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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORT LAND. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY SO. 1920. mm Al ' INDEPEXDEMT NEWSPAPBB C. B. JACKsOX, ......... PnbUher IB dim. be confident, b cheerful and do emto omen a you would bar them do onto 70a. 1 Fabbshed erery week day end Snndajr moraine, at The Journal Building, Broadway and lua- : ttUl MMI. rortlBnd, Oregon. Entered at th Poetoffiee at Portland, Oregon. , for trsesmission through the mails a second TELEPHONES Main 7173. Automata 60-51 All department reached by thee numbers. yOREKlJi- ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE . Rnimln Av Krntiur Co.. Brunswick Building. 22 ft Fifth arena. New York; Mailer Building. Chicago. - -'" - SUBSCRIPTION BATES . By carrier, city and oountry, - DULY 1VD RtTNDAT One week $ .16 One month $ .03 DAILY 'I 8CTCDAT On week. . . .. 10 I On week..,... .00 On month,.,. .45 ) , BT MAIL, AtX RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE DAILY AND BUN DAT One year. ... Off Three month. .. 3.zo Bui months.... 4.23 DAILT (Without Sunday) One year .....36.00 Six month. . .. 8.25 Three month. . 1.75 Ob month..., ..80 WEEKLY (Every Wednesday) One year. .31.00 Bis month ... .30 Our month . . .75 BUNDAT (Only) . One year ...... Six month. . . . . Three nun the. . . f 3.00 1.75 1.00 VFEEKXT AND, SUNDAY On year. ... ...33.00 These rats sdoIt onlr In the Rats to Eastern points furnished on applica tion. Make remittance by Money Ordeej Express Order, or Draft. It your postoffiee- is not a Money Order Office, 1 or 2 -cent stamp will be accepted. Mak all remittances payable to The Journal, Portland. Oreion. ., r- mm "Mm. Let no vandalism of ararie or neglect, no ranee of time, testify to the present or to the oomina generation that we hare forgotten, as a people, the cost of a fre and uadirided republic. , , . General John A. Logan. TODAY IT WILL 5 be a tender touch wltli.. which, the flowers will be laid on the burial" mounds today. " ! V ; Flooding memories will fill the soul as the hand lays its wreaths gently down. : - Perhaps it is I a ' mother to whom the' offering Is made, a mother whose love is the one thing' constant, the one window in whiclL- the light M 1 , .1 . V. I Ik. luroer uuius, me uuc suit cuai uc Inkiest darkness can never obscure. Perhaps It is a father whose life Is briefly annaled In the near headstone. afjther whose devotion and conse--cration. to his loved ones was never Eriownc until he passM "beyond our power o make him know how , psP tient, how infinitely concerned he was with .us and bur welfare. . Perhaps; it Is a sweet faced infant 'with its baby smile, perhaps a brother in the full promise of superb manhood, perhaps a sister whose trust and affection in the days of adolescence are twin stars that gem the firmament, of life. Perhaps all that is mortal of a son or a daughter " lies there under the sod while over the mound bends a . mother .whose moist eyes- still give out from their depths the infinite love that lavished itself upon her children. And so,' the day through, the high and low, the rich and poor, the fami lies of every degree will group around the burial lots and, in their flowers and wreaths, pour out 'their heart9 and souls in tender tribute-to those loved and lost. It will be a people's silent offering to its soldier dead, to Its statesmen, to " its mothers and fathers, to children and all others In the great caravan that moves perpet ual toward the land of shadows and 1 mystery. - . ' -.' ' ; And oyer every city of ' the dead and over every tiny moundwhere the little companies gather, there , vvlll rest the beautiful " bow of promise the promise that it is only the mortaj that lies here and that Just over the - divide the immortal essence,; the real life of the loved one which did not die, is waiting, only waiting. . ; . . It Is" the; most glorious promise, the sweetest consolation in all the world. And since all yearn for it to be true, must it not be true? .s Here's where you can work, con fusion on the old timer- When ho says, '"This Is th coolest spring in 40 ..years," . ansjrer softly "except last spring: . and the spring. Before, and 38 Bprings. before that.", It'a our cool spring-a that give the roses tlne to develop their complete per fection Just fn time, to bloom most beautifully for,, the Rose Show and Festival. ':- '-'-M'i' A NEW AULT GOMMUNrTY service has a new ally In the 'Portland ; Drama League. In its new endeavors for aiding com munity, service, the league has found Itself. - ;' - -.v :' . ;- ,.; ; , It is 'doinjr many things to' justify its existence and the support of its members and friends. This does not mean that U was not always a praise worthy organization; What it means is that, in its" wider field, it is touch ing many more points In the life of the city. ' . i'y- : ' . It has .encouraged the writing of numerous one-act plays by local peo ple. It has produced them with, home talent, and always in creditable per formances. . Better still, it Is produo- Ma 1. Ik 7, gBK 11 ing them for the purpose of raising money -for laudable enterprises. Its' present pre gram contemplates the rendition of Home written and home produced plays In all commu nity centers in Portland. This will mean not only entertainment for the, people in the communities, but tne creation of taste for the drama in its purest form and for its literary merit. It will be' a helpfut'endeavor for those who are struggling' hard, to make Portland a community town ' ins'.jad of the. cold, austere, unsociable place that mpst; large cities vare. There is no life- if all the day and all the: days are Hhe dull routine oi business. There, is' no? real living if the 24 hours consist in hurrying off to work : at morning, slipping away from office or counting room for half an hour at lunch; hurrying back to the place of shelter for. dinner and then riJshmg off terbed for sleep and a return in the morning to the prosy and dreary struggle for. exI9tence. - We grow old before time, we lose our . strength in nervous pros tration.' , We become the' castaways of the bunylng, driving, straining busi ness? world through disability that comes at a period when there should be many useful years ahead. Il la - hu9iiBA. war' live as dnidffea: because) we chain ourselves ; to wheel and eash registers, , because we dis dain fthe recreations, the diversions ana me realizations mat wic musi have In order to long remain whole some, eeeful and poised. r One outrage from - which temper and corps never reeaver, no matter how. much you may turn ,the tables and' take revenge on the other fel low, Is the gentle practice of stumb ling over a whole row f till of peo ple in entering or leaving a motion picture' house during the middle of the performance. TAFT THE PLACID A PERSISTENT placidity -and a plac id i philosophy are not the least of ex-President Tait's contributions to his fellow countrymen. Who that heard him in Portland last Thursday will forget his charitable yet powerful refutation of 'the doctrines of Bol shevism, I. W. W.'isrh and Socialism; his serene and Tiigh reaching pro nouncement of hope and confidence for the; future" of America despite the storm waves that beat against her progress? ; -.y It has long been the theory of, so- cialistio ' teaching, said he, that by the equal division of material pos sessions equality of happiness would be devised. But dollars are not the measure of happiness. Equal wealth would not create those two most highly, prized Americanisms, equality of opportunity and equality of treat ment. ' t ri ; But beyond saying that American ideals have been exalted " under the form of government that permits ex ercise of initiative and the full de velopment of courage and capacity, Judge Taft held no 'brief for capital istic organization. He discovered the strength, the hope and the happiness of America in the cottage. He pointed to a wealth made not of the gold that perishes, but of the attainment of mind and spirit that enrich their pos sessor I without adding disquietude thereto. He saw in the grubbing for money !and possessions a sacrifice of "contentment, a choice of false stand ards and lf -elected "poverty of soul. This ;vie. may net seem very new or. original, nor Is it. Part of its in trinsle worth lies in the fact that it Is as bid as human aspirations for the building of character, Much of Its significance arises from 'the ut terance of suoh belief bv nun in whom it was given once to preside over the destinies and welfare of America's hundred million. ' The transient superficiality of the present theory of government in Rus sia became immediately apparent as Judge (Taft applied 1 the doctrine of equal right, opportunityand treatment to' It. Russia had in other days a gov ernment of the majority by the mi nority,' the czar and his satellites. Russia ' has today no less a govern ment by a minority, 180,000 of the proletariat over 180,000,000. The approved method of acquiring! wealth is to. get as much as possible without earning it and by exploiting or looting those who didwork. The ballot box. which in America guaran tees the realization of what the ma jority want, because it is open to re ceive the expression of desire from all citizens, becomes In Russia a mocking exponent of. class prejudice. - Only; the farmer who has no helper, onfy the industrialist without capac ity tor employ others , and, only the soldierj may vote, the - industrialist having ten" times the vote : of the farmer and the soldier eight times the vote of the industrialist j Who would substitute the soviet for Americanism? Fattaer E. V. O'Hara in Portland has been known as a priest to his parishioners, but also as a leader among social workers, a humanitar ian, aj student and organizer In the field of practical sociological re search, a patriot and a" manly man. Portland regrets his going but Eu gene should receive him with grati fication as a distinct addition! to the assets of the community. THE ROOSTL.ESS EAGLE - j - --. " t 4VT77HT don't yot VV on, then?" I you let fhera nail It Inquired. l "Oh."- lie said. "We alwaTs wnw th eagle on his perch, for "we never know how soon we will have to take him down again."; r.-r--. - . . s,t--,; It was moving day for an American consul in China when the conversa- tion quoted occurred between the con sul and a correspondent of the Ameri can Chamber of Commerce in" Shang hai.;,;; - - V 1 H ;;;;.: ; ? The Chinese landlord, who bad been collecting twice the rent his property was worth, had demanded more on the representation that tfie sun dried brick of which the structure was built increased in value with age. , Confidential papers of state t loaded on eoblie -carts were! wildly followed by a distracted vice consul trying to prohibit the abandonment of a file In every chuck bofe. The consul' hinv- self was perched on a step ladder screwing ' the American eagle into place over the doorway of the new location. To have nailed' it on would have been symbolic of permanent lo cation, and this is impossible so long as the American government In, China provides the eagle no resting place and little dignity. The Germans constructed the most pretentious building in China for their representative before the war. A small percentage of ' the : Increase In trade the following, year paid all the cost i In Nanking, the Chinese govern ment, for the consideration of a sub stantial rental, constructed a consular building for the United Statesat the rear of the German consulate and in tHe place that ordinarily would be oc cupied by servants' quarters. ' f' The , United States J uses at Chefoo the beautiful building which was the property of the czar of Russia. We have, with the exception of Amoy and Shanghai, no consular premises. , Yet we ' are endeavoring to build up Jtrade wjth China. We are endeav oring to establish prestige in China. We are trying to make the Chinese believe that we believe that we are the greatest nation on earth. A French geologist has restored to activity microbes which he found embedded in amber. They must have come intO; existence, the Frenchman says, before man had appeared on the earth. Hitherto the oldest germs to be resuscitated came from the . Egyptian tombs around the time of the pyramids, i Even the cave man seems to have had 'his bugs and the tribesmen their germs Which did their bit. In Spreading the pestilences and plagues through the ancient world. "j E i JOCKEYING FOR MILLIONS ON THE eighth dar of August 1919, President Wilson made six defi nite recommendations to' congress In an address on the high cost of living. In the main, they were ' designed to prevent profiteering.! ; Only two of the recommendations have received attention from congress. They. were: j i :? First, to extend the life of the food control commission, including fuel and clothing under its authority; and sec ond, to provide a penalty forprofit eering. . ; k The other four recommendations were: ' . : f ' ; ; i ' -, . Third, regulating cold storage, mark ing stored articles with the date of their reeeipt ; - Fourth, stamping all articles in In terstate commerce with the price re alized by the producer. Fifth, licensing corporations engaged in interstate commerce on conditions preventing exorbitant, profits. Sixth, federal control of security issues to prevent stock watering. Congress has disdained to even bring the last four recommendations under the light of discussion, j With the country struggling under extortions never equaled in American history, not the slightest attention has been paid to solemn recommendations coming from the presidential office andbear Ing the stamp of very reasonable leg islative purpose. Why shouldn't cold storage be reg ulated and stored articles be marked with the date on which they entered storage plants? Can anybody give one sound reason why it should not be done? Then why does congress utterly Ignore the president's sugges tion? ., . - . : i ; Why shouldn't all articles of Inter state commerce, be stamped with the price realized by the producer? If there is question aboutsuch a policy why shouldn't congress at least bring it up for discussion, and let the light in upon all pfrases of the subject so the people would know? Why shouldn't corporations engaged in interstate commerce be licensed under conditions tcuprevent exorbi tant profits? The world never heard of such colossal ' gains as some great corporations in interstate ; trade have piled up in the past three years, and the. people have footed the bills In increased cost of the ; necessaries of life. Should there be no restraint no limit but the sky? Why doesn't some congressman introduce a bill and let it pass or perish on its merits under the searchlight ' of honest and open analysis?; ' t ' ' ! u Why should there not b federal control of security Issues to prevent stock watering? Of all the "crimes of ; cunning," as Theodore Roosevelt termed them, stock watering has been the most baneful. It means that peo ple are called upon to pay Interest and dividends ' on literal billions of capital that Is not capital at all, but thin air, or the stroke of a pen op a piece of paper. It means money drawn In billions out of the sweat and toil of men for which noting in return is given back.' It mears some thing gotten for nothipg. income para sitically extracted, plunder legally but immorally extorted; It 'means reve nue ; derived fy cunning : and strata gem: revenue that has to' be created by the use of hammers and hoes and saws and spades and plows and picks and otber tools and implements of in dustry. - Yet, though recommended as a Just measure by the president of the United States, congress disdains even to consider federal control of security issues to prevent the greatest "crime of cunning" ever practiced upon a people. Of late. Big Business has shown a disposition to pour great sums of money into the presidential campaign. Is congress afraid to offend it? Is congress jockeying for those mil lions for campaign purposes? Nearly every, motion picture and theatre audience in Portland nowa days hears from a Four Minute Man about - the extraordinary obligations of hospitality that will be laid upon the cjty during the convention sea son of the coming summer. Port land's generous hospitality ( has al ways been equal to every test. The only point that need be made now is that the test of hospitality is an emergency created by the imminent arrival of 100,000 or more visitors and convention delegates who must be provided for and will be provided for, even if Father Portland- has to give up : bis bed to a. stranger and make up his pallet on the floor. THE SEA OF TOMORROW PAUL PAGE WHITHAM, American trade commissioner to - China, while In the Philippine Islands re cently, saw a British ship loading with gum which was to be carried first to Singapore, then to London and fi nally ! to New York for distribution among consumers of the product in Pennsylvania. ,. At the same time he saw vessels of the American merchant marine leav ing port almost empty. British vessels laden with hemp, the ultimate destination of which was chiefly the United States, were sailing from the Philippines by way of a cir cuit of British ports. ... At the same time the vessels of the American merchant marine were sail ing in ballast ; - Mr. Whitham offered the explana tion in his talk before the Portland Chamber of Commerce, Monday. World commerce has grown accus tomed to receive service from and pay toll to the British merchant marine. .Although the roundabout sailings from ports upon which the United States properly should have first call add to the cost of the goods and credit aforeign nation with commerce log ically; ours, custom still directs the course of eommerste. American, buy ers submit American business pays the tolls. , ' ": ";-;" ;;", . In ; the application of the remedy there need be no boycott against the merchant vessels of our ally, Great Britain. The suggestion of the trade commissioner is that American busi ness prove Itself fully as alert to the advantages of direct trade with the Orient as are America's competitors. Such business connections as will load American bottoms must be estab lished. The means of communication between the Pacific coast and the prir ent must be improved, and this means, in the judgment of experts, at least one more trans-Pacific cable immedi ately i as vvell as increased facilities for wireless transmission of messages. Such a suggestion is a direct mes sage to the ports of the Pacific. More specifically it should be guidance to the ports of the Columbia. Men from the eastern part of the United States who engage in commerce of interna tional proportions recently told the National Foreign Trade convention that the center of world commerce Is about to move from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. Mr. Whitham as a skilled observer from the Orient, con firms; this assertion when he says, "The sea of yesterday was the Medi terranean; the sea of today is the Atlantic; the sea of tomorrow Is the Pacific." . When China has merely main line railroads her trade will grow from he present $1,250,000,000 to four or five billion dollars a year. When Si beria i has been developed the com merce of -that country will be meas ured In billions. It is then that the tremendous strategic , Importance of port location on the Pacific will be realized. Sp rapid will be the growth of trade with the. Orient that for instance, It is likely every dock and every elevator built on the Columbia river will be utilized to capacity al most from the beginning. SAVING. THE SOCKETS OTHER treaties have had greater bearing on human welfare than the one recently signed which will regulate the sockeye salmon : fiiaing in Puget sound, but the compact may have the direct effect of saving from extinction an important species of food fish. " I For years there has been warfare between the American and the Cana dian fishermen. The salmon pass first through American -waters. The Cana dians! accuse the Americans of taking much; more than their share. The Americans accused the Canadians of netting so many fish that only a small: number could ascend to the spawning ground and attend to the really essential details of propagating the species. , Whatever the merits of the contro versy, the i result has been seen in a steadily diminishing- annual; catch, Now there is a question as to whether the - balance of reproduction" , has been lost. When any species, whether bird, animal or fish, falls in numbers below a power to reproduce in-numbers that will leave a large propor tion after : natural enemies have ac complished their destruction, extlno- tion threatens. Only artificial repro duction on a large scale and. In this particular Instance, holding the fish until they have attained ability of self protection, will save them. . Former Secretary of Commerce Red field was chairman of the interna tional commission which made the in vestigation upon which the treaty was based. It may be hoped that under it both American and Canadian fishermen will abstain from fishing that destroys their industry. ANTIDOTE FOR "RED" POISON There Is That Which Will So Serve, But a Perverse Generation , Flouts It. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger Where has the American gone who did things, or did not do them, "on principle?" At ' one time the country was full oF them. They governed the natron In those stout and firm-lipped old days it hopelessly damned a man to - prove him "unprincipled." Today the man who Is hindered from following what looks like his immediate self-interest by "principle" gains only the condescend ing pity of the more pliant rival who passes him. And he gets but little more from a community which worships Sue cess with far greater ardor than it bow The trouble Is that the pulpits and the platforms which made "principle' the only respected guide of conduct have themselves been robbed of prestige and debased in public esteem. As we pointed out the other day. this has been done in the most insidious and yet effective way by reducing their "cash value." A generation which, judges everything by its dividend-paying power has only to note that the preacher, the teacher and the stalwart upholder of high principles are poorly paid; fend it promptly draws the inference that their gospels should be disregarded by all "up-to-date" per sons who would share in and profit by the modern movement . One of the things that are calamit ously wrong with all our western democ racies today is that we think we can get along quite as well or indeed better- without any reference to tne rocK-rio-bed "principles" of proper conduct which countless generations of men have slowly and painfully worked out. We might as well try to discard the multiplication table. The -principles" which tne tam ers honored were not the slap-dash im provisations of a passing crisis. They were the tried and tested deductions of a thousand grilling experiences. They had stood fire and storm' and success and failure. They were the concentrated" wis dom of the shrewdest minds which naa been compelled to solve time and again the ever-recurring problems of human life the problems that exist in precisely the same fundamentals today, even If the outward form be changed. Sometimes devout souls believed that they had a higher origin than the slow shaping of human experience that they were born of divine inspiration. But we hesitate to present so old-fashioned a thought in this brilliant, snap-shot, beat the pistol, - know-it-all age which can "guess" more "knowledge in a breathless minute than the old fogies of the past hammered out through the centuries. We are gayly inventing, as we go along, codes of morals, rules of conduct. "eternal verities, supreme tests of worth and worthlessness. And it is no wonder , that we make mistakes and blunder into perilous bogs. . ,. see 4: The consequence is that we are singu larly defenseless against the most dan gerous; forms of anti-social propaganda. We are like people who should try to keep themselves from being cheated In money changing while willfully ignor ing the tables of money values worked out by their predecessors. Much of the poison that 'Is being shot into us is "old stuff." It would not have bothered the fathers for a second. They knew the formula of a frequently tested antidote. But we have discredited "principle." We have ' marked down as a "failure" the various agencies by which "prin ciple" was instilled into the minds of the Americans who really made Amer ica. The school house' has become of Very much less importance than the ga rage. The church Is no longer the cen ter of the life of -the community. A man stands far better Who belongs to a fashionable club. The purely intel lectual and spiritual activities have be come the eccentric peculiarities of the few.. The mass; are "making money." Yet there never was an age when America so greatly needed the old teaching, the old inspired preaching, the universal inculcation of the old "prin ciples." We are a ship finding -itself suddenly launched upon seas so stormy that our "log" hardly carries a paral lel, and yet we have flung overboard the old charts, the old compass . and have driven the old pilots away from the wheels i .- Letters From the People (Commnnicstioo sent to Th Journal (or publication La thia department shonld be written od only one aide of the' paper, should not exceed 300 words In lenrth and must be aimed by the writer, whose mail addreaa in full must aooom pany the contribution. IN REPLY TO MR. KIMBALL Fort Stevens, May 28. To the Editor of The Journal I would like to say a word in reply to Thomas Kimball's let ter of May 25. Did Mr. Kimball ever ride in a subway car In New York City, between 4:30 and 7 p. m.T If he did he must admit there were a good many of the stronger sex that sat very com fortably while American girls who had been enjoying anywhere from eight to 10 hours' leisure standing behind a coun ter or pounding1 a typewriter ' clung to straps. ' Did he ever see the employes of a cotton mill in the chivalrous South leav ing the mill at the noon hour, talking, stalking brusquely along. Those gallant Southern gentlemen could give an army mule lessons in the gentle art of getting there. The men of the Pacific coast are the most gentlemanly men in any coun try. Do you know why?. - Because the Western woman is brainand has spunk enough to demand respect. Women usually get what they demand. Turkey gives her women leisure, and there seems to be a lot of fault-finding about it. I am no Socialist, but I do get tired of ,thls propaganda against the soviet. Let us try to clean our own country. We have plenty of problems to keep us busy. Make the working man and woman. con tent by having honest, clean men make our laws. I do not want soviet govern ment, but can't help thinking how we were told Belgium was starving six or eight months ago. Now you can get a cup of coffee for ZM cents and a shave for 3 cents in Belgium, and, last but cot least, a glass of beer for 3V4 cents and we can't get It at alL If we Ameri cans would only mind our own affairs, we have plenty to do. American. RAINFALL FIGURES Haskins. May 28. To the Editor of The Journal Kindly, send me the flg nres concerning the average yearly rain fall of both Portland and Seattle, . E. H. Letouniey. IE. L. Wells, district meteorologist of th weather bureau, am 3 today: "Portland1 er ae yearly rainfall to 45. IS inches. Seattle' averace yearly rainfall is 88.69 inches. This is based npos betweea SO and 0 ? of barTtioa."J . IN MEMORIAM By Margaret Hull Huntington WAKE I Ye immortal heroesl Rise I Ye living columns of the dead! The Reaper laid ye waste Hailed,, ye are, victors O'er death's oblivion, and In glory tread. Ye are the mighty legions Who bridge .the Past and pierce the Dawn. Ye kept the faith I .No roll of drums is sounded, . ' Half mast the flag they sired Is furled ...-. "Warriors immortal, of old Continental glory, 5 Of Bunker Hill and Valley Forge, who hurled 1 The torch of Liberty athwart an age-old scepter, ' ' Lest freemen die of crowns In this new world! From the high seas come those heroes "i Who dared the pirates of the open main For the deep gives up her dead and story, , ' Old Constitution's valor lives again. , The ranks are thinned. '. . . New stars adorn Old Glory. Patriots of peace, who rose before the foe, ' Your measured tread is heard on Texan borders Faithful to death, ye braved the Alamo! . ( Nation of grief when Freedom's. lightning; ' ; Struck at the flag whose sons must send ' Brother against brother in great civil struggle ' Of blasting war and bitter strife whose end i Was justice crowned, and closer-knit fidelity; For brother's blood doth sanctify not rend! 1 f v May the emblem of Liberty forever : Redress injustice, harboring no gain j ! No subject foe is proof of martial grandeur, ; ' ' No victor's spoil restores a ravaged Maine; ' i But Duty,' serving Justice, rights violations "j Of higher law than constitutions fill Tls freedom's, call, the brotherhood wnose cnarge is ringing yet on $an. juan mm 5 . The gleaming crosses mark the graves that ;lie Along the Western front in unknown waters j Beneath the splendors of a foreign sky, ' Marking a nation's great memorial, 1 Leaving in trust the land they trod, 1 Bearing the cross we gave in keeping, Dreaming an aeon's peace, awaiting Godl The singing flame of war has burned to embers, '! But from the ashes of its blood and tears Must leap the whiter flame that justice renderst I Or God shall mark-us with the coming years! .1 Take heed! A mighty people yet may blunder, i Blinded by power and the spoils of gain, Drunk with the wine that's brewed of Mammon, . Seeing through the night no sword of -righteous flame! Hail to the march of vanished legions, i . Who served the Past and bid us guard the Dawnl i ,. Keep we the faith commemorate their valor Ours is the torch to bear. - They Journey on! h MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town Southern California is experiencing'the most prosperous .tourist season in' his tory, because the cities and proprietors of amusement places have advertised.. "Go thou and do likewise. If you would reap the same harvest," urges John D. Cole of Los Angeles, general manager of the Tullograph Art company. Cole formerly was .connected with the Cata lina Island resorts, and he has seen the business grow from or 10 visitor a day to thousands. Cole is in Portland to nmnrn for the (Rtabliahment of a branch factory' for his art company, which handles : advertising on a large scale. He was so impressea witn nis brief observation here scenically and commercially that he is strongly tempted to start the factory here without further investigation of the Northwest. "All it takes to make a scenic region popular Is to have it known. Southern California has been making her attractions known for many years, and is now realizing the cumulative value of the years of adver tising Investment," said Cole. Howard P. Miller, representing Scrib ners at Seattle, was In Portland Satur day, conferring with school authorities tho viiatnrv which thev have ado D ted In Portland schools, r Bookmen, says Millar are losiner money on. old con tracts made before the paper shortage, although they are making up this In a large part on fiction books, wnicn peopio will read and pay the price for. ,Book prices, however, have in no way in-r-re&fted In comoarison with other com modities, declares Miller. 'e e Tmirlatu are eominar clear from Aus tralia to visit Portland and the North west. A party was registered at the Portland Saturday, consisting or w. tx. Bradley, J. Dunn. F. Pollard. F. M. Pollard and M. Williams. e e - C. G. Washburne of the firm of Mo Mnrn Mr Washburne. the largest dry goods store in Eugene or in any city outside of Portland, is a guest at the Multnomah. Miss Zulem Kostomlatsky, acting librarian ; Miss Ann Mutheron, school librarian; Misa"Gretta Smith, Miss Mabel Alexander and Miss Ruth Crocker, left IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN; By Fred. Lockley r A tribute to fallen heroes of whatever Ameri can wars, or of whatever American cause, i her paid by Mr. Lockley. who render noma to uiem all, the while tellinc the story of th irt Me mortal daj and reriesrinc th history ot the day as on of America' aacred institution. Memorial day is a day of hallowed memories. Tbe bitterness of our frat ricidal strife is long gone. The sons of the blue and of those who wore the gray fought side by side In Cuba ana tne fnuippines. liwirsuu sons of the veterans of '61 charged hmiM,, tn shoulder airainst a common foe trv France and Flanders. Five and fifty years have passed since the men of the North and the men of the South i Vv tl armv Our armies, both North and South, were armies of boys and young men. Most or mem nave answered the roll -call of the Great -nnnn.ar,ar Thnna who are left will not be with us long- Each night they are pitching their tents a aay marcn nearer home. No day should be so sa- .i ,k( lav or remembrance this day which is a memorial to the brav ery, the valor, the devotion oi uiom who belonged to the Grand Army of the Ttenublic and to their no less gal lant foes who wore the gray. . . arm. Ae tbe dav. with its deep spir itual significance, . to the women of the South. In the spring of 1867 the women of Columbus, Miss., set aside a day for the decoration of the graves .v.. -niii.. rioad. Thev strewed flow- VI Lira ers on tbe graves of the soldiers of the North as well 'as on me grave w u sons of the South. They recognised that the hearts of the mothers of the North, as" of the mothers of the South, were bowed down tin sorrow for, .their sons who lay in unknown graves on kottiefielda. and. suffering a OUUUrci i. -, , . - common sorrow, they decorated - the graves of all who had fallen In battle. The following year, in Msy.Jim, Ad of nations. Saturday night, for Denver, where they will attend the meeting of the American Library association. With them were J. T. Jennings, librarian at Seattle, and T. Red din gton ' of the library of the Uni versity of ; British Columbia at Van couver, who stopped off in Portland to visit Central library enroute. I - . W. E. Boyd, owner ef the Benson hotel, is now a bonafide -resident of Portland. Boyd went back to Fargo, N. Et, i about three weeks ago to close up business In his old home tpwn and bring his family to the Northwest. He returned Friday with Mrs. Boyd and their two sons, Robert and BU(y. They will reside at the Benson temporarily. ; ' Dr. W. P. Mills, one of the leading lights In the medical profession at Mis soula, Mont., is trying to shake off an attack of hay fever in Portland. While health-resorting In the city, Dr. Mills IH staying at the hotel of his former fellow resident of Missoula, W. C. Culbertson. 5; -For the first time in six years Al Hoffman came! back to the Imperial Sat urday. He sbied. Harry Hamilton and began to beamj "I wondered If you were still here," he said. "I would not eat today if I could not find Hamilton," and he cashed a check. Hoffman represents about 30 different companies that have to do with iron. Because of illness, he has been recuperating for the last few years in Los Angeles. , . f ' C. L. Van Doren of the United States general land office of Washington, D. C. who has been several weeks In Portland inspecting O. & C. lands relative to ex changes and conferring with local land office officials lover Northwest problems, left Sunday f qr his home office. i e e e Roscoe McCarty of Mitchell and Will lane Davis of Fossil are idling at the New, Perkins after a strenuous trip mar shaling a car of livestock Into Portland. McCarty and f Davis 'are large' cattle growers In their community. ; Ruth Hadley, one of Astoria's society belles, arrived! at the Benson Saturday after a season in 'California. She is on her return to Astoria. ' jutant Genera N. P. Chipman suggest ed to John A. Logan, then national commander of. the Grand Army ' of the Republic, tha custom originated by the women of the South should be observed by that organization. General Logan approved the suggestion and issued an order designating May 30 as a day of special significance, to be set apart "for the purpose of strewing with flowers the graves of our comrades who died in defense of their country and whose bodies -now lie 'In almost every city and village churchyard in the land. It is the purpose of the commander-in-chief to inaugurate this, observance with the hope that, it will be kept op from year to year yshlle a. survivor of the war remains to honor tber memory of the departed.' . A common country gave birth to tbe warriors of the North and to those of the South, and ' the peace signed by Grant and Lee at Appomattox was no peace held fast with bayonets, but was a peace of mutual respect for mutual courage and bravery. Our illustrious dead received a baptism of fire and blood which has earned for them for all time the homage and devotion of thfclr fellow-countrymen. when Ahe clouds were darkest dur ing the days of our Civil war. Presi dent ' Lincoln said : "I do not doubt, nor have I ever doubted for a mo ment, that our country will come through this ordeal safe and undivided. I do not know how It is to be done. The God of our fathers, who raised up this country to be a refuge and an asylum for the oppressed and down trodden of all : nations, will not let us ( perish now. I may not live to see it, but God . will bring, us through sate." We paid the price in blood and tears, but we came through the dark days of fratricidal strife with .one flag and one. country, with common '-ideals the hop f the world. The Oregon Country Northwest Happexlnits in Brief Form for the Uusy Header. OREGON Two sawmills, a box factory and. a big lumber yard are new induntrles being es tablished at Dufur. Bill Relnhart of Salem has bfen elected captain of the University of Ore gen baseball team of mi. Bonds for the Kuirenn municipal avia tion field will be ixsur-d noon, according to City Kngineer Devercaux. The nine men from the Unlvernlty of Oregon to participate In the North west conference meet at Pullman have Ix't-n selected. - The golden wedding annlvei-Knrv of Mr. and Mrs.-B. P. Williamson ef dakvlll. Linn county, was celebrated with 70 guests in attendance. Mrs. Wilma K. Waggoner of Lebanon was seriounly Injured by falling down a stairway into the basement of the home of J, p. Stearns. There are included in irrigation dis tricts now organised in the stale a toul of 1.036.28S acres, of which are actually under water. Governor Olcott has appointed Evelyn P. Curtis of New York to repreoent him at a performance in New York in honor of 6000 school children. The Orepon chapter tf Slrrma Chi fra ternity. University of Oregon, has pur chased the house and lot occupied by It for approximately $16,000. According to an estimate of the r.cre tary of board of control the total deficit of the several state Inntltuttona next January will not exceed 125,000. The Prlnevllle-Mltchell stapr line will start service June 14. This Is the firm service between the two point for many years. It is made ponnlble by the im provement of the highway. WASHINGTON - Governor Hart has appointed Edward W. Allen of Seattle member of the slate park board. A collection of pioneer relics of Whit man county Is planned by the Pioneers' association. Fire "at Dallas has damaged the in terior of the Christian church approxi mately $3500. Old settlers will gather at Seattle June 1 and t for the annual meeting add re union of pioneers of Waahlngton. A crew of 20 men Is at work laying a railroad from a point near OakvUle to the Oregon-Waahlnr. ion railway. The state road from Colvllle to the Little Tend d' Oreille lake at Muddle port is now open for auto travel. The state treasury hum received tat fair money totaling ll&,86e to be placid in the general fund but credited to Die state fair. Women of the Clarke county firm bureau have decided in view of the hU:h cost of millinery that they will inako their own hats this year. Brush and trees on th Fprt Walla Walla grounda, which are badly lnfecini with scale, will be cleaned up by the government at a cost of J8000. Arrangements have beon mude for an aerial passentrer service between KIIxt ton and Colfax during the thr?a day picnic at Klberton, beginning June 2.1. Governor Hart has appointed Willlum L. Lemon of Yakima a member of the veteran's welfare commission to suc ceed William Short, prenldent of the State Federation of Lubor. A suit has been commenced In the superior court at Wenatchee by th Mute to determine the water rlKhls of thone claiming water from Htemilt rruek and its tributaries. There are 700 defend ants to the suit. Two federal prohibition officer and Sheriff Moore of Ferry county have been released on a bond of liouo each fol lowing their arrest for the murder of Krnest C. Kmlly. a young rancher who lived near Keller, who refused to bait at their command. IDAHO Thirty-eight young men and women have received diplomas of graduation from the Coeur d' Alone hlich school. Owing to street paving work In prog ress citizens of Twin Kails have deitldi-d not to hold a Fourth of July celebration. A. 8. Kmbree, the star wllne. In the trial of F. H. Jovjinkh at Wallace, ha been arrested on Uie charge of criminal syndicalism. Emll Ift-axllng baa sold hla 10 acre ranch on Tahoe ridsre near Koonkla for 18000 preparatory to moving to inde pendence. Or. . The three stores at Twin Falls dam aged In the recent 1360,000 fire have closod down buKlnen pending negotia tions over insurance. A Rochdale store will be opened by th Lewieton Cooperative asaorlation. The association is affiliated with the Pacific Cooperative league. Commissioner of . Agriculture Cannon estimate that the crop raised In Idaho this year; together with the livestock, will have a value of $200,000,000. In Mcmoriam By June MacMlllan Ordway I in rtonor oi i.orrKTmi nn " j . FHrt betuiHnn headwiisrt'rs eoini'sr,, lur A, ilrld artillrry. A. K. V. I Alar beymid the rrsUes wates. Not heedin wind, nor storm, nor tMs, A brar hoy sleeps. Our flsa shall b More glurious sine b has died. His loral life was forfeited For lore of Ins dsr country's nstn. And may ilia flac float proudly tin With stripes In brighter erimoon flame. Sleep on. bra lad, mir aoMlsr true, lieyond Oils life's trmcsuus sea. Ilia was a hero's death, lie il'-l On duty' field, true, fearlessly. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: Fitfhln' fer mackrH outer a salted bar rel of 'em's what may go on In Hun Francisco, I reckon. There'll have to be some fireworks and oratory, but I reckon the next presidential candidate's 'most as good as hooked now, and the platform's another macktr'l already salted down and ready to be sprung on the boarders. The Journal Accords Liberal Space to Activities of Fraternal Orders. The Journal for ! years nas con tinued to present to It readers new f the fraternal lodges In a rpt-cial department publimhed nearly every day, and with several columns on Sunday. There are known to b over 85,000 members of fratornal or ders in Portland, and.The Journal has endeavored to treat all with Im partial spirit and In a helpful way. No other paper in the state has de voted so much space to th' social and fraternal activities of tl dif ferent orders, their initiation, cere monials, elections, dunces, cunven-. tlons. picnics, excursions and enter tainments. The fraternal orders are a mot active social factor and are con ducting humanltarl-an movement that do much to Improve society at large. Their patriotc activities dur ing the war were valuable In afford ing opportunities for publicity -and arousing enthusiasm In the prosecu tion of the struggle to a triumphant conclusion. The Journal has recognized their importance as a factor In the up building of Oregon and the knitting together of" Ifie people Into a com monwealth af true Americanism. It will continue to do so, and will ap preciate the continued cooperation of the publicity committees of the different fraternal units in furnish ing timely Information of coming fraternal events ot Interest.