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4- THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. , NOVEMBER . 20, 1921; AV'TMTUItlCf NCWBPArrR C K ni'klt'il PubHskef I rate. fasHdaat. r cbtwrful aas So nia aUwrs as in vwajd Iwn Uwa do naU y i fitMwM ry wewkdsy sivl Mwadsy ssorwias t Tlw Journal uixiik, nrnsdway ana ias- al'l 'rt. Pnf1n4, Oregon. ra at tii n IIMMall SoelnOir at Cortland, tjri ua Uuwiish tb aaails aa TEJ.iHoNk Mua Till. AwUMoalio 50 41. sVI Sfjawwsenta wrM fcy the sues Hers. KaTKtSAl. AI.VtkTl.HlN.; HKl'kK.sKNTA- TIVK Bn)asatn At Kesrtnor ' Bmnawtrk iHriMin. J J fifth amua. Ntw Tort; tOO Msllers hntWinf. ftiwagfv Ai 'IKHJ. COAST ka-FRKStN-f ATIVK W. B. JUranav Co.. ksswilner bulMuia, baa'Frsa ' : Tnla liwarane bulkllns. Ixw Aafassa; Pt it1li?wr bntklinf, Seattle, Iamch that ' it was better not to fee born. ' ' 1 -' But the spirits of the unborn rather at the conference on the re daction of armament. v . -; The direct cost of the World war was ISC billions of dollars; the addi tion -of its indirect cost-briars the toUl to $355,291,711,815. But the Incomprehensible dollar cost of the titanic conflict can weigh in no balance with its cost In lives. The majority of those who have died because of war, of those who live in fear because of war, and of those unborn because of war. Is too great. War must, en dV It is the mandate of humanity. THM IIHK(,II Jot K.N A I. raaeries tho right la nlfrt adrerUssng copy which H Owns ! ovi-tknabk. H sWo will not print any f rtiat In am way atmulataa reading mml I tee rrr that cannot readily be recognised a sartlin. SI 'RM'HIf'TIOM RAT pi My i'jfiir, City, ami Country. , UAII.T AND HIMiAT bn Ml ... I 1 I Una sannlh I T lAH.T ' I Sl'.NDAT 0a w.k I .10 f Ooa w, k I irym mnnUl IS I I MAIL, All, RAT Kit PATARI.K IX ADVANCE UAII.T AMU HI .tAT .S3 .05 Threw month. . .12 21 Una amnth 73 SfS'DAT (Only) On year $A.0A Kit month. . . . : 1.74 Threw months. . . 1 00 pna year $H fin la aneiths . . 4.34 ( KAII.T 7 t Wlthowl Sum1 wna year $ Of) In wtnathd. .... a.;s thraa axrfillu. . 1 74 una wnttt no J Wr.rkIT I kery Wednesday) (nw year II 00 Hi month ..... .50 ; Thesa rate apply only In thr Want. Rate t" ltarn pnlnu forntahad on applles- Man. Ifsh rmtttaru-M t Mniwt (IrnVr. Fl- pnmt Onier or I'mft. If yimr paatofftca is not enter nfflre. t or 2 wnt ataaini will rm aecerHad Mak all remittancaa payable to . Tna JiMfrnaJ ftTWfOO. OUR MADE-IN-EUROPE CRAZE WKKKI.T AND SIN DAT Ona ynr 13.40 Publlling t'oDvoc). I'onlao'l, l BM bw- VTiniarar. therefore, hall ronless i fan nan. him will I confeaa al before my Father which Is In heatea. Matthew 10:42. I'ROTESTINO THE TAX REPEAL. ,T "A GROUP of farmers from the a Northwest, recently leathered in Portland, adopted resolutions pro tent In r arainst the repeal of the ex tent profits tux. For an undisclosed reason , the ifentlemen from Northwest soil can- tot quite understand "why the flour ihlng and colossal enterprises of the Country should not nay their share jpf the expenses of the federal govern Bient. They cannot undenttand-when v Ihelr profits have, vanished why they Ire compelled through Hhlfted and trsrt taxes to pay their share and jniore of the cost of government Whlls the corporations that make big i profits are relieved from their bur Men. They don't quite understand why the rich should be relieved and the poor he made to pay the bills, j The excess profits tax was a tax 'that the his; corporations could not shift. Under that form the money left In tt corporation treasury after .alt hills were paid and after a fair return on the Investment had been 'allowed, wiim taxed. Thus, it was - fne net prom mat were (axed, and there waa no possible way for Ih nianiiffern to pas the taxes on lo consumers. That ' money actu ally went to the government from he corporation, not from the con sumer of the corporation's products. And the corporations did not like it. They squealed And the senate voted in rrprui ine tax. - I'nder the bill passed hy the sen Jit and now before the house of .representatives a lii per cent tax lias been substituted for the excess Jroflts tax on corporations. It is! Ihot a tax on net profits hut a gen-! ral tax on the corporations. That! lax-can. and will, be shifted. It will j t made a part of the operating ex- j penae of the corporations, and the prices of goo'ds produced by the cor orstlotis will go up enough to cover ,lhe tax that the corporation pays to the government. The consumers, linen, of the corporation's products will pay the tax Instead of the cor poratlons paying it themselves as (lhey were compelled to do by the txcess profits measure. , Thst 1 why the farmers gathered In Portland protested against the .repeal of the excess profits tax. They feel that they have alt the taxes to , jpay now that they can pay, without 'being compelled to pay Indirectly what the corporations have been .'faying. WHY the American admiration for things stamped with foreign trademarks? Is our country, with all its, prog ress and achievements and leader ship, unable to turn out products, human or inanimate, worthy of the favor of the American people? Are Americans incapable and in competents?. Our women run to French fashions. The rich import Paris gowns. Before the war there was an American scramble for things "made In Germany." Always there has been a widely prevalent thought that our mighty scheme of education was incomplete and that we must go to Europe for finishing touches. In Portland recently ,w had an example. There was a stampede for tickets to a concert made-in-Europe. There was beautiful tech nique and wonderful shading and real genius. But no smile came from the stage. No acknowledgment was made to the great audience for the favors it bestowed, in plaudits and attendance and box office profits. The atmosphere was a contract-is-a-contract atmosphere and the atti tude ah I-p'lay-you-listen attitude. Shortly before there was another concert in the same theatre. An artiste who touched her instrument into thrilling, throbbing life and made it speak out the lamentations of sorrow, the thunders of rage, the exuberant notes of gladness, was the performer. She was a genius with a human side and the enthusiastic plaudits of the audience were hu manly acknowledged with smiles of appreciation, and with encore after encore given in return, even to the extent of two after the program had ended. And back of it all were years of patient, laborious striving, and back of that was genius, and back of that a European finish. But the audience was scarcely half that at the concert made-in-Europe. She was only an American, Just: an Oregon girl, come home with her triumph to lay at the feet of her own people. She didn't have the un pronouncabte name. . How are we to bring out our own talent and capitalize our own assets and build up our own people and our own country If we go on in the grand illusion that nothing made-in-Amer-Ica Is good enough for u? tnerce. Mora than 4000 canneries are operating 1n the United States, and Professor Wlegand believes that less than 1 per cent of the operators have had training; comparable to that re ceived in the O. A. C laboratory. Another feature in the section's work is standard fruit drier devel oped for the Northwest in order that a label can be applied to all North west dried fruit, and a uniform qual ity be assured.? The dehydration ex perimental work is declared by the Canning; Age to be operated on "the largest scale on which such experi ments are carried on In the United States. One experiment was the par tial drying; of berries for shipment to canneries where they can be made into jams, avoiding the more expen sive process of packing in barrels of sugar, thus eliminating the cost of barrels, the sugar and a large amount on freight." reflected in the fact that all confessed favor for the exposition. But there was one Item even more significant. Twelve of the 19 had married Oregon girls; five were mar ried when they came, and two are still bachelors. " In matrimony, fusses are the sauce of happiness. But it is poor policy to let them become the whole of the dish. THE PRICE An income tax cannot be shifted. Except, through an income tax. there is ne way to reach such of the wealthy as have big investments in tax-free securities. That is why 90 Republican congressmen broke away from leaders and refused to cut down the tax on big incomes, including those of $1,009,000 a year and more. It was a splendid day's work In the house. Let the men who made over night fortunes out of the war help pay for the war. PLAYING FOR ANOTHER STRIKE WILSON IN TEARS 20,000 ACCLAIM Around the Great War President a Great Throng Surges and Cheers at His Home on Armistice day Hailed as "the Greatest Soldier of Them AtrV-A Tender and Af fecting Scene Closes a Most Wonderful Demonstration. to tha COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF A lot of congressmen voted down the soldiers' bonus and then voted to cut down the surtax on incomes of 1 1.000,000 more and less. Many of the big incomes are from sudden for tunes made out of the war. The thought of the congressmen who voted against the service men and for the bta- income takers is that the service men should do the fight ing In the war and then pay the cost of the war. AT O. A. C. has 1 " There was never any doubt that 'th city of Portland would vote heav ily, for the H25 exposition, as it should have done. The fair will help people forget the war. by emphasiz ing the arts of peace. It will accen tuate Oregon and. through a public ity not otherwise obtainable, give the State profit and benefits, far In ex ,es of what the exposition will cost. i ; THE VOTE FROM THE GRAVE rpHK c . ' J- live rout of the great war in the ten of men was 19.658.000 lilted in huttle. ';! Their spirits gather at the dia- .armament conference in Washing ton. : The increased death rate due to '4he World war wa 30.40.000. The spirits of those aged, those Vlck, those helpless and those chil dren gather at the disarmament cot. i ere nee in Washington. ? There were denied entrance into h world, because of the great war, 4fl.J90.000 baby lives. In. some re gions the devastation of the war was TVTATION - WIDE attention ' been won by a training labora tory at O. A. C. which turns out ex pert canners of fruit and by-produicts of the farm. New canneries are being opened in such numbers that superintendents and managers are hard to find and few of these can combine practical work with experimental activity says the September number of Can ning Age, a magazine devoted to the Industry. "The Oregon Agricultural college," it says, "is building up one i of the greatest training schools for i canners and by-products experts in the United States." It adds: Iarire canning concerns in the North west have found the work done by the college, through the horticultural prod ucts section, of such Importance that they now keep In constant touch with Profetsor E. H. Wlegand, head of, that section. He has built up the first section in the land aimed to work out methods of pres ervation of fruit and vegetables from the scientific standpoint of the chemist, and to then put the theories into practical use. turning out quantities of preserved products for commercial consumption. in site and equipment the building clorly resembles a combination of a j modern commercial cannery. Jam. juice and dehydration plants. A trip through the building during the college session. when students are being trained in the Industry, reveals the fact that they do all the work. The thorough manner In which they do their tasks makes them 1 pear more like finished workmen than students. Testing Instruments and equipment loaned by manufacturers at Brook lyn and Rochester. N. Y., enable Pro fessor Wlegand and his students to keep constant control of every pro cess undertaken and to make experi ments that would be impossible in an ordinary plant. Professor Wie gand gets free use of the testing In struments because of the benefits the research work brings to the fruit in dustry. Experimental work is devoted,! to dehydration, fruit and vegetable canning, jam and jelty making, fruit juices and general research. There were recently received by the depart ment samples of jellies and preserves from England. They were declared to be the best produced in that coun try, and were sent to O. A. C. for comparison with the Oregon product. The students receive Instruction in chemistry and bacteriology of foods FIVE HUNDRED MILLION gold marks is Germany's next pay ment on reparations, and she says she can't pay it. Such is the legacy left upon a people by the illusions of Frederick the Great, Bismarck and the Hohen- zollerns. They thought the way to build up a nation was to arm it and make conquests by force and subju gate peoples and annex territory. It was the old formula that was in vogue when history began to be recorded, and came from the prac tices of primitive men who were sav ages but little removed from the ani mal. Every throne then was propped up by an army, and every army was the personal property and personal servant of the king. Still clinging to that formula, the Hohenzollerns surrounded their thrones with big armies and huge warships. They overlooked the fact that the steam engine, swiftenmeans of transportation, greater facilities of communication and great systems of public education had brought changes. Napoleon was able to travel only about five miles an hour in his return from Elba. That was about as fast as ordinary news could travel in those days. The Hohenzollerns misjudged what the automobile and the telegraph and telephone and sky travel had done in bringing peoples into greater unity of thought and understanding. Because of that larger understand ing, the attempt by the old primitive man's formula to build up Germany with cannon failed and the product is Germapy's confession that she cannot meet the oncoming reparation payment. I Nor can she. Her paper mark, is worth about half a cent instead of 24. The purchasing power, of. -an American dollar is almost 50 times as great in buying German marks as it was before the war. Germany, to pay, must produce goods, and she is now selling those goods largely to her own people for paper marks worth one forty-eighth of their for mer value. Nor was it Germany alone that clung to the old theory that nations must have big navies and big armies and occasional wars in order to be great and powerful. A whole lot of nations and a lot of peoples accepted the old barbaric idea and proclaimed that because we have always had war we must always have it, and be cause we have always had arma ments we must always have them Beggared and bankrupt, Germany is paying a fearful price for the il lusions of her war lords, present and past. So is the whole civilized world, and that is a reason why the Amer ican people should keep thundering at the doors of the arms conference until there shall be decisions har monious with a civilized century. A. NEW drive for lower wages is planned by the railroad heads. Something like a dozen big East ern banks own the controlling inter est in most of the roads. The men who operate those gigantic financial institutions have little knowledge and less concern about the great people out in the United States. Their world is Manhattan island and legislation down at Washington. With them, the railroad system of America is not a thing for service to the people but a sideshow to their great financial institutions. They were among the men to whom Theo dore Roosevelt referred in his many denunciations of "swollen fortunes" and "crimes of cunning." ureat wealth is not a crime. It is ' the matter of how some great far tunes were obtained and how they are used that is sometimes a crime. When owners of these fortunes reach out beyond their own field and seize a country's transportation system and operate it for their own profit in stead of for the service of the coun try's enterprises and people, it is wrong. Y'et that is exactly what has been done with the transportation system of America. It is true that' there are thousands of private stockholders. that shares of railroad stock are widely distributed. But it is true that the owners and great directing force and the beneficiaries of the American rail transportation are a handful of big Eastern financial houses, consisting principally of the great Morgan and great Rockefeller groups. The struggle, that recently took place over the threatened strike of the men was a struggle between these gigantic banking houses and the men who operate the trains, keep a watch ful care over the lives of millions of passengers, keep up the tracks, re pair the rolling Btock and do the other work in the transportation system. In truth and in fact, it was a struggle between dividend takers and the men who do the work. WaahiBstoa Special. Korember 11 Urm Xork World. Wood row Wilson, wax president, broke bis cold silence and aloofness today. Standing 4n the door of the secluded home he chpse when leaving the White House, he burst into tears as more than 20,000 persons, standing bareheaded, paid tribute to "the greatest soldier in the world." This was the unanimous appel lation of those who had turned from paying a silent and reverent tribute to America's unknown soldier to pay a rev erent but not silent tribute to the un known soldier's commander in chief. This tribute at the home of Mr. Wilson came after another that had been paid him as with Mrs. Wilson he rode down historic Pennsylvania avenue behind the flag-draped caisson bearing the body of the unknown soldier, and between lines of veterans of the World war. Thou sands lining the avenue were restrained in the presence of the soldier dead, but the pale face of the man who gave his health and strength to uphold the same ideals for which the unknown soldier died, seemingly unleashed the pent-up emotions' of the watchers. Growing from an excited whisper, as the carriage bearing Mr. and Mrs. Wilson entered the parade, gradually there spread a volume of applause that swept the length of the avenue and continued until the carriage turned out of line after passing the White House. The homage paid the unknown soldier was that always accorded honored dead by Americans. The tribute to Woodrow Wilson, both in the funeral procession ind at his home, was a spontaneous and instinctive outburst to the high ideals for which he stood. SMALL CHANGE If a cigarette is a "corfin nail." an odoriferous old pipe must be the grave yard itself. r w . w Just wait until some of these "devil dogs" start snapping at the heels of mail car bandits! a We rant and rail at the misty south wind, but just think of the silver thaw ii oiew away irom us Saturday. Thieves who steal strannt ulnmnhlln usually don't realise what a mess of en gine trouble there getting into. The price of the festive turkey Is try ing to keep pace with the stuff we used to put into the plum pudding and mince pies. 'Grange boots out alleged malcon tents,' the headlines shout. And, in dividually or collectively, the granee has a husky boot. 'Ua said. Now that the big football game Is safely salted away for another year, little matters of international politics and diplomacy may go forward uninterrupted. SIDELIGHTS The statisticians should not overlook th fact that a good many of that army of unemployed are regulars. La Grande Observer. ' Some men seem destined to go down lire a pathway parked on tne wrong side, where they get the bum pa of every body else. Roseburg News-Review. a One stands aghast at tha announce ment of beanery proprietors that the reason they don't put boose in mince pies is because of the lack of it. If all the boose In Jackson county was dumped out at the same time, there would be another Johnstown flood. Medford Mail-Tribune. There is every sign of returning good times in the near fature. With resump tion of the lumber mills, mining oper ations en a better basis than for years, much highway work and the construc tion of the Powder river Irrigation project. Baker will enter the new year with a "pep" that will be a delight to enjoy. Baker Democrat. The Oregon Country Sort Happrnmci m Rnaf Form la Busy Header. Ua MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town Colonel Furlong of Pendleton, author of the book. "Let 'Kr Buck," is regis tered at the Benson. Nf R. Bone of Hood River is in Port land. Blackie F. Barrett of Salem Is taking in the sights of the metropolis. J. R. Devlan is greeting his old friends from behind the desk at the Hotel Seward. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. are Portland visitors. Gibson of Salem When former President and Mrs. Wil son left the funeral procession and went direct to their home, that residence be came the mecca of thousands who were determined that he should be paid fittine tribute on the anniversary of the armistice. No word of the impend ing demonstration had, been given him. and lie was not prepared for the huge throng that, soon after 1 o'clock, began forming in front of his home. There was a tremendous outburst of enthusiasm when Mr. Wilson, a few minutes after 3 o'clock, suddenly ap peared at the door. For nearly 10 It is true ! minutes the cheering, the shouting of greetings. inLerspit:u nuc cheers for the League of Nations!" "Three cheers for the greatest soldier of them all '." "Three cheers for Wood row Wilson '." swept over the quiet resi dential section. Mr. Wilson leaned heavily upon a cane he carried in his right hand. His servant supported his left side, but the spontaneous outburst seemed to imbue the feeble frame with life and he dis dained the help of his servant as he slowly came down the three steps to the side of an automobile drawn up in front of the door, where he greeted four disabled veterans of the World war. At the urging of Mrs. Wilson, he finally consented to re-enter the house for a short rest before returning to the door to return the reception. The crowd was not to be denied, however, and a moment later the former president and Mrs. Wilson appeared at a window on the second floor. F. C, Kent, structor at O. vallis. for many years an in A. C. is here from Cor- Mrs. W. T. Eakin of Astoria Is a guegt of the Seward. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Haines of Gales Creek are registered at the Seward. R. A. Seward. Cooke of Medford Is at the Dr. and Mrs. H. F. Fletcher of Grass Valley are guests of the HoteJ Seward OREGON "The monthly pavroll of the Southern Pacific company in Ine county is 000. which goes to 277 men in Eugene. During the season Juat closed there were 45v road and trail guide board erected within the Cascade national forest. AocOrdinr to the lsll sk-Viaa! renins I there are 44SS children of school sure In Astoria, an increase of S3 over the num ber reported last year. Justice Thomas A. McBride. veteran member of the Oresron supreme court, celebrated hi aeventy-fourth birthday anniversary at Salem November 14. According to R. S. Shelley, supervisor, bids will be called for in December lor the sale of nearly 1.150. 000 feet of standing fir in the Siuslaw national forest. Several inches of snowfall on the Cascades was reported to the forest service at Eugene Thursday. .The snow is coming down as low aa Reserve in the Oakridge district. Chester Girt, 18. son of lira. Maggls Girt, a widow was shot through thei rhghl luiir by Riley Girt, hia ancle, who misnaok him for a bear. The men were huntlrTaNJiear Rainier. A feud rX several years' duration reached a climax at Mitchell Wednesday night when Henry Kller. a truck driver, shot and fatally wounded Louje Toney. a rancher. The men had quarreled and fought frequently. It is reported in Tillamook that the Judge W. H. Hollia. long time reslJent of Forest Grove, lover of horsefleah. admirer of the fair sex and good Judge Hill interests, whicb have an option on or Bull Run cocktails, is In Portland on business. The following residents of White Sal mon are domiciled at the Imperial : B. Hancock. C. C. Rumell, D. O. Thomas and Harold Larson. Mrs. B. C Leghorn and Mrs. B. L Holland of Condon are Portland visitors, registered at the Imperial. C. B. McConnell of Bums Is tered at the Imperial. regts- Mr. Tt. S. Bardwell of Roseburg is at the Imperial for a brief stay. M. M. Davis of Ritter is seeing the sights in Portland. J. H. Tate of Independence Is a guest of the Hotel Imperial. R. G. Crawford and J. Hall of tha Capital City are here on business. Mrs. A. L Thornton of Lakeview Is visiting friends in the metropolis. OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred Lockley (On might call him a Good Book fanner, the one Mr. Lorkley hero interriews. since it was from tha pulpit to a farm that he escaped a bunch of doctors who had condemned him to death in just six months. But he showed them he was not the dying kind, and also showed the "practical" farmers all about him that ho wss not the failing kind. On his success with Sol atium tuberosum let Mr. Lockley now report. If you can do one thing supremely well and if you love your work you will succeed. Frederick Benz, formerly of Portland, now of Toppenish, in 'the Yak ima Valley in Washington, has demon- more about the growinr of potatoes all strated this fact, and in doing so has the time. My potatoes paid the $16,000 The workers are at an extreme dis advantage. The great financial in stitutions have tlMf money with which to buy propaganda and propa gandists. We had in the late strug gle the spectacle of editorials in American newspapers written almost bodily from printed railroad propa ganda. A long interview a few days ago by a railroad head announcing rate reductions on certain farm products was filled with propaganda for reduction of wages with which to catch the public, and was widely carried by the newspapers, in many cases on first pages. It is an unequal struggle. The workers have no money with which to meet this propaganda and have no means by which to hire skilled propagandists. The public never got, for example, in the late struggle, a realization of what the revision of rules meant to the employes, yet SCHOOL OF FOOLS IT MAY be a hunter who trails his shotgun by the barrel. It may be a motorist who drives headlong over a slippery road, the high banks of which are concealed by curves. It may be the traditionally thoughtless person who blows out the gas. It may be the individual who "didn't know it was loaded." It may be the less observed citizen who .burns the candle at both ends. The method of involuntary exit is not so much the question. Echo car ries from the past the homely wis dom of Ben Franklin, "Experience is a, dear school, but fools will learn in no other." Fools are their own executioners. Graduation from the school of fools often means elimination. Mr. Wilson was then informed that WOrld'Stthe committee of women representing the Women's Committee of the District of Columbia for the Limitation of Arma ment, having the ceremony in charge, and the Women's Democratic club of Baltimore, with their spokesman. Hamil ton Holt of the League of Nations as sociation, had arrived. The former president returned to the front door. Awaiting him at the door were a large number of children from Washington and Baltimore. These children, several hundred in number, had each contributed a flower, and these little Olive Chace, daughter of an old friend, handed to the former president. She also handed him this letter: "Dear Mr. Wilson : We have come here today to let you know of the deep love the children of the nation have for you. Young as we are, we have learned to admire you and the great principles for which you stand. In this basket of flowers we present to you. contributed by a child and with each flower goes the heart of the giver, for you represent the ideals so dear to America. We, as future cit izens of the United States, will do our best to perpetuate these ideals you have fought for so bravely. "With best wishes for your future, the children's delegation." that revision cut as much, or more, j After tMs cereITlony Mr. Holt delivered from their earnings than did the j a 8hort address on behalf of all those actual reduction of wages. present. He told the former president gained health, fame and fortune. "I came to America in 1881. when I was 18 years old," said Mr. Benz. "I was converted at Council Bluffs, Iowa, when I was 20 and decided to enter tha ministry. When I was 24 I became a pastor of the Evangelical church at Des Moines. ' Two years later I wa married. I served. as pastor there 12 years, when my voice failed and I had to retire from the. ministry. I went on a farm in the Red River valley in Minnesota, where for four years I raised grain and stock. My voice had become strong again, so 1 returned to the ministry and became pastor of the church at Tacoma, where I regained four years. From there I went to the Evangelical church at Port land "After three years I had a nervous breakdown. My family doctor called in consultation three other physicians, who after a thorough examination told me to arrange my affairs, as I could not live over six months. I had a wife and seven sons, no money, and shattered health. I borrowed the money to pay our fare to the Yakima valley. One of the doctors adviBed me to go to a dy climate, so I selected Yakima. This w as in 1911. I found an 80-acre ract three miles from Toppenish for which the owner asked 116,000. There was a tumbledown- shack on it and here anu there were the remains of a rail fence. I bought it. paying-nothing down, the understanding being that if I could not pay for it I should leave any Improve ments, in lieu of rent. I obtained credit to buy equipment and seed. "I sized up the situation and found that east of the, river the farmers were raising only fruit and many of them OREGON GIRLS WIN Nor did the public, while giving so much of its sympathy to the great institutions that manipulate the roads, remember that there is better business for all and more prosperity for all when the lion's share of railroad earnings goes not to . a small group of financiers with men poorly paid, but when a reasonable share goes to millions -of well paid men. IN PORTLAND T ESS occasion for pride than for apprehension is found in the of the burial' of the unknown soldier in were going broke. I found the settlers Wrlington, which Mr. W llson did not at tend, and added : "Mr. Wilson, you were his commander in chief. You sent him into action with vour blessing and imbued with the spirit of your ideals. We cannot let this day pass without coming here to tell you what is in our hearts. We haven't for gotten the ideals for which we went to war and for which this soldier died. "We wish to congratulate you-a wounded soldier of the war on your regaining your health. We also wish to pledge to you our honor and our respect. Your work shall not die." the Salem Creek r Wilaon River rail road, will start work on the road be fore the option expires next June. The motive posver will be electricity. Because Hugh Johnson of Gsuiton was sick and could not put in hi fsU grain, a crowd of neighbor, with 16 team and a tractor, went to hi farm la at Mon day, put in hi crop and cut hia win ter's wood, while their w ives served din ner to the crowd. With an enrollment of 456 children, the boys' and girls' dubs, sponsored by the government and the tat agricul tural college, produced. In Clackamas county, products valued at S12.:il.&l during the year jurt ended. WASHINGTON Jerry C. Rice, an auto dealer. Is under arrest at Tacoma. He la wanted in Mon tana, charged with being a fugitive from justice. According to B. M. Hunter of the WaJla Wall a Commercial club tkere la need in that city for at least 2M modern homes. Richard Keller. 44. is dead in a Seattle hospital as the result of Injuries received while working in a lumber camp at Cedar Falls. Civilians and ex-service men acting as guards on mall trains out of Seattle will be replaced within the next few days by United States marinea. Luther Wedding of CoupeMTIa has been nominated by Preatdent Harding a commissioner of 1mm luxation for lh Western district of Washington. More than 200 women of Aberdeen have orranlsed the Women's Law and Order league and will use their efforts toward the enforcement of - the liquor laws. The office of the Sunset Motor com pany in Walla Walla, right across the street from the police station, was en tered Monday night and robbed of t In money and checks. Solid srranlt haa Kn fnnnd In tha bed of the Columbia river at Grand Coulee by Ivan K. Ooodner. an engineer who has been seeking a site for a pro posed irrigation dam. Oil claims located In the bed or the Spokane river and within the limits of the city of Spokaxve were filed with th county recorder last week by Alfred Peterson of Independence. Mo. Handicapped by total blindness. Claude. Judge. 23-year-old son of C. E. Judge, is making good In the Aberdeen high school In English, physics, history. Spanish and music, and will study Journalism aa n profession. Because he was "mad at her" a man in Port Anseles DUt three ouirla of whiskey ia a suitcase owned by Mr. Millie Korosk and caused her arrest for violation of the Volstead act. He later repented and confessed. The body of an unidentified man. dis covered on the beach at West Seattle. Wednesday, in believed to be that of M. C. Johnson of Spokane, who left a note on a Tacoma-Seattle steamer saying that he Intended jumping Into Puget sound. ' IDAHO The Craig Mountain Lumber company mill resumed operation at Winchester last Monday after having been closed down three months. Rev.- W. A. Winters of Elgin. Or . was (v,. Hum a nut, iu me .mrrii in Caldwell and suffered a broken rib. broken leg and broken noc. It stated on good authority that the Blaine County National bank df Hailey. which closed Its doors a few areas ago. will soon reopen for business. t State Treasurer Banks has delivered ground 10 days after the plants have '" r,uf . Xli. - Z.'1 hn n,,iil ,i,, u, worJh i highway bonds authorised by . i j ,J j . . " tne legislature ana sold a month ago. set. I dig these seed potatoes and store rL,-,, v t;.. i-. , , j " ,,- . ., . treorge t. Bftrtlett. CaldweTI comn think like a potato, so as to learn what lonamons were best adapted to their growth and well being. I have raised as high as 800 bushels to the acre, and when you can produce 24 tons of po tatoes to the acre you are going some. "The secret of growing potatoes Is to love to grow them. You must enjoy the Btudy of plant life. You must realize that even in the growing of potatoes mere is much to learn. I am leaminr i owed on the 80 acres. They have en aDiea me to buy 463 acres, all under water, on which we grow. In addition to potatoes, sugar beets, alfalfa, barley, corn and other crop. "Three years ago my boys and I In corporated under the title of Benz Bros. Co.. for $100,000. Recently we took out new incorporation papers for 3250.- uw. uur gross annual revenue from our farm varies from ,60.000 to $80,000. Tes. my seven boys are still with me and all work on the farm. Fritz Rudolph Is the eldest. Then come. Hans Carl, Reuben George. Emmanuel Christian, Paul An drew, Kzra Emile and Luke Lawrence, "What have I learned about potato growing? Well. I have learned that the ordinary methods followed for hundreds of years by farmers are not the best methods. You would not pick out a fat old bull to head your dairy herd, would you? Then you should not pick out fat. lazy potatoes for seed. A fully matured potato Is too full of starch and Is too lazy to become the parent of a large and thrifty family. In other words, if you use large potatoes for seed you will not have bo many potatoes In the hill as you should. The potatoes I use for seed I treat differently from the ones I grow for UBe on the table. I pull the plants up while the potatoes are still growing and before the potatoes are large. I let the potatoes stay in the VI wish," Mr.Wilson replied in a voice cle'ar but weakened by illness, "that I had the voice to reoly and to thank you for the wonderful tribute that you have statement which appears in the cur- paid me. I can only say God bless you.' rent issue of "Survey," New York, as to the control of tuberculosis in Port land. This article, which has its source in the Oregon Tuberculosis associ ation, states that, although a rigid Portland ordinance forbids general rpHERE were 19 presidents or lead-J hospitals to accept tuberculosis pa A ers of Portland's business and j tients. more deaths occur from tuber- civic clubs in the Presidents' council : excursion to Oregon Agricultural col lege last week. To while away the time aboard train a canvass of personal facts about the excursionists was conduct ed. Six of the 19 were born in Ore gon. In three Instances the birth places were Switzerland, England and Madras. India. Massachusetts had mothered three, and Nebraska, Illinois, Missouri, New York. South Carolina, Vermont, Ohio, Michigan and Connecticut one each. Their average residence in Oregon was 21 years: their average age was 45. About the figures there was something significant. More than two-thirds of the leaders of organi zations were dedicated to civic use fulness. The same energy and vision that had brought them, in several instances, a considerable part, of the way around the globe had probably For a moment the silence continued and a booming voice snouiea. ijong live the best man in the world "' Mr. Wilson could not restrain his emotion, and as the sentiment of the voice was echoed in a tremendous outburst of cheering, great tear drops rolled from his eyes. His right hand sought the hand of Mrs. Wilson, who has been hi constant companion in adversity, and she too hurst into tears. The grief of culosis in our general hospitals than the trembling man seemed to reach out in all the tuberculosis sanitoria of into the crowd and men and women west of the river were raising nothing but alfalfa and were not getting ahead. I studied the climate and sent simples of the soil to the agricultural college for analysis, and after careful thought decided that diversified farming was the key to success. The neighbors passed the word around that a preacher was going to make good by book farming where practical farmers were not meet ing success. I overheard a sympathizing neighbor say one day, 'Poor sucker! ha won't last long.' "I decided to prove to my neighbors that I was a book farmer, and prove my sucoess by my bank book. The first year I planted five acres of potatoesr the second year 10 and the third 40. Since then I have never planted less than 80 acres. I secured the contract to furnish the Northern Pacific their Big Baked Potato' served by H. O. Titus, who made them famous througY national advertising. I decided to learn all I could about potatoes. I fried to them in a dark place where the tern perature is never above 40 degree, so they will be dormant and not dissipate their energy in growing sprouts. In the spring I sprout the seed for four weeks before planting, by exposing the seed to strong sunlight. This produces strong. ilorlc r , n ,nroitt, . ftrm lli,v V 1 I nnt break off when the potatoes are handled ( 'Pf of the Twtn '" highway dts- 111 planting, oeiore sprouting 1 uip une com m ia. sion merchant. Is charred, by five farm er with failure to make an accounting for 36 cars of hay shipped by him as their agent. The surreme court of Idaho has upheld the order of the Eleventh district court ousting from office C. B. Chaanel A, E. 'arson ana j. l Bteeism th. rommis. seed potatoe In a solution of corrosive sublimate. 1 use four ounces of the cor rosive sublimate to 30 gallons of water. "I never put manure on the land the same year that potatoes are to begron there, as the potatoes cannot digest uch rich food and break out with indigestion and are scabby. The manure must be so well rotted that It is Immediately available as plant food. If I want large potatoes I plant early. For medium sized potatoes I plant somewhat later, while for seed potatoes I do not plant until the latter part of June, so they will not become fat and lazy. If you will study the likes and dislikes of whatever crop you are growing, and if you will devote as much thought to it as you would to writing a sermon or doing se ttling els you consider supremely worth hile, you will succeed." S. L Reece. ex-presldent of the Ban nock National bank of Pocatella, Is un der a bond of $1(1.000 Lo answer to tbt federal authorities on 61 charges in- o0 f,U5 " lls"ed misappropriation of $-00,000. also burst into tears. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson stood holding each other by the hand for a full minute, and then as the tune of "My Country. 'Tis of Thee" rang out upon the air they turned and slowly went into the house. city and county combined. Although there is a general im pression that resident tuberculosis patients eventually die outside the city, an investigation of 1168 cases reported in the Survey article shows j As he entered, Mr. Wilson once more that only 212 died outside the citv, turned, and in a voice audible only , 4,, i. js ' .j, , '. ' within a few feet, murmured, Ooodbye, only 311 had institutional care and , ' V T . K' H . . land kissed his hand. 64a died in homes, of necessity ex- i , posing others to the infection. The congested life in the Chinese section made them consDicuous fismrea in and the growing and harvesting jof.the constructive affairs of the state, crops, and. thorough courses in com-j Their affirmative attitude of mind it is pointed out, has led to many deaths from humanity's insid ious enemy. It is customary to boast of the un deniably excellent health conditions of Portland. The water supply, the hard-won purity of the milk supply, the beneficent climate and other ad vantages have frequent reference. But tuberculosis is a disease which is no respecter of natural health ad vantages. It will enter wherever law and preventive methods fail. . . They should not ail. . -t : .... Letters From the People . c-omoiunicalion ent to The Journal for pobUcsbcn in this department aboard be written on enly one tide of the paper, should not ex ceed 360 words in length, and mut he ngned by the writer, whose mail address in full most accompany the contribution. A SCHOOL BOARD SESSION An Observer Passes Severe Criticism Upon Director Thomas. Poftland. Nov. 19. To the Editor of The Journal After watching the pro ceedings at the meeting of the school board Wednesday evening, one thing impressed me strongly. Why have seven men oa the board when one can do it so thoroughly? This one reminds me of the school bully, who gets what he wants and the rest of afraid to say anything. The son of Director Martin is inter ested in the Forest Grove brickyard. The contractor, of the new James John high school objected to brick from this yard, apparently with rood reason, but to no avail. Director Thomas thundered through the us of this brick, the resl of the board bowing their hcaaa and meekly haying yes. In regard to charges brought against the properties department by Director Shu!!. Director Thomas, in his usual thundering- ay, said the charges should be investigated by himself; and again, with the exception of Director Shull. tin board, bowing meekly, said yes. Thi procedure is like allowing an accused person to try himself, and if he thinks he is innocent of the charges, that i sufficient. It certainly makes' you bow your head in shame to see apparently successful men domineered by a bos. It Is the sworn duty of every man on the school board to thoroughly inves tigate these charges against the proper ties department and to take pror ac tion if occasion warrants. The Impres sion given by the board to the onlooker Is. "What's the user' A. W. Mo'.in. A VALUED TESTIMONIAL Appreciation of The Journal's Work for Cooperative Marketing. Portland. Nov. 1$. To the Editor ot The Journal I want to congratulate you on the splendid article which ap peared in last night's Journal in regard the boys are f to the Dairymen's league, it .a cer tainly vry heartening to those engaged In cooperative marketing work to read the good-Fenne stand which you advised all farmers to take-on this subject. I talked to a number of Granger last evening about the way The Journal has backed un our coonerstive marketinc enterprises this past year, and from every man present I heard only words of praise for this valuable assistance. , However, farmers are sometimes slow to voice their appreciation of such mat ter, so I am taking this opportunity to express to you the appreciation of 18C0 of our members, together with a large circle of friends outside the association uho I know have indorsed most heartily The Journal's past assistance. R, A. Ward. General Manager. Uncle Jeff Snow Says Anybody that think them there Eu ropean statesmen at the disarmin' meetln' at Washington, to say nuthln' of most of our own American kind, is a-goin' to do anything in the open, wlll iniy, has got several new thinks a-comln' to him or her by registered mall. But the public has got a way of put Un its great big honest foot in the door and keepin' II open while It tells statesmen where to sign on the dotted line, and that's Jlst eggsackly what diplomats don't like nowheres., , . .- What I Like Best In The Journal MRS. C. G. GIBSON, 50t East Thirteenth street The editorials. I like The Journal because It is fair and not a knocker. THOMAS BANFIELD. 610 East Twelfth street The market page. It excels any other market report in the city. We have read The Jour nal for IS years and look upon it as a part of the house hold. F. R. OTEY. 1137 East ' Twenty-eighth street north General new, editorials, id. vertihing and market page. Pleased with carrier service. A POPE. 4 25 Woodward Mreet General newi, fine; editorial, finer; Fred Lock ley's article, finest; market p;ige. superfine. Our family would be lonesome without The Journal. C. L- McNEAL. 207 Eat Fifty - third, street north There is something in the edi torials which, louder than words, speaks of sincerity back of every line and hon est, truthful convictions. I greatly admire The Journal for its Influence for good. Our service is-good. ED WULF. HJnion. Or. Editorials and the fairness of news on all subjects. Have you forwarded your opln. ion? Do so. 'Include nam and address. i-' 1