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4 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY; MORNINGjtOVBMBERllCv 1920. ! AS INDEPENDENT K'EWSlPAPEtt C. 8. JACSLttpX . , ,,. ...... ....PuNtahjr I Be calm, tfe cotlf Went, be eheerfnl d do wo otliers jrou wooJd ,hat 4hcm d ante you. Publishes erery wk dsy'.seii SomUy monini. at Tb Journal Building, Broadway and hill street, Portland,' Cretan ' - ' : Kntered at the ' fxurfof flee at' Portland, Oregon, tor tnLrurmlaiMa, Uitvufl) the wiU:u second class msttrr., ' ; TELEPHONES alain 7173,. Automatic 580-81. AH deoaxtnehla, reached by fha numbers. iiATIONAI, ADVKKTIHIX'J rBKI'BE8EXTA , TIVB Be)eaM 4.JSntnoi. V.t . l IliiMding, 223 Fifth srerrae, hw To.' 8"0 1 1 Mailers Htoi.4'tiimHnli,Tn.U..f:- - eueo: Titla ItMurence Building. iLos Angeles; ' Post-Inteligeneer Building; Ssattle-. THE ORHKOX jbuKNAl, resere the rlhtU rrjee sdrerti'lng copy which R deems ob jectionable. 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If your poatoffice ia not a Money Order office. 1- or 2 -cent atamp will b accepted. Make all remittances payable to The Journal. Portland, Oregon. Misfortune makes of. certain souls a fast desert through which, rings the . roice of God. :Bliac, j POLICE 'ADMINISTRATION PORTLAND'S police administra tion again Is under t fire. Bur glars have run rampant within re cent weeks: Little has toe en ac complished In checking their law less activities. For compromising crime in dealing 'with bootleggers, two patrolmen are under suspension. Charges that cast discredit upon the operation of the police bureau have to do with gambling and disorderly houses In the once notorious North End. The recent war savings stamp trial in the federal court; disclosed facts reflecting upon the officio. conauci or certain- ponce inspector?. Rumor and gossip are lone thing; evidence of guilt Is another. Mayor Baker tand Chief Jenkins , are aware Of the situation. Theirs is the re sponslbilit of ridding the police de partment of any unfit personnel, j In the discharge of this duty; they .will have the support of ' all good citi zens. Members of the police depart ,tnent, themselves, whose records are above reproaehj.?ank xrouUd welcome such a departmental : clean-up 1 as facts might warrant. . AH of which sounds easy of ac complishment. "BuGth'taswyi be compusnment. jtjuwine rasijww difficult, if not futile, Mleis JLhe i nicipal civil service board acta mii- acts! in full appreciation of its iduty. And I the duty of the civil service board ; is to functioniln the interest of the whole public and no( fw the con venience, and comfort of municipal employes subject to its regulations. The visit to Oregon of the con J gressional naval affairs committee I and high naval officers revives the ; suggestion of the dedication to Port- land and Oregon of the historic U. i S. S. Oregon.. This fine old ship is ! now lying idle at Bremerton. Her j permanent assignment to 'Oregon waters for whatever training service she might afford the-naval militia I and for sentimental considerations has special appeal. Assurance is forthcoming that she is Oregon's for the asking, providing funds for her maintenance are available. Is this not an investment worth while? KNOW YOUbF PORTLAND S AID one Portlandfer' to another a.few days ago, "Seattle ,has ap propriated ; only f 8,QQO,000 1 for pub lic docks and, Portland has author ized J 10,50 Cfj lot" "Yes." retorted the other, "and look how much'TOore' Seattle got for the money;, than Portland did." . The dispute that followed brought out one clear fact Neither" actually knew what Portland has gotten from the money, invested in public docks and ocean terminals, though both' are active, publii spirited men. .of long residence here."" 1 j;.' eince 4 the conversation a third Portlander who may be "referred to as "Average Citizen," has paid his first visit to Municipal Terminal No. 4, Just north ;of, St. Johns, on the Willamette- river. JKe .retuwied with a new, conviction' that to "know tyour Portland Is'a fascinating duty, lie knew in a general way what had been accomplished in port expan sion. jHe was familiar through re peated iteration.' with the city's port ambitions. But he hadn't even the faintest, conception of the pictur esque feats Portland can accomplish - I . THE COMING BATTLE THERE are rumblings tn America. ' ' They are portent of coming industriai'warfare. A great sum of more than (20,000,000 Is to be raised by trades unions, the 'news dispatches say, for a war of defense against the open shop. Greater sums and a vast re serve of political power, othe reports aver, .are to be used in the fight on organized labor, , 1 :' 'j , All of it Is possible. The great capital group Is angry. It made big profits in the war, but It saw; slip1 its chance to make huger profits., It saw in the administration an unusual friendship for an groups of workers. It saw the government take away huge sums in excess profits and graduated income taxes. ! ft called that meddling in business. It Is In resentful mood because of the vast gains it failed to gather in. Its view is that workers jtook advantage of the war to become auto cratic. Though it was boosting prices and grabbing colossal profits, it became furious at the big wage which workers demanded and received. It seized upon the late campaign; as its time to prepare for revenge, and won. In the victory, full flushed with its supposed new power, it is bellicose and determined. Labor realizes all this. The conference of labor leaders the past week is public notice that those leaders fuKy understand the struggle that is ahead, and the colossal power the opposition will throw into the conflict. There are weaknesses In I the labor cause that, If repaired, will help the workers in their struggle.! ? One of their woeful mistakes is the slowing down of production! It is all course that cannot be defended and is one that handicaps their ; cause, conspiracy for overthrow of cost of production and that increase tends to make the public resentful. It divorces from the labor cause many who want to be its friends. When the cost of production is increased by slowing down of produc tion, the public feels that it ia paying a toll exacted by he refusal of men to do a four-square day's work, j The public regards the increased cost as a reward which It pays to men to be slothful. - Production slowed down !ls a. form of sabotage, and sabotage in any guise cannot be defended.' It is an assault on the employer. - It cuts down his power to pay higher wages. It interferes with the success of his busi ness. It is a process unworthy; of and harmful to the most excellent cause of labor. - . : " L ;. : ; A full living wage for every worker is an exalted and highly practical ideal. When a high wage is backed up by devotion to the business, by 100 per cent service and sympathy with and adherence to the purposes of the employer, labor has an ' appeal that is unanswerable. With that appeal labor can go before any honest Jury,- any honest ceurt or any community without apology and with full confidence in its cause. But if workers seek high wage while cutting' production by deliberate resort to half idle ness during the working day, it j enormously weakens its cause and ex poses its possibilities of success to a most harmful defect. Workers cart never reach their fullest deserved success until they abandon this greatest of all defects in their processes. Union labor is a great trustee. Under our present civilization it is the one and only method by which a proper standard of wages can be main tained. Most owners of great wealth live far apart from the average man. They know little of his world.M With no contact with him, they have little or no I idea of his viewpoint,; his wants or his aspirations. Mostly, ! they are selfish. They always did, and, until the millenium comes, they always-will beejt down wages. The true character of many Of. them is jexampled in this:' They secured a high tariff on manufactured' goods under the pretense of; paying higher wages to American workmen and simultaneously imported hordes of cheap foreign laborers to put into their mills; at a beggar's wage. The only njeans for combating this greed and securing an equitable distribution, of .the fruits of.abor, at least under the present social order, is.the trades.union, or some like form of organization of workers. This makes the iunlon a" great trustee.? It' commits to the union a colossal' re. sponsibilityl. Therefore, in ( entering the industrial conflict now fore shadowed ijn America,' organized labor should go in with clean hends and a clean housel i In handling ships and -cargoes both speedily and economically, j He knew, as we all' know, that the dock commission had constructed some sort of a terminal out there. He had cast his vote for the "bond issue which had made the "construc tion possible. He had, from! time to time, .caught a glimpse of structures from afar. hHe had an idea that the first units jwere functioning! in des ultory fashion. ' ' 1 Then came his visit to the place. A close-up jview of the splendid pub licly owned property . in operation vitalized his indifferent interest into positive enthusiasm for what has been accomplished and the; greater things that are to follow, j j "Average Citizen" reach'ed Term inal No. 4, after a nine-mile motor car drive. The route . included 1 the new Greeley street extension of the Willamette) boulevard, which admits of an uninterrupted run along- the east bank Of the Willamette from the O-W. R. & N. carshops into St. Johns. Spread before him was Port land's lower harbor with Swain: lsl land. Mocks bottom and the 'difficult "elbow" that now cramps 'the east channel. He saw for himself 'the lay of the land," and, in future, when port and j channel development is discussed, -will "be able to translate the issue Involved in the t!erms of his own mental picture. i Beyond St. Johns he found a well graded road leading directly to! the terminal and already equipped ;wlth a street car line Portland's only publicly operated traction line which provides continuous service' in conjunction with the St. Johns line. He entered the terminal property a ISO-tract of filled land over a paved roadway. He alighted before a commodious frame welfare build ing adjoining a similar building' that serves as j a terminal office. Enter ing, he partook of a wholesome luncheon, i served cafeteria style, to terminal workers and visitors alike. "Average Citizen" did not 'require railroad training to appreciate the value of the trackage facilities af forded on this reclaimed tract, a feature of terminal development that in other cities, Seattle for ex ample, is limited to a degree And it is obvious that a water terminal can be no more effective than the railroad facilities that serve it. He saw the huge bulk grain 'ele vator that towers over 200 feet high. built along the most approved; lines and equipped with the beit avail able machinery for moving grain shipments in and out of the cylindri cal, concrete' bins. ; j He noted the new privately owned flouring mill that adjoins the eleva tor. with the feeling that it is indi cative of other industries whose oper atlon render proximity to such a rail and water terminal desirable, and observed that numerous other sites are available on advantageous (terms for such industrial development. He saw the immense pier and warehouse well stocked with ' mer- chandise (Consigned for shipment to It tends to drive their employers into the labor. More to the point, it increases the forejgn ports or arrived therefrom. He saw husky longshoremen loading newsprint rolls from Oregon City mills into the hold of a 9400-ton steel ship, built at Vancouver, Wash ington, for transmission to Manila. He watched other longshoremen lower into the spacious hold of a Japanese freighter cedar logs that probably will come back from Nip pon in pencils and matches. And he noted that there is room in this one basin for six vessels of this character. The visitor looked at huge piles of sulphur on an adjoining pier, re ceived from another port and de signed for industrial ' use in. the Pacific Northwest. The several vegetable oil tanks and the facili ties for handling this material chal lenged attention. Then came the new phosphate rock and coal bunk ers, under construction, adjoining a third slip that a ravenous dredge is creating at the rate of 20 feet a day. The hurried inspection over, "Average Citizen" returned to his office, conscious of knowing first hand of this new terminal which shares with the collateral under takings of the Port and Dock Com missions the distinction of perma nently "putting the Port in Port land." "Average Citizen's" experience should be every, man's experience, and he owes it to himself and his city to do some exploring at home. Some come into their millions slowly others go into the restau rant business. Some go on strike to cut the cost of things, 'or "bust" the business. But there is one op erator in tne community mat no striger can affect and no agitation dismay the undertaker. THE LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION THE background of the Pacific In ternational Livestock Exposition in Portland during the coming week is the wealth of the West. The success of Western agriculture is inseparably related to the sue cess of Western livestock breeding. Every other form .of industry. merchandising, banking and even professionalism finds in agriculture an essential foundation. Each better bred animal repre sents a greater present profit for Its owner and a surer future profit for the state. Money jingles in the farmer's pockets when he owns purebred livestock.. Money jingles in the na tlon's till when the farmer is pros perous. Aside from its economic 'signifi cance, the livestock exposition has power to attract, attendance which is always exerted by the spectacle of splendid ho-se and cattle, sheep and swine. - The meadow scenes en livened by gring herds or flocks abide with recurring pleasure of visualization in every appreciative memory. The exposition brir.gs the best ef a thousand meadows and a thousand, hills into most effective review. It is little wonder that thousands of people wait eagerly for the opening of the livestock, exposi tion in order to behold its exhibits. There lsbut one livestock, exposi tion in America which in general acceptance outranks the West's ex position in Portland. That one is held each year In Chicago, the meat packing center of the country. Ex perts who attended the last Chicago exposition from the West, and who, of course, can be credited, with some degree of prejudice in favor of the local exposition, returned saying that the Portland show is on a par, ' at least, with that of the Windy City, and promises to outrank it in . sev eral important particulars.; The Pacific exposition comes when other shows have- been held. ' The prize winners of other shows ' are sent to the exposition with the hope in the hearts of their owners that they may win what virtually are grand prizes.; Judges whose ability is internationally recognized are se cured and the 'auction sales of fine stock which are the climax of the exposition are, perhaps, its most pic turesque feature. Stockbreeders of the .Columbia basin and-the business, men of Port land and other Northwest cities are to be congratulated upon the -fact that the $400,000 exposition build ing in Nortl Portland Is one of the finest of Its kind in - the United States. The structures which house the great amphitheatre and its ad juncts cover six acres and were, built from the contributions of those who placed a proper value upon the es tablishment of the Pacific North west's livestock center in the city of Portland. The Pacific International Live stock Exposition represents achieve ment, wealth, hope and entertain ment. What other show has so much to be said in its favor? In his effort to locate the impulse that impels most drivers of a Ford to run around every big car ahead of them, a truth seeker has failed. But he thinks it the same urge that leads every 110 pound man to try to sing bass. SOCIAL CHRISTIANITY RELIGION as presented in the New Testament is. fundamentally a' personal matter between the indi vidual and his God. But the expres sion 'of the Christian religion cannot be made apart from one's neighbor. Christianity is preeminently a social force. Christ so taught and practiced it. The history of Christianity teems. with this idea. The thought that a church build ing is God's house, which must be kept sacred to his formal' worship, is in a lofty sense true. But it can not be used, even for this high pur pose! unless used socially. '"Good will toward men," in any pure' way ex pressed, is a vital part of' Christian practice. The church, used as a social meet ing place for people holding common ideals and having common inter ests in human welfare, is not mis used. God does not need the church, for "He dwelleth not in temples made with hands." A house built for 'God .and shut up solemnly ex cept for a few hours each week is in a real sense a dead piece of prop erty. Older church members may find full compensation -for the cost of church building and church going by participation in one set church service each week. But young peo ple are not thus satisfied. They may go to the house of God, it is true, to meet God; but they also go-no meet Harry Smith,' Mary Madison and Katy McGee, who are made in the similitude of God. And no shame or injury to them, because of it, either. , Except in well regulated homes there is no better place on earth for young people to meet and become acquainted than in church. And the church that fails to be a church home to young people fails' in that degree to be the house of God. Americans arefc crowding into cities, so the census says, and the city population lacks wholesome housing. Many young people are socially unsheltered. ThV little flat is not large enough to accom modate both the family and the visi tor on the evening Mary receives her young man caller. Many a Mary is a roomer in a house that has no fit provision for the entertainment of suitors. The results of this over crowding are undesirable in degrees ranging from annoying to tragical. Here the church, has a manifest duty. It should and does provide a home for the socially unsheltered. It can have, its parlors, properly chaperoned, where Mary Is welcome and as free and safe to meet her young-man visitor, as she would be in her mother's house. . Some churches are making these provi sions, as are most women's Christian organizations. But as yet these ac commodations are wholly inade quate. , . i ' - .-1- The church may well go much far ther than this In furnishing a purfe home life for people Jin pinched homes. Young folk with homes give parties for the purpose of bringing together the young people they like. The tiny apttrtments Into which the city population is being a driven can make -no provision ' for these : very desirable social affairs, and, the re sult is that young people are driven. Into clubhouses with their parties, or, lacking means to do ft, go with out. The ' modern church with Its WARREN! Y church house parlors and kltchenet can give this service free, and fur nish an ideal place forJthese neces sary meetings.. If this sort of shel ter saves a soul from going astray the church has served the very pur pose for which it was built, and for which it is maintained. The church as a Christian shelter, a home and a pleasant place, of meet ing, is a power for good in the world that a mere shrine could never be. Letters From the People Communications sent to The Journal for publication in thin department ihould be written or only one side of the paper; thould not exceed 8UU words in lengtn, and must be signed by tne writer, whose man address ia lull must accom pany the contribution. A VALUED APPRECIATION Corvallis, Nov. 9. To the Editor of The Journal I am just going to write and tell you I rem your writeups on the markets and they are very good the best I have ever read. As I was a grain speculator for nine years in the East and read the market reports closely, I be lieve I ought to be allowed to extend you my congratulations, especially on the articles you wrote about stamping cloth j as being just what It Is. It was simply great, and if the sheepmen had had a j hundredth part of the courage that you showed, they would be getting: 50 cents for their wool instead of 20 cents. But I have, figured that only one man in 6000 'has-the sand to write something new andput his name to It, and only 10 out of that number dare Indorse any thing iew; 1 believe In throwing a few flowers to a deserving person while -. he lives and not wait until he croaks. Life Is I rough enough at its best, so excuse me lor trouDiing you. i remain your ad mirer, Sam H. Moore. A SINGLE-TAXER LAUGHS Portland, Nov. 9. To the Editor of The Journal The lion of privilege has been stung at last, if the following roar Is an Indication of its deep feeling of soreness. Listen to its music: ine cost to the public of carrying the need less burden of single tax exploitation has been many thousand dollars. It Is an Intolerable Imposition for which cure should be provided. It can be done by safeguarding the initiative by providing that a measure, once defeated, shall not be proposed again at the next succeed ing election and by increasing the num ber, of required signatures." Pine!, That has been tried before, and it won't work. The groundhog got busy in California on the same line and initiated a measure providing that 25 per cent be required to Initiate only on taxation. But that called - out Hiram Johnson and other progressives, and the measure was defeated. But if it had suc ceeded It would only have intensified the next single tax campaign, for the more signatures required the greater the edu cational work. No use. The kaiser cannot win. . Then this selfsame organ of privilege pays the "single tax jazzers" the follow ing hign compliment: "The Ideal sys tem of taxation 'is doubtless unattainable in this world, but some degree of Ideal ism may be imparted by even so matter-of-fact.and repugnant matters as taxes. They may be adjusted so that, while serving their primary purpose of rais ing revenue, they will encourage In dustry and Invention and will penalise freed and Idleness. As a means of up lift, with which our self-styled idealists have been very busy, taxes are not to be despised." , Oh, my!" All on the same editorial page, but doubtless by two different editors. .And still we think we must go to a monkey show for entertainment ! j. K. nermann. HARDING AND THE LEAGUE Portland, Nov. 12. To the Editor of The Journal The Republican arty in general, and Mr. Harding in particular have certainly cooked their own goose. While the- people have seen fit to cast their vote for a Republican administra tion. Mr. Harding will rue the day that he' cast aside his honest convictions to go In the support of Hiram Johnson. It seems that- the now flamous remark of a great president about fooling the peo ple cannot be repeated often ertough. When a great political party Darters for votes a thing so near and dear, so nrecious to the welt being of the people of the whole world as the League of Nations, that party ia bound to fall. The practical and substantial citi zens of both parties want a league, Harding wants a league, and he. wants U more than he wants the support of the Jingo senators, but - he thought he could get both. But ne can t, mere cannot and will not be -any real league until the Democrats come back into power tn 1922 and 1924. No such great thing as a league or world court can be founded on the ruins of a lie. Nothing permanent can be built on the rotten foundation of political subterfuge and campaign expediency. And without a league the world will be continually on the brink of a political and economic volcano. , Without a. stabilizing .league ifA n-liAwl Copyright, 1020, pr the Press MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town- i Thomas Thompson, Republican war horse of Umatilla county. Is down from Pendleton for a few days and Is at the Imperial. "Umatilla county is prosperous in spite of the fact -that at least 40- per cent of Umatilla county's wheat crop Is still in the hands of the raisers," said Mr. Thompson. "They were offered as high as $2.50 a bushel, but they decided to hold for $3, and now they can't get an offer of more than $1.50. Usually by this time of the year we have sold our wool clip, but so far hardly any of it has been sold. Joe Cunha of Echo and the Vey brothers sold their clip right after shearing time last spring at around 60 cents a pound. Those who held for higher prices are auxious to let go at half that price. Yes, sir ; farming is a good deal of a gamble," . . . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snow are spend ing a few days at the Oregon. Frank has an apple ranch at White Salmon. In the old days he was a member of the Portland police department and was a terror to yeggs. He was known from St, Michael's to San Diego and was feared and respected by the powers that prey. Now he is rounding -up woolly aphis and codling moth Instead of safe crackers and strongarm. men. Noble R. .Moore of - the Corvallis Ga- sette-Tlmes is registered at? the Mult nomah. He prefers the. cuisine of &he Multnomah to the snails and horse meat he learned to eat at Bordeaux while he was serving as "Y" secretary. , His job there wa1 to try to satisfy the appetites of approximately 5000 doughboys and gobs .each day who preferred the Ameri can eats served at the Tourney "Y," of which Mr. Moore had charge, to the "eats" at the French restaurants. Judge George E. Davis of Vale Is In town to meet his daughter Lillian, who is a student at O. A. C. e . e N. Bans. postmaster at Timber, on the summit of the Coast range, is at the Portland. . R. T. Agulrre of Fort Mason. Cal., rep resenting the United States army sup- OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS , OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred Reflections appropriate to the solemnities nf Armistice day are indulged by Mr. Lockley, who adjures all patriots to hold steadfastly to the ideals that inspired them in the days when the fate' of the world trembled in the balance of war. . Last Thursday I stood on the sloping lawn in front of the postofflce and watched the World war veterans" march ing down Morrison street. Just in front of me stood a former doughboy, with his left arm off at the elbow. Earh time the colors passed he came to a sa lute and remained with hand at hat brim till they had passed. The veterans of the WorUL war are back at their old Jobs now. Were a platoon of policemen swing by with martial tread ; and mar tial tread is right, for every member of the platoon saw service-,' many of them overseas. Next in line come the uni formed firemen. Their job these days Is fighting fires instead of gas and shrapnel ; for they, too, are veterans of the World war. e In sol 14 column the members of ' the American - Legion,:- more, than 1000 strong. , swing by, officers and privates and non-coms marching together, com rades In arms and In service, without distinction of rank, a true democracy; doughboys and devil dogs. Red Cross nurses and field artillery, solid and sub stantial business men, who more than a score of years ago were In Cuba or the Philippines upholding the honor of Old Glory; white haired veterans of the far gone days of '61 ; Scotch lads in kilts, Canadians, Australians, sons of Great Britain, all veterans of the World war, with here and there a man who fought beneath the flag of St. George and St. Andrew In Egypt or In India, and vet erans of the Boer war who also saw service in the World war; wives and mothers of our boys who are sleeping the sleep that knows no waking. In France or Flanders. Their service star Is of gold, that tells of duty done to the uttermost. There is a, catch in your throat and unbidden tears come to your eyes. '';-..: i ,y" j:- ' " ' " e ; '"' It is a day of mixed memories, for one can not but think of the lads " "who, waiving their Just claim to life's full worth, to . future generations gladly gave the treasures which belonged to them on earth." They gave their all to death that earth might be a better place for men to live in. .... the commerce of nations will be reduced to a minimum. American Industry wll be panic stricken. The country will be full of strikes, rioting and bread lines. Bolshevik doctrines will further spread By John Gassel Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World) ply surplus property division. Is at the Multnomah. His territory covers seven states and his particular task Is dispos ing to good advantage of several million dollars' worth of meat contracted for by the government for the army. Willis T. Horner of Indianapolis was a recent guest at the i Multnomah. Mr. Horner Is a life-long friend of James Whitcomb Riley and at present is com pleting a volume of memoirs and part' biography of Riley. Judge Lewis L Templeton of Lynch burg, Va., is at the Multnomah. Judge Templeton was chief of staff to Stone wall Jackson In the Confederate army during the Civil war and was assistant secretary of war of the Confederacy just before the end of the war. "I am on my way to Santa Barbara," said Phil Metschan Jr. "The hotelmen have formed an association called the Western Hotel Men's Scenic association. Wallace C. Birdsell of the Pilot Butte inn at Bend Is vice president for Oregon. Frank, Clark of the Clyde hotel and I are going down to represent the Port land hotel men. t3. A. Westerlund of the Hotel Holland at Medford will also be there. We want lo secure federal, state, county and municipal atd to . promote tourist travel. - We want more .money spent on connecting up the roads between the national parka , That will mean more travel and more business for the hotels. It is all right to keep" high priced lecturers In the Bast telling about Oregon's scenic resources,' but that ap pealSjOnly to the wealthy and cultured type. We want them, but we also want the type of tourist that has made Los Angeles, and that is the man who, with his famUy, sees the country in a Tin Lizaie. That type represents 90 per cent of the tourists to California, and the way te get them to come to Oregon is by using printer's Ink." e e F. L. Stetson of Eugene is registered at the Seward. James McClelland Jr. is at the .Cor nelius. Lockley My thoughts go back to a night In Picardy when I lay on a hillside watch ing the star shells and seeing, like some vast horseshoe of flame, the guns from Albert to Arras' hurling defiance to Prussian militarism and preparing the way for the "big shove" that took place a few days later. Then I think of the silence all along the line on the fore noon of November 11. Just two years ago, when the guns that for nearly five years had belched death and destruc tion were at last silent. In a recent is sue of the American Legion an ex-soldier tells the story of 1918 and 1920 when he says : 1018 The guns went drad and the war wsi won And the last mad drive wss through. And there we ley with the big Job don And a home to go bark to. Mad-grimed, wire-torn, from- our battered hats To our soddert, frayed puttees. And our fists still clenched on oar empty gats And our thoughts across the geaa. 1920 The worn O. D.'s in a cloet noww And the tin hat decks the wall. It's back we are at the dei 'and plow We left at a bngle call. It's back we are tn the hearths of home And the dreams they hold we know As the slow smoke drifts old memories corns Of a day two years ago. - Though the worn O. D.'s are put away and the old tin hat .bedecks the wall, the fight is' not yet over. If our boys were willing to give 4heir all to death we must be-willing to give our best to life, so that the red wine of their youth shall not have been spilt in vain. We are told that the old world is dying around us. Have you and I let the old world die in US? Are w mnr interested I In giving than in getting? Have we re newed our consecration to service to our fellowmen? Have we wiped the slate of old grudges and forgotten the prejudices and . animosities of the past? Are we making the world better for our being here? We preach the Golden Rule. Are we practicing it? These are questions that each of us must answer for him self, for in this case we are not only Judge and Jury but also prisoner at the bar lf : we are marching in the old trails, let's about face and go forward on the road that leads toward the com ing of a better day. .a day of more equal opportunity, of Justice, of charity, of tol erance apd kindly feeling towards those who are fellow passengers with- us toward : V That world that lies beyond death's open door Where we shall see oar great loved dead once more. overHhe world. , Nations will regard us suspiciously and contemptuously. War may easily be kindled and harder to quench and crime will pervade the world until 1924. P. A. Llnscott. The Oregon Country Northwest Happenings in Brief Form tor toe Buity Header ' , OREGON NOTES TT. K. Grant his Ksukn Dallas. "u 1""" Ul Out of 361 students In a Salem school examined this week by the school nurse, 170 were found physically imperfect. The annual school budget of. Med ford. anilncrea.se of ItO iSftr nv in.t ...... budget, was passed by a vote of 183 to 13. - Ex-service men attending O. A. C. nave reinstated their war rink Insurance to the -extent of $290,000 since last Aiu-11. . Burglars were at work at Carlton last week and Thurston & JernstVUt's store wa8 robbed ef $500. worth of merehan- dise. - mum AW the sheep have been moved out of the Wenaha forest reserve to lower levels. There Is about six Inches of snow In the reserve. The Bend Commercial club closed Its three days' membership campaign with " s58 members and pledges for a $7500 service fund. During a period of two weeksno par cel post packages were shipped out of fiu5.-n throuBU the local postofflce and 12,868 packages were received During a two veekB campalpn the Oregon Growers' Cooperative association increased its membership to 1&51 andr now controls more than 28,000 acres. An official postal bulletin announces ' . the restoration pf the postofflces at Riddle and Sutherlin to tho presidential class, effective as of October 1, this yoar.v The port commissioners at Marshfield. this week, entered into a contract for four pontoons, one watertight scow 22x50 feet and a derrick scow the same size. The Jackson county farm bureau has . voted unanimously to join the state and national federation of farm bureaus and agreed to raise the annual dues from $i to $5. . Fifty-eight per cent of the labor union members who have reported on an In- . cjulry by the state labor commissioner, claim they saved no money during the years 1918 and 1919. - Six hundred warrants, totalling $4000, were Issued this week to election officials In the general election on November 2 in Lane county. The primary election cost the county approximately the same amount. WASHINGTON Partial equipment for Company L. Washington national' tank corns, has reached Centralta. It includes blankets, hats and overcoats. Word is received In Seattle that Fred J. Christ, a resident of that city for 3!i years ras been killed in an automobile accident at San Diego. The second death as a result of a runaway logging car near Winlock oc curred at Tacoma this week, when Jack Dolan died from a .fractured skull. The state of Washington, will issue bonds . for the payment Of soldiers' bonuses as soon as the supreme court passes uion tne validity ot the act. From the Wenatehee valley last yeaf 12.000 carloads of apples were shipped. more apples than were grown in any state In the union, outside of Washing ton. Bodies of 14 Indians were recently re moved from the cemetery at Nlsqually to Grand Mound. The Nlsqually ceme tery was recently included In Camp Lewis territory. The record of 65,000.000 salmon eggs, established several years ago by- the federal hatchery n Yes bay, Alaska, Is expected to be shattered this year by the Chehalls hatchery at Satsop. In a fire at Olympla, Joe, the 5-year-old son of J D. Boone, was burned to death, and his older brother Harold was badly burned in an unsuccessful at tempt to save the life of the dead boy. The "Marne" bridge at Spokane was dedicated last Thursday with approprl- -ate exercises. The bridge, of concrete construction, was built entirely by serv ice men, and the contractor is a former officer in tae army. Allen C. Mason, for 37 years one of the leading citizens of Tacoma, died -j suddenly In that city a few days ago. He was formerly publisher of the Ta coma News and was founder of the I Mason public library. Parents of Yakima can no longer dose their children with paregoric, an ordi nance having been passed that not more than one-half of one ounce can be pur chased in one day, and that upon a" physician's prescription. ' IDAHO Judge William Woods, aged 79. Judge of the United States district court since 1906, is dead at Wallace. More than $40,000 was awarded to prise winners in the sheep, catlle. horse and swine classes at the Northwest Live stock show at Lewlston. Construction work on the new Y. M?' C. A. building at Boise is progressing steadily, and the building will be ready for occupancy oy March 1, 1921. The Idaho Wheatgrowers' asnoclatlon has perfected permanent organization at Lewlston. The association Is organised without capital 'stock And for non profit. J. P. WelaVman. aged 82,' In Jail at Twin Falls, has confessed that lie shot and killed his son-in-law, Irving K. Kel sey, because Kelsey had circulated vile reports about Weldeman and his daugh ter, Mrs. Kelsey. P. It. Smith. 28. was killed at Idaho Falls when his clothing became caught In some cog wheel chains, hi4ody being drawn Into the machinery. His twin brother saw the accident. but was un able to render assistance. , t Uncle Jeff Snow Says : J That feller that was a-goln' to run autos by wireless and 'thout gas must have died, tip to Seattle. Mebby he col lided with Rockefeller's wagon of a dark night How Many and How Much? Read .the Southeast Corner -To Find the Answers? Do you have an hiea how many pounds of meat Portland eats at the dinner hour? Can you give off hand our ' park acreage, the loca tion of. the parks and the Invest ment they represent? ' : Do you know how many loaves of bread are required for the break fast toast of Portland? ' Could you tell whether the library furnishes all the books Portlanders want to read ? Suppose someone said, "Now, how many arc lights burn nightly to Illumine the -streets of Portland T' Would you say, 'Oh. I dunno"? Most people would have to Could you give an accurate state ment of the number of streetcars employed in the dally transportation of Portland's people, how many au tomobiles there are circulating within the. city limits, and how many 1 cubic feet of gas, tons of coal, cords of wood and kilowatts of electricity are needed to keep Portland warmed, Id cook the food and turn the wheels of Industry? Do you know what we have by way of .port investment, how many docks line the waterfront, and what Is their ownership, , whether public or private? Do you know bow much lumber passes through the port, and how much livestock, fruit and grain? Do you have any Idea how many chocolate creams are required daily to keep Miss Portland's sweet tooth from aching? - If you will read this corner from day to day hereafter you will learn these- and many other of the. obvi ous facts which' most people don't know. ?' ' - -."V'-i One friendly critic suggests that such information should run on! a corner of the front ' page. Why ? Aren't the . most valuable things al ways obtained by digging? '