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THE' OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1C20.
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THE WORLD'S HATE
AFTER hcrdirlg all the Christian
population; of Fouladjik Into a
church, Turks - set fire to 'the build-
Ing and 1300 of the refugees perished.;
The Turks are at war with' the Greeks
in Anatolia and at war with the Greeks
In Thrace. The Arabs are fighting the
French In Syria. An army of the
( Soviets Is invading Armenia. Russia
Is at. war with Poland. . ':,
. China has a war. The Balkans are
seething with war and unrest. Jaffan
ia Krvine nn an armH nnnollnn nf
mi vui 'n va u iin.vi .fi.vu)juivu v
Siberia, with occasional clashes with
the Russians. Germany, angered and
menacing, continues to bicker bitterly
over the peace terms, and there are
recurring threats of a new war
a era in st-her. ' .
r Economic experts with jthe " diplo
matic corps at Washington insist that
the most alarming fact of all is j pass-,
Ing unnoticed.. It is the menace of
i famine in Europe with possibility of
all the bitter consequences to come out
of the desperation of millions made
frantic; by hunger.
Here are all the seeds and situations
"for, bringing on another great war.
. The fires are smoldering. There are
predictions that within five years they
will flame forth into another con
flagration. Vhen it comes the very
' men who are now opposing , the
League of Nations will be first to
demand that we get into the conflict.
They are the men who were de
' manding that America enter the last
war when President Wilson was usiiitf
-alI the powers of his great office to
keep us out. They 'are the' men who
are demanding armed intervention In
', fexico. which means ' a three years
war with Mexico. A camoufjaged and
honey-worded demand of that kind is
In the Chicago' platform. , , gome, of
those men represent other men who
"want army contracts,, and, therje . are
$b Ruii makers, and arms makers, and
munitions makers and others of the
22,000 "men who became millionaires
- out of the last war.-
. There is a League of Nations. But
the .nation whose power in moral in
fluence could make it effective Is not
a member. That rialioh Is Anierrca
;and she is in company of "revolu
tionary Mexico, Bolshevist Russia and
unspeakable Turkey." ' European na
tions are jealous and suspicious of one
-another.; America as a member of the
league would be more of a restraining
r influence against war than all Euro-
. But pro-Germans in the. United
v States want America to remain out
of the league. America hi the league
would mean a quiet, moral Influence
- that would make the organization
Clijionecflll 1'lfrt tha veilTf thnt
' many's cherished . hopes of revenge
in the new war her militarists hae
already predicted, would never be
realized. ' -
- Hiram Johnson and Borah gathered
-that vote together and organized it-
.They used it as a club when the treaty
was under consideration by threaten
Ing to bolt the Republican party if the
treaty were ratified. They used it as
club at the Chicago convention, and
. there forced the old ' guard senators
to adopt a plank which Hiram John
son says , is a no-league platform.
Candidate - Harding Is bidding for
that vote. He Is already attacking the
league. He is singing the song of hate
' against;' the president of the -United
States. European" ideas directed the
party policy.
And meanwhile 1500 Christians were
herded into a church and burned to
death by the Turks; There are more
small wars In the world now than at
any time In a century. If the pro
German policy . of no-League succeeds
and the - great moral influence ; of
America for peace is denied the world
how long will it be until the parents
of America will again be saying good
byes to their sons who will be leav
ing home to fight in another great
war on foreign soil?
When Candidate Harding, In a
speech In the senate, declared that
a dollar Is enough for a bushel of
wheat he placed a very low estimate
on the toil and endeavors of farmers
and their families. That waa during
war time , when : a dollar a bushel
would fall far ajiort of payitig the
coBt of production. ' .
BEFORE THE CRASH
THE parents' of a child who killed
herself with ' a revolver on the
Fourth of July; are now blaming
themselves for, leaving the weapon
where the. child could reach' It. But
they blame themselves too late: The
weapon was tiere, the child reached
it, and killed herself. ' .
It is the same with automobile acci-
dents. It Is blame and sorrow, after
ward; in some cases, rather than pre
vention before. .Those parents who
allow children to" play In the streets,
who fall fo warn 'them -of the dangers
of. congested thoroughfares.' and who
permit : them to' .Invite Injuries , or
death through carelessness, are leav
ing the gun in reach of the child.
Several children; have been killed by
automobiles in or near Portland dur
ing 1920. Some of the young lives
cpuld have been saved bytparents. The
blame and grief can . in many cases
be avoided by teaching children the
peril of the streets. .
Men- In the calling agree that
Rollin Kirby of the New York World
is the best cartoonist in America.
The Journal thinks Its readers will
be pleased to view his work from
day to day on this page. . v
A STORY OF GAS
A- CITIZEN of Portland who burns
gas In his home decided .'that the
meter would be more "convenient If
located on the opposite side of the
basement. r . ,
the obliging attendant at the. .gas
office assured him . that . the meter
could be moved ' and that he would
be billed only for the actual cost of
the service. He asked how much the
cost would be and was ' told that it
would depend upon conditions.
Two days later a man from the gas
company came. Inspected, thei meter,
made, some, marks on the pipe and
went away. ' ; ,
Three days later a Gas company
wagon appeared, bringing several
lengths of pipe and a bag of fittings:
Five days after that an artisan ar
rived and he actually made the trans
fer of the gas meter. . r-; ; ' "f
The head of the house, ; returning
from the office, found the bag of gas
fittings on the front porch "Did the
gas man leave this here, and am I. pay
for it? -he inquired. "No," answered
the boy, wtyo -had been an interested
witness of iheNperation on the meter,
"he said another man would be along
to take it away." t . '
"It was too bad the company didn't
send along an assistant to carry his
handkerchief and bring; him lemort
V commented the citizen, svmoa-
trrejlically: .-- ! ."
I-But down In j his I- heart '"' he was
vondering if 'the bill for cost would
include the (inspector, the wagon, the
workman and the expense of a special
trip tu'haul the small bag of fittings
downtown. ,!.;.-
And the reader may wonder if, when
the- gas company goes ,to the state
publio service commission for an in
crease in rates, it will. plead the high
cost of personal service as its justifi
cation. V
A Ctticago dentist, speaking be
fore the Oregon State Dental society,
declared that there ts no excuse for
causing pain while extracting Tteeth.
Is it true that a j way has been found
to - extract teeth painlessly., , pf . was
the statement propaganda for con
sumption of - those persons who
would about as soon visit the under
taker as a dentist.' ' '
THE NEW DISTRICT
A REPRESENTATIVE of the Port
land Qiambcr of Commerce went
to Seattle and there endeavored to
secure Information as to the number
of shipping board vessels loaded In
Seattle. : ' ' : - - -' : '
Both government and municipal of
ficials in Seattle declined to furnish
the inf ormationi : i So far as Seattle
vas. concerned the business of the
publio Was not j public business but
the business-of tlje community.
Yet it is Seattle which has been
named by the shlpping.board as head
quarters of a new Northwest district
which Includes Portland.
"When ; the resolution creating the
district becomes operative will Seat
tle continue to turn Portland inquirers
away? Will all shipping board busi
ness be monopolized by Seattle except
mat ror which Seattle can claim the
credit without actually handling the
cargo In Puget sound.
The prospect iqf seeing Seattle re
ceive credit for the rapid expansion in
Portland's use of the American mer
chant marine la not pleasant. It Is
unendurable. -
The shipping board and Admiral
Benson, - chairman - of the shipping
board,' have . no moral right . to deliver
the port interests of Portland into the
hands of our most destructive and
determined competitor. i' s
As v President Van Duzer : o-f the
Chamber pf Commerce says, we are
handling enough shipping board ves
sels on the Columbia to give us5 a
right to deal direct with Washington.
We are " employing more ; shipping
board vessels than Seattle. Portland
demands a square deal but 1ms yet
to receive it from the shipping board.
HIGHER PASS JSNGE It RATES
PASSENGER rates on the railroads
. are to be increased. So are
freight rates. The wage awards are
to cost the companies $600,000,000. The
roads also, i d7uirefl,0i2,0ro,00a for
other purposes. ; It is an enormous
charge that is thus to be laid on
'traffic. ; J ' '.
". It would be wrong to place all this
huge charge on freight. U Advance
after advance in freight rates has al
ready added heavily, to the " cost of
living and to the tribute which pro
ducers must pay to get their products
to market. ' ,
: It would be unjust to lay all this
1,692,000,000 of added tax on the farm
er's potatoes,: hay, grain, fr'JV live
stock, wool and other staples
whfch he feeds and clothes the world.
Nor should all the ' advance be laid
proportionately upon lumber; steel,
coal and the other commodities inci
dent to human activity, and at the
same time exact no added toll from'
the traveling( public.
All people traveL" But the great
mass of those who 'journey are well
able to pay the expense of travel.
It is not the ? street car crowd
that mostly luxuriates in the ' pala
tial Pullmans: - Nor is It the potato
eaters and bread buyers and horpy
handed toilers from the' industrial dis
tricts or the workers In the telephone
offices and grocery stores- that jour
ney over ' the country viewing the
scenery and peopling the-reports. - ,.
' Higher rates on what we eat and
wear and no advance for thbs'e who
tour- puld : be unthinkable, although
the ra1hoad managers.- in their peti
tion r before .'the Interstate commerce
commission ' urged that there : be no
Increase in . passenger rates and that
all the great sum asked be raised by
freight rate increases.-
A man convicted of ; driving an
automobile with defective brake
was fined $25 by fudge Rossman in
municipal court Tuesday. The ma
chine had rolled down hill 200 feet
before the operator could stop it,
testimony indicated The. fine was
not too heavy.: A machine with de
fective brakes is almost as danger
ous as a machine without a driver.
EDUCATION AND IMMIGRATION
BETWEEN 22.000 and .OOO immi
grants entered this country at the
Port of . New York In the months of
January and February. There were
29,000 in March, 37,000 in April, 40,000
in .May "and more, in June. ; In spite
of the efforts ; of foreign nations ; to
keep their men at borne and in spite
of the shortage of steamship accom
modations, the statistics - indicate an
increasing tide of Immigration to this
country. 1 I
. Before the war. fpreignfrs jcame to
America at the rate of more than a
million a year. Man could not speak
the t English language and could nt
read jt. They settled in groups, form
ing a citizenship of pro-alien tenden
cies in certain states. There were al
most 10,000.000 foreigners In 'the' United
States at the beginning of the war
who could neither read nor write our
language.-; " . - ; . '' ; ; '
When the war opened we found
large groups of pro-Germans huddled
together within the borders of a few
states. They had sufficient votes to
control some elections. They atr
tempted to hinder America in prose
cuting the war. it remained for the
great conflict to teach us a lesson
of immigration.
We had allowed the aliens to enter,
the country faster than we could
absorb them. They ; had not been
taught our language. They had no
adequate conception of our institu
tions or ou! ideals. They came here
with European training, and because
of our Inability to educate the huge
streams of immigrants they clung to
European training, European ideals
and European thoughts.
, Our laws should prevent immigra
tion beyond the power of the country
to assimilate the foreigners- More
aliens than -we can teach means per
petuation of European politics and
ideals in the United States. It means
districts of European domination and
thought. ; It means a divided America.'
Some of the best and most loyal
citizens of America are people of
foreign , birth or ancestry. ( But they
are people who sought and readily
gained full comprehension of Ameri
can purpose, American , progress and
the American democracy.
If these' Eastern' 'thunder . storms
persist in the West Mr. Kipling ought
to be asked to revise his poetic utter
ance about "East. Is East and West
Is West, and never the twain shall
meet." . . -
COST OF A, QUART
THE dairymen who supply Portland
with milk ajer that the' quart of
milk;- which they sell to the dealer
for a fraction less than 7 cents actu
ally costs them 9.53 cents to produce.
That, in other words, they m ake a
present of about . 2 cents to the
dealer with every quart. ,
In the same realm of computation,
the milk producers of Northern CalU
fornia have":, reached . a cost . figure
through the aid of a specialist which
In a measure helps support the con
tention of the local dairymen.' ,'
It was found that during an aver
age period of six months the cost of
producing a hundred pounds of milk
was 14.65. This would be at the rate
of 9.8 cents a quart. The dairymen
received from the California milk dis
tributors during the same period t3.13
a hundred pounds or 6.8 cents a quart.
The report Indicates not orfly that
costs of production are On approxi
mately the same plane throughout the
Pacific, coast region but that dairy
men are as little successful elsewhere
as here In securing a price calculated
to keep them In the Glairy business.
Evidently a solution of the. milk
supply problem, national In Its scope,
is badly needed.
THE LEAGUE AND
TH E "2 i WARS' ' t
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff
Correspondent of The Journal .
' Whingtonj July , 22. Senator Hard-'
Ing-, in his recent unexpected explosion
on the League of - Nations, said : one
thing regarded as significant, when he
said:
; "Should the Democrats win,- the league
would, be ratified, and America would
ft once become a . party to the 21 wars
tu. tt going on in the world.
The Republican candidate's statement
that the leagrue will be. ratified, if Cox
Is elected agrees perfectly with what the
Democratic leaders ay. His additional
comment that America ' would at once
become a-party to 21 wars Is a little
Hiram Johnsonism that nobody can be
expected to take seriously. . Everybody
knows that, America would r not be ob
ligated to take part in any wars except
by Us own vote. . .. -
' V " '' i 5 ; 7 ' e : e r.v:''., ''y ' .. j
Another Important feature of the state
ment Is the omission of Harding to say
what , the success of the Harding ticket
will mean concerning the league. . The
Inference seems to be that If he wins the
league will not be ratified, although he
later refers to "conflicts into ' which
America would 'be projected without
rigidly safeguarding reservations." ,.:
The question next arises.:, what are
"rigidly safeguarding reservations ?" Are
they the -Lodge reservations. , something
less, or something more? - Senator Knox,
a high authority in Republican counsels,
says the Lodge reservations are worth
less. Senator Lodge, another high au
thority, regards them as ample. Senator
MoCumber and - Senator iMcNary, two
other excellent authorities, consider them
much more than ample. Senator Borah
and Senator Johnson, who can be quoted
as authorities only- among the irrecon
cilables, say it Is Impossible to frame
reservations that are rigid enough. ;
' '" '' - ;- . " .' ;- ' ;
It seems evident that Senator Harding
will be asked to make : himself more
clear, for ' his statement has the same
pliability that his speeches in the senate
have had. and it omits to say what po
sition he thinks the United States should
assume, or whether- he believes that the
United States should hold aloof from all
efforts to establish world peace. - " V
.Franklin D. Roosevelt, the, Democratic
nominee for vice president. Is Considered
to have countered neatly when, replying
to the Harding statement, he remarked s
"One of the prominent issues Is thus
becoming early and clearly drawn. A
Democratic victory means ratification of
the treaty and the League of Nations,
which, as thj world knows, is already
constituted. A Republican victory means
that the i United States, with Russia,
Mexico and Turkey., shall remain out
side." ..; ., '-. -v- - , , :
Congratulations ,!
From the Dayton (Ohio) News
f The (unjoined article appeared in GorernoT
Coi'a newspaper, the Dayton Daily New, the
day after hsa nomination, written by Howard
Egbert, editor of the New. J - i
It is hardly necessary to say that the
news of the . nomination , of . Governor
James M. Cox for president of the Unit
ed States, by. the Democratic -party: in
national convention at San Francisco,
furnishes the theme for unalloyed happi
ness at the News pffice. . Those of us
who have been his associates' In the
conduct of this paper have been talking
about this thing for a long time. We
rather expected It, tn fact.. It Is most
gratifying to think that the great vic
tory has come. Life Is ever so much
sweeter for everyone, from press room .to
the roof. .The employes of the News are
conscious 'of a great distinction coming
not only to the newspaper Itself and its
publisher,. but to. the. city pf Dayton, the
state of Ohio,' and the nation : as well;
It becomes rather difficult to collect
one's 'thonghts -under- the- circumstances
of the moment. We want to congratulate
the v '"chief because we believe he de
served 'to' win. It was- written in the
stars that trls greatest honor should
Come .to, him. . His record as t governor
of Ohio, as representative from the his
toric Third Ohio district, and as private
citizen. ot Dayton is brilliant. 'No man
who endeavors first to be of service to
his fellows can be denied' a place in the
world.' The- universe .admires a man
who sticks everlastingly at it until the
principles he. favors are triumphant. '
Gdverndr" Cox Is a man of principle.
He always has been. Whether it is in
the newspaper office or in the governor's
chair' tlie "chief" always has been the
same. When he decides that ' a thing
rhust, "e.qne. for. V.e. good of everyone,
he makes up his mind that be will fight
it out on that line if it takes all sum
mer and winter. - ; -"
1 1. is not necessary to review his offi
cial life. . -This record is illuminated by
achievements quite beyond the limits of
the ' space at our command at this In
stant: - He is progressive in every mean
ing of this word. He is Intensely human.
He loves his fellow men and he takes
pride in helping them. We like to think
of him at this moment as the man who
started In life as a farmer's boy. The
opportunities pf primitive farm life were
too limited to hold a man of .his striking
abilities and ambitions. He began asa
newsboy, worked aa, a - reporter, then
went to Washington - as - Congressman
Sorg's "secretary, then bought the Day
ton vNews and later the Springfield
News. Then he went - to congress and
was reelected. A jump to the governor's
office followed and then two more terms,
a record of no mean consequence ;. In
Ohio. Whafhe did in the way of initiat
ing and pressing high-minded legisla
tion for the citizenship of his home state
now is history, eternally written in the
hearts and minds of his fellow citizens.
We'd like to say to him today, "Con
gratulations, Jimmy," but he's the chief
around here and we don't call him "Jim
my" to his face, - But we cannot help, one
and all. from the newsboys on the streets
to the men who are associated with him
in the conduct of the paper, saying,
"Congratulations, governor. God bless
you.: You'll make a 'great president and
we're for' you from now on just as we
pave been in the; other years when - the
game sometimes went hard against us."
: And we extend to Mrs.' Cox and thei
members of the governor's family the
same hearty , felicitations. Dayton, we
know, is proud ' of this- new distinction;
ONE
fT-i st--vj 'i.-N-- 1
We know Ohio is. When "everybody in
the United States knows as' much about
Governor James M; Cox as those f who
know him best, and . appreciate, his
thorough i honesty "and high purpose . in
public life, we seem te catch a vision of
the While House, witlv the ''chief' there.
There has come to all of us a vision' of
universal affection for the man.vof the
same variety as . that which his' news
paper associates in' Dayton always have
held. : i. vv- f'-v ' .',;
; ; ; i
Letters From the People
Communication- aent to The Jonrnal -for
pablieation in thia department ihoqld be written
on only one aide of the paper, abouid not exceed
800 word -in length and mutt be aiened by the
writer, whoce mail addreaa in full muU accom
pany the oontributioaw - .
CONGRESSMEN'S TERMS ,
Portland, Julj '2ls To the Editor of
The Journal Congressman McArthur is
right respecting a reduction of repre
sentatives in congress. I Lis a great pity
thia was not done some time ago. - Then
the peace treaty, would have been upheld
and .thousands of- Uvea-saved. . Respect
ing also the extension xt congressmen's
terms, he is on the right track. No man
can. become a statesman In a short term.
Short terms mean, in many instances,' in
trigue and scheming, v ' -
vWlth our system, political jealousies
take the . place of the , nation's Interest
and the welfare, of the people. Besides,
in all business of the government a few
take .Uie ; lead, jrlgbt' or wrong, and the
rest 'follow like sheep and the welfare
of the country can go to the devil so long
as their petty .jealousies and private
schemes come fut on top. It has been
that way for-the last 50 years in state
legislatures and congress and the people
go hang after the votes are secured. -
Osborne Yates.
,AN OPEN LETTER ON SLOGANS y
-Portland, July. 21. .To "Stephen A.
Lowell, Pendleton, Or. Your article on a
slogan for Harding In the pregonian, of
July .21 'prompts me to answer. "Hard
ing and Home" Is very good and appro
priate, and should - be adopted. As he
will conduct his campaign at .toome, "1
was 'considering it a good place , to' keep
hlm.( :' wilU however,, agree to vote for
Harding if you will' Inform me where I
can, secure Information that will ' verify
your statement that "Cox and Cock
tails' is the '.slogan of the Democratic
party. Fair enough? : ' -' ' .
e Answer in either The Journal or the
Oregonian as 1 carefully read both.
On the Fence.
A WORKER .
West Salem, July 21. To the Editor, of
The Journal- We have a Salem woman
who has the distinction of picking cher
ries at C S. .Ruge's cherry orchard 'in
West Salem 4nd thereby earning $13.80
working 10 .hours, and receiving 2 cents
a pound. Can any other person in the
state beat it? s " ' i NEIGHBOR.
Curious Bits of Information
" -. for-the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
; Snow crystals, : which vary greatly In
form, : belong to the hexagonal system.
They are formed upon a nucleus. In the
same way, as a raindrop, and sometimes
reach the ground smgly, but more com
monly In coherent masses or flakes.
Meteriogical . observers , bave obtained
photographs of the ' crystals as seen
through the compound microscope. jThe
longer rays' that constitute .the arms of
the six-rayed stars, are generally hollow
tubes, evidently built up by additions to
the edge of an original crystal. Snow'is
white because the crystals are so minute
that .each cell of the retina receives a
general impression produced by the com
bination of different wave-- lengths re
flected from Innumerable minute facets.
Red snow, and more rarely other colors,
such as green, blue or black snow, are
produced! by 'the - action ' of innumerable
fungi known .as the Micrococcus nivalis.
Red snow has been photographJed in nat
ural colors.
Olden Oregon
Settlers Opposed Bringing Indians to
.Grand Ronde Reservation.
The Grand Rende Indian reMn
on the western border of Pont and Tarn
hill counties, was established in 1854 by
Judsort Palmer, Indian superintendent,
for the Durm rr npnvMin.. . . -
. - - - - ' nuuie lur
the Rogue river and Umpqua Indians.
. excicea me anger and opposi
tion of the Willamette valley. setUers to
such an extent that Palmer deemed it
prudent to ask General Wool for a guard
of escort when the migration was made.
Before' Palmer had fniiv oom ... .
plans to bring ail the tribes between
- A-itmurnia ime to the
reservation his removal from office was
COAL BARON IN TROUBLE
ilatai ill11 1 - -w" ..--- -
Copyrleht, 1920. by The
COMMENT AND
; SMALL CHANGE
How're you fixed for winter fuel?
An honest man neither buys nor sells
himself...' ,. ' '
Two is company and three is a crowd
at a genuine pienic
....-e.ee.
More people would go to heaven if
there were Sunday excursions..
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It is usually the man who doesn't know
the secret of success who is willing to
impart it to others. -
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" While 4t is' possible for a man to love
his neighbor as himself, it - depends a
good deal upon the age. and sex of the
neighbor aforesaid. , ,, ,-
General Guajardo, Mexican.' was fonnd
guilty of treason at a court-martial and
was shot at sunrise. Wonder what con
stitutes "treason" down In Mexico J" ; i.
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rMaybe' the -reason Georges Carpentier
couldn't get a fight in the United States
was because none was willing to take on
more than one George at a . time.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
- Senator John : R. Nickelsen-of Hood
River, unpledged ani as yet unconvinced,
has come up from ttfa seashore disguised
in a coat of russet tan to take a looksee
at the different candidates for president
of "the 'state senate. -The senator holds
the. theory that, with Governor Olcott
flying around overhead all the time, it
Is up to the senate to pick a man big
enough to fill the governor's chair with
snugness and eclat should a -dolorous
fate or a defective-wingbes.rn .aome day
make it necessary to garner the jOlcot
tian remains from the saddened .land
scape. If the senator can, discover one
man like that -out of the 30 senatorial
possibilities be is going home to abide
in contentment .until the legislature
meets, in January. If he can nbt, he
says he is going to do the best he can.
, .
Mrs. George L. Rauch, 771 Eaet Seventy-second
street, left last week for a
trip through, Glacier and . Yellowstone
national parks, accompanied by Mrs..
Crane Lumis of .Seattle. Mrs. Rauch
will conUnue her trip to the East and
spend the summer at Detroit. Ann Arbor
and other-townr in Michigan and Wis
consin, returning by way of Banff and
the Canadian Rockies In October.
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Senator B'. L. Eddy of. Roseburg- is
spending a little while in Portland telling-various
other members of the sen
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
More fipirea relalins to the great war are
herw preaented i by ' Mr. Lockley, ahowins what-Amerit-a'a
troopa did. "He alo notes an ap
proaolilng event of treat interest,; the participa
tion of the Knichta of Columbu in the. un
veiling of a etatue of Lafayette at ileti-J
In Jogging back and forth by auto,
boat, stage and train,-1 frequently run
across lads I met overseas. Usually we
chat about places or people we knew in
the, war days. A day or so ago I ran
across some facta relative to the service
of our boys over there that are worth
saving "for -future reference. ; Cut them
out and put them into your 'pocketbook
or scrap book. Here they are: '
5 Two out of every three American sol
France took oart in
battle. ' The number who 'reached
France was 2,084,000 and of these 1.390,-000-saw
active service at the front.
Of the 42 divisions that reached France,
29 took part in active combat service.
Seven were regular army divisions. 11
were organised from the national guard,
and 11 were made upof national army
troops. .
American divisions were In' battle for
200. days and engaged In. 13 major opera
tions.". From the middle of 'August, 1918, until
the end of the war, the American divi
sions held, during the greater part of the
time, a front larger than that held by
the British forces. . . --
In October, 1918, the American division
held 101 miles of line,- or 23 per cent of
the entire "western front! j
On April 1. 1918, the- Germans had a
superiority of 324,000 !n rifle strength.
Due to American arrivals the allied
strength exceeded that oT the Germans
In June and was more Jian .800,000 above
It In November. ' '"-'-'" '
t .v. K.etia nf Kl- Mlhlel. 550.000
Americana . were engaged, - a compared
with about lOU.tHW OH UienoruiMU biuw
in the batUe of Gettysburg, ; The artil
lery fired more than 1,000,000 shells in
four hours, which is the roosff intense
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Prea PublUhlnf Co. (The New lurk World)
NEWS IN BRIEF
- " , SIDELIGHTS i
The -folks "who have be"en paying as
hieh as 125 a auart for whiskey are now
kicking' on the advance in the price of
milK. -fciaiem statesman.
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'Five or air years aro the Sentinel said
that the war in Eu rope was going to
make life different for. every one of Its
readers and profoundly affect living con
ditions. Still, we must confess, - we
hadn't thought of 30-cent sugar then
CoquiUe Sentinel.
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John' D. Rockefeller' Jr..' son of the
world's -richest man, and himself beyond
actual want, visited Oregon last week.
They all come, from the richest to the
noorest. sooner or . later if they can.
Oregon Is - a . good state to viHit It la
better to live in. rowers jairiou
s
Would It not be a' good plan to start
something-again on that muffler busi
ness ?i For a time last year things were
fairly quiet, out siowiy tne auto arivers
nave oeguii 10 (ei . i.jiciumvf5 e;w mim
now the nuisance Is almost as bad as it
ever has been. It can be stopped Bend
Bulletin. , . . , . i . ,
T
ate that the Douglas county metropolis
is just-. as capable of -producing hlga
.class material to fill the office of preaU
dent of . the senate as its surrounding
farms and fields are of raising the fill
ing- for r 100 , per cent shortcakes. He
wrote a letter to quite a few-of the sena
torial boys some little time ago, inform
Ing . them he would be In town on July
21. . and inviting thorn to drop in and
take a look at their next presiding of
ficer or something like that. Indications
are that quite a bunch of the senators
have "planned to anawer the letter la
person.' . ' , . ; .
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Hyman Cohen, market editor of The
Journal, makes a trip every year through
the .wheat districts. He did this. year.
It was only a few days ago that he
arrived at Madras, just as the sun was
sett In. Hot and dusty. Cohen was hot
and dusty, too. He wanted to wash his
hands and face, but no water gushed
from : the ' faucets. He Inquired of the
clerk, ; "WottelU Bill?" "Chautauqua
coming tomorrow and we've got to save
water," quoth the clerk.
Mrs. Barnett Binswanger and daugh
ter Julia of Philadelphia, Mho. are mak
ing an extended totir of the 'West, are
visiting Mrs. F. 8., Baker and Mra C. L.
Dick of Portland,, nieces of Mrs. Bln-1
swanger. ' VV';
Lock ley
concentration of artillery fire recorded
In history. .. ,-
The Meuse-Argonne battle lasted 47
days, during which 1,200,000 American:
troopa were engaged.
During September the Knights of Co
lumbus will send a delegation of about
BOO members from the United States to
Met i to participate In the unveiling of a
'statue of Lafayette, a gift from-America
to France. The statue was designed by
Paul W. Bart let t, an American -sculptor,
and cost, f 60,000. It, will be erected in
Metz, on the ' Bite . of the statue of
Friedrich of Germany, which was over
turned by the people of Metz on Novem
ber 11, 1918. The statue is 18 feet high
and shows Lafayette oil horseback with
upraised -sword. . A versified tribute to
Lafayette in the New York Times waa
the following : , . .. .
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Out from Metz on a bright June day -
Came the Marquia de Lafayette.
The elilmea rang- out and the town Waa say;
Bold in hia youtlk be rode, away.
Away to the writ, and there tie met -
Soldier of Km nee. bra re Joaqueriaw
I'elieuer and hia gallant crew, ,
Krery one it fighting, man, -
Krery one a man- who knew
That life ia brief and lore ia long. i '
And liberty'a ail of a fieeuaa'a ong. '
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Oat to the atrugcling West he came, . f
Noble Marquia of Lafayette 1
Out to the wet he brought the flame.
The flame of ir'rance. -Ilia magic aame
Caught men's heart ia tta magic net.
The flame of. i'Tance to a darkened land, '
On and on id the strugzle it went:
The flame of France, to a stumbling band. -Ragged
and worn and all but spent. I
1 gave new seal to the freemen a tifht.
Till the whole world abooe ia it gloriou light
Rack ta Metz from the wondrous West.
Hail to the Merqnis ol l-aUyeBel
Mack wtthbaya Irom a cturalruus quest,
W rite hisname with the -nation's beat.
The names Columbia can't forget.-. . ,
In the heart of Metz, there let him wtand :
In America's heart ilia niche 4a made
t'acing the West, hia sword in band,
Cloriout, young end unafraid E- . ..-
Knighta of rrance in r, hundred flgltta, . .
lake this tribute from Mew World Knighta. i
The Oregon Country
Nortbweat Happenings In Brief Form for the
'Busy ileader.i
OREGON NOTES
The cltv treasurer of ."ilrm rennrta
a total of e81.54i in, the city treasury. ;
ai tne result or ne tenon hv the t v a
club, the streets of Athena and vacant
iota are being shorn of foxtail and
weeda, .,
Directors of s-hool dlstrlot No. 87.
near Pilot Rock. In Umatilla county,
are having:' plans prepared- for a new
school house.' . .
Water from the rltr at Thorn IfoU
low Is shut off from the Peindleton ur
ply In an effort to dltw-ont Inue the una
of river water. , ,
- Work has been beprun on the three
story fruit packing plant of the Oregon
Orowers" association at Myrtle Creek,
in uousia county.
Trucks, express and fruit vehicles are
prohibited from parking tn the Ijuhuk-km
district by an ordinance paaaed by the
city council of Salem.
Salmon fishermen of Atsoa river are
wondering how much they are going to
fret for fish. The canneries are aeoept
ng their chlnook catches, but not fixing
a price for them. - .
The fund helnir mihaz-rlbert at CnmilllM
for a new Methodist church has already
passed the ti0i)0 goal, but additional
subscript ions will be received to provide
tor a auuo pipeorgan.
The Buehner' Lumber: company at
North Bend has begun construction of
a; monster smokestack. : It will be of
concrete 110 feet high with a diameter
of 10 feet at the top. I
State Treasurer Hoff has ssked Attor
ney Oeneral Brown for an opinion as to
the legality of a Klamath county road
bond issue of f6U.O0 and a water bond
issue of 120,000 voted by Heppner.
Umatilla county fruit trees are plain
ly showing the extent of Injury suh
tained last - winter. Sick and partly
dead trees, especially cherry, pear and
prune trees, are seen In many orchard,
says County Agent Bennion.
Former County Judge Springer of
Crook county has sold his ranch nesr
Madras to the Eugene Bible school. It
is understood the school will operate the
i anch, devoting the net proceeds to de
fray the , expenses of the school.
' WASHINGTON1
Committees are arranging plans for
the Grays. Harbor pioneers' plcnlo at
lioquiam, August 12. .
Six watches and a number of com
passes have been stolen from a Cei
tralia Jewelry store.
County School Superintendent Bart
lett of Kittitas has resigned to engage
in the business of raising chickens.
The gasoline famine at Prosper was
broken by the arrival of an Smiu gallon
tank from the oil fields of Wyoming.
R. A. Belvall. postmaster of I'alOuse,
has tendered his resignation In order
that he may engage in the banking busi
ness. A combination sale rf purebred live
stock will be held at Harrington. Octo
ber 4, bv the Lincoln County Livestock
association.
The Raymond volunteer fire depart
ment is planning a big street produc
tion and carnival during the week be
ginning August 2.
The city commission of Centralla has
purchased a pulmotor, which will be
kept at the city hall easy, of access. It
cost the city $175.
Mayor Myers of Wlnlock has riven
notice that after 30 days from July 8
all dogs found by the dog catcher with
out a license will be taken in charge
by the city. .
Thomas Taulin. after serving a term
in the county Jail, at CJiehalts for the
manufacture and sale of moonhltie
whiskey, has' been rearrested by the
federal officials, .
For the first time In the history of
c'larke county the delinquent . tax lUt
has been reduced to aimoMt nothing. A
few years ago it amounted to many
thousands of dollars. -'
Two large plates of glaas covering
a photographic display at Centralis liav
been broken by Miss Olga Iiergstrom
of Seattle,- who drove her automobile
too close to the curb. -
To aid the farmers in the protection
nf their, erons. the T'alnUfle) Chamber of
Commerce will have shovels and grain
sacks stored at some central nldce where
they can be quickly secured in case of
a grain fire. , ,
.Two Hoquiam county men have an
nounced their candidacies for two coun
ty offices. W. E. Campbell Is a can
didate, for superior Judge and K. L.
Thurber asks for the nomination of
county commissioner In tlie third dis
trict... ,- -
IDAHO , ,
F. B.-Randall of Lewiston will be a
candidate for the Ttepublican nomination
for . judge of the supreme court.
Between 40,000 and 60,000 young trout
bave been planted in the streams tribu
tary to Priest lake by forest officials.
The Bales Lumber company of Cald
well has been awarded the contract to
build the high school at Cambridge, The
finished school will cost about I42.0OH.
The city of Boise has filed an amended
application for rehearing In the cne of
the city against the Idaho I'ower com
pany involving lighting contracts.
Lava Hot Springs plunge will be com
pletethe last of July or the firnt of
August, according to the report of Com
missioner Neil of the department of pub
lic welfare.
The Sandpdnt Chamber of Commerce
has. called uiion tlie county commission
ers to submit to the voters at a Hjyeclal
election the question-of a road biilldinir
program involving an expenditure of
$500,000.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
The way them there third parties fit
and lore makes me -think of "the time
leven cousins had when It come to
agreeln' on dlvidin' up Old Man Gilder's
belongln's In La-Vacca county, Texas. In
the '70s, he beln' their respected
grandad, , deceased after years of land
grabbin'. cattle stealln' and other semi
respectable industries. They tore and
scratched and busted out the winders
and started over 30 lawsuits ImmeJItly
after, and I reckon some of thenf law
suits is a-runnin' In the courts yit. So
fur's I've been able to learn, the lawyers
got awaywith the heftiest part of the
estate. : , J-
Portland Considered as a
Gasoline Distributing
and Using Center.
Yes, the gasoline shortage makes a
fellow feel like using language almost
strong enough to propel his car,
whenever he gets that cold and frosty
negative at the filling station, but
Did you know that Portland is the
largest gasoline distributing center
on the Pacific coast except for the oil
producing centers of California?
Did you know that on the average
Portland receives more . than 5,000.
000 gallons of gasoline a month for
local consumption and. outside dis
tribution 7. I
A regular oil tanker steamer serv
ice is maintained between California
and Portland. The average monthly
consumption of gasoline iu -Oregoif
.a In gallons about as follows: Stand
ard, 8.500,000 ; Union, f.50,000 ; As
sociated. 673,954; Shell, 310,000. Total,
5,035,964.
The average, of course, may vary.
Nothing, In fact, seems more variable
and uncertain than the gasoline sup
ply. " - -
The fact of the matter is that we
receive a great deal of gasoline, but
we have a great many automobiles
nd trucks to burn tha fuel In:
Hope that the gas Shortage will
not be more than a temporary con
dition is discoverable in the fact
that all the oil companies are htmy
adding to the number of their service
stations. r :.