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Mine be the breezy hill that skirt the down
Where a grassy turf is all I crave.
With here and there a violet bestrewn.
Past by a brook or fountain's murmuring
wave:
And many an, evening sun shine sweetly
on my grave. Jamea Beattie.
WHEN LEAGUERS COME
DOWN In Columbia county they tell
you of this Incident:
A farmer shipped three 2-year-old
sows to vPortIand and" was paid 10
cents a pound for, them. A Columbia
county farmer talked about It In Hie
Journal office. He said :
Of course they were heavy pork. But
the lard from them goes to the consumer
at 37 cents. The bacon is. 45 cents, and
other products in proportion. And the
packers utilize everything out of those
hogs but the squeal.
Now the farmer who sold those' hoes
lost money. He didn't get back the
cost of the feed that he put into them.
He is a solid, substantial, conservative
farmer, and he declares that he will
never consign another hoof to the Union
stockyards.
The farmers are' paying f 56 a ton
for what is known to the trade- as
"mill run." It is a by-product of the
wheat. Farmers say that $56 for this
by-product is the full value of the
wheat. Paying $56 for It now, they
put It into hogs that, if top' stuff,
brings them-15 or 15V4 cents as pork.
Not long ago they paid 18 for It and
got 11 and . 12 cents for pork. The
farmer caller at The Journal office
continued:
Farmers In our community are going
out of the hog business. If they stay
with it long enough under present ar
rangements they will go into bankruptcy.
One big producer in Columbia county
formerly kept 67 brood sows. He has
reduced the number to 22. He is operat
ing in thoroughbreds and sells most of j
his stuff for breeding purposes at fig- j
ures far above the stockyard prices. But j
even he cannot stand the huge differen
tial between what the producer gets
and the consumer pays. -The packer or
somebody else Is absorbing such a share
of profit that the industry Is being killed.
It means that hog production Is on the
decline and that by and by there will
be a scarcity. Then the consumer -will
be made to dance. '
This farmer caller related a po
tato ipcident. A small consignment of
potatoes was shipped to Portland and
brought a shade over 5 cents a
pound. That was a few days ago when
potatoes were going to consumers at
10 and 12 cents a pound. The .mere
transaction of distributing the pota
toes costs as much as the entire out
lay of the farmer in owning his farm,
,in preparing the ground, in planting
the seed, together with the 'value of
the seed, in cultivating the potatoes,
in digging them and in delivering them
' to market. And the caller at The
journal office went on to say :
Our county is especially adapted to
potato growing. But farmers are so dis
gusted with this year's manipulation of
the potato market that many of them
are going out of the potato business.
Many will put out "Berries for which
there Is a better market. The potato
' output in our district, as will doubtless
be the case elsewhere, will be greatly re
duced. There wUI be under production.
and again - the consumers will be made
to dance.
- Some of the farmers in Columbia
county are discussing the advisability
of establishing their own abattoir.
Others are inquiring.into the plans of
the Non-partisan league. Others are
studying the proposed market com
mission plan and cooperative market
ing. The general thought among
them, according to this farmer, is to
. join in some kind of united action
that will give them a reasonable re
turn for their products.
Their plans deserve the attention
nd a response from the business
world of the state. Good markets
iave been established for the produc
ers of California, and the movement
Tor them had, and has, the hearty
:ooperatlon of the business people of
: that state. It Is a far better way than
I for Oregon to become -torn by the
passion and turbulence and class
struggle that has swept over North
Dakota since the farmers of that state,
pressed by r the. milling and grain
plunder-bund of Minnesota, brought
the Non-partisan league Into power.
- A driver piloted his automobile
at about 20 miles an hour down Al
der to Broadway a few nights' ago.
As he neared the Intersection a street
car was Just moving ahead on
Broadway. : The speed of the auto
mobile was too fast to allow a stop.
The driver threw on more gas and
swerved Into Broadway, a few Inches
ahead of the car, at approximately
30 miles. He narrowly missed the
curb but flnallyrTBt back nto ".his
course, Everybody on the corner
was threatened-by the hurtling ma
chine. It was almost out of con
trol, so thrown by the Inability of
the driver tp stop to avoid the street
car. The; man went into a busy in
tersection at .twice the speed the law
allows. It is for such drivers that
the licensing drivers' law was en
acted by the legislature. It goes Into
effect July 1-
THB PASSING BHOW
THE demand for silk shirts, expen
sive neckties, hats and caps has
decreased by one half in the last four
months, according to Internal revenue
figures recently published in the Mid
dle West. Rather than the $16 shirt.
customers are seeking the less expen
sive garment. The desire for the
cheaper articles j has been evidenced
all down the line.
' Announcement of the figures bears
evidence of ore very good reason why
clothing prices were recently cut from
15 to 50 per cent. The demand for
certain luxuries is apparently decreas
ing. Buyers are not in search of the
high priced articles. Tfiey are willing
to wear the cheaper clothes and lay
away part of their wages.
During) the orgy of extravagance.
purchasers had no hesitancy about
paying $100, for a suit of clothes, $20
for shoes, or $20 for a hat. Articles
that before had sold for $5, $6 and
$7 went to $18 and $20. And buyers
bought. There was a ready market. ,' '
The stores purchased heavy stocks.
They had the costly goods on their
shelves and in their warehouses. And
when the demand waned the alterna
tive was sale at reduced prices.
People are becoming more frugal in
their purchases. And as they demand
fewer luxuries and spend their "money
more for, necessities, prices will likely
continue; to fall.
Although the federal reserve board
in a report for May says there Is no
modification of the underlying condi
tions that have sustained prices at the
high levels, it is certain that con
tinued reduction . in the demand for
costly articles such as silk shirts, hats
and caps, and the spread of the de
clining demand Into other lines is
likely to force an early reduction in
the price of all commodities.
A California preacher announces
that he has quit the pulpit to preach
the gospel of happiness on the mo
tion' picture screen. And the pain
ful thought obtrudes itself that the
bigger pay check In the motion pic
ture employ will make the world
look serener and thrice arm him for
the business of preaching the gospel
of happiness.
SHIPPING BY TRUCK
WHEN heads of great railroads
talk and act in as friendly fash
ion about waterways as Samuel Rea,
the president of the Pennsylvania
system, has referred to the commer
cial use of motor trucks, the trans
portation prablem of the country will
be solved and the 'chief beneficiaries
will" be the railroads.
Mr. Rea has said -in a statement
given national prominence that the
railroads cannot compete with the mo
tor truck i in short line service and
that the motor truck can only con
flict with the railroad by undertak
ing long line hauls. Under economic
law, the truck can handle freight for
short distances more cheaply and sat
isfactorily than the railroad' train.
The railroad, on the other hand, can
move a greater volume of freight more
rapidly and cheaply over long distan
ces than the motor truck.
But when it comes to the relation
of 'water and rail transportation eco
nomic law is as immutably regnant.
High elass freight, including merchan
dise which sells at prices of which
the freight rate Is always a small part,
can move more satisfactorily by rail.
But experienced traffic men say that
the railroads can never compete with
boats in the movement of low grade
bulk commodities in which speed of
transportation is not the first consid
eration.) ;
. The American transportation trio
includes boats, trucks and trains. The
transportation experts of the nation
should unite iri the development and
relating of all three.
i
One European voice speaks a good
old language. The Italian premier
says Germany must disarm and adds
that the allies and all the world
should 1 disarm. It is -one of the
things the war was fought for. It
is a formula that is an appeal to
the mothers and fathers of America.
APPLES IN SHIPS
S TEPS should be taken now to se
cure the allocation of refrigera
tion ships for the movement of the
Northwestern apple crop next autumn.
The. apples which spoiled in refrig
erator Cars due to unequal tempera
tures, both of heat and chill, last
year, are estimated to have been
worth $500,000.
The apples which were frozen in
December, but which would have been
dispatched to the East before that
time had it not been for ear short
age, were valued at $2,000,000. ; v
There is little prospeet that the car
supply wilL be satisfactory this sea
son. There is every assurance that
if cars are provided to move the apples
crop some other " commodity jvill be
robbed of necessary transportation,
i No form,. of transportation offers
greater assurance of delivery without
damage than ships containing refrig
erating facilities. The maintenance of
an equable temperature is less dif
ficult In a ship than in a car. t
Under " present conditions every en
larged use of . water . transportation,
helps solve the critical transportation
problem of the natieo. It provides
profitable' - employment,, for : our mer
chant marine, it. advances our plans
for port development, j . f i
t Ships Ioadeil with Northwestern ap
ples can sail more profitably and con
veniently from the "Columbia river
than any other port. I
A corset company has declared a
stock: dividend of 200 per cent. Increased-
its capital from $200,000 to
$2,400,000, and given its stockhold
ers two shares of new stock for
every old share. From this wonder
ful improvement In the fortunes of
the corset concern, the women will
understand t how thoroughly they
have been squeezed, and how docile
they were under the pressure of In
creased prices.
THE NORTH PORTLAND HARBOR.
THE industrial transactions of North
Portland aggregate $125,000,000 a
year. ' ' "' ? - , f j j . ;-, v
Yet the channel of the North Port
land harbor is permitted by the port
commission to be as shallow as 15
feet ; ' - - ; - . . ; ; -Nearly
all the Industrial products
of North Portland are keenly In de
mand In world markets. There are
meats, box shooks, ready built houses,
lumber, wood and metal tanks and
pipes,' stoves, fruits, scoured wool,
fabricated steel for. bridges and masts
and spars.
The district closely Inter-relates rail
and water transportation with manu
facturing plants. It is a natural meet
ing place for ships, steamboats and
trains. The industrial growth of the
city is unmistakably toward the north.
The legislature of 1917, as the climax
of a Portland campaign, passed a law
including Oregon and Columbia
sloughs In the port district.. The port
commission In 1917 announced that it
would in obedience to the law, create
and maintain a 25-foot channel in Or
egon slough, now North Portland
harbor, -
To - strengthen Its I administrative
powers the port commission has
added to its staff a port superinten
dent and a traffic: manager.
But neither the law nor the addi
tional executives have seemed to bring
the commission to actual fulfillment
of Its trust. The commission main
tains deep water to less important
industries. Why does it neglect North
Portland? j
United States engineers are under
stood to be ready to cooperate In
necessary surveys and estimates which
would dispose scientifically of dis
putes as to method. It is said that
the North Portland industries could
expand at once, put on more workers,
use more raw material, .; load more
ships both in and out of the harbor
and bring ; more prosperity to the
Port of Portland if channel Improve
ment were provided. Why Isn't it
done ?
A Chicago truck driver, arrested
for colliding with an automobile on
a country road, deposited with the
sheriff four bags of sugar In lieu of
a $100 bond. What could be a surer
guarantee that a defendant would
show up for trial than to have four
sacks of sugar on deposit as his ball ?
A DERELICT
AN UNUSUAL example of an empty
life is that of Lord Sholtn TVmr-
las of England. He was recently di
vorced by a music hall dancer, mar
ried in California 25 years ago.
His "first appearance in the public
eye was on the occasion of his arrival
in California in' the '90s. He bore let
ters of credit for large sums, and an
nounced his intention of buying a
large ranch or gold mine. He attended
the music halls of those days and fell
In love with a dancer. He took out a
marriage license. Comnanions caused
his arrest as an insane man, but upon
tneir rallure to appear against him,
the case was .dismissed and the. mar
riage followed. ,.
Remittances from England ceaseri.
and after a quarrel with his mother-in-law
over a $20 loan, Sholto and his
wife arrived in Los Angeles stranded.
Lady Sholto went on the stage to
support herself and husband. For
years she supported. She toured the
country and attracted considerable at
tention as th first titled performer
on an American stage Sholto tagged
along. '.!"'
After 1900 Sholto dropped out of
sight until he turned up in an English
bankruptcy court last year. In his
petition Sholto stated that he had
lost a $50,000 inn arjlance because of
the war, and that iereaf ter he and
his wife had subsisted on $50 a weir
donated by a relative That had been
withdrawn and he was then $1500 in
debt. And now , his wife has aban
doned him. :
For years Sholto lived on money
earned by his wife, on remittances, on
borrowed money and on alms. He was
dependent on inheritances and remit
tances. , When they vanished it was
his wife and relatives. :
How much" better to be a producer,
to give something, to live from his'
own efforts, than to go through, life
dependent - on 'inheritances, remit
tances, borrowings, and alms.
Here are some of the prices on
fresh beef sold - in the Canal sone
from Uncle Sam's cold storage plant
at Panama; Beef from ; hind quar
ters 19 cents, fore quarters 1 4. beef
ribs, enjire set, 20, short loins .25.
The meat comes from Colombian
cattle slaughtered on the Isthums.
At such prices, every family could
have meat on the d wing table.
KNOX AND THE
BITTER-ENDERS"
By Carl Smith, Washington Stalf
Correspondent of The Journal
'Washington, May SL -Observers of the
efforts of Republican leaders to shuf
fle from under the. responsibility of de
feating the peace treaty are interested
now in the political effect of making
Senator Philander C. Knox the leader
ef the Republican separate peace plan.
Senator Knox Is the candidate of Sena
tor ' Penrose for the presidency, . and
he has all ainng been against not merely
the League of Nations, but the treaty of
peace as well. It is recalled that he
was the advocate of a separate peace
with Germany long before the dog days
debate on the peace treaty began last
year, 'and was even then declaring that
the treaty was too harsh for Germany.
;
Now Senator Knox comes along and
throws out a challenge to Senator Lodge,
who has been "Americanising the treaty"
with reservations. Lodge has not Amer
icanised it at all.. says Knox. He has
only made a mess of it, according to
Knox, by attaching special 'favors and
exemptions for America which in ,tne.
end will not help .the cause of peace.
Knox thus confirms one of the .princi
pal criticisms of those who have opposed
the lodge reservations. President Wil
son has frequently said that America
ought not to be seeking so many special
favors for herself as to create the im
pression that this country wants bene
fits without responsibilities. -
"It is by no means the question that
the other nations may nsentto such 1
question is. Does such a structure rest
upon solid foundations? It seems to me
not, as the rights and obligations of
those who are associated for a common
purpose should be reciprocal. If we, by
reservation withdraw ourselves from
obligations to , our associates in the
league, it is, rather difficult to find
what obligations our associates will owe
to us, the limited partner."
That. Is the same argument the friends
of the treaty have made, that a reserved
seat may be made eo exclusive that the
occupants of the other seats will become
distrustful and dissatisfied. -
Concerning the Lodge how-de-do over
"Americanizing" the treaty, upon which
so much campaigning has been done,
Knox gave the lie, politely but emphati
cally. His exact words were : "It has
been said that reservations proposed In
the senate Americanise the league This,
of course, iscnjt 4xue.''
There is no way to Americanize tire
league, in the opinion of Knox. If
America goes into the league on equal
terms it joins in the enterprise, for better
or wore. If It sets out to scatter
reservations all over the league, it weak
ens the league and breeds distrust- If
it stays out It can duck the responsi
bilities for the present and try for a
separate peace. The. latter .alternative
Is what Knox preiern.
-The Republican majority of the senate
is committed to the Lodge reservations.
Will the Chicago convention repudiate
that majority and take the leadership
of Knox? It is a bold challenge by the
bitter-enders, and there is blood on the
moon. " ' '
Letters From the People
,n ..itii int- to The Journal for
publication in this department should be written
on only one side of the paper, should not ceed
800 words in length and must be signed by the
writer, whose mail address la full most accom
pany ih contribution-1
WHEN LEAGUERS COME
ivn.iti.v. Wash.. May 24. To the
Editor of The Journal. H. L. Anderson
in his criticism of my letter of May 9
outruns the facts. Mr. Foster's stand
ing is not questioned, but his statements
are subject to courteous criticism for
which no apology is orrerea, ine ieei
Ing of "distrust" and "brother hatred"
would not have been created If respect
nhiHtv had not resorted to unlawful
methods mob violence, closing public
buildings, propaganda, etc We believe
our public officers and courts are vio
lating laws and making laws, usurping
th riehts tf the people. Trusts con
tinue to exist and rob the people under
protection of the courts, and still they
call Leaguers, who ; do none of these
things, radical.
Mr. Anderson wants the farmers pro
tected. Is that, the reason so few farm
ers ever get to congress? Why not pro
tect them against trust dictation, double
taxation, selling, sugar beets at prices
based on 8 cents a pound for sugar that
they buy back at 30 cents, working 1$
hours a day? '
I notice it Is not the farmers who are
financing and leading the anti-league
movement. It is surely time the farmer
considered protecting himself, not hiring
lawyers to make laws, but selecting a
few real farmers for that purpose.
When freedom of public halls and the
press is at the disposal of all political
organizations alike, it will not take in
telligent farmers long to find out the
truth. Many farmers have' come to the
conclusion the big trusts must go.
Farmers roust have proper representa
tion In congress. These ideas cannot be
crushed Cooperation and marketing
bills which may become laws because of
fear of the League have their merits,
but how can they reach the elevator,
milling, "packing, shoe, coffee, . grocery
and clothing trusts? The real and only
question is: How can we change these
conditions?
Why does the opposition object to
farm political organizations, aiming Jo
send more farmers to congress, and to
state owned elevators and mills, pack
ing plants, banks, etc., to kill the selfish
and political . influence of trusts? . And
will they try to -give some constructive
help by proposing a remedy?
, C. M. Cutting.
"WOMEN IN SOVIET RUSSIA."
Portland, May 26. To the Editor of
The Journal What Thomas Kimball
writes about American women in com
paring their position with that of Rus
sian women is not wholly without its
amusing elements. -Evidently be be
lieves that to make all women non
producers or to allow , them as much
frivolous or parasitic leisure as possible
is being "chivalrous" and conferring a
great favor upon women.. Every In
telligent woman understands that no
greater error than this is conceivable.
No more dangerous social or ethical
proposal could be made to hasten an
Inevitable demoralization and collapse of
society than what Mr. Kimball urges.
No nation or country can survive that
does not have healthy, strong, indus
trious, fecund women. To make of
them sterile or ajckly parasites, ,as Mr.
Kimball seems to think so desirable, is
the : most certain, direct and quick
road to national ajad racial -decay and
extinction which any people can follow.
In the Scandinavian countries, for ln-
stance, feminism means the "right of
free, but responsible, motherhood, a
raising of the standard of child wel
fare, and the opportunity for women
for whoAsome, creative labor. - It does
not mean escape from maternity or
from productive work, which is a
poisonous parasitism no society can
possibly survive. . -
In Russia, from what J can learn; the
public policy is somewhat similar.
Motherhood is looked upon aa a service
to society that is the most essential ot
essential services. As such it should
not be made the occasion for oppression
and exploitation, aS has too often been
the case in the past. In intelligent
motherhood and capable, healthy chil
dren lie the hope of the world. This is
a truth vividly realised In Russia to
day aa perhaps In no other country on
earth. In . addition women are "given
opportunities for serving society by
working under healthful conditions.
They ' are thus released from an in
voluntary economic dependence on
father, husband or brother. In that
way woman attains an Individual free
dom that Is compatible with a whole
some social state. She helps to main
tain society, not to destroy it
' Let us be warned in time. If Amer
ica adopts Mr. Kimball's ideas and our
women become mere "baby dolls,"
serving no possible economic or social
end except as pretty adornments for
men's hours of relaxation, prepare to
toll the bell for the departure of this
country's greatness and strength.
I . Mathilda Nystrom. .
5 IN REPLY TP MR. KIMBALL ...
Portland, May 24. To jghe Editor of
The Journal There appeared In pday'"
Journal a letter purporting to be an an
swer to a letter written by me and pub-
ushed in The Journal a short time ago.
Mr. Kimball does not come to the point
yet. lor I am not trying to uphold Bol
snevtsm or any other "Ism" or eult. The
thing that I called the attention of your
readers to was the method which he
seemed to be using to becloud the minds
of the readers.
I do not doubt In the least that there
are many customs in Russia, or. for
that matter, in any of the older coun
tries, whieh would be found very dis
agreeable to the women of our lands.
Not only that, but I do not need to be
told by eyewitnesses or any other kind
that rebellion and war make brutes of
inhabitants. But all that Is beside
the question, ror the thing - that any
thinking man. wishes to find In perusing
the papers is straightforward state
ments. The readers of The Journal, and
Mr. Kimball with the rest, need not fear'
that I wish to uphold any method by
which the proletariat or a soviet of
workingmen shall dominate our country.
and I am not afraid to Bay what I mean
when I write. Our working people, our
farmers and our small tradesmen are
eternally roasting the big corporations
instead of seeing that they are the solu
tion of our difficulties. A few years ago
we said men would never work in co
operation except as slaves. . Now we
see millions of both men and women
producing, cooperatively and we would
not "give up our system for anything
else in existence. - But I can see a time
in the future when the whole thing will
not be a gamble, as it seems to be at
present. J. W. Burt.
RENT PROFITEERING
Portland, May 20. To the Editor of
The Journal. Regarding profiteering: in
house, rent I want to have a word
through your paper, which seems to be
the only medium through which the
masses may speak.
The class of profiteering; above re
ferred to is at least one of the most
contemptibly mean acts that any person
can do, but Is, as in this case to which
I am referring, a much meaner thing to
do because of the fact that the building
is owned by one of the oldest and rich
est estates in the city.- The case is in
regard to an old house which can hard
ly be called habitable. The Inside walls
and ceilings have not been reflnished or
decorated 'for many years. The paper
Is hanging in shreds from the walls, the
roof leaks, and it is not modern in any
sense of the word. The place would not
bring more than $25 a month in normal
times certainly not, if there were a
place to move into. This place has been
rented for $60 a month for many
months, and now the tenants have notice
that the rent will be f 90 a month com
mencing the first of the coming month.
Will the tenant pay? Surely he will,
and the men in the richly furnished of
fice, who sit In hundred-dollar chairs,
know he will, because they are very
"wise" on the dire necessity in which
the people are placed. If it is not profi
teering to raise the rent 60 per cent on
an already overloaded rent place, then
I "will be glad to have someone say just
what is profiteering, Loyd Lemert.
"SEEN BEFORE THE SCREEN"
Hood River, May 25. To the Editor of
The Journal Every so often an editorial
appears in your splendid , Journal that
reaches the best there is in us and so
sweetens life by just that touch divine
that surely can be no less than the gift
of the God of love. "Seen Before the
Screen" in yesterday's Journal "was en
inspiration no less beautiful, it seems
to me, than Millet's "Angelus." Think
how much we all need the uplift that
comes from seeing .the divine beauty of
love as expressed in little, homely acts
rather than in fine words, both as given
and aa received.
-The Journal is always striving to en
courage and defend the best there Is in
humanity and I wish it had access to
every home on our coast. To the writer
of "Seen Before the Screen," I offer my
gratitude. , Countrywoman,
SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE
Portland, May 22. To the Editor of
The Journal I recently heard a public
speaker say that it took over 70 per cent
of the taxes paid by the city of Los
Angeles to pay for the machinery of col
lection. Is that not ridiculously untrue?
He said same of the leading 'public
charities, only the percentage was 83.
i R. H. Reed.:
Olden Oregon
Indian Attack Withstood by Return
ing Gold Seekers In 1851,
The second outbreak of Indians in the
Rogue river valley, began in June, 1851.
On June 23 a party of 31 settlers of Ore
gon were returning overland from the
California mines. When'naar Table rock
they were attacked by a band of 200
Indians. The whites were well armed
and successfully- defended themselves.
The chief of the Indians was killed. The
whitessuffered no loss except some 11600
In gold dust and. nuggets. --
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
New York university has come Into
posseeslon of an original photograph of
the first janitor of that Institution,
equipped with the gong and stick with
which he called the students to classes.
When the university was founded, Jan
uary 8, 1830, and students-met in the
original building back of the city hall,
there was, of course, ' no electric bell
ringing system. - The responsibility of
attendance at recitation was shunted on
the Janitor. Promptly on the hour he
would proceed through the corridors
armed with a huge metal gong In one
hand and the gong, stick in the other.
Pausing outside the elassrooms. he would
beat his tattoo until the professor ceased
his lecture, and the students moved on
to the next room on the program.
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
"The dead govenv The living obey,"
"He mourns the dead
who lives as
they desire.'
"No mast is dead for us. but : only
Bleeping, Love." ' , ;
"Those rraves of Bnemorv where sleen
the joys of other years."
"The world" is . turned memorial, err
ing. Thou shalt not forget-"
"There studious let me sit, and hold
high converse with the mighty dead.''
"But he lay like a warrior taking his
rest with his martlaj cloak around him."
"There is one great society alone on
earth : the noble living and tne noble
dead." - v .
..a'-.."'"
"Cold on . Canadian hills or Mln den's
plain, perhaps that parent mourned ber
soldier slain." .
. . .
"Tea. said the "Spirit, that they may
rest from their labors; and their works
do follow them."
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"And he shall judge among the . na
tions, and shall, rebuke many people j
and they shall beat their swords into
plowshares, and their spears Into prun
ing hooks: nation shall not lift up
sword, against nation, neither shall they
learn war any more."
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
One of the latest outgrowths of a hotel
is a candy making establishment. The
Davenport hotel at Spokane was one of
the pioneers In this movement. In con
nection with Its restaurant it started a
soda fountan, and this led to a candy
making establishment. Assistant Man
ager Harry Wraight, who looks after the
restaurant, also superintends the can
dies. Wraight took over the work about
three years ago, and so popular have
the candles become that mall orders soon
were coming in and demands sprang up
for branch candy houses. About the first
of the current year Wraight started a
Davenport candy agency in Portland,
with L. A Newton in charge. There are
also agencies in Butte, Great Falls and
Billings, Mont, and negotiations are un
der "way for w branch candy house In
Seattle. Wraight was at the Multnomah
Saturday, conferring with his local agent
over the candy situation. .
,
Denny creek campgrounds, where the
Seattleites go In place of to Eagle Creek,
are not to be compared with the Colum
bia river camping spot, says F. H. CI ea
ter, forest examiner, who has just re
turned from the Snoqualmie national
forest. An old burn- in the vicinity of
the campground' detracts from its na
tural beauty and attractiveness, says
Cleater, although farther up the creek
the scenery Is beautiful. While climbing
a hill to inspect a recreation trail, Clea
ter ran Into a blizzard and for an hour
and a half he and his companion were
forced to stop, sincethey could not see
ahead of them. The trilliums were' just
coming out and the first buds on . the
trees bursting forth. Cleater witnessed
the result of a .wreck on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St Paul line at Rockdale
in the Snoqualmie forest when the soft
earth gave way. and two engines and a
train of freight cars plunged 400 feet
down the embankment, without a single
casualty. '
Several years ago Major E, S. H ad-
ley came to Portland and spent his
honeymoon at the Cornelius. He and
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL
By Fred
linking in' one grand host . the veterans of
America's wars for freedom, Mr. Lockley pars a
ferrid tribute to their lore of liberty, their Tslor
and ' their devotion, and exhorts Amerioa ef to
day to rerera their character ana always and
forever to wranlate their slorioas achievement.
Like incense on the altar of our devo
tions rises the perfume of the flowers we
have reverently laid on the graves of
our honored and heroic dead. Many; of
our boys lie where they fell in far off
France or Flanders. Today the sorrow
ing mothers of France are decorating
the graves of our boys In memory of
their own loved .ones who fell In the
conflict. Someone, I know not whom,
has written of the, immortality of the
dead who die in defense of humanity
and liberty, and whose monument is the
love and gratitude of those whose liberty
they won. This same anonymous writer
speaks of Memorial day as "a day of
memories ; a day when we meet In the
hallowed past and hold communion with
our hallowed dead ; a day when we
recall the aspirations . which thrilled
men's souls In that heroic time when to
love one's country was to offer to lay
down one's Ufa for tt; a day filled with
the spirit of freedom, patriotism and de
votion to country, and which breathed
into the dust of humanity the Inspiration
for heroic deeds. The services of Me
morial day should be those of love and
praise and grateful memory and from
these heroic memories of the past We
should draw inspiration to preserve our
liberty and freedom secured for us
through a baptism of fire and blood. Do
you remember the boys who left the
plow, the loom, the forge, the shopv the
office and the college 'to fight at their
-country's call? Do you remember how
they broke the clasp of loving arms to
go, how they left loving kisses on the lips
of mothers, wives or sweethearts, or on
the tiny lips of their children ; how they
left their peaceful homes and the com
forts of home to follow the flag of their
country?" .... -
The grandsons of those who took up
the sword in 1861 rallied to the colors
no less eagerly and willingly than their'
grandsires, to fight for liberty In the
world war. Machine guns and high ex
plosives, shrapnel and air bombs, gas
and liquid fire could not daunt, them.
They paid the supreme price. They
gave their all to make- this a better
world, and we must see that their sac
rifice was not made in , vain. The lilies
of France cover the graves 4t our boys
who sleep over there, who rest where
death too It them and lie where they fell."
Cover the heart that havs beaten so high.
Beaten with bores that wars dasUaed to die
Hearts that had burned in the heat of tin fray",
Hearts that had yearned for the ham far sway,
Not for theni Is the flower-laden air,
not for them the adulation of a grateful
nation; yet, though they lis In a land
far away, they yet live in our hearts
and in our grateful recollection.
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What Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote
of our sacred dead who fell In the Civil
war Is equally, true of our boys "over
there" . : -. '. '-
Dona are the toils and the wearisome msrehes.
Done is the summons of taclaand dram ;
Softly and sweetly the sky overarches.
Sheltering a land where war's voice is eomb.
Dark were the days of our country's derancemes.
Sad were the hoars when the conflict was on ;
But through the gloom of fraternal estrangement,
' God sent his light, and we welcome the dawn.
O'er the expanse of our mighty dominions,"
Sweeping away to the uttermost parts.
Peace the wide-flying, on untiring pinions.
Brmgeth the message of Joy to ear heart.
... .
When I think of our boys over there
there comes to my mind a dressing sta
tion near the front. A busy surgeon is
operating on the long line of wounded.
The stretcher bearers bring in a young
lad not over 19 or 20. The surgeon
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
J. H. Wise off Fort Klamath reports
to the JClamath Falls Herald that the
road tcTBend isi now open and In good
condition, via Fort Klamath, for the en
tire . distance fjrom jiuamain to
.... 't: w m
Andrew C Bll of Chicago, a member
ef the United- Statea marine corps.
climbed the KQfoot flag pole on thin
ner's butteY at Eugene, to arrange the
ropo for the flea to be run up on Dec
oration day. gPhe flag Is donated by
Sergeant fci. B. Berryman, In charge of
Vhe United Stages marine corps recruit
ng office ther; The flag will be up all
summer. V,
Independence? day prospectus - In the
Baker. Democrat : "The greatest of all
Kastern Oregon Fourth of July celebra
tions will be staged by""Baker this year.
It will be one; that will be worth the
while of all thaHpeople of the Inland Em
pire to take part in and will afford them
an entertainment that will eclipse any
other natal day 'demonstration in all the
Intermountain Country."
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"The action? 'making the Pendleton
posteffice an office of the first class Is
a tribute," decfars the East Oregonian,'
"to the buslness ntrength of the city. This
is the smallest, ;rtty in the state having
attained this rank. There are other
towns larger jjjrt population that have
not yet securedjsuch rating. They do not
have business 'sufficient to qualify as
first class offices, and Pendleton has."
Mrs. Hadley returned a few weeks ago
and got mixed jp in the Bertha wreck.
Mrs. Hadley is iw recovering at a local
hospital and the major, whose-, injuries
were less.' has been the guest of the-Cor-
nelius ever Blnce. The Hadley a will
leave within a; few days for their home
lit Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs Louis J. Gay and daugh
ter and Mrs. Av H. Greenburg of Seattle
are guests at the Multnomah. Gay la
one of the firm of Gay Sc. Greenburg,
rumiture dealers. - . ,
:;
'Mrs. R. C. -Glddlngs is among the
guests at the Cornelius,-having come" to
Portland to recuperate at the Portland
Convalescent hospital. Glddlngs Is cash
ier of the Missouja Trust & Savings
bank In Montana. i
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Ira Hutchtns, fruit canner of Corvallls,
accompanied by his daughter Jane and
son Earl, is a guest at the Multnomah.
Hutchlns stated that the business men of
Corvallls have Just perfected plans for
building a 1390,000 hotel in Corvallls
which will subtly a much felt want.'
: ' ' .. '
In the COoner family, Mrs. Cooper Is
the business itiead.. while Madison runs
the farm. Madison Coooer is registered
at the -Imperial from Wasco, where he
has a "splendid farm. Mrs. Cooper la
president of tW. M. Barnett bank.
:' She was a fsweet young thins, with
Skirts but half way below ..her knees.
"Does RaymoSd Hitchcock stay here?
she asked Clerk J. A. Herman at the
Portland. "There have been any number
of them in here asking for Hitchcock,"
explained Herman as she went out
'younghigh aphool girls. I suppose they
au want to goon tne stage.
u i
N. C. StopDj : representing one of the
largest candy I manufacturers on the
coast, is registered 1 at the Multnomah.
Stopp says he can find no fault with the
candy business' -.Friday he placed' an or
der in Portland for 110,000.
Lockley
draws back Me blanket that covers his
shattered form. He replaces the blanket
and shakes hip head. The lad looks up
at him braveljr and reads the death sen-i
tence In the sjjrgeon's eye. "Am I going
west?" he asks. "I'm afrtfld you are,
my boy," sayB the surgeon. "Well, so long.
It's all right and with a wave of his
hand and a smile he is home away to
await the summons of the Great Com
mander. I thjnk, too, of lads who, with
gritted teeth, ay to the surgeon when
he comes to tl; Sir stretcher: "Take care
of . my buddy; Mflrst, he's got it worse
than I have.'
Memories! irnemorles! What sacred
memories thitf bay Inspires !
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Do you remrhber how, in the old days
when the peoitle of Israel followed the
Ark of the (Covenant, the waters of
the river Jordkn were driven back when
the priests started to cross, and how the
people crossed dry shod? Do you re
member how iJoshua had a man from
each of the l tribes take from the bed
of the river a-fn tone, and how they made
a pUe of . them on this side of Jordan
for an . everlasting memorial, and how
Joshua said, fWhen your children ask
their fathers n time to come, saying,
What mean ye by these stones? then ye
hall answer Jhem, The waters) of Jor
dan were cutjoff before the Ark of the
Covenant of Jhe Lord when It passed
over ..Jordan and these stones shall be
a memorial to; the children of Israel for
ever"."? . !
'Do you remember, once again, when
Joshua knew he was to be gathered to
his fathers, how he, summoned the people
together and ipaid to them, "Choose ye
this day whorcl ye shall, serve," and how,
when they hatj chosen to serve the God
of their fathers, he took a great stone
and set It unjler an oak tree and said
unto the -peopb "Behold, this stone shall
be a witness o us"?
. When your children point to the flower
strewn mounds of our sacred dead, tell
them the prifce that was paid for the
free institutions they' enjoy. Tell them
that unless they help to make this a
better world for men to live in those
who lie in- Flanders fields or here In
their well loved homeland, those who
have consecrated the soil with their
heart's blood, will have died In vain.
The time will soon oom When the boys
of today the veterans of the world war
will, like the veterans of the Civil war,
see their ranks ever thinning at each
recurring Memorial day. An ever thin
ning line of the heroes of 'SI rallies to
the colore each Memorial day. Each year
sees new gratis-covered mounds on the
hillside. Above the grave of my father
has, long fluttered the tiny silken flag
that shows thajt. during the days of stress
and storm he fought the good fight for
a united country. Officer and private
have met in tfre equality of death. In
death's unrobinU room they have stripped
from around them the garments of mor
tality and earth. They have won through
to victory, and now -
From the silence of sorrowful boars
The desolate mourners go,
- Lovingly laden with, flowers
Alike foe. the, friend and the fov
C- r " -
So with ianreqaal splendor
The monjing sun rss fsll
With a to;ch impartial) Under
On tiie liloesom bloom lag for all.
- .
a Under Use Sod and the dew.
Waiting the Judgment day , '
Broidered with gold the Blue,
f Mellowed with gold the Gray. - .
No more shall the wsr cry sever
Or the winding rivers run red;
Tbey banfob oar anger forever
WUa Uisy laurel tag graves ef oar dead!
w " - ' i " -
Under the sod snd the dew, "
- Waiting she Judgment dap
Xxrrs and tears for the "Blue,.
Xsaca ao4 kve for the Cizaa.
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happenincs n Brief Form for the
Busy Reader.
- OREGON
Sfhool children "of Eugene have pleds-M.'
12000 to the Near East relief campaign."
The Hood River Woman's club has
contributed ISO toward Improvement of
a bathing beach northwester the city.
' A class of 32 has been graduated from
the Woodburn hlsh school. This Is the
largest class in the history of the school.
CareleHa campers are blamed for a
number of small fires within the Ien
chutes national forest in the Big river
section.
,A formal order refusing Lee Roy
aveelt'V. JL rnrtlunH altnrn.v u 1 n . 1 .. i . . n
to the bar has bften filed by the state'
supreme court. . 7 ,
. Women of Hood River have success
fully produced a minstrel sliow, the pro-
won or wnicn are to DO devoted to a
community building.
The T1H V rA II t fuktivMn ii.mi. .1 .f
Junction wJH be completed within the
next 10 days If the present rate of
progress is maintained.
Eastern Oregon sheen owners have be
gun to drive their flocks into Hood
River county for aummer pasturage on
logged-off and forest lands.
Leases eranted bv the utato n take,
sand and gravel from nav-ial'le Htreams
are not exclusive, accord in k to the opin
ion of Attorney General Brown.
Dean John Klrkuh at tho TT
Of Oregon predicts that by next Thanks-
sivuiK pnwftn zuuu ana zuiiu utmletits
will be registered at tho university.
Sheep shearing Is under way in frook
County. The gradv of wool is nald to
be exceptionally high. Offers of 60 and
60 cents a pound have been turned down
by producers.
has been elected preuldent of next year's
senior cianH at tne university or Oregon.
no aeieaiea i-lwln uurne of Silverlon
by three votes.
Fred Coley of the University of Ore
gon was the winner of the annual Inter
state oratorical contest at Kusene, de
bating it. it. ureasheare of the Uni
versity of Idaho.
- At a meeting of the state emergency
board, June 4, deficiency allowances In
the sum of $300,000 or more will be
asked for. Of this amount about $250,
000 Is to carry out the soldiers', sailors
and marines' educaUonal act.
WASHINGTON
Construction will begin this month on
the cold stora.ee nlant to H ,rA..H u
Prosser at a cost of $75,000.
Bishop Joseph F. McOrath of Baker
laid the cornerstone of thn llolv TLohmi-v
church at Tacoma.
Three dollars and un to $8 a bushel
has been received by E.-R Star key of
Prosser for carload lots of corn.
Splashing and driving operations of
a log driving company can not be en
joined, according, to a decision of Judge
Iiewen of Pacific -county.
Governor. HarC is being urjred by
leading club women to reappoint Mrs.
W. 8. Griswold of Seattle to the indus
trial welfare commission.
No public exercises will be held at
the Washington state schools for th
im uiuiu i&i Vancouver mis year,
to avoid an epidemic of Influenza.
According to the matron of the state
industrial school for glrla at Grand
Mound, a music teacher will be em
ployed at the school next year and do
mestic science will be taught. ,
Thomas E. Grady, city attorney of
Yakima, has been appointed by the bu-
fireme court a member of the board of
aw examiners to succeed Arthur W.
Davis of Spokane.
The work on the fourth and last span
of the new brfdfce across the eowiita
at Toledo la being rushed as rapidly aa
possible. It la hoped to have the struc-
In a caravan of automobiles the Heat
tie delegation to the Pacific conference
of the National Association of Masters,
Mates and Pilots, to be held in Port
land, will leave Seattle June 9.
Highway improvement amounting to
over $1,000,000 will be halted In Yakima,
county if the Interstate commerce com
mission grants the request of the rail
roads to place an embargo on the ship
ment of highway materials.
; IDAHO .
Lewlston Is to agitate a "buy at home"
movement In an effort to check mail
fxtrder shopping.
Idaho will nerd 1000 new teachers this
year, according to President Klliot of the
Lewiaton state normal school.
A conference of all county school
superintendents at Pooatello June 28 has
been called by. tMn-atate superintendent
of public instruction.
The Idaho County Pioneer association
will meet at Grangeville June 5 to ar
range a date and place for holding the
annual meeting and reunion.
Arrangements are being made to ac
commodate 1000 camjxrrs at the district
camp meeting of the Seventh Iay Ad
ventlsts at Coeur d'Alene June 10,
The Interstate commerce commlfiHlori
will hold a hearing at Boise July 11 on
the complaint of the state and the public
utilities commlMMlon against the Oregon
Short Line, which refuse to build from
Grangeville to New Meadows.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Down in Wilson county, Texas, on
time when Rutherford U. Hayes was
actln' as president of the IT. S. A.
fer Samuel J. Tllden, Hen Woolser tuck a
notion to be county clerk, and acoordin'
he got "In and run. Hen spent most
1200 on that campaign, and when the
primaries come In the spring Hen would
of been 'lected all right but he didn't
have quite enough votes, and the rint?
ruled epoch continued. Hen 'lowed h
wouldn't run agin fer no office even
if John the Baptist offered him the Job
on a silver cake stand. At the request
of his friends and feller citizens he had
sacrificed hlsself and $200 on the altar
of his country, and was mighty glad he
hadn't run fer no state of floe and
thereby found 11,000 more duraed liars
and grafters'n what he did. .
1
Journal's Society Columns
Include Varied Appeals
to Feminine Interest
The society columns of The Journal
constitute essentially a woman's de
partment, carrying Into print the In
teresting bits of personal gossip that
ordinarily appeal to the ..feminine
mind. The news is not confined to
the doings of the "socially elect," but
Is designed to record the social activi
ties of the people of the entire com
munity, the arrival and departure of
visitors, the announcement of social
events, the list ot social courtesies
paid by friends to brides-elect, the de
tails of . weddings, and of festivities
planned for the pleasure of vurlous
groups of persons In different dis
tricts of the city.
Change In the time or place of
meeting, postponement of social func
tions, and studied effort to engage
the attention of interested persons in
behalf of worthy philanthropies are
outer functions of the department.
The daily record of society events and
personals ' was firKt carried In The
Journal and the addition of dally pic
tures of women of interest followed
soon after.
During the war period the society
department of The Journal was one
of the most Important factors In plac
ing before the women of the city the
immediate problem .of the day In re
lief work, in mustering workers for
fields of service at home and abroad
and In stimulaUng the interest of
women in the Red Cross and Its de
partments, the Soldiers' and Sailors'
clubs, social entertainment for en
listed men and other work of this
kind.