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AMERICA'S PROBLEM
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I HE federal department of Justice
has revealed the startling fact
that during the war and since
the armistice 400 new publica
tions of radical character have ap
peared in America, Three hundred
re printed in foreign languages.
Their combined circulation reaches
many millions. Calling In their col
umns on readers to disregard and dis
trust English language newspapers
and preaching in most instances doc
trines of discontent and revolution,
these radical sheets undoubtedly ac
count for a considerable percentage
Of the unrest and ferment in America.
Is this why half a million coal miners
struck in defiance of the wishes of j
. the whole country, and in defiance of
President Wilson's appeal?
Most of the 063I miners cannot read
Englibh. Most of them did not learn
from the English language newspa-1
pers that the public sentiment of
America is overwhelmingly against
the strike. Undoubtedly they did not
know that the president had appealed
to them not to strike, and did not know
that he declared that the whole power
. of the government would be employed
to keep the coal mines producing.
Most of these alien illiterates were
brought to America and pu in the,
, coal mines and steel plants because
they could be had at low wages.
They came out of countries where
people were subjugated by force and
governed without their consent. It
was their habit over there to resist
authority, and since they were gov
erned by force they themselves re
sorted to force whenever that course
would Inure to their advantage. They
have brought their European ideas
with them to America.
Making up their opinions from their
foreign language newspapers and
what they are told by radical leaders
and agitators, ignorant even of the
Ideals and Institutions of American
government, these illiterates' afford
6ome explanation of why 500,000
coal miners defied publlS opinion,
defied the president, defied the
power of the United States and
plunged Into the frightful enterprise
of trying to cut off the coal supply,
while 100 million people, with coal
bins empty, are on the threshold
of approaching winter.
The same conditions applied In the
i steel strike, where there was the
same illiterate alien element, the
6ame inability to read the language
of America, the same circulation of
publications printed In- a foreign
tongue-, and the same disregard of the
appeal of the president of the United
. States not to strike.
With 400 radical newspapers
. brought into being almost within a
.. few months, with their circulation
covering millions of readers and
swiftly increasing, with these papers
speaking to aliens In the familiar
relation of their own tongue, with j
these publications urging disregard
and distrust of all that appears In
American daily papers and constantly
Treadling radicalism and revolution,
"What else can be expected than that
the country should be full of strikes,
unrest, ferment and agitation such
as was never before known in these
United States?
" More than 8,500,000 people in Amer-
ica over 10 years of age cannot read
or write any. language. Other mil
lions cannot read the American
language. What a fertile field for
the agitator, the radical and the
revolutionist! These alien groups will
never be able to overthrow the
" American system, but they can give
the American people a lot of trouble.
They are today America's most
r pressing domestic problem. j
. In the collection of wages due by
-.workmen, the industrial laws of Ore
gon draw a distinction on the point
of whether the employe quits or goes
out on a strike. If discharged, his
; wages are due and payable Immedl-
ately. The same is true when he
, quits, provided he has given three
- days' notice of his Intention to quit.
;VYhen ,he quits -without said notice
his wages are due in three days
'thereafter. If he eoesout on a
etrike, : his wages become due the
next regular payday, provided that
the payday la within 2,0 day after
the strike has been called. In any
event, payment Is due within 30 daya
fter the strike begin." .
HIRE THE FIGHTERS
N'
EARLY a thousand returned
soldiers and sailors are jobless in
Portland.
Are they to remain unem
ployed T
Is Portland that kind of a city?
Effort Is being made to find em
ployment for them. It ought to have
the support of every man and woman
in the city. If there are not Jobs
enough to go around places ought
to be made by addition of working
force In plants and by extending the
employment in commercial or other
institutions.
Sfost if not all these Jobless men
left employment to go to war. We
sang their praises then. We con
demned the slackers. We extolled
men who made sacrifices. We held
functions at Liberty Temple and'told
them of their virtues.
Everybody meant all the good
things they said in praise of them.
The town and all the people were
proud of them.
They are the same boys now. And
there is this addition: They have a
brave and honorable record of mili
tary or naval service. They fought
to defend the country against Prus
sian aggression. Some of them never
came back. Others returned crippled
for life.
Is the portion of these returned men
to be neglect and ingratitude by the
very people who extolled them so
loudly when they went away? Now
that they have done their sacrificial
work are we to forget It all? Are
we to toss them aside, after they did
their bit?
The Journal doesn't believe that
Portland is that kind bf a town.
When the facts as to the number of
these unemployed men are once
brought to the attention ef employ
ing Institutions, this paper believes
that work will be made for them.
There never was so much need
for production as now. There ttever
was so much demand for the products
that come from the work of hands.
There never were such markets or
such prices or so much money with
which to pay for things.
Every interest in this city should
become concerned. Let there be no
taint on the patriotism of Portland.
Patriotism is not empty words, but
a matter of making places for men
who risked life and gave up their
former jobs and lost months and
months of time to serve their country
and uphold its flag.
A Portland housewife has reached
the conclusion that the home wash
tub can nullify the high price of
laundering, but she doesn't know
what to do about the price of eggs,
for she forgot to put a supply down
in "water glass" last summer when
they 'were cheaper.
SU'ORDS AND PLOUGHSHARES
T
HE day of dayj In the annals
of human happiness was Novem
ber 11. 1918. Old earth thrilled
with the Impulse of pure joy
that encircled it. The aged gave
thanks to God that their days had
been prolonged to experience 60
glorious a climax. The youthful
were fired with new hope and am
bition for a future that suddenly
unfolded filled with promise. The
men in uniform of many nations j
were glad beyond words that from
soli enriched with the blood of
fallen comrades had been lifted a
standard of world liberty. Men and
women everywhere exulted in the
triumph of right and the downfall
of autocracy. In every heart there
was a sense of benediction and ex
uberance that passes telling.
Almost a year has passed. We
see now that the ending of war
merely ushered in a greater problem.
Thu millenium was not to be had
alone through the process of laying
down arms. Beating the sword into
the ploughshare and the spear into
the pruning hook are delicate and
tedious operations. Devotion, courage
and brain power are the enlistments
of patriotism no less now .when men
are called upon to live for democracy
than when they were asked to die
for democracy.
The adjustment of human relation
ships Is today the great concern of
mankind. No other issue compares
with that which seeks an ability
of nations and classes to dwell to
gether ln peace.
Armistice day should be observed
with deep sincerity and purpose.
Let not that for which pien died
be forgotten.
Filmy costumes and open candle
flames caused two Halloween trag
edies. Two endeared lives were
lost. Two homes rested under the
saddening shadow of death. What
grief would be averted, what disas
ter would be defeated. If only fore
thought could guard our little ones!
HEARTENING AMERICANISM
A'
POWER is given to music to
soften the hearts of men. to
allay distrust and to quicken
the sense of brotherhood. The
harmony of blended voices leads- to
harmony in the minds of those who
sing. Argument and dissension are
chained by rhythm and melody.
A Portla-nd business man explained
to an audience of musicians a few
days ago why he accepted the chair
manship of the underwriting board of
the Symphony orchestra.. He is Eric
V. Hauser hotel man and shipbuilder.
He -said: '
There never was a time U the knowr.
history of mankind when humanity fcad
greater need for steadying and strength
ening ' effect of i every powerful influ
ence for rood, and of them all, music
and brotherly lev go hand In hand
among the most potent, as music is
conceded to be the universal language
of mankind, and Is a recognized medium
for bringing out the best we have In us.
I wonder If any of us can fully realise
the magnitude and the grandeur of our
privileges' and opportunities through the
beautiful realms of music to soften and
dispel the spirit of disloyalty, distrust,
batred and suspicion that the enemies
of mankind, and the enemies of our gov
ernment maliciously instill Into the
hearts and minds of their countrymen?
Mr. Hauser is said to be the largest
contributor to the maintenance of the
Symphony orchestra. His words re
veal that he knows why he is doing
it To keep music vibrant in the
hearts of Americans is to hearten
Americanism.
In Massachusetts, the Republicans
demanded in their platform that the
peace treaty be ratified without
reservations. The Democratic
platform took the other Bide. In
yesterday's elections the Democrats
got what they deserved a decisive
defeat. The Republicans also made
their campaign on law and order,
while the Democrats took the side
of those who sympathized with the
Boston police strike. The campaign
resolved itself into a situation in
which the Democrats had Jo bear
the odium of sympathizing with the
radicals. On such an issue any
party will always be beaten in
America.
IN THE DAY'S NEWS
I
X PORTLAND 141 traffic accidents,
involving more than 150 automo
biles, were reported at police head
quarters between Saturday morn
ing and Monday evening. Saturday's
toll of 65 accidents shattered all pre
vious records in Portland- On that
day 13 people were more or less seri
ously injured.
Thirty-four accidents happened
Sunday. Early Monday evening 40
sfnashups were already on the police
books for the day and before the joy
rides of the night were over, officials
believed Saturday's record might be
broken.
No. fatalities resulted during the
three days, but several persons suf
fering from painful injuries were
taken to hospitals
Draw two parallelograms, one
representing the Inevitable expense
of the city government next year,
the other representing the income
possible at the present rate of taxa
tion for municipal purposes. The dis
crepancy between the two is barely
equalized by a third parallelogram
representing the additional income
to be secured from authorizing the
2-milf extra tax on the ballot for
November 12.
LINCOLN'S FAITH
S
HALL we believe with Chaplain
Gilbert that "the brotherhood Of j
man will await remembrance Of ,
the fatherhood of Ood?" He has !
come from the battlefields of Europe been withdriiwn1' froro development and
to find an American senate dilatory 1 exploitation for several years. Approx
ln its duty of completing inter- imately 6,500.000 acres of possible oil
national peace. He has found an
American people stirred with indus
trial disquietude. He has found open
ears listening to a diseased doctrine
imported from blasted ( Russia. He
has come to the point of fearing
that America has forgotten God. In
the words of Abraham Lincoln, he
has declared that remembrance and
devotion must rest upon this country
before its disturbance of soul can
be calmed.
There came a time in the course
of America's civil conflict when it
was felt that only the invoked guid
ance of Providence could lead the
nation into paths of safely. In pro
claiming a day of national prayer
for observance on April 30, 1863,
Lincoln said:
We have been the recipients of the
choicest bounties of heaven: we have
been preserved these, many years in
peace and prosperity ; we lave grown
in mimbers, wealth and power as no
other nation has ever grown. But we
have forgotten God. We have forgotten
the gracious hand which preserved us
in peace and multiplied and enriched
and strengthened us. and we have vainly
Imagined, in the deceitfulness of our
hearts, that all these blessings were
produced by some superior wisdom and
virtue of our own. Intoxicated with
unbroken success we have become too
self-sufficient to feel the necessity of
redeeming . and preserving grace, , too
prr.ud to pray to the God that made us.
There has come upon the world
a time like that which came upon
the nation during and after the Civil
war. Confueion and disaster alone
will rule until America remembers
that Christian faith and abiding trust
which guided and sustained martyred
Lincoln through the darkest days.
What the people think of the army
stbre was revealed when they mis
takenly feared that the threatened
transfer of the federal commlssary
to San Francisco included abandon
ment of the sales of army blankets
and beef. Thousands of people who
are wrestling with high prices want
the army store to continue in
definitely. COLLISIONS OF TEMPER
T
HERE ; will be fewer, collisions
trians if there are' fe-sver col
lisions of temper between the
autoist and the- person afoot. The
undoubted disposition of the pe
destrian Is to view the automobile
driver asr a frenzied speed maniac.
The settled conviction of the autoist
Is that the pedestrian is sullenly in
different to his or her safety and is
perfectly willing to run the risk of
injury if by crossing the street tor
toise fashion the squeal of suddenly
applied brakes may be heard.
A certain amo'unl of give and take
spirit is necessary on both sides. The
law . gives both classes . of travel
egual right at the intersections. The
law requires each to be alert for
the safety of the other. Attempt is
made to lessen the problems of the
motorist by requiring pedestrians to
cross the streets at the intersections
and not any place along the block.
Equal rights upon the streets ought
to be accompanied by equal con
sideration. With the best of inten
tions the autoist may, on a day when
the street is wet, be unable to stop
soon enough to keep clear of those
who wilfully delay their step. Far
better for both to adopt a spirit
of tolerance and cooperation. An ex
cellent way for the pedestrian to
get the point Of view of the motorist
and vice versa would be for each
to change places occasionally.
Let us not have It said of Port
land that there are returned service
men here anxious to work but un
able to secure employment. If the
situation is to continue, here is fur
ther reason for the 2 mill Increase
in the Portland tax levy.
SINNOTT LEASE
BILL'S TERMS
By Carl Smith, "Washington - Corre
spondent of The Journal.
Washington, Nov. 6. Extension of
the leasing provisions and elimination
of any surrender of the government's
title in fee to its oil, oil shale, coal and
phosphate lands have popularized the
Sinnott-Smoot bill ,and won general
praise from progressive students of this
legislation.
All coal and oil land leasing bills
which have heretofore made" headway in
congress have carried provisions that
the lessor, upon discovery of oil, should
receive a patent to a portion of the
land covered by his permit. Under the
pending bill, the government does not
part with title to any of the land, even
in dealing with" lands which have been
developed under the placer mnning law's.
In settlement of suits over equitable In
terests of these claimants a relinquish
ment to the government is provided.
Chairman Sinnott of the public lands ,
w me iuuiiv 1
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committee sensed the
was ready for an all
than most of his colleagues, for the rec
ord shows that early In the present ses
sion he Introduced a strictly leasing bill,
while others prominent in the fight ad
hered to the idea that the measure
must carry some provision for the pat
enting of lands.
He received an unusual tribute from a
political adversary and his predecessor
as chairman of the committee in the
opening day of the debate, when Scott
Ferpis, a veteran of many conservation
battles, said :
"The gentleman from Oregon, Mr.
Sinnott, is entitled to the very greatest
credit He spent nights and nights and
nights and tedious night they were, in
the most thorough Investigation in con
nection with this bill. The gentleman
has always been active on the com
mittee, but this year he has assumed
the responsibility of the chairmanship
with all the term it implies, and is
really the best chairman the committee
ever had."
In his statement presenting the bill
! to the house. Chairman Sinnott said :
..ln a general way it involves, according
to the statement of the secretary of the
interior, the releasing - of enormous
larws nave Deen unarawn rrom oevei-
opment In our western states 2.700,000
acres of phosphate lands have been
withdrawn;: 3.500,000 acres of 'oil shale
have been classified and will become
subject to development under this bill,
and 70.000.000 acres of coal land are In
volved ; 29,000,000 acres of these coal
lands have already been classified.
"The secretary of the Interior tells us
that, whHle the classified lands may be
acquired under existing laws, that law
Is admittedly Inadequate and unsuiteS
to the development of coal deposits, be
caOse it limits the area which may be
acquired to an amount too small for
successful mining."
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Mr. Sinnott pointed out that the bill
embraces a reservation to the govern
ment of all discoveries of helium which
may be found on the public lands, this
having been urged as a. matter of high
est importance by the secretary of war.
In that connection Sinnott said :
"A new featuer in this bill is the res
ervation of all helium that may be
j fourid in tne leased lands. Helium gas
Is the gas that is necessary to employ
in dirigibles in order to prevent com
bustion. Helium is a non-comb'istible
gas. There is more of It in the Vnited
States than in any other country. Dur
ing the war we paid to one concern' in
Texas $U00.000 for the right to extract
helium gas from alnd owned by the
party In question."
Secretary Lane and Secretary Hous
ton have each indorsed the pending bill
as the best leasing bill which has ever
passed either house of congress.
New Age, and What Shall
Be Done to Meet it?
From Leslie's
I
What few seem to understand is that
America, ln common with the rest of
the world, has entered upon a new era.
The old age, familiar to us and our
fathers, Is dead and gone forever. The
new age, born in the travail of the
Great War, Is like a new continent un
explored and uncharted. Temporary
makeshifts are of doubtful value. The
ax must be laid at the foot of the
tree. We must deal with causes rather
than with effects. And we must think
ouv problems through to the bottom If
Our thinking is to do good rather than
harm.
Certain rights of working men to
organize may be confirmed. A truce
may be declared ln certain areas of
the industrial war such as the railroads
and the steel industry. And a better
understanding between persons and
parties may be achieved. AU of this will
leave the nation about where it found
it, and trouble, headed off in one place,
wili inevitably break out somewhere
else.
The history of mankind is a confused
story of strife, ruin, failure and waste.
In the war just ended we have crow-ded
into five years the ruin and waste of
centuries. But above and beyond the
dark clouds of human failure and strife
ihere shines a great alluring hope. Some
time, somehow, men will learn the secret
of living together In peace. Sometime,
scmehow. poverty and suffering shall be
driven ;from the world ; injustice shall
give place to Justice for all. and the
masses of men shall enjoy- the privileges
and blessings which are now the lot of
a fortunate few. "today for the -first
time In history the great voiceless
masses of men in every land are con
scious of their power and are seeking
to use this newborn power .to obtain for
themselves a larger share of the good
things of life.' This is the vast surging
force, which stirs the nations and mani
fests itself In social unrest, class hatred
and a thousand incipient rebellions and
revolutions as futile as they are dangerous.
Letters From the People
Communications arot to The Journal for
publication in this .department should be written
on only ona side of the papar. should not ezoaed
300 words in lensth, and must be mined by the
writer, whose mail address in full must accom
pany the contribution.
In Denunciation of Parasites
Vancouver, Wash., Nov. 4. To the
Editor of The Journal Mr. Hoover
states that there is in storage some 20.
000,000 tons of foodstuffs (this is visible
supply), and with all the draft of Eu
ropean countries on this supply there
will still be no such thing as shortage
here. But prices soar just the same.
In the next column, up jumps some
United States senator with this state
ment: "The reason such high prices
prevail is because production is far
below normal, and because labor's de
mand in the way of wages, hours, etc.,
have been so excessive.
Labor's demands are never excessive,
unless they exceed the full social value
of their toil, and if food and clothing
remain at their present height $12 a day
for every man that works is not exces
sive. The buck is always passed to
labor, no matter what happens when ;
there is industrial strife ;
What are the reasons for high prices?
We will cite personally known reasons
only. When a merchant buys shoes for
$50 and sells them for $9, and every
other shoe in proportion, the high price
of labor is to blame. When the grocer
buys green beans for 7 cents delivered
and sells for 15 cents a pound, honey at
20 cents and sells for 55 cents, head let
tuce at 25 cents a dozen and sells three
heads for 25 cents, of course the farmer
is to blame. The hired man and the
bees, and probably the farmer's wife,
had something to do with the transac
tion also.
The government itself is largely re
sponsible -for these conditions. . "Wfe
can't please -the interests of all, so we
will please the interest of large con
cerns only." seems to be the tendency.
It is a known fact that the sugar barons
on both coasts became multimillionaires
when sugar retailed at from $4.00 to
$5.50 a sack, but in their regulation pro
gram they now allow the factory $10 a
sack at the factory, and everybody
knows what it costs us when fortunate
enough to get two bits' worth. There
has been nothing done to relieve the
) situation But what can common peo- j
pie expect 01 a millionaires ciud:
40hnST ?
VJJtr
pe expect of a millionaires' club?
kind have no conscience on Uie subject
of their privilege. History does -not ad
duce one Instance in which a nobility,
or even a monopoly, entrenched in prece
dent and custom, has ever voluntarily
made restitution to society of the rightsj
of which she has been despoiled. The
iron jaws which close on the marrow
bone of privilege never rela until they
are broken."
Never mind ; their Jaws will be bro
ken, and In a peaceable, thorough man
ner, occasional small riots by radicals,
excepted. The slogan of "Work or j
fight" may soon be changed to "Work
or you don't eat," and the energy of
now criticising worthless parasites
turned into productive channels.
A. C. MALIN.
A Tribute to Dr. Boyd
Cherryville, Nov. 1. To the Editor of
The Journal I read with much inter
est your article about Dr. J. H. Boyd,
the famous Presbyterian minister, and
his so-called heretical views. Dr. Boyd
was well known here and well liked, as
he had had a summer home here for
the past five years. Like all men of
really great ability and who possess an
open mind and are honest in their own
convictions, he naturally grew out of
his old "hard-boiled" Calvanistic shell.
His statement that he came very near
saying that there were better men out
of the church than there were in It
smacked of ieonoclasm and gave some of
the thick and thin orthodox a hard jolt.
The brightest mind the orthodox church
has produced In 50 years. Professor
Henry Drummond, said the position oc
cupied by the orthodox church is not
impregnable. As to the Rev. Mr. Blair,
he is not to be taken seriously, as ariy
ma who says all Unitarians ought to
be driven out is not far from being fan
atical. The greatest minds that have
ever advanced our history have been
Unitarians, including Longfellow, Whit
tier, Olivers Wendell Holmes, Julia Ward
Howe, Greeley, Jefferson, Franklin and
William Penn. . The last named was a
Quaker, but a Hicksite Friend. These
do not believe in the trinity. Dr. Boyd
talked to the soldiers at the Benson
Polytechnic during the war and empha
sized right living and the development
of character. He laid stress on the
statement of James, the brother of
Christ, that "faith without works is
dead," .and that true religion and unde
filed before the Father is to comfort
those in affliction, and to visit the wid
ows and orphans.
PARXELL AVERILL.
The School Building Considered
Oregon City, Nov. 2. To the Editor of
The Journal I have noticed in The
Journal quite a lot of space given to the
question of room for school " children ;
in other .words, the housing problem as
applied to schools. If. Instead of the
stately pile in the center of the block, as
at present, the principle of building
around the block were used, the results
would be different. Instead of one
building in the center, containing 8 or 12
rooms, as the case riut be, we would put
four buildings of three rooms, one in
each corner. The question would be
made simpler and easier. These four
buildings of three rooms would accommo
date as many pupils as one of 12 rooms
of two stories and not be over one story
In height. It Is true that these four
buildings may cost slightly more than
one stately pile of 12 rooms ; yet the
lessened cost of fire insurance. In con
nection with a possible fire and the
increased safety for the purplls by hav
ing ground-floor rooms, together with
the ability to increase the number of
rooms If necessity calls for them, will
overcome all that difference 'In costs.
A good many reasons for increased de
mand for roRn and the high cost of
property when needed, and the causes
for the Increase In congestion, make an
article of this kind necessarily too long
for a newspaper article. This can be
better explained before the peopje ln a
public gathering where a blackboard
can be used for demonstration. How
ever, I give the suggestion for what it
is worth. F. H. KING.
Altarks on Religion
From tj"slle'
The cheapest sort of Attack upon re
ligion Is that of the newspaper head
line writer who plays up th clergy
man's son or Sunday school teacher or
church member haled into court on a
criminal charge, "fhe rare instances of
lapses simply reveal the weakness com
mon to human nature, and bring out by
contrast the overwhelming majority of
cases in which religion shows itself to
have a real power over human conduct.
The unthinking and the scoffer feed
upon such sensational headlines, while
the scoffer at all religions Is furnished
a 'new text for bis tirades. Great news
pa per a should be above playing Into the
hands of those who seek to discredit the
work of the churehes.
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE.
Sounds familiar, doesn't It: "Seven
precincts out of 1J7 give:" etc., etc., etc
The Willamette proceeds to get fresh
again, and spills things around in great
shape.
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Cats who are about out of lives would
do well to, apply to Lloyd George and
Clemenceau for the loan of their recipe.
The state highway commission will
probably find it better going now that a
million dollars in road bonds has been
disposed of.
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It has been remarked that if the
bootlegger figures In the high cost of
leather it's really a wonder that he
sells the stuff as cheap as he does.
What, It has been Inquired In our
hearing, is to hinder Uncle Sam from
devoting some of thole as yet un
available ships of his to the relief of
the housing shortage?
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Until we Can SaWV What that Talan
scientist is driving at in his anti-gravita-t.on
theory we shall continue to put our
money on Mr. Newton's well known ap
ple and perhaps longer.
In the opin4on of some, what is re
quired in the present coal strike situa
tion la not so much the olive branch
as a, hearty application of the present
day equivalent of the good old-fashioned
hickory branch that wrought such
marvelous moral results in an earlier
generation.
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
With this article Mr. Lockley opens a ee
rie in which he will review his interstate trip
by automobile, with the park-to-park excursion
in the interest of connectiiu the West s great
public playgrounds by pavnl roads and eyuip
pine the route for the burliest class of tounst
patronage. This installment covers tha route
from Portland to Yowtuite. J
We have been making excellent time
on our trip in the big Yellowstone tour
ing cars on the Trail of the Tourist. The
first day out from Portland we passed
through Hood River, The Dalles. Dufur
and Shaniko and stayed over night at
Madras. The following day we pasBed
through Metolius. Culver. Bend, Crescent,
Fort Klamath and Klamath Agency,
stopping one night at Klamath Kails.
The third day we passed through Keno,
Klamath Hot Springs, Ager, Montague,
'Tnd on to Red Bluff, where
, , ,. ;u, tvk fniinwine-
day weLT U'&CoTniWSJaS
Arbuckle. Woodland.
Davis and Martinez and reached san
Francisco. From this it can be seen
that we were making over 200 miles
each day. ,
Making San Francisco our headquar
ters for several days we made numerous
side trips to Stockton, Sacramento and
other points.
Leaving San Francisco at 7:30 a. m..
we crossed by ferry to Oakland and
headed eastward for the Yosemite Na
tional nark. We took on several new
passengers at San Francisco, so our
party was composed of the following
members:. Harry W. Child, president of
tht Yellowstone Transportation company
and owner of the hotels in Yellowstone
park ; T. A. Marlow of Helena, president
of the National Bank of Montana; T.
B. Miller, of Helena ; Max GoodsiU. gen
eral manager of the Yellowstone hotels ;
Frank A. Miller, proprietor of the Mis
sion Inn at Rfverside ; Captain Stanley
Richardson. U. S. A., for many ye&rs a
sugar planter in the Hawaiian islands,
but now of Riverside, Cal. ; Gifford W.
Plume of San Francisco, a naval offi
cer recently mustered out of the service ;
George W. Scott, of San ranclsco,
president of the Scott-Van Arsdale com
pany, and Vernon Goodwin, manager of
the Alexandra hotel, Los Angeles. We
made good time on the paved highway,
passing through Oakland. Dublin, Santa
Rita, French Camp and Stockton, which
Is 75 miles from San Francisco. We
drove on to Modesto, 30 miles, and on
through Ceres, Turlock, Delhi and Liv
ingston to Merced, 38 miles farther east.
We stopped here for lunch, at the Hotel
Hughson, a hotel well and favorably
known all over the state. We had made
143 miles in the forenoon, and Yosemite
lay an even 100 miles distant, much of
the way being over mountain roads with
heavy grades and sharp curves.
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At Merced I dropped into conversation
after lunch with a real estate man. In
answer to my questions he told me
that Merced county, through which we
had been traveling, lies almost in the
geographical center of the" state. The
county is about the size of the State
of Delaware, approximately 2000 square
miles. It lies ln a valley between the
Sierra Nevada mountains and the Coast
range. It is not thickly populated, hav
ing not to exceed 20.000 people. The
San Joaquin river and the Merced river
are its principal water courses. Every
where throughout the county we noticed
irrigating ditches and fields of alfalfa.
More than 150.000 acres ln the county
Is under irrigation. From a stock
raising country it became a grain grow
ing district, which in turn gave way to
diversified farming. we passea neid
after field of sweet potatoes. In many
of the fields girls in blue overalls or
olive drab trousers looked up from their
work of sacking the sweet potatoes, to
wave us a friendly greeting.
Merced is the sweet potato capital of
the world. They ship between 20,000.000
and 5, 000,000 pounds each year. More
than 3000 acres is planted to sweet pota-
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
An eminent naturalist says concern
ing the breathing apparatus of the
whale: "The windpipe does ,not com
municate with the mouth : a hole is. as
it were, bored right through the back of
the head. Engineers would do well to
copy the action of the valve of the
whale's blow-hole; a more perfect piece
of structure it' is impossible to Imagine.
Day and night, asleep or awake, the
whale works its breathing apparatus in
such a manner that not a drop of water
ever gets down Into the lungs. Again,
the whale must of necessity stay a much
longer period under water than seals;
this alone might possibly drown it, in
asmuch as the lungs can not have access
to fresh air. We find that this diffi
culty has been anticipated and obviated
by a peculiar reservoir ln the venous
system, which reservoir is situated at
the back of the lungs."
Who Opens Your Mall
From Poatafa
Who opens the mail in your office?
Not long ago a manufacturer whose
goods are nationally known, lost an
advertising opportunity worth thousands
to him, which was presented in a cir
cular destroyed by the office boy who
opened the maU of the concern in ques
tion. On the other hand, the head of
a Chicago publishing house, whose time
is just as valuable as the manufactur
er's, opens every piece of mail coming
Into his office. Several times he ha
congratulated himself that he does take
the trouble every oay to. go tnrougn nis
mail. ' '
He believes that clerks and office
boys are" not necessarily Incompetent or
careless. but that they can't attain the
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
"The city marshal." says the Enter
prise Reporter, "sold five head of horses
at the city pound last Saturday that
failed to bring enough to pay the feed
bill for 32 days, and the city had to put
up the balance. The horses brought
$106. and the feed bill and other expenses
amounted to $135."
The northern part of Grant county,
the Canyon City Kagle says. Is rapidly
undergoing many cnanges in its popula
tion. A great many of these who have
been engaged in the stock business have
sold out and moved. In many cases their
places are being taken by those who
have made their stake in wheat.
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This prosperity note is from a recent
issue of the Salem Capital Journal:
' Because of the unusual activity in the
commercial life of the country the rep
resentatives of several eastern firms
covering this territory have been so
numerous that the sample rooms in the
Marion hotel have been Inadequate to
accommodate them and they have had
to use extra rooms at the hotel.
Nature story In the Lakeview Exam
iner: "A. L. Goodrich of the Butte
section brought in 80 coyote pelts, on
which the bounty amounted to $240.
After receiving the bounty he sold the
pells for $".00. All of the coyotes were
trapped since September 1. It is said
that covotes are unusually plentiful, and
not only that but their fur is much
better now than it was the first of
December a year ago. This is a sure
indication of a hard winter."
Lockley
toes. On both sides of the road I
noticed numerous newly planted fig
orchards. More than 100. 0n0 acres Is
in alfalfa, and as a v consequence one
sees numerous dairy herds. The prin
cipal products exported from the county
are sweet potatoes, tomatoes, beef, but
ter, hay, wool, cheese and grapes. Other
crops that are money makers are wheat,
grapes, raisins, peppers, olives, garlic,
honey, persimmons, nectarines, figs,
oranges, lemons, beans, casaba melons,
almonds, walnuts, artichokes and other
vegetables.., Thousands of fig trees are
being set out The Mission fig yields
about two 'and a half to three tons to
the acre, the Adriatic about two tons
and the Smyrna from one and a half
to two tons. The latter fig brings 8
to 10 cents a pound, as against 4 cents
a tound for the Mission and 6 cents
for the Adriatic. Sweet potatoes yield
from 10.000 to 15,000 pounds to the acre,
and the price is usually a cent a pound
or better.
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From Merced we drove over excellent
mountain roads through Chonchilla and
on to Mariposa, passing through Coarse
Gold, Mormon Baf and Fresno Flats.
On account of being misdirected, we had
taken the long way around, so when
we reached Wawona we decided to call
It a day and stop there overnight.
Wawona is one of the famous old time
resorts of California. It is equipped to
care for 250 guests, and much of the
time they have to hang out the S. R. O.
sign. By the most direct route it is
66 miles by highway from Merced.
C. A. Washburn, the present proprietor,
in telling me of Wawona, said: "In
the old days this place was callod Clark
Station. ln the centennial year rny
father and his two brothers bought the
property. My uncle, A. H. Washburn,
was the first to die E. H. Washburn
died next. When my father, J. S. Wash
burn, died, ln 1907, I became manager.
We had more than 15,000 tourists as our
guests this year, which Is 4000 more than
we had last year. As our rates are
from $4 to $7 a day. depending on
whether one stays in the hotel or In
one of the cottages, you can see that
if our guests arranged to stay but two
days and some of them spend several
weeks here and if they only spend $6
a day. the 4000 extra guests at $12 .for
two days meant nearly $50,000 additional
revenue for the season. We are in the
heart of the Sierras. The Mariposa
grove of big trees Is but six miles dis
tant. "When the West realizes the value of
the tourist business there will be no
further objections to the building of
good roads to make our scenic attrac
tions accessible."
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Mr. Washburn Is right. If there were
a good road to the Marble Caves of
Oregon ; if there were a comfortable
and reliable auto stage service at a
reasonable rate from Grants Pass; if
there were a high class resort to ac
commodate tourists, and if the Southern
Pacific and the citizens of Grants Pass
w-ould tell the world about it, and get
back of it and help to make it go. hun
dreds of thousands "of tourist dollars
would be left In the tills of the hotels
and garages at Grants Pass, and from
these tills would pass Into circulation
and help in the upbuilding of the city
and of the whole district Better still,
many of the tourists who come as sight
seers" would like the country and would
settle there and Invest their money in
enterprises that would stimulate trade.
What is true of the Marble Caves of
Orepon is also true of Crater lake, the
ilount Hood loop, the McKenzle river
district, the Trout lake country and
numerous other beauty spots throughout
our state. Portland can be the big
brother to all enterprises of this sort,
for in the upbuilding of any part of
the state through the bringing ln of
tourist dollars Portland and every part
of the state will be benefited.
j executive's point of view. Foij Instance,
I a clerk cannot know that an ordinary
, looking postal card noting a slight re
duction ln the price of certain Iron pipe
might mean the saving of thousands of
1 dollars to the manufacturer of plumb
; ing supplies.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
People uster think gamblers In a
town helped business. Half the coun
try would work to keep a bunch of
tinhorns In fine cloze, and even the mer
chants seemed to have a Idee that a
dollar wasn't no good till it had gone
through a gambler's hands or over a
saloon bar. Some folks lias a idee right
now that a crop won't grow unless half
of it goes to a land spectator or land
lord fer gittln outer the way.
The Stare for the Pedestrian
From the Milwaukee Jmimal
A business man told the Kansas City
Star that he and his wife had gone
walking to look for a house, but found
themselves In a neighborhood where
pedestrians were so rare that people all
stared at tliem until his wife was em
barrassed. It's too bad if walking Is
going to be a lost art We -shouldn't
feel like undertaking to convert the
whole world of motorists from the
easiest way. But those who have the
w-hresome habit of walking ought to
chirk up and not mind being stared at
The man who is stared at Is usually
doing something original, and many
times he has discovered- a source of Joy
the majority isn't wiae enough to ap
preciate. Walking cultivates the fruit
of good health and physical fitneas. It
brings the pleasure wnicn always re
sults from doing something yourself In
stead "of having It done for you. You
can let people stars when you know
you have chosen tha better part.
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happening in Brief Form for tb
Busy Reader.
QREGON NOTES j
There are SO cases of smallpox at Tn
Dalles and the disease is reported to be
spreading.
Waldron -Jitoea sold 160 acres of al-.
ralfa land near Echo last week to John
a,. Montgomery for $30,000,
,FjYe J.men 'ere ',nd $29.10 each at
Medford for killing does during tha
ueer huntintr season hmt i-lomiri
A coyote suspected of rabies was Wiled
near Klamath Falls recently and its head
sent to the University of Oregon for
analysis.
.A?IJ!'t Melbrodt was fatally scalded
with live steam at Astoria Monday night
when u tube ln a boiler on, the dredge
ISatoma broke. e ,
On account of more than a foot of
snow construction crews have aban
doned work for tha season ln the San,
tiam national forest
-c- 'r'a., cou,1,y assessor has found $20.-ioa.j9-
worth of property in Washing-
ri" CKunty' ' -hisive of that owned
by public service corporations.
No trace liaB been fonrid of C. B. Mo-
tarty, a Hmnimoiid flshortnan. who two
weeks ago faild to return from a trott
ing cruise off the Columbia bar.
The shortage or teachers in Harney
county has pra. ti,-aiiy been eliminated,
and most of the schools that were un
able to open have now started the y'ear'a
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Representatives of an Oklahoma oil
company have taken leases on more irmn
j000 acres In the Kir Itutte section of
-Lane county and will soon begin to bore
I lor oil. .
Klamath Falls' tax hmir.t f. ian -
calls for SSS.OOP. and an election will be
held 011 November 24 to give the council
authority to Increase the tax rate from
lo to 28 mills.
As a means of halting the high cost
of living, the Loyal Legion of Loggers
and Lumbermen has completed arrange
ments for the opening of a cooperative
store at North Bend.
The Toddler, described-In the "Horse
Review as the fastest trotter of the
year, is a descendant of Chehalin. the
sensational pacer of 20 years ago owned
by FTanlt Frazler of Pendleton. -Anna
Bryant, proprietor of a lodging
?"ien, J? Aato.r1?- nu" received a reward
of $1000 for Information leading to the
arrest of the burglars who blew the
safe In the store of Walter Kallunkl last
August.
Ira Parker Whitney of Spokane has
been appointed agricultural agent for
Lane county. H is a graduate of O. A.
C, and for the Inst 10 years has bean
manager of the Waillli stock farms near
Spokane.
WASHINGTON
Twenty-seven cases of diphtheria are
now quarantined at Spokane.
A total of 10 homicides have been re
ported in Seattle during the past two.
mom "ib.
E -.re were selling at retail In Seattle
Monday at Jl a dozen, the highest price
in the history of the city.
A commercial club has been formlrV
launched ln Chinook, with A. L. Glle
president and Harold CreiRer secretary.
Married 67 years, Mr. and Mrs. Nick
Oliver celebrated the utinl vrsary of
their wedding at College Place last
week.
By a ruling of the attorney general,
public schools of the state cannot close
on Armistice day without forfeiting
state money.
The banker-farmer convention, whleh
was to havp been held in Pullman
November 7 and 8, has been postponed
until January.
Winston. Snrswn A- Shaw of Chicago
and Post, Russell H HiRKlns of Spokane
were allowed a $60,000 fee in the. Spokane
& tniann receivership case.
The entire plant of the Western Plnaj
Manufacturing company. representing
an Investment of about $.riOn.non. Is to !e
sold at public auction in Spokane De
cember 10.
Mrs. Winifred M. Graham of SeattHe.
who shot and killed her 5-year-old son
and fatally wounded her 7-year-old
daughter, has been declared mentally
Irresponsible.
The Seattle city council ha approved
an nti-rent profiteering bill designed to
curb profiteering by means of a license
system for apartment and rooming
houses and hotels.
The Seattle building trades strike. In
volving more than 4000 workers, and
'which has prevailed since September 2,
has been called off and the men re
turned to work Monday.
The brick buildings formerly used by
the state custodial school for defective
children at Medical Lake, have been
! selected for the new state Industrial
home and clinic for women.
Thomas Prescott. a Civil war veteran,
was burled last Friday In the grave he
due: the morning before at the Old
Soldiers' home at Orting. Prescott lug
the grave for another, but became sud
denly 111 and died.
IDAHO
Th new $500,000 Bannock hotel i at
Pociatello is being rushed to comple
tion. It has 345 rooms with a roof gar
den and every modern equipment.
Governor Davis has asked the Oregon
Short Line railroad to open tip for
Idaho use the 13,000.000 tons of coal
believed to be locked up at Drlggs.
Numerous potato dehydrating plants
are springing up throughout Idnho as a
result of the use of ''potato flour" In
the making of bread and many other
articles of food.
One of the notable features ef th
Northwest Livestock show to be held
at Lewlston beginning November 9. in
the big exhibit of-ewlne, for which $$500
ln premiums will be offered.
Governor Davis and the state board
of examiners have discovered that hills
against the state for fire prevention
already have eaten up the appropriation
and exceeded It by some $27,000.
Neighbors entering the home of John
Lents at Lewlston found his dead hody
lying on the kitchen floor, a revolver
In his hand. He had been despondent
for some time over the death of his wife.
Claiming that wages of employe have
Increased from SO to 137 per cent, the
Western Union Telegraph company h
asked the public service commission for
permission to Increase its rates In
Idaho.
The Lewlston lodge of Knight ef
Pythia has raised $3000 toward the pui
chase of a residence to be used a an
annex to the children's home to afford
relief from the present crowded condi
tion of the home.
GEXKRAb
The mining town of Jarbrldge Nev
was laid in 'ruins by a fire Monday
night.
Professor Jesse W. Macy, aged 77. na
tionally known educator in political
science, died at Urinnell, Iowa, Mon
day.. Railway passenrer traffic In Ger
many has been suspended for six days
in order to make poasinie tne. oistnou
tion of urgently needed coal,' potatoes
and other supplies.
Mr. Gompers, In a statement In Naw
York Monday night expressed the opin
ion that the present unrest 4n the United
States was due to the foisUng of pro
hlbltlon upon the people.
Under provisions of a recent law, In
California, persons between 18 and 2t
years who cannot reao, wriie or apeaK
the English language and who refuse to
attend school at leant four hoors weekly,
may be arrested . and punished.
Olden Oregon
Indians Undertook in l$f5 to Expel All
Itkll. tl.nnl. 1
The Yakima Indian war began early
In October; rsr.5, and lasted about one
year. It was caused by a general: up
rising of most of the Indian tribea then ,
in Oregon and Washington territories In
order to drive the whites from the coun
try. As the military force of the United
States was weak in the territories, vol
unteers were called into nervice by! the,:
respective governors, of the territories
and the Indians were subdued. j
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