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WHY. GOVERNOR COX? ,
HOW it all.' happened at San Fran
cisco is still explained and dis
cussed and debated in the newspa
pers.'. . r - : ;
There are almost as many opinions
as there - were correspondents at the
convention. Hardly any .two of hem
agree. Even old politicians, who have
participated in numerous national con
ventions differ widely.
. In discussing the .fight ; over the
nomination most correspondents over
look that ' great key to the mood of
the convention the platform. The
platform, is. the test of the spirit of a
convention. It is the official record.
It is the written word to which the
The, San Francisco platform is with
out evasion. H straddles nothing. Its
language is- direct language.- It takes
all the" Arnrlcan people Ino complete
confidence. Nothing is hidden. There
are no secret reservations.
It Is a' platform of progress. It
deals with the questions of this day.
It. does exactly what people had ,a
right 'to expect a platform to do-to
meet new and vital problems arising
out of the most destructive war in
history.. Even the opponents of the
party that framed and adopted it are
chary about criticizing it. As a sober,
sincere and solemn declaration, of
party faith; It has .been more widely
and popularly acclaimed"; than any
ther, platform ever written in America.
"k piauorm yvixa us progress, its
forward purpose and - its open state
ment of advanced principles was
adopted amid unbounded enthusiasm.
Aside from slender' minorities, like the
advocates of a stronger Irish plank,
a wet plank and a stringent prohibi
tion, plank,' it was the overwhelming
pronouncement of the delegates.. It It
their recorded purpose and by read
ing .it the 'mood of the convention
,is, easily understood by all.-
The. platform Is. a paramount fac
tor in. any accurate analysis oC. what
happened at. SanrFrancisco. Any dis
cussion or purported analysis of the
converrtion-that does not take "the
platform into account: is inaccurate
and worthless. ,
Yet in the face of all Jhls, corres
pondents ; are ' alleging that ihe con
vention was controlled by all kinds of
sinister Influences, that trts and. thai
type of unworthy politician ran It and
so on and so oh.. Such men are flying
In the face-of he written declaration
of principles, and that platform gives
tfte complete refute! to all "they say. i
Many or the wlters have no knowl
edge of .-mass psychology. They did
not reach down into the foundations
of human nature and from there Lring
out the ret facts, of what happened
at San Francisco.' All they saw was
a great deadlock, saw! certain men
supporting certain candidates and from
that shallow "surface proceeded Jto in
terpret the convention proceedings.
Here, for example, - is a Tactor that
they overlooked, a factor that .is a
study';'; in human psychology. , There
were .48 persons In the Ohio delega
tion. : They 'were. zealously, devotedly,
almost ' affectionately for Governor
Cox. A great body of Middle West
delegates i were like them. '
Cox was 4heir Idol. The emphasis,
the, manifest devotion., with. .which the
vote of the. Ohio delegation was an
nounced early attracted attention. It
did more-it won applause. That ap
plause became catching and as the
votes woi;e on,, it became stronger
and , stronger. ..'The; knowledge ,.that
Cox wis the idol of the Middle West
gradually became, apparent. It was k
Jittle thing, nut yet a great big thing,
j Gradually It communicated itself to
men .who' had been voting for McAdoo,
for .Palmer and the .others. There
came , to be laughter every . time the
Ohio chairman pleadingly and appeal
fngly rolled out his announcement, "48
Votes for Governor Cox. '
It was .a pleased, not a Jeering
laughter.7 It was good humor and
above all, It was a pleased amusement
at' the devotion, a sort of admiration
for- the men who were so devotedly
faithful to their candidate. ' . .
That psychology grew and grew and
grew as the voting trundled on.- That
psychology,-that fact In human nature
wh Ich settles upon and moves large
bodies ; of people toward a common
end, was of more effect upon that
convention' than all the Charley Mur
phys, all the speeches, all the Intrigue,
alt ; the wet and all the dry propa
ganda combined. It was the great In
fluence that gradually; won or half
won delegate after ; delegate," so that,
when Georp'a broke to Cox and started
the stampede scores upon scores of
delegates who had been against him
were mentally prepared to willingly
and heartily accept Governor Cox. J r
For hours, perhaps for "days, many
of tljose delegates who joined in the
final stampede; had been . reasoning
with. themselves thus : If those dele
gates from I the Middle West believe
so' tremendously In,; Gov.ernor Cox. : If
theyare so", utterly devoted" to him.
he must be a mighty good and exceed
ingly "acceptable man. ;;The- galleries
got that thought The delegates got
it. , And it turned the trick for Gov
ernor Cox. ! ' . ...
He owes his nomination to the fer
vorthe continuous, never flagging.
the open, devoted fervor with which
he was supported by those who knew
him best. .: i . ; . -
The fire department declares cer
tain lumber mills and furniture fac
tories fail to cooperate with the bu
reau In employing fire prevention
methods. . Could there be greater
fire hazards than a lumber mill or
furniture factory .if efforts were not
made to avoid f Ire ?
IN PEACE -
A GREAT i international highway is
under construction. It is the Pa
cific highway, stretching from north
ern British Columbia-to the Mexican
border, ft is to carry Canadians to
America and Americans to Canada, and
to extend 1 intercourse between and
cement relations of the two English
speaking peoples. It Is built by their
united efforts I arid will stand as a
monument to their; friendship. ' It is
a product of their peace.
' A memorial is to be erected . at
Blaine, Wash., on the international
boondary. In honor, of the completion
of the highway; and in commemora
tion of the peace that has existed -be
tween the two countries. It is to be
Daid for.hv suhsr-rlntlnno nhtalnoH tn
Canada and thcsUnited States. It will
be known as the Peace Portal, stand
ing 54 feet high in the center of a
circular area 125 feet in diameter. The
highway is to divide .at the. Peace
portal, and will be adjoined by a pub
lic park.
The people of Canada and America
have cherished the peace made on Bel
gian soil in 1814. Although they owe
allegiance to different governments
they have for, more . than 100 years
aDtded as. neighbors In peace. ; Not one
cannon has: been mounted on -either
side of the 3000-mile' boundary,' and
not a single fort erected.; Battalions
of death have not1 bed mobilized on
our ' northern frontier. , and floating
fortresses have not steamed . on the
bosom of the Great Lakes, frowning
defiance at the people of Canada.
There has been no discord, no' rancor,
no bate. . . .
On the other hand, the legions of the
two countries fought side bv side
when their liberty was threatened and
humanity ; attacked. ' - ' - -
; The sons of Canada . and America
bled" together . and died together 'In
common cause. - As they were united
in war,' they are united in peace.
The Peace Portal at the hAnndarv
will stand ! as the Prince of'. Peace
stands - on the summit of the ' Andes.
As i he stands at the dividing line be--tween
Chile And Argentina In token of
comradeship' and'peace. so , wiH the
Peace Portel stand at Blaine. And it
will beckon to the world to drive dis
cord and hatred from ' Its borders and
go down the ages draped In the.garb
or friendship, love and eternal peace.
A . pedestrian walked into ; the
street at Broadway and Glisarr Sat
urday morning without a glance In
either direction. Two machines
avoided , him, one by swerving be
hind and another in frontiof ; him.
He quickly became aware" of the
peril and dodged back to the side
walk. A ' little " caution before he
left; the; walk would have avoided
considerable consternation.
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SUGARLESS CANNING '
GOOSEBERRIES i and rhubarb 'are
about: as sour as any of the
fruits, but they can be canned with
out sugari; Strawberries can be pre
served delicately by the addition of
honey. Other fruits' can be prepared
for use next winter in. spite of the
fact that the profiteer has sent sugar
out of reach of most people.
How can fruit be canned without
sugar? Articles. In the women's club
section of The Sunday Journal give
full directions. The recipes are recom
mended by. the experts of Oregon
Agricultural .- college.- The Journal
gives ' them ' publicity 'because In ! so
doing it believes it Is rendering what
constitutes In this sugarless year a
really distinctive publie service. - .
' Bavaria.' is unwilling to accept the
allies' terms tor disarmament. That
vnwillingmeM la ; secretly present in
every European i capital. ; It is one
Of the great obstructions to perma
nent pface. For centuries It haa
Kept the world drenched in ' blood.
It recentlj' dragg-ed .America into
conflict ' and we -paid the price In
our honored dead and will be pay
ing other parts of the- price In war
taxes a generation hence.- The only
remedy ever proposed is the League
of Nations. '
. CRIPPLED SHIPS -
mHE fast diminishing supply of oil
in the American controlled fields
and the strangle hold of Great Britain
on untapped deposits threatens to
hamper, the merchant marine of this
country In the struggle with England
for supremacy In the carrying trade
of the .world. ; - f
The latest in ships Is the oil burner.
Navies are building oil burning battle
ships.; Passenger and freight -boats
are being converted from coal fueled
steamers Into - oil consumers. - Ships
to be constructed In the "future will.
for the most part be oil .burners, de
velopments Indicate.
". America Is making strides with her
merchant marine.; t She has the great
est; merchant fleet that she ever
boasted. She threatens the suprem
acy of England on the seasJlv; y
But the ships of the future are to
be oil fueled. And the United States
Is now. consuming more oil than she
prpduces.. ; And she Is supplying 70
per cent I of i the; world's ; output of
petroleum. The geological survey pre
dicts that the available supply of this
country will be exhausted in 18 years.
In the meantime,' England is gaining
control of .the untapped deposits
throughout the world. ' She already
rules rich fields In Mexico, in Persia,
in ; Australia, the East Indies, Russia,
Mesopotamia, Africa, Java and Borneo.
England is also angling for prospec
tive fields In South America. .
If Britain controls the oil supply of
the world and ships can be fueled more
cheaply ;with oil than coal; American
ships will be at a distinct disad
vantage In competition, Ralph I Paine
points out In the World's Work. Jt
is not likely that England ' would go
out of her way . to supply. American
carriers with oil"at reduced rates, nor
that she would fail to take advantage
of her position as dispenser . of the
world's oil. American ships, then,
would be forced to enter competition
against English', ships which ; were
fueled less expensively. 1, ( .
The United States, howeveV, has an
opportunity, to become ' mistress of
supposedly rich oil deposi ts in South
America. ; Geologists are now investi
gating the South American situation
in the belief that fields there will
prove to be heavy producers, and with
t be purpose of insuring dominion of
the United States over the Southern
deposits. - ,
Otherwise American shipping men
will be compelled to depend on more
economical . operation of ; ships to
enable them to compete with the
cheaply fueled English fleets. In the
past it has cost more to operate the
American carriers. -v . '
There Is also possibility of reducing
consumption somewhat through re
cent action, of the navy department in
lowering "specifications for oil " pur-t
chased, for the fleets. By use of crude
oil the navy will lessen the demand
for the higher; grade product and re
lease it for the domestic market
- But even under those conditions the
strain on the American controlled
wells will hot be eased." iThe expand
ing automobile industry, and introduc
tion of the use of oil in other pursuits
Indicate that rather lhan a reduced
consumption the needs of the country
will demand more and more oil Cor
years to come.
The third party movement at Chi
cago Is a, far cry in comparison 'with
the Roosevelt bolt in-IS 12. The lat
ter, was a great' popular revolt
against reaction. Its effect' was to
throw the nation forward in prog
ress as evidenced by six years of
progressive legislation. The present
movement Is an attempted alliance
of Incoherent - and- - uncoordinated
groups who cannot coalesce" oriprin
ciple and whose final endeavors will
be aimless and futile. .They can get
nowhere. - '. ' '"
THE' TRAVEL BUREAU
":X t'i--:- -i - ' :
IT IS not; enough merely j to talk
about . measures that f will attract
tourist travel to Oregon. We are en
titled, to no credit for the mountains,
the beaches, .the waterfalls and the
valleys - of- delight that inspire our
most rhythmic prose. Nature placed in
position the splendid objects of recre
ational pursuit thatfretaln amid the
sunniest v days .the coolness - of
shadows and snows.
The Oregon out-of-doors must ibe
capitalized! : The assertion' Is not new
but it is given fresh " point' in the
declaration of Frank Branch : Riley,
that all the persuasiveness he has
been able to exercise Is as naught un
less tourist hotel accommodations are
equal to the demand which the mere
knowledge of our recreational re
sources creates. '.! '''.
A " newspaper Is not a builder of
tourist hotels. Ordinarily Its duty
ceases with the admonition that the
hotels should be provided, v. But : in
over-plus of zeal for a subject, ncg-
lected in all but conversation. t The
Journal has gone 'a stp farther. - It
has-organized and ; it conducts at the
entrance of its main? business uifice an
information and travel bureau. An ex
pert Is In" charge, one who knows all
about the recreational 1 spots of the
Northwest as "well as" sthe places of
interest that call people of this local
ity to other communities and even to
foreign shores. The information serv
ice of ;;the ;traye! j; bureau" Is given
Without charge, but f ti goes hand In
hand ; with that policy, of leadership
jn tourist development and encourage
ment of the", provision of facilities for
tourist: entertainment' 'which The
journal-has ever exercised. -
i; Heavy support; for Governor Cox
in San Francisco came on the. open
ing ballots from the prohibition state
pf i Iowa, from the "prohibition :. state
Of Mississippi, from the prohibition
state of Louisiana. 3 from thet prohi
bition state t. of Alabama, ? from ; the
prohibition state .'.''of Florida," from
the prohibition . state i of Arkansas
and the final break that started the
stampede, from the prohibition state
of Georgia.; ' All, thse were pioneer
states ; in driving outf boose. 1 The
recorded votes are -easily accessible
and i they show that i booxe was a
mighty small factor iri that conven
tion. '" ' T- '
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A HOME RECLAIMED .
X HE Jewish homeland is to be re-
4- claimed. - Since the restoration of
Palestine to the Jews b)fe ttSan Remo
conference, events hate been rapid
looking toward ; Immigration to the
homeland. The Zionists arc in con
ference in London, representatives of
30 states.' Supreme Justice Louis D.
Brandeis has been elected International
president and . Rabbi Stephen S- Wise
has been in Portland collecting funds
to aid in restoration of Palestine to
the Jews of the world. Jews of. Eu
rope, old and young,, have taken up
their staffs in a march toward, the
historic nativity. , 1
; For 2000 years the Jews have been
homeless, they have been Insecnre.1
and they have, been persecuted. They
have been massacred in the Ukraine
and in Turkey. Those In '- Europe
have been prostrate. They have had
no "place to call their own, no home,
but' have been bandied about from
country to country under the stress
of edicts of expulsion signed by rulers
and privy councillors. '
; They are the one pdople on ' earth
who, in the ; past, havtj had no hope
for the future. They have been' given
to understand that; they had no part
or parcel in the lands of Europe, they
have faced boycotts anl pogroms On
the posting of the expulsion 6rders
they have been forced to move. Their
immigration has been irresistible.
But whither were they to turn ?
Where were they to find a ' resting
place where they were1! to depend on
their own wisdom "nd devotion T
Where was the spot where they were
to find a haven of . rest and peace ?
Where were they to follow the pur
suits of their purpose and .creed un
burdened with the yoke- of hard rulers
and free from the sword of the mas
sacre? . The spot has now Fjeen provided.
Palestine, their ancient iome, Is to be
restored under, the - protection of the
British government. There they are
to find home and peacfe,
But they must have jMd." They are
destitute. The homeland must be pre
pared for their support- An ancient
country must be resown, redeveloped
and ; rebuilt. .Food must be provided
and shelter supplied.
. The Jews of Europe are appealing
to their brothers in America. They
are asking their aid. ' Worn of body
and in tattered garments they are
throwing themselves on the mercy or
their race in America. I -.
And to the American jjews who ask
"Am I my brother JfeeperJ" Jhey
answer -'Yesyou are' your brother's
keeper, for in kecpingsyour brother,
you are keeping your own soul."
ON EARTHEN FX,6pRS
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C ONVENTIONAL cartoonists have a
penchant'forpictorially ridiculing
trie man i who is; making high wages
at the expense of the broadcloth gar
ments of portly capital.
, One : of the most recent reveals - a
mechanic in a checked ;buit as explo
sively loud "as the Fourth of July,
with a sunburst diamond on his shirt
and a presidential candidate's cigar in
his mouth'.' He starts off to work
while an expensively j gowned . wife
and daughter wave hint farewell and
the children play happily in the doot-
yard.... , '!",'.'-
In another4 panel," the overlord of
labor, still - possessed of his embon
point but attired in tattered garments
end offended dignity, makes his way
orficeward.' 5
Why? ,
American public) sentiment would
rather contribute to high wages than
bloated fortunes. ' 1
American people wotjld rather see
labor "granted .leisure!, to ; cultivate
homee life,, home' reelationshlps ' and
home pleasures yian watch the heirs
of plutocracy in their idleness devise
cigarette cases for poodle dogs.
There' are but two admonitions
which the American fpeople would
add to the congratulations they gladly
extend to prosperous industrialists.
. .The first is that ' production in
quality and quantity must keep on an
even plane with wages else prosper
ity will be followed by a condition
worse than that"1 from which labor
has emerged. ,
The education of good taste is a
more worthy object for the spending
of money than upon silly objects of
ornamentation or . wasteful pleasure.
Thrift and saving are dictated by good
taste which also gives ' fitness -and
beauty to even simple things. --Once
in Southeastern Ohio oil was
found on ; a scrubb y farm. - S udden
wealth brought the owners aspirations
for- better things. They ' went to
Marietta and bought', expensive pic
tures for the rough walls of their log
cabin, and : Brussels carpels for the
earthen floors of their cabin home. -
A WARNING NOTE
ON RAIL RATES
By Carl Smith. "Washington Staffs
. Correspondent of The JoumaL '.
Washington," July 10. That a" percent
age increase in railroad rates is. neither
scientific nor intell igent, and by. confea
si on of the railroad traffic men- .them
selves , must give way to "a complete
new. rate - structure, was emphasised
from several standpoints by J. N. Teal,
representing Pacific Northwest Inter
ests, in the final -argument of the rail
road " rate i Increase application - before
the interstate commerce commission. He
pointed out that, the percentage method
takes no account of the vast differences
between -commodities, such as the 'in
justice to low- rate -products,, like' lum
ber. ' which must, move long distances
from one.' section - in competition with
short' hauls from other: sections ; that
the railroads have declined to take ac
count of the promising outlook for in
creased traffic,-, or of economies it
operation,7 and that by higher" rates on
freight it is proposed to make up the
deficit from passenger service.'
' The problem - is much more than a
rate' question, Mr. .Teal asserted. It Is
a test of capacity, of railroad leader
ship. . The difficulties of the roads come
not from rates, he said, but out of in
ability to give prompt service, in which
railroads with the greatest means and
best credit do not show themselves more
capable - than the others. . - Involved : In
the giving; of service, he said. , is the
labor question, and the first considera
tion is the restoration of service to a
normal basis.
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In concluding his argument Mr. Teal
said : . -
"H im now four months since the fall
roads were restored to their owners, and
these have indeed from many stand
points been trying times. There can be
no question that the majority of the peo
ple: viewed with ; favor the return to
private operation.
The friendly; feeling
M? pronounced and general, and expec-
tarlona of the shipping public at a high
pitch. It f was assumed by too many.
no matter on whatground their hopes
were based,' that with the return to
private operation, all ; transportation
trouble would cease, cars would be on
call, service would be perfect, and all
would be 'well.
' O O v
Wiser heads knew it would not turn
out that way, and dreaded the reaction.
At this, hearing it has been stated re
peatedly that no improvement In effi
ciency or service can be expected, at
least for the present. It Is evident that
the raUroada are not cooperating as they
should. .The question being a national
one, a railroad company , cannot play a
lone hand. There must be team play
and united and coordinated effort. The
problem is largely In the hands of the
railroad Interests and In a great meas
ure they will be helil responsible for its
right solution, ,
A great and seasoned railway system
like the Southern Pacific is, on the
basis -of the first five months' esults,
running " short v by . many millions of
enough ;to pay even the interest on its
bonds. At the same time it is admitted
that private lav less - efficient x than pub
lic management, even when using ' as a
standard of r private "management - the
best year the Southern Pacific ever had.
either from an operating or a financial
standpoint. Xor is the position of the
Southern Pacific in this regard unique. .
"Most of the transcontinental roads,
which were supposed to be the best pay
ing properties in. the - country, told the
same story. It is proposed to meet this
condition by an Increase in rates. That
rates must be increased is conceded, but
while this method has the virtue of sim
plicity, something more will be required.
"The public will pay, a fair and just
price for transportation, but it will also
demand efficiency, economy and good
service. " But ' deficits cannot forever - be
made up by. constant increases In rates.
There is an end to aTl things,', and the
ascent of the spiral of increasing costs
must also end. ; . .
' We can say we have no ' means of
knowing this moment whether the pic
ture, as it appears from the exhibits
filed, is painted in more somber colors
than the facts Justify, but it is putting it
mildly to ' say- there Is ' more apprehen
sion in the publie mind today as to the
outcome than there - was r on March l;
1920, and with , the public experiencing
Inferior service coupled with a certainty
of greatly increased rates, the situa
tion : is . indeed complicated and serious
and worthy of the .best thought.
("The future of railway operation is
hanging in the "balance. The impossible
must not be expected. There must be
cooperatl6nand 'a willingness" to help
on the part of all hands, or the success
ful solution of the problem, will be well
nigh " hopeless. The problem must be
treated in a spirit of. Justice and -fairness
to all and with a true conception of
the function of- the carriers ,s a publie
agency.-
.In. this country of magnificent, dis
tances., of. actual and potential wealth
and resources, with its industries and
Its commerce, railroads are as necessary
to its commercial end industrial life as
are the arteries and veins to the 4wdy.
To ,' endure, . to; live, the country must
have, will have, transportation. It will
be either privately or . publicly owned
and operated. Which shall it be?" -r
Letters From the People ' ,
" TCoramunlcationa aent ts The Joarnal for
tmbUeatioa in this department rhonM bo written
on only ono side of the paper, ahonld not exceed
ICO words in lensth and must be sicned by the
writer, whone mail add ma in full -mast sccoaB
P th eontribation.
! ' " "BkOADWAT S0O0" .
Portland. July T To the Editor of The
Journal Why not - keep the - number
"Broadway 000" as Portland's conven
tion number? iThen. hereafter, whenever
Portland -has a convention the number
will be "Broadway COOO". and at all times
everyone will know -when - and where to
ask. when a -convention is on, for infor
mation, A phone of that, number , could
be kept at the Chamber of Commerce and
transferred to' convention headquarters
when- neded.-ii--ir.f:;'v-A---rvi.-.' ' '--''
I have been In Spokane, and Seattle
since the Shriners' meeting here, and I
heard the remark that all you had to do
was to call "Broadway lOOO" and find
out anything you wanted to know. t 4 .
Let's get in quick and. advocate the
retention of the number, or get the phone
company to reserve the number for cor
vention. v - v r . ; PorUander.
". THE STERILIZATION LAW 4
. Portland, July 9. To the Editor Of
The Journal Please knawer':' Was" our
present sterilization law. in Oregon ever
THE LAODICEANS
By Marion, Couthouy Smith '
. ; 'To the Angel of the Church of the Laodiceans write . . . 1 know thy
wrks. that thou art neither hot nor cold. I would thou wert cold or hot."
WB iU tI'e Lodlc'inss w know not the Ice nor the fire;
W have never sprung to the edge of 400m at the call of a brave desirej
We have basked in the tepid noon-tides we have drawn an even breath; .
We have never felt between our lips the savors of Jlfe or deaths .
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We are the Laodiceans, loved not by God nor man; i -We
boast In our ease or riches, and take what praise we cm; . ' -
2? 'uVhtI1 $ear us witn ,0nKinK no:r,e' shall turn as to stone;
We shall not dance to the pipes of Spring, nor answer to Joy or moan.
We are the Laodiceans: when God's great summons came, '
Cleaving' tRe hosts of living men, as with a line of flame.
We were tossed aside like vagrant leaves at-an Idle wind's behest, .
For we knew not the ways of battle, and we found not the ways of rest.
We are the Laodiceans; we have slight fear of Hell, J ;
For even its mister cannot !say "Ye have done my bidding well."
And what for us would Heaven be, with its endless lift and range?
We are doomed to a passionless limbo, that knows not life nor change.
' .
We are the Laodiceans: we:care not for wronf nor right;
We have no part in a world's defense, no cause for which to fight;
The fruits of the ground are sweet; we would rest In our garden-places, I
But, God Himself shall drive us out, between the black star-spaces.
We are the Laodiceans: ouf fight 1$ with only those .
Who would send us to bornlng deserts, or whelm us in alien snows;
We feel no lure of march nor flight; we taste not hope nor shame;
And we die. In our visionless Eden, of a curse without a name.
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MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
William . T. Foster, Until recently
president - of Reed college, I with his
wife and two sons, Barrie S and Rus
set, and Miss Florence M. Read, .mem
ber of - the Reed college administration
committee, left Portland Friday morn
ing -with 'the avowed intention of climb
ing Mount Rainier and returning home
by Tuesday next. The Foster family
and Miss Read leave - for the East late
In July. Dr. Foster to become the . head
of a commission , of Industrial research
and Miss Read to accept a position
with the Rockefeller Institute. '.
- Ed J. Gainor, president of the Na
tional Association of Letter Carriers,
passed through Portland Friday after
attending the Democratic convention at
San Francisco, where-he sought to se
cure recognition: for letter carriers In
the form of higher salaries, j Before the
war carriers received a maximum of
1150, - said Gainor. but . the first of
July congress . raised - the amount to
S1800. . . - i
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Calvin Hirsch and wife, graduates of
Reed college, will sail for China next
week, where Hirsch becomes - professor
In the Tung Wen institute i of Amoy.
The Tung Wen Institute was founded
by Chinese capital in 1900, and the
latest step . in its growth, the addition
of a collegiate department, necessitated
the addition of two promising Ameri
can -: Instructors. Marvin Howes, Reed
graduate of 1915. was elected professor
of ' history;- economics . and civics last
February, and Hirsch received word of
his appointment in May,- H hai been
principal of the , union high ; school at
Halfway, Or., - since he was j graduated.
Robert E. Smith, president of the
Title- - Trust: company and head of
the government's - thrift- securities cam
paign . in the Twelfth federal reserve
district, left Friday night to attend a
conference of bankers - and .1 financiers
at Salt Lake City. Plans for the.
prosecution of the thrift movement on
the Pacific Coast will be outlined ' at
the meeting. He will attend a similar
meeting at . San . Francisco! ; Tuesday,
when, the financial and Industrial situa
tion will be reviewed by-' financiers of
national prominence. ' ' Smith was ac
companied, by ; his wife - and! they . will
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
Y ; OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
(Stories of children of Tarious asas, to be
rare ere troupod by Mr, Lock ley today for the
midsummer entertainment of Journal raadara. 1 -
My ' little daughter Hope, who Is
"nearly half past four," loves to play
"pretend." ' She will start to tell me a
dream she had, and about the time the
big black bear with the growly voice
is about to eat the little girl all up
she will say, "I didn't really, dream it
that way, but let's pretend I did." Re
cently she' has gone to Sunday school a
time or. two at the Mount Tabor Presby
terian church. She has been very much
interested in what the teacher told her
and has asked me Innumerable questions
about It, and. I have dutifully backed up
the Sunday : school teacher's statements.
She' asked the other, day if Jesus knew
everything. I confirmed the statement.
Last Sunday we went to church - and
heard Ward A. MacHenry preach most
excellent sermon, the only thvhg to mar
the harmony of the occasion being that
in the middle of Mr. -MacHeary's prayer
my little daughter, in a whisper plainly
audible for several pews in every di
rection, said, "If Jesus knows every
thlnghy does the minister have to tell
hmr-an-that."-TIe lady Just- back of us,
who is a verydevout lady, didn't know
whether, to 'be amused or shocked, - but
decided on the former. Recently a for
mer neighbor -of ours died. My daughter
heard my wife and I discussing the fact
that his ; family life had not been very
happy. I was out lamy garden shortly
thereafter,- Where my daughter was help
ins- . me weed . the - beans, -v- She , paused
and said. "After all, maybe It Is just as
well he died.. Probably Jesus will take
better eareof - him than his wife did."
When my wife Informed our daughter
that it made' God feet bad when little
children didn't mind, the - answer was,
"What does God do - to husbands that
don't mind- their wives?"; -;; , s :,
n.. v tunkwa rnia dir was pur
suing bis theological investigations, and
..v TViaa ClrA make cows ' and
horses and chickens and dogs?" My sis
ter answered in the ararmanre nm
u.ttt n mm, more ' animals and
..wi tr cuut ais mtdi them.' Finally.
to settle the whole question, my slstei
aid. "Yes. Jod maaes ererymuis
runs around."- That stopped him fore
mrnnt.- while he thought' it over. Fi
nally . ' he said. "You are , mistaken,
mother. God doesn't maice every uiins
that runs around.. He didn't make the
. That etino around our barn, and
I saw father and Ray making that"
The" other night' X was out .watering
ama af the DeODli Initla-
Mve or referendum) or was It a legis
lative act omy x . turoen tt . !'"
Jt was approrad by tbe soTomor: bot wa de
fLtod bVofirendum to. In llf tbo fcta
latnro pasa-d the preterit law. which was ataned
br tbek nnmor, but waa aarcr referred to the
neopia. la other word., H wa Ittnw enscwa
the lesiaiatnra in ---.
eeiad no proTiakm for referendum.
. - -': f -PKP FACTCiRIES." '-
A ?.-.'':' Prean.' tho Atoei BudcvL
' PnrtUiMi hai her Rosariaans,' Salem
her Cherrlans, i Eugene, her , Radiators,
"Vancouver her". Prunariana. Pendleton
tier 'cowboys, and many other cities' have
marching clubs which are tnejr pep rac-
ine weeaiy neview. . .- ,
make a trip through Yellowstone park
before returning to Portland.
a
Dean George W. Peavy of the school
m lorcsiry 01 ijregon Agricultural col
lege spent Saturday In ' Portland at
tending, the meeting of the state board
of forestry, of which h ! .
and meeting Secretary E. T. . Meredith
01 me interior aepartment. .
The Multnomah hotel la host to R
A. Klnner. postmaster at Columbus,
vnio, ana, it is said, a perfectly good
Democrat Kinner is forcexf. to vote
for an Ohioan for president, lt appears,
and his choice is limited to newspaper
publishers by the coincidence of nomi
nations made by the two political par
ties. The Columbus postmaster ' Is ac
companied on a pleasure trip to Port
land by bis sisters, Mrs. J. a Kinslow
and Mrs. E- K. Hower. both residents
of ' Columbus.
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At the Portland hotel .are Dr. and
Mrs. L. E. Parmley - of Burkburnett,
Texas, where oil wells have beeh build
ing the town and making millionaires
so fast that the hall of fame won't hold
all of them. Burkburnett is a new town,
but it certainly is a humming hive of
Industry, and. It is said, one would
have to go far from it to make him
self believe in such a thing as an oil
shortage.. .
; .';',: "
Pat Randall, chief deputy in Sheriff
Goodman's office at ! Burns, Harney
county. Is in the city on his way back
from Tacoma where he went to arrest
Bob Allen. Allen was formerly In the
road contracting business with the Pacific-Bridge
company, building the Cen
tral highway from Bunts-to Lawsen.
-, .'.....-..- o - 0 -.. : - - - --;
i Louise Huntley, Reed college graduate
of 1918, who has been studying music at
the New York Institute-of Musical Art,
has. returned to Portland for the summer.-?
Miss Huntley was a member of
the Reed Annex" at New Tork. being
one of pome score of Reed alumni and
former faculty members who are study
ing or teaching at Columbia university
and other New York institutions. ; Miss
Huntley will return to New York In
the fall. , ' ;
Lockley
the garden. Hope, pointing up, , said.
"Jesus and the angels live up in the
sicy, oon't they. I nodded. She said
"If you turned the hose straight uo would
the water go up Into heaven where they
are?" I. said.t "No It ;wouldn't go that
rar. She said, "'it's a good thing. You
might get the feathers In' the angels'
wings all wet" I kept discreetly silent
Presentiy-she said, "If dogs are awfully
good will they go to heaven?'. I said,
"Maybe they will ; I don't- know.- She
said, "Well, If they did go would they
nave wmgar" 1 said, "on, no; they
wouldn't have wings." "Well, if they
don't have wings they couldn't walk on
the clouds ; they would drop through."
I had no answer for that remark. She
looked lost in thought for a while and
finally said. "Well. I don't know whether
oue dog will go to heaven or not : He
doesn't like .strangers, and . he might
chase the angels, and if they didn't fly
out of his way he might bite them, and
that would make them feel bad, and God
wouida t like it.". .
At Salem some years ago we had a
minister . who had a family of very
charming -young daughters. '-Two of his
girls, with their pigtails down . their
backs, looking .as Innocent as Eve before
she tasted the apple, once took a front
seat at "the evening 'service. Their
father poor innocent man looked at
them very approvingly; they looked so
eevout and so :- utterly without , guile.
While he had, his eyes closed during his
prayer Helen bobbed her -head up and
down," making her hat which was en
tirely too large for her, act tn a most
dissipated and Irreverent manner. Ruth
swung her head rapidly from side to side,
her" hat remaining stationary while her
head moved . with vigor and precision.
Some of the audience were - Interested
and pussted by the disturbed and angry
glances or two of the ladies In the choir.
That night after the service the minister,
as he ate his customary post-homiletic
bread' and butter and raw onions: and
drank his glass of milk, said to his
wife. . "I was pleased to see Helen and
Ruth in the front row, where I could
keef my eye on them and where I knew
they couldn't be up to any mischief."
His wife threw up her hands in despair.
"You poor. Innocent thing." she said.
"You are easily fooled. Do you mean
to say you didn't notice that those two
imps of the Evil One were wearing the
hats rof two of the ladies in the choir
and that almost everybody In the church
knew , it . and that they were receiving
much more attention than you were?"
toriee. Why not a similar organisation
lo Astoria? . ' r
During the Regatta days" Astoria had
ah Admiral club but, with the death of
the ' water festival, the club languished
and passed into inactivity. The city sent
excursions to the Pendleton , Round-Up,
Tillamook, Skamokawa and a number of
other places last year and there will
doubtless be a Dumber of slmUar junket
trips Baring the coming summer and fall.
As long as we make these trips, we ought
to get the most out of them for our com
munity. With a distinctive name and
uniforms, a little drilling and a few songs
and yells, a delegation of Astorians
could -impress itself .upon any. commun
ity it visits. . It's worth considering.
Tlie Oregon Country
Northwest liappentnsa In Brief Form for the
Boat ltaader.
OREGON NOTES
.Pendleton. .Ifermiston and Ftanfleld
will cooperate In entertaining the huu
committee on irrigation when it arrives.
July 18. .
-C. H. Britton, physical director of the
Kugene Y. M. C. A., has been elected by
the Salem association to fill the same
office. -
1 The department of commerce has des
ignated Kugene as headquarters for the
census of manufactures tor district No.
6 of Oregon..
The fruit crop In the vicinity of For
est Grove promises to be excellent. Jt
Is estimated . the prune, crop will r
into millions of pounds.
E. .T. Oooch, Inspector in charge of
the. federal immigration bureau hi Ah
toria, has been promoted In grade ami
given an increased salary.
The Oreson Growers Cooperative as
sociation has purchased a site at Forest
Grove, for a prune packing plant, on
which construction will soon begin.
- Thieves have again gone throuRh the
tents of visitors at the Salem auto camp
grounds. Two watches and a small
amount of silver are reported missing.
According to an opinion by Attorney
General Brown a bank 'cannot han.l.j
insurance on a commercial basis unlea
provided for in its incorporation arti
cles. ..
Oscar Sanders and Elinor Gordon of
Petalurna, Cal., are held in Jail at Klam
ath Falls on the charge of Introducing
liquor into the Klamath Indian reserva
tion. Miss Mary Lebold is the winner of a
125 prise offered for the nearest guess
to the population of Salem. Her guss
was 17,685. The official figures were
17.679.
A Hood River grand Jury haa Indicted
Hartman and Fox, Fossil stocknuyi. ou
a charge of falling to furnish the county
clerk with a sworn statement of the
number of sheep brought into the coun
ty for summer pasturage;
v WASHINGTON
August Ruts, a retired farmer of
Rltsville. was gored by a vicious bull and
seriously Injured.
4 The Vancouver central labor council
has elected C. II. Moran president, aadi
declined to enter politics.
The Pullman chamber of commrra
has associated Itself with the campaign
for a social center for Pullman.
George M. Johnson, sheriff of Clarke
county, haa announced himself as a can
didate for reelection on the Republican
ticket.
The Lewis county eommlwiloners tinve
begun to widen the grade of the I'aclfia
highway -between Chehalis and Con
trail a.
Two members of the Pullman chamber".
of commerce will visit the auto park
every, evening to look after the .comfort
of tourists.
An amateur cracksman made an tin'
successful attempt to blow open the safa
in the Union Pacific depot at Urandview.
The charge failedto open the door. .
The city commissioners of Yakima will
call 'a special election to be held August
10, to vote for a three-mill levy to pay
for the two platoon firemen system In
augurated last summer.
Calls for harvest hands and other la-
rborers have resulted in a rush at the
Spokane city employment office. Fiv
dollars a day with board and room is
being paid hay hands.
The city commissioners of ?entralia
have appointed Frank Howswell to be
chief of the fire department, to fill tho
vacancy caused by the death of Thomas
E. Cunningham.
Believing that Carl Ogrlen of Wen
atchee was not drowned in the Columbia
river, but disappeared In some other
way last month, -his friends and rela
tives have asked for a search.
. IDAHO
The directors of the American Trust
company bank have declared a 3V4 per
cent dividend for the quarter.
Filings for offices of Lewis countv
show that the Democrats failed to file
for state representative or commln-iioner
from the Second district. The ltpub
llcana did "not file for treasurer, school
superintendent sheriff or probate judge.
" For the first time-since the adoption
of the primary law there will be no con
test In the primary election for officers
at Latah county. The Republicans hnvn
filed but one candidate for each office
and the Democrats have filed omy part
of a ticket, leaving the commissioners,
assessor and superintendent places va
cant "
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Some fellers has luck and honors and
glory forced onto 'em. There was Clay
Calhoon McFifer on the upper Memhrcs
river In the early '80s that struck nut
for Mexico along with three hossea that
didn't no ways b'long to him. When
the possy ks$ched him, nigh the Mexi
can line, and found out it was only
little Clay McFifer. aged 16, they waa
allflred mad at him, 'cause , he was too
young to hang and too onry to turn
loose. They put a rope - around ; his
neck and sorter lifted him of fen his
toes to kinder strike the- fear of the
Lord Into his wicked little heart. Then
his grandad. Colonel McFifer, come out
with the proposition to hosswhlp hint
till everbuddy hollered 'nuff, and then,
send hirr to a school up North and
make a preacher outer him. Clay ob
jected. Said he'd ruther be' hung'n
whipped, and ruther be both'n be a
preacher; 'but the program waa put
through, and Clay made a powerful ex
horter In a few years.
Any Reason Why Oregon
Need Lack "tourist Patron
age? The Answer ls "Not"
-Why should Southern California
win 8200,000,000 a year from tourist
travel and Oregon only 85.000,000?
Why; should Maine make $50,000,000
a year - from tourist visitation, more
than the sale .value of her agricul
tural -products, when Oregon, with
the most wonderful out of doors' in
the nation, receives but one-tenth
as much? Why should France be at
tractive to tourists In pre-war terma
of 8250,000,000 a year, and Switzer
land In terms of 825,000,000 to 50,
000,000 a year, when Oregon has so
much , to offer In scenic majesty,
fascinating - spots, and recreational
resources, and yet receives so little?
The Journal has often asked these
questions. It has as often sought the
answer It has given constant new
and advertising attention as a matter
of established policy to Oregon's sum
mer resorts. . It was the leader In
attracting attention to the accommo
dations prepared for the state's vis
itors. -,
To . aid substantially the campaign
The Journal maintains what is known
as The Journal Information and
Travel Bureau. The bureau gathers
detailed information concerning every
point of interest and resort 4n Ore
gon, and ell of this information is
available for the townspeople of
Portland, for vlsitora in the city for
anyone without any charge what
ever....; The bureau maintains offices and
headquarters In the main business
offices of The Journal building at
Broadway and Yamhill . streets.
Dorsey B. Smith, one of the leading
travel experts of; the West, is In
personal charge of the bureau.
Information is similarly gathered
for the benefit of local people de
siring to visit any other section of
this country or any other part of
the earth. From actual travel and
observation. Bureau Manager Smith
Is In unique position to give intimate
ly detailed information on l r st
ters pertaining to. travel. Ait t.lm.