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BLIND PARTISAN NEWSPAPERS
Partisan newspapers are generally unfair and unjust
in their criticism of men and measures. For instance,
l Via PonrJtatnn TVihnnp An
vimivivi. v
Wilson's second inaugural last
to say of the executive head of the nation:
"In each election he was the child of accident, of luck,
perhaps of destiny. First he fell heir to the honors re
sulting to his party from republican fratricide. Now he
is continued because of national timidity, a lack of public
patriotism, and a wave of yellow pacificism. To predict
his place in history would be folly. To prophecy the
failure or triumph of his second term would be impossible.
The man is unfortunately a follower not a leader."
On the following day the same paper printed a most
vindictive attack upon Senator Harry Lane because he
refused to obey the wishes of this same "unpatriotic"
president, who was swept into power by a "wave of yel
low pacificism." The Tribune said:
" Kleotoi by the people of Oregon, not because of his part- affiliations,
but despite ot ''.thorn, Lane ought indeed to respect the opinion of the con
stituency which he represents, nnd there can be no doubt that seven-eighths
of the citizens of thin state, regardless of political fnith, are now sustain
ing Hie president in his effort to uphold the honor of the republic nnd to
protect i' people. If the senator cannot conscientiously do that, it is bin duty
to promptly resign nnd permit the governor to appoint n successor who will
vole Jhe stern resolve or Oregon to do its full tdiare in national duty. There
are ninety-six senntors. Twelve of them united to defeat the purpose of tho
administration and to obstruct the course of patriotic opinion. I.nne was
one of the twelve, lie has made his record and it will riBe up to cirrac bin:,
lie will limner on for nnother two years, a political outcast. Then the end will
come. Oregon will never again give him honor. This is not n time for weak
lings in public places. " .
If the Tribune was not utterly blinded by partisan
ship it would naturally commend Lane for refusing to
place practically unlimited power for peace or war in the
hands of a president, branded only the day before as a
weakling totally unworthy of the confidence and respect
of the nation. It happens, however, that both men are
democrats and, therefore, must be wrong in everything
they do.
To our mind such newspapers as the Tribune are a
far greater menace to the national welfare and honor
than Senator Lane or any other man. They interpret
freedom of the press to mean license to be unjust, un
fair and untruthful in the treatment of public questions
and public officials, and recognize no quality of patriotism
unless it bears the brand of partisanship. That papers
of the type of the one referred to are not so numerous
as they were a few years ago is one of the cheering
signs of the times.
This is "orange day" and the big golden globes are
both abundant and cheap. In fact they are cheaper just
now than the lowly onion, or the every-day spud. Be
sides they are the product of our sister state to the south,
she of the sunny disposition and smiling countenance.
For this reason everybody should sample the golden ap
ples of Hesperides, and not only sample them, but fill up.
They will do no harm and will help our neighbor get rid
of her crop. This is genuine reciprocity for she is de
manding our potatoes, and helping keep them in the
luxury class, and Oregon farmers to view the scenery
from the hurricane deck of his Ford.
"Home Rule for Ireland," which for many years was
the most prominent plank in tho democratic platforms,
again bobs up to the great worry of England's law
makers, The Irish orator who said in his peroration in
a patriotic speech about his native island said: "Poor
Ireland, she does not know what she wants, and she will
never be happy until she gets it:" left but little to be said
on the subject.
The county judges of Polk and Marion counties have
been summoned to appear before the supreme court in a
short time and show cause why they should, or should
not build a bridge across the Willamette at this point. It
does not take long to array a basketful of reasons why
they should build the bridge, but it will bother them or
either of them to find any substantial reason why they
should not. This being true, it looks as though the irri
tating bridge trouble would soon be removed, and some
plan for getting the work started, agreed on.
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TELEGRAPH REPORT
trip npfnainn nf Prpsiripnt I
Monday, had the following
MAKING A SPEECH FOR MISSOURI
Senator Stone has taken
and
is "revising' his speech.
. .
time to go through it carefully and analyze what he Said,
tie says ne is doing this as rapidly as possible, "adding ""rf"Dr,ory Argentine's "regret.''
and inserting remarks I didn't have time to bring out d qtfregon Magazine Telk of
while I was talking. When that is completed my case '' tor her nitrate. a the e! -5. .,7 :, WI
will be complete for my people back in Missouri. Those ,W.IniJ:"ki,aIiL,.;.,::u. t!.?:?! Columbia Gorge and Great
who are interested in my attitude must read what I say
wnen my speecn is completed. 1 ne senator, like Lane.
has made one speech in the senate, and he is now engaged
in preparing another for use by his constituents and the
public. When he adds, inserts and qualifies the speech
he made in order to hold up
to be judged by it.
The senator is too late,
counted him out. The people have judged him not by
what he is getting ready to say; but by what he has said,
and done. His double barreled shotgun speech one bar
rel loaded with buckshot for the president, and a blank
no . nl, in V. l,.-.
iai LI lute in cue ULI1CI Udl I
get him anywhere.
For once
a total failure.
It is necessary secure thirty-five recruits to pre
serve the organization of Company M of this city. This
would not seem a difficult thing to do on first thought,
but it seems the young men of Salem do not respond to
the call to the colors and progress in recruiting is slow.
This conditioon is due no doubt to the more stringent
regulations governing the National Guard and the ad
ditional requirements of duty under the new army laws
passed by congress during the past session. It may best
be overcome iri Salem and elsewhere by the co-operation
of the businessmen who are for the most part employers
of the class of young men who are appealed to. If they
will but signify their desire to promoote enlistment by
guaranteeing their co-operation and making it possible
for the employe to devote the necessary time and atten
tion to the service, with the further assurance that his
position will always be held open for him in case of call
to active service, we believe the young men of this com
munity, or any other community, will not be backward in
heeding the call to service under their country's flag.
The young men, however, must not be , expected to
shoulder the entire burden of service and responsibility,
allowing the financial and business interests to feel that
the common defense of the nation is none of their
concern. , .
That New York judge who
right to take money from her husband's pockets while he
slept, if he does not provide enough funds for household
expenses, is several laps behind what the women decided
some hundreds of years before he was born. They go
even further in their interpretation of the law, and ignore
the judge's specifications about household expenses. . It
is a decision from which there is no appeal, but the hus
band is not without a remedy and defense. He need not
have any money in his pockets that is at bed time,
especially if he lives in a community where the bone dry
law is not in effect, and the saloons stay open until mid
night. A man who cannot get rid of all his spare change
under those conditions before midnight deserves to be
robbed that is to have wifey see if his pockets need
mending.
F. Huntington, an American engineer has a plan for
building vessels that would practically defy the sub
marines. His ships would be of 1,000 tons capacity, have
no masts, be smokeless, and invisible to submarines at a
short distance. These could be turned out' at the rate
of 1,000 a year by present shipyards being enlarged. The
ships could be built for $100,000 each and as the engineer
says, "turned out faster than the submarines could sink
them." Whether this plan proves practical or otherwise,
it can be depended on that if present conditions exist any
length of time some genius will find a way of beating the
submarines to it.
EMPTY
The strong man said, as he cast his eye on
a string of cripples that hobbed by, "The
lame, the halt and the blind are here;
they're shy of teeth and they're deaf of
ear, with their swollen feet and their stif
fened knees, they have more aches than a
dog has fleas. Oh, what has life for suc.i
chaps as those, with their aches and pains
and their endless woes? If ever the May
shall come to me, when the bright blue
heavens I cannot see, when my sinews ache
and I've lost my pep, and I toil along with
,
a cripple's step, when every breath is a groan or sigh, I'll
turn my face to the wall and die." Fell sickness came, and
his strength was spent ; he left his bed, and his back was
bent, his ears were deaf and his eyes were dim, and there
was torture in every limb. His every breath was a groan
or sigh, but he didn't turn to the wall and die. He hoped
I for health though the hope was vain, and prayed for life
j in the sorest pain, and spent his savings for dope and
pills, and learned to brag of his many ills.
the hint from Senator Lane
He savs he has not had
the senate, he will be willing
the referee, the public, has
. i:i: . n j.
CI its it BUI l Ui Hllul Will I1UI
his gumshoe methods are
It.
decided a
wife
had the
LIFE
UTIN REPUBLICS
(Con tinned from pg on.)
,,., " V. L I .
ItiMlmir BlUitiiil thA fl..r.ie an It ihii t-1 n a
judgment is that her "protest
uiih u aur. l nr im-mi rMiuin nwr ii-n n
was an
Chile is worrying much about the Gor
man blockade.
There is no question that ( hile is
oniewnat pro-tierman and somewhat
anti Tinted States in her sympathies.
As for the A. B. t'. combination, it
has now gone up. It never signified
much.
Peru has now been heard from. She
expressed the opinion that the I'nited
States will not have to enter the war
A Lima dispatch says the Peruvian
press "eiithusiastieallv eulogizes the
literary and diplomatic merits of the
recent note."'
Uruguay So it Pedals
U
ruguay, which objected vigorously
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to tne t'ormaii siitnnarine note and con
so()uentlv was proclaimed a vigorous
supporter of the Wilson policy, sur
prised South Americans by saying lit
tle in her note.
Colombia is suff icientlv aoti-l'iiitod
States, on account of the Panama can
al affair, never to lend much moral
support to the latter until compensated
for her loss.
Ecuador has a comparatively new
administration, which is an unknown
quantity. An a general proposition,
however. South Americans think she
may be depended on to shape her pol
icy with Colombia.
Paraguay is pro-tierman.
Venezuela is both pro-ally and pro
I'nited States.
.Neither Puraguav nor Venezuela,
however, is likely to take sides except
in cooperation with the rest of the
South American republics.
Obviously, in view of the conflicts
as noted, there will be no cooperation
in Latin-America.
EAST HUBBARD NOTES
Jlrs. D. D. Hostetler and Mrs. Susan
I.ias were in Salem last Friday on busi
ness. Last Saturday evening about 20
vmintr Stnmitti -' l,,w ii,i irMinvlinnrl rrotri.
ored at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Babb
to surprise their daughter Agnes, the
evening was very pleasantly spent in
playing games after which the guests
were served with lunch cniisistit,r nf
sandwiches, cake and coffee. The guests
. . . . ' . e,
departed at a late hour having enjoyed
tuemselves very much.
Ihe Parent-Teacher meeting which
was held at Whiskey Hill school house,!088 than 25 ",ile8 80utu of ,hc Colum-
last Friday evening was well attended
As this was the first meeting of the
kind held at this place most of the pa
trons were there and seemed very much
interested. Some excellent talks were
given by John Waehtninn, E. Z. Yoder,
M. H. Hostetler, Mrs. Ben Stanton and
Mrs. Wiley Diniick. Tho school also
gave a few selections.
Last Sunday the sons and daughters
of Mrs. John Krop'f surprised her with
a birthday dinner at the home of Chaun
cy Kropf on the homo place. The day
was very pleasantly spent. Those pres
ent wcip: Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Kropf
and children, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Kropf and children, ,lr. aud Mrs. S. Ii.'
Hostetler and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Kropf aud little son, Mr. and Mrs.
Aaron Esch.
Mrs. Asa Callister is seriously ill.
The new residence of J. D. Mishler,
which is about ready for occupancy( is
very much appreciated by its owner. It
is said to be very convenient.
The best report that, has come to our
attention of the onion set delivery the
past .week was when V. B. McKey re
ceived )35.77 for 25 sacks. If that price
could be renlized often the grower would
wear a smile that would be hard to
hide.
Rev. ,T. I.. Euiniert went to Portland
Tuesday to meet Mm. Emmert and
daughter Ruth, who stopped with
friends near Nnmpa while eu route from
their home in Missouri. They will make
their homo on the place recently pur
chased near Hock Creek. Enterprise.
TRY JOURNAL WANT ADS
Cll.U'TEU CLXXV.
I had been so busy getting settled,
so interested in finding a suitable
home for the months I should spend in
Reno that 1 I ad had little time for sad
or morbid thoughts. Now that every
thing was arranged, house, music, etc.,
I fell into n sort of melancholy that in
spite of all my efforts, lasted for days.
During this time I wrote Leonard
Brooke:
"I don't know what has come over
mo, but 1 fool no interest in anything; i
absolutely none. I try to lose myself
in my music, a book, but without sue-j
cess. This upheaval of my life, myself , ;
has left me feeling like a stranded sail-:
or must leel when he finds himself, cut,
ott troni his tnends, his sinp, alone on a!
deserV island. I have the taste of ashes
in my mouth; the feeling that nothing
matters is constantly with me. No, I
do not want to see you I anticipate,
you observe. I must work this whole
problem out by myself. It is MY prob
lem you know.
"I am well, as also is Edith and
Mandy. Our little menage is in work
ing order, and to a casual observer I
might have been living here all my
life. It is strange how soon one ad
justs ones self isn 't it f " that is to
immaterial things. Does one ever j
completely read just the big things of
lite when once they have been disturb
ed? I think not.1'
JTr"T li iF HT
lltfi MY 1 II
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jSTORY OF GEOLOGY 'EXAMINATIONS FOR
! OF OREGON IS ID, GOVERNMENT JOBS
Lava Flow
"The Miu.ra! Resource, of Orepon";
is the name of a magazine published '.
monthly by the Oregon bureau of Mines 1
end Ueoloev- The November 191(i is-1
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sue .. devoted eut.rely to the Colu.ubm
River Uorge, its geologic history inter-
proted from tie Columbia highway.
Along; with other information is the
follow iiig
The Columbia river pours into the
Pacific ocean a volume of water eaehltions as follows:
. t ... .:.a mi ' l L. t , ..
year equal to sixteen cubic miles. This
is almost enough to cover the entire
state of Oregon with one foot of water,
j The Columbia ranks as one of Ameri
ca's greatest water highways. There are
2,1(KI miles of the river and its tribu
taries are navigable. Than the river
is further distinguished from the fact
that it has eleaved its whole course
through a great mountain range, some
thing very few rivers in the world may
claim title to.
I A Wonderful Gorge.
I But perhaps what will be better
.known within a few years to the world
in general is the Columbia River Higli
I way, which, when completed, will extend
a distance of 2(10 miles from the mouth
' of the river to The Dalles. It is a hard
surface roadway 24 feet wid. paved
with bitulithie and has no grade greater
.than five per cent and the radios of its
sharpest curve is 100 feet. It is being
built by the state of Oregon and the
I counties which it crosses and by contri-
The course of the Highway for almost
0 miles between Portland and Hood
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1,11.1 .n jii a iair J'Ui I ftilum lilt"
shadowing walls of this gorge.
The mountain peaks within view of
the traveller on the Highway are well
known national names. From the north
in tho Bt"t0 of Washington the most
commanding are Mt. Baker, with its
10,750 feet of heighth; Glacier Peak,
almost 10,500; Mt. Rainier, 14-508; -St.
Helens, ,ti07 and Mt. Adams, 12,307;
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Columbia river
Some Great Snow Peaks.
In Oregon is the revered Mt. Hood,
bia, with a height of 11,225 feet. Fiftv
miles south of Mt. Hood is Mt. Jeffer
son 10,523 feet in height and then the
Three Sisters, each over 10.000 feet
high. Mt. Thielsen is 9,178 feet aud
Mt. Mcl.oughlin within 35 miles of the
California line, 0,491 feet high. In Cali
fornia the Mt Shasta towers over all
with its 14,102 feet
How are these mountain peaks made?
According to tho geologist they have
all been built from the outpourings of
lavas from volcanic openings. In other
words, they were all formerly volcanos
but are all now extinct with the excep
tion of Mt- I.asscn.
The geologist in traveling over the
Columbia River Highway will note mat
in starting from Portland, the hills
around Portland are composed largely
of a dark lava called basalt largely
covered by a mantle of silt or loam, oil
the I.innton joad may be seen much
gravel of small volcanic formation.
Mt. Tabor is 054 feet high and is com
posed of the ancient river gravel almost
to the top. On the Sandy boulevard be
fore reaching Troutdale there is the
old gravel formation but the cliffs bey
ond Troutdale are ot volcanic lava.
FIEE IN GUN PLANT
l.'tica. N. Y., Mar. 10. The Savage
Arms plant here, where Lewis machine
guns are made for the allies, was dam
aged early today by fire, believed to
have been of incendiary origin. An in
vestigation has been started.
Tho fire was discovered in an oil
house and was extinguished by em
ployes. xjwxe Plielpsr
A PERIOD OF DEPRESSION
A Bequest.
"I wish vou would select and send
me some new music. Some bright
aud catchy pieces which I can plav
...i. I r , . i . T .3 a. j ... i .
wneu i leei us a uo toua.v. Jiuu some i
nursery songs to please Edith. She-
has become a great pet with Mrs. Fair-1
'child
you remember I w rote you I
of her. Mandy keeps well and is a per-; she understood her work. I realized im
fect wonder ,u her care for me. Some-1 mediately that she wag not a mere nurse
times I wonder it I really am grown up, : but an educated interesting rirl A irirl
or if I am still only a little girl in pig! who would be an nd,i;tin u.r..
tails
she look after me.
''Write me often, but do not attempt ; got along wonderfully well From her
to come to me. My loneliness would not advent into the hous'e Edith had fair
be assuaged by a visit from you, itily exuded happiness instead of whin"
would only bp the more poignant when i ing and fretting because she Ai,lJi
you lett. Ihen 1 do not wish to boc you, ;
. ""'"-V" my uccisioii. ina.le so attractive that she was anxious
"With loving thoughts from your; to begin them each morning, and loath
perplexed. - jt0 leave them when it was time for her
"MILDRED.", walk. nine tor ner
I was uneasy after I had posted my I
letter. Why had I allowed mvself to
write in such a vein! I feared Ionard j
wouttl lUsoooy me and come to Keno. as
he threatened to do every letter he
wrote. I wanted terribly to see him; to
hear htm say he cared for me-' Yet hadj
ue i-uuie i siiouHi uuve rerusea le see :
him, I must not be influenced by his
dear presence to do something I might
not do if left entirely to mvself
A Nursery Governess for Edith.
Another thing which had worried
Many Places Open for Those
Who Have Ability To
Fill Them
A conifoiUbli' berth with a job untkt
ing a mo.h latt umb,,r of young
men than formerly. In a recent civil
service examination hold in Salem for
rai,WB-v carrier there was 17 wh
took the examination and about t
.fo, mM frrir on ft
route, the exnniinntidn n tub.. .
34, and there was but one position to
fill.
The I'nited States civil service com-
j mission announces competitive examtua-
March 14. In the bureau of engrav
ing and printing, apprentice plate,
cleaner, engraver and transferrer, for
boys only. The salary is $500 for the
first year aud promotions until in the
fourth year the salary is J840. At the
end of the apprenticeship, assignment ia
to positions paving $1000 a year with
promotions in eight according to abil
ity that reach as high as 11,000 a year.
Alandi 21. The young man well vers,
ed in radio-activity will stand a chanee
of a soft berth with the I. . The ex
nuination will be held at Golden, Colo
rado, and the job is worth $1320 a
year.
Young man study up on paleobotany.
And young women, loo, as there is no
restriction a8 to sex. To government is
short on those who know a lot about
fossil plants, their imprensiou and re
mains. The work pays $1200.
II ere is another job for men only. It
is of soil physicist which means a soil
doctor. The work will be with the agri
cultural department and the annual ul-
;ary ranges from $1320 to $l(it0.
Dentists, and the examination is for
men only. Tho position pays $1500 a
year and the dentist who gets the job
will have Indians to work on as the
aervice is from the office of Indian af
fairs. ilarch 27. It pays to he a mining en
gineer. The work is in the bureau of
mines, department of the interior, with
service in the field, with headquarters
'at Pittsburg, Pa. The job navs onlv
i .IOAn ..
$4000 a year.
The government wants mechanical en
gineers to fill .vacancies at Springfield
armory. The position pays from $.4500
to $4000. ...
April 4. Cotton entomologists are
wanted by tho department of agricul
ture,. For the year's work tho salary is
from $1000 to $1500.
Further definite lurormafjon ami
application, blanks may be obtained of
M. K. Wigton, local secreteary, board
United States civil service examiners,
postoffice building, Portland, Oregon.
FAMILY OF MAIL CARRIERS
A. F. Yoder, who spout the past two
months in Colorado, returned last Wed
nesday, accompanied by his daughter,
Mrs. JNellie Johnson and children, who
will reside in Hubbard. Mr. Yoder spent
three weeks at Yoder, Col., where two
of his sons are R. F. D. mail carriers. He
having established the postoffice at-that
place soon nfter settling on his home
stead, 14 years ago. HLs son Ira is car
rier on route No. 1, it being the first
R. F. D. mail route in El Paso county.
Perry, w ho will be remembered by some'
of the peopbs here, has route No. 2, it
being a motor route of 50 miles. He
has another son, Levi, who is one of tho
I?. F. D. mail carriers at Milan, Mich.
While visiting his sons he had the pleas
ure of participating in several very
lively "auto" coyote chases, in which
sport his son Ira is making quite a
record. It being profitable, as well as
thrilling. . Mr. Yoder says he cannot
help but feel a little partial to Colorado,
for its good roads awl brisk atmosphere.
However, the green grass and trees of
Oregon look pretty good to him. Hub
bard Enterprise.
Use Journal classified ads
me. Edith was not happy in -the kinder
garten. So 1 advertised for a numorv
governess.
A refined delicate
girl. Miss Newton, was the one I select-
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en rrom anions e in it in .,.i; ....
"I waut yon to manage Edith in vour
own way at first," I told her -
had talked a whil.. r nu ....
From the heirinnintr tv.u
want to go to school. Her lessons wero
At first she and Edith
had their
dinners alone
But after a little T tnl.l
itiss Newton to give Edith her dinner
wmcn was very simple early, and take
hers with me unless I had guests,
This arrangement worked admirable,
I was less lonely, not so apt to spend the
evouing nroouing, i soon discovered
mui nur was musical, ana we
many evenings studying duets.
spent
(Monday Mildred Hears Something
About Clifford.)