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THE ..OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1920.
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VOTE AS TOU SHOT
'HERE Is a great principle Involved
In the coming presidential elec
tion.
It Involves the question whether
. you who so gallantly fought our bat
tle on the fields of France shall en
joy the fruits of that victory. Before
you vote at the coming election, stop
a moment and think what you fought
for. Did you fight simply to defeat
Germany T Did you fight to win ter
ritory or Indemnities? Did you ehoot
imply to kill Germans and Austria
"aniT Did you go through that hell in
the Arponne simply to kill and A6
troy your fellow man?
Or were you flphting and shooting
to destroy German militarism, which
wta menacing world peace and human
ityfor the right of the people of all
nations, both great and small, to self
determination and self government,
without Interference from foreign
tpowers to prevent future wars and
to sccuro a world peace of right and
Justice T
Did you expect that when peace
.came Germany, and her allied outlaw
nations would simply be compelled to
.surrender parts of their territory and
pay certain indemnities to England.
France. Italy and Belgium, and that
they would be permitted to renew
their preparations for future wars of
conquest at no distant day?
Did you not expect and hope that
. the allied nations fighting Germany
upon winning the war and concluding
;peace would form an association or
league of nations, which would as
far as possible prevent future war9
'and" preserve a peace of Justice
throughout the world?
Your own country, together with
:the other allied nations fighting Ger
imany, had solemnly agreed not to
'make a separate peace with Germany.
Did you expect that when the war
.ended and peace was negotiated
Jointly by all of the allied nations,
'.Including yoUr own country, with
: :Germany and a league of nations :
jiwas formed that would as far as pos
sible prevent future wars, your
.own country would refuse to become
La party to this peace and league and
eeek to- make a separate peace with
. Germany T
You as American Boldlers, In co-operation
with the soldiers of your
; allied natlcus. fought and won this
;war. Your commander In chief, the
president of the United States! to
gether with the commanders In chtef
?of our allied nations, aided by the best
"brain and patriotic thought of the
, Civilized world, met In Versailles and
: after weeks and months of earnest,
t patriotic laborand negotiations, made
f ;a-treaty of peace and negotiated a
League of Nations to preserve anct
-.maintain a peace or Justice through
, out the world.
In this treaty and league covenant
the great moral obligation - of the
members of the league Is assumed by
every member of the 'league to re-
spect and preserve as against exter
nal aggression the territorial . Integ
rity and political independence of all
members of the league, and the means
are provided and pointed out Whereby
all disputes which may. lead to wars
shall be adjusted knd settled,' a resort
to force to enforce the recommenda
tions of the league being a matter of
last resort 'which Is left to the Jnde
pendent actlofi 'of. governments of the
eyeral members of the league.
. In. this league" covenant the terrl
t torlal integrity and political indepeiv-
GOVERNOR COX
THEODORB ROOSEVELT said that Governor Coi of Ohio' "1 one of
ablest war govern o-s in the whole country." 1 The man of whom
was said is In Portland today.
"Ohio la ready." was the unfailing
of the federal government for help in
Or Red Cross or other sacrifice.
All Ohio Foldiers departing for the
governor of the state. He followed them to their cantonmenU and there per
sonally saw that provision was made for their comfort. He followed them to
their ports of debarkation and was the
godspeed. He was the first to welcome
service oveiseaa. Oae thing that will
history of Ohio Is the service that James
In the throes of bloody war.
His race for a third term as governor of Ohio wis, In the war period. He
did not leave his office to make a campaign speech. There were only three
words in his platform "Win thewar." He ran 75JQ00 ahead of the congres
sional ticket, and was the only Democrat
In the whole history of Ohio, but one other man nag been elected to a
third term as governor. He was Rutherford B.Hajres, and he left the Ohio
state house to enter the American White House. There are manyjndicatlons
that histor) will repeat
'Governor Cox knows "the cots where
men dd" There is a reason why he
hopes of the masses of his countrymen.
born among them. The hours that other boys had; for play he mostly gave
to work. His deep devotion to the common school comes from the fact that
1t was In the very plainest of common
education.
By doing Janitor work in a church
enough to work his way through high
devil and chore boy, and most of the
working lad in a small town.
By and by, he became a newspaper
was so marked that he was presently
ington as his private secretary. Then
for congress himself, and was elected
ever given a Democrat In that Republican
The effect of his early struggle left
in all his acts in public life. He has never for one moment lost sight of the
hopes and desires of the many typified by the plain folk among whom his
boyhood was spent. "A platform is a promissory note and must be paid in
full, principal and interest." was one of
he became governor of Ohio he set out
people in his party platform. Wo en he
carried out to the last letter.
By that time, he had become a highly
prosperous man of affairs, but he did not fellow the usual ruler-forget the
plain folks of Ohio, of whom he had been a part in his youth.
One of his first acts was to strike for the betterment of rural schools. Some
of the richer counties in Ohio were made to help sustain schools in counties
where population was sparse and resources scant.
He remembered the poverty in which workers' families were often left by
industrial accidents and secured passage of a compensation law now acknowl
edged to be the best In the world. No fewer than 56 measures to help workers
were passed during bis three terms as governor, according to the recent report
of the Gompers commission. A dozen laws for the advancement of farm life,
including an agricultural commission for continuous endeavors ror the ad
vancement of rural conditions, are among the gifts he gave hack to .the
farmers of the state for their service in putting him at the head of affairs in
Ohio. v
In a message to congress Abraham Lincoln sald:i
I was born and have ever remarried in th most humble walks of life. I have
no wealthy popular relations or friends to recommend me. I am not ashamed to
confess that 25 years ago I was a hired laborer mauling rails or at work on a flat
boat Just what may happen to any poor man's son.
Men who rise from humble beginnings to distinction mostly forget those on
the levels of their birth. Some of the most intolerant captains of industry in
the world came from lowly homes. The Homestead horror was Frlck's and
Carnegie's contribution to that kind of history. Inj politics, in business, in
finance and throughout the whole gamut of endeavor, there are men on men
who have forgotten their humble beginnings and turned against the multitude
In which they had their origin.
It was not so with Lincoln. His lowly birth was one of the assets of his
presidency. The effectiveness with which James M. Cox as governor has
transformed Oh4o from one of the most reactionary and hard-fisted states into
one of Xh most progressive and most humanitarian commonwealths in the
Uulon Is due to the fact tbat the old farm recollections of his boyhood are
still with him, and that in his mind still are the tasks and trial of the men
of the mills anrl the struggles of the people vith gnarled hands to those days
when he was church Janitor and printer's devil.
And the remarkable thing in Governor Cox's public work is that he has
carried with him in these works of reform many of the strongest and best
business interests of his state; His Insight Into human character has been so
perfect and his action so poised that he has held the confidence of both sides
In the big industrial and other controversies that became his concern in the
governors office. While there were industrial upheavals and strikes and lock
outs and bloodshed in adjoining states,
strikes, Ohio was without a ripple.
Governor Cox led the warring parties Into each other's presence and showed
them how to work together.
It was such things that gave the faith to the delegations from Ohio and ad
joining states that enabled them to make Governor Cox the nominee of the
San Franolsco convention. Their belief In Cox, their faith In his powers, their
unyielding devotion to him, were always in full view In the convention hall,
and in time, as the balloting wore on, it produced a psychology that made
Cox inevitable. ;
Their faith in Cox taught the convention to believe in Cox. The governor's
own work In his own state filled them with a faith that enabled them to cap
ture a convention In a free for all struggle that wrote a new record in the
history of American party conventions.
It is within the easy possibilities that Governor Cox may be credentials
to be to the republic what he has been to Ohio a: great executive, a wise
administrator, a poised and dauntless leader of progressive action. '
dence of the United States is respected
and preserved. Its jurisdiction over
all of its domestic questions is pre
served. Its Monroe doctrine is ex
pressly recognized. The rights of Its
people guaranteed by its constitution
are preserved intact. The right of its
congress alone to declare war 4s not
questioned, and "not one iota of its
nationality" or the nationality of any
other member of the league is sacri
ficed. This league covenant is the greatest
document ever penned by man for pre
venting war and preserving peace.
Senator Harding says that he believes
"humanity would welcome the cre
ation of ah International association
for conference and a world court,"
for preventing war and preserving
peace.
The league is just such an inter-'
national association and it provides
i or just such an International court
of justice, which has been organized
under the terms of the league. He
says uovernor Cox is In favor of going
imo me league, "i am not." Mr.
Harding proposes to "scran" the
league and if he is elected president,
to prepare an international associa
tion for conference and a world court,
and submit the Bame for "considera
tion of the controlling foreign pow
ers," in the face of the fact, that the
League of Nations, well devised to ac
complish the same purpose, is already
organized and functioning with a
membership of some 29 of the con
trolling n&tions as members thereof.
and there is not even a glimmering
hope 'that they can be induced to
M6rap" such league, and accept Mr.
Harding's "international association
for conference and world court," in
lieu thereof. Are you boys .who
fought on the fields of France, who
shot your way to victory against the
hells of gas and shell on Flanders
the
that
! .
answer of Governor Cox to every call
the war, whether for money or men
i '.
war had a personal goodbye from tne
last one to bid" them goodbye and
them when they came home from
always stani out conspicuous m tne
M. Cox rendered while the nation was
elected on the state ticket.
poor men lie and the chores that poor
hasa deep insight into the hearts and
As the son; of a poor, farmer he was
schools that he gained most of his
and other odd Jobs he earned money
school. He! was newsboy and printer's
other things: incident to the life of a
reporter, and in tbat capacity his ability
asked by a congressman to go to Wash
he returned home, became a candidate
and re-elected; by the largest majorities
district.
upon him convictions that stand out
his public utterances. The moment
to fullflU the 50 pledges made to the
had finished the 50 promises had been
successful newspaper publisher and
in the time of the coal and steel
field and In the Arfonne forest, where
your comrades are buried bv th
thousand, going to support Senator
Harding, or are you going to support
Governor Cox and vote as you shot?
fTTt aw .
xuo mcagoans who complained
mat raisins minus kick clogged sew'
era following home brew processes
have nothing on Portland. On the
east side fumnea from a chimney con
nected with a home moonshlnery so
irritated neighbors that they sent in
a call to the police to dispense with
the thirst tantallzer.
OUR LITERARY AILMENTS
Reading of short stories and
poems In! five magazines of recent
date left a feeling of mental Insipidity,
They seemed, to have produced no
food for thought and failed to rouse
the ' memory J either stimulating or
depressing reaction. The mechanism
stood out unpleasantly, 'and there was
touch, of sameness about them
which led one to believe 4hey. had
been cast in the .same mold or several
molds of similar pattern.- These com
positions lacked a kick, to be blunt
and colloquial .at , one - and - the' same
nine. ... j -.
Not trusting his own nninihn
far the reader submitted the compo
sitions In question to three other per-
3UUV "u pena more or less, time
on poom ana magazines,.: and their
report bore it thV Judgment of the
first reader jThey, too. had detected
In t these offerings none ,n;.i
called magi Which attaches 9 lastm.
Uteratare. . !asims
; Why is this r iWhy is our wn age!
which is so far . ahead of other ages
In the material, so far behind in the
higher arts such as. Uteratare,: paint
ing.:scii!ptureU and Ohe .. jju j Tha
question can be put willyUy, but
the answer lies beyond-average, ken.
The discussion Is not new, but
every day give cause to revhre It
and hammer at the fact that we are
lacking In our artistlo attainments.
Particularly In our emptiness in
short stories and poetry have we
small cause for our shortcomings.
Nearly every city Is provided with
short story and poetry classes.
Masters In these arts are taken as
models - and the complete courses
stretch over long periods. Acceptable
short stories and poems are turned
out, but the best of them seem far
removed from our Ideal, or rather
from literary productions which we
have come to regard with- religious
reverence.
Doe the mechanical teaching of
these things bar freshness and orig
inality? Yet, one would be foolhardy
who would say these schools teach
nothing of value. Thousands of suc
cessful students testify to their
worth, and even though their test!
mony is a tribute from mere medi
ocrlty, it is worth Its face value in
that it has made mediocrity at least
conspicuous.
The true answer is that these
short story and poetry instructors
cannot put the stamp of genius on
persons who mistake a prurient de
sire to write for natural talent in
writing. Framework and structure
and a certain amount of technique
can ie taught to a point where the
student may earn a livelihood with
his brain children, but the ability to
weave a spell with words and situa
tions will probably ever remain the
birthright of those to the manner
born.
Tennyson and Swinburne were the
last of our transcendent poets, as
Du Maupassant and 0. Henry were the
last of our great short story writers.
On everything that these men touched
was left the Impress of the divine af
flatus.
So, in the last analysis, we find
that it is not a fault of our times
or of our schools, but that it is
rather our destined lot, as it has been
the lot of other ages, to bide our time
and await the coming of a literary
genius. When he does come, as come
he will, he will find much material
at hand, and this he will take and
fashion into literary forms with the
sure hand of a master regardless of
rules of today or yesterday.
Utah has shown the largest per
centage of increase of any state yet
announced under the 1920 census.
It has a total population of 449,440,
an Increase of 76,095 since 1910, or
J0.4 per cent. In 1910 Utah was
the forty-first state in population.
THE UNATTRACTIVE TASK
THERE comes a time in a farm
boy's life when he perceives that
his fathe. is habitually taking the
hardest and most disagreeable of the
many phased tasks about the farm,
and is assigning- the lighter and more
pleasant ones to his boys. Up to this
time the boy has chosen, when he
could, the more attractive lines of
work, f6r father has not complained
of his share, and the division has
seemed fair to the boy.
And so it is. It appears always to
have been the custom of the human
race to lay light burdens on children.
Three thousand years ago a writer
in Holy Writ refers to this practice
n portraying the character of the
Almighty:
And I will spare them, saith Jehovah.
as a man spareth ma own son tnat
serveth him.
Self denial for the child's sake Is
not the highest form of self denial;
but It Is probably the form that has
done more to make the world a safe
and pleasant place in which to live,
than any other human quality. This
quality becomes instinct In lower
animals. -
The gormand robin will pull and
lug angleworms from dawn till dark
for his hungry brood. A half famiahed
she wolf will carry a live rabbit to
her pups. The robin and the she
wolf cannot choose but follow this
Instinct. But in man, who may choose.
these acts take on the quality of self
denial, and so are counted unto him
for righteousness.
And yet there Is a large and full
compensation to the man who
chooses the unattractive task, whether
for the sake of weaker ones or for
his own comfort. The difference be
tween the unattractive and the agree
able task lies chiefly In the differ
ence In one's mental attitude toward
his work.
All successful laborers, skilled or
unskilled, know the mental tricks and
manual arts by which drudgery may
be turned into pleasurable employ
ment Even the shoveling of a sewer
may be made a kind of recreation If
the shoyeler has Ihe mental temper
to make It. so. Gangj of., negro la
borers often do.wprk better and with
less fatigue when working rhythmi
cally to the musio of a brass band.
By whatever process a man gets
on good terms with his job he is both
a ' better worker and a better- man
because of it, and his whole life Is
made more pleasurable thereby.
Distaste is at the bottom of all In
dustrial slacking and scamp work.
He who puts his soul Into his product
makes both his soul and his hand!
work superfine.
Why do cartoonists Insist on plc
tnrixinK H.aL.a av skinny ruffian ?
Judged by the Inordinate quantities
the people,; Involuntarily feed him.
K. c, 1 ought to tread the earth
like Goliath and likewise he should
be brought low by a David of ad
verse public sentiment armed with
the sllniahot'e-f, economy. -
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HARDING GIVES HIS
COUNTRY THE LIE
Record Shows He Called America's
Profession on Entering the War "a
Lie From the Beginning."
By Herbert Powell Lee
"The noint I want to make. Mr. Pres
ident, is that we proclaimed to the world
that we were making a war for democ
racy, and we never would have pro
claimed it for a single minute if it had
not been for the politics of the moment,
when most men In public life were fear
ful of offending the so-called Oernian
vote in the united States of America ;
and instead of announcing: that we were
making war on Germany, which, Kad
trespassed upon American national
rights, we made the excuse that we were
making war for democracy, and it has
been a lie from the beginning." Senator
Harding in the United States senate,
January 21, 1919.
In other words, it was awkward to
tell the American people the real rea
son for declaring: war against Germany,
so "we" gave them a different .reason.
although "we" knew that that reason
was "a lie from the beginning." That Is,
we" lied ; "we" lied to the American
people; "we" lied to the American peo
ple at the moment of eupreme danger,
when we were calling on them for the
supreme sacrlfic. "Wo" lied to the sol
diers when we asked them to give up
their life .plans and offer their bodies
to mutilation and torture ; . "we" lied to
their mothers, their fathers, their sweet
hearts, their wives and their children ;
"we" lied to the poor people whom we
asked to deny themselves In order to
buy Liberty bonds; we lied to the liberty-loving
people of Europe to our al
lies, to the neutrals, to the oppressed
peoples, and to the lovers of democ
racy under, the enemy flags, upon aU of
whom we called to aid us and to save us
from sending over as many soldiers as
would otherwise have been necessary.
We" knew at the time that "we"
were lying ; we" gave one another the
knowing wink and the sly. nudge. Bnt
if anyone dared to say openly that this
was not a war for democracy, "we"
imprisoned him for treason .or tarred
and feathered him for obstructing the
Liberty loan. But now times have
changed ; "we" have gained our point.
"our" ax is ground, and let anyone dare
assert that it was a war for democ
racy and "we" win badger him and
bully him and fight him as an enemy
to his country and to all mankind
even though he be the president of the
United States or a candidate for the
presidency 1
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Who "lied"? Senator Harding says
"we" lied. And who are "we"?
Most assuredly not President Wilson,
for he has proved himself ready to make
the supreme sacrifice rather than to
break faith with our soldiers and with
our friends abroad.
Surely not the senators who backed
President Wilson to the limit, or erven
those who voted for reservations In hope
of thus saving the treaty.
Whom does the shoe fit so well as it
does Senator Harding himself and the
senatorial ring back of him? For it is
these men who are trying to make a
lie out of what can be made a glorious
reality. So that Senator Harding pleads
guUty to three counts, namely:
L By his silence he consented to what
he considered a "lie."
2. He has thus far been able to make
a "lie" out of what President Wilson
and Governor Cox wish to be made
truth.
3. He pledges himself, if elected, to
perpetuate the "lie" that the American
people, by their response during the war,
showed they wished might become
truth.
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Now, by a most perverse coincidence.
It happens that this same Senator Hard
ing has asked the American people to
depend more on his unsupported word,
as contrasted with-his record, than any
other candidate for the presidency of
the United States ! Senator Harding's
record shows that he has been the en
emy of the farmer, yet he asks ua to
take his word for it that if elected he
will be a true friend to the farmer. The
same is true of his attitude toward the
workingman, toward prohibition and to
ward our international obligations. In
short, he asks the American people to
take his word for It that If elected, he
wUl be a very different kind, if not the
opposite kind, of man as president from
what he was as senator.
Under the -circumstance), would it
not be more becoming for the honor
able aenator from Ohio to go before the
American people on bis record rather
than oa his promises? Otherwise, will
not the question be raised. If this man
defends the telling and the acting of a
lie in order to win our point against Ger
many, can we be sure that he will not do
the same in order to win a point against
Wilson and m favor of the senatorial
RE-SURFACING
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Corrrlabt. 1S20. by The
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
George A White, adjutant general
of Oregon, has moved to Salem with
hfs family. White has been a ciUren
of Portland since the close of the Spanish-American
war He was in the
active Ust of newspaper writers for a
number of years until appointed ad
jutant general by the late Governor
Withycombe early In his first term.
At the call to the Mexican border
White left' his swivel chair to command
Troop A Oregon cavalry, and when the
troops returned he resumed his duties
at the had of the Oregon National
Guard. With the call of the world war
In 1917 White again went to the front
and got all the way. retiring with the
rank of lieutenant colonel.
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M. I. Merrttt, forest examiner In
charge of trail ' and telephone construc
tion, left' Friday night for Walla Walla
to discuss plans for telephone lines in
the Wenaha national forest with Su
pervisor J. C Kuhns Jr.
. .
WVpd Falconer, who has extensive
sheen Interests in Wallowa and Uma
tilla counties, was in Portland on a busi
ness mission Wednesday.
John M. Scott, general passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific company.
has Just received a nanasomeiy primea
nd bound souvenir publication sent out
by the governors of the Hudson's Bay
company as a memento ox uie two
OBSERVATIONS AND. IMPRESSIONS
OF THE. JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
friM mmim onm br Henrr Van Drke.
one br Mr. Localey himself, and' on reproduced
from aa outers nem paper are fitonslj rrouped
for Tho Sunday Journal. Tb whole dotj of
Tnaa hun t aajrthinc on tlM leboi duty of a
newapaper. secordint to u croea aaoiea in
the subjoined article.
Henry Van Dyke has the vision to
see and describe the changed attitude
of the public conscience when be says:
."From house to bouse we move ; out
that signifies little, if we do not over
burden ourselves with rubbish. From
youth to age we move; but that is not
fatal if we do not overburden ourselves
with prejudices. From opinion to
opinion w move; but that is natural
if we are not forced to do it in naate.
The man who when old thinks pre
cisely on all points as he thought when
young Is not a conservative. He is an
obstacle."
o
Today the whole world seems in a
state of fluidity. It is plastic. We can
mold it for good or ill. A man who
writes and falls to realise his responsi
bility to the public whose -views he
helps to form is a public menace. The
making of a newspaper in all Its many
departments used to be regarded as a
trade. . Today it is a proiession-o
In a recent Issue of the Missonrlan.
published at Columbia, Mo I noticed
this "creed," which should be taken to
heart by every newspaper man :
"I believe In the profession of Jour
nalism. "I believe that the public Journal is
a public trust; that all connected with
it are, to the full measure of their
responslbility. trustees for the public
that acceptance of lesser service than
ring and the reactionary Interests whom
he undoubtedly represents?
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Senator Harding so reveres the mem
ory of George Washington that he con
siders it scandalous to disregard his ad
vice1 about "entangling alliances, al
though since Washington's time we
have grown from the weakest to the
strongest member of the family -of na
tions. But George Washington never told a
-lie. least of all to the American people.
And therein lay nis su-engin, as wui m
that of Thomas Jefferson, ef Andrew
Jackson, of Abraham Lincoln and of
an other truly great leaders.
The strength of any government. Ilea lni
its keeping faith with Its citisena.. He
who would allow or excuse a lie on the
part of a government to Its people has
done more to undermine the power of
government than all the anarchist ora
tors and bomb-throwers that ever lived.
...
Let tho American people accept the Is
sue aa squarely aa Senator Harding pre
sents It A -rote for Senator Harding Is
a vote to make the promise of Wood row
Wilson to America and to Europe a
"lie" ; a vote for Governor Cox is a vote
to keep faitk with our own people and
with the oppressed peoples abroad.
Let u remember that the question of
keeping inviolate the arooc faith of the
United States of America both at home
and abroad dwarfs all other Issues of
the campaign. ' i
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Preaa pnblUninc Co. (The New im Wortd)
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the
founding of the concern. The company
was granted its charter in 1670 by
Charles II, king of England.
Roy Carruthers, a former resident of
Portland, announces that he has as
sumed the duties of managing director
of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel at New
York. Carruthers was for several years
manafter of the Palace hotel at San
Francisco and opened the new Peqg-syl-vanla
hotel in New York. He owns a
ranch at Payette. Idaho, and spends
his vacation periods In the Northwest,
where he has a wide acquaintance.
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keil left for the
East Wednesday by automobile. Kell
has Just completed a special electrical
course in the automotive school of the
Oregon Institute of Technology and
will be located at Chicago.
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W. R. Chapllne, graslng Inspector In
charge of the offices of grazing studies
of the forest service at Washington, D.
C. arrived In Portland Monday to spend
several weeks in a field study of Oregon
and Washington ranges. He will be ac
companied by J. L. Peterson of the local
.forest service office. Chapllne is the
successor of J. T. Jardlne, now director
of the Oregon Agricultural experiment
station. He was last here In 1917, when
he was on a special study of goat ranges.
Lockley
the public service . is betrayal of this
trust.
"I believe thst clear thinking and clear
statement, accuracy and fairness are
fundamental to good Journalism.
"I believe that a Journalist should
write only what he holds in his heart
to he true.
"I believe that suppression of the
news, for any ' consideration other . than
the welfare of society, Is indefensible.
"I believe that- no one should write
as a Journalist what he would. not say
as a gentleman ; that Individual respon
sibility may not be escaped by pleading
another's Instructions or another's divi
dends. "I believe that advertising, news and
editorial columns Bhould alike serve the
best lntereeta of readers ; that a single
standard of helpful truth and cloanness
should prevail for all ; that the supreme
test of good Journalism Is the measure
of Its public service.
"I believe that the Journalism which
succeeds best and best deserves suc
ooss fears God and honors man ; is
stoutly independent, unmoved by pride
of opinion or greed of power, construc
tive, tolerant but never careless, self
controlled, patient, always respectful of
Its readers but always unafraid ; - Is
Quickly indignant at injustice) ; is . un
swayed by the appeal or privilege or
the clamor of the mob; seeks to give
very man a chance and, as- far as law
and honest ware and recognition of
human brotherhood can make It so, an
equal chance; is profoundly patriotic
while slnoerely promoting international
good will and cementing world com
radeship; is a Journalism of humanity,
of and for today's world."
Letters From the People
fCoea-MDieatioBa. aest to The Journal tor
pnblWuoo an tola department ebouM be written
ob owlj one aid of UM paper, ehould not raced
S00 word til i-msth ted msat be rusned b U
wnur. wboa mail addreaa la full muet aeeoiav
pan the cestribetioa J
WEEDS, WEEDS, WEEDS
Portland. Sept. .. To the Editor of
The Journal Yes. there are plenty of
weeds to be seen in the beart of the
City, and not a few can be seen If you
walk up Flanders street from Ninth.
And, oh, they are so graceful; so tall and
so plenteous 1 One Is tempted to think
they are a valuable asset. Are the police
tn that precinct blind, or are they ex
pected not to see? as it to near, the
North Bank depot.
Now I think a little help toward the
destruction of the thistle might be ob
tained If the Boy Scouts were armed
with small hoes, which might be used
also in mountain climbing, and wherever
they go tbey could do a "good deed"
by cutting p this harmful weed. How
about it? . John Wllllarna.
THEY CEP.TAINLY. DO ," . '
Trots the Belusaore In '
Loulsvnie has started a move to dis
courage buying at present prices. Dont
present price- discourses buying at
present prices? .
The Oregon Country
Zforthwoct Bappenlnn In Brief rorm, for tb
Buy Header.
OREGON NOTES " ' 7
A matorltv of the.
LLane county will open next. Monday. V
ine Aisea farm bureau is planning
to have a community fair during the.
week of September SO. ,
The P. I. Rust prune dryer at Cottage
Orove will start cpration about Sep
tember 15, as soon as the crop is V
ready.
Judge rheTbs of Tendlcton will de-1',
liver the address at the Hood Itlver '
County Pioneer association reunion.
September " 17.
The schools of the Pine Orova dls.
trlct. Hood River county, opened with
an enrollment of -12. This is is more
than on the opening day iast year.
John Chapman of CorvalUa sunta!ned
a broken Jaw When his aututnnhllo
turned over on a smooth, level road
between CorvalUa and Jhllomath.
C. C. Newhouse, superintendent of
the Hood River Junior high school, has
len elected president of the Hood
Klver County Teachers' , association.
Sena tnr MeNarv was a ruest of the
Rredsport Chamber of - Commerce last
week. He was taken on a tour of In
spection to the mouth of the Umpqua
river to view the Jetty and other har
bor Improve menta
The city council of Ashland has called '
two special elections this month. One
proposition la to bond tho. city for $100.
000 to buy lluck lake ami Uie other to
Issue bonds In a -similar amount to '
erect a dam near Mt. Ashland to increase M
the city's water supply.
John Lawson and John Ross, 'who
were blown off the Conn Hny roast and
drifted for Vi days, five days without
food and three without water, have re
turned from- PuKot Sound, where they
were taken by a ve!vl whw-h picked '
them up off the Northern California
coast.
WASHINGTON
Pierce county Republican leader are
endeavoring to raise a quota of JO OOO
for state and national campaigns.
TWe apple crop of Yakima county Is
estimated at 7800 cars. Pears are esti
mated at 1100 cars and peaches at l&t
cara
At the opening day the reprint ration .
of Hoqulam schools was 1702. which Is
one of the largest enrollments In the his
tory f the schools.
Announcement Is -made that BOO re
frigerator cars costing nearly $2,000,009
will be built in the Northwest for tho
Great Northern railway.
The public service eommlsHlon has
cancelled the tariff of the North Coast
rower company, which would have in
creased the charge for service of the
Cowlits county diking districts.
While walking In his sleep near the
railroad track at Peshastln, Robert Wil
son, a veteran of the world war, tu
Btrufk and lnntantly killed by a Great
Northern passenger train.
Increased car fares In Seattle on the
municipal line have resulted in an in
crease of 27 per cent of dally revenue
and a decrease of 6.8 per cent In the
average number of passengers carried.
Countv engineers and com ml bp I on ere
of Pacific and Grays Harbor ooiintle
have reached an agreement as to the
rebuilding of the bridge over North
river, on tho road from Aberdeen to
Brooklyn, which has been cfbsod Jar
some time.
IDAHO
According- to
to the report of State
Treasurer Kaglenon for August the Bal
ance on hand August $1 was Sl',183.104.
The highest price rt reported fof
this season's apples from Tarmi lsvMJ
a ton, orchard run. for Jonathans, and
60 a ton for Delicious.
W. C. Bleamaater. formerly nnlverrdty
of Idaho ctach, has been Innirea in in
overturning of an auto in wn
of an auto In which he was
riding with
a party on the Kootenai
road.
There are but 14 licensed dogs In
Halley. The scarcity Is accounted for
by tho fact that the dog poiooner union
off it; animals laxl spnnK. m addition
to some others the officers did not know
about
All Hail Tennessee
By H. D. Northrop
For the m.fttxrv of ai 'w d and ermriee, who how
at the hrln nf sold,
W bore men and ar of airiflr and mlllmn
of Urea were wild.
In "7S f.r th- rerltt In rMe, eight yiin i.tir
Mood we ehrd.
But tree-ljr hendn (till rripp-d onr Uirt. and
'61 claimed It- dead,
la 'S8. for a htin raue, aaein we wrre
fr-rrd to lilf.fi
All for the wnt of 'hrttleB law., onr h'imae
we paid to freed.
In the world wur nf our jrrnt d. li.f-jiuM of
cr.M'i dmnI.
Mtm of our eon we had to par per Into Uiat
forr kand.
Greed la rreapln till for more. Hold - It tatiat
hare fold I
tta heart la call'Mad to the core; itinnr-d are
dead and old.
We ttKni-rlit of men a wlee and lU-mi; of
woman aa fair and weak.
Bat Tenne ha a-Hiken now, and mother
now kii&i eite.k.
From darknea we liae enne Into liaht, and
tb world shall rat bo free..
When Oien, being brother., ahall era to BshL
tiod bleu fair Teaneeeael
Portland, September 1.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Them Toles tuck a long chanca on
the Rooshlan bear be In" most dead a
while back. They make mo think of
Bill DeVoe on Turkey creek. In Ar
kansas, while the Confederate fluKwa
a-wavln' In the South rnlphty iart
He shot him a brown Itf-nr that crawled
off in a cave- Hill wailed around a
while, and then, RKin tli advice of his
best friends, went In after him. He
brung the bear out. all rlclit. but en
tirely too healthy, and the whole paxty
bad to take to the surroundin' umbrajua
trees and holler fer neip.
Fame of Portland Rose Is
Borne Everywhere by
1020 Convcntioners.
Portland, through the three na
tional conventions of last summer,
became more famous than aver aa
th "rtone City." but is abie- In a
fair way, ss tlie result of the con
ventions, to become the roselesa
city.
j. A. Currey, who is the leader
of 'Portland's amateur rose cultur
es, says be has observed a multi
plying demand for Portland rose
plants since ogats of the Khrlne,
T P. A and Klwanls conventions
told the folks at borne about the
Portland rosea
One Portland florist 'Is said to
have received an order the other
day for 10,000 rose plants, but his
answer was a good deal- like that,
of the ancient negro who, asked If
he could change a, $20 gold piece,
responded : "No, sah ; but Ah shuah
thanks you foh de compliment"
Ordinarily, the order would not
have been counted as so great,
but Portland -has nearly been bought
out. Florists will be under the ne
cessity, of greatly expanding their
business. To plant a "Portland
rose" in a distant spot has become
quite an object
Mr. Currey" comment came in
connection with the proposal of the
Ad club to v Justify changing the
name of Bandy boulevard 10 "The
Roscway.' If roses were necessary
at once to plant in the parking of
this thoroughfare, which coimtitutes
tha approach to the Columbia river
highway, they could not V had.
The rose culturfst believes that Port
land' peopre ought to prune their
bushes and plaot the cuttings in
sand with a bottom layer of clsy
or mould, ao that tha plants would
be ready to set out next spring.
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