THE OREGON ? DAILY JOURNAL, PORT LAND, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1819.
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HEROES OF YESTERDAY
-HEY were heroes yesterday.
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tiui.mey are me uueiuyiujcu
; today. Twelve hundred or tnem, I
all. former service men, are reg-
istered at Portland , Liberty temple
as seekers for work.
Where are the fat profits that were
made during the war and out of the
war?
Where are1 the big establishments
that ran full blast on profitable army
contracts while these service men
went out to defend the country
against invasion T
Is it not possible by adding a few
of; these men to eacn great payrou
for "the employer to get value in
return for the wages paid out7
It is no fault or tnese men mat
congress dillydallied over the treaty
for seven months and did notnmg in
the way of reconstruction, it is no
fault of theirs that the legislative
branch, of government in this country
has broken down and that business
uncertainty consequent tnererrom nas
made, unemployment ( where mere
should be no unemployment.
Tbey did their part. They offered
themseives ior tne sacrince. mey
gave up their Jobs and yielded months
and years out of their lives to defend
the - country - against the Invader.
They lived, chilled . and drear in
winter tents, went tnrougn tne rigors i
of camp and campaign, and saw their
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comrades perisn oy inousanus wiai
American institutions mignt stana.
Are republics, as they say. ungrate-
fomJs'U honorable, is it Justice, is
It aeceni ior me neroes 01 yesieraay
to be neglected and forsaken today T
were our loyalty ana our patriot-
Ism of those war days Just a part
oi me passing snow f were wiey up
loyalty and lip patriotism?
-. Heaven forbid I 'Then let the hon
orabie service of Oregon In the war
be the standard of Oregon service
In peace. Give these returned soldiers
and sailors a man's fighting chance.
They, ask no more.
The saying- that "a prophet Is not
without honor save in his own coun-
try,, "till holds true in respect to
tha predictions that the end of the
world was dated for yesterday. Com-
mon sense suggests that there Is
mucn room tor reason ana verity
in-the statement or a local clergy-
man mat tne ena or tne world will
b a spiritual transformation rather
than physical demolition. Tet this
carnaiiy minaea generation xouna
much more to agitate its apprehen-
sions in distant predicUon that old
, earth was about to be pulverized
IntO- Star dUSt.
FOR CHRISTMAS
f-t"E saying has come up from the
idark ages mat me way to make
money Is to buy cheap and sell
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As the tavernmmt nf th nnHH
States is pointing out to its citizens,
one way to do this Is to buy standard
Hftonrittea when tha imrhln lutaw
ofjaohey is low and hold them until
the: purchasing power is greater.
"Low-power" dollars Invested in gov
ernmenl Securities : now will be re
deemed at a later period when interest
- and principal will come back as
' power" 'dollars; Yf'.t-i'
Here Is. how It werks;
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Before the war -you earned, say S3
a day. Now you earn, say 15 for do
ing the same work. But you can't
buy much more with your 5 man
you eould with your $3 other prices
nave gone up along with the price
of your labor.
' Now ; when prices and wages have
decreased somewhat, you may, for ex
ample, be earning and. spending 14 a
day. ; Your hundred dollars' worth of
War Saving Stamps become due and
the government gives you back your
r origmarinvestment of $83 plus 1 17
interest, In terms of days' labor the
gov4jnent is giving back four days
more than It borrowed from you, plus
your 117'Jnterest, W '
tnis cnangmg. vaiue or. me dollar
has made many peopli richer apdj
owers poorer wiuioui meir knowing
exactly -how it happened. Now is the
chance to 11 Join ! those who are going
to be made richer,, and one safe way
to c.0 n to ouy uie convenient gov
eminent Becurity WarSavlngs
Stamps. .What better Christmas re
membrance? " '' ' " .
In onv respect Portland has the"
advantage of Baattle. While tha Pu-
hret Sound metropolis !a agitaUnf a
1500.000 pond Issue with which to
buy an aviation landlnr field. Port-
land reata contentedly" in - tha oon-
sclousn ess that a : landing; fiald baa
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needs no .Tery , extenalra Improve-
menta to make it one 01 ma nesi.
HNLEY "DISMISSAL
wwJJOWLEDGE of WlUlam L. Fin-
rf ley a important work as state
my biologist and as naturalist is
not confined to Oregon.
It Is national. He Is recognized as
the central . and the authoritative
figure In the effort to conserve and
increase the wild life of Oregon.
He lis conceded to have done more,
creatively and expositionally, than
any other person in the state to make
Oregon's recreational resources favor
ably and attractively known.
His writings, pictures and lectures
have identified him prominently with
leaders in his profession.
It fs almost unthinkable that a
man of his standing and value should
have been dismissed, as Is reported.
by the fish and game commission,
without a hearing and with no pre
ferring of charges.
It is still more startling that the
action should have been taken by the
commission at what was apparently
a "star chamber" session held with
out the knowledge of Mr. Pinley or
the friends of his work and that the
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act was Kept rrom puniic information
until disclosed from another source
The dismissal also occurred, it ao-
pears, in the absence of the governor,
who is chairman of the commission.
The business of the fish and game
commission is public business. It
should not be transacted behind closed
doors. To do so is un-American. It
hg against the administrative policy
0f Oregon. It is foreign to the stand
Urds of Governor Olcott It has been
truly said that his personal and pub
he record entitle him Justly to con-
ridence " that he will not identify
himself through acouiescence or in
action with an act of injustice
The method which the" fish -and
game commission used in dismissing
Mr. FinJey is self-stamped as wrong.
Secrecy strengthens rumor of im
proper intent. If the commission -has
sufficient cause for the discharge of
the state biologist the public is en
titled to the facta and Mr. Flnley
ns entitled to an open . bearing.
Should not the fish and game com-
mission, at the instance of the gov-
ernor, reconsider Its act. afford Mr.
pinley his day In court and extend
to him the courtesy of opportunity
t resign If further employment of
his services Is shown to be against
public Interest?.
Doubtless there will ba not mora
than desultory oDDoaition from Pu
Ket BoUnd and San Krandaco to th
comparatively small appropriation of
$6,ooo,000 recommended by naval
offlcial8 ror a nava, base on thtt Co.
lumbla near Astoria. Th ni
baHe improvements proposed In the
8amo raDort for Pua-.t Smmri r
gate $50,000,000, and for San Fran
cisco, S 5 1,000.000.
YOUR NEIGHBORS' HEATER
N
0W that the cold has slipped far
enough into the past that we
may smile again it might be at
least entertaining to mention the
economical, if not economic, theory
put forth by Frank Hedley, president
0f the Interborough Rapid Transit
comoanv of New York, durlna a nnell
0f arctic weather experienced in the
metropolis not long ago,
with the mercury trvinsr to kick
the bottom out of the New York ther
mometers. President Hedley sent all
0f the surface, elevated and subway
oar8 0f the New York transportation
Lystem out with the heat cut off.
when thfr resultant clamor sro h
explained that he had done so in order
ft ov(, plp-f HHlv onrl th,,B nDv.
I fiinl. Ani hn wnt rn fn a-vnloln It-
was unnece88ary to heat streetcars
in .c,old, e?ther anyway because the
f " """"" "-f' v
t!J! cld ad did not taie thelr coals
off when they entered the ears. Mora
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than that, he explained, there was
suffioient surplus bodlly warmth in
a closely packed streetcar to make it
iwuuuriaore wiuioui arunciai neat.
Heretofore it has been me current
belief, particularly out West, that the
average New Yorker was a mighty
cold proposition. Seemingly mat has
been a mistake. But even so, it is
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I '"c rresiaeni urilllin
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vi um iuuui vrausporiauon system,
will not attempt to demonstrate the
calorescent potentiality of the pa
trons of his company.
How about the sanctity of this
doctrine of preparedness, anyway?
A Pennsylvania man, bent on pre.
paredness, built his coffin 38 years
ago,' and. "when he died the4 other
day. it was found to be too time-
worn for use.
A LOSS AT WILLAMETTE
IT
HE damage yesterday morning to
waiier Hail . at Willamette uni
versity, Salem, Is greatly ' to be
regretted. The unner floor
entirely consumed, and the first and
second floors badly damaged. Th
loss is 110.000. . -Av'v,.
Private educational Institutions l-
ways have but slender - resournp
Their funds are seldom adequate for
their needs. Though far hftur
(financed than ever before, Willamette
- j university nas oeen so rapid in growth
that Its resources are heavily taxed,
and the - loss now entailed is most
unfortunate.' ;? " - V- v ' .
The service the- pioneer institution
has rendered the "state la a challenge
to public concern. Nobody knows to
what extent the, early - endeavors xf
Willamette university laid the ground
work for the very splendid citizen
ship for which. Oregon Is conspicuous.
It was not mere accident that Oregon
was first in percentage, of volunteer
enlistments, first In percentage of
ships built for a bridge to Pershing,
and first over the top in every Liberty
loan. ' . - r' ,
There was a loyal and standard
citizenship back of it There was
vision in the people, vision to see and
realize that the republic must be
held fast to Its ancient moorings, that
the anchorage of a Christian civiliza
tion rests in the government by the
people, and that it Is the mood and
service of the individual that in the
ultimate makes the nation.
All educational institutions con
tributed to this high standard of citi
zenship, but none more than the
Institution which was so early and
so devotedly in the field.
It will be a distinct loss to Port
land if Dr.' Foster, as reported yes
terday, has accepted a position in
Los Angeles and is to sever his
connection with Reed college. He
Ms . a man of advanced thought, is
tied to none of the educational and
social fetiches of the past, and has
contributed mightily to the success
of the educational institution which
he has served as- president since it
was opened to students.
MR. H1NDMAIVS APPEAL
t
C HINDMAN was correct when
he told the Portland city coun
cil mat the "interests of busi
ness and private profits are not
Ithe sole consideration in regulating
traffic, but that the public is entitled
to use of the streets and protection
against accidents." He was right
when he said the "greatest good to
the greatest number is the principle
on which our present congested traf
fic conditions must be solved," and
mat the "traveling public has a right
to the use of the streets for the pur
pose for which they were intended."
The business interests of the city of
Portland are to be protected. They
are to be aided and stimulated. Mayor
Baker insists that one-way traffic will
result in greater patronage and busi
ness. He says more traffic will pass
the doors of business. It did in St.
Louis.
There was a large increase of traf
fic on one-way streets there tljat had
formerly been two-way thorough
fares. Why not in Portland?
But, as Hindman says, the Interests
of business are not the sole' consid
eration in the traffic situation. The
streets are paid for" and owned by the
public. They are maintained by the
public They are for public use, and
the public is entitled to the right to
travel on those streets. ..
And, above all. If one way traffio
wllKxeduce the injuries and killings,
what apology need be made for its
adoption?
Even robbers sometimes possess
a saving sense of modesty that
causes them to deny unearned credit
for achievements in their spotted
profession. A German ' paper re
cently published an account of a
burglary in Berlin which stated that
a money chest had been broken into
and the cash taken therefrom. The
second story man immediately sent
the publication an indignant denial,
saying, "I broke into the chest but
to my great astonishment and the
shame of the owner there was not
red heller therein."
ROTARY CLUB PROPOSALS
T
HE Rotary club Is one of the
thoughtful, deliberate organiza
tions that moves carefully but
powerfully .in the right direction.
The Rotary club has affiliated with
the campaign to reduce Uaffio acci
dents. It suggests measures which
are worthy of action when It states
That all traffic ordinances and nnrtjK
uitsrtxu uai 11 IS not Intended tn n-
iorce snouia oe repealed, and me bal
ance snouia oe enrorced to the letter. A
sufficient number of men should be as
signed to the traffic squad to enforce
these ordinances.
Traffic regulations should be enforced
against bicyclists and also against pe
destrlans in congested districts.
"Jay walkers" In congested - districts
snouia oe prosecuted.
serious traffic violations should be
punishable by legal temporary confisca
tion of machine, or by temporary or per
manent cancellation ot license.
Other recommendations equally
command favor that traffio accident
epigrams should be thrown on mov
ing picture screens, that business
houses discharge delivery drivers who
persistently violate traffic regula
tions, that "Safety Fkst" signs not be
used for - advertising purposes, ana
that the street cleaning bureau co
operate with the traffic division.
It is perfectly true, as Municipal
Judge Rossman said before me Ro
tary club, that It Is easy for an Idea
to be made a law and that laws have
become so numerous and binding they
restrict the well intentioned as well
as the violator who acts with delib
erately evil Intent. Law should cover
essentials. Unnecessary law should
be repealed. But a , very necessary
law and one which ought to be en
acted by the, special legislative ses
sion, if possible, Is that which pro
poses the licensing of drivers s well
as inotor earevrr-';;
' There la beautiful purpose in the
plan ' of the Portland Ad Club to
make a real Christmas for 80
orphaned' little ones in one of the
children's homes. : eighty members
et the club are to contribute a. fdft
each to on -child and the presents
will be distributed at the horn from
Christmas-tree under the super
vision of Alice Benson Beach. Think
of the glowing faces .among' the
orphaned little ones when tha Yule
tide la on!; :;
RATIFICATION
; DEMANDED
New Tork 8tte Chamber of Commerce
Urges Earty and Final Action. ;
' (Folio wln hi tha fall text ot tha ttmnt
and rwolationi adopted by tha Chamber of Som
meraa of tha State of New Tork ardoc apeady
actios poa and fsttQeauoa of the peace traatj
by tha Called Statfci tenata.1
The Chamber of Commerce of the
State of New ,Yorlt in common with the
business men of the whole nationr be
lieves that as a people we are now con
fronted in the world of morals and In
the world of trade with a crisis similar
to that which we faced on Aprlf 1911.
We then realised suddenly that we had
wAi.-nie-h wait nd too long, and for .19
months after that date the question ot
what the results or our aeunquency
might be hung in the balance.
On November H, 191, cams victory.
We again felt, as we had not for. some
time surely felt, that we had a right to
have pride in our descent from tne men
who fashioned our constitution in 1787
and preserved it in 1865.
Victory not only restored our self-re-ruw
' it also broueht duties and oppor
tunities. Our declaration that we sought
none of the usual spoUs oi war, no wr
.itnr nn indemnities, placed us in a po
sition of moral leadership. We fought
not alone to preserve our self-respect
and to defend free Institutions, but to
end war. In harmony with me unselfish
mntivM that moved us we were as a
people insistent In our demands that a
post-bellum program should be adopted
by the free nations of the world that
would make a repetition of the horrors
of 1914-1918 impossible. The peace dele
gates at Versailles undertook to meet
this demand. .
When we made me demand it is prob
able mat few of us fully realized what
that demand Involved. It necessarily ln
anm narriflcei of long cherished
nnutadAnta and nractices. It involved at
least me establishment of a council of
free nations with such power or morai
and economic suasion, with such ma
chinery for me adjudication of interna
tional disputes, as wouia sureiy u
me probability of war. The Versailles
treaty sought, even though its machin
ery may well seem to some of us as
lacking in perfection, to aciueve mews
ends. .
The senate of the United states, xacea
with the specific provisions of a com
pact which demanded some departure
from me well settled practices of me
government, hesitated, debated, delayed.
And finally to me grave concern and
even alarm' of me country at large, not
only was me treaty rejected, but no
compromise treaty was left for discus
sion. This has created wnat we nave
called a crisis In morals and trade. As
a consequence of mis unhappy condi
tion we are losing moral leadership ; the
legitimate commerce which victory as
sured us is slipping away. The prosper
ity of America's export trade is largely
dependent upon the extension of credits
to our customers abroad.' But pending a
condition of peace, and me establish
ment of a known basis for the continu
ance of international trade, no adequate
credit plans can possibly be established.
The alarm of me whole world or nusi
nM nvnrlthla nrotracted delay is evi
denced by the Continued and wholly un-1
Drecedented fall In me rates or ex
change a fall almost as detrimental for
us as exporters as It is for the unror
tunate peoples of Europe who are unable
to buy from us me food and materials
which they so sorely need.
It Is no', me duty of mis body to place
the responsibility for mis condition.
Rather, our problem lies In the circum
stances In which we find ourselves and
in me practical measures that ought to
be taken to solve the problem.
Whatever me moral or trade effect of
mat fact may be. the treaty as pre
sented cannot command me votes nec
essary to its ratification, but me situa
tion thus created Is intolerable. Unless
th na.rtiea to the controversy make con
cessions we shall Boon stand before the
world self -indicted as governmen tally
Incompetent.
To drop the treaty and seek a direct
and separate peace with Germany would
not only imperil American business In
terests but would be a base abandonment
of our allies and of our own principles.
The only alternative Is mutual conces
sion by bom me president and me
senate.
We want peace. We want It speedily ;
but we want an honorable peace. Many
parts of Europe are In desperate plight. A
peace in which we wrap ourselves in me
robes of isolation and eelf-interest would
be as dishonorable as further delay
would have been In our decision to enter
the war on April 6, 1917. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That some form of interna
tional covenant which seeks to prevent
war is a moral necessity ;
That the differences between the pres
ident and me senate should be com
posed without delay by such mutual con
cessions regarding reservations as may
be necessary in me treaty to secure rat
ification.
One Little Question
and One Big One
From me Chicago Dally News
"Do you want another book of tick
eta before me price goes up?" asked me
iceman of me housewife in her kitchen.
Perhaps the housewife did purchase an
other ; perhaps she should have done
so. but did not. At any rate, me ice
man's little question suggests that the
constant repetition of me prophecy mat
prices are going higher may and prob
ably does have an important part in
keeping prices up to present standards
and in encouraging further .increases.
It has mis effect: because it tends to
create an abnormal demand for all
sorts of things in common use.
The feeling that although prices are
high flow they may be higher beofre
long, or that any particular article of
essential use may presently advance in-4
price stimulates the Immediate demand
far beyond the immediate necessity. A
good many persons buy mines and put
mem away against a coming day of
need and also against the predicted In
crease In cost. The ordinary economic
rule is mat high prices tend to correct
themselves by reducing me demand.
This rule does not apply in me normal
way when it is not a question of high
prices, but . fear of sUU higher prices
that amides me actions of purchasers.
An illustration of me operation of this
psychological factor was furnishehd a
few years ago when me European de
mand for leamer and its effect on me
home market caused thousands of per
sons to buy twice as , many pairs of
shoes , as mey were, accustomed to ouy
at -one time.
The remedy for 'such actions tending
to Increase prices lies, 'of course, In care
ful buying in accordance with them.
There Is nothlnsr in the present situa
tion mat counsels niggardliness in any
direction, but mere Is much that makes
it advisable that me public should not
become frightened at the prophecies of
higher prices and Advance by making
needlessly large purchases. - - . ..
i bsstdeataUn K wfwU be-weU foe?
prudent housekeeper to reflect upon her
own special hoard of supplies, earnestly
considering whether her purchases - of
this sort, together with all similar pur
chases by other prudent housekeepers,
have sot had a distinct effect la produc
ing' the steady and persistent advance In
prices, t- -
Letters From the People
OoaasMUleatiana -amt tm The JoarBel for
on only oo side of the paper, ahooid ant aneed
80 word la lenath, and araat be eicnad by the
writer, whose nail addfaae, is fall Bust aceoja-
The Law Versus Speedltis .
Eugene, Dee. 18. TO me Editor of The
Journal I wish to suggest a few
thoughts on the subject of auto-accidsnta.
The Journal has very ably ' advocated
'education" as a cure-all for this nasty
carbuncle so rapidly and frightfully
growing on me long-suffering public.
But at best It can only be a cooling.
soothing lotion. It cannot reach the
core. Perhaps It would be best to edu
cate the. murderer or highway robber.
Make hint prove to some board or paid
commissioner mat he knows all about
the revolver, the sandbag or any Other
deadly tool he employs in his nefarious
business; men give him a license to go
out and show the people how slick and
proficient he is. Of course one would
rather be run over beg pardon; I mean
held up by the fellow who is highly
killed and knows just how hard to press
on the trigger without shooting,, man to
hold up one's hands before me unskilled
and nervous novice who might mistake
me accelerator for me brake, which
would be me proper trigger to use. No,
I haven't got mis mixed. The one Idea
is iuat as sensible as me other.
Highly educated criminals are no bet
ter man Ignorant ones. The only diner'
ence Is me expert can mink up more
excuses for his deed than the novice
and will take more chances- Uaw and
order strictly enforced is me onry rem'
edy for automobile accidents that goes to
me heart of me matter. Ninety per cent
of all auto accidents can be accounted
for bv too much speed. I hear some
speed maniac shout, "That's not true.
What about skidding, faulty brakes, lost
control, cutting the corners, carelessness
and reckless driving and a hundred
other excuses V Sure; but how many
of mem could prove fatal to anybody if
Bomeone was not going too fast? In
nearly every case it takes me speed
element to complete the accident..
Accidents and "speedltis" are becom
ing nearly -synonymous terms, and only
enforced law and order can be relied
on to cure mat maniacal disease..
L. F. WOOLET.
Says Auto Safer Than Horse
Albany. Dec 15.-To me Editor of The
Journal Automobiles are a very danger
ous way of conveyance, but can easily oe
made almost perfectly safe. A few
years ago, before th- auto came Into
popular use, me streets 4nd roads were
full of horse conveyances, witn very lit
tle danger connected therewith, except
ing an occasional runaway. I have
driven horses many years over country
roads and through streets of cities. A
couple ef years ago I fell in line with
me auto. I soon discovered how much
safer the auto Is man horses; one can
with the car stop, start, back, turn and
keep the track more easily and quickly
man with horse conveyance ; providing,
however, there was a natural limit of
speed for all drivers to take, the same
as with me horse conveyance.
With horses, on account of roughness
and overdoing me animals, mere was no
desire to travel above an average of
fou to six miles an hour, and it was
at a safe rate. With the auto, on ac
count of Its smooth riding' (no horses to
hurt;, mere is a great desire to always
go faster, above me natural limit of safe
speed. What speed might that be? By
my experience and observation, I say
eight miles an hour In towns and cities
and 18 on country highways.
There is only one way to enforce mis
and mat Is to construct cars with some
attachment to set those two speeds.
makins- it impossible to go faster. Cars
would men be safer than horses.
It seeme to me that as we were satis
fied only a few years ago traveling over
country roads at me rate of 40 to SO
miles a day with horses, we surety
ought to be content now with the most
comfortable motor car at 100 to 150
miles a day. Anyone who wants to go
faster, let him take me railroad train
and go 250 miles a day with safety.
S U UEHJitllJ Hit.
A Tobacco User on Tobaceo -
Reedville. Dec 15. To me Editor of
The Journal The beginning of me war
against tobacco is another marking stone
In me path of progress toward making
me world better. Anti-saloon agitation
used to be a thing ridiculed, away back
in me early days, when Carrie Nations
hatchet gave birth to an idea which is
engulfing the civilized world today. So
we are prone to view tne anti-tooacco
campaign which seems to have got
started in some of our Eastern cities.
Of course we laugh at the very thought
of havine our tobacco taken away from
us, and we are going to fight to the
last ditch to prevent It ; yet. honestly,
deep down in our hearts at least those
who have become slaves to tne weed
we secretly wish tobacco was gone, as.
perhaps, it would be the best way to
rid oneself of me habit. The writer nas
used tobacco for 26 years, and if me
weed were taken away and dumped Into
me discard to keep company with Mr.
John Barleycorn It might work a tre
mendous hardship. Tobacco cannot be
as successfully combated as liquor, its
use doesn t impair tne einciency
of the user. It doesn't wreck homes and
fill Jails with lawbreakers; rather, on
the other hand, lack of tne sooting weed
in mis age of 'high nervous tension
might cause a revolutionary outbreak
so violent as to make the world war seem
as a Sunday school picnic in comparison.
In time tobacco, Uke - liquor, will go.
We are not far removed from the day
mat will see users of coffee seek its
soothing fragrance in some blind pig.
Verily the world does move onward.
rapidly. " O. 13. FRANK.
Another. Cold Winter
Moro, Dec ,14. To the Editor of The
Journal I saw in The Journal of De
cember 11 a statement by George H.
Himes about the cold weather In .1861
and 1884. Some others also gave dates
of cold winters, but none spoke of 1868.
Then we had 30 inches of snow and 15
below zero. There was six weeks of
sleighing, and Wapato lake froze solid,
so mere was sleighing on it from the
John Flitt place to Gaston.' I was liv
ing near Newberg at the time, or where
it la now. I was born mere in 1858.
SAM BRISBINE.
There Will Be a. League .
From the Salem Statesman
There will be a league of nations, and
America will be a leading member of
it. It is unthinkable mat the great war
should have been fought to end all
wars-and then that the world should
slip back to me traditions of me bloody
past, ready at any time to be hurled
Into a struggle that might wipe out all
mere is of civilisation. . '
xL C of IV
... From the BochesterHraU
Four Indiana men went hunting one
day last week, and in , three hours
bagged 64 rabbits, which mey sold for
25 cents each. . Thirty-odd years age
rabbits in Indiana sold for 25 cents a
' COMMENT AND NEWS : IN - BRIEF 771
' - - - " . .'I t '
: SMALL CHANGE ,
WelL the eld world haa fooled the
eschatologlsts ones more.
Seeretarr Lane aiami ta think that
he has come to the turning.
Brownsville renorta belnr overridden
by Jackrabblta. Lucky they're not Jack
asses, we u say.
.... . m w :r3 --
What Is " haDUenlnar ' to 1 the''-' British
pound is enough to make John. Bull
adopt me metric system. ' " -t
It has: been' rather a anddn transi
tion from me sled to me rowboat stage
In local transportation affairs..
....... w.. m v
U silver Keens en kltlnr we're rolne
u tear tne stiver linings out of au o
our
oia cjouoa. ana sell 'em, by neck I
The endHSf-the-worid sensation seems
to have slipped up on its schedule.
Probably delayed on- account of storms.
But even tf these drone in meat nrleea
never get a own to uie ultimate con
sumer, still we all like to read about
mem.
ISTency Aator can mo ris-ht nn nvin.
smart things If she feels Uke it, but we
hope she wont run out of mem and
go to saying foolish things, as most
uwi men uu.
Juderinar from thm mIIm kvi4.
feel sure that all the recent holdups in
Portland were pulled off by persons
who do not Uke to go out In the. cold.
so the .police can no longer say mat
vneva laa A hasliU.,! i as
as SsUBUlUiTJI UX3 ClUO.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Senator John Gill of Multnomah coun
ty is a peculiar man, measured by me
standard of these decadent days. He
Is always trying to make something feel
good. When me snow was on me ground
he was grand-godfather to me birds,
his pockets sprouting full of crumbs and
crackers. Except on rare occasions when
the primeval instinct grips' him for a
short space, he would rather see me
fish play hide and seek among me peb
bles of the brook than to watch mem
dangle on a hook, while me branching
antlers of the lordly buck, to him, seem
more happy in me forest- than above
me mantle of his den. And now, thawed
by me gentle Chinook to his usual self,
the senator is plotting for me happiness
of the whole people. 'He has up his
senatorial sleeve what he believes will
be the most generally appreciated piece
of legislation mat will come before tha
Impending special session of the legis
lature for its consideration. It is a
concurrent resolution which runs some
thing like this: "Be It resolved by me
senate, the house concurring, mat this
, special session of me Oregon state legis
lature shall stand adjourned sine die
not later than 4S hours after it has been
called to order by the respective pre
siding officers thereof."
Jim Stewart, formerly of Fossil but
how of COrvallls, does not at aU believe
In me authenticity of me facts upon
which me poem about me king and the
shirt of me happy man was based. He
contends, with all of me force of his
Scottish logic, that it was not me lack
of a shirt mat made that man happy,
but me news that me king had Just
called a special session of me legisla
ture. Anyway, Jim contends, that If
that was not what made me old beggar
happy it ought to have been, for it is
what has brought great Joy to his heart.
In the present Oregon situation he sees
a way to get his pet constitutional
amendment, raising me bonding Umlt
for good roads construct'on from 2 per
cent to 4 per cent of me assessed valua
tlon, upon me ballot at me next elec
tion, with great celerity and eclat. . Mr.
Stewart has his proposed amendment
all drafted and In me hands of me at
torney general for me selection of me
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
IPioneerlnc Is satin Mr. Lockley'e theme. Ba
in this article opens a series ambradna suodir
remlnisceiwas of Dare Hon, aa early day stafe
driTer of tha Northwest )
Among me many old acquaintances I
saw on a recent trip to Pendleton was
Dave Horn. Every old-timer knows
Dave Horn. Lot Li verm ore, Lee Moor-
house, Uncle John Bentley and Dave
Horn have witnessed and have been a
part of mo growth of Pendleton from me
time it was a wayside stage station. Npt
long ago I happened upon Dave Horn
when he was in a reminiscent mood. We
were talking of the old days when John
Halley. now state librarian of Idaho,
was me transportation king ot the
Northwest.
"It must have been about 1868." ssld
Dave Horn, "that I left the Fort Benton
Helena Une and took a Job on me main
line, driving from Helena to Corinne on
the Central Pacific .. Corinne Is about .40
miles west ot Ogden. The distance from
Helena to Corinne . was somewhere
around 450 miles, and our summer
schedule was to drivs through. In three
daya Corinne was me shipping point
for all Montana, the passengers, of
course, going through by stage, while
me freight was sent In wagon trains
of about 25 wagons to a train. Most of
me freight was hauled by bull teams,
which were operated by the Diamond R
company; Broadwater and Maclay were
the owners of the line. The passenger
fare from Helena to Corinne was $75.
"The first year me railroad was com
pleted the stage pulled out every morn
ing with 10 passengers. For a while
they were .booked three months ahead.
I drove stage on mat line for several
years.
a a a
"Dick Riddle was one of the drivers.
Dick hailed from New Tork state. When
we met each other we would usually
stop and pass me time of day. Dick
was rather given to exaggeration. He
used to complain the horses they gave
him weren't much bigger than rats and
mey were not big enough to steady the
pole, and If mey .ran over a rock It
would throw the wheel horse clear out
of ma road.
"I remember when I was driving out
of Denver the Sioux Indians were mak
Curious Bits of Information
For thtf Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
One of the most interesting Plants In
the Atlantic states is me Virginia wild
ginger. It is found in bom me Virginias
and as far south i as Georgia. There are
several other species in the Atlantic
atates as far south as Florida and north
ward to Connecticut The plant grows
in very hilly and wooded places, and
Is easily recognised by it kidney shaped
leaves and . curious purplish brown
flowers. These flowers grow one to
a. stem. No living thing - wIU eat its
bitter 'leaves and one rarely sees me
flower unless one hunts for It for it
hides Itself out of sight If possible.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Tightwad " Henderson has , been a
playhV poker, with beans fee chips, and
he lows to quit on account of me high
price ef beans makia It almost sinful
gambUtx and. attractln too irny card
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
"Last Saturday." says the Rood River
News, "a local store did 20 times as
much business as on me same day five
years ago. Hood River is doing very
well, thank you r
a a
Engineer Oarrow. me Observer says.
Is working on the preliminary survey
and plan for a new bridge across the
Pudding river at Aurora, and will prob
ably advise an entirely new concrete
structure and approach on both sides of
me river. . :
.. ' a. o' . a
Arllns-tnn haa a weU orranlsed or
chestra, of which me Condon Globe-
Times' correspondent says mat "hardly
a Friday night passes but - what we
have a lively dance, full of Jaw,, and
1 V. 1 .. 1 n t
Th dnma nf tha state canttol- has
nrnvftd a nonular noint of vantage for
camera enthusiasts since- me big snoW
came, the Statesman says. Tne para
about the capital with its great variety
of trees, now covered with snow, affords
rare winter scenes ror tne picture
makers. .
"CVindnn vu rie-ht In the metropoU'
tan class for at least one night mis week,
and Portland had nothing on us that is,
considering population," says me Condon
Globe-Times in a recent Issue. "When
tha mamhara of six different Condon
firms arrived at their various places of
business on Tuesday morning each found
that their place had been entered during
the night, and they -were snort aimer
goods or money or nouv.
ballot title by mat official. He has
been thinking of the time and trouble
it was going to take to get me neces
sary signatures to put It on me ballot
by me initiative petition route, and now
here comes me special session to provide
a legislature with me power to adopt
the resolution and refer It to me people
with no more trouble man a couple of
roll calls and a speech or two from Jim
which latter obstacle does not stand In
me way at all. He considers mat Santa
Claus has been particularly kind to him
this year.
...
The tall spare man, with me abstract
ed gase, that me general public has
noticed walking around the various
sightly vacant acreage tracts in and
near Portland during the recent cold
snap looking like he had lost something,
was not Diogenes or any other ancient
orator. It was D. C Lew la mat vocal
firebrand of the Multnomah delegation,
looking for a suitable and available site
for the new state capltol building he lk
going to have me people buUd down tn
Multnomah county when he goes up to
me special session in January.
"D. C." as his colleagues call htm.
who contend. Incidentally, mat me let
ters stand for "dum clamant tacent," is
out after Salem's capltolean goat He
is nursing his wrath because me Marion
county voters registered a very decided
and preponderant negative majority at
me last special state election against
the "reconstruction program," and holds
to the theory mat a community that
would do such a thing does not deserve
to be the seat of the state government.
He promised then. Just after me votes
were counted, that some day he was
going to Introduce a resolution for
constitutional amendment shifting me
capital of the state from Salem to Port
land, and he is a legislator noted for
never forgetting a promise publicly
made. Wherefore, those who are plan
nlng to attend me special session, either
as participants or as onlookers, expect
to see the Marion county delegation be
gin sending up star sheUs and S. O. 8.
signals the moment Mr. Lewis packs
his grip for mat scene of unusual har
mony and cooperation.
Lockley
ing a lot of trouble on me South Platte.
Dick always contended mat the Indians
were peaceable; mat the boys Just
claimed mey were troublesome, so as
to get a chance to comelnto Denver to
have a good time.
"While he happened to .be In Denver
a tralnload of corn came from Omaha
for Julesberg. There were 20 wagons
of corn in the train. It was being sent
to Julesberg to feed the stage horses.
The company sent Dick down to Jules
burg to check it in and receive it. It
happened to be a warm day when Dick
struck Julesburg. He took his vest off
and hung it on the wall. His watch and
his money were in the vest. Dick heard
a slight noise, and looking up he saw
a powerful Siqux Indian coming through
the front door. Dick went out of the
other 'door and never stopped running
until he reached the creek five miles
away. He secured a mule there, and
getting on it bareback .he lashed me
mule as hard as he could go and didn't
stop until he got to the next stage sta
tion. "If me boys asked him If there were
any Sioux Indians around there he
would raise on his heels as high as he
could, hold his head high, and putting
his hands above his head a few inches
would say. There are thousands of
mem, and all of them stand mis high.
"They Joshed Dick, so nfuch about It
mat he decided to come west. While he
was on me stage going to Salt Lake City
he met our superintendent, H. S. Rum
field. Rumfield had known Dick at
Fort Smith when Dick was a stags
driver mere. Dick struck him for a
Job. Rumfield telegraphed to Lem
Wines, me division superintendent, rec
ommending Dick as a driver. Lem tele
graphed back to send Dick out to Dry
Creek, in Nevada. There would be a
vacancy on the first of the month.
From there Dick cams upon the Helena
Corinne run.
"We used to bang through me 450
miles, day and night, no matter what
me weather was, and there ware times
when mat 460 mile Jaunt between Co
rinne and Helena was no pleasure ex
cursion. Blizzards, outlaw horses, road
agents and Indians all helped to keep the
run from becoming monotonous.
sharps to his hospitable table In the
fur corner of the toughest lookin' soft
drink emporium in the Corners. Tight
wad found the beans dlsappearln. He
furnished 'em free and kep 'em in a
tin can on me shelf.
Olden Oregon
First Colony Scheme. Framed in 1828,
Came to Naught.
In 1826 Hall J. Kelley of Boston or
ganised the (American society for me
purpose of establishing a settlement tn
Oregon. The society presented a memo
rial to congress two years later assert
ing that It was engaged in . the work
of civilising the Oregon country, and
congress waa asked to assist by grant:
ing military - assistance and making It
possible for settlers to acquire lands at
the Junction of the WUlametta with the
Columbia for me purpose of setting up
a prosperous colony. Congress failed to
take any action and the scheme was
not realised. t , ;.. ..r-.., .C ,,
1 The Oregon Coun try
Nortfawaet Happaninsa la Brief rqna fot the
. - , " . - . Baay Ketdet.
OREGON NOTES '
A crew of men has started work m
preliminary surveys for a municipal
power plant tor Roseburg. .
The question of voting a special tax
to defray me Increased cost of cltv ot.
ernment was defeated at Norm Bend
xnesuay. v
The Roaeburar mall aervlna haa ku
extended bv the addition nf
department for me delivery of parcel
post packages. . - .
Hundreds of Hood T?!vr famtllM fcsv
lost their entire sudoIv of notatoea
vegetables and canned fruits by the re-
wut naavy ireese.
At a school election tn Corvalll Tum.
day only one vote was east against
increasing the budget S4000 above the
per cent limitation.
Mrs. Ilse Thibodeau. dautrhter of Har.
man Ahlers, the first white child born
in me upper Necanlcum valley, died at
otwraj av lew oays ago.
Because of me Intense cold whlh haa
created a feed shortage in Eastern Ore-
Iron, the state board of horticulture has
If ted the embargo on Idaho bay.
After being unconscious for nnarlv
three weeks. W. J. Phillips of North
Bend, who was Injured In an altercation
with Mayor Henry Kern, shows signs
of recovery.
Leonard W. Jtller. president nf Ma.
Mlnnville college, has been appointed as
one ot the eight advisory contributing
editors of me new Baptist denomina
tional paper.
John Mork. a rancher on Puiret Island.
perished from the cold during the recent
billiard, and his body was found In
his cabin Monday night He had been .
dead several days.
After being closed for several years,
Salem's Pioneer hotel, recently nur-
chased and remodeled by me Bligh in
terests, has been opened under the di
rection or M. H. Edwards.
Cedrlc Scharf of Grant county, who
shot and killed 14 year old Martin Les
lie while me latter was in Scharf
watermelon patch, has been sentenced
to serve seven years In the penitentiary.
Coast counties which appropriated
money to send a delegation to Wash
ington January t to boost the Roosevelt
highway are asking the Stale Chamber
of Commerce to cooperate and send a
delegate.
WASHINGTON
Total revenues of me ChehaHs post
office increased from $108,650 In 191S to ,
1392,841.82 In 1D19. I
The fourteenth annual meeting ot '
grain growers, shippers and mill men
of Washington will be held in Pullman, ,
January 20 to 23.
Incorporation papers for a third bank
In Wapato, to be known as the Union
State bank, were filed this week. Capi
tal stock is $50,000.
B. G. Mathls, farmer, aged 62, Is dead
near Cplvllle as the result of being
dragged by his horses in . a wild run
away, down a mountain side.
Of the 60 persons reported stricken
with sleeping sickness at Seattle since
October 27, all are recovering slowly,
me heaim commissioner's records show
The board of county commissioners -has
decided to advertise at once for bids '
on the construction of me concrete road
between White' Salmon and Trout lake.
Frosen stiff as granite, the body of
D. W, Jenks, aged 65, was found on the
floor of his one room shack in Ellens
burg. A coroner's jury decided he had
been dead at least six days. .
Walla Walla on Tuesday cast a three- .
to-one vote in favor of $600,000 bonds to
Improve the city water system and $80
000 county bonds to meet an equal ap
propriation by me government for good,
roads. ,?
A huge shipbuilding dry dock, said to.
i the largest of Its Kind In the world,
as dedicated at me I'uget sound navy1,
ird at Bremerton Tuesday In the presV.
ence of army and navy officials and rem'
resentatlves from Puget Sound cities.
IDAHO p!
O. K. Lipps has assumed the duties if
superintendent of the Indian agency St
Fort Lapwal,
Breld.
succeeding Dr.
B. F. Nichols, convicted st Twin FaIJ,m;:
a few days ago of wool stealing, has;
been sentenced to 14 years In ,the penfe-,
tentiary. . ,1 "
The Oregon Short Line Has taken of
dally passenger service on me nanq
branch running the passenger Only ever
other day. exciuotrur sunaay.
Nawi la received from Pocatello of It
death of A. B. Stevenson, superintendefr.;
of the Idaho division of the Oregon Shot -
Line and prominent resident of Idaho fo , ,
more than 20 years. v l:
During the remainder of the w Intel
mere will be no dining car servire o
train No. 6 east of Nampa. Hfretofor J
a diner has been carried on this iralii
as fsr east as Glenns Ferry. ,4
Rigorous enforcement of Idaho Iswi
requiring the installation of fish ladders
at dams and fish screen at -the head
gates of Irrigation ditches la pledged b
Otto M. Jones, state gams wferden.
The federal Immigration department
has notified me state law enforcement
commiesioner that it is ready to coop
erate In deportation proceedings against
alien members of the I. W. W. raptured
In me state. :
GENERAL : (
The launching of six frelghtej-i, aver
aging 10,000 tons each, will take place
Saturday at San Francisco.
Senator Harding of Ohio has formally
announced his candidacy for the Repub
lican presidential nomination In 1920. '
More than 1000 miners In im Caneade
field of Montana returned to work Tues
day and are producing 4000 tons dally.,'
The embargo on me shipment of fuel
oil from me West to the Kaat was lifted
Tuesday by the railroad administration.
A dosen large passenger liners and
scores of freighters, several days over
due at New York, are being held up by
rough seas, high winds and fogs.
An unfavorable report on the bill to
repeal me war-time prohibition law was
ordered Tuesday by me house agricul
tural committee by a vote of 16 to Z. .
An army of 4,000,000 women, repre
senting 10 national organisations, has
been organised by the savings division
of the treasury department to fight the
high cost of living. , i
It was announced In the house of
commons Tuesday that the Germans
had handed over to the allies 6000 guns,
25,000 machine guns, 3000 trench mor
tars and 1700 airplanes.
Permission to Institute original pro
ceedings to have me national prohibition
amendment declared unconstitutional is
asked of the supreme court by the Retail
Dealers' association of New Jersey.
Lawrence Greer has been . elected
chairman of the board of directors of the ,
Western Maryland Railway' company to
succeed Carl H. Gray, who leaves to be
come president of the Union Pacific. ?
Sunday School Contest
I Standings Today
Sunnyslde Congregational Sundsy
school made a successful drive for
second place in The Journal's Sunday
school "want ad" contest Wednesday,
and advanced from fourth place with
14300 votes to second place with
tS.sOO . votes, a gain of ,8400 votes.
Following Is the standing for today i
Cloverdale United BreUren, 51,700
Sunnyslde Congregational, 21,900
Sunnyslde M.' E., 1M00; Forbes.
Presbyterian, 16,900; Wood law h
Christian, 11,400; Third Baptist, 990;
First United Brethren. 7500 ; Chris
tian Tabernacle, 7600; Fourth United
Brethren. 1100 ; First English Evan
gelical, 4900; Kenllwortl&Presbyter.
Ian. 4400; Waverlelgh Itelghis Con
gregationaL J 200 ; Congregation Al
Torah. 1100 jf St, Patricks! 2800 Our
Savior's Lutheran, S600; Iflllard Av
enue : Presbyterian,: 3400 j Marshall
Street Presbyterian, ' 220a ; Atkinson
Memorial .Congregational 1800. ,
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