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EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE BE A YERTON TIMES UNCLE NAM AND YOt'NG MEN Opportunities (or young men in crease as older men learn more of tho science of government. BoyB who are growing to manhood today have opportunities for education ami entrance into business that their lathers never enjoyed. Tliey have chances for enjoyment, privileges of improvement and opportunities (or travel never before enjoyed by the youth of any land. Not the least of the new oppor tunities that have opened up for young men is the offer of the Gov ernment to entertain them one month each year at the Citizens' Military Training Camps with all ex penses paid, even to transportation to and from the camps, theatre tick ets and physical examination. To he able to leave home the lat ter part of July and return again the latter part of August, learn the principles of military training, enjoy athletics, theatres, social functions, pleasure trips and new country be of some use to the Nation and at the same time to benefit physically and mentally, without the incurring of any obligation for further mili tary service Is an opportunity no young man can afford to overlook. Yet this chance Is open to any young man between the ages of 17 and 27 who is in good health and reason able physical condition. Three courses are offered: The Red Course: Ages 17 to 25 -No previous military experience of any kind necessary. White Course: Ages 18 to 26 Por those who have had Red Course. Grammar school education or its equivalent necessary. Blue Course: Ages 19 to 27 For civilians having completed Red and White Courses. High school education or its equivalent neces sary. Whfte Course qualifies student to become non-commissioned officer in Organized Reserves if he fo desires and Blue Course as officer in the Organized Reserves. Ex-service non-commissioned of ficers, not older than 35 years of age who have high school education or its equivalent, may enter Blue Course. With conditions in the turmoil that exists In Europe and China to day, America is in a position that she may be called upon to take further part at any minute. Young men wfll not escape military duty because of ignorance of its princi ples but they are at a decided-disad- vantiise without a knowledge of those principles and the government has a decided advantage if a reas' onable number o its young men are versed in the rudiments of its mili tary practices. Hence the plan for summer camps which dp not entail any obligations for further service. HOIUIEI) HAIR TEACH KI18 Boards of Education in many cities, especially in the East, have decreed that no teacher who bobs her hnir can be employed, and there has been some protest on the mat ter from the young women who have shed their locks. They contend that they are employed to teach what is inside the head, not outside. Yet the Boards are clearly within their rights in the matter. Teachers must be examples to the young whom thoy instruct. They are look ed upon as leaders, and a teacher stands in much the same general re lation aa the preacher. Bobbed hair is not immoral but it is ex treme, It has been adopted by many young women of high stand ing, yet it must lie frankly admitted that It does not tend to dignity and certainly does not improve the ap pearance of the girl. Possibly the attitude of the Board is that girls who are prone to follow extremes of fashion are more or less "flighty," and lacking in that poise needed for the ideal teacher. Generally it Is a hopeless task to attempt to regulate the dress or habits of the girls and young worn-j HTATK POLICE POWEKH Much has been done by congress under cover of the power to regu late inter-slate commerce that ap- (The next part will follow Imme diately at Hongkong.) Ileel II. Part I., et. etc. April 13, 1922. We arrived In Hongkong about 8 o'clock, April 8, the rights of the Btates, but In the Child Labor Decision the Supreme Court has called a halt. The reg ulation of child labor belongs to the police power of the state, and each state can exercise that power as it shall deem best for the cltizeiiB of that state. The question of whether children of tender years should bo employed in manufacturing is one for the slates. Humanitarians generally con tend that such labor tends to re tard growth, to take from the child Its rights of childhood, to prevent education and to Dually result In deterioration of the race. Most of contentions will be admitted by all thinking people, yet it is not making it better to add another wrong to the one done the children. The end does not always justify the means. Preventing child Inhor may be a good work, yet if it be neces sary to override the Constitution to do this, then it were better to wait until the offending states can be ed- ?n. hut when men charged with the ucated to the point of acting on the pears to many to be encroaching ou anchoring over a mile from shore. The sampans here are different from all others in Hut they use the Bail continually. And the people here actually live on their boats. They tell me that 300,000 Chinese live on their boats here. Hongkong Is the most beautiful city I have over Been. Perhaps duty of employing them decree that they will not engage such ones, the effect is very apt to be to render bobbed hair much leas papular. WIIEX TO KTHUvti IN CRIME J AR.UEIt OF THE ITTCltE The farmer of the future is going to be a professional man farming Is not the work of "the clodhopper" of the funny papers. It is the work of scientists, men educated and trained to the work. The farmer of the future will be the graduate of the agricultural college, the young man who knows about soils, fertil izers, seeds, crop rotations, planting times and seasons and also about marketing his crop when It is made. The farmer of the future will be Forest fires were raglrg across the woods of New Jersey towns were threatened; farm homes were being consumed; HveB were In danger; men had been working with might and main to Bave property and pro tect life. Most of them were volun teers, a few were hired lire fighters and right in the midst of that fire, with death stalking toward hun dreds, those fire fighters demanded more money and on being refused, struck," quit their work and left people and property to their fate. Those men were being paid the wage fixed by the state legislature. The lire warden had no power to change it without paying it from his own pocket and these men knew that. They struck, not against or dinary employment, but against the state, against a work of humanity, against every feeling of pity that should make all men brothers. To strike at such a time is nothing less than a crime, It is as If the sailor, matter. There has been too much stretching of the Constitution in re cent years until the stntes have been left wth few rights.- A reac tion may bo wholesome. HAS THE PRIMARY FAILED1! Many and various are the indict ments which have been hurled at the direct primary by its foes. It has been declared responsible for in efficient officials, for dishonest po litical pracvtlces, for high taxes, for extravagance in office, for hundreds of lesser shortcomings of the men whose place it created for them. Hut the most serious indictment ft Honolulu ii Hongkong the peak climbs up From the buildings o. up are gr patches of dominates. -"'iar but I doubt it. ' appears to be just lountain. The city . 1-3 of the way. : you see a row of . . ' water front. Higher iy stone buildings and trees. The green pre When you get up there you find beautiful buildings, parks, pretty lawns, patches of trees and wide, cool, clean streets with "No Auto Traffic," signs. Hero you may hire sedan chairs for 80 cents Mox. or 40 cents gold, per hour. I walk- 4-22-22. We have left Cebu, bo I will finish. Last night I went to another Bhow which was also very good but didn't last bo long. Admission 10 centavos or five cents. I got a number of pic tures, went out Into the country to the golf club, watched them warm ing up race horses on the race track, and nearly sweated away, Two fellows gave me Borne pres ents when we left. Several others gave me their addresses and asked me to write. One of these traded ph tures. It is surprising how many of these FilllplnoB want to go to the U S. to work and study, or just to work. There are many who have been to the States or have friends or relatives. One man was telling me how he had heard that America was thB land of promise. Compared to the Islands, It certainly 1b. 22. We are again in Manila, having arrived this morning ut 6 o lock. Wo will probably leave some time tomorrow, so I am mailing this letter. I cannot say much about Ma nila, except that It is u beautiful city j-MY OWN PEOPLE 1 3 By ELIZABETH M'NAUQHT. S By ELIZABETH M'NAUQHT. 2 () by iicClur ed through. I would much rather j and rather big. Manila is the lar walk any time. While I was here Ij gost Fiilipino city and Cebu is the visited their two "Botanical Gar- second largest. dons," the only real parks they have j Hero we are loading several thou nud met several English girls and i sand barrels of eocoanut oil for the got slightly acquainted. I met a j states,. It is really still unsettled group of children and they had mo j whether wo go to Los Angeles .first, play tag and hide and seek with ; or even at all. However, 1 hope wo them. I had moio fun in those ! g0 there first, even If just for a day. games than any other time this trip. we expect to arrive somewhere on While hero we got acquainted 1 May 23. About May 30 we will he with a number of American and j ald off, and believe me, I'll stay off. English sailors a Tommy and some j In tnis BOrt oE WGattier, I prefer land civilians. The Prince oE Wales had just left two hours after we got in, so we had a topic of conversation, The city was still brilliantly decor ated with flags and lights and the Hongkong hotel was just recover ing from the Prince's stay . Well, we left Hongkong yesterday evening. Before that we, Dan Qulm- where you have some chance not to melt away. . At present I do not expect to re turn to Oregon for sometime. How ever, plans go astray and something often happens, so I cannot say defi nitely when I will return. However it may be, I shall always remember my friends in Benverton and Hills- There were many things thut durk- eyud Rebecca wus forced to put up with In her squalid little home many things thut were not at ull con ducive to the happiness of u twenty year-old visionary such as she hup penetl to be. Thens was Grandma Schwartz, cum fortubly. situated, with no real worry of an impoverished old age, yet lor ever lamenting her growing feebleness, and Its ntieudant loss of usefulness; and Ut'undpu tichwurtz, continually railing ugiilust the present geneiutiou; uml lust, ueci:u'ij father, moody and silent, constantly worrying that a like wise unjust world, just then whisper ing prohibition, might bring It to au issue. And he lu the liquor buslueBl To gentle, retiring little Rebecca the very smell of the stuff wus an abomination. Dutifully, she worked uii&L'tni in the little cuiupui-tinuut be hind the bur, labeling, bottling, seal ing hut worked mechanically, for ul wnya her mind wus lur ahead In the future, fur removed from that damp, heavy utniusphere. Before her minds eye many futures visiuned themselves mistily, many modes of life, umny friends. And, impulsively, without u moment's notice aim reached bur grout decision. Amid the ti-iirs uud pious and dire, bewildering predlctlmiN of her near oinis shu passed Into the gray stone walls of the county hospital to emerge four years Inter u positive little soft voiced Rebecca, spotless in white linen, bearing so much dignity, yet in tluendng so sweetly. Not even her father dared to challenge her when she sprinkled her queer smelling dis infectants about the house nor yet when she culmiy disagreed with many of their life-long traditions. Slowly yet patiently she worked for the change. And slowly it came. No longing did grandma pray aloud thut her last sickness might be "a short bed"; grandpa, If he still re by (an actor really, but just now a ' boro and a copy apiece of their re- mess boy,) and I went over there, jspective high school annuals will has yet received came from the peo- she is a c. P. boat from Portland, so 1 helii me verv much. Just as soon as ! pie themselves in last Friday's elec-j we met several fellows we knew and jj get Hack I shall send the monov, fori tttlMeU ills owu opinions, kept them tion. had a pleasant eonfab, We are at : i have already requested someone in J,.raltjr. WuU '". especially In Throughout the state men and sea now. It is very hot. The fel-1 each school to save me a copy, women of both parties are asking lows are all moving up on deck but j well, I really cannot think of any tho question. Has the Direct Prl-1 1 think I'll remaiu below tonight, j thing more to write, so I shall close. niary Failed? The question must be answered soon. Possibly this fall we will see a measure on the ballot to abolish or to modify the provisions of this law. If not this year, it is coming soon. If It is not to be made worse, the substantial thinking people of the state must to the I There Is a strong Ureeze and a rol-1 Hoping to see you again. I remain, The ship 1b pitching and Sincerely yours, PHILIP P. THOMP- I shall SON. S. 8. Bearnort. Manila. T.uzon. M-,P. I., April 24, 1922. In the midst of a storm should iVt- L,ur t,,ltML ulluu,u" strike though that would be called ! "-""-"J mutinv and nunished bv ileath. The rieht of a man ends whore the rlaht with ipa9 ,hai1 tei1 I1GI' of his neighbors begins and the j right of the community to urotectlon ; is sup-rior to the demands of any ! Pcentae of our people themselves in the most set qf men fo protection. big pay to render that We have nominated a governor ent of the people of the county favoring him. We have expressed with that small interesting Important rolling quite a hit. Well, have to close now till we make nila. April 1G. Sunday. Well, we came and we went. All I saw of Manila was the V. M. C A., the docks and a few buildings. We arrived at S o'clock in the morning. We left at 4 o'clock for a southern Philippine port as far south as the Panama Ca nal. From thore we gu to Sepol then to Manila then Frisco and L. A. the presence of this capable young changeling, und father, the former master of his own and others' desti nies, bud cuuse to be jubilant, for, be cause of the earnest solicitation of liebecca, he had stepped very grace fully uml financially safe from the business a year previous and coinplU men Hug himself on his shrewdness, sat buck and dared a real prohibition EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT 10 do lts worst. Thus they sat satis COVKUS FAHMKIW HELPERS If i ' , ? WWl "" Many Hiiml Employer Already iUt Htiilu Ac! Wliirli lienicivi'N itik ioi- Kami Oiimitors. Ills Coming to Portland Dr. Mellenthin SPECIALIST in Internal Medicine for the past eleven years. piness. Suddenly, their world caved ini Father saw him first, tn-1 "Why, 1 was simply on a case with him, as her oniy explanation, given with a llnality tlmt was eloquent in its defiance, or such It seemed to the meek old man. But the cuses becuina must frequent, Like must old ladles, grandma had the habit of silting down in her rock- . i o-.i. iiiK ci air win sou ei ii it io reao. men to that which the voters of the state l- ei m as eany as mo ui ,Hll)jiahed by the Extension Service , fcr()ifcr tQ tQ awuk just U8 the expressed in the same manner. though, It is very hot here. It is ; of tie 0rugon Agricultural Collego, j mm i,!uek roadster bearing away her Is it any wonder that staunch ! only 0116 o'clock yet the sun is direct- ,aIl(1 wlll be of interest to employers : duiigluer's child turned the corner. The following article office in the state, a verdict similar ; lil)n't expect to be back be Lore June .from the Extension Service taken j News, '. supporters of the old system of no-! iy "vemuui lltics Insist that the direct primary has failed. Two Italian editors fought a duel with all solemnity the other day. with the usual result no one hurt. DOES NOT OPERATE. I PHILIP THOMPSON WHITES OF HIS THIP TO THE OK1EM Continued from page 1. Will be at not only a scientist, but a business HFNSON HOTEL, A manufacturer who merely made goods and knew nothing of selling them would be a failure, The farmer has been the maker, the pro ducer, and has then sold the goods to the middle man at whatever the buyer chose to pay. The farmer of TL'KHDAY AND tth and 7th. WEDNESDAY, Ju Office Hours: 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. TWO DAYS ONLY. No Giare of Consultation. Dr. Mellenthin is a regular gradu- the fun re will not do this, any more j ate in medicine and surgery and is than the manufacturer will permit ! licensed by the state of Oregon. He the buyer to tell him at what price visits professionally the more Impor he shall sell his goods. Each year : tant towns and cities and offers to sees improvement in the methods of; all who call on this trip free consul farming as well as marketing. Per-! tation, except the expense of treat fectlon is yet a good ways off, but.meut when desired. steward two hours to get to the boat then hi' to: a ducking into the bar gain. They hauled him on with a rope, Wo hired a luunch the next ! It Is a very nice place, iou just barely cast a Qf farm Iauor. s,inIow- ! ."The farmers of the state may The Phlllipines appears to be a not generaUy know that under a de nice place but I shouldn't cure much i cision of tho Oregon supreme court to live here. Too hot and It Is on-j ma(le m Aprlli 1917( tney Qre 8UD Iy April. It is worse than August jjeet t0 tiie operation of the Employ in the States. jen,. Liability Act with practically won, this is an l can say now. welhfl same eftect as any of ttl0 moBt hazardous occupations. It was de- arrive at Xanguanda Tuesday mom lug, tho 18th. We are really where the day begins here while the day ends where you are. cided In that caao that an Injured farm hand had a right of action for I damages against his employer even ' though there was a contributory negligence on his own part. Well, we arrived lu Zanguandaj "The knowledge of this condition 11 right. We were there two days, has caused many farmers throughout Ripe pineap- the state to embrace the protection morning and got back just In time pies are 6 cents; papuas, 5 cents; ba- afforded by the Oregon Componsa for breakfast. The steward was nanus, $1.00 per bunch; green cocoa- tion Law as administered by the 'ook and saloon messman while one nuts, 5 cents; mangoes, etc. all veryiState Industrial Accident Commis- ision, which is a state institution not operated for profit, but for the bene- (fit of Oregon citizens, and which I furnished a guarantee to th jployer against lawsuits. "Workers Contribute "An employer who 1b operating under the Industrial Accident Com mission pays a certain percentage of his payroll into the state fund, his workers each contributing one cent of the seamen took my place till we cheap. The limes were rather ex- St back. I pensive, though. This is a town of On account of an epidemic of ! about 1000 or possibly 1,500, includ smallpox in Shanghai we were all ing soldiers. It has a really good vuccinated by order of the American - public library. Cebu, a much larger Consulate. Mine didn't take for a town, has a very poor public library, few days but when it did my arm (Their fire departments are fine. An was swelled and useless. I had a I ugly house and yard are made beau- fever and headache for two days, jtiful by the tropical flowers, banana One seaman for one night had pains plants and eocoanut trees which in every bone and muscle of hialprnw in nroriwlnn hprn. ' 7" ' " ' " I 'a uony. me steward thought he was At present I am In Cebu which 1b U day to the same fund. When ac me uu u luC ii,un ' lu inxmvni u uous nut up-trim iur ,monii. .going to die. The next morning the on the Island of Cebu. Zanguanda iBjcfdent happens and a workman u.Uv, , ........y, ,0,HCU,ui.9 6an oiuuva, uuc, v. . vaccination nrone out instead of on the iBland of Mindanao. We were Injured he is entitled to medical at- , "'' biuiui.ii, muni! u! nuuKiiuB. jsiayiiig in and he got well quicker : farther south than Panama. Believe tention and care, also compensation .ion.. The oldest occupation in the He has to his credit wonderful re- than I did. ' j me, lt iB ll0t. I'm dripping sweat for loss of time, and in such cases world i3 just coming into its own. suits in diseases of the stomach. llvr ShanKhal wa8 our next port. Hero now. All of these blurs are due to! of accident as result in death, the bowels, blood, skin, nerves, heart, j we remained two days, arrived j the sweat. I certainly don't care to j widow and children or other depend- ine puseoau scanuai oi tnat ia-,Mj. m-ur wuu . , 1 Marco s, and sailing the 10th. .come this way again In summer, mous world series Is to be again j weak lungs, rheumatism, sciatica, j Wo took on oil at the Standard Here in Cebu the movies charge "aired," it Is stated. Of course It'leg ulcers and rectal ailments. Oil docks here then sailed for 6. 15 and 25 cents, or 10. 30 and 60 Dairen, Manchuria. We had per-icentavoB admfpssion. Their show last feet weather during the two day night was as follows: (10 pieces) 2 trip. At Dairen we discharged our nows reels; comedies "Playmates," er measures rather than disease are , cargo of (lour then took on ballast. "The Plumber;" Serious: Hoot alb very often the cause of your Jong .Then tho ship was transferred from' sou In "Fight ft Out;" Harry Carey standing trouble. j the Columbia-Pacific flblppfng Com-: In "The Wallop;" Madge ICennedy Remember above date, that crn- i n'IJ1r of Portland, to Htruthers and In "Leave It to Susan;" and two Ber sultatlon on this trip wfll bo free and , B:trry of San Eranclsco. So we had lals, "The Diamond Queen (which that his treatment is different. j t0 uumn bnllast and take a cargo of that contest in Beaverton was over. corn and oeans tor Shanghai. Wo; I wonder who got the ring?) and arrived here March 28, and sailed "Tho Great Reward." Theae are all April 5, after taking more oil at the ; first run pictures here, too. oil deck hero. We have some cargo I Our cargo will consist of conrn. co- jfi!' Hongkong and Manila. We alao 'coanut oil and hardwood, with a llt j have a passenger for Manila, a doc- j tie general. We have firecrackers tor of some sort. here for Loa Angeles. needs the air, very badly, but wej if you have been ailing for my prefer not to be in the neighborhood. I length of time and do not get auy .better, do not fall to call, as imnrip- TI1E HEAVE KTON TIMES R. H. JONAS, Publisher Entered at the Beaverton, Oregon, Post Office as Second-Class Mall Matter. One dollar per year; 10c per month. Married women must be ac:om pa:i;ed,by their husbands. Add rasa: 215 Boston Block. Minn eapolis, Minn. Tit " classified ad It pays big. ents receive substantial relief, the widow for all her life unless she re marries, and the children to the age of 10 years, "Ail this 1b paid from the contrib uted fund, the beneficiary requiring no lawyers or other costly agencies to obtain It and the employer being relieved of legal liability, "All this Is done at the lowest pos sible expense becauso the Industrial Accident Commission 1b a Btate func tionary, existing and operating not for profit, but for service to the whole people. "Farmers who may feol Interested In the matter can obtain all the par ticulars and instructions by applying to the Commission at Salem." , One evening she awakened ubout three seconds souiier Limn usual or just la time to audi a glimpse of the my-rery man. Her vantage point was the bed room window and the moonlight, ubet ted by a fudlng vision, interfered somewhat. Her heart stood still, for the silvery gruyness of the hair and the paleness of the skin proclaimed him u Gentile. The trembling knees grew weak and siiaklngly she crept beneath the sheets, sore at heart, fear fully apprehensive, yet au ally, Rebecca would marry whomever she chose, this the old lady knew, yet she also knew the hardness of the non comproiuislug father, and after weeks of dwelling in such misery, It was not surprising that she took to her bed, really sick this time. One evening, be Invaded their home; straining hard, the Invalid heard Rebecca's happy voice uud cheery laugh welcoming hi in, "Oh, God of Abraham," she prayed humbly, "take me to your bosom." (treut drops of perspiration stood out on her forehead and It was quite a few minutes before she became con scious of a cool baud soothing her brow, tilowly, she peered up, seek ing for a little comfort in the kind eyes above her bed, but they were elsewhere. "I shouldn't have left her," Rebecca fins saying, "the heat is so depressing today." Grandma's eyes encircled the room, seeking the intruder, and one look into a pair of somber black eyes and her bluelsh, grnylsh, swaying old world up and righted Itself. Wnat matter blonde-like hair or Gentile features For, Instinctively, Grandma Schwnrti knew she wus being supported by the strong urm of u sou of the chosen people. A little gtisplng, half-uttered explanation In Rebecca's ear, a few nervous tears and It was all over aa the girl said chidingly; "Grnndir't, dear, where Is your trust In me? I never could forsake my own people, my own fulth; If I for a mo ment doubted thut I should, I would have dropped It all four yenrs ago." And with u glnd little cry, recognis able us tiuptncss in any dialect, grand inn sunk buck among the pillows nnd closed her eycK for her first real nup In weeks. Far quick result! try ft classified ad u gets the business.