THE ) OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORT LAND. THURSDAY, h NOVEMBER . 6. -J919.
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AX ELECTION VERDICT
"I
CONGRATULATE you upon your
reelection as a victory for law
and order. When that Is the
issue, all Americans stand to
gether."
This was the telegram to the Re-
; publican: governor of Massachusetts
from Woodrow Wilson, Democrat nd
president of Uic United Stales.
- ' To a large extent, the election was
a referendum on the Boston police
Strike. There was the additional issue
-that the Republicans demanded rati
flcation of the League of Nations
without amenclnip nl or reservation.
L-lst.. .. I V. I. .. . 1 . : :
In the campaign was law and order.
nd the result was ttie reeltrlion of
- Governor Coolidge by an overwhelm
: Ing plurality.
As President Wilson Mid In his
: telegram of congratulation, "When
that (law and order) is the issue, all
.Americans stand together."
s i There Is no way to misunderstand
the Massachusetts verdict. European
Ideas cannot be successfully trans
planted here. The United States
-cannot' be Russianized. Evei the
appearance of a trend in that dlrec
,'tlon instantly calls Americans into
solid 'phalanx against it.
f The Boston police were under oath
to enforce the law. They were men
. charged with the support of govern-
merit.! Law-s cannot enforce thern
: selves. There must be men, and
when men, sworn to enforce them,
suddenly combine and refuse to do
so, public order is gone." In Boston,
riots ensued In which seven persons,
women among them, were killed. T3hat
was public disorder. It was a close
approach to anarchy. It was govern
ment temporarily suspended.
It smacked too much of Russia. It
was -a status admired and applauded
by , revolutionists. Every I. W. W.
In the country contemplated it wirh
delight. The foolish Democratic
' leaders, while calling for law and
order, maneuvered themselves into
' t position In which the popular mind
contemplated them as sympathizers
and; allies with radicalism and bed-
,'larnv An avalanche of ballots buried
; them fathoms deep along with the
- bedlamites and those of more re-
epectable groups who were caught
Mn the folly?
' : One. fact Is inexorable: America Is
American. It ts going to remain so.
Those who are trying to batter down
Us traditions, Us history and Its
principles in effort to make a
- Russia out of it are foolish and
; futile.
ii The department of commerce ad
vances a compelling argument
against th See America First move
' fluent so far as those bulbous nosed
- Individuals of alcoholic predilections
are concerned when it 'announces
that the exports of liquor to foreign
countries for the eight months end
. tn with August last were nineteen
. times the Imports, while a year ago
Imports were five times the exports.
CHIEF JOHNSON
r
pOU were kind to me when those who
should have been were not. You
gave encouragement when those to
whom I had a rieht to look for
help, failed. Tour faith in me gave
, me courage to readjust my life,
i The above Is part of, a note sent
by an unknown to former Chief of
Police Johnson of Portland. It was
signed "from one of many I know
you have helped." In the" envelope
.with It was a diamond ring.
There can be no higher testimonial.
It ""Is worth something to have
salvaged -a, man. One rescue that
Starts a slipping human being on the
right track is a jewel in any man's
crown. The unknown says he knows
of many such that Nels Johnson as
chief of police turned into the right
path. V
. Chief Johnson also had ideals as
to what a, police force should be.
That, policemen Bhould be gentlemen
was 'in his creed.-and there are
manjf Portland ' policemen who are
, examples .that bis plan worked.
'.Chief Johnson served Portland, per
haps, as well, as any chief could who
hw but 2G2 patrolmfp. with, whom to
v v
police 6 square miles off territory.
His administration was clean and his
accomplishments ample.
We wonder If cloves and pepper
mints will furnish the disguise they
once did, since the Chicago breath,
detector betrayed the true inward
ness of the sassafras tea that caused
a coal passer to dump his load into
a sewer manhole. It was certainly
a misuse of good fuel in these par
lous times.
EAT AN APPLE
T
HE "nation today is restoring a
practice Inaugurated in the Gar
den of Eden.
I.l Is Apple day.
It must have been an Oregon
apple's perfect sheen and form upon
which Eve cast her hungry eyes.
Site ale and she gave her hungry
spouse to eat The consequences,
which were disastrous to the first
pair, had no reference to the in
trinsic wholesomeness of the fruity
They broke a rule, which, happily,
no longer exists. Knowledge came
to them, and mankind owes much
to the apple; humanity would scarcely
exchange the struggling but pro
gressive achievements of science for
the oak leaf eostunifs and the un
thinking security even of the Gar
den of Eden.
Byron, reflecting on that first exer
cise of initiative, paid tribute to
the honored position of the apple
on the public menu by exclaiming:
"Since Eve ate apples much depends
upon dinner I"
The apple as a preventive of the
ills that harass the children of men
was discovered by the ancients and
forthwith came the maxim, "An
apple a day drives the doctor away."
This, too, is counsel as sound as
the fruit. Every person eating an
apple today at the invitation oT the
International Apple Shippers' associa
tion should eat another tomorrow and
then form the habit.
Modern indorsement of the apple
does not stand isolated. The Old
Testament contains that poetic line,
"A word fitly spoken is like apples
of gold in pictures of silver." And
again, "He kept him as the apple
of his eye."
The "apple-a-day" objective of
National Apple day has added mean
ing to Oregon. We produce in this
Mate the very finest apples in all
the world Newtowns. Spitzenburgs,
Delicious. Winter Banana, Jonathan
and all other noted varieties, and they
go all over the world under the urge
of keen demand.
To "eat an apple" is health for
the nation and health and wealth
for Oregon.
The burglars who made away with
five pounds of sugar from the Frank
E. Cronan home had evidently con
cluded that even though money may
be worth only fifty cents on the dol
lar sugar was worth one hundred
per cent.'-
INADEQUATE ROAD FUNDS
T
HE bottom of the state highway
purse is beginning to show. It
Is being suggested that If federal
funds, are to be matched it will
be necessary for the counties to in
crease their share of cooperation.
A total estimate of the resources
of the state highway department for
the years 1919 and 1920 aggregates a
little oyer $17,000,000. Against this are
expenditures estimated at approxi
mately 114,000,000 to be applied to
state roads. This leaves a balance
of $2,917,848 to be used In matching
federal road funds.
With the state funds available there
is still lacking f 1.342,925 to fully
match the federal money allotted to
Oregon.
This must either be supplied by
the counties or else further state
bonds he authorized.
In estimating the resources of the
highway department for the two year
period motor license fees are placed
at approximately 12,000,000. one quar
ter mill tax $500,000 and gasoline tax
$800,000.
To satisfy existing road construc
tion contracts will require, according
to the estimate, $12,000,000.
One of the most interesting and
informing speakers heard in Port
land is Alexander F. Whyte, member
of the British parliament and one of
the editors of New Era, a British
publication, who spoke last night at
the University club. His theme was
the Labor party and the movement
toward democratization of industry
in Great Britain. He spoke today at
Reed college, and is to be the speak
er at the Civic league luncheon Sat
urday. BUILD BOTH
T
HE arguments In support of the
Natron cut-off are valid. When
constructed it will shorten the
distance between Klamath Falls
and Portland by about 180 miles. It
will give advantage both in distance
and rates to the wholesalers of Port
land where now the advantage lies
on the slide of San Francisco. It will
benefit the people east of the Cas
cade mountains in Southern Oregon,
because Jt is equally to their Interest
td enjoy lower rates, faster time
and improved service. The business
of Klamath county is now by force
of circumstances directed to San
Francisco. There is a pleasing senti
ment about the prospect of linking
the metropolis and the semi-detached
region through business interchange.
But support of the effort to bring
about the building of the railroad
link from Eugene to Klamath Falls
across the Cascade mountains docs
not necessitate less support of Robert
E. Strahorn's project to connect
Klamath, Lake and Harney counties
with Portland through Bend. The
success of both ' projects Is highly
desirable. One should not toe asked
to wait on the other.
By ordinary process the unit of
the Strahorn system between Bend
and Klamath Falls will be built in
advance of the Natron cut-off. With
a sum ranging between 11,250,000 and
f 1,500,000 a railroad can be extended
75 miles from Bend to Silver Lake.
Part of trie line between Silver Lake
and Klamath Falls has been con
structed. The builder has assurance
of financial support for the re
mainder. A Portland committee rep
resenting the Chamber of Commerce
has In charge the financing of the
75-mile section which is believed to
be the immediate duty of this city.
The country traversed will be at
once productive of traffic.
The Natron cut-off, on the other
hand, will constitute a main line
unit. It will enable the Southern
Pacific to evaAV? the arduous haul
over the Sifkiyous. The country it
traverses will be almost entirely
mountainous ano productive of freight
from timber and from the Klamalh
division point. Its cost will be the
chief obstacle, for it is estimated
that some f 11,000,000 will be required
for construction.
Portland and Klamath Falls will do
well to .give earnest support to both
the Strahorn and the Natron projects.
Both are needed.
The explanation of the San Fran
cisco wife, who, after she had shot
and killed another woman, said in
defense that the deceased had been
trying, for two years to steal her
husband, did not say whether she
had meted out the punishment as
a reward for success or failure.
EXPLOITING MtN
S
AMUEL GOMPERS statement of
the miners' side of the coal strike
should challenge the attention of T,he farmeT' dal7man or other agri
, , cultural producer Is exempt as to the
government authorities. Here is products raised unon the land he culti-
what he says
For several years the miners have not
had more than a half year's work, their
woiking day; averaging from - 160 to
180 days a year. Intermittent by days and
by weeks employment and then unem
ployment. If the miners were
permitted by the operators to work full
time the supply of coal thus mined would
soon force down tffiT price of coal on '
the market, and this the operators are
determined not to permit
This is proDabiy a correct state-1
ment. Mr. Gompers has proven him
self to be a sound American and a
man of undoubted inlrrity.
The mine owners imported masses
of ignorant pauper workers from
Europe for the purpose of exploiting
them. Men who thus undermine the
life standards of America are very
likely to be up to such tricks as
operating their mines on a narrow
margin of surplus coal in order
to hold up the price. If they are
willing to exploit ignorant alien
workers, it may be safely assumed
that they are equally willing to ex
ploit the American .people.
If the situation is as described by
Mr. Gompers the miners' great mis
take was in not heeding the presi
dent's appeal for them to submit
their case to arbitration. There was
lack of intelligence in their leader
ship which rejected arbitration in the
face of the fact that the operators
assented to that plan. Such leaders
are too much obsessed with the cur
rent psychology that force" is the
only weapon, that force is always
justifiable and that force must be
applied.
if force is to be the weapon on
both sides of industrial disputes, it Is
only a matter of time until the greal
public will take a hand. It is
possible for an intelligent system
of arbitration to be established that
will be just to both sides of any
controversy. The thought is strong
in most minds that the pay of all
who work should be sufficient for
decent living conditions and a
standard of life high enough for
every family to be well enough main
tained, to be intelligent and depend
able citizens. In such a state of the
public mind, miners, craftsmen, clerks
or any other workers are perfectly
safe in entrusting their cause to in
telligent and fair arbitration.
Meanwhile, the statement of Mr.
Gompers is a strong indictment of
the mine owners. He says that in
1914, when they raised miners' wages
20 cents per ton on mjned coal the
price of coal was Increased $5 a
ton. This and his statement that the
miners are permitted by the owners
to have work only about one half of
the 365 days in the year constitute
an arraignment that profoundly con
cerns decent living standards in
America and should receive the gov
ernment's attention.
A local headline writer tops a news
article with the statement that the
"Shipping Board Puts Hulls Here on
Sale" which has the ominous sound
of the announcement of a bargain
in remnants.
NOW THE MINISTERS
A'
T THEIR Monday's meeting, 100
Portland clergymen unanimously
indorsed the orthodoxy of Dr.
John Boyd, recently critlcixed in
two Presbyterian publications for
alleged utterances in his farewell ser
mon to his Portland congregation. .
This is final vindication for Dr.
Boyd. The 100 ministers were work
ers in various denominations. Many
of them know Dr. Boyd intimately
as a result of close association with
him and his work during' the eight
years he was in Oregon.
Their Indorsement closes the inci
dent, and entirely discredits the late
criticisms of Dr: pyd. There never
was any ground for the attack. It
never should: have been made with
out first finding out what Dr. Boyd
said and what he said immediately
beTore and after the words on which
the criticism was based. Of all places
in the world in which fairness to
that extent was to have been ex
pected it is from churchmen, especi
ally from churchmen who are them
selves teachers.
Jf for nothing else, their course,
as an example to the laity, should
be charted by the course of the
Nazarene. .
POSSIBILITIES IN
FOOD CONTROL
By Carl Smith. Washington Staff
Correspondent of The Journal.
Washington. Nov. 6. By amendment
of the food control act. approved by
President Wilson on October 22. power
has been granted by congress for the
prosecution of the profiteer in food
stuffs, feed, fuel and clothing, but this
Dower was so tardily eiven that a Ques
tion arises as to whether it will be of
much effect in dealing with the high
cost situation.
The amendments Just made are to the
original food control act of August 10,
1917, and do not extend the time of the
original act. All the food control legisla
tion will expire upon proclamation by
the president that the existing state of
war has ended. When this proclamation
will be issued depends, upon ratification
of the peace treaty.
Therefore should the peace treaty be
, -
be promptly exchanged, food control will
have only a short road to travel. During !
this period, whether it be long or short, j
the government has been placed In pos
session of a weapon under which fed
eral prosecutors can hit the profiteers
squarely between the eyes.
The important amendments are three
in number, short tn text and highly im
portant The first adds wearing ap
parel to the list of necessaries with
which the law deals. The second forbids
"any unjust or unreasonable rate or
charge in handling or dealing in or with
any necessaries." The third provides
for violation a penalty consisting of a
fine of not more than $3000 or tmprison-
ent for not more than two years, or
'both
vates, and similar exemption is provided
to protect the producers in collective
bargaining thrpugh their cooperative as
soc.ations. Any charge of profiteering against
dealers can be taken before the grand
jury and the question of guilt deter
mined upon the evidence as to what
under the circumstances of the case a
reasonable profit should be. Where fair
price committees are in operation, it
is believed by the department of justice
that their judgment as to reasonable
selling prices will form a good standard
at a basis for action.
The "necessaries" mentioned In the
food control act as amended, to which
the law now applies, are foods, feeds,
wearing apparel, containers primarily
designed or Intended for containing
foods, feeds or fertilizers ; fudl. Including
fuel oil and natura.1 gas, and fertilizer
and fertilizer ingredients, tools, uten
sils, implements, machinery and equip
ment required for the actual production
of foods, feeds and fuel.
...
The'utlook for effective sugar control
is not sweet , So strong is the opposition
to the licensing system that this feature
of proposed legislation has peen aban
doned in the bill which Senator McNary
now has before the senate, and the fate
of the modified bill Is in doubt The pur
pose of this measure is to authorire pur
chase of so much of the Cuban crop as
may yet be obtained, and through the
distribution of this raw product to estab
lish some measure of control. According
to a cablegram received by Senator Mc
Nary from the president of the Cuban
Planters' association, about 400,000 tons
in warehouses might yet be obtained if
action is promptly taken, and this would
in large measure protect the Ameri
can demand until the next crop arrives.
The Cubans, however, expect an advance
in price, because other countries are
bidding for this sugar, and they are not
willing to hold it indefinitely while the
American congress remains inactive.
The sugar equalization board, through
which control has been exercised, has
notified Senator McNary that it is pre
paring to wind up its affairs "in view
of the impossibility of acquiring any
great amount" of the new Cuban crop
at this time at a reasonable price."
Herbert" Hoover, in a conference with
Senator McNary, expressed the view
that effective control should be con
tinued, in view of the world shortage
and the high prices which the Ameri
can public may have to pay if It 'Is to
be protected from soaring sugar in a
speculative market He believes that
rationing should again be provided, but
those conversant with the present feeling
of the lawmakers entertain no thought
that such a proposal could be adopted.
The turn of the road seems about to
be reached where sugar, along with most
other commodities, will be turned loose
in an unregulated scramble, in which the
Louisiana planters, the beet sugar men
of the West, the Cuban) and Porto Rican
growers, and the Hawaiians will share
in sudden prosperous gains, for which
the consumer will pay.
. e
The Alaskan railroad appropriation,
carried In the deficiency bill just enacted,
has been reduced from $17, 000,000, as
adopted by the senate, to $6,000,000. The
smaller sum is estimated to be enough
to carry the work forward until the
regular appropriation bill is passed for
the next fiscal year. The Interior de
partment recommended appropriation of
the full $17,000,000 on the ground that
work can be done with greater economy
It the money for completion ts provided
in one sum. While congress has author
ized the $17,000,000, it prefers to make
several bites of the cherry in the actual
appropriation. It la estimated that
about two years longer will be required
to complete the road and that $17,000.
000 will finish the job. this being in ad
dition .to the $35,000,000 originally appropriated.-
Coffee House Coming Back
to Take Saloon's Place
From the San Francisco Call
- The report comes from 'pu- r.i, v.
iythe place of the saloon Is being at least
tentatively nueo Dy the coffee house.
The coffee house is, of course, almost as
old as the first use of coffee In England.
In the age of Addison and Steele it was
a literary factory of no mean order
for it was from the talk and incitement
of the coffee houses and for an audi
ence of frequenters of coffee houses
that the TaUer. the Spectator and much
of the other excellent Journalism of the
day was produced. The New York
Timjs points out that the police of the
wickedest city have taken to raiding
these places of dissipation when there
are burglars and thugs to be sought
and that the Bohemi&nly Inclined resort
to them to be narcotised and Inebriated.
For coffee, drunk strong and steadily
will befuddle the head and shatter the
.. .v, j ,v. .0irin.ii,n.:seni uieir nova a oiiuuju ooj
nerves almost as well - as any drink,
Scandinavian farmers are said to while
away the long winter days and evenings
by drinking as much aa 40 and SO cups
in ' 24 hours, where the old fashioned
countryman farmer of Puritanical New
England would have resorted to hard
elder. With the cffe may be nerved,
bakers' products, such as pie, and the
result tn the long run may he dyspep
sta. liver complaint, insomnia, mervous
instability, insanity and death, just as it
used to be when other substances were
used.
There seems. In ' fact, no way of pre
venting people from " doing themselves
an injury by eating and drinking. Boys
deprived of tobacco smoke successfully
damage their air passages with sweet
fern or-eorn silk; grown up boys, de
prived of one poison, rush eagerly to
find another.
Letters From the People
( Communications nt to The Journal for
publication in tni d-prtment ahouW be written
on only one idi- of the paprr, should not eaceed
300 words in length, and mut be .igned by the
writer, Uwe mail address in full muat ocom
pauy the contribution.
In Iteply to Mr. Harbison
jgoruana. ov a . u
The Journal I have 'read the etter of
iv. tu. aroison. reueimj uuuoireu ... ,
The Journal, on the question or tsru-
am s six votes to America s one u
the -defeat of the Johnson amendments.
The fact of Great Britain having six
votes to the United States' one seems to
have caused Mr. Harbison a bit of worry.
I would point out that the six votes are
not allotted to "England." but are equally
allotted to the five component parts of
the one united British empire, namely.
Australia. Canada, New Zealand, India
and South Africa, which, . in their deep;
devotion and close bonds of friendship,
. , 1 T 1 A ..
volun- ,
leers' ' to fight and die for the ::
of and justice and also by their
money helped to shoulder the tremendous ,
nuruen me mouienaim imu incn
To use Clemeneeau's words, Britain's ,
colonies are as much entitled to a voie
in the League of Nations as the mother
land. Mr. Harbison says England, having
gained all she asked at the peace con
ference, now remains silent Allow me
to say it is not and never has been Eng
land's habit to indulge in newspaper ad
vertising a$ to what she has gained or
what she ffas done. Britain lost S98.O00
In actual killed, fighting in seven differ
ent theatres of war. Are those brave
lads who left their prosperous farms in
far away Australia to fight for Eng
land's cause to be denied a voice at the
League of Nations' round table now I
. I
that victory has crowned their efforts?
Has Mr. Harbison heard of Canada s
brave heroes who, helped by their Eng
lish, Scotch and Irish brothers, rolled
back those German hordes and saved
the channels ports? Those same boys
stood up against the infamous gas at
tack of the Huns unprepared. Did Mr
Harbison never hear the names of
Ypres, St. Eloi, Vlmy, HiU 70, Passch
aendale, Cambrai, Somme and Mons?
These names are immortal. Then con
sider those thousands of loyal natives
of India who fought to free the Holy
Land from the despicable Turk.
Let Mr. Harbison remember that In
the dark days of 1114-15 these colonies
of Britain sent forth their thousands to
fight and face death. What for? To
make the world a safe place for de
mocracy. Whichever way you look at
It if he is true to himself he must say
"Well done, colonials. You deserve a
vote." J. W. PLANT.
Late Canadian E. F.
Coal Mines and Miners
Athena, Nov. 3. To the Editor of The
Journal It seems rather anomalous to
state that whether a labor battle is won
or lost, it is a victory anyhow. No ques
tion Is settled satisfactorily until pub
lic sentiment has been established.
We hear a great deal about the miners
asking too much in demanding a six
hour day. Maybe they are, but let us
study the question from different as
pects before condemning them. Most of
us were not doomed to the condign pun
ishment of working tn a mine all of our
lives, to see our .sons grow up unedu
cated, to follow In our footsteps. If we
were to work there, a whilelfirhaps we
would see a lot of things that needed
to be done that we now 'would cry down
as preposterous. And those who roast
their shins in luxurious ease or work
at positions where the conditions are
comfortable and sanitary, with better
pay, and real houses to Uve In, would
not be long in making themselves heard
If they were there.
It might enlighten Judge Gary a good
bit If he would make a personal ex
periment and dig for a spell, deep down
in a mine, amid the death damps, the
dismal darkness, and the danger. There
is little doubt he would think six hours
a day was plenty. Perhaps he could
then see things from a different view
point He might then ask himself what
right a few men have to all the coal,
anyway. It was stored there by the
Almighty long before the advent of man,
and he never intended it for the exclu
sive financial benefit of a few, to the
exclusion of the natural rights of all
mankind.
It's bad there is a strike, exceedingly
bad and good. The world needs les
sons right along In political economy,
and lessons learned through rugged ex
perience stick best
And .whiles we - have the matter In
consideration, wouldn't it be a good idea
to just take over th mines and give
them to those to whom they belong, and
then give the miners a square deal and
mine coal? F. B. WOOD.
-The Name of the War
From the Seattle Times
Many persons, writers especially, ae
discussing what name In history shall
be given to the war In Europe, whose
effects and sufferings will abide for an
indefinite time to come
Some call-it the European war, some
the Great war. some the War of 1914.
and others the War of German Ag
gression. The last is most appropriate
because it covers the ground fully and
puts its blame historically where It be
longs.
But who. In ordinary conversation or
writing, ts likely to take the time to use
four words If he can find two that will
answer? "
An interesting feature of an Important
meeting In the Whit House recently,
when the president and - senators dis
cussed the peace treaty, was the use,
several times, of a common terra. Nearly
all referred to the conflict as the Ger
man war.
Can that name be Improved upon?
The Germans started it, and the chief
result was the suppression of Germany.
The expression" is short and adequate.
Why not call it the German war and
let It go at that?
Origin of Lockouts
Krum the Chicio w.
Old Hank Sell, the Sage of Ravinla,
calls our gadabout attention to the fact
that the first lockout of recorded his
tory was pulled off In Eden, when Adam
and Eve, at the instigation of a noto
rious business agent protested that the
Boss was holding out on them, and at
tempted to assume control of the Works.
The lockout was then Instituted, and
the world has been In an acute state of
labor unrest ever since. - And It Is. so,
even unto this day.
COMMENT ANDNEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
Wet weather. , .
t-
And so this Is; Apple " Day !
.
Donations for the Red Cross are al
ways tn order.
. , .
Only thing that, beats a rest cure is an
unrest cure. ' " ; '
One way fo beat the high cost of cloth
ing Is to move over to the Solomon Is
lands. . , .
Alrnnet . n.r .Inn. h .I.IU.
signed, but war is stUl being waged on! Ufann Observer, "used to be com
the Deace treaty moil in the Grande Ronde valley, ana
- ,
Many a man may be down thepe days
but he won't admit it until the referee's
whistle blows across the field.
f
When the League of Nations finally
gets across It will at least have demon
strated Its talk-proof nese.
w
An apple a day keeps the doctor
busy, if it's the little sreen apple ol
our boyhood days which, of course, it
isn't
If political leader? of both parties are
as happy over the results of the election
M c,aim (Q
reBl c.ontent that they dd th,1r part well.
ana men every Doay ii oe napuy.
And even If the apple hadn't been
presagented since the days of Adam
and TSve, we'll tell the world that, on
mertt. It's the spothltt Ingest fruit the
descendants of the original consumers
huve ever bitten Into.
-
In a news item in the Eugene Guard
we notice the phrase "the telephone hate
sttuation." And thus does full many
a llnot-pe matrix at random sent find
mark the Mergenthaler operator, to Ray
nothing of the careful proofreader, .little
meant
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
' OF THE JOURNAL MAN
"" " By Fred Lockley
Toseniite'a wonders are bow Mr. Lockley 'a
tl'einr , In tii aeeond article or hi eriea do
scripUTfl of the attraction that lie along the
reat pared route that ia to connect the public
plagrounda of the Wst )
Have you everseen Niagara Falls?
Some falls, wasn't' it? Dropped quite a
ways Did you know there was a
waterfaU 10 times as high as Niagara?
I didn't, till I visited Yosemite ifational
park a day or so ago. Ribbon falls, in
the Yosemite, has a sheer drop of 1612
feet Yosemite falls drops over the
edge of a cliff which overtops the floor
or ine vaiiey py -ouu teet. jvner urup
1 lil A it. . - ... ..UU -r. Al
ping 1430 feet, the snow white water
races down in a series of cawades an
other 600 feet to make a final plunge of
320 feet. A person who has never had
children can tell how to raise them. A
person who has never visited Yosemite
might be able to describe it Bat when
you 1 have stood speechless and over
awed by Its grandeur and beauty you
realize your Inability to convey by mere
words any adequate conception of its
scenlo supremacy.
e e
We .left Wawona after an early break
fast for the 25 mile drive to Yosemite.
Aside from the unrivaled and unsur
passed grandeur of Yosemite park, the
drive Itself is a dream of delight From
Mormon Bar, near Mariposa, with Its
elevation of 2020 feet, we had climbed
steadily to an elevation of 5600 .feet
and then looped down to Wawona at an
elevation nf 4096 feet From Wawona
the road winds ever upward through
wpnderful cathedral-like aisles cut
through the forest Nature, the great
alchemist, has dipped her brush in her
most brilliant" -autumnal colors, and
maple and alder, dogwood and poplar,
bay and live oak. run the gamut of
reds and old golds with all their merg
ing tints and blending shades of Color.
Here and there some brush or tree
wears a livery of such brilliant crimson
that It looks like the burning bush seen
by Moses, aflame yet unconsumed. For
miles the seamed and rugged trunks of
stately Douglas fr and .giant yellow
pine, Interspersed with sugar pine, se
quoia and cedar, are to be seen on all
sides.
Kmerging from the forest you sud
denly see before you a sight that stops
all conversation and leaves you breath
less with the sheer beauty and wonder
of the scene, which, panorama-like, is
spread before your gase. It is a land
of enchantment. The auto stops, and
you walk a few yards, to the edge of
the cliff. You are standing on Inspira
tion Point You feel exalted. Your
heart beats fast Below you Ilea an
other 'world a land of unreality a
wprld you have pictured dimly n your
dreams a wonder world a world of
splendor and titanic harmony a world
of rugged gorges and castle-like crags,
of sculptured canyons and glacier-chiseled
amphitheatres, of grim, gray, gran
ite domes and heaven-kissing peaks a
world exultant and riotous with color
and sensation and vibrant with the voioe
of falling waters and songful streams.
Though the sky-plerclng, eentlnel-llke
peaks are wrapped In silence and mys
tery, you seem to feel rather than hear,
them whispering their1 age-old secrets.
Listen, with ear attuned to nature's
voice, and you can hear, faint as the
scarce remembered echo of the music
of a dream,- the low murmur of nature's
thunder harp of pines stirred by some
vagrant breexe. Turquoise sky and
snow white cloud, trees green as mala
chite and grass clad slopes like hills
of jade, a winding ribbon of water on
Olden Oregon
Abraham Lincoln Once Declined Gu
bernatorial Appointment
When Abraham Lincoln declined the
appointment as governor of Oregon ter
ritory, made by President Taylor, the
offer was made to John FV Gaines, who
accepted. Governor Gaines arrived In
Ofegon In August 1850, and assumed
the duties of his office. He served until
May, 1S53. While In office. Governor
Gaines, who was a Whig, had a con-
ftroversy with the legislature over the
capital location, the governor rerusing
to recognize the consUtutionality of the
legislation removing the capital from
Oregon City to Salem.
A Real , Hero
7 FrSra the Cllmd Press.
Our idea of a I91 peace time hero
Is Rudolph Brenck of .New Britain,
Conn-, who doubled his family of eight
tUdren by marrying Mrs. Annie New
field, mother of another eight children.
Thus the couple started their matri
monial venture with X6 children In the
family.
. In these days of high living costs the
undertaking of feeding, clothing, edu
cating eight children is a man-sized
job. Doubling the task ia an achieve
ment worthy of the superman.
Also, whUe we are distributing medals
to Mr. Brenck, le us hand a few to the
new Mrs. Brenck. who will sew, mend,
darn, and do a thousand and one things
for 16 Instead of eight
Surely, peace baa her heroes and
heroines!
Boy, Page Mr. Sunday
Fron the PbiUdelphi Pre.
We are not. advised where Billy Sun
day is now. but if ha is within reach
of the news tie most know that the
devil he has hit so hard and many
thai la loos In this country. .
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
"The frost Is on the pumpkin and the
snow is on the spud." blithely carols the
Bend Bulletin.
Colonel Clark Wood of the Weston
Leader announoe the arrival of a type
setting machine in, the Leader office.
'
Union countv's public health nurse.
Miss Louise Zorn, has established an
office at IjH (iraiide. In nEhe La Grande
National Bank building.
"Snow over the fence posts," says the
.1.. V. 1 . . . .-. . . . I , IT IIHA f
Work on the grangers' warehouse at
Blachly. the Kugene Guard reports, is
urder way and will progress aa the
wt-ather permits In order to have every
thing completed by early spring. The
giiinge was organized something over a
year ago.
- Speaking of premature cold spells, The
Dalles-Chronicle. In a recent Issue, says:
"There was five inches of snow covering
The Dalles 0 years sko today, declares
A. Wintermeier. 82 vears old. who first
j settled in this section of the state in
Oiober of 18.i9. W intermeier says mere
were only 25 residents In thl city at
that . time."
Perhaps fall rains rrnve spoiled the
picture bv now. but here Is what the
Ashland TicilnRs' word painter looked
out uion only a few days ago: "The
hills surrounding Ashland present a
gorgeous spectacle these days, with
their bright colored foliage. The early
frosts this season have tom-heti t he
leaves with crimson and gold, which,
with the evergreen, make a brilliant
scene. Ashland is never without great
beauty, but the brilliant follmre of the
autumn has a particular charm of its
own."
the floor of the valley far below like a
river of molten silver agleam in the
sun, and there, as a guardian of the
gates. El Capltan, a granite monolith
carved by the one time tumultuous wa
ters of the Merced and by the unhurried
moving mass of glacial ice in some long
gone epoch.
I shall not attempt to describe the In
describable. No. wlzardy of words can
do Justice to Yosemite. No wonder the
Indians called this beauty haunted val
ley "The Heart of the Mountains of the
Sky," and its floor "Ahwanee," "the
deep-cut valley of grass." No wonder
they regarded It with superstitious awe
and came ia time to call It Yosemite,
"The Valley of the Great Orizily Bear."
We drove throughout the valley. It
Is a trip one can never forget. Half
Dome, rising 5000 feet above the floor
of the valley, which is 4000 feet above
the ievel of the not far distant sea;
North Dome. Eagle peak, the Three
Brothers. Cathedral rock. Glacier point.
Cloud's Rest, towering above the lesser
peaks, the Three Graces and Liberty
Cap. and all the other peaks and domes.
were rxiinted out to us. as well as the
streams and falls and lakes of this
wonderland lnthe heart of the Sierras.
We stopped at Sentinel hotel, where
we met T. E. Farrow, its manager, and
W. B. Lewis, superintendent of the park.
We drove past Camp Curry, where more
thah 600 tents are in use each season,
and near which a bungalow city has
been built
Yosemite park contains 1125 square
miles of nature's witchery and beauty.
Within Its boundary you will find peaks
and precipices, water worn cliffs and
wind eroded crags, massive monoliths
and cavernous canyons, filmy and. ethe
real waterfalls and swift tumultuous
cascades, saw-toothed summits and
shimmering streams, sky-reflecting gla-
cial lakes and sequoias that were old
when the Israelites were looking for
ward to the coming of the Son of Man.
...
In spring, when the singing rivuJets
swell the sea seeking streams, the floor
of the valley is ablaze with many hued
wild flowers, fron the fragrant violets
which come before the swallow dares
and woo the winds of March with
beauty, to the rare and fragile snow
flower.
.
The valley of the Yosemite, so far as
is known, was first seen by white men
In 1851. Captain Bollng of the Mariposa
Rangers, while in search of marauding
Indians, saw 1 Capltan. The next
spring he entered the valley. The first
house was built in the valley In
The first actual settler was J. C. La
mon, who took up his residence there
in 1860. In 16 4 congress gave to the
state of California "the gorge of the
granite peaks of the Sierra Nevada
mountains known as Yosemite valley."
At the same time congress also granted
th Mariposa grove of big trees. Cali
fornia long ago awoke to the value of
her scenic assets and for years the
Mecca of tourists has been the sunns
southland on the snow-kissed shores of
the Western sea. Some day California's
sister state, Oreg-on, will also realize
that her snow crowned peaks, her moun
tain born streams, her sea caressed
shores, her beauty haunted rivers, her
sapphire sea of silence and mystery
Crater lake that lies .like a deep blue
opal in. a chalice of silver, have an irre
sistible lure to the seeker of beauty,
and we, too, shall Invite the tourist to
share our scenic charms.
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
How far can a crocodile swim? Per
haps it would be more practical, answers
the Detroit News, to ask how far croco
diles do swim? J. Stanley Gardiner
claims the record for a crocodile (croco
dilus porosus) that recently landed In
the Fiji Islands, where he took Its photo
graph. No crocodiles of - this species
inhabit the Fiji Islands, and the nearest
spot where they are known to live is
the New Hebrides, 683 miles distant
Therefore, this crocodile must have
swam 683 miles in the open sea.
Obligino Him
From the So Frlnchco A'rconuC
"Drive like the dickens !" Shouted
Smith, springing Into a taxi. With a
lurch the car darted forward and away
they went like lightning through the
gathering fog. Crash ! They took off the
wheel of a passing wagon. They missed
flattening out a small .child by two
ninths of a hair. Clang! They upset a
milk cart. People shouted and constables
held up their hands as the taxi dashed
"up one street and down another, taking
corners on two wheels and threatening
every lamp with Jtruction. At last,
after half an hour's' furious racing, they
slowed up In a narrow thoroughfare
and Smith poked his head out of the
window. "At we ' nearly there?" he
asXed breathlessfy. The chauffeur turned
in bis seat and shouted,. "Where did
you want to go, sir?"
Revenge
Tnm the Home fleeter.
Walter Porterhouse steak. and make
it small and tough.
Chef (In surprise) Why small and
tough?
. Waiter The guy that ordered it used
to ba but second lieutenant
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'The Pregonj Country
Northweat UaMius la Brief Vorta lot the
! Buajr Reader.
OREGON NOTES
North Powder, by a vote of 120 to 22.
has decided to issue $30,000 worth of
bonds t.o install a water system.
Attendance at the Prlneville grade
schools this year, which Is '212. surpasses
an of former years and continues to
grow.
.Th Independent Phone company of
I Hot Rock has applied to the pubMo
service commission for permission to
increase its rates.
The state board ef control has been
informed ihat hpys paroled from the
state training school are now accept
able to the navy.
The Valley packing company, a com
bination of Ihe Steutloff and Cross in
terests, will formally open its new plant
at SBlein January t ,
Youthful pheasant hunters near Hood
Klver khled 'an imported Jersey cow oil
the dairy farm of Bruno Kraiia, the ani
mal being valued at $2&0.
Fanners of Klamath county are bor
ln. wells fur Irrigation. .Many owners
already have wells, each capable of
furnishing water for ZU to 50 acres.
Corjullle has named November 14 and
tir tlx- annual corn Miow In Hint
city, an event which has in the past
three or four years jproved pyn,'lar
- Members of the Methodist church of
l enclletnii hjwe subscribed 1:17011 tounrd
the fund for the women's dormitory
soon lo be built at Willamette utilveruit v.
The, $600,000 Umatilla project Is in
cluded in the draft of a proposed bill
for a $10,000,(100 appropriation for speed -tnr;
up work, on existing reclamation
projects.
Rosburg school directors have closed
the high school auditorium to all public
entertainments other than thoso given
by the student body br under Us
auspices.
The big Beaver Portland cement plant
at ('old liyt. which has been idle the
past three ye.ir will resume operations
at once, employing M men and turning
out lOdO hum-Is dally.
After beltier thro
bile when it sklddd ud overturned
luesday. C. I. Stafford, an OreKon t ltv
merchant. Kan taken to the hoapiutl w 1th
broken ribs and other Injuries.
The Ilcenao of Mrs. Charles Anderson.
authorUuig the running of a rooming
houne at Raker, has been ordered re
voked, it beinff alleged that the house
was being used as I. W. W. headquar
ters. WASHINGTON
An examination to secure eligible for
postmaster at Ktffe will be held at
Morton on November I!.
John O. llartman took I11.881 worth
of Kars and la-aches thin season from an
11-acre ranch near Yakima.
The home of Albert Stareher at Motc
was burned to the cround Mondsv nlpht
with all its contents. The Ions is 40O0.
Spokane on Tuesday voted down a
proposed increase in salary for the city
commissioners- by a majority of two to
one.
Captain Charles a Irwtn, formerly
mayor of Vancouver and who has been
in the service for nesrly two years, lias
returned to Vancouver.
Yakima valley potato growers are now
holding their Crops ifor a minimum of
$40 a ton, while a number are unwllUug
to sell for less than Hi.
Approximately 600 cars of coal have
i been taken over by the railroads In
vjregon ana wasnington. Canadian coal
which was seized has been ordered re
leased. Spokane is receiving 15 to 20 cars of
coal daily from UrltUh Columbia over
the Spokane International road, which
Is not subject to seizure by the gov
ernment Bondholders of the Spokane & Inland
Empire railway system, who purchased
the company's holdings for J3.600.0no at
receiver's sale, vfrill continue to operate
the lines.
Lee Malsed committed suicide at Ms
home in Colfax Sunday by taking two
ounces of carbolic acid. Mu was ;4
years old and Is survived by a widow
and two sons.
The Hardwood Coal company, with a
capital of f3f0,000, was Incorporated at
castierock this week, a i;-foot vein
! has been uncovered In the mine, which is
three miles from Castlerock.
The Pine Lumber company has pur
chased 5,000,000 feet of timber aorocs
the Kettle river from Marcus, and l
building a $10,000 aerial tramway across
the river to carry tlie logs to the mill.
IDAHO
There are 250 cases of smallpox under
treatment In Minidoka county.
Fire destroyed the store buildinr and
garage of George A. Watts at Black
foot Saturday afternoon.
A. J. Whlttlg has purchased-the 70
acre farm near Caldwell belonging to
W. B. Drake for the sum of I30.0OO.
Corporal rights' havs been given fo
the Reno Development Mining com
pany of Warren. The capital stock is
$160,000.
C V. Peekham of Caldwell has given
100 sacks of potatoes to Rev. W. C. Rlce
for distribution to, those people whom
It Is believed are In need.
The Great Northwest Development
company has been 'orgsnlzed at Poca
tello with a capital of $1,000,000 to build
homes for people of that city.
For killing one Chinese pheasant out
of season. Luther 8tephenson of Melbe
was compelled to contribute $28 to the
state game enforcement funds.,
Jerome J. Day of Wsllaee has been
appointed by President Wilson delegate-at-large
to the American mining con
gress, which meets at St Louis No
vember 17.
Near Blackfoot. Tuesday, T. V. John
son, a farmer, shot and killed Leon
Hsrward. aged 18. A dispute arose 'be
tween the two while the boy was plow
ing In a neighboring field.
Great herds of elk have come down
from the mountains Into the valleys
around Idaho Falls and are feeding on
the hay on the ranches. In many In
stances driving away the cattle and
sheep.
GENERAL
An elrht-year naval program cosUng
1824,000,000 has been decided upon by,
the- Japanese government
In a messaee to Red Cross officials In
New York, King Alexander expresses
his thanks for the aid given Greece by
the American Red Cross.
The United States, government has he
gun an Investigation In San Francisco
to determine whether the reeent advance
in the price of bread Is warranted.
General Pershing experts to reach the
Paeiflo coast shortly after Christmas,
and will Inspect Camp Lewis. Fort
George Wright at Spokane and Van
couver barracks,
The first three months of prohibition
In San Francisco; shows a 60 per cent
decrease In murders and a 20 per cent
decrease In deaths caused by accidents.
Suicides have not fallen off.
A total of 7.600,000 tons of supplies
were sent from the United States to
American armies In France between
June. 1917. and December. 1918, and
10,12,000 were purchased In Europe.
Says : "j
Uncle Jeff Snow
I see Neff Hllldyke's widder's nephew
has got pinched in San Francisco fer
high llvtn' on fake .checks and stands
a mighty good shew to have a indoor
Job fer two or three year. ThaV kid
alius had .a Idee he wss too smart to
work, hlsselt and he bet his relatives
and relations outer, i rise ever' once
In a while, until h Jist calklated hs
could work a-nybuddy else. I advised
the wTdder to let the kid slide and not
send no money to no lawyers togit him
en any slick -Uw-dcdgin', hut I 'speot
she sent a nundred or so. Frank Sontag
told me the net proceeds of standln"un
eight railroad trains amounted to 15
cents a day, poondtn' hard stone at ths
Folsom penitentiary; Mid Frank never
liked work none too well. Some fellers
is so plum set on dodgbV bard work
that they fall into a steady streak of It
jlat Uka Sontag dona v - ... : ,
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