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IbHle.. CUABLES C. PINCKNET.
HnlAanlty la a duty made known and
eejujed by rerelartoti, and erer keeping
paca with the progress of CUrlsUaolty.
Sydney Suits.
PUTER AND LAFI-'EltTY
OUTICS brings out strange
spectacles. The strangest yet
I Seen is a campaign circular
. , Issued by A. W. Lafferty.
I For preposterous claims, reckless
representations and absurd as
cryoas. It la the fast word in cam
alga. bunk.
i It says ' the Chamberlain plan
vould glre the grant lands over to
he land thlCW How likely that
senator Oeorgo Chamberlain would
romote legislation to favor land
hleves! How likely that Congress
nan, Slnnott would favor legisla
lon to aid land thieves! How
ikely' that The Journal, which has
ought land rings, waterpower
rings and timber rings ever since
ti birth, would, urge legislation fa
voring any kind of thieves!
I The grant land legislation at
Vashlngton, so far as Chamberlain
7" Slnnott has anything to do with
t, is. a struggle to save the pro
eedgot the lands for Oregon roads
nd Oregon school children. The
)regon state grange has juBt ln
lorced the plan. So have school
oards all over Oregon.
S 8o.have the women of the Par-nt-Teachors
association of Port
and. So has the Portland Cham-
er ot Commerce. So have com
mercial clubs In various parts of
he state. So have granges in al
most every county.
.State societies In Portland have
ndorsed the plan. So has the state
ohool euperinteuderrt of Oregon.
'o have the county superintendents
a practically every county.
( The Progressive Business Men's
lab of Portland has indorsed it.
o have many other Portland clubs
:nd societies. Bo havti many clubs
md societies in other parte of the
tate.
No public project that has ever
oen proposed has received such an
overwhelmingly popular support. that ,t joln picturIng Senator
There is not space here to recount ;D ln angelg. robeg and Beraph8.
he organisations that have gone j BmllM 8enator Day wlll nlmselI
n record for it. admit that he wouldn't look any
V ".1 Abetter In a halo and white wings
he land fraud ring." and A. W
lafferty. The fact that Mr. Puter
s working for practically the same
and of grant land legislation that
ir. Lafferty is working' for ex
ilains why Mr. Lafferty is against
he legislation that the people of
?ortland and Oregon are calling
or, and which Senator Chamber
aln, Mr. Slnnott and Mr. McArthur
ire supporting.
Writing about himself In his. clr
ular,' Mr. Lafferty says:
Lafferty stands like a stone wall for
nforcemant of tha original law.
That 1 to say, Lafferty "stands
.Ice a stone wall" for the same
hing Pater "stands like a stone
vail", for, and for the same thing
hat ' the . "midnight resolution"
'stands like a stone wall" for.
What a lucky state Oregon Is to
.ave two great stone walls like
.afferty and Puter!
The Chamberlain bill proposes to
ve all 'the agricultural lands toll
ctual settlers at $2.50 per acre,
ad la every way to hasten settle
ment, .and give the excess pro
eeds Of non-agricultural timber
ind to Oregon roads and schools,
he sale of the timber lands to be
a ade under every possible safe -
?uard to protect them from going
or . a song to timber thieves, as
vould be the case under Lafferty's
lan. - . -j,
Lafferty's claims as to what he
as done tor the grant lands are
rotesque. He has done nothing
lit breathe off hot air about Laf
rty standing "like a stone wall."
Ia opposed the "government's con
cation" In the land grant suit. Just
s the "midnight resolution" op
csed the government's contention
i that suit. He obstructed the at
: rney general of the United States
i that officer! efforts in the salt,
i 'forty's -whole effort In the case
.rough all the litigation waa not
servl the people of Oregon, but
5 get a fee for. himself out of cer
. ! n clients, for whom - h Is trying
- get- lands 'worth thousands of
Hart: per; quarter taction' - for
:.50 an ..acre.,; Lafferty's 1 incen-
Pater's Incentive for
action. It Is a desire by Puter to
Jet something for Puter, and a de-
t7 Laffertr to get something
tor Laiierty.
Finally, legislation In congress1
over the .grant lands mast, under
the supreme, court decision, be
closed about yun 15, or in less
the supreme
than a month. It cannot well be
an Issue in this campaign, for the
congressman to be elected will mot
take bis seat until the 4th of next
March, more than 10 months hence.
An InTestlgatlon by the Philadel
phia Housing association to deter-
imine the effects oi bad housing on
military preparedness shows that
only one third of the men who ap
ply at the Philadelphia offices for
the United States army, nary and
marine corps are accepted, the
greater number being rejected be
cause physically unfit, due in large
measure to the overcrowded; and in
sanitary conditions In which they
live. Likewise, the effect of these
conditions upon mentality is indica
ted by the large number of native
born who were found to be dullards
and unable to read or write. The
best national preparedness is the
health of its workers.
HUMANE WEEK
WITH a chain around it, the
Jaw of his horse was brok
en In Portland recently by
a teamster, who wag trying
lo cure the animal of balking. Th
mutilated beast had to be shot
This is humane week. Cruelty
to animals means cruelty to other
forms of life. It means cruelty to
children, and cruelty to grown-ups.
If you teach children to be cruel
to animals, they will be cruel to
human beings. If you teach them
to be kind to the one, they will be
kind to the other.
The spirit of cruelty and unkind-
ness is among the factors that
cause crime. Every movement that
spreads the gospel of kindness Is a
movement that Indirectly tends to
lessen criminality.
The spirit that led Portlanders
during last winter's snows to feed
the birds was of untold benefit in
Impressing a lessen upon the city's
children. It was an ejtample that
was not without Its effect upon ma
turity. That gentler mood of mem
and women in the succor they ex
tended the starving songsters is the
mood to hasten the spread of the
spirit of the Nazarene through the
world.
There never was a time when
the need of a week devoted to hu
mane thought was more to be em
phasised. The world welter as It
Is beheld on the crimson fields of
staggering Europe Is an appeal to
the humane of the earth to plead
for the gentler moods and kindlier
purpqses of men. It the humane
movement which had its start in
propaganda against cruelty to ani
mals were strong enough; If man
kind would harken to the sweet
spirit of the call for kindness. In
stead of cruelty; if the movement
to extend mercy and kindness to
all the harmless creatures could
onCe be accepted at its true worth,
the swords would soon be beaten
Into plow shares and the spears
Into pruning hooks.
Again the Oregonian, champion
ing the cause of Senator Day, finds
fault with The Journal. The Jour
nal is anxious to do everything It
can to please Its neighbor, but it
lKoii,. wk0 tha rwatmrM.n inCit.
than in the short skirt and high
heeled boots .of a modern woman.
LOST ILLUSIONS
J
OHN REED, a young author
rising into more than ordinary
repute, has an article in the
June "Masses" on "The Perse
cution of the 'Mexican Refugees."
Mr. Reed Is well known in Port
land and greatly liked here. The
liberal tendencies of his mind
make him liked everywhere. He
has earned the name of a truth
teller about things difficult to In
vestigate, and nothing seems to
hinder him from setting forth the
tacts when he undertakes to do so.
John Reed's article to which we
have referred, describes the perse
cutions which certain underlings
of the federal department of Jus
tice have inflicted upon Mexican
refugees In California and Texas. So
far as one can make out. the crime
of these refugees is Just about the
same as that of Benjamin Franklin
and Patrick Henry. They love lib
erty better than their personal
safety. The tale of their persecu
tlon in the land if Franklin reads
( a little queerly. Need a, nation
) forget Its early ideals because it
has grown rich and old?
In order to get more daylight in
a day, a number of governments
are setting clocks ahead one hour.
There are many arguments In favor
of it, bat still a lot of people think
the day under the old system is too
long. .
A MEDICINAL TAX
T
O MANY people the main ob
jection tt military prepared
ness is Its cost The bill tor
our little thief-catching expe
dition into Mexico already amounts
to more than eight million dollars.
which brings home to ns some sense
of the true etpensireness of a large
and active army. Still the United
States might have an ''. adequate
army and navy without laying any
bearler taxes on the people, . If It ,
would practice a Uttle thxifU- - ; j
What does congress do with the
water powers and other treasure
of the nation? Congress ; gives
them away to corporations already
so rich that they control the whole
Industry of the country. Or, to be
more exact, our lawmakers are try
ing to give them away. The senate
has passed the Shields bill, which
donates the public water powers to
the billionaire corporations, and
there Is great danger that the house
will follow Its em example. Congress
Is wildly eager for preparedness,
but it ts quite as eager that the
taxpayers ohall foot the bills and
the big monopolists shall be exempt.
The Idea that the nation should
use its own property to pay for Its
necessities Is too shocking for a
moment's consideration, as far as
many congressmen are concerned.
There is one grand consolation
in this riot of haste to give away
the people's property to the ex
ploiters. It la the fact that the
public retains, and always must re
tain, the taxing power. By the ade
quate application of this power
the property which thriftless con
gresses have frittered away
may one. day be recovered again.
A stiff tax on natural resources In
private hands would ettle the ques
tion very nicely.
The Oregon state grange went
on record unanimously for the 40
per cent apportionment of grant
land proceeds for Oregon schools.
There are but few organizations of
Importance In the state that have
not taken the same' action. No
project ever offered for public ap
proval In Oregon has been given
Indorsement so nearly unanimous
as the effort to build up a fund for
the school children of Oregon.
STATE GRANGE ACTTOX
A
DVANCED In thought and un
failingly alert on issues, the
Oregon State Grange con
cluded its annual meeting at
Grants Pass with a number of ex
cellent recommendations.
A 40 per cent apportionment of
the land grant proceeds for the
Oregon irreducible school fund was
unanimously approved.
A minimum of eight months of
public school was recommended.
The constitutional amendment to
limit tax levies to a six per cent
increase over the preceding year,
was indorsed.
There was a fight over the rural
credits resolution Introduced by
Delegate James Stftwart of Fossil.
The resolution indorsed the rural
credits bill recently prepared by a
committee representing the State
Grange, State Farmers' Union and
the State Federation of Labor, and
pledged the delegates to circulate
petitions for getting the measure
on the ballot.
There was extended debate, but
when the fireworks ended there
were but few votes against the
plan.
A resolution proposing a state
bureau of markets In connection
with some existing commission was
unanimously adopted.
The single-item veto was unani
mously indorsed.
These are big issues. Each Is
sound policy. All reflect a broad
vision and a spirit of conservative
progress.
The service that the Grange or
ganizations have rendered the state
and people of Oregon is incalcula
ble. They are always "on guard.
Their discussion of current prob
lems at their meetings is an educa
tional system of Its own. It in
spires a leadership in rural life that
Is of Inestimable benefit.
It Is a leadership that is almost
Invariably on the right side.
A Chicago surgeon has discovered
the seat of melancholy. It is lo
cated in the colon. To what ex
tent ' our moods are dependent on
organic troubles, time and greater
knowledge only can tell.
THE NEW HISTORY
0'
NE of the most Interesting
books of these latter days is
Professor James Harvey Rob
inson's collection of essays
on "xne New History." Professor
Robinson, who has a chair at Co
lumbia, specializes In the intellec
tual history of the world. And he
is not a mere scholar. He uses his
brains for the good of the world.
His essays are not barren exer
cises in erudition. On the con
trary, they have a purpose, which
is to show how knowledge can be
used "for the betterment of man
kind." He writes history, not to
persuade men to linger In the
shades of the dismal past, but to
inspire them with the ambition to
build a brighter future.
Will the day ever come when
the human race will dare to use
Its intelligence and Its material
resources for its own happiness?
There are many college profes
sors whoso point of view Is much
like that of Professor Robinson.
They believe that knowledge was
made for man, not man for knowl
edge. What makes Reed college so
attractive to an intelligent mind is
its burning Interest in the living
world. We would not like to cafl
the college "practical," for it is
good deal more and better than
that It is idealistic and beautiful
ly spiritual, but ita home is In the
present ana future, not In the past
And nearest its heart are living
men and women, not specters from
antiquity.
History has for the most part
been taught for the. sake of per
suading people to rest satisfied with
present evils.' "Don't try to better
conditions," so the .lesson ' runs,
"Lest yon bring down anarchy, and
tba fate of Rdme upon ua.? -Schol-f
in 1IVa Pmfatina Pnhlnar.n wilnt
out that anarchy ' and the "fate of
Rome" befall people just because
they do not try betimes to hotter
conditions ,
An interesting feature ofr every
primary campaign is that so many
of the candidates actually take
themselves seriously.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
(Th atory of a Portland company that takaa
Boca logi from Oragoo's great and magnificent
foretta and rolla them oat Into aheett or
thied thm Into wool, U told In No. 135 of
the "Nothing the Matter with Portland" ar
ticlea. The teata of uaefulneBa, applied to
all tnia cuwpauj a product a, ana oi oeantj.
applied to a good part of them, ara trium
phantly met. xne company aiao meet ua
pajrroll Wat and the out pot teat.
TIS Portland factory, established
In 1901, and completely wiped
out by fire nlna years later, has
a business now that employs from
60 to 75 people, has a payroll of
from $5000 to $6000 a month, and
does a business of from $175,000 to
$20000 a year. Its buildings cover
two of its five acres of ground front
ing on tha Willamette at St. Johns,
Portland's northern suburb, and it
has 700 feet on tha tracks of the
O-W. R, & N. railroad as well as on
the river. . Its principal business Is
tha manufacture of Oregon veneered
fir panels for doors, and these ara
shipped to nearly every state in tha
Union. A car was loading destined
for Cincinnati at tha time The Jour
nal representative made his call upon
tha management.
Tha name of tha concern Is the
Portland Manufacturing company, and
Peter Autren is Its president and
Thomas Autxen secretary, treasurer
and manager.
MAKES BERRY AND FRUIT BAS
KETS.
Its veneered fir panels ara made
by the hundred thousand and fts ber
ry and fruit boxes by the million.
Tha company makes tons of cotton
wood excelsior, also, and it is so
finely shaven that it is' soft as floss
or cotton. This, likewise, has a broad
territory for a market, going to ship
pers of glassware in all parts of the
country. It Is valuable for packers
of botcles filled with fluids, and is
suitable for mattress making. Great
quantities 'are turned out and baled
in 100 pound bundles for shipping.
The wood from which it is manufac
tured requires from two and a half
to three years for seasoning, and with
1000 cords or so on hand at all times
considerable capital is required to
handle this branch of tha Industry.
The berry and fruit boxes are made
of spruce, shaved to a thinness of SO
to the Inch, and the veneer for the
door panels seven to the inch. Three
thicknesses of these panels are glued
together, the grain of the center piece
crossing the others, so that strength
which would bear a weight of 200 to
300 pounds is secured.
A BEAUTIFUL WOOD.
The beauty of the grain of this fir
veneer Is carrying the fame of Ore
gon's forests to the homes of the
people, especially the well-to-do. of
nearly all parts of the United States
as well as our island possessions.
There is almost no boundary to the
market for this product, for the rea
son that Its equal for beauty can not
be had elsewhere than on the Pacific
coast. It excells, in the estimation
of competent Judges; the .attractions
of even blrdseya maple or the grain
of Pennsylvania chestnut. Sandpa-1
pered and varnished, it makes a most j lf tne tentative proposal of the larg
dellghtful indoor finish for door and i est real estate owning company in the
window casings, bathroom ornamenta- j
tlon. or for anything made of wood j
and exposed to view.
It is interesting to watch the man-
ufactur of this veneer. Th writer '
was nresent whan a log 10 or 12 feet
was present wnn a log m on. rest
long and as much as five feet In dl-;
ameter was being shaved into veneer-!
in Tt w.. hv th tnarhin- '
. . ...
ary a. It was being placed in po-
eition, as if It were a piece of fire-
wood. When It had been securely !
fastened In the turning lath and th
monster machinery put In motion, a;;,-
great knife, the length of th log. You will hav enough to house a city
peeled It as If It -were a sugar beet, I"1 u .of Salem"Mnqulr1? of th
and
these peelings are the veneer,
Th wood is not rawed lengthwls. as
lumber, but turned off from the log
as shavings from furniture material
" .... .. . .
are turned, and of th uniform thick-
ness of one-seventh of an Inch.
LOGS ARB STEAMED.
Think of a log five feet in diameter
being steamed until it is hot to the
very center. .--XNot
merely warmed.
but ao hot on can scarcalv bear his
hand upon It. This is don. with
very log mad Into veneer. This
makes th wood both, pllabl and
tough, so It will not easily spilt or
break. After being cut It Is run
through a dryer hasted to about 125
degrees. Th dryer Is 100 fet long.
and a. th. thin strip, slowly Journey
from on end. to tn other, between
hot rollers, vry atom of moisture
disappears, and they come forth ready
fr,i. tha aawa that cut them in lensnha
-
for the gluers. It requires threo men;
to operate one of these gluing ma-T
chines.
Th. thin boards are here run
between two steel rollers, which dis- ; kept nls ajeo there at per cent. In
trlbute th glue evenly upon them. 1 stead of offering his lot for $375, you
m-A ... tha ara Mut fur tha uni
" "
and to be worked into door panels
orNbe used, th less valuable, in th
manufacture of trunks, etc
FREE FROM KNOTS,
Knotty or "shaky" logs are not
made Into veneering. Neither can
Ufa hearts of the trees be worked Into
this material, for th. reason that
thar la no grain la them. Only th
most expensive fir Is bought, and at
best there Is great waste to it Much
of the outside, next th bark, is not
sultabTe, and this Is consumed In
making steamv of which a large vol
ume is used aside from that neces
sary to operate the machinery.
W. sell .our veneer to nearly all
stock ' door factories: on the Pacific
coast," Thomas Autsen stated,1' "and
these teaks the doors tor their local
trajla in tha aastern Wrket Thr
go away by the carload to jcllants of
the door manuf acturars, and. In addi
tion we ship great quantities of the
veneer ourselves. XVe do not manu
facture doors, however. This we leave
to those eaatased in that business.
We also do a large business In the ,
manufacture of coffee contalnera
thoae wooden barrels used by coffee
grinders for shipping their products.
Millions of feet Oregon fir pass
through this big factory annually. It
Is a valuable adjunct to the city's
Industries.
Letters From the People
Ccmmontcationa ant to The lovmrttt
publication In this department abould be writ
tea on ouly one aide of the paper, abould not
exceed 300 worda in length, and muit be ac
companied by tha name and addreae of th
sender. If the writer doea not dealre to naTO
the name published ha abould ao state. J
"Dlscuailon la the greatest of all reformers.
It rationalize erery thing it touches. It robs
principles of all falsa sauctlty and throws them
buck on their reasonableness, if ;they hae no
reasonableness. It ruthlessly crushes them out
of existence and sets up Its own conclusions to
their stead." Woodrow Wilson.
Judge Tazwell Answers Assailant.
Portland. May 15. To the Editor of
The Journal The "invisible ring,'
through Its chief and only medium, the
Oregonian, made certain charges
against me in yesterday morning's
issue of that paper, stating that while
d was municipal! Judge a few years ago
I catered to the disorderly and vjcIous
elements and brought discredit upon
mnitlf ami the administration Of the
law; and further, that upon one cf my j
vacation tnpa I nominatea, to use us
exact words, "the notorious Max Cohen
to be my substitute."
For fear some people who do not
know the facts might be misled by
this vlclou attack on the eve 'of the
election. I desire briefly to reply, giv
ing tha facts connected with the
charge.
In reply to the first charge, that I
catered to the disorderly and vicious
elements, the records of the municipal
court show that I Imposed and collect
ed more fines and more money during
my term of. office as municipal judge
of the city of Portland than were ever
imposed and collected by any judge
during the same length of time before
or Bince. Further, the records of the
court show that I sentenced more law
violators, most of whom belonged to
this "disorderly and vicions element,"
as the Oregonian puts It, during my
term of office than any other .'udge
during the same length of time before
or since.
These facts are of record, and may
be investigated at any time by the pub
lic or the "invisible ring."
In reply to the second charge, that
T nominated the "notorious Max Cohen"
to be my substitute, I wish to say that
I requested the mayor to appoint Ar
thur Langgnth, the present incumbent,
which the mayor refused to do. After
this, when Mr. Cohen was appointed,
so far as I knew, he was a reputable
practicing attorney in Portland, and
the matters that brought him Into no
toriety happened long after this.
The truth of the matter is that the
"Invisible ring" realizes that every
thing Indicates my election, and for
this reason made this dastardly attack
upon me at the eleventh hour, thinking
that with the short time intervening
before the election I would be unable
to refute the charges. This, together
with the fact that the chief clerk to
the present county judge, who Is my
opponent. Is a relative of a chief man
of the Oregonian, sufficiently explains
the reasons and motives of the attack.
The article to which this Is a reply
is undoubtedly a direct violation of the
corrupt practices act.
3EORCB5 TAZWELL.
Portland Lots and Houses.
Portland, Or., May 15. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Mr. Ward's ar
ticle In The Sunday Journal of May 7
is so pat to the conditions in Port
land that I cannot refrain from en
larging on one particular phase of
his subject, namely, vacant lots and
residences. If Portland has too much
of any good things. It certainly Is in
these two items. What makes the
amh1rt Trmr r.i (root i n cr at thia lm&
cit lay ut nd Place on th mar-
2" h?
Bald to own real estate in Portland
amd Its suburbs of th valu of $10.-
"- proposal to lay out
e 9 1 Dl er " lo
bnyers on -easy terms" comes as a
shock to many who are familiar with
conditions.
. uoes Portiana neea any more good
land divided up into lots and resl-
d?nce3 bum thereon? Take any east
side car. and as you go from the river
cu" th let i'rn on one 8ld
1 ; "l-, f . , 'T
i "Wdi i used to ret' $35 for this
place, and for a while I rented It for
- Per month, but It has been va-
1 ?Hl ""J, ""iwfflJ,,1
keep my insurance good you can have
u foP ,17.60 per month." A little
figuring will reveal the thfs owner
j Is willing to accept a rental for his
j place which does not bring him lntend.ncy of Mt ctuttlng motltes-no
. net. to exceed 4 per cent on his in- , worse tnan otber practlCal politicians
vestment, and there is very likely a ' tira.- i .i.t. noiui. .,,
vestment, and there is very likely a
; mortgage on this same property ha is
carrying at s per cent. bui ir n
. fo" -f nTer" "ffd tui
i owner would like, to sell at from 40
1 T aTsTI BnT fir T nO T VairaTs 11 1
to 60 per cant of what his property
i co, ' mmtmtJ
i 6t aVask 85. to w".
j vacant lot. You will tell that you
I Pa 650 for ' It four years ago, but
T&e "SS r
. break- lt to you that h hardly thinks
it worth while to list your lot for
' 0, but if you know of any one
! "..V . 1" "" '... 1? .v.
t JIJ LI1J iUi iiCAt w vuibv auu vi ..
same value, which 1 h can sell for
$375.
fur" "V"1 mi :"l:TZZ
JTEII lit: I YVVSlaV iic weiu it wcni v iiau saw
; wduM see be would have about $800
. V fY.iT.W ...ll
i hank and soma "Chink-' eonM 1 be
in bank, and some Chink" could be
raising perfectly rood potatoes on
UIO J.&na truiu tt ... v. ii waa llil.
Now, seriously, does Portland need
more vacant lots and vacant hopses?
What happens when vacant land is
hat happens when vacant land is
up into lots? An agent approaches
and offers to sell you f small
e of that land at from 10 to 15
cut
vou
piece of that land
times Its value before euttlng lt up,
After paying- all expenses of plat
twfg, etc., profit to th owner is
usually five to seven times the orig
inal valu a You draw down your lit
tle savings In the bank and make your
first payment. Tou also agree to pay
interest at 6 per cent on 10 to 15
time, the original value of the land,
together with all taxes, street Im
provements, sewer assessments, etc.
(I am awar that Interest, taxes, etc..
in some instances hav. been added to
th. selling price, so as to make lt ap
pear that the purchaser did not hav.
these to pay, but lt waa all in the bill.)
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS W BRIEF
SMALL CHAJfGB ,
"Vote early and often" is still 80 per
cent good.
Come to think of it, all that the
salmon gets for being gam is the book.
Villa seems to. have retired to the
tradition class, but tha question :s
whether he will stay there.
a
Unless the auto la, tamed on Sunday
it won't be long before Monday's paper
will be filled with casualty reports.
Candidates soon will be able to de
cide that old question," Resolved, that
ex pea tat Ion Is greater than realisa
tion." The Beavers began winning Just be
fore leaving home, but it Is better to
have won and left than not to have
won at all.
Tha man who wants to be fair with !
style must admit it has solved the
mystery as to the means of feminine
locomotion.
What's the us o? worrying about
mounting drug prices when fresh air,
sunshine and all-out-doors are ad abun
dant and cheap T v
One disadvantage of the presidency
is that Its duties prevent the presi
dent from seeing the Columbia high
way dedicated.
That Baker man whose $2000 auto
was destroyed by fire when he started
filling the gasoline tank by candle
light got quite a lot of high priced ex
perience. "Wisdom is greater than love," says
a Portland pastor; yet the good book
says, in mucn wisaom is mucn grier.
It's probably safe to take a chance on
love once in a while.
JOURNAL
16 The Wallowa Country
There is a vacation country in Ore
gon encbantingly beautiful and easily
accessible, yet little known.
It is the Wallowa country.
There Chief Joseph mad his last
stand against the whites; there he
sleeps In an unmarked grave.
There the red-brown mountains
snow fringed, lean down ever a peace
ful valley that is Itself almost mile
high, and the air is crystal clear and
clean. -
At the head of the valley Is a lake
whose depths have never been meas
ured, held to Its deep bed among
sharply rising peaks by a glacial wall
as smooth as though done by the giant
genius of some titanic engineer.
Above the lake 'is a forest of tall
pines nearly free of underbrush and
through it run the icy streams that
feed the lake.
Imagine-tha beauty of this high-up
spot in the sunlit silence of summer
days, with the breeze stealing gently,
coolly, down out of the canyons, with
the musical ripple of running waters
in your ears, with the crystal, clear
air bringing distant objects teles
coplcally close.
And this is but the beginning.
It is only a short walk from the
"Tent City" among the pines to the
falls of the upper Wallowa
There are countless trails for hik
ing and horseback trips. ,
So we can understand how it is a big
temptation to turn any vacant land
into lots tfnd sell them for 10 to 15
times their original value, and at the
same time shift the burden of taxes
on tho shoulders of some one who
may be working for $60 per month.
What the buyer does Is to give up his
nest egg in the bank for the first
payment, pledge his future net income
for four to six years, to meet the pay
ments, Interest, tascesA assessments,
etc. He does not take into acoount
that six years irr a long time against
w hich to lay a bet. He may get sick,
lose his Job, or depondent relatives
may require every, cent of his net
earnings before he is half paid out on
the lot. Then what? He will offer
his Interest In the lot for half what
he has paid Into It, or for anything he
can get. These offers are today
thrown in your face from every real
estate office in the olty. ,
Do we need more vacant lots and
vacant houses and "broke" wage earn
ers? 6. M. MANN.
McArthur Episodes.
Portland, May 15. To the Editor of
The Journal I have Just read in your
Snnflav lamia AT artlpl ffftm tha nan
, r.r,. v. v T.itti.r-ii. tvi.
t article has stirred' up memories of the
i paSt in which "Paf has figured more
1 or les Prominently and caused the
. -rit.r to welsh th ralativa m.H- nf
the two raen as to their probable sin
cerity of motive and as to Which could
be depended upon to serve the Inter-
1 r th. rnro. k.. . ,
! fess close personal icqualnVance wUh
bolh for msnv years anahl tha write,.
to decide the matter for himself wlth-
ou hesitation in favor of E. V. Little-
of the people, and who has stood tor
j morality, decency and honorable ac-
i .. -..v .....
from-my Entrance at the . Unlveristy It
. Oregon. Here Pat began to work out
nls tneory of Pncal politics. Con-
temnorarv students with fw
Till tell you That Pa! Blared
IhJ . ta ir r,,,,
; Bt&nci) m4ght be cited to show tha
! f
nevertheless showing the principles of
character developing.
. ... a
wyf: (0 nP
? L ZlCZ
j pat graduated from the university, to
find ham the chief henchman of a
n& Jr?&
CL wttntr.. A very
few r later Pat designated this
r:.
, rW7iurym.n fei UnV'f a
; lTlaJm
j NeJt ,n eXperfenc, cams Pat.8 con.
nection with the Hooa Rjver Gas &
Electric company at Hood River.
Hood River had constant trouble
with her light and power service, until
at last local capital, headed by N. C
Evans and Dr. Watt, put In a compet
ing plank; After every legal means to
block the new company had proved un-
successful, the old organization formed
-nmnanv call tha
River Gas & Electric company, with C.
Aiatfe ii aa 1 1 m nraalilant an.. , w . n
""''', " ..'ZZ , . " '
t proceeaea w " Kt
necessary to get contracts tor a term
necessary to get contracts ior a term
I of year, and keep business from the
j w company. It was a cut-throat
business they waged under Pat's nom -
nal leadership and at last the inevi
table happened and. Evans and Watt
were compelled to sell to th Hood
River Gas A Electric company. Then
the old high meter rate, were re
established and much the same condi
tion existed as before. This was four
years ago. Pat was still ready to lend
his name and hi. influence to anything
that paid him tribute and the princi
ple Involved was nothing to him.
There Is nothing better to Indicate
the status of a candidate than the at
titude of 'the bosses who are continu
ally looking for favors and lend their
aid to Jtnose wno are anposed to help
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Salem Statesman admits that In
Us haste it has said that all men are
El Paso war. correspondents.
"Oh well, in a few more weeks
we'll be boasting about our cool sutn
ruera, anyway." is the Eugene Regis
ter's farewell to Old Man Winter. -
In the opinion of the Medford Sun,
the crude oil smudge pot "has com
through the attacks of the frost sea
son with increased honor and pres
tige." Concerning the real estate situa
tion at La Grand tha Observer says:
"A nibble now and then on town prop
erty convinces one that things are
coming back."
The Hennner Commercial ciuh h
voted that hereatfer all promotion and
auveiimicj Bcueuies mat hiiow up in
that city, as well as solicitors for mon
ey for any publio purposes, must paus
the rigid investigation of the execu
tive committee of the club.
The Grants Pass Courier is glad to
state that "while fruits, vegetables
and berries have suffered to some de
gree in most every portion of the west,
the sugar beet has proved that 11 is
a crop that can be grown without fear
of damage by belated cold snaps."
Improvement note In Salem States
man: The Church street paving eoes.
and the fair grounds road. And South
Commercial street. That will be
nearly enough to last during the drv
season, giving a large fore of men
employment. The fair grounds road
ork is to be taken up first, in order
to be sure to have that street all
paved before fair time next fall. The
work will be given as largely as pos
sible to needy married men.
JOURNEYS
On on of the higher elevations one
wonderful panorama Includes 17 moun
tain lakes.
Eagle Cap, the tallest peak of the
ridge, is always a lure to the am
bitious climber.
Tour friend who carries habitually
a trout rod and proper tackle among
his effects most certainly would not
forget it when he went to the Wallowa
country, for the streams ara many
In which the hungry trout await
the fly.
It is the most restfully exhilarating
country, if the expression may be
allowed, which the writer ever has vis
ited: To reach the Wallowa valley, take
a main line train of the O.-W. R. &
N. east from Portland to l.a Grande.
Leading across the Grand Ronde val
ley and down the river of the sam
name is a branch railroad which turns
to the east where the Wallowa Joins
the Grand Ronde, and foljows the
lesser stream almost to Its sources,
passing en route the towna of Wallowa
and Enterprise and reaching Joseph as
a terminus.
The whole country is Interesting
and new. So near is it to the Idaho
line that the Seven .Devils mountains
are plainly in view.
No one ever visited the Wallowa
country who did not ardently wlstf to
return.
and assist them. Why is it that all
the questionable leaders of the ques
tionable projects In the state stand
back of Pat, to a man? Why do the
"bosses" favor tiim? Is it because they
know he will dance to their music and
that the other man, a far different
sort, wlll not? The writer, in the full
ness of his knowledge of the men. their
motives and the ideals that actuate
them, wishes to emphasis th fact of
their wide divergence and assert his
belief and conviction that the Interests
of the people of this district will be
better guarded, conserved. Dresented
and reallzedunder the leadership of a
man like Judge Llttlefleld than under
a self-seeking politician who bows to
many masters. EDWARD COAD.
"Private) Property."
Portland. May 3. To the Editor of
The Journal. Peter Collins, speaking
for the Knights of Columbus last Sun
day night, made several statements
that might be challenged, but one par
tlcularly which should not be allowed
to pass unnoticed that Socialists do
not believe in private property.
If, under Socialism, the' working
classes could possibly hav any less
"private property" than they have un
der the existing order, by all means
let's stave off Socialism as long
possible; but considering the wide
spread absence, right now, of any ' pti
vat property!' worth mentioning
among millions of the workers, accord
ing to Mr. Collins himself, we have
very little to fear from Socialism on
that score.
But lt is distinctly untrue that So
cialists do not believe In privaLe prop
erty. It Is the existing order Dat by
rent. Interest and profit makes It each
year almost each day more and
more difficult for the producing class
es to secure, or to keep after they
have secured It, enough "private prop
erty" on which to exist, to aay nothing
of enough to exist upon in comfort.
This Is proved irf fifty different ways
by every "investigation" that la or
dered with Intent to put off a little
longer the time, sure to come, when
theBe millions will take what Is really
theirs.
As a matter of fact, Socialists be
lieve passionately in a million times
mors "private property" than there is
at present, but widely, universally dis
tributed and not renting In the hands
of a few families; members of our oli
garchy aa now.
Combs, manicure sets, gas ranges,
automobiles, food, clothing, dwellings
when occupied by their owner and
any any number of other things are
"private property" when devoitd to
private use, and so recognised by So
cialiats; their lodgment In private
hands would be greatly stimulated by
the chief tenet of the Socialist creed,
namely, that all public utilities what
soever, tog-ether with all natural re
sources, including coal, oil and water
power, should be publicly owned for
th benefit of all, because publicly
used.
That is Quite a different proposition
from the statement made by Mr. Col
Una Doubtless his love for truih and
fair play will cause him to correct this
error 4n future addresses. C. B.
Thia Was Portland's Notion.
From th Ketchikan Miner.
For years th people of Alaska wait
ed for the Portlanders to come. They
invited if not begged them to come in.
Apparently annoyed by our Insistence,
a couple of years ago they decided to
send a eoutpl of old tubs, of the speed
and fashioned after Noah's ark, ex
pecting that Alaskans would fall over
on another to patronix them. Of
course th enterprise proved a failure,
but If they expected otherwise we can
only say that they were very foolish.
Right her Is where wa find a' differ
ence between th Portland spirit and
the Seattle spirit.
Heard at the Intelligence Office.
From Judge.
"Do you know .of any cook who will
remain tn the country f -
"Not unless sh la burled thr.w
TKPnce Ger
OUT AT OAK GROVE as nearly
everybody knows there's a smalt,
black-and-white dog named Pup. '
because no other name' would fit '
him. ,
and ha Just won't grow up. ' '
and be a sober dog that Has on '
the porch. T.vt
and growls at the man who comes
to read th gas-meter.
and men who come to sell vacuum -cleaners
for $16.
t and women who come to sell seta
of books on "How to Develop the
Child's Mind" for $42. '
ajNo Pup isn't that kind of a dog. '
JAnd I don't know exactly what
kind of a dog he is. -
but I call him a lunch-Round.
because that's what h seems"
to be.
JAnd the reason I guess that
Tup doesn't lie on th porch is that '
he's too busy.
because Oak Grove is quite a
place. ...
mo far as dogs are concerned.
and Pup has an extended acquaint
ance list. ,v
IJAnd sonu-times he brings his f
triends home with him. 7
and they dig up the lawn for i.
Imaginary bones.
which they think are burled
right under the rose bushes.
JAnd our old white hen Victoria
who has eleven little fluffy yellow &
chickens approves of these opera'
tlons.
JAnd she stands right behind Pup.. '
with her head on one side.
and blinks when the dirt showers
over her.
J And she preserves her attitude
of watchful waiting until Pup sends
back an angleworm.
and then she gets as eloquent.
almost as a candidate for the legis
lature. telling what he doesn't know .
sbout w.hy taxes are high.
J And that angleworm
but I don't know how to write an
angleworm's obituary.
JAnd the clean-up campaign hasn't"
struck Oak Grove yet.
except Pup.
and he's trying to clean up all
the vacant lots all around un.
J Anyway he brings all tha old !;;
shoes and old hats and old coraets
and things like those.
and puts them in our front yard.
J And if anybody should ask me-r
quick what Pup is good for I'm
afraid I couldn't tell.
J And I've often said that the very .
first man that comes along and of
fers me $25 can have him.
JAnd Verna say that If a man
comes along and offers her 25 cents
lt will swing the deal.
and she'll give a B0-cent rebate.
JAnd there Isn't any reason at all
that I should write all this about
because I really don't want to
sell him.
and if I did I couldn't recom
mend him.
J But this is "Be Kind to Animals
Week" all over the country.
and I'm going to observe it right
at home.
J Pup is my probfem and
J LISTEN I'rn doing my best in
spite of public opinion to be kind to
him.
A Friendship' Rhyme.
I know a boy who found a dog
The dog found him, perhaps;
Next thing, he begged for it at
home,
Bald he'd Just feed it scraps.
As 'chums together now they roam;
He's none too chummy with the
comb.
But I like his kind of chaps.
There was a kitty-cat that yowltd.
And draggled was its fur;
A little girl came tripping byj
She took it home with her
And fed it, made it warm and dry; .
It lives at her house now, and my.
You should hear that kitty purr!
I know a Jad who climbed a tree.
And 'way out on a limb
To put a blrdling in its nest.
When he might have gone to
swim;
There's others who may knovt him
bent, V
But when this laddie meets life's
test
I'll take a chance on him.
The Great Mission.
"Doubter of Tradition.
Scoffer of th Kalth,
What has L,ife this moment
l-"or such a one as thou?"
"Me?" I falter, doubtful.
Oft mlKunderstood
"What has L,ire this moment.
For such a one as I?
"I meet God In Nature
Know He planted hope
(What hav I in dogma.
Prejudice or hat?)
"Mine, a nobler purpose
Ever than before:
Every soul a 'Savior' .
Change from Death to Wfe."
James L Roy. ;
The Boston Version.
Edward Alden Beals, th esteemed
weather man, sands tha following
translation of tha childhood rhyme,
"Twinkle. Twlnkl. Uttl Star!" into
Boatoneae:
Scintillate, scintillate, diminutive spec
imen of nebular condensation!
How profoundly I m.dltat upon your -composition!
. :
Situated at such an altitude, high
above this oblate spheroid. f
In simllltud. an infinitesimal crystal- r
lzatlon at carbon " v
Located In th azure of the remote.
empyrean."
Always Eager to Oblige. p j
FRANK C. Riaos and Ralph P.
Meyer, respectively well known In
the automobile and laundry bus!-
ness, sat at the meeting of the Royal
Rosarians, Monday, their feet upon a,
common chair. Present Mr. Mayer
notsd a small hole In the cerise blue of
Mr. Rlggs 'half hose. His ssnslbllltl.a "
were exceedingly shocked. ; From hi. '
vest pocket be draw his fountain pen.
"May X?" he suggested, leaning for ward
S-Md applying Carter bluer to the'
white spot in Its field" of certs. Th.
spot disappeared.
"How long will th repair last?" in-).
quired a spectator, . - i
"Until he washes his fact," delicately
responded Mr. Mey.r.
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