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8 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1S20. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPEK C. S. JACKSON.,, PabHaaer ( Be calm, be confident, be cheerful end do onto others as yoo would tie them do unto yom J " Inblbh4 eTerr week day and Sunday morning, at Tin Journal Bulletin. Broadway and .Yam hill atreet, Portland, Oree-on. - Kntered at the Postoffloe at Portland, Orecon, for tnmmiarion tbrouch toe mails as second class matter. - ' 'TELEPHONES Main 717. Automatic i0 51. AU departments . reach ad by - tbaa numbers. FOREIGN ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVS Benjamin efc Kentnor Co., Brunswick Building, 229 JVtA aranua, Naw Tort; 0 Mailers Building, Ctucaco. THJt OK EG ON JOC&NAL. reeerree tha riant to rejeei adrartiainc - copy which tt deems ob jectionable.. 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Make All remittance payable to The Journal. Portland. Ore son. a... iiiiiisisar ITf y Ir an way acknowledcs Hint, and He l shall direct thy patha, Proeerba. CONSOLIDATION SECONDARY THE port bill, for which the com mittee, qf fifteen is circulating pe titions preparatory, to placing It upon the November ballot, is, to say the least, one of the most important meas ures ever submitted to thel;eIectorate of Oregon. ' . ' , . k. . .';; : ..' It jirpvides for a bond Issue, which, jn the discretion of the port commis sion, may aggregate, more than' 116, 000,000. It provides for a port maintenance ta of approximately $1,000,000 a year, nearly three times the present port ; tax. .' v. i It extends to the Port of Portland .commission authority to buy and sell water front property, to build docks and other water terminal . units whether or not the port - and "dock commissions are consolidated. -I Apparently the provision of port law which requires public sessions of the Port commission is to be abrogated either whftlly or in part, for nothing Is said about sessions open to the pub lic and definite psovision Is made for an executive cdmmtytee of the port commission, which, of course, would hold executive sessions. It Is little enough to say tha the people of Port land want "no star chamber sessions - in the administration of port affairs. " The bond issue above referred to does not include a further authority to issue bonds with which to buy the docks and ; water terminal properties now. owned by the city of Portland. While the port bill embodies the right of eminent domain, , the exercise of such right by the port commission does not extend-to the city. A charter amendment by the city would be pre requisite to the purchase of the city's .public docks by the port commission. In the event that such a purchase was made, additional port bonds woula take the place of the city's dock bonds now outstanding. ; ". ; ., I And in the event that the port com mission acquired the city's terminal properties the dock and the port com ' missions would be consolidated and not otherwise. V f. no purchase of the city docks occurred there would pe no consolida tion of the commissions and the two port bodies, each empowered to issue bonds and levy taxes, could ap4 parently proceed competitively and ln4 dependently each In its expenditure of public funds for port purposes. Thidl is a contingency that probably would Dot occur but it would be most un-:-fortunate if it did. s .. : 4 As the people of Portland study the port bill this, fact should be kept in mind that its major grant of power Is added to the powers now enjoyed by the present port commission of seven members; the " consolidation of the port "and dock commissions is not, under the terms of the measure, neces sary to the exercise of these powers. Why not solve the problem, of balancing consumption and produc tion by rationing fat men and . put ting them to Arorlc feeding pigs and hoeing corn? v . .. - GEORGE W. WEBB K TINETY-FIVE, a patriot, an honest IN man, a good townsman, abound lag in good will, George W. Webb, former treasurer of Umatilla county and former state treasurer, died at his home In La Grande last Sunday. The flaps of hl3 home city, at half T-Tst while the last rites were solemn- 1 l. I T' V3 THE OIL OF WITHoil a big factor In the power of nations, and with the industrial, commercial, social and agricultural life of commonwealths destined to become dependent on the supply, England has practically blanketed the oil fields of the world. Spending millions of dollars in the quest of oil, acquir ing" controlling interests in huge producing companies, and through rapid fire action In gaining control of rich deposits, the British have barred the door to other nations seeking access to many of the golden fields. -! This is an age of oil. Oil was a factor in winning the war With tne rich bit fields at her disposal, Germany might have fought on for months without an armistice Franklin K. Lane, in a report to the president, pointed out that oil draws trains and drives streetcars. It pumps water,, lifts loads, and has replaced millions of horses. Naval-and merchant ships are abandoning coal for oil as a driving power. -The airplane and, tank depend on it.; Medicine, dyes, and high explosives are distilled 'from Jt. John K. Barnes, in the Worlds Work for June, tells of &e great future demand for oil, and of the British dominion over the fields. It is because of its value In peace or l war that nations are ngw striving to obtain con trol over the precious deposits. The British holding's will, if they do not already, insure her commercial leadership during ; the age . of petrojeum. While Britain is extending her ownership,; America Is already consuming more oil than we are producing and with the continued upbuilding of the automobile industry and merchant marine our consumption will unquestion ably increase 'In .the future,: --V--v '-j: r t :? f Maps of the present and prospective oil fields Indicate the extent to which England has established ownersliip In deposits. The California fields are controlled by American, British and Dutch companies; the Tampico-Tuxpanr American, British and Dutch; Alberta, British; mid-continent, American, British and Dutch; Colombia, British and American;.- Ecuador, British; Peru, American and British; Venezuela and Trinida'd, British and Dutch; Persia and Mesopotamia, two of the richest in the world, British; Taman-Kertch, British; Burma, British; Langkat and Sarawak, British ; and Ralembang, Java, and Balik-Papan, British and Dutch. It is only in the fields Of the western hemisphere that Americans have an opportunity of' gaining control. Among these are vast stores in Mexico that are believed to be untapped, the Carib bean coast of South America and other South American deposits. The British policy has been one of almost feverish extension. The British government itself has sent out geologists, backed companies, purchased con trolling Interests in companies and sent experts far and wide to locate, obtain and develop valuable fields. In 1901 Obtained from the Persian government a concession carrying exclusive rights for 60 years to drill for, produce, buy and carry away oil and petroleum products throughout the ; empire except five f provinces. The concession covered 500,000 square miles. The Australian located a deposit, established a well, and the first gusher carried away the derrick. But there was-no pipeline nor refinery. The Australian's funds were low. 'To keep the fields under British control prominent English oil men formed the great Angle Persian Oil company. They Established a pipeline and refinery and operated for four years. Funds again ran low.' Then the British government stepped In and purchased a controlling interestTrnTe company. The Investment has een remunerative, even to date, but the immense benefits to be derived are hot yet measurable. Persia will in all probability become one of the great oil producing nations of the world. Oil Indications are apparent over a vast territory end the grade is unusually high. Some of the wells have flown steadily for ten years and are still giving up oil as freely as ever. ' And the British government controls them. .' ' "S : . i - i And now comes the British extension In Mesopotamia, Along with their army the British sent geologists Into logical surveys and can at once take when the country is inrown open to Mesopotamia is within the British sphere of influence. The Mesopotamia fields are among the largest in the world. . In India onlyBritish companies are now permitted to operate. The Burma Oil company holds a blanket concession. It is athird'owner of the voting stock of the Anglo-Persian Oil company, and istherefore, a partner with the British - government. Both companies are Interested .In the Egyptian oil deposits, as Is also the Shell Transport & Trading company, the British part of the Royal Dutch-Shell combination. The Egyptian fields, those of Trinidad, and some others in the British empire are closed to American companies. ' On the other hand, English concerns have interests' in the California and mid continent fields in America and in Mexico. In the latter holdings the English corporations are said to threaten the supremacy of the Standard Oil company. The British government Is understood not only to be negotiating for. con trol of the Shell corporation but the Anglo-Persian company,: controlled ry the government, has a controlling interest in one of the largest distributing organizations in the world, and a huge refinery is being erected on the Boutn coast of Wales. - ' f" '..- . ;';.- As Mr; Barnes puts It, the British Hon Is scratching for the oil deposits of the world, and to date has been so successful that all other nations are threatened with: complete oblivion as oil owners an'd producers. . Ized, attested the respect and esteem in which this old-fashioned'; citizen, of whom there are too few, was held by his fellow townsmen. ; " There was a wealth of character in men and women , of the Webb type. Stout-hearted but 5 always full of the spirit of brotherhood,: they clung ; to the honorable ideals of the fathers, and yielded ap honest devotion to the standards of justice and the principles4 of the golden rule. The great oak stands its allotted time in the forest a., monumenl ' of sturdiness. And George Webb, at the -end of his 'al lotted time, lay down to rest, leaving as his monument a revered name r It will be a mighty good idea for the plain Pprtlander who wants to eat lunch next week to toring rt with him from home By the same token there will be as little room to park his car downtown .aa there Is for him at the restaurant tables. THE PROFITEERS HALF. the retail price of dress gooas for women is absorbed by profits. That is the statement of W. J. Lauck, consulting economist of the- railway unions, made to j the railroad labor board recently.: : 4 . v ; : The increase in the cost of mW la bor in the production of unbleached cotton was" one and one-ninth cents a yard between 1910 and 1919, accord ing to Lauck. The increased cost due to increase of mill labor plus all mill expense and - salaries of officials amounted to only. 2 cents a yard. Yet the retail price was advanced 20 cents a yard. For very 1 cent of additional cost incurred, 6 cents was added to the margin of .profit. Labor expenses rose 15 per cent and mill profits 748. The cost of producing cotton cloth per yard was less than 15 cents. It sold at 29. j Blue denims which retailed at 50 cents a yard were made for a "trifle over 25, and whereas the mill cost of wash satin and georgete crepe was approximately $150 a yard, the sale price ranged from $3.50 to $5. Unusual' opportunities for boom prices in all businesses were afforded during the last few years.; The high wages paid rall kinds of workers, the Inflated currency, . the shortage of necessities and demand for luxuries, and the orgy of : extravagance com bined to open the way for excessive prices. The increases to workers also afforded an excuse Jor added margins of profit all the way up the line all the margins to be paid by the con suming public, v For months the public paid willingly and "without question. ' It was crazy to buy. But the 300, and 400, and even THE WORLD she went Into Persia.; An Australian that territory. . They have made, geo- , control of the promising territories development, under .tne peace treaty, 700 per cent of profit made by I some of . the big manufacturing concerns has brought buyers to a realization that they were fat pickings for the profiteers, and buying and buyers are safer and saner now. The Lauck fig ures' show how foolish the public can become and how greedy are the profiteers. ' THE AIRPLANE HAVE you contemplated the signifi cance of the airplane and Its ulti mate influence on the business life of tomorrow? Its development in recent years - has been so fast and sure as to warrant serious considera tion of the commerciarevolution it is certain, to bring about. Recall the development of the auto mobile and motor truck and all that these gasoline propelled twins have dona to revolutionize business and in dustry. And all in a scant score of years. " - . It is not necessary to run back many years In .one's memory to the time the automobile made its first appear ance on, the city streets and country roads.' Smug folk : branded It ; as j a costly plaything and if they happened to encounter a "horseless carriage' while driving the family horse-the lat- ter's fright invited epithets most '. de precating. It was only in 1899 that a man was arrested for driving an automobile in Central " Park,: New York. The late E. Henry Wemme, a few years later, introduced the first motor car in Portland, to the mingled delight and alarm of the residents. What a contrast with present day conditions. . : , ' . Census . figures, . announced last week, place Detroit as fourth largest city in the United States. The auto motive industry is responsible. Akron, Ohio, the home of the rubber tire, apd Flint, Mich., a motor car manu facturing center, have developed into metropolitan circles from the small town class m a single aecaue. The motor truck has facilitated transportation. ; The motor truck and the motor jcar have compelled good roads. Through , these ; agencies the country has been brought into closer communication, the business aspect of which is colossal. - ; f, Consider the airplane. It has proved itself to be a safe and reliable agency. Like the automobile the airplane must pass through the "sport" and '.'stunt" periods.; ; Bj.it tnese experiences are only growing pains presaging the adaption of aerial transportation to every day : life, v : The Journal is the first Portland business institution to employ the air plane In regular service. - Last week it inaugurated an airplane delivery to ' : : ' : v . Seaside. In a few days Astoria 'will "be simiiiarly served- One hour and 40 minutes .from the time the early aft ernoon editions leave the Lewis A Clark flying field of the O. W-1. Air plane - company, they are In. Seaside, ready for delivery. " The train schedule for this same trip requires four hours and 40 minutes- And while it Is neces sary to time editions to meet the hour of train departure the aircraft is ready to hop off the minute-the edition is delivered from the press to the flying field. ' . This initial venture Is rich In prom ise of the possibilities of the Immedi ate future. In an engaging article in Printers' Ink, Robert B, Updegraff considers the airplane of the future. He points out that the aerial transportation of mail already Is an accomplished fact since as far ; back as last December the postoff ice department was operating daily eight planes between Washing ton and New York and New York and Chicago, .which advanced more than 30,000,000 letters a year In'carrler de livery from 15 to 24 hours."' And this aerial mail delivery scored a 96.4 per cent performance In 1919. 1 It is not an unwarranted flight of fancy to consider an airplane service that will leave Portland at 6 o'clock a. m., arriving at , Ogden at 12 50 p. m., Omaha 730 p. m, Chicago 11 p. m., and New York l7 -.15 a. m. From coast to coast In 25 hours. After a few more people have been killed In Portland elevators and the accident report uniformly reads. operator Inexperienced," perhaps some standard - of training will ( be required of those to whom Is given the sacred custody of human life. WHY NOT A PROFIT IF A farmer is in position to keep.the selling price of his products' con stant at a figure that insures him a margin above . the cost of production, the element of uncertainty is elimi nated, farming Is stabilized and pro duction assured. Fewer farmers, un der those circumstances would desert the soil and assurance of, a profit would attract many of those who are now limping along in city jobs that afford a bare living. One of the great drawbacks to farming in Oregon . has been the ina bility of farmers to 'always secure a fair profit on sale of their products. They are often forced to sell at a figure below the cost of production. They have no control of the selling price.- They have no word n fixing it. The market price, however con trolled or however manipulated, is the farmer's sale price. If the farmer doesn't sell, he can take his Joeef, po tatoes, vegetables or fruit home and let them rot. - 4 r The unrest among farmers is occa sioned by the unsatisfactory market conditions. Farmers don't like to gam ble to see whether a year's work has resulted In a profit or a-loss. They are asking for assurance that the sale price will allow a margin of profit over the cost of production. They have a right to ask it. ' . In California the cooperative mar keting associations solved r the prob lem. By banding together; rather than operating as ; individuals, producers were enabled to have a share in fix ing the market price. A figure was fixed that enabled them to sell at a profit. New markets were established, the quality, of products was-lmproved, production was encouraged, waste was eliminated, and the speculator was re moved. " : - The v cooperative associations are proposed for Oregon. Some have al ready been established. They are suc cessful.1 - - A market commission bill, providing that a market commissioner be ap pointed to aid in establishing such as sociations, and to aid the farmer and the consumer, is to be on the Novem ber ballot. The bill. If it becomes law, will reach the vitals of the marketing problem and go far toward eliminate Ing the unrest in agricultural districts. Overheard on a Portland street car: "Dearie, you extravagant man! The 25 cents you spent for that magazine you could have saved and bbught a potato for dinner tomor row. THE ISOM MEMORIAL THE Mary Frances Isom memorial number of the library bulletin epitomizes admirably ; the life and work of a woman who rendered to the publie the "last full measure of devotion." It contains articles by associates, of the lateJUiaTStr of Portland, by the" oenef iciaries of her diversified but very useful adminis tration, and by those who from a dis tance observed the influence of h'er service" in the upbuilding of Portland, I Sub-consciously, no 4 doubt, there runs through all that is written the constant turning from the personality of Miss Isom to the work upon which that personality was Imprinted, i Thus the tribute by inference Is ; greater than that declared, for it shows that Miss Isom very nearly attained the ideal, the submergence of self In the task to wnich she set herself." The fact that Miss Isom" Imparted her vitality; completely to her work that it lives though she has ; passed on, may account for the comparatively limited contributions te the fund for a permanent tablet honoring her mem ory . which Is to be erected in the Central library. The report of Tues day showed that the total from all sources is not quite $260. There are many whose names would be expected on the list of - contributors who are not represented there. Perhaps it will come to them too fltte that they 'missed an opportunity. - A PLEA FOR ARM EN FA Appanins; Situation - Reviewed, With . Insistence That Acceptance of a -Mandate Is a Duty Not to Be Escaped. By, Herbert Powell Lee The Republican party has declared its opposition to an Armenian mandate, thus taking direct issue with President Wil son. At- first thought this would .seem to be merely the abandonment of a weak and defenseless people. But far ther consideration suggests the following Questions: : .---- . . - v-w- How tax should the great principle of compassion govern the policy of govern ment? Can we deliberately abandon a nation to slaughter without an unfavor able reaction on our own moral life and our own domestic policy? In view of the fact that our own future would be menaced by an unfavor able balance of power in the old world, can we view with indifference the future occupancy of the geographical citadel of the eastern hemisphere? I assert that President Wilson's at titude toward Armenia and toward in ternational affairs in ireneral la such as will in time mark him as one of the great mountain peaks of our own his tory as well as of the universal history of mankind, and that we can render our country no greater service than to support those candidates next November who are most heartily in accord with his policies. ' ' ;,'e-::' -' ::-:;:vwg;; . I ehamrjion thA fn tim a nf .Ann.ni. . which civilization has turned Its back. one ues Desiae the. Jericho road naked and bleeding and starving and dying. And where among the nations is the Good Samaritan to bind up. her wounds and to nurse her back to life and health and hope? ; XJke our Savior she is de spised and rejected of men. :. She was bruised for the sake of democracy. She was wounded for the sake of Christian ity. And democracy and Christianity have,: as it were, hid their faces from her. ' . But there now appears a rift in the clouds of her despair. Does it forecast a breaking away of the-clouds. or does It portend the final tempest that shall utterly destroy her? The United States has been asked by our allies to accept a mandate for Armenia. ' President Wil son favors, our acceptance of this offer, yet there is strong opposition to ; our accepting a mandate, - If it is to-be aocepiea, tne American people must make known their approval in no uncer tain manner. . . 7. Who will be to blame, if the Armenian nation- perish? Not the Turks, for. we have the Dower tn um titom Cd.ii ,-v. ' v . uuatt u V American people abandon them? In our country we oo not allow animals to Be starved or tortured.; And If 100 Innocent men. women and ihiMn rii thrown to wild beasts, there would be a tremendous outcry. But the suffering in the Caucasus is just as real ass If It occurred in Portland nrt i 4 much within our power to remedy, And n. is swag on at this very moment I -vljisten, with the ear of sympathy, and you will hear their rriM their sobs, their shrieks, rrowins, fainter uUuu5u weakness, untu silenced by death. ,. .-. . - IlOOk. With triA -tmm As. BTVmftntV-. m bertold ' these people. Gaze Into their eyes as into bottomless pits of despair. Notice : their pinched and shrunken features ainrl hruliM -vr.-i. living skeletons covered - with -tattered rags i watcn the father and the mother With unspeakable anguish pitying their own flesh and blood, bearinr- their own images , the dearest, treasures of their hearts, as they ;are forced . tot refuse "ir uieaainri - rnr ewii mt m,,K morsel of putrid flesh! iJu.'i':Kiji:v -: . e ; ; fT"i ' :i":: - - And yet, aU this Is happening, today, in the midst of a civilized,, democratic. Christian-world amply able to care for their every need! Is this the measure of our civiliza tion? :.. - , . . . ... Is this the effectiveness of our de mocracy? . .. ' la this the depth' of our Christianity? The answer depends lararelv on each one of us ! -.. - Let us not throw onto the fiendish Turk the blame that belongs on our own shoulders. ' The devil, whose handi work we have considered, hides In the indifference, the Inaction of America ! He ia in the "being too busy" and "I can' t'V that alone stand in the way of the rescue of these people. We have the- power out of our super abundance to save these people. One nickel out of each of the $3,500,000,000 spent In America for last Christmas' presents would have amply saved these forlorn ones. It is only a question; as to how much In earnest we are. It is God's will that these people be Baved. God has entrusted us with the power to save them. And If we. Instead, use that power to promote our pleasure, our ambition, -our wealth, at the expense of : these people, will not God call us to i account for. their destruction? The measure of our power to save .life is the measure of our responsibility to Almighty God for saying life. . v.-. . Let us not - be deceived by any plea of international law, or foreign entangle, ments, or the wickedness of governments engaging In philanthropy, or by - any other theories. These are but the special pleadings of the enemy of life, the god of death. Oh, help to your utmost to save these people t Do it for your own sake, for the sake of the glory of our country, for the sake of humanity, for the sake of that God of Love ' who has : exhorted us to save them by saying. ."Jt these loved ones of mine die, I dje-JHssrft?m' ! '. : Let ii i llsssiWIH ilh them rather than y should perish through an ailure on our part! ; . , God forbid that we should live to see our country desert those whom God has entrusted to us to save. Letters From the People - ; , pnbllAtioB in this department should be written on only ona side of the paper, should sot exceed 300 words in length and must be signed by the writer, whose mail address in full must accom pany the contribution, i TO MESSRS. .CO YLE AND PRATT Grants Pass, June 15.-TO the Editor of The Journal I wish to reply to the letters of Hugh A, Coyle and C. L. Pratt in The Journal of June 12, In regard to the "Natural God." I don't believe these gentlemen know what God Is. Belief Is not knowledge, nor'is there any: proof In the written word of a scripture whose authorship no man knows. The mani festations of God need no written scrip tures as ' evidence, : nor " priests, nor churches. I behold God every day of my life, in those things that are of creation In all things whatsoever that have the Seeds of life. I claim there is one, and only one. eterns, omnipresent reality, and this reaUty is God. from which come all things that ever existed or ever will exist, and which Includes, and Is, all that ever,: proceeds from it, the ..one ultimate, : all-embracing ' cause ; it Is slf -existing, uncreated, indestruct ible ; at once the basis and the essence of all being, the one source to which all activity inanimately traceable. Every cause haa its antecedent, and God Is ONLY By W. S. TH a garden full of posies - Com eth one to gath er flowers And he wanders through its bowers Toying with the wanton roses. Who. uprising from their beds. Hold on high their shameless heads With their pretty lips a-poutinf, - Never doubting never doubting That for Cytherean posies He would-gather aught but roses. ; In t nsst of weeds and nettles. Lay a' violet, half hidden; - Hoping that his glance unbidden -. Yet might fall upon her petals. . Though she lived alone, apart Hope lay. nestling at her heart, But alasl the cruel awaking Set her little heart a-breaking, . -For he gathers for his posies Only roses only roses. Bab Ballads. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town , The' liberality with which Portlanders are bringing their roses ta hotels for free distribution - to visitors in the city Is greatly appreciated by hotel men. Strangers are voluble in ' their praise both of the rose and its donors, say hotel clerks. Those having roses are asked to bring a bouquet to town each morning and leave them in one of the hotel lob bies or at one of the Information stands on the street corners. ;-'::.';,c:.,;:';,;.:- A special edition of the Hotel Mult nomah monthly house bulletin came off the press Friday. It is dedicated to the visiting Shriners. . The first- page is de voted to a large picture of the hostelry and a true western welcome from the 300 employes. Facts about the hotel, its construction, management and equip ment are given on the Inside pages, in cluding pictures of Eric V, Hauser. own er, and A. B. Campbell, manager. The fourth page contains an alphabetical list of the Shrine temples In the nation and the cities they represent. . ... - - Delegates ; and visitors to the Shrine convention arriving at the Hotel Mult nomah yesterday morning Include ; Mr. and Mrs. William Crocker, Mrs. James Brown, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Worden, afl of San Francisco, and W. F.-W. Lent of Calgary, Alberta. J. -W. Holtman of Moila temple. SL Joseph, Mo., "shook" his party en route and arrived at the Hotel Imperial this morning ahead of the delegation. Irving Whitehouse of El IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred fTbe life story of a maa who thinks tills la a soichty cood old world is told by sir. Lock ley todaj. And it may be said for thU man that tuch portion of this good old world aa knows him reciprocates heartily : by tJiiaUnt of him as a good old scouU .-. , ' Hefliry Ford, the father of the Tin Liszie, edits a paper called the Dearborn Independent,- A day or so ago on the front page of this paper I saw an an nouncement' that they wanted stories about people who were "the salt of. the earth.' It set me to thinking. Who are the salt of the earth? They are the lifters. the people you don't hear much about but the ones who from age to age make the world better for their having lived tn it. They -are sane and even tempered. They are tolerant of the weaknesses of others. They are charitable. They are the folks you naturally turn to if you are in trouble. ' They are the homemakers and producers. They believe there is a better world hereafter, but they go about i their own community trying to make a' better world here. r They believe in their f ellowman. They believe in living and letting live. They won't take ad vantage of the necessity of others but will lift up the fallen and help them get a new start. Are you the salt of the earth? Size yourself up. Are you ? aJ litter, or a leaner a producer or a para site a sunshine dispenser or a whiner and. com plainer. . Do you oppress your fellows and make their lives harder? Are you bearing the burdens of others, or arc you letti ;-those who should he nearest and dearest to you bear your burdens? .Let your conscience be the Judge. : Strip from round yourself all your excuses and come before the bar of justice and see if you are an asset or. a liability to the world. Study the character of those of your friends who are loved and respected and find - the secret of their success. If you find you are on the wrong trail, halt, about face, and start forward in the right direction. Helpfulness, happiness and right think ing are habits you can acquire by prac tice. Start right now on the . road to greater usefulness by forgetting self and serving others. Talking about the people who are the salt of the earth reminds me of a man I have known for a score of years or morei Felix Mitchell, mechanical superin tendent of The Oregon Journal. Felix haii the love, the respect and the esteem of everyone with whom he works, from the "chief" on to the newest office boy. Ask" his fellow workers why, and you will get a score of answers, ranging all the way from the statement that Felix is square and Just, to stories of how he has befriended this or : that man : when he was up against it. Felix was born at Nashville, Tenn November 3, 4853, which means he is 66 years old. . He has been in the harness Just. 50 years, and no man that aver worked with -him can say that Felix doesn't pull his share of the load. I was talking to Felix a day or so ago. ' We were speaking of life's handicaps and how the road that starts mighty rough often : turns out to- be smooth toward the end. "I never had any father or mother," said Felix. "My father died before I was born, and my mother must liave died at my birth or shortly thereafter. I was sent to the orphan asylum at Nashville. About the only thing I remember of my babyhood wai that there were many other children t'sere and that before I went, to bed a woman would come and have me kneel down by the bed and say, 'Now I lay me the antecedent, the primal source of the first activity, Xn regard to their statement that the worship of the natural God Is material istic, I wish to say that such an idea is foolish and untrue, born of ap apprehen sion exceedingly smalt George D. Young: QUOTES FEDERAL CONSTITUTION ; Portland, June 17. To the Editor of The Journal You recently stated In an editorial that the dissolution of the con tract made between the city of Fort land.and the Portland Railway, Light and ' Power company as to street fran chises and - valuable concessions- oft tre part of the. city in exchange for stated fares In . car : equipment , over named streets in said city, was In your opinion unlawfully perpetrated. Inasmuch as the constitution of the United States re cites in article 1, section 10, as follows: "No state -shall - pass any blU of at- , j -.. : ROSES Gilbert t i. . i" Katif temple, Spokane, afirived 'at the roruauu uuieL - : H. L Cunningham, member of the Im perial council of Algeria temple of He! ena, Mont, arrived- Friday to.; make ar rangements for the visitors from Helena. The special train from Algeria temple will carry a band and drum corps in addition to a patrol. - D. H. Harger and Lloyd' V, Simmons of Aberdeen, Wash., are In Portland at tending the convention . of the Pacific coast sign craft, which opened Satur day at the Benson taoteL 1 The visitors represented at the. convention th liar ger-Simmons Sign compani of the Grays tiaroor city. e) , , ; t The imperial potentate of all the Shrin ers has a town named for shim in -Idaho or at least a town beat-Jng the same name. From that towi Kendrlck come Mr. and Mrs. E. W. LuU,- who are at tne jcoruana hotel. - W. H. Coleman and James D. Burns of Condon . are visitors in the city. They are guests at the Imperial hotel. a a The Hotel Portland is entertaining Mr, and Mra L. B. Wilson, residents of Cen tralia. j- - ; P. L. St. Clair, banker, of Olwaco. Wash, and his wife, registered at the -Hotel Portland Saturday. ,; Lockley down to sleep. I pray the; Lord my soul to aeep. m should aie before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.' I re member I used to puzzle a Srood deal 'over that. Most children do, I : believe. . "When I was. about 4 years old X was aaoptea by Zj. is. Connico, a wealthy law yer. He had a fine big plantation near Nashville. He- owned over 400. slaves and lots of horses and muies. He planned to make me his heir and was going to nave me become a lawyer like himself. f HUrin CiviV f Buei rmy -wuiiircu uii pur luaiiuunn. xney iook an our horses and mules. They killed and ate all our cattle and tore down the fences for their campfirea. The slaves were freed, so we had no help. . They stripped the plantation of everything on It that they could eat, wear or use. My foster father 'west to , Franklin, Tenn, to start all over, when he bad lost his fortune with the lost cause: He did not live long. it - "After his death' X was sent to the Lockout Mountain Educational institute at Chattanooga. ; I spent two years there. I his school was maintained by the Pea body estate. I went from there to the Kirksville, Mo normal school, where I was graduated at the age of IT. I taught school the following year but be lieving that journalism offered more op portunity of being useful, I went to work as printer's devil and reporter on the Klrksville Journal. From Klrksvllle I went to Bay City, Mich., where I worked on- the Tribune and where I met! wooed and won my wife," Lydla E. -Stewart. We were married at Grand Rapids. March 6, 1877. We came to Oregon the following year. .,,;.-- ;-rr , -- ' V -v - :'-''- -'"After a year or so spebt fiat the Wil lamette valley we wenti to Heppner, where I organized the Heppner brass band, the first in Eastern Oregon. .From Heppner I went to Centervllle, now called Athena,- where I worked) on the paper and organized the Centervllle brass band. I played lead cornet. . jf have always loved music and can play any instrument rfeed in a brass band. Vrtu a T harl tn 1 be able to play all 'the Instrument to be able to teach others how to play them. I had been leader in the l ay City, Mich., brass band, and whereve f I went I al- wsys organized a band. ' I went from Centervllle to Weston, where I worked on the Weston Leader and where I also organized a brass band.- Clark Wood, present proprietor of the Weston Leader, learned his trade under me. For a year or so I - ran the Centervllle : Examiner. T. J. Kirk, the Frooms, the "Taylors, the Bametta and other well known residents of Athena proved good friends to roe. "In the late eighties I came down to Portland and worked all winter on the East , Portland ' Packet.. . ; Sam Jackson, who was running the Semi-Weekly East Oregonian. at Pendleton, sent for. me to come up and be foreman of ' the -East Oregonian, as he was planning to turn the semi-weekly into a daily. So I went to work for him, March 8, 1888, and have worked for him ever since, v - -. "I served in the city -cAuncU at Pen dleton six years. After years on the East Oregonian X went toi California for. a little while, for my wife's health, and from there. In 1902. I camef back to Port land as a member of The Journal fam ily. 1 "Yes, my fellow workers have been mighty good to me, and I have found this a mighty good old world-T talnder. ex post facto law or law Im pairing the obligation of contracts," will you please explain by what circumven tion of courts and unlawful intrigue this affront against ; the -organic : law. has come Jto - pass? Are we;' not in open contumacy of the federal laW; and the paramount supremacy of its, authority? And If so, why Is treason in tearing down these fundamental not given its proper punishment? Charlei. P. Church, , Uncle Jeff - Snow Says : While we're a-eussuV ' the profiteers we don't look Into- the .way the land grafters profiteers on us . Fact is, most of us don't know that ail profiteerin gits back to the 'land profiteer In the eend. and, like the pore, ti'em there land profiteers Is alius with ur; and in fact, that's what keeps the pore alius with us. too. . k . (. -The Oregon Country Northwest Happenings la Brief Tons for tis Busy Header. OREGON The WorV nf raulnv Albany connecting -O.HY. th. tom highway has been completed. i". Trachsel, manager of the Kel more lake dairy farm, near Scappoose, is believed to have been drownt The tirun, m.rv.) -n.in- i.. . . Roseburg. A large part of last year's crop is sUU being held In the ware houses. : R. Bohn of rnhv - hilfkui haa been fined f 10 in the justice court on the charge of hogging the road with his auto truck. - The Coos Bav Fiah A rannlnr rnm pany Is making extensive improvements preparatory to the opening of the fish- .ug season. .' Eddie Marran. . vhn oAaA ,nn)v at Eugene to the charge of forgery, has been senteneed .tn urn twn vsnra in the penitentiary. Suit has been broueht in the flrcult court at Astoria to enjoin the chief of trurn interiering witn sort arink establishmenla Owlna to uncertain markot onnrlltlnna. . the Day Park Lumber company of North no win suspena operations within a few days for an-indefinite period. The Bend Commercial club has opened a cam pa i or n to rai S2500. the amount set as Deschutes county's aubscrtptlon vo me state cnamDer of commerce. Paving on the Columbia river high way has been delayed by a fire which partially burned the plant at Sonny. Work will be resumed after July 4. Assurance haa heen eiven at TTnnrt River that there will be a plentiful sup ply of gasoline for those who wish to tour tne uoiumDia river highway Shriner ween. Tillamook county officers have found the largest and best, equipped still in the county In the woods near Dolph. Four hundred crallona of mash were seized. The first motor truck of strawberries over the Columbia river highway has been shipped from Hood River to Port land. The berries arrived in excellent condition.' - 'WASHINGTON , The eunnly of gasoline at Spokane and surrounding territory ia reported to be . only 15 per cent short. J Mayor Caldwell of Seattle announces that he will fly to Portland Sunday or Monday afternoon In an army airplane. Aberdeen Knights of Pythias have elected . C. M. Read - chancellor com mander' and K. A. Lindstrom vice, chan cellor. ; v i A posse Is scouring the woods on the Wynoche river for John Dledrickson, 70 years of age, who has been missing sev eral days. The Centralis school board is working out a plan whereby a kindergarten can do estaoiisnea in connection wiin tne schools. ; Four girls narrowly escaped death at Bay Center when an automobile in which they were riding plunged over a wharf into the bay. Aa a result of Increased street ear fares at Seattle It is estimated that an additional revenue of 11,478,280 will be provided. ... ; Richard Teatman of Vancouver has been selected to settle war grievances in' Southwestern Washington from Golden dale to the coast by the veterans' wel fare commission of Washington. The Standard Oil company has an nounced a reduction in the gasoline al lowance of Seattle, owing to the neces sity of shipping two carloads to We natchee for use in spraying orchards. V IDAHO - A strict quarantine Has been ordered on potatoes from Texas. Florida and California, owing to the presence of tuber moth,, : The Democratic state convention will convene at Lewiston next Tuesday. Ac commodation haa been prepared for 300 delegates and visitors. ' Rose Edwards of Caldwell has beea appointed county clerk of Canyon county to fill the vaoartcy caused by the resig nation of L. C. Knowlton. A quarter of a million dollars wan paid into the office of the collector of Internal revenue for Idaho on the last day for the payment of income tax. The public utilities commission has been notified by the contractor on the state highway near Jerome thnt It Is Impossible to get cars to haul gravel. - Invitations have been sent out to all folfers of the state to enter the first daho golf tournament to be hold on the Boise golf club course some time in September. , Star Spangled Banner r (A New ferslon.) By Annetta Hume Oh, my. can yon see. In the broad lUrht of day, Offieiaif and (rafters betrayinc tlie nation r Uoet etncresxtnMi now to the party boas bow. And their orders they take from some great corporation. They are in for the coin, fn eontplradea Join. Proa the peopla their right and domains to purloin. And the Star Spanded Banner protect! ngly Ora fraudulent knaeea. fortaaas and thoosands 'of And whera is that ftanneh band of patriots trna. The irtftircents, who boldly for justice oontenrtmif Their efforts seem vein. What can they attain. While bribers snd srafters iin power rrmatnf TLey are hooted sad mobbed, sad slandered and robbed , The sood laws they frame, oat of semMaao are jobbed. And the Star ¶led Banner proteetincly waves Orer Mammon's most rile, hypocritical elaree. And what enn We An, thoath mttmA and few. Who to freedom and Jnotice etfll dare to be tnief Like the fathers of old. we can, wtvly and bobl. AcaiDt force and temptation hlh prlrx-iploe hold; Ti'tnieh eeanry our fare, we ean do and can dare For freedom and joatice our atrontf arms to bar. And the Star Spangled Banner, arais U shall wae 0r the land of to free and the horn oi the brara. ; .Growing- the Apple in Oregon Has Been Raised to the Dignity of a Cult It .takes an artist a cealot and a drudge to produce Oregon applea When Anthony Euwer wrote '-The Blood of the Apple" he did not over color the picture. To grow the apple In Oregon, or in those parts of the Columbia basin which duplicate Ore gon conditions, cans for a high ideal, a far vision, and then working, watching and waiting, studying, pro tecting snd toiling, until the perfect fruit Is ripened, is gently picked, carefully packed and sent by train or boat to beautify the most ex oulsltely appointed table and Intrigue the most exacting epicure. The record' shows tiat In 1918, Oregon's apple production reached 5,000,000 bo-"A worth $8,100,000. Last yar the production aggj"r.d g.ooo. 000 boxes, but prices had rone up. for the value placed uponthe fruit was 111.736.000, .Each section seems to produce some particular brand of apple best. The finest Newtown Pippins in the world com from the Hood Rlver-MoHert district. The prize apple of Yakima is the Winesap, The Fpltsenberg reaches its greatest perfection in Rogue River valley, although the roost showy apples for fruit stand vending are brought from the Ump oua valley, also ia Southern Oregon. The Willamette valley excels In the production of the Delicious apple, and it is truly delicious. The only trouble ia that not enough are grown. And It Is rather surprising to learn that In the Scappoose neighborhood, 20 miles or so from Portland, the very best Northern Spies are grown. -Apple plet apple dumpling, apple fritters, apple sauce, - apples raw Oregon apples are above all others, and are so classed around the world.