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G a.1 INDEPENDENT SEWsPaPElt C . JACKSON .publisher (B calm, be coofid.pt. b d"! U, others as yes would hae theas do auto you. J raelished tTtrr week day 8"nd,.?rJl: e Ths Journal BufldlBf, Brogdwij sod 1 kill street, Portland. Oregon. Infer at tb. porfoffie. at ' (or transmission thrown Us mtita co1 Um matter. . lELEPHONES Mala 7178. AOtematie M LrtMiil. reached by the number.. tORElUN ADVERTISING BEPBBBENTATIV Benjamin .W&. SOO ".taller. 226 Mtt aeoo. New Ttora; Mailers Building, Chicago. SUE OHWiO.V JOCKNaL reserTea the ilsnt to reject edrertistog copy which ; Jeetionable. It abo will not print r that ra any way simulate, reading matter or that cannot readily bo recognised der tWn BUBSCBIPTION BATES By Carrier. City end Country DAILY AND SUNDAY Cue week .13 One mn h - DAILY SUNDAY tn week -10 J One week .1 .83 .$ .05 B Y M AIl! A IX it A TEA PAYABLE IN ADVANCE DAILY AND SUNDAY On. year 18.00 I pre. months. .. $2.25 fcU :nontha. 4.a5 On. month..... 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Karl Crsjr.Hritiih secretary of foreign affaire, in 1014 HIRAM KNOWS "W HEN Senator Harding is presi dent, lie will not take the United States into the League of Na tions," said Senator Hiram Johnson In an address Wednesday nlghl at Hobo ken, lie added: At the convention I desired one thing. For more than a year some of us in Washington had dedicated our lives to -. that thing. We were determined THAT OUR PARTY SHOULD TAKE ITS PO SITION on this great question. There were some others who took the other side. But finally, we succeeded in DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE IN A MANNER THAT IS VERY, VERY PLAIN. WE ARE GOINO TO BURY THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. Senator Johnson has a letter In his pocket. He knows what is in that let ter. It is Mr. Harding's reply to that telegram in which Hiram said , to Harding "I congratulate you on your firm stand against the league." Hiram will keep that letter. Senator 'JoIidjol knows how he, Borah and the other bitter-enders forced "our party to take its position on that great question." They did it by the threat of bolting "our party." They know what effect a threat of bolt litis on the managing men. They still rcmenibr 1912. They beat the treuty. They voted against it. Their! votes would have ratified it. j They want r.o league. They arc determined to make a separate peace w'lh Germany They knov exactly how (o force "our party" to bend to . their will. If they did it by threat of bolt before, they can do it again and again. They know Hardinc is color less, timid and pliable and they know exactly how to control him. In case of Harding's election they will hold up any proposed tariff bills. They will have the votes with which to do it. They will hold up all other neasures on the Ropublican program. They have the votes to do it. By bandit tactics and by threat of bolt they will bulldoz. "our party" and bulldoze the senate clique, which ran the party at Chicago, and will run it after election into complete and ab ject submission to their no-league program. When he" says "Harding will not take the United States into the . league" Senator Johnson knows ex actly what he is saying and knows exactly why he is saying it. He is making it perfectly clear now so that In case of Harding's election he can claim the victory as a rejection of the league by the people. That is exactly what will be done, for Harding - himself can point to his Dcs Moines speech in whic.i he said of the league, ; "It Is not Interpretations or r.eserva- Hons but rejection that I am seek ing." :' " When Taft and Root talk, about get 1 ting a league through Harding, they ; are as little children. They are absurd. ' Will worklngmeo vote for "dollars-day" Harding? . ELEVENTH HOUR SCHEMERS TPHERE was a druggist in Portland : 1 who complained that the then 'city physician favored a competitor with the municipal business over which he had control. But the druggist refused to make a . public complaint He explained. "Some day there will be a change of administration.- The new city physl- ciajp may, divert the municipal drug orders to me. ' I wouldn't want any boiler raised then.".." , rtvfS It Js certain that among: the oppo nents to the measure on the Novem ber ballot which proposes' a divided session of the legislature,' the "eleventh hour schemers" will be rep resented 100 per cenTstrong-. Some of them may not have in mind any, particular measure which could only be passed by crowding it through during the last hectic and disregardful moments of the 40-day legislative ses sion. But all the eleventh hour schemers know that some day or other they will have such measures. And they know equally well that if the divided session bill carries, their day will be done. Watch the eleventh hour schemers stand together in opposition to the divided session bill. Mr. Taft thinks ' V It would be harmful for the country for him (Gompers) to .continue to exercise In the next administration of the labor department and other departments of the government the same power which has been hia in this adminis tration." Are we then to assume that the' former president prefers that underground power should end lessly flow from b.g business through professional politicians or directly Into our departmental government and beyond to the secret rece-ises of the White House? NOT ONE H AS there been one to t.Ua;k the record of Governor Cox as gover nor of Ohio during this campaign? Have you heard one word in criticism of his administrate j of the affairs of the state of Ohk .' Will mothers of men more-wars Harding? vote for MR. BENNETT'S CHARGES THAT the Portland Gas1 company has accountants and engineers preparing data for au increase in rates was the statement made at Kenton Thursday night, in an address by Wil liam D. Bennett, Democratic candidate for public service commissioner. Mr. Bennett insisted that there has never been adequate resistance by the city to the increases in street car fares in that the cases presented have never been backed up by sufficient data and facts to be obtained by competent in vestigation. He insists that there never will be a satisfactory adjust ment of rapid transit arrangements in Portland until there is a complete re organization of the " street car com pany. His contention is that there are many items of expense in the budget of the company that can be pared with a consequen. cut in streetcar fares. He points out, that the company is carrying in Its capital rtjck on which dividends are sought, several lines of track-that were built for the benef t of speculative real estate companies, who boomed suburban lots and worked them off at a profit, leaving It to the car riders to ultimately pay the fiddler in increased fares. Such lines as Kins . eights and Arlington Heights, he says, were built largely for. certain property owners and never have paid and never will p-.y be cause miny rf the properties are owned in larje tracts. There Is much in Mr. Bennett's con tention that is true. Will soldier men vote for no-bonua Harding? WHY SECRECY WHY DECEIT? WHAT Is the "Oregon Port De velopment league?" Who are lis members? Who are, the subscribers to its cam paign fund? The league's name, with that of its secretary, is signed to the adver tisements in behalf of the Swan Island or port consolidation scheme. The league's secretary when called upon b The Journal stated that he did not possess a list of the league's members, that he had never seen such a list, that he .id not know who- was paying the advertising bills, that he had not prepared the advertising "copy," that he had not read the port bill, that he had not attended any meeting of the league, and that he had merely been notified of his own appointment as secretary. Why the secrecy ? The advertisement seems to be pub lished in all the state papers. Here is a sample statement from it in the Vale Enterprise. THE COST OF THIS IMPROVE MENT WILL BE MET BT THE PEO PLE LIVING WITHIN THE BOUND ARIES OF THE PORT OF PORTLAND. When you go to the polls November, 2, vote 310 yes, and give to the. port, of Portland the power to maintain Its 30 foot channel to the sea and to build adequate port facilities to handle all of the great products of the Interior of the state. The passage of this bill "means LOWER FREIGHT rates for the pro ducts of Oregon in reaching the markets of the world and a CONSEQUENT GREATER PROFIT TO THE PRO DUCERS. Note what this advertisement says: "The cost will be paid by the people living within the boundaries of the port." it will provide "lower freight rates' and a 'consequent greater profit to the iroducers." That -is to say: The people of Portland will pay the cost. It will make greater profits for pro ducers outside the port Why doesn't this advertising say that this whole great scheme of buy iLg Swan Island, Guilds lake and Mocks bottom is not necessary to deepen the channel to the sea? Why doesn't this false advertising tell the people that the channel to the sea. can be maintained without forcing the people i to pay over $40,000,000 on a big real estate i amd terminal scheme T The w hole ; scheme Is convicted "by the very deception practiced la this advertisement signed by a secretary who has tfo list of the members of this secret '"Oregon Port Development Ietgiie," who does not know who is paying the advertising bills, and who admits that he had attended no meet ing of the so-called league and thai he had merely been notified of his own appointment as secretary. THREE MEN charged with the keeping of a great truth one, 1.1 the Argonne forest; tte others, in America. A -ommand Surrender is heard. Whittlesey: "Go to Hell'r Wilson: "Go to Sheoi!" Taft: "I Jurrender P And the shade of Roosevelt laughed. The Kiwanl- club of Astoria has adopted a resolution declaring that the Swan island port bill should be defeated because the measure calls upon the vottrs of the state as a whole to vote a tond issue which the people of, . Portland alone will pay.. The Astoria Kiwanis club has a per ception cf a square deal which might profitably have been communicated to the proponents of the Swan isl and or port consolidation bill. THE TABLES TURNED IT IS a-favorite custom of Portland to look to Seattle and to Compare, to the benefit of Seattle, the port en terprise of the two cities. The Port of Portland traffic de partment is the most recent winner of Seattle's plaudits. Seattle's daily shipping publication, the "Journal of Commerce," refers to Portland's traffic department and its representatives in the Far East in these admiring words: Portland's representatives have been successful in diverting to Portland car goes from Japan destined for San Fran cisco or Seattle ; they have succeeded in drumming up cargles in the Orient for shipment through Portland, artd they have succeeded in securing car goes for Portland by reason of the fact that the Port of Portland com mission has cooperated to the extent of I securing full return cargoes to Japan. I Further than this, the Port of Portland was the first Pacific Coast port to ad vertise extensively In the Far East. It is spending the money, but it is getting it back a hundred-fold. The Port of Portland commission; deserves praise for a traffic depart ment so efficient that, it wins busi ness from the Far Eas'. and attention from a competitor port. The Astoria Budget has com pleted its first year under the new ownership, principally composed of the directing heads and owners of the Pendleton East Oregonian. In the 12 months it has shown a very great growth. It Is a brilliantly edited newspaper. FIGHTING CHAMBERLAIN Busi: rivt cr district are bending every energy and putting forth every effort to build . up water commerce through the Columbia river gateway. They are striving energetically to bring ships in from the outside mar kets of the world laden wltli cargoes, and to send ships out to those mar kets filled with the produce and the merchandise that should flow through that gateway. They have been for a long time fighting for equitable freight rates that would make it easy for the Columbia river to take the commanding position it ought to oc cupy as a world harbo . Seattle and Puget Sound interests generally have fought the advance ment of the Columbia river district from every angle and at every point. They opposed, and do oppose, ade quate federal aid for the Columbia river, its bar improvements, and its channel from Portland to the sea. They have fought, and are j.ow fight ing, fair rates by rail from the vast inland territory moulded by nature as tributary to the Columbia river dis trict. They want everything that the Columbia river district wants. They want. that district to have nothing that they have, nor to enjoy any of the advantages that they enjoy. It is more than significant, then, that ex-United States Senator Sam Piles of Seattle is sent Into Oregon to work for the defeat of Senator Chamberlain. Chamberlain, as a ranking member of the senate committee on commerce, is in the way of Seattle interests. That committee, of which Senator Jones of Washington is chairman. holds the virtual power of life or death for Oregon commercial projects requiring federal aid. Seattle's com mercial interests would have much more of an underhold on Oregon river and harbor development, on commer cial legislation generally, with Cham berlain off that committee and out of the seriate. It is a situation that demands the tareful thought of all those interested in Oregon's port and commercial development. WATER RATES w ATER transportation between the Pacific and Atlantic coasts must be materially, less In cost than rail transportation. The opportunity of a lifetime was presented to water transportation lines when the Interstate commerce commission authorized a billion-dollar increase in rail rates. With lower rates and adequate fa cilities the water lines were neatly given a chance to move the 'bulk of the freight between the ports of tne two coasts. ' But the water lines have started on a road toward doubtful success by the increased rail rates. - j '; '' They"; overlook the advantages . of speed and terminal connections which will enable the railroads, perhaps, to more than neutralize the 23 per cent differential. The water lines are not putting themselves In line to get the business. A CANDIDATE IN doubtful! list That Is to Say, Mr. McArthur. Whose Belated Promise, in View of His Kecord. Does Not Inspire Con fidence Among the Drys. By Ada Wallace Unruh In the congressional campaign of 1916, Mr. McArthur,-realising that a majority of his own party did not stand with him in his wet sympathies, made the solemn pledge that if elected he would follow the Instructions of his constituents in the matter of prohibition. There was pending an amendment to the Oregon constitution, proposed by the liquor interests, which if passed would have legalised the manufacture and sale, of beer in the state. That measure was lost in the Third district, the vote for it being 35,628 and the vote against it 31.041, a dry majority of 2413. Thus, by the vote of the Third district Mr. Mc Arthur was obligated by his solemn pledge to vote dry on all matters re garding the . sale and manufacture of intoxicants that should come before con gress. The measure from which Mr. McArthur quotes and which he truthfully says was lost In this district by something over 9000 was a measure referring to trans poration of liquors from other states, and did not by the longest stretch of imagination touch in any manner upon the matter of manufacture or sale of intoxicants. To keep the letter of his pledge, had there been introduced into congress a tneasure proposing to pro hibit the transportation of liquors from wet into dry territory, he would have been under obligations to vote wet. The only reason why the transporta tion measure did not pass in the Third district is that many really dry voters had honest doubts as to the constitu tionality of the measure, a thing that its proponents had secured decisions upon before putting it on the ballot. This, however, was not widely known, and strong prohibitionists voted against it under this misapprehension. It, how ever, having no bearing upon the matter of sale and manufacture, had no possible bearing upon Mr. McArthur's instruc tions. Since Mr. McArthur Ttolated his pledge of 1916. what assurance have we that he will keep his belated pledge, made only arter he had been smoked out"? Letters From the People I Communication, aent to The Journal fcr publication Jn thu department ahonld be written i only one aide of the paper; should not exceed 300 word in lencth and must be sicned bjr the writer, wbose mail addreaa in full must accom pany the contribution. WOMAN TO OBSERVE LEAGUE OF NATIONS Portland, Oct. 11. To the Editor of The Journal. The International Woman surrrage alliance, according to a state ment from its president, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, will appoint a woman resident in Geneva, Switzerland, to re port, in a neutral manner to the organ ized women of the world all facts con cerning the operation of the League of IS at ion 8. A selection will be made at a meeting or the board of officers of the alliance in London on November 22 from nomi nations which are now being received from the various national organizations making up the alliance, Including the National American Woman Suffrage as sociation. xne orricers or the alliance will re quest that all other women's interaa- Uonal organizations indorse their selec tion, or send representatives of their own, thus forming a committee of women in Geneva whose business it will be to keep the women of the world correctly informed as to every detail of the League of Nations. This action is the outcome or a con ference ordered by the last convention of the international alliance between its representatives and the resident officials of the league as to the means by which closer relationships between the league and the organized women of the world might be established. Sir Eric Drum mond, chief of the secretariat, Suggested ( the appointment of a woman, and the plan will be carried out by the board of the alliance. The requirements for the post are that the nominee must be able to speak French fluently, be willing to live In Geneva, and possess a highly cultivated mind with a bent for political under standing. Maria L. T. Hidden. A FAULTY EXPLANATION Portland, Oct. 22. To the Editor ef The Journal Fred Ulmer of Astoria asks the Oregonian what procedure im migrants from Germany must take to enter the United States. The Oregonian answers that there is no legal way it can be done at present. This is true. Undoubtedly there are many In Ger many who want to come to America, and among them are probably friends and relatives of Mr. Ulmer. If the treaty had been ratified, as President Wilson strove to have it, these people might be here now or on their way.' But a few senators "blocked the treaty. Senator Harding was one of the few. He now wants" Get mans and pro-Germans to vote for him. The Oregonian did not explain this to Mr. Ulmer. H. D. Northrop. IT WAS NIGHTSHADE Gold' Hill. Oct, 19. To the Editor of The Journal Some lime ago 1 saw In The Journal that a child had died from eating ground cherries. They will hurt no one and we use them for all kinds of cooking. They make lovely preserves or sauce, or may be eaten raw. I am sending you a sample of them. One woman here bought 20 gallons. They sell at 25 cents a gallon in the shuck. This note I will place with the ground cherries. I will send a sample of what did kill the child. It was nightshade that the Child ate. You have a mighty good paper, and we are for the league and Cox and Wil son, always. Mrs. Dan Richards. ROOSEVELT BIRD REFUGE MEASURE Portland, Oct. 14. To the Editor of The Journal Theodore-Roosevelt issued a special executive order on August 18, 1908, creating Malheur lake reservation In Harney county for the protection of wild birds. Why? i 1 With the rapid BAtlement of the country, lakes and marshes had been drained ; the vast nesting places of wild flocks had been destroyed. Our birds were rapidly disappearing. . 2 Wild birds belong to the people as a whole. They are protected by state and federal laws and by our treaty with Canada. They are an economic neces sity to our nation. 3 Malheur lake is without question the greatest wild fowl nursery in the United States. Malheur lake, with the exception r.f the bed of Harney lake, which Is now dry. is the lowest part of Harney valley. After the waters flow into Malheur lake. WmtW? republican Wffl I ..NATIONAL they are of no value for irrigating any other sections. The Roosevelt , bird refuge measure cedes Jurisdiction to the United States department of agriculture over the bed and waters of Malheur lake. This bill permits the utmost practical use for irrigation purposes of the water of all the streams flowing into Malheur lake. But it absolutely blocks all spec ulators', schemes to drain the water out of the lake and destroy it as a wild fowl breeding ground. William L. Flnley. Secretary-Treasurer. Roosevelt Bird Refuge Association. A JOB FOR ALFONSO Arthur It. Folwell. in Leslie's. Visiting the' hotbed of radicalism, Barcelona. King Alfonso of Spain "talked frankly with employers and employes, attended a banquet given by the labor unions and another given by the capitalists, and pleased everybody." If Judge Gary could buy his release from 'Spain, Alfonso would be just the man to settle the next steel strike. THE DIFFERENCE Hanford. Wash.. Oct 20. To the Edi tor of The Journal Cox is plain and pos itive and there is no mistaking what he says or what he means. Harding is so ambiguous that the reporters and sten ographers cannot report what he says nor what he means. To illustrate : If you should ask Cox, "What are 2 plus 2" his answer would be, "Four." If you should ask Harding what 2 plus 2 would be, Harding would answer : "If in the course of human events It should become necessary to add an integer of the second denomination to an integer of the same denomination, the result (and in. this result I am backed by the science of mathematics), I assert, without fear of successful contradiction, would be In the neighborhood of four." (Great ap plause by the paid clacquers.) E. See. Boy of Mine By Jimmy Vaughan That brown-eyed, laughing boy of mine. With soul so pure and face so (air, Bueeed and strong a mealy, sturdy chip. Pride of our lires I aent him orer there. When 'nesth the waTes the Lnsitania sank With all her precious freight of human life. Sunk by those armored plunderers .of the seas Who stopped at naught to aid their unholy strife; When Freedom's cause and all the rights of man Were sinking fat before the kaiser's might. And Liberty seemed crushed and rigbteousnesa slain. The sun of truth o'erwhelmed by darkest night 'Twas then my noble boy rsme to my side, Iiis eyes aflame, his rery soul alight. And begged that I would let him go To battle for the things he knew were right, I rould not say he might not go: His manhood railed, and sarred was the call. I blessed him, and he turned his eager face To help uphold the right, to hazard all. What need to dwell on the dark months that came. He died on Argonne's field, facing the foe. Midst hail of shell and gas and flame His life blood dyed the trampled snow. Dead, lost to me, my heart is broken; My life is crushed, my race is run. My wife and I must meet each morning's-light Knowing we're lost our manly, noble eon. He died that truth might lire: He died to help the nations of the world; He died that Liberty and Truth might are Their eacred flas o'er erery land unfurled. And now it cannot be his sacrifice was rain; I It cannot be his life wss lost for naught ; That his1 dear blood on Frances Iielas was wasted That we shall lose the things for which we fought. No! tall the world America stands firm! Two thousand years of strife and war ii done. We will not lose what we by blood bare gained. The war is put. the mighty rictory won. Fathers and mothers, atand fast and true! Support the League of a united world. Go to the polls and cast your vote ao that All battle flags may be forerer furled. Portland. October 18. Curious Bits of Information for the Curious Gleaned From Curious Places Quaint remedies of the past, many of which led to wealth on the part of the Inventors, were nearly all made of berry plants and many ' of . common weeds. Pokeberries,' years ago. were used to make plaster for a cancer, and grapevine sap was prepared for hair tonics. To produce a sweat, tea was made from magnolia leaves, and the berry of this plant was often mentioned as a cure for consumption. . For tooth ache the veteran practitioner used the bayberry root. Berries of the cedar tree were supposed to stiffen the spine, and a purge was made of alder buds or of elderberries. The goldenrod, the mullein plant, the burdock, and common weeds we're also held forth as cures for various ailments. iTuscarora rice," In vented by a Philadelphia woman, and held forth as a cure for tuberculosis, enabled the practitioner to secure a for tune for herseelf. It was nothing- more than hominy, made from Indian corn. INSTRUCTING THE WOMEN VOTERS Copyright. 1 020, The P COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE The place to nip the fuse. a bomb plot is In Apparently there are a lot of port holes In the port bill. Physicians say they've found a cure for botulism. Hope we never get it, anyway, whatever it Is. e Judge Land is has been offered the national sport chairmanship, and if he's a good sport he'll probably take it. Yeggmen made a haul of $25,000 from a Scottsburg safe. Great scott, we didn't know there was so much money In that burg. Wonder if the little tad who fell asleep in a motion picture show can be of the same species as he who would sit up all night. If he were permitted, to read Diamond Dick? MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town N. L. Cary, who resigned from the forest service last summer to become connected with the Goodyear Rubber company's rubber plantations, has re turned to the service temporarily to fin ish his bulletin on Sitka spruce, upon which he began work more than a year ago. "The rubber- plantation activities will be resumed in about six months, says Cary. e Here to confer with Mayor James M. Rolph of San Francisco, the Astoria port commissioners and prominent business men from the mouth of the river are stopping at the Multnomah hotel. They include B. F. Stone, chairman of the commission ; John Tait, L. C. McLlsel, R. F. Henley and H. L. Tabke traffic manager of the commission, e e The war is over. There is proof enough of this in Joe Brunner, who is at the Hotel Portland, registered from Seattle, where he represents a number of foreign manufacturers. Just now Brunner is peddling a line of aluminum utensils manufactured in -Germany. He has samples, but nothing more for the present, and seems to believe there Is business In the air for German pro ducers. a a e A. W. Wilson is at the Oregon from Mount Vernon, Wash., which is about as far away from the original Mount Ver non as one can get. The Washington community, county seat of Skagit county, is a farming center which thrives apace, due largely to the presence of the milk condensing industry there. e e e E. T. Reed, editor of college publica tions. Is at the Imperial hotel from Ore gon Agricultural college at CorvVllis. e e H. Burchard is registered a the Im perial hotel from Scottsburg. Douglas county, home of the postoffice that this week contributed $25,000 to bandits who blew its safe. Scottsburg, one of South THE TEST OF By Bertha The immaterial things tor whlcb some words stand suffer change growth and development, as well as change and de cay. The word itself does not change : hence there are verbal misfits. The word "democrat," as used in our coun try originally, was applied to an indi vidual whose purpose was to serve the people. By derivation the word fitted' the idea. Then came the Civil war. and because many Democrats were against the Union the term came to utand for "rebel." Many still insist that a Demo crat is a rebel. Here is a misfit; for a Derriocrat who approves the league cove nant is loyal to humanity and the high est Americanism. "Republican!" to most of those who. bear the name, means a follower of Lincoln; but the thlck-and-thln Repub lican of today is so only in the sense of coming after Lincoln, for he has for saken the Lincoln principle of humanity. The use of these misfits leads to dis pute and argument- In the copfusion that .results arises the necessity for trie Symbol. The symbol images the inner princi ple or motive of a particular movement or course of action; it flashes the thought ; It searches for the soul of things and visualises that. Slogans, new and striking arrangements of words, mottoes and inscriptions, accomplish the same thing. . e Consider what an important service our national emblem and inscriptions render ua in preserving our ideals and forming a test of conduct in difficult tiroes. If our cause be truly American, it can not be at variance with her sym 4- t . row Publuhint Co. (The New Ttrk World.) NEWS IN BRIEF SIDELIGHTS The rains are unwelcome, and accom-, plish no good except to make a pleasant noise on the roof for sleeping. Medford Mall-Tribune. And yet It may be somewhat difficult for Harding and the old guard to con stitute, all by themselves, an "associa tion of nations." Weston Leader. Don't get too enthusiastic over the apparent decline In prices. It may af fect wages and salaries and then we would all wake up with the same old headache. Bend Press. . Those who thought that a new moon last Monday meant a change in the weather are not as firm believers In moon control of the weather as they used to be. Every once In a while we are re minded of the old adage that "all Rlgns fail in drv weather, for here In Oregon we have learned that signs also fall in wet weather. Coquille Sentinel. ern Oregon's oldest towns and certainly the oldest community In Douglas county, is a hamlet at the head of navigation on the Umpqua river. President P. L. Campbell of the Uni versity of Oregon Is in the city on one of his frequent business visits. What with several departments of the state university centered in Portland the ex ecutive head of the institution finds much to call him to the city from Eu; gene. ' H. M. Coulter, formerly ranger on the Columbia national forest, who is now employed by the Bridal Veil Lumber company, is visiting at the forest service. Despite the closing down of the lumber company's operations. Coulter Is kept busy cruising timber In preparation for the resumption of activities next spring, a e Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Fulton of Astoria are stopping at' the Portland during a brief visit, occasioned by the fact that Fulton was to appear before the federal bar of Justice In behalf of a client from Clatsop county. Fact is, however, that the visitor got his dates mixed and he appeared in court just a month too soon, a Oliver P. Coshow, former state senator from Douglas county and now aiming at the seat vacated by the transfer of Attorney General George M. Brown to the superme court, Is at the Imperial, scouting around on political trails. The late seasoned resignation of Justice Ben nett from the supreme court and conse quent transfer of Attorney General Brown to that bench leaves the ballot without the name of a candidate for at torney general. Coshow urges his friends to write his name in. e ' a Ralph E. Clyde, secretary of the Trav elers' Protective association of Oregon and Washington, is In San Francisco in conference with railroad authorities over rates and fares. He will return in a few days. THE SYMBOL Slater Smith bols. The symbol of liberty enlighten ing" the world, the Inscription "In God We Trust." the soaring eagle, the com passionate face of Lincoln borne upon our smallest coin each and every one is in accord with the league idea. It Is only, fair to apply the test to our opponents. I What are their symbols? The figure of Columbia might be claimed to represent the exaltation of America as expressed In "America First." But who ever saw Columbia with face turned backward ? - The message and mission of the torch bearer is vital. The ideals of our coun try are being abased. They must be disclosed. Impressed, and quickly trans lated Into action. Let your light shine 1 TKc Oregon Country North wee Happening tn Brief Fora (or Ua fituy Header " i : OREGON NOTES . : -V . The body of an unknown man was washed ashore on the beach at Fort Canby one day this week W. E. Beamell. a former aged CO, thrown out Of hia buggy when it was struck by a Springfield car at Euglne! Within a month an Iron foundry will be In operation at Cottage Urove by James Feeney. It will be able to handle a casting up to three tons, A general farm products show, to be held rn Eugene, December 13 to 18. is being planned by the agricultural coun cil of the county grange. Pregge. Oak Grove rancher, killed two fat bears near Hood River after they had killed two of Mr. PreVa sheep; It is expected the general average of taxes this year in the towns of Coos Bay county will not be short of 6 per cent, Rumor has It that 100 men wiii fimi employment in the construction of the railway from Wlllamina to Grand Honda before the winter Is over. On account of the low price of starch and potatoes being scarce at Beaver to t the Pacific Potato Starch company will not operate there this season. The county board of eauallzatlon has increased the assessment aealnkt ih four principal corporations operating In iMCKumaa county Dy over nan a mil lion dollars. Accordlmr to information furniahad hv the war department there were TIO men of Oregon who evaded service durlnr the late war by deliberate breach of military laws. The teacher abort a r ( nnt an rraf this yeir as It was last year, according to J. C. Almack. ajialatunt rilrfvtnr nf the extension rilvlalnn nf (ha llnlvaraltw of Oregon. WASHINGTON Registration figures show that there re 3i),i96 voters in Spokane. About $125,000 will be spent at Walla' walla enlarging the Northwest Christian home. "Marne bridge" will be the official name of a new concrete bridge over -Latah creek at Spokane. Burglars entered Hutchinson's shoe store at Chehalls and aot away with J700 concealed In a shoebox. Steps have been taken by the Yakima city commiHsion preliminary to the pav ing of 17 blocks In that city. Joseph S. Woodward, aged 84, a ri" ncer of Spokane county, dropped dead at his home at Millwood a few nights ago. Crist Edsen. aired 28 n i hnaer it iho Inman-Poulsen mill west of Kelso, was Instantly killed when he was struck by a log. Seaftle streetcar men have demanded a flat rate of 75 cents an hour for all motormen and conductors employed on me municipal railway. The hardware. Imolement and cram establishment of the W. L. Shearer rom- pany at Toppenlsh was destroyed by fire, with a loss of J37.00O. If houslnir can be obtained n. cnmnlnla harvester factory will be built at Walla Walla by the Harris Manufacturing company of Stockton, Cat. Bears have been more numeroua In the vicinity of Kelso this fall than for years. a number or the animals have been killed by hunters on the Coweeman. IDAHO Six cars of beets daily are hcinc shipped to the sugar factory out of Weiser. The new flouring mill at Bellevue is now com r ted and the installation of machinery is well under way. Sagebrush land in the vicinity of Ituhl this year grew a crop of melons that brought $1200 from three acres. More than 1200 tons of lead-silver con centra-tea have been accumulsted at the Idaho-Continental mine, Porthlll. ". S. Phillips, a farmer south of rtn pert, has -threshed 1008 bushels from 12 acres, an average yield of 84 bushels per acre. According to the recent United States census enumeration. Twin Kails county, ranks highest in the United States In' Increase of farms. More than five Inches of rain has fallen In the IhkI five weeks at Nes Perce, and 25 per cent of the grain is not yet harvested. : j 1 Uncle Jeff Snow Says: Mel Nideffer has been a-tryln" out all the dopes, contraptions and schemes to save gas on his flivver, and he soke fore the Corners Community club Satur day on "How to Suva Ona," to a large and interested crowd. After tellln' how lots of different things worked out Mel owned up that there wasn't nuthin' in vented for savin' gas (hat beat triple lockin' the flivver in the cowshed and carryln' the spark plugs In your .pocket, while you stayed to home. Olden Oregon Record of the1 Voting on United States Senator In 1878. The legislature of Hit was called upon to elect a United Slates senator. The candidates placed before the legis lature were Governor Grover, by the Democrats, and Jesse Applegate, by the Republicans. The first ballot In the senate gave Applegate 7 and Grover 20. with 2 scattering. In the house the vote stood : Grover 23. Applegate 27. J. W. Nesmlth 7. The votes for Nesmlth were cast by those Democratic members who were oppdsed to Grover. They finally gave way and Orover'a vote rose in Joint session from 42 to 48. electing hlnv He was succeeded as governor by. Stephen F. Chadwlck, secretary of state. Hydrc-Elcctric Tower Stated in Terms of Coal and Other High Factors. Electricity should be made a sub stitute for all other forms of fuel in the Columbia basin. The present generation should be permitted the enjoyment of the smokeless, sootless, wasteless "white coal." The railroads ought to be electri fied. The bulletin of the National Electric Light association says: "The report of the geological sur vey shows that our consumption of coal for -all purposes during the year 1913 was about 70,000,000 short tons, of which the railroads alone used about 20 per cent. This tremendous tonnage requires for mining and transportation the labor of 1, &00, (KM) men and the use of over 1,000,000 freight cars and 40,000 locomotives. In addition to this, the petroleum used In 1913 was equivalent to 24. 000,000 tons of coal. Every water horsepower now going to waste, which could be economically Substi tuted for fuel power, would repre sent approximately 5V4 tons of coal per year, based on an average of 12 hours per dsy. The labor of one man Is released for other uses every tlms 60 hydro-electric horsepower is developed, and every 150 water horsepower, developed feleases one freight car for, other duties. "To Indicate the possibilities of conservation along this line, we need only reflect upon the fact that the ultimate development of - 61.678.000 horsepower, on the foregoing coat consumption basis, is equivalent to the annual use of nearly 140,000.000 tons of coal (CO per .cent of the total amount used in the United States), which at $2 per ion repre sents an annual value of $680,000, 000.M v , V-VV- rr