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WHERE IS THE MONEY?
H
0W tok finance the Mount Hood
loop highway is a problem to
be met both by the state high-
way department and the U. S.
2. forest ficrvice. If this road is to be
iS more than a raad on paper within
the neit five years, money must be
raised for construction. The avail
y able funds in sight only amount to
half a million dollars and it Is esti
t mated that four times that amount
will be required to build the entire
It grade, making no provision for a
macadam or paved surface. Even at
7 that it will only be a 16-foot road.
The half million already set aside
for construction is to be applied only
within the national forest boundaries,
a distance of 37 miles. Fifty per
cent of the half million has been
appropriated by the federal govern
v ment under the forest road law, and
the other 50 per cent state funds.
When this cooperative fund was
made up ilr was guessed that to com
plete the forest t section would take
1514,000. The finished survey shows
-that this guess was tfnTy about half
'Z: big enough. The estimate is now
J" .over a million.
This only covers the 37 miles In
the forest. Outside the forest boun-
daries are another 30 miles or more
Cfor which no. provision has been
fc;.made.
f The problem of the forest service
la to find the money to complete
r Its 50 per cent of the road. The
f federal appropriation for forest roads
t In Oregon is limited and if it were
f mostly applied to the Mount Hood
J , road there would be nothing left for
tj eUcr forest -road projects In the
state.
The problem of the state is to find
the coin necessary to match the
federal government on the forest sec
l tion and also to construct the end
p sections outside the forest in Hood
River and Clackamas counties,
j Beyond the suggestion that . the
f. motor license revenue of Multnomah
county, estimated at $150,000, be ap
f plied to Uie 17 mile section in Glacka
;.mas county between Sandy and the
jjoational forest boundary in cooper
jation with the national government
under the post road aid law, , no
financial source is in sight. 4
It is apparent that this 5150,000
-. - will be inadequate. This leads up
J to the questipn whether the road
'should thus be financed in driblets
'Qr whether some comprehensive plan
should he adopted that would settle
tho matter .at once.
S . It might as well be realized at once
that to capitalize Mount Hood is
.J Folng to require a. considerable road
' Investment.
; It should also be realized that a
highway is not an end but only the
means to an end. The end sought
5. Is to open up. the tourist and recrc
l . ational value of the Mount Hood rc
J gton. As a means to this end the
highway will be worth all it costs.
Commodore Hardy passes. A pic
turesque figure disappears from
Portland streets. A link with the
Iiast is broken. He was a patriot
when he joined Perry's expedition to
Japan 66 years ago. He was a pa
triot when the world war came. He
was a patriot when death called him,
for h,e was then encouraging men to
enlist in the naval service of his
country.
LOOSE AFFILIATION
A'
T A MEETING presently to be
held in the capital city of
Oregon an affiliation between
organized labor and farmers will
be considered.
The question in the public mind
as the time for the discussion ap
proaches, is just how far reaching
i' such an affiliation would he. Thpn.
are those who. fear that if labor
j leaders Induce farmers to apply to
! their activities strictures on hours
" ' of toil sufficient to cut production
and exaotlons as to returns sufficient
' . to compensate for the smaller volume
of foods from the farms, the result
! iriviU jbe disastrous. Others tend to
E the .yiew that the demands of plant
, - lng and harvest will outweigh all
artificial restrictions. When the Bea
' '; C son is xeady, they say, for the plant
is Jng of train or of vegetables the day's
,S t Work-will be -ended., as In the past,
oniy'when the, light fails. And when
the grain Is ripe to the harvest the
earliest coming of dawn and the last
fading of twilight will find the
reapers busy. Similarly the picking
of the apples will not be delayed
untjl frost has withered the fruit
Farmers on any considerable scale
are employers. Their symapthy and
Interest lies in the direction of
maximum production especially at a
time like this when prices are high
and the demand compasses every
thing the farm has to offer. They
will probably incline toward cooper
ative legislative programs which In
volve the mutual concerns of- labor
and the farm, but beyond this the
bonds of affiliation are apt to he
loosely fastened.
BEHOLD!
BEHOLD the United States senate
there It stands!
For expedition in the dispatch
of business,' it is in a class
all its own. No spurious pretender
need set up claims of rivalry.
Other bodies may be contenders,
but they are as dry leaves in the
hurricane. Grand, grim and unri
valled, the senate wears the belt
After the document had been
delivered to It by the president the
senate consumed 102 days In reading
the peace treaty.
President Hartwlg of the state
labor federation says that the Indus
trial revolution long predicted is
even now in process. Industrial re
lations are in flux. Labor, and cap
ital are at grips. It Is a time for wise
and patriotic men of hoth sides to
join In seeking a course which will
protect the welfare of America.
STEAMSHIP SERVICE
THE coaxet, a product of a local
shipyard, made the round trip
to the Orient in 89 days and
returned to uie 1'ori or Jr'oruana
with a cargo valued at approximately
$1,000,000. Steel vessels in trade
before the war were believed to
have done well when they made
the voyage in 90 days. The Coaxet
suffered no delays from engine or
other trouble. Her record is evidence
that the vessels constructed under
orders from the Emergency , Fleet
corporation" were built for service.
There is adequate demand for their
service between the Columbia river !
onrl thA Anlnf rnnn r rr: v. I
are large and no delay is experienced
in securing Import loadings.
The manifest of the Waban, a
sister ship of the Coaxet, and a
product of the same shipyard, is
likewise revealing. She has just
cleared with a cargo partly consisting
of Oregon apples, Oregon pine lum
ber, Oregon box shooks produced
from Oregon pine, Portland made
machinery, Oregon City paper, Oregon
cheese, Oregon candy, Oregon iron
piping. Oregon egg crates and Oregon
flour.
These articles are but a few of the
commodities worthy the brand, "Ore
gon Quality." Regularly established
steamship service not alone to the
Orient, but to Alaska, South America,
the Atlantio coast, Europe and Aus
tralia, will help create such a demand
for the products of Oregon quality
as will solve many of the problems
of agricultural and industrial de
velopment in Oregon.
As one contemplates the mounting
price of eggs and reads the frightful
prophecy of the .pessimistic market
editors that the figures are s'oon to
go to $1 per dozen, the painful
thought obtrudes itself, why did
those Oklahomans waste all that ele
gant hen fruit on Senator Reed?
A GREAT FOOD
EVERY one should drink a quart
of milk a day. That was the
recent statement of the city
chemist of Portland.
Milk helps fortify the body against
the rush of business and rebuilds
the wasting tissues. It revives the
fatigued muscles. It has the ingredi
ents to mend worn-out nerves. It
helps keep the blood built up to
normal. It has the materials neces
sary Tor repair of any human organ.
Milk contains either as a mixture
the rush of business and rebuilds
stuffs proteins, fats, carbohydrates,
salts and water, all blended together
in proper proportions for growth
and development. It is one of the
few foods capable of sustainiig lire
for indefinite periods.
Nowadays, science has so much
faith in milk that - there are sani
tariums where milk Is the sole diet
and rest its aid in the cure of
patients. Under Intelligent use there
: . Li i . -
13 uu wiui oi greater iooa value,
and few, even at present milk prices,
that are a3 inexpensive.
If by any unjust eventuation Dr.
John H. Boyd should give up his
professorship at McCormick Theo
logical seminary, it is easy to predict
that the pastorate at the First Pres
byterian church, which the congre
gation has been unable to fill since
he left, would still be open to him.
VALUE FOR THE MONEY
DURING October the expenditures
of the etate highway depart
ment , approximated $1,500,000.
Since March 1 there has been
spent on state road construction
nearly 17,000,000. Before existing con
tracts and those in process of prep
aration are finished several more mil
lions will have been expended. These
figures give ome idea of th im
mense amount of road work now
going on in Oregon.
The big question is: Are we getting
value received? In the unfinished
stage, of the work it would not be
fair t? pass Judgment at this. time.
There are many undetermined factors
to be .-appraised.
It can be admitted,, though, that
in the work thus far developed there
have been, as there Is In all, pub lie
work, some errors of Judgment
made. If it could be done over
again It would probably be done
differently. There may have been
a shortness of vision In trying to
anticipate the future, but on the
whole it can be asserted that the
direction of the work has been as
good as is possible by human agency
controlled by conflicting private in
terests. It Is a difficult matter to appraise
the value of a road. The facilitation
of movement, the transportation of
products, the freedom of travel, the
enhancement of property values are
Indefinite things which cannot be
measured by the dollar.
The test to be applied is: Does
the road serve Its purpose? If It
does it is worth its cost.
In getting value for money spent
on roads a great deal depends upon
the public conscience. If the public
permits poor construction, extrava
gance and Inefficiency it will get
poor roads, but if it Insists upon
the opposites of these and does not
allow politics and local Interests
to intervene, It will get value for
the money.
Kansas has half a million fewer
hogs than last year, Nebraska 700,
000 fewer, Missouri 150,000, Texas
185,000 and Iowa 800,000 fewer.
Illinois ''has 300,000 fewer, and all
Important hog producing states show
a decline. If this process goes on,
presently, instead, of eating bacon
we -will keep It In a glass case and
charge folks for looking at It.
CRIMINAL OR VICTIM?
A 15-YEAR-OLD youth has been
on trial for murder In Coos
county. It is 6aid that he shot
a girl of 16 and hid her body
in the bushes. Blood stains in the
pocket j of his trousers worn the
day of the killing have been analyzed
as human. The bullet which took
the girl's life fits a gun of peculiar
pattern with which the boy hunted.
Evidence has been offered to show
that "he was in the vicinity the day
of the murder.
This is a frightful situation for a
youth. The circumstantial evidence
against him is damaging. Yet
throughout the trial he has main
tained his comppsure. He has reso
lutely denied --guilt of the crime.
He ascribes the blood either to a
rabbit .which hung at his belt or
to a finger which he cut with an
ax. His mother has remained un
flinching in her faith in his inno
cence. In other cases which have called
for analysis of blood it has been
reported by chemists that it Is
difficult if not Impossible to make
accurate report as tov whether the
stain was from human or animal
source. Circumstantial evidence has
at times leveled the accusing finger
at the guilty and sometimes at the
guiltless. The boy is either a 15-year-old
monster or an unfortunate
victim of circumstances.
Striking coal miners will In due
course pause to reflect that labor
has rarely employed the weapon of
the strike successfully without the
support of public sentiment. In this
case, the people of America are in
majority against the coal strike. Its
first victims will be the masses.
COUNTY ROAD BONDS
ON NOVEMBER 7 Crook county
will vote on a $220,000 road
bond Issue. It is the first county
, which had already bonded itself
under the old two per cent restric
tion, to take advantage of the new
law, which fixes the legal limit at
six per cent.
Crook county is in a peculiar situ
ation. After having lost the taxable
territory which Is now embraced in
Jefferson and Deschutes counties. It
finds itself with an Indebtedness or
approximately one hundred thousand
dollars. All the tax money it can
raise is needed for administration
and to apply on its indebtedness
Consequently, it has no funds for
road improvement which is much
needed.
A bond Issue is the most inviting
recourse. With the money raised by
the bond issue it is proposed to co
operate with the 6tate and federal
government In the permanent im
provement of the road between Red
mond and Prineville and the one up
the Crooked rjver canyon in the di
rection of Harney county.
Of the. 36 counties of Oregon there
are only five which have not issued
road bonds. They are Clackamas,
Harney, Josephine,; Lane and Wash
ington. Of these, Clackamas has
called a special election November
24 to vote on an issue of over one
million dollars. In Harney and Lane
there is talk of bonding, but the sen
timent has not yet taken concrete
form.
If it ever comes to a showdown,
sovietism will not get far In America.
In a recent city election in Buffalo,
in which 54,000 votesSvere cast, the
soviet ticket received 300.
WHY THE LEAP?
JUMPING from it?6econd story win
dow in Portland to escape arrest.
Rose Miller, aged 30, was in
stantly killed by the fall.
Why the leap? Why so recklessly
j , . , . A
ueieriiunea 10 avoia uie ouicersi
If what a woman of 30 ought to
be, 'there was nothing to fear. . The
guiltless do not. run from officers or
flee from the iiW.
To bp 30,wUh 30's expectation
of life "and opportunity for service
is a privilege. There are good friends
to win and cherish. There is work
to? do, and work is the way to hap
piness. There are a thousand fields
in which to be useful and helpful.
To the guiltless, it is an agewlth
everything to cheer and nothing to
fear. . "
Dead at 30, by a leap from the
window is the backwash of civiliza
tion. Two men ' were in the room
with Rose Miller when the police
appeared. The story sa"id something
about a charge of white slavery.
There you have it: The slate wasn't
clean. There was a past that wasn't
right. Hence the jump and finis.
Those who err pay the price.
EXPORT STATUS
OF WHEAT
By Carl Smith Washington Staff
Correspondent of The Journal
Washington. Nov. S. The policy of the
United States Grain corporation is to
grant no licenses for export of wheat ex
cept to itself. The export surplus is
expected to be no' greater than is needed
fcy the countries associated with this
country in the war, and they are fa
vored over neutrals.
These were among the statements
made by Julius H. Barnes, president of
the grain corporation, in testifying be
fore the senate committee concerning
the wheat embargo. Personally, he
said, he believed the embargo should
be removed upon reasonable notice.-nay
30 days, but as the embargo was placed
by direction of the president, he does
not intend to act in that direction until I
direct authority is given by the presi
dent or by congress. Mr. Biftnes fur
ther said that ships controlled By the
shipping board are not used for wheat
export, because the rates are less fa
vorable than for other ships which wiU
perform this service.
Pressed to say whether congestion of
wheat cannot be relieved by Increasing
the export quantity, he asserted that
wheat h moving as fast as he can
justify. The movement is limited by
ability to secure cars for transporta
tion to the seaboard, he said, and by
ability to handle it through foreign
ports upon arrival there.
Senator Gronna, who protests on every
occasion against the price fixing guar
antee on wheat, questioned the witness
in an effort to show that the farmer
would receive jnuch higher prices if the
present regulations did not exist. Barnes
was not prepared to make any broad
admission. He said that if the market
were entirely free the farmers might
have great difficulty in some sections
in moving their wheat; and because of
lack of cars and lack of elevators would
be forced to take lower prices than
they are receiving. He also declared
that on some of the lower grades the
government price is higher than the
growers would otherwise obtain';
In response to questions by Senator
McXary, Barnes said he believed about
30 per cent of the total crop commands
a higher price now than it could other
wise be sold for. In a broad way he
described this wheat as the "soft red"
varieties.
So much wheat is selling at a prem
ium, Mr. Barnes said, that the grain cor
poration will handle much less than it
did last year. He estimated that for
domestic consumption there will be
needed 45.0,000,000 busfaels, as against
404.000,000 bushels last year, with 30,
000,000 bushels for feed, 90,000,000 for
seed, 50,000,000 for carry over, and that
perhaps 100,000,000 bushels will be held
by the farmers on the farms.
Owing to the complicated legislative
situation in the senate, Senator McNary
does not expect to ask consideration of
the cold storage bill in the senate until
the regular session in December. He
has taken charge of this measure by
request of Senator Gronna. chairman of
the committee on agriculture. This will
give plenty of time for consideration of
an-endmenta, to the bill which was
passed by the house. Apple growers of
the Northwest, along with other fruit
and vegetable growers, salmon and fish
canners, dealers in nuts, and candy mak
ers, are asking for exemption from the
bill, which, as it stands, would require
the markjng of such products with the
wards "cold storage" if they remained
in storage more than 30 days;
Many of the majority, leaders are con
cerned over the slim prospects for-aarlv
Lrallroad legislation, but all of this con
cern seems not to affect the actualities
of the situation, for congress is driving
toward adjournment of the special ses
sion without any intention to act.
The regular session opens the first
week in December. The announced pur
pose of the administration is to turn the
railroads back on January 1. Announce
ment of this purpose was made early in
the year, so that ample n'tlce was given
and ample time allowed for the legis
lators to work out their plans.
The special session met May 19, and
the summer months went by -with only
languid Interest on Capitol Hill, despite
the brate words with which members
promised to speedily dispatch the pub
lic business as soon as they were called
together. Week after week was frit
tered away with inconsequential matters
in the house, and the senate pattered and
chattered over the peace treaty.
Indecision and lack of policy left the
railroad bills to drift along with slight
attention until the last few weeks. Now
Senator Cummins expresses alarm if the
question is not acted upon before ad
journment, and he wants to stay and
finish the job after the peace treaty is
out of the way. He cannot find many
who take him seriously.
Usually congress accomplishes little
in the month of December at regular
sessions. Several days are required to
gather steam and mark out the lines of
work between conflicting interests, and
then conr the holidays, with their irre
sistible call for an adjourndment of a
week or 10 days. There is small hope
for passing such a measure as the rail
road bill between December 1 and Janu
ary 1.
Will the administration be asked to
extend the period of federal control?
Probably. To turn the railroads back
without any provision for their problems
beyond the prewar days is by most
students of railroad matters considered
perilous and well nigh Impossible. The
formulation of a real policy by congress
seems to be months ahead. The situa
tion is a conspicuous example of the
failure of congressional leadership of the
present day to meet one of the problems
of greatest public concern
Senator' McNary is .giving considera
tion to communications received from
City Attorney LaRoche of Portland
concerning the protection of water
rights of Portland In the Bull Run re
serve, as they may be affected by the
water power bill. Mr. LaRoche thinks
it may be necessary to insert a specific
provision reserving to the city all rights
in the reserve, as has been done In the
case of San Francisco. The bill wilF
not come up in the senate until the
peace treaty is settled, and Senator Mc
Nary In the meantime will consider
what amendment, if any, should be mad
to maintain .the rights of the city in
the reserve beyond possibility of Impair
menu
Letters From the People
Conununlcatiou ant to The Journal for
publication in this department tboold b written
an onAj one Bid of the paper, should not exceed
300 words in lenctb, and must be signed by the
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pany Uie contribution. 1
To Cut High Living Cost
Portland, Oct. 31. To the Editor of
The Journal Many doctrinaires are ex
pounding the right road out of the many
difficulties and perplexities that con
front the world. My prescription is this,
as to H. C. L : Let the decree go forth
that, at once, the average cost of every
article of use, in all its stages of prep
aration, up to the consumer, for the five
years preceding August 1, 1914, be es
tablished by competent means. Add to
that average 30 per cent, which for the
succeeding 10 years shall constitute the
consumptive cost. To match this in
crease every article of commerce and
labor giong into the product shall be
equally Increased. This, in round num
bers, would give $1.10 a bushel for
wheat, 15 cents a pound for cotton, 20
cents for wool, $15 for pig Iron, $15 for
rough lumber, $3.25 a day for unskilled
labor, and so on.
To crown this right, fair and just so
lution, let the decree go forth that every
man, woman and .child In this country,
in the glow of promotion of the general
welfare, bestowed on all of us in the
preamble to the United States constitu
tion, have, prior to all other taxable
demands, a square ration each day of
their lives, as the first proceeds from
labor and capital.
No one can cavil at these propositions,
except those who dwell In caverns of
greed, extortion and favored privilege.
We all know who these are.
This, becoming the law of the land,
would extirpate hell on earth. On top
of this, let the gold standard for money
be abolished, and make a percentage of
the values of all the articles above
named the standard value of the dol
lar. CHARLES P. CHURCH.
Soviets Would Rule America
Portland. Oct 31. To the Editor of
The Journal Every week "Soviet Rus
sia," which Is the "Official Organ of the
Soviet Russian Government," is sold
openly on the news stands of Portland.
This Is the American mouthpiece of Le
nin and Trotzky.
In the issue of October 18. 1919, on
pages 17 to 20, is a brazen article which
instructs the American people and con
gress that they should repudiate agree
ments with England and France to act
In concert, and by shutting off appro
priations compel the American admini
stration to adopt this Bolshevist policy.
Here is a specimen piece of advice from
the Russian Red sheet:
"The American congress, merely by
passing a rider on an appropriation bill,
can prevent the further use of Ameri
can troops In Siberia, or the further
expenditure of American money for the
diabolical purposes of Kolchak and
Denikin."
Here we have a piece of propaganda
that would have this nation deliberately
dishonor its agreements with allied na
tions, In the low-down Lenin style. The
lie is slipped in that "the great majority"
of American people want this done.
And congress is boldly directed to chokw
off appropriations in order to force a
coordinate branch of the government to
do this dirty act.
Now, here is the main question: Why
is this treasonable, anarchistic official
sheet of the chief enemies of all civil
ized society allowed to constantly voice
its venom here in America? Is not its
circulation a crime against this govern
ment, and organized nations every
where? This insidious sheet asks that
force be used to disrupt the plans of
our government. Why not use force,
its own medicine, to shut off this vi
perous organ of treason? Why not now?
The writer of this surely understands
American democracy better than those
priests of ruin, for bis family connec
tions have been Americanized for -the
past TWO HUNDRED YEARS.
Hungry Little Children
Athena, Oct. 30. To the Editor of The
Journal The fact that in Portland there
are little children going to school suf
fering from malnutrition is not anything
surprising. Nor can Portland claim any
special distinction, nor is It a special
discredit to Portland or to her many
wealthy citizens. There are plenty of
other cities in the United States where
the same condition prevails, and In
many places worse. Of course It Is a
burning shame, but what are you going
to do about It? Philanthropy? The
fault is not any particular person's, but
Is still too obvious for argument
Drunkenness used to be arraigned for
a good share of it, and was, but it In
fact, jonly accentuated a wrong condi
tion. Drunkenness is about a thing of
the past, and still we have squalor and
poverty. We still see old men and
women, after a life of drudgery, working
like dray horses, and we still have poor
houses, and we still, see little children
going hungry to school.
The harvest was bountiful. The gran
aries are groaning with grain. The
marts are full and brimming. Every
where there is plenty more than enough.
And yet, some have untold millions and
some have nothing and little children are
going hungry to school.
What a paradox to speak of equality
and justice! When we see the man
sions of the fabulously wealthy beside
the hovels of the poor ; when we see the
grand boulevards lined with the homes
of the luxurious rich, who spend their
time in pleasure, and the crowded, hiv
ing tenements, where there is neither
sunlight nor air, and who re the com
mercial pawns of a nefarious system.
F. W. WrOOD.
Th Parked Car Barricade
Portland, Oct 3L To the Editor of
The Journal. One of the most suc
cessful traps set to catch the unwary,
and which has caused three or four
deaths in Pdrtland in the last few days
is that the streets everywhere near the
business center are lined with side
tracked autos, which are an effectual
screen to footmen on the sidewalks who
have business on the other side of the
street. This barricade of machines so
planted, and no preventive restraint as
to the speed of driven autoe, is the
reaper of death and Is sv constant men
ace to footmen. If the city council
would decree that no auto running with
in 10 feet of the barricade shall exceed
a seven-mile limit is would greatly
embarrass the undertakers. As it Is
now, the difference between the quick
and the dead depends upon who sees
the speeding auto first I have been
in great danger three or four times by
reason of the trap set and only by a
pretty well calculated control of my
movements actuated by these happen
fflgs have I been saved to date. A
seven-mile gait and safety, and now
that congestion is dally increasing, no
greater than a 10-mile gait in the re
tail district and on the principal
thoroughfares to where the tide of
travel dissipates by divergence, is what
the footman prays for and so do I.
FEARFUL.
Autos Rounding Corners
Portland, Oct. 2. To the Editor of
The Journal Referring to your leading
editorial In The Journal of October 25,
entitled "To Study Killings," there is, I
think, one more feature to be dealt with
not touched upon by you. Many drivers
of automobiles round corners at later
sections without sounding a warning. The
wnwr nas witnessed . times without
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
The relation of landlord and tenant
Is a poor relation and getting poorer.
Philadelphia's street fiusher drivers
are on strike. Are there as many as four
flushers? '
Our soldier boys In Siberia ought at
least to get the first whack at Santa
Claus' stuff.
It used to be the flowing bowl, but
now old J. B. is making as if he'd come
back via the sugar bowl.
In view of advancing tobacco prices,
the familiar expression, "smoke up," is
taking on a new meaning.
If President Wilson is gettlngJwell in
spite of the doctors, we shall be glad
to recall that he has had only three.
If the sun appreciates the renewed
allegiance of the clock-turning public he
hasn't given any sign of it yet. He's
an old grouch !
At least this comfort can be got out
of the great war: it made us all for a
while forget Chicago's everlasting public
school squabble.
For once the office Is seeking the man,
and the man is not seeking the office.
We refer to the office of census enumer
ator. As soon as Herr Hohenzollern gets all
that wood split that he's been sawing,
he will doubtless oblige Frau Hoheniol
lern by packing enough of it into the
houRe to fill the woodbox behind the
kitchen stove. Or will she have to carry
it herself?
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
Continuing bis recital of the career of
Hiimer S. 'umnine3, clmmian of the lcmo
ciatio nationM commiu.ee. Mr. Lockley pre
sents this distinguished citizen's record as
ofliceholder and as office-seeker. In which Ut
ter capacity he has enjoyed excitement if not
in all case success.
"For many years Samuel Fessenden
was a member of the Republican na
tional committee," said Homer S. Cum
mings, chairman of the Democratic na
tional committee, to me recently. "He
was not only a great lawyer, but he
was an able politician. I did my first
legal work for him at a salary of $10 a
week. Later I became his partner. Mr.
Fessenden was secretary of the Re
publican national committee during the
Blaine campaign, when the Plumed
Knight came so near to achieving vic
tory and gratifying his long time ambi
tion. Lafcr Mr. Fessenden was a dele
gate to the Republican national conven
tion that nominated McKinley for presi
dent. Joe Manley of Maine led the
fight for the nomination of Speaker
Reed for president Fessenden was
heart and soul for Reed. When Manley
gave up the fight for Reed and swung
to McKinley, Fessenden coined a phrase
which became famous. He said, 'Joe,
God Almighty hates a Quitter.'
"From 1000 to 1909 I practiced law
alone. In 1909 I took as my partner
Mr.. Lockwood. forming the firm of
Cummings & Lockwood, which is still
the title of our firm.
"Have I had plain sailing in politics?
The pojitjeal road I have traveled has
been far from monotonous. It has had
plenty of ups and downs. In 1896 I ran
for secretary of state of Connecticut
on the Democratic ticket and found that
the voters were overwhelmingly of the
opinion that they didn't need me in that
office. My only satisfaction lay in the
fact that I received 4he highest vote
on the Democratic ticket In 1897 I
ran for mayor of Stamford, Conn., an.d
was elected in Bpite of the fact that.
the city was overwhelmingly Republi
can. In 1898 I was reelected. In 1900
I was reelected mayor by a large ma
jority, and was the only candidate on
the Democratic ticket to come under
the wire a winner. The explanation of
the defeat of the other Democratic can
didates lay In the fact that it was a
presidential election year and Roose
velt's popularity carried the entire local
Republican ticket to victory, with the
exception of mayor, which I won hands
down because the people approved of
my course in certain matters where I
had protected the city's interests.
"Stamford is located on Long Island
sound. During my last term as mayor I
worked hard to put through a public
park. The park measure had to se
number, where autolsts have barely
missed pedestrians about to make a
crossing. It would be well to enforce a
rule that all autolsts about to make a
turn must give timely warning, and It
would bea safeguard if our council will
enact such an ordinance, appending a
penalty for all Infractions.
C. W. WARD.
Questions
rortland. Oct. 31. To the Editor Of
The Journal Why don't the proper of
ficials take action against both the
Milkmen's association and Master Bak
ers' association for violating the Anti
trust law by combining to fix the price
of milk and bread?
Each member of the aforesaid combine
should be fined and ordered to lower
their prices to what they were before
the said combinations were entered Into,
also assessed a penalty for each day the
illegal prices were maintained.
Recently the members of the Bakers'
association of Columbus, Ohio, were
fined $1000 each and costs, also penalized
$1500. each for violations as aforesaid.
JUSTICE.
Service Medals
Falls Cityi Oct 31. To the Editor of
The Journal-Can you tell me where to
make application for service medal for
Oregon soldiers, and when they can be
had? EX-SOLDIER.
(Ths modal v which are being prepared by
the state, are not ready, and noannouncement
has as yet been made that would answer
the Question above. Announcement trill be
made through the press in due time.
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
,
Gleaned From Curious Places
A fpecles of Greenland fir, believed
by scientists! to be nearly 200 years old,
is growing on. the Shenk farm in Bull
frog valley, near Hummelatown, Pa.
Thr unique tree is less than 2 feet
high, but Its branches have a spread
of 15 feet and a circumference of about
60 feet. It resembles a collection of
shrubs, and is one of the largest speci
mens knowp.
Advertising, for Farmers
From the Bsksr Ilwsld.
The departmesnt of journalism at
South Dakota State college wrote nearly
100 farmers aaklng their experience with
advertising.
One replied that advertising of seed
grain had been so successful that next
year a new granary was to be built,
a new truck bought, and equipment for
cleaning and handling grain added.
Another replied that his success. In
selling little pigs had been bo great
through local papers that he had been
unable to meet the demand.
A third replied that a small ad In the
county-seat paper sold all his settings
Jot eggs. ,. ; , .
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Baptists, the Enterprise reporta,
are to build a church at Cloverdale.
Enrolled in the night school at The
Dalies are 80 students, many of whom
are ex-service men drawing state and
federal bonus Money. The attendance
at this school Is twice what was ex
pected, the Chronicle says.
The largest buck killed in the moun
tains south of Pendleton this year, ac
cording to the East Oregonian, was
brought down by Levi Eldridge. Pilot
Rock mayor. The deer weighed 350
pounds dressed and had 19 points. He
was almost as large as an elk. L. C.
Scharpf, one of the party, asBerted.
"I have been here SO years and I have
never seen it snow this early in the
season." Thus the La Orande Observ
er quotes a Grand Ronde citizen, and
then commer.ts : "But it is all a matter
of memory good and bad because it
has only been a few years simoe Just
such a snow came on October 20. And
everyone enjoyed it just as they are en
joying this snow."
In this grim style does the Enterprise
Reporter speed the parting giot : "An
old resident of Wallowa county savs that
about every five or six years there is
an exodus of farmers ag others from
this county to differenr parts of tho
country in search of a better place to
live. This year seems to be ono when
more people than usual are leaving for
Idaho and western Oregon in search of
a milder climate. It is a common oc
currence for these people to bo disap
pointed in their new home and to come
back to Wallowa county wiser but
poorer."
Lockley
cure the approval of two bodies the
common council and the board of ap
propriations. The park measure was
bitterly contested. The vote in the
common council was a tie and it was
my vote as mayor which broke the tie.
Next evening the matter came up be
fore the board of appropriations. There,
too, the vote was a tie. In case. of a
tie the mayor, as a member ex-officio
of the body, has a vote ; so once again
I broke the tie by voting in Its favor.
A few days later my term as mayor
expired and the Incoming administra
tion disestablished the park. I took the
case to the supreme court of the state,
won it, and t,hus established the li-gality
of the park. Today I doubt if yon
could find a single citizen who would
bo willing to surrender the park, nor
could you buy it if you covered it with
gold dollars. I named It Halloween
park, for it was on Halloween night
that I affixed my signature as mayor
to the act creating it.
"In 1910 I was a candidate for United
States senator. This was before the
dayB of the popular vote for senator.
The contest was settled in what we call
our general assembly, which is the
same as your ' legislature. I received
the solid Democratic vote, but there
there were too many Republican votes ;
so Senator McLean won. Six years later
1 ran against Senator McLean, who was
up for reelection. Senators were by this
time elected by popular vote. I chal
lenged Senator McLean to a joint de
bate. His political advisers d dn't want
him to accept but he finally accepted
and chose Waterbury as the place he
would meet me. He talked 4.5 minutes.
I talked an hour, and he closed with a
15 minute talk. Through the press I
had .attacked his stand on refusing to
vote for the child labor law. Ho as
sailed me bitterly and said he had not
'ducked' when the vote came' up, but
had been unavoidably detained, as he
waa visiting the sick wife of the fore
man of his mill. He drew attention to
his advocacy of the migratory bird law
as proof of his Interest 1n humane legis
lation. For an hour I tore Into him.
showed up his flimsy excuses. and
showed his real Interest in allowing
children to work in the mills he operat
ed. The crowd was with me. He lost
his temper and his poise. He took up
his 15 minutes to close' the debate in
abusing the audience. He finally be
came incoherent and had to stop. When
the votes were counted in Waterbury
I beat him to a frazzle, but I couldn't
get him to debate In any Dther city.
Though I led my ticket, I lacked
enough votes to win ; so you see run
ning for office Is not always a bed of
roses."
Olden Oregon
Legislature And Supreme 0urt Split
on Capital Act of 1SS0.
The act of the territorial legislature of
1850 locating the. capital at Salem was
followed by a long agitation 'over tho
question. When the legislature of 3 801
was called, the Democratic members,
who were largely In the majority, met at
Salem. The Whig minority gathered at
Oregon City. The supremo court became
Involved in tho controversy. According
to the act of congress creating the court,
it was required to meet at the capital.
The two Whig judges, Strong and Nel
son, constituting a quorum, met at
Salem. Pratt, the Democratic judge,
went to Oregon City. Tho controversy
became violent and was not allayed even
by the act of congress confirming the lo
cation at Salem.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says :
Tightwad Henderson was oratin' down
to the Corners t'other night on the sin
fulness of these here labor union work
In' men putting up a nickel apiece to
bust up land speculatin' In Oregon. What
them officers of the labor unions will
do with all the money was one of the
questions he aat us. I told him Oiat,
accordin' to my figgers. the whole 20,000
of 'em. if they did put it up, wouldn't do
so awful .much. Most likely Tightwad
would put up that much hisself to coun
ter agin 'em, to Bay nothin' of what some
of our first class land profiteers would
do. Sandy McLaln told him any' nish
atlve measure to bust up land monopoly
that had any teeth in it could he. busted
by throwin' a few scares into tho farm
ers and that $10,000 a scare come cheap,
even 'if It tuck a dozen of 'em.
Rockefeller Wailed on Gompers
From Capper's Weekly.
Big chiefs of capital and labor lunched
together in the cafeteria during the in
dustrial conference at Washington.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. found himseft
In line at the counter Just ahead of
Sam Gompers and turned over to the
veteran laborite the heaping plate that
he had lust been handed.
"Will you permit me to serve you?"
he asked.
"Have you a union waiter's card 7'
Gompers returned.
"Won't you take It unless I haver
Rockefeller asked.
Gompers grinned and took it.
An Object Lesson
From th Chlcsio I'mt:
If the Lueltania is ever salvaged, as
some experts now believe possible, not
the worst place for it would be the
capitol grounds in Washington, In order
to remind some senators that what hap
pened once can happen again unless the
world does better team work In - the
future than In the past, . . , i
The Oregon Couptry
Northwest Happentac in Brief orm for U
liiw header.
OREGON NOTES
A farm loan bureau has leen formed'
in t lie Umapino district of' Umatilla
county.
James Monroe Jarvis. a resident of
Pendleton for more than 80 years, died
in that city last week, aged 71 years.
Tho financial statement of the Uma
tilla county Red Cross showH $9413.83
on hand, after having expended during
thepast year $26.36'.'.95.
A enmnuu t!a.. e enn Mi wA.l
voices is being organized at Oregon
Agricultural college bv Dr. D. V. Pol
ing, secretary of the Y. M. C. A.
Christian church and other religious
edifices at lloml River which are with
out regular pastors nre being used as.
storage houses for apples.
N". F. Macduff, ffir a number of yearj'
supervisor of the Sisklvou National
forest with headquarters at Orants
Pass, has been transferred to Eugene
as supervisor of the Cascade National
forest.
Death Is announced at Hood River of
Colonel W. V. Tucker, ranking colonel
en tho retired list of (lie United States
army .f Internal hemorrhages. He
as 65 years old.
"'lie lifeless body of Charles -Citntile
of KoM'hurrr w.m found In the Coffee
creek country near Tiller a few days
a .-!. It is supposed lie died of exhaus
tion and cold while hunting. -
Ethel M. Foster lias Jjeen appointed
postmistress at Clackamas to succeed
herself. The reappointment was made
necessary l,y her recent marriage. Sho
was formerly Ethel r.. Mather.
WASHINGTON "
Meets are now lit uu: d ii(T throuffh tl'
Yakima valley and tl.e sugar factory
at Siiiuiysiile lm.s boun npfrationt-.
1j. 11. beWade of Tacoma is under
arrest at Al.-rdeen for killlnp' an elk
and having t no meat In bin pcsseHtiloii.
A terrific wind and rain storm on Sat
urday did iniic'ii daina:;i in W'ulla Walla
and vicinity, the wind registering 43
miles an hour.
Yakima valley hop p rowers who have
been fortunate rnour.li to raise more
hops than contracted, are holdlnjf the
surplus crop for 8f cents a pound.
Aecnrdfn? to Secretary llnyden of
tho Tieton Water Users' association,
the snnual construction payment on the
TXon project this year will amount to
$101,013.
Tile 1 VIi ranch of 160 acre between
Prosser and Cranfrer has been purchased
by tho Carnation Milk company for
5-49. hud, also 40 acres adjoining lor
$13.U(H.
irower of the Spokane FYult throw
ers' company have suffered from the
recent cold weather a loss of apprrflcl-
matelv 1(U cars of apples, valued Ht
$150,000.
1'asco business men have been asked
lo subscribe $."ni'0 to the stock of &
company that Intends putting on a
line of boats between that city and
Portland.
Thomas Ludwlp, aged 47. was shot
and probably fatally wounded at Se
attle by Nora Edwards. m;ed 21, who
told the police that Ludwlg was trying
to rob her.
lierause he was accused of Ktcatinsr
a calf. W. A. Allen, a farmer living
near White Hwan, has brought milt
acainst Ainon Morse, a neighbor, ask
ing oul)U for slander. ...
l ne v asnniKion state i airymen s as
sociation, in Fcsxlon .at Everett, adopt
ed resolutions declaring npalnut the
"short day." statinvc that "with It we
cannot clothe and feed the world."
The entire Inland Empire railroad
system, including the Spokane traction
lines and a power site on the Spokane
river, was sold Saturday to trusteed
for the bondlkolders for 'J3.600.000.
E. V.. Poard. for 15 yearn editor and
publisher of the Vancouver Columbian,
has sold his paper and removed to Se
attle, whore he will be associated wltl
the J'acinc 1'ort. a magazine aevotea to
the foreign export and Import trade.
IDAHO
The logging camp which J. A. Harsh
has operated in tho Big Bear creok can
yon, near Dreary, for the last two year
will clone in a few days, and the 12
miles of railway leading to Dreary will
be taken up at once.
Covernor Davla ha lamied a procla
mation designating November li a
Armistice day and a holiday throughout
the state.
! It 1b estimated that there ar 3.000,000
I tons of excellent soft coal that can be
i moved from the Teton mines. Thia will
I lc sufficient to tide Idaho over the coat
! strike period.
This year six rural nchonln situated
I within a radius of miles of Iewiston
are serving aw training centers for
I teacher. who are preparing to teach in
tlie country schools or jaano.v
It Is estimated that approximately
Jl. 000. ono of state funds will be put Into
inn Mairwiue scnooi ouiiuimk chmipkikm
next spring as loans on bonds of school
districts ate 6eing called for.
kneha:.
Cardinal Mercier. primate of Belgium,
left Quebec Saturday on tho steamship
Megautic for Liverpool.
Premier Nltti announces that during
the punt two rnoirlhs Italy has demob
ilized more than a million men.
The. California legislature on Saturday
adopted a Jomt resolution rallfylng the
national woman suffrage amendment.
All coal In transit or1 mined in Colo
rado, not seized by the federal author
ities, will be. ;ommand'ered by th) state
government and distributed, equitably.
Isn approximating $100,00$ was
caused Sunday when a cloudburst
and washed out licveral miles of rail
way. Deposit of -bombs -or oilier Infernal
machines In the maila would be made a
capital offense under a bill reported
favorably by the senate judiciary com
mittee. The "first group of flcrhian Immi
grants, numbering 60 families, have ar
rived at Huenos Aires, and have been
assigned fiscal lands In tho territory of
Misiones.
In the last full week before the strike
sort coal mines turned out and railroads
moved morn than 13.000.000 tons, which
Secretary I.ane considers a record for
the country.
United Statns Senator Harding of
Ohio announces that ho Is not a candt-'
date for the Kepublii-an nomination for
to the senate.
Channel island, about IS miles from
Wrangel, Alaska, has been added to the
ever increasing number of small Islands
in the North which arc being used for
fox farming.
Suit to enjoin the government from
enforcing war time prohibition, and at
tacking It a unconstitutional, was
filed In the United States court at
Chicago Friday.
Coal miners and transport workers
: . 1. Tfl.1... t. .
many have volunteered to reestablish
the 12 hour day and also work Sundays
until the coal crista has paaned.
Three newspapers In Nashville, Tenn.,
are tld up by a strike of printers. On
Saturday morning the Tennesseean Is
sued with photo enfsravlngfl of the edi
torial columns and' some advertisements.
With the completion of tho present
construction program of the-shipping
board, there w;!l h under the American
flag ITil oil burning Htesimers of m n
aggregate of nearly 10,000,000 dead
weight tons.
New Boys' and Girls'
; Feature Next Sunday
The Sunday Journal will have
something for tho kiddles beginning
next Sunday. It has arranged for
a "Boys' and Girls' " feature that is
bound to please the little folks both
for Its drawings and' Its. text, This
feature, which is the work of Ttuth
Plumly Thompson, carries stories and
jingles and pictures of the very kind
that the children, like. Watch for