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THE- OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, . DECEMBER 13, ,1819.
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the 'normal milk supply reached .ort
land and on the second day aU of 1L
In many instances the unusual cobIs
probably mora than absorbed ordinary
profit,' but the service was rendered
with t fine and courageous sense of
duty, without complaint, V5 -,
enr co.vcestiox
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around many of our Industries but
the tourist Industry stands .shivering
In the ; cold neglected and unnour-
lshed,J . ? 'v'.r,;
A LIVE CITY
0, who ota sold i fire wftlite htt hnd
thinking oa the frnetjr Cmeuoil
Or tUyf tM knntry edsa of appeute
Br bare ImsglnaUo e a feaatJ
Or willow naked la Deoesiber mew
By Ww'"l ot IiDtutio tummer's heatt
Bhakwpaare.
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-SEVEN MONTHS LOST
c
0N0RES3 is In chaos over rail
road legislation. -
The time is at hand when the
r6ads are to gb back to private
control. No. bill is ready to govern
the return. Senate and house are In
complete disagreement over what
the bill should provide. ' The senate
is hopelessly split over the measure.
, La Follette says a heavy increase
in freight rates will follow return to
private operation. The finances of
the roads, almost hopeless before the
government took them over after trie
great railroad breakdown, will be
worse If no legislation accompanies
resumption of private operation. Con
fusion could scarcely be worse con
founded.
, Railroad legislation was a highly
Important reconstruction task. Pres
ident Wilson pointed it out to congress
when he convened that body in extra
ordinary, session. He then gave no
tice that the roads would be, returned
to private operation January 1.
Seven long months have since elapsed.
But the gentlemen of the senate
were not concerned with reconstruc
tion."' Mr. polndexter was running for
president. Mr. Johnson was running
for president. Nobody yet knows how
many other "senators were running
- for president. They cared not a whoop
for the welfare of the country.
They had no interest in bringing
the railroads out of chaos, the rail
roads, that are the life and soul or
transportation, that transportation
which ls the pulsebeat of commerce
and , Industry. They cared for no
reconstruction, thought of no recon
struction, undertook no reconstruc
tion. '
Their whole thought and their only
thought was to raise false issues on
the treaty, fool the people about the
treaty, and destroy, o far as they
could, the great work done at Pauls
-for guaranteeing permanent peace and
establishing a Tww order In the world
Instead of providing against the
chaos now threatening the railroads
they talked. Like a bandit gang, they
toOK possession of the senate and
rmad6 long .winded speeches that did
not change the mind of a single sen
ator or makeja difference of a single
vote, in me lime When the nation,
affalri were' never more precarious.
they . frittered away seven precious
months in inaction and futility.
vlt was not good citizenship. They
are not good citizens.
This is 'the. open . season for the
old-timer. . Listen to him tell how
in other years teams crossed on the
ice of the Willamette, how a train
was stalled for three weeks and Its
passengers were fedby packers, how
drifts piled house-high and silver
freezes Imposed a smashing weight
of ice on wires and , trees, and then
the present little gust won't seem so
much after all.
3VEMBER. was the greatest ac
cident month In the . history of
Portland. The present, is the
greatest accident year. ' Almost
6000 automobile collision have been
reported, more than 1100 people have
been struck down and injured and
37 killed Jn or near the city."
There have been three accidents
this year to every one in 1917. As
cars increase, collisions mount. Half
of the smashupa in 1919 occurred In
the downtown or congested district.
The conclusion then is that Increase
Ing congestion is synonymous with
mounting accidents. More oars and
more congestion in 1920 will mean
more accidents.
Certain Portland streets are so
raffle-laden that they are now almost
Impassable during the busy hours.
They are narrow streets, and when
line 01 parsea cars' nas seen in
stalled at each curb, (rucks assemble
to load and unload, and shoppers and
others form a second line of parkers,
two way traffic cannot be main
tained with precision and safety
Adjacent streets are clogged with
traffic overflow from the congested
horoughfarcs.
The streets cannot grow wider.
Cars and trucks are not to become
leas numerous. Business Is not to be
eliminated.
Obviously, to facilitate traffic and
reduce accidents, only two alterna
tives remain. Traffic must pass
through the narrow channel in one
direction only, or more street area
must be provided by complete elimi
nation of parking in the congested
district.
The latter plan appears to be im
practicable at this time. Business
requirements and personal conveni
ence stand in opposition to non-para
ng restrictions.
The one way principle remains as
the most probable solution of con
gestion. If the present ordinance la
not practicable, change It. But if
the menace of traffic paralysis and
accident mutilations can be reduced
by the new plan It is worth while.
S
TREET signs -la Spokane are so
placed that they can be seen
Bend knows what winter is.
Forty-four inches of snow lies upon
the streets of the Central Oregon
city. Ranchers of the sparsely set
tied plateau country are snowbound.
Fears are felt for the welfare of
those whose food supplies are lim
lted. Some of them belong to the
struggling class that is fighting to
build homes In the semi-desert. They
know what hardship is.
P
JUS,
SEND THEM OVER
they contend In many
quarters, Sets the fashions for
the world, a statement which,
If true, ought to bring throbs
of Joy to the hearts of mere men on
this side of the water Just now. The
French government, it is announced,
has begun the manufacture of a
"national costume" for men, and the
first suits have made their appear
ance upon the- boulevards of Paris.
They are said to be neat and nifty,
and to cost $11 in good old United
States currency.
What a blessing if we could only
Import the pattern and the fashion
over here. Dream, if you can, of a
suit of clothes for ?ii. Think of six
Paris designed and constructed mar
vels of the tailors' art for 6C!
Cogitate upon what a dash we could
cut with seven suits for $77, one
for every day. What a colorful and
a varied scene, our streets, our
churches and our public places would
yield. We oould laugh at the shine
upon our pants and the bulges at
our knees. Wrinkles and patches
would lose their terrors and we could
greet the world each morning In a
new armor fresh from the faithful
goose of a proud and pressing wife.
For once wc believe in Paris and her
fashions. Bring them on. .
without KSfcplescope or without
Ion and patient eearcb.
The big railroad trains run on
tracks elevated above the street.
tTp there they call-It "grade separa
tion." Tho , arrangement costs mil
lions", but what is money In the
balances against congested traffic
and saved lives. Spokane , hag six
trunk railroads and a dozen branch
lines.. Under the name of the Spo
kane & International, the Canadian
Pacifio enters Hhe city from the
North. During a single day 178 trains
enter or leave the city. By its net
work of lines Spokane is connected
with U6 cities and towns in adja
cent territory.
Forty years ago Spokane was a near
wild. Half a dozen log cabins, a
couple of frontier stores and a ferry
were the only evidences of civiliza
tion. It has 14 banks, and on Sep
tember 12 last had deposits of $53,
20,725,. and In 1918 a clearing house
total of $42158,970.
The change marks the transforma
tion from a frontier trading post to
a modern, finely appointed, beauti
fully archltectured and busy city of
135,000 people.
It is a city worth knowing about
It is a city that is more than the
stone and bricks and mortar and the
people. It has a spirit, an enthust
asm, an optimism that makes it dis
tinctive and unusual. In its unify it
Is very like Pendleton, Or., only set
In larger, molds. It has cooperation
and coordination in its public activi
ties to an accentuated degreeT Its
team work is so perfect that its en
deavors are seldom defeated.
Spokane Is largely built on team
work. Twenty-five years ago it
began a freight rate fight. It was
a struggle against established order,
and established order is & difficult
thing to overthrow. Vet this far
western cityby keeping everlastingly
at it,. and by a team work that abso
lutely permitted of no division, has
established a new principle In rate
making that is changing transports
lion geography throughout the
nation.
There Is a popular theory in gome
cities, Portland among them, that
you must not oppose a railroad or
it will do your city damage. They
never accepted that doctrine at Spo
kane. There, the, people fought the
established railroad rates, fought the
lines from many standpoints, made
them install elevated tracks and
struggled with them in many ways;
and. the more they fought the roads
the more roads came to Spokane, the
more concessions Spokane gained.
That city Is now a great railroad
center with, lines radiating In every
direction with such facilities that-
Spokane is 'a Jobbing center doing a
wholesale business of $50,000,000 a
which, according to - the . tradition,
spanned the gorge in this vicinity. :
la connection with the erection at
a bridgt across the- upper river is
the suggestion made some, time ago
that the railroad bridge , near Celllo
be modified into a highway bridge
by the addition of a deck. It Is not
a. bad suggestion. , . 4
Representative Johnson may. fall to
get his bill through congress, but
there will come a time when such a
project will be -realized.
MfiXICO YIELDS:
WHAT THEN ?
Plea for Letting Mastco Settle Mexico,
and Not Unci Sam's Army
done by women, for It was considered
degrading-set for the "men to occupy
theinseLve in jy of Us processes.
, Letters From the People
year.
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A languishing Portland industry Is
that of the burglary and holdup man,
Not a piece of work reported since
the big snow oame.
THE TOURIST INDUSTRY
T
PUBLIC SERVANTS
ETS decorate the dairyman with
the public's commendation for
distinguished service. The recent
6torm which blotted out thft f-
; miliar landscape with a smothering
.-' blanket of snow brought to the milk
i producer an emergency so difficult
that his alibi for. failure to continue
.his service would have .been perrect.
His paths were blocked. The roads
were rendered nearly impassable.
' Supplies were shut orf. it was a
dreary and arduous task to rise In
"- . the small hours of the morning, milk
J and care for snowbound cows and
' then fight the way to town with the
. food . supply . ..of which the children
...-. cannot safely be deprived even for a
day. '
' When trains stopped and commer-
ciat carriers, acknowledged defeat, the
uairyman somehow got the milk to
- town. When he found that the city
dealers were unable to- make their
.vroutes,;ne did .his best to take their
. piace and perform their duty.- A re
port from the "dairymen's league and
its . auxiliary, the - milk . orodueer.
3ows tha, oh1 the first. day of the
blizzard's severest grip, two. thirds of
HE establishment of a national
touring agency In connection
with the national park service
is recommended by the secretary
of the interior in his annual report.
It Is suggested that such an activity
be in cooperation with Resorts, rafl
roads, automobile associations, high
way associations, mountaineering
clubs, etc. -
With the close of the war, restrie
tions on overseas travel are being re
moved and it is evident that one 'of
the greatest campaigns for tourist
travel in foreign lands is about to be
waged by thoBe countries which ap
preciate the significance and value of
the tourist industry. ' :
At home there is scenery which is
the. peer and in most instances super
ior to anything the old world has to
offer, but its value as a source of
revenue is not recognized. As a na
tion we fait to graso its imoortance
What it means in dollars and cents
Is indicated by the fact that before
the war Americans spent annually In
England alone about $200,000,000 and
In Prance and Switzerland . $400.
oco.000. , ;, . .. , , . . . ; ,t
This great expenditure' remains In
the coffers of Europe and 'does no
come back to us, . If spent at home U
would all remain and be a part of our
circulation., v'-. "
i. The mantle of protection is thrown
KILL WHITE PLAGUE
EAL the fate of the white plague
with a Christmas seal.
But six days remain in which
Christmas seals may be bought
the great nation-wide effort to
stamp out tuberculosis and build up
the health of the nation.
Oregon has at all times 6000 open
cases of tuberculosis and 10 per cent
of all deaths in the state are due to
its ravages. The rigid military ex
aminations revealed 641 tuberculous
men.
During the past year 150.000 men,
women and children in this country
died of tuberculosis. This terrible
disease costs the United States in
economic waste $500,000,000 annually
More than 1,000,000 persons in this
country are now suffering from active
tuberculosis.
It menaces ejve'ry community, every
home and every individual. Yet tu
berculosis is curable and preventable
The old theory that it is inherited has
Deen exploded. Everyone who has
the disease has contracted it; and in
every case it could have been avoided
with the right environment, wilh the
right precautions.
Ninety per cent of the money con
tributed here through sale of tha
seals will be kept in Oregon to sup
port public ncalth nurses, tuberculo
sis nurses, special nurse for the tu
berculous soldiers; to teach the pub
ic school children ' lessons in health
hygiene, to support open air schools
where subnormal and undernourished
children are transformed into sturdy,
rosy cheeked, hoys and girls.
If ypu think this is good work.buy
L.nristma8 seals.
T. Immediate " crisis In the slexic&n
situation passes with the release ef Con
sul Jenkins. Carranza has yielded, wise
ly, to American demands.
Bat there will be other crises unless
some definite step is taken to establish
relations between the two countries upon
a better basis. There are elements in
both countries all too eager to provoke
trouble and to magnify small occasions
for friction Into serious controversies.
America, does not understand Mexico
and Mexico does not understand Amer
ica. In Chicago, where men read with
small emotion the daily story of bandit
exploits, the same men become rampantly
militant when Mexican bandits sslse a
venturesome American. Public indiffer
ence over local incompetence in dealing
with crime becones public indignation
over the failure of Carranta to subdue
and pacify a vast and sparsely settled
country.
Living in Chicago, we confess to a
certain sympathy with the failure of
Mexican authorities to preserve order,
enforce law and guarantee perfect secur
ity to every alien who goes fortune hunt
ing within the Mexican domain.
' . . .
We are not stirred to warlike feeling
by Incidents, deplorable though they beJ
tnat seem to us inevitable in tne pro
cess of atteihDtlnr to make Mexico safe
for democracy. We do net feel that the
wise way to seek a better condition in
Mexico- la to precipitate by armed In
tervention a general slaughter. In which
many good Americans would be sacri
ficed. The Jenkins incident was oaa different-
plane from that of the ordinary
bandit affair. It became a serious Issue
when Jenkins, a representative of the
United (States, was put under arrest by
the Mexican authorities. The position
takerv.by Carranta was one from which
It was necessary that he should be in
duced, or forced to withdraw.
The withdrawal accomplished, how
ever, It might be well to Inquire Into the
activities and relations of such con
sular agents of the United States as
Mr. Jenkins. It is, perhaps, not gen
erally understood by the public that Mr.
Jenkins was not sent from the United
States to devote himself solely to this
country's affairs in Mexico, but was a
business man in the city of Puebla.
whose consular activities were rather
incidental than a main occupation. It
is conceivable . that a man. holding a
semi-official position, and free to en
gage In private enterprises, might be
come Involved in a manner to embarrass
his usefulness and to make difficult a
proper defense of American interests as
represented in his person. We are not
reflecting In any -way upon Mr. Jenkins.'
who has suffered much ; but the peculiar
conditions existing in Mexico Justify an
effort to avoid such chances for compli
cation t&nd misunderstandings.
Our effort must be to understand Mex
ico. American educationalists, ana
othe.s vrbo have been in Mexico recently,
believe an honest attempt is being made
to extend the domain of law throughout
the land. They tell us that the Carransa
government is badly handicapped lor
lack oi funds; that it needs financial
assistance to enable It to adopt more
vigorous methods and to carry out those
Dubllc improvements in transportation,
education and policing that would make
for security and order.
If we were to go Into Mexico and
"clean up," as many would have us do.
we would have to undertake its recon
struction; we would have to furnish
money, by loans or otherwise, tor this
work ; we would have to establish schools
and civilising agencies. We are told
that millions can be had from private
sources In the united States for educa
tional work if order and security can be
reasonably assured. Is it not possible
to find a way, of helping Mexico to solve
the problem of bandits and insurrectos
without armed inte.vention? Is It not
possible to arrange a supervised loan,
protected by an American commission
from graft and extravagant expenditure.
which would' enable the Mexican gov
ernment to complete its work of paclfti
cation? These are but Buggestlonseug-
geettms that we think should be con
sidered before we follow senator Jrau
with an army of invasion.
' tCosuBttftksttona ml to The Journal for
trablfettios la tbk depertBM&t iheeld written
dq only one tid of th papa, tboold not tutnl
800 worts la length, and mutt be cienad by tlw
writer, whose nail addren la luU mtut aceoaa
patty tha centtibution.
Substitute .for Capita! Punishment
Portland. Dec. 10. To the Editor of
The Journal Kvary good citizen Is sure
ly anxious for more drastic execution
of ,the laws against crime, and it looks
as if newxnd much mors severe meas
ures should be taken ae-ainst the ever
Increasing crime wave that Is sweep
ing the country. So we must without
delay decide on an effective measure to
put before the voters at the next elec
tion, to deal especially with first de
gree murderers. It should be a measure
that oould not because! of its extreme
nature be turned- down by the voter.
some are offerlns as a solution jote
reenactment of capital punishment. It
oocurredHo me at the time of the-Centralis
massacre that hanging should by
all means be restored in Oreson. but
now, when X picture myself going to the
pons to vote on it. I have the same ieei
Ins- that X believe , a majority of the
voters will have if an Issue like this is
put before them. I do not think we are
far It, but for some other measure that
does not seem so barbarto and whicn
could be voted for with a clear con
science by every honest voter in the
state. :--v
Churchgoers will say that hanging is
tin-Christian and they, will not consider
It : others of lust as good character will
consider it likewise. Therefore the same
voters who voted it out win keep it
from coming back for the same reason
that they voted It out. We would after
election be as far from the solution as
before.
I would, therefore, advocate a pen
alty that would have practically the
same horrors for the murderer as hang
ing, and one thaLjinyoffcC. can sanc
tion with a clear conscience. Sly method
with first degree murderers would be to
give them positively - life Imprisonment
at hard labor, without the remotest
possible chance of a pardon. The par
doning power in first degree murder
cases should be taken away from the
governor and under no circumstances,
either from ill health, old age or good
behavior, should a criminal of this type
be let out only to encourage others to
commit just as big crimes with a 10
to one chance of getting free on good
behavior or some other nretext.
It seems that no matter how horrible
the crime a man commits, after a few
years of good behavior .and being con
stantly recommended for pardon he is
thereby seemingly martyred and the
enormity of his crime is forgottn and
he Is often released.
K. M. LAN SWORTH.
CbMMENT AND NEWS. IN BRIEF
Shoo early'' and
'Christmas Seals."
SMALL CHANGS
don't forget the
This weather la certainly going to be
tough on bootleg whiskey. ' .
Anyway. It lent as bad as It might
be. There's Prinevllle, for Instance.
wnert it s it ueiow."?. -. f-
- a a . . - .
.Traffic conditions will anon be such
that suburbanites will be able to go
home and see their families again.
A motorist muat he Mid-hearted when
he'll pass up a pedestrian who is forced
to niKe to work through the cold ana
snow. v .
With the coal . strike settled, mavbe
the Casadero power plant won't be or
dered to shut down to save coal In
Kansas.
,
Cold as It la don't he in too much of
a hurry to start the kitchen tire. Find
out xirst wnether or not tne water in
the tank Is frosen.
By the time we are all as eld as those
who remember the storm of 'St are now,
we'll say, their storm wont have any
thing on our 1919 storm no sir-eel
If Fuel Administrator Oarfleld's suc
cessor gives general satisfaction nobody
will h. rrAA 4 14 T fl-A
who, we take it, la himself a user of
coai.
After reading that the food sunolv of
the city-is gsttlng rather low. It Isn't
a bit encourafirlna: to rea.d in tha haul.
lines that 'tickets for the Wood dinner
are reaay,
. OREGON' SIDELIGHTS
"Having failed to ftnd a woman who
wanted a good home; says the . Bclo
Tribune, "Joe Kalina has rented his
farm and will seek elsewhere. ; ,,
a . . , a -
The. Baker Democrat should worry
about the storm.? It sayss "The old
timers in these parts have .seen many
winters Ifke the present It Is only his-
A tory, repeating Itself.
A basaar and rummage sale held re
cently at the First Presbyterian church.
A !t.a.i. nnM than 1750 IO
the ladles in charge, and will go a long
way toward clearing the debt on the
manse, which Is being carried by the
ladies of the onurcn.
. . a a
Much acreage planted to beans this
year In the Evans Creek section, though
i.mii k ma (nin. wraa navar nar
vested and is still lying in the fields,
due to the heavy rains and shortage of
labor, according to the Wlmer corres
pondent of the lioia wu news.
a : . a ' . -
Hogan Miller, Earl Phelps and Mer
rill Potter, North Ridge ranchers, have
been doing great slaughter among Jack
rabbits lately, the Harmteton Hrald
states. They killed 7 Jn a three-day
hunt Thaa war ShlDDed tO Portland
.nA markatad thara at 13.50 tO 13 a
dosen. .
This Is the Reedspprt Courier's - alibi j
Tf vu natioaui anvthki wrong In any
article In the Courier last week H was
caused by the express company, through
carelessness, smashing up a box of lino
type and mixing the slugs In such a
manner that It .was almost Imiwealble
to replace them jn sentences where they
belonged."
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Joe Singer is not entirely sure that
he Is happy. In the first place, he does
not like the cold weather, because it
hurts his noarv In the second place, he
does not hks the snow, because, he
toes out when he walks, and his feet
keep .trying to go around the blook In
different directions all the time. In
the third place, he Is worried about the
special session of the legislature.
Joe has a superstition that any break
in his tenure as sergeant at arms ot the
house would work disaster not only
from the standpoint of stmoleons but
of succession as well. The thing that
is causing the cold shivers to run up
and down his spine Is the remark, more
than half in jest- perhaps, made by
some legislative onlooker, that there are
lots of service men out ot Jobs, a thing
which Joe possesses, and that It might
be Just as well to pick some unemployed
lad with other than legislative service
stripes on his arm to act as sergeant
at arms during the few days the legis
lature wUl be in session.
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WE WILL HAVE IT YET
, tning leads to another. Now
that a highway has been con
structed on the north bank of
the Columbia river throtieh
Skamania county comes a demand for
an interstate bridge at Cascade Locks
A report from the national canits
says that Representative Johnson of
Washington Is to appear before the
house committee on Interstate com
merce to urge action on his bill nro-
viding for the building ot a toll bridge
at mis point.
The advantage of auoh a bridge can
easily be conceived. - Communication
with Southern Washington would be
facilitated and to Ufa motorist fori
pleasure it would give a delightful
100 mile loop drive. He could go up
one side of the river and return on
the, other. .... v
To such a bridge would attach gen
timent,. as it would. be, a restoration
of the tabled Bridge of tne Gods
Paper No New Invention for
South Sea Islands
M. Xh C " Crawford in "Asia"
The decorative material known as taps
cloth is in reality not cloth at all. It Is
form of paper. In the South Sea
islands it is made from the pounded
bark of the paper mulberry, but it oc
ours In some forms in every tropical
country in the world. In the jungles of
Brasil, In the steaming swamps of Africa
natives stul make , tapa. The ancient
Aztec and Mayas; and Egyptians, the
early inhabitants of China and Japan.
had learned tha use of tapa in Its modern
form of paper to convey literary thought
as well as artistic effort And in Mexico
and the Chinese republic It still holds
Its early usage In offering a sttnple and
easily" decors ted material for ceremonial
costumes.
The technique of tapa making Is very
simple. Although tapa ia still produced,
as a bait for tourists, in the South Sea
Islands, one must put any description
of Its processes Into the past tense, for
the art has become submerged so isx
as the Islanders themselves are con
cerned. In former times, more partlcu
larly in Samoa and Hawaii, the mulberry
tree was very carefully cumvatea wiui
a view to the making of tapa. ; The
hoots were allowed to grow two or three
feet In height and about one and one-half
Inches In diameter. o orancnes
leaves occurred except at the crest.
the season when it -was full of A glutln
aim turn, the bark was strippea on ana
Steeped In running water, untu the outer
art softened, and couia easuy oe scrapea
off. Next the' Inner pulpy mass was
nnimilAd on a smooth log of hard wood
with paddles made of the wood of the
paun, and sometimes slightly corrugated
to give texture. This process exactly re
sembled gold beating. The result was
that- a strip of baric orlginany three or
inrttM an width was flattened out
to 10 or IS Inches. Several ot these
strips which were about as thin as paper
were pasted together with vegetable
glue made from arrowroot, : 5 and the
strips laminated together In the same
Tsim nwvwaa corresponds in a
war to tHe early Egyptian method of
making papyrus. But so skilfully was
this process executed that In many of
the finest Piece iL waa Impossible to
detect the lines oi jointure, au wi
connected with the making of tapa was
Mr. Lunsford to Mr. Barnes
Portland. 'Dec. i. To the Editor of
The Journal Mr. Barnes, in his letter
in The Journal of December 2, hopes
that I am "only Ignorant" One must
Indeed be Ignorant who does not know
the difference between liberty and 11-
cense However, license, with proper
law to punish the individual who of
fends. Is much better and safer for the
public good than suppression without
hearing. He says: "But aces ha
imagine for a moment that free speech
gives me the right to go up. to him on
the street or in his home and black
guard him, or to libel him in piiblto?"
To which I answer! yes, If I felt like
doing so and taking the consequences.
My treatment of htm in this suppositious
case is the answer to his entire letter.
If I considered htm an Irresponsible,
harmless crank, I should probably ig
nore him or hand him over to a con
venient policeman. If he were a vicious,
dangerous person, whose statements
were untrue and calculated to Injure
my reputation or business. I- would
probably have him Jailed and punished
by the law enacted for that purpose.
On the contrary, suppose what he bad
to say about me was in the main true,
and I was a direct action 1st, which Mr.
Barnes acknowledges himself to be It
would be to my interest to beat htm o
It with a club and prevent him from
saying it
Now that is just what is being done.
Under the guise of fighting a handful
of foreign-speaking revolutionary Reds,
all so-called radicals, Socialists, Non-
Partisans, Union labor, in fact all and
every protest against the present sys
tem of. industry, Is Included, as witness
the recent kidnapping of Walter Thomas
Mills at ProBBer, Wash., and the mur
der of two labor leaders in the south.
Mr. Barnes' definition of 100 per cent
American is all right except the hate
part No one can have a clear concep
tion of justice with his whole being
filled with hatred, even toward an ene
my. Neither can one form a just opin
ion without all the facts, and from the
tone of his letter X feel sure Mr. Barnes
knows but little of what he writes about
Let me assure him that I have thorough
ly investigated ejvery radical movement
ror tne past zu years, ana he le mistaken
if he thinks their membership is com
posed principally of foreigners, or that
a few foreign revolutionary Reds can
stampede the great mass of American
workingmen into a revolution by force.
There is more danger that revolution
may be caused or hastened by the de
nial of rights which the American peo
ple have been taught are theirs, namely.
free speech, free press and the rleht
oi peaceable assembly.
I still maintain that my plan of public
discussion of all subjects Is the safest
and beat. D. EX LUNSFORD,
And, while we are talking about ths
special session, there Is another Indi
vidual here in Portland who is not so
sure that a special session will be an
unmixed blessing, so fsr as he is indi
vidually concerned, namely and to-wit
John W. Cochran, chief clerk of the
senate. Last time, following the ad
journment of the house and senate, it
fell to Cochran's lot to compile the jour
nals of ths session, a work of some Im
portance and much tedlousneas. With
this task completed, Cochran has re
turned to Portland to open the office
of the Republican state central commit
tee, of which he is secretary, clear the
decks for the coming election campaign.
Pedestrians and Semaphores
Portland. Dec 8. To the Editor of
The Journal .The signs on the street cor
ners ordering pedestrians to obey sema
phores are very treacherous, for how
can a person keep a lookout for care
less drivers and watch the semaphores
at the same Ume? It is the walker's
business when approaching the croasins
to look to the left always, and when he
gets to or past the center ot the street
to loos: to tne right. And as the sema
phore , is at an angle of 45 degrees to
the walker fwnen the crossing is ap
proached lfc would be utterly impossible
to' loo to the left and at the right at
tne sam unuet sucn a bis range.
It seems to me that the old rule, the
oxiv. wh approaches the crossing first
has the right of way, it best as It is the
driver's business to keep a sharp look
out and slow down at every crossing, and
he la supposed to exercise extraordinary
care.
A walker should have the right of way
between each two automobiles, as the
walker's time is more valuable than
that of the driver's, because he cannot
make up time. ' However, as above stat
ed, it la utterly Impossible for the walker
to watch the semaphore and the careless
drivers at the same time, and seme bet
ter rules ought to be employed If the
ones mentioned are not practicable.
A. J. CLARK.
, Must Be Registered
" Portland. Xeo. Jl. To the Editor of
The Journal Kindly Inform me wheth
er an individual in fie state of Oregon
may assume a company .name without
being registered with the state or coun
ty. A SUBSCRIBER.
f You ttut restaur roar arimibed , bsaincat
name with tha ooontj clerk of jtosr county. 1
Hog Killing Time
From the" Bead Press " ,
Those of us who were reared on the
farm . In our boyhood days will never
fore-et the fait of the year, when the
and. Incidentally, give a little personal
sttention to the Question of whether he
Is going to be a candidate tor county
ciers. oi xauimuinaa. cuumj . auu www,
just as he has got his office open, his
stenographer busy and his mind focused
on the tasks ahead, here comes the spe
cial session, which means some more
journals and other legislative monkey
wrenches In his Springtime macninary
Wherefore, he inclines to the belief that
special sessions are irrelevant immater
ial and have not sufficient foundation
laid.
a a
Denton O. Burdlck, who Utt the Bank
of Redmond to jingle along without
him while he came down to Portland
for a few days, has come to the con
elusion that it is a hard job to repre
sent his district in the legislature. The
district is one of diverse interests and
far-flung area on the map, constating
as it 'does of Crookv Deschutes, Grant
Jefferson. Klamath and Lake counties
And added to the acres is the fact that
thev are havlna- some winter up that
way, which makes it very difficult to
keep in close touch with his widely
scattered constituents.
Incidentally, the wireless has come
down from the high country where Mr
Burdlck lives that he intends to be
a candidate for the state senate In the
nlace and Stead Of Senator George
Baldwin of Klamath Falls, whose term
of office will expire next year. Close
friends of the Redmond legislator deny
this, however, contending that it is his
intention to return to the house, and
probably again to be a candidate tor
speaker, to which Office he aspired
prior to the ISIS session, but which
was won by Seymour Jones of Marlon
county.
The Oregon Country
NarUieaat Happening : fa, Brlaf rem fet the
' . OREGON NOTES '
Pilot Rock ha a a.
smallpox, some of lb em quite severs.
ADDle Beektriff and ahlnnlnv fcaa mma
to a close at Hermlston, with a run of
i carloads, valued at 967,000. . . ,.
The denth of annw in th TTmatnia
national forest la four tlmaa tfc itamh
reached at any time during ltls. r
Elmo Walden, a rancher living near
Freewater. wu nnmA tan m n.- .
having a beaver In his possession.
Plana for a t$f! nnn Mn4M k1i v
block In Stanfield have been approved
by the local lodge of Odd Fellows.
C. SjMcNanght of Hermlston has Just
tecelvetrmaflhlnerv for the tranHnn r
a 30-ton molasses alfalfa meal mill. . tf .
The population of the Kantm ni-mii
state hospital has decreased during the '
vuiiciii year irum on patients to 490, - '
Robber entered Alexander's depart
ment store at Pendleton Thursdey night '
and escaped with 1500 worth of clothing, i,
tt uiim itaiieiy, a years id, a m 1
Oregon, dropped dead In the f
poetoftioe at .Forest Grove Tuesday
At a cost at taonn it r
blood and ZS head nf fiTo-h it-ait. t.r..i .
cattle were distributed last, week among
In the omnlon of A
glneer C. E. Strickland, the North
Umpsua river is without doubt the best
power stream in the state.
Ordara " fn nnn tfi AAA AAA
- ' " --w . U.VVVWV k IT V
pr lumber have been placed with lum- .
ber merchants of Oregon and Washing-' !
ra in iu imi hi weeas.
Linn eountv. which nnw iilma u.
have more breeders ot purebred . stock
than any county in the state, Is plan -ning
to form a breeders association.
Umatilla county will receive 11280 41 3
as a share of money received by the
federal government from rentals, sales -of
timber and other sources from ths '
wito reserves,
Desnondant on tiwAnni nf II! Vi.nUVi.".
Mrs. Mary Valkenburg, wife of Ber-
geant Peter Valkenburg of Fort Stevens,
committed suicide at Astoria Thursday -
nignt by shooting herself. . s
WASHINOTON !
The Fullarton I.umhni mmminv
Minneapolis has established a coast f
orancn orrice in Taooraa.
In the last two years the fish commia -
sloner has sold 123,000 worth of fish
spawned at the state hatcheries.
John Smith, aged SO. of Central, 8. D., .
was killed by a motor truok at Taooma "
Thursday. His neck wss broken.
Cleon Roe, former superintendent ha
been elected to succeed Donald B. Olaoif -as
superintendent of Monroe reform :
atory. j
R. P. Reynolds, prominent business
man, a resident of Walla Walla S3 years,
died in that city Wednesday, aged 77
years.
Orders have been received by the Boll
ermakers' union of Seattle to expel all
members who are affiliated with the
L W. W.
After locating a still near McMlllln.
deputy sheriffs confiscated 1248 gallons
of mash and 20 gallons of moonshine''
whiskey.
By a vote of 60S to 698, residents of
the Takima school district have decided
to furnish tree text books to studeuts
in the high school. A
Ed Iiagen, former Seattle policemf j.
hasbeen given two years in ths federal
prison and a fine of f 1000 on conviottoi
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
This t a itofy.' under s hiandly Um, of
whou aauawhat atormv oaraar easaa
In boyhood, and who brslaad fete war tturanth
the bad land ana . then back to a ssae sad
useful way ot hl.l
Hamilton Isn't his real name. It Is
one of a score of names he goes by. Me
is a trusted government official in tha
department of Justice. We had adjoin
ing berths on the northbound tram out
ot San Francisco. We spent ths day
together.- Ue was a good talker. My
role was that of listener.
His life is like a measure filled to
the brim with adventures and unusual
experiences. His parents placed him In
a small sectarian college, intending him
for the ministry. Ot his life there, be
said:
"My teachers lacked mental elasticity.
They could not distinguish between boy
isb animal spirits and malicious mis
chief. X was la constant trouble. I
would not lie out of things. I had ab
sorbed with my mother's milk a passion
for accuracy for telling the exact facts
without color or embellishment When
they attempted to punish me I fought
bock till I was overcome. To maintain
discipline they thought they had to con
auer me by physical force. X bent my
whole energy on learning to fight craft
ily and effectively. I sougnt i ignis wun
the older boys so as to harden and
toughen myself. With my bare flits I
fought my way to leadership among
the boys. I became so rebellious that
finally X was expelled as incorrigible.
of robbing the customs warehouse of .-a -
large quantity or liquor. .
Q. I. Toevs is the head of a company 1
which will erect an eight story flour
mill at Spokane with a capacity of 25UO
barrels a day and storage tanks tor
1,250,000 buhels of wheat j.
U. R Wlltfong Is metalling a mill at
umber for 1920 delivery,
"I beat my way from city to city.
Ing life with all a boy's insatiable eager
ness and - curiosity, and picking up a
living as X could. I drifted to San
Francisco. This was In the late seven
ties. X could sleep anywhere, but I
had to eat The one thing I could do
was fight. X had a wicked wallop, and
I could stand punishment -Ths fighting
game and the saloon in those days were
as Inseparable as are liquor and lust
I hung out at a saloon kept by aa
Australian. There was a cleared space
back of the saloon where fights were
staged. The motto of the saloon was.
We take on all comers.' No barkeeper
could get a job in that saloon unless he
was a clever fighter. In one place the
ropes of the ring were stretched along
the high stone wall that enclosed the
back yard of the saloon. Sometimes 1
would have to take on a husky hard
hitting sailor, a brawny, blg-flsted long
shoreman or a would-be bruiser. I
fought with my wits as well aa my
mitts. To avoid being beaten X would
worry and taunt my opponent till he
would rush me like a maddened bull. I
would lure htm to where the ropes ran
beside the stone wall. When be rushed
in and aimed a powerful blow at me I
would drop flat or step to one side
and he would break his knuckles against
the stone wait
"Whenever a well dressed man or a
man who had money or jewelry came
Into the saloon they would throw a few
drinks into him, flatter and praise his
build, and finally get him to put on the
gloves with mt- He would lay off his
coat and vest take off his collar and
tie, and we would go to it When the
round was over his clothes, his money
and his jewelry would have disappeared.
It didn't do him any good to put up a
'holler to the police, for they would
arrest him for disorderly conduct or
elub him over the head and fell him
to beat it. The policemen got their
bit and the more birds we plucked
the sooner they could feather their
own nests.
-
This saloon was a hangout for stick
up men, dtps, second story workers and
all other sorts of crooks. Soon I knew
by sight moat of the famous stickup
men, safecrackers and btghclass thieves,
thugs and criminals Of every order op
erating on the coast X also learned to
know by sight most of the wealthy
and sporty men who lived In or ran out
to San Francisco for a 'good time.' I
was hired as a middleweight boxer at
their stag parties to box for their en
tertainment with some local contender
for f istlo honors, or X fought before
them for a purse of from f ts to $60. . I
finally fought myself pretty well up
among the middleweight boxers, till X
was meeting most ot the near champs
Of the early and middle eighties.
' "Then I met my match. John Barley
corn scored a knockout
It's lunch time. Let's to Into the
diner. After lunch I will tell you how
quickly and effectively John Barley
corn put me down and out and how long
and how toilsome was the trail by
which X 'came back.'"
Chesaw to cut iu
Me has a crew ot men skidding logs
and will commence sawing as soon as
tne macninery is in place, i
Elman A. Oeneste, an attorney ot
Friday Harbor and a son ot a Port
land business man. Is under arrest at
Seattle charged with robbing the United
States customs office ot $182.82 belong
ing to the government .
-. GENERAL ' ' ' '
Reoorts received from the Montana -
coal fields are that the miners are show-
lnc no disposition to return to work, . f -
Dr. Bethmann-llollweg la credited
with leading a monarchist movement In
favor of both the llohtsnsollern and
liapsburgs. ,
R. S. Skinner, one of the best known
public men ot Montana, died at Great
Falls Thursday following an operation
for appendicitis. j
Thirteen charges of alleged profiteer
ing In the dairy bnntnoK wer filed in
the office of the district attorney at
Denver Thursday. i
Three swere killed and four Injured .
when the second and -third floors of the
Iowa X'aper company at Cedar Rapids
collapsed Thursdsy.
The Passion Play at Oberammergau
for 1020 has been cancelled, owing to
destitution of the actors caused by crop
failures and war sufferings.
Captain Gsbrlele d'Annunslo relter
atea his intention of holding Flume un
til all that he and his legionaries had
set out to accomplish lias been re -alised.
Thirteen policemen who were mem
bers of the poase which killed tour la
bor leaders In Bogaluaa, La. November
22, have been arrested on a charge qf
murder. '
Mexican federal forces have rescued
T. G. McKensle, American manager of
an electric pcwr plant in Chihuahua,
who was being held by rebels fo
ransom. I
Mrs. Emily. X Powell, who shot and
killed her 10-year-old daugbterand
then shot herself at Denver lt Tues
day, has been declared insane by a
coroner's Jury.
Hope of enacting railroad legislation
by January 1. the date on which tht
roads are to be turned back to private
control, hue been virtually abandoned
by senate leaders.
Among bills to be Introduced at '
special session of the Kansas legislature
is one creating an industrial court td
settle labor disputes and making Illegal
strikes or, lockouts in certain essentia
industries. , v
i.im t in a. aoeech in the sen
ate Thursday, declared the peace treaty
-dead' until again submitted by the
president, and charged the Democrat
with responsibility for failure to ratify
It at the special session.
winter's supply ot hams and bacon and
pickled pork was reduced to edible form.
When home made sausage filled the at
mosphere of the kitchen with Its appe
tising odor as it browned in the big fry
ing .pan and sputtered its surplus of
rich, grease over the top of the stove.
In those daye sausage . was the pure
essence of hog, undeflled and unadulter
ated, and the hams were smoked with
library system to the country districts.
If the small financial assistance neces
sary is available, the county court will
have the united support of the people
ia extending it to the organisers of the
county library plan.
Revolution Now In Progress
from tha Eugene Ragiatar
Berkman and Miss Goldman agree
A County Library
From the Medford Mail Trihun
Our entire system of political economy
depends for its success upon the Intelli
gence and enlightenment of tha rank
and file. We talk a great deal about
Bolsheviks, but the wiper-Bolshevik of
all is Ignorance. Any plan that will re
duce Ignorance ts worthy the support of
all good cltlsens. here end elsewhere.
Such a plan Is the extension of the city
olution in this country within five years.
They are putting it too far in the future.
There is one already a revolution in
sentiment regarding .foreign undesli
ablee who came here to meddle to our
affairs.
good old hickory that imparted a sort I in predicting that there will be a rev-
of homely but satiarymg penume io xoe
meat But when they commercial sed
the hog and tha packers injected "cur
em quick Into the hams and bacon,
then the old Joy faded. Out In the
country, however, they still put up the
real bog, and items like the one which
follows, from the Silver lake Leader,
recall the "good old times": v
."Hog killing tlma-. has arrived. If
you are lucky you will have your fill
of spare ribs, backbones and home made
sausages, also souse and pickled pigs'
feet." .
Olderi Oregon
In December, 1811, There Waa a Great
' . 'Flood in the Willamette
'a' notable ' winter was that of 1851
It was "the year ot the great flood,"
which occurred In December. For many
years thereafter time was reckoned from
this event. - The flood was caused by
unprecedented rains .during the first
week in December. The Willamette
overflowed it banks and did a great
deal of damage. Many people living on
the lowlands narrowly escaped with their
Uvea, Others were rescued by team
boats. : Much stock wag drowned and
many buildings wsre swept away.
Curious Bits of Information
For the CurioujJ
Gleaned From Curious Places
Th erixlnal reason for the choice ot
a lion's head in public fountains where
the water comes out of a .lion's mouth
was "that among the ancient Egyptians
the rising of the waters of the Jlle,
... v. 1 ..l. ... - 4 Via nnmt ; ImllAN, nfr Wnf
WIIIUll 1.H V'w ...wv .... v.
of the year, meaning life and prosperity
to the whole nation, always took place.;
when the sun wss in the constellation
Leo. The lion's head on fountains is a
symbol of the life-giving -waters ot tne
Nile, ,
Uncle Jaff Snow Says:
I see where a Jedge 18 InJeanny tells
the publlo that it's looted, bieo ana roo-
bed by the coal operators and the miners
workln' In cahoots. That jedge ts about
two-thirds light but like lots of . other
wise men, he's afeared to tell us about
the third member of the firm,, and that a
the owners of coal lands worth ' thou
sands upon thousands ot dollars a acre
and held outer use to help tha ' coal
trust and assessed as farm In' . and
grasin' lands at . mebby 910 st acre
There's a plenty ot coal and -a plenty
of men and capital to mine it but tha
coal land combine that our best states
men knows better'n to Jump on to too
hard keeps the coal God Almighty made
locked up so tight tha t children freezes
to death ever winter almost right along
side of ft ,
v