,
at the period ofUhe conquest of Nor
mandy by Philip Augustus. 1180-1223. To
King John It has been usual to ascribe
a document at one time revered by thej
Uhannei isiana people as ineir mavgna.
Charta ; bat modern critics have cast
very grave doubts on its authenticity.
Almost every war with France included
a descent on the Channel Islands, but
m.n la no avail. - The neoniav abowt 96,-
000 In number, adhere to their old cus
toms, and1 within weU defined limits
make their own laws. They are not
bound by acts of the Imperial parlia
ment unless specially named in them.
Olden Orepon
Pioneers Produced a Large and
Valuable Literary Miscellany.
That 'there was rather more than a
usual tendency to authorship among the
early settlers of Oregon and visitors
therein was true. Bancroft attests, but
it was, he says, only because of the
great number of unusual circumstances
attending the Immigration, the length
of the journey, the variety of scenery
and the political situation of the coun
try, all of which gave them so much
to write about that almost without
Intention they appeared as authors,
writers of newspaper letters, pam
phleteers, publishers of journals, peti
tioners to congress and recorders of cur
rent events. It is to their industry, Ban
croft says, that he Is indebted for a
large portion of .' the material he has
used Jn the preparation of, his historv
of the state. t
The Journal's J Circulation
Service Only Laughs at
" Things Like Blockades.
Last December when Portland suf
fered the worst snowstorm In its his
tory, the life of the city was brought
to a standstill. Traffic was blocked.
Street cars were half submerged In
drifts. Ordinary business was par
alyzd. ' Snowbound Portlanders
chafed at the stoppage. They won
dered If snowplows or the warm
chinook wind would ever open up the
streets again. The thousands who
were kept at home because even
walking was arduous anxiously won
dered If newspaper deliveries could
by uny possibility be maintained.
To be honest, the task of routine
dirlribution looked, under the. abnor
mal conditions. Impossible. But do
ing the Impossible Is one of the most
freouent expressions of Journal serv.
Ice. The office fleet of seven truck
was pressed into emergency action
Other available trucks, and sleighs
even, were commandeered. To watch
the doughty trucks buck the clogging
lifts was a sight to stir the heart
with the thrill of battle. Journal
trucks broke the track and led all
other vehicles Into the St. Johns and
Mount Scott districts. Circulation
was disturbed only on one evening,
and even on that evening major deliv
eries were made.
Nor did the vehicle service handle
the entire solution of the difficult
problem. Many of the boys walked
to The -Journal office for their pa
pers, walked back to their several
districts, and served their customers,
working In ihe storm as late as 10
o'clock at night. Just to make sure
that no Journal subscriber missed his
Iper.
Journal circulation is primarily a
proposition of personal service. "It
is the duty of the circulation depart
ment, and particularly of the circula
tion manager, to serve the approxi
mately 70,000 subscribers of The
Journal, ratn or shine, winter or sum
mer, storm or calm, with efficiency
undiminished by any untoward condi
tion. The circulation department,
very much resembles a wheel, with
the hub at the office and the spokes
representing the various carriers and
agents. It is a wheel that has its
rim on the outermost boundaries of
the Oregon country. Every . sub
scriber by his subscription gains a
relation to The Journal that is pe
culiarly personal. The extent of this
relation must be explained In another
article. Bat every member of tne
circulation department counts it in
violable duty to see that the service
reiaUon is unrokenly maintained.
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