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a!f INDEPENDENT WKWgPAPES
O. 8. JACKSON..
.PobliataaT
lUbiMMd ererrday. HUmxa and aMnins
Licn Boixu; aicaroooo), a "
KuUdinc, : Broadway
Portland, OKfW.-
u4 XamfaiU trwt.
lor tnwMnlafioe Umaifl th pails as seened
-. . aiasa matter. 'j T : 'r ' - " - ?
l-fcl-BPHONES Mala TITS: Horn. a-S051.
Tall th operator hat departrotnt TOO want.
rOREION aDVEBTISLNO BEPBESENTATIVB
B-nj.min Kantnor Co., Bronnric BuHdtaa
228 llftta annua. N. York; 900 Jtaltan
. buildiof. Cbfcwo.
. Kgboertption term by mall, ye to any addrea tn
th United State or Mexico:
" OAILT (MOBNINO OB AJTEBNOON)
0n ar..,.. 15.00 I One month....,! .50
SUNDAY - 4-
One ... ...tS. 60 On snmth. .,.. .IS
DAILY (MOBNINO OR AITKBNOON) AND
SON DAT -
Oat ytar $7.60 I On month.... I .08
' Lot all thine b don decmUjr asd is
orasr. 1 Corinthian 14-40.
GOOD WILL
OLD earth, bruised and battered, is
smiling again. -Christmas js com
ing. There is a potency for peace
... and a riower for good will .in the
very ; approach of the beloved holi
day. A fellowship arises among men
that no other season knows.
- Thoughts turn from self to others.
The kindly wish and the Impulse of
affection find outlet in all kinds of
delightful, plans and enchanting mys
teries., The bright array of Yuletlde
tokens spread on counters, and dis
played In windows is no happier than
the faces of shoppers who .meet
crowding ; with; good nature; persis
tent in their-quest of the gift that
will best carry the Christmas spirit. ,,
. Father turns from his work-littered
desk to wonder how he can most suc
cessfully overcome the really intense
mental confusion of every man who
enjoys the privilege of filling his per
sonal Santa Claus pack. Mother
smiles with sweet slyness at the mem
ory of the berlbboned packages al
ready safe from prying fingers in hid
ing places that she alone knows of.
Bobby and Janle run errands and drop
the slippers , by daddy's easy chair
with a willing cheerfulness entirely
Inspired by , the expectation of bulg
1 Ing stockings, and burdened Christmas
trees., . '
Even the waifs of neglect, and mis
fortune have a new light on their
wistful little faces because of the as-
. surance that the overflowing bless
ednesss of the spirit of Christmas
. will' take them all in.
- Christmas is ;' coming. The world
again will hear the ; angel song. It
Is the '(season dedicated to home and
happiness. Let all, the old and the
young, be as little children in wel
coming it and know In deep fulness
Its joys. . .
The upset of things human is ex
ampled in two former German of
ficers who resigned as clerks at 400
marks a month to earn more money
as garbage collectors at 1000 marks
a month. They still move in exclu
sive circles, where their newest em
ployment Is not known.
" SOME ROAD FIGURES
IJHU.G it is too early for deflnile
U If for road construction . during
. the year now closing, through
out the United States, the grand total
will be far In excess of any previous
year.: According to an estimate of
the United States bureau of publlo
roads, the amount for hard surface
roads alone will approximate $188,
000,000. - ....
In Oregon alone the state highway
department has expended up to De
cember 1 for all purposes,. $6,889,778.
Of this amount $6,296,377 was state
funds, $368,550 county funds and
$224,851 federal funds for forest and
post roads. ". 1 " - ,
The total receipts of the depart
ment from all sources was $8,771,796,
leaving a balance on hand December
i of-$1,882,017,
The main test of road building or
ganizations will come next year. Again
referring to the estimates of the bu
- reau of publlo roads, it is seen that
there. will be available for highway
work over half a billion dollars. This
large sum is more than four times
the amount that has been -expended
during any previous year for like pur-
poses. . - .
A -Justification for i this large ex
pendlture is found in statistics gath
. . ered by, the United States department
, of agriculture for the year 1918. These
indicate ; that the average length of
naui or farm .products has : been In
creased by , the . motor truck ; to 11
miles from. nln miles, - the v horse
drawn wagon standard.. In addition,
the motor truck makes 3.4 round trips
per ' day - as :. compared with 1.2 by
.wagon.
The average cost per ton mile for
wheat by motor truck was 15 cents
as- against 30 cents by horse-drawn
vehicle;
shoes, says an exchange. "Whereat
another exchange , remarks, , or he
can swap" seven bushels of wheat
for the shoes, or sell s calf and buy
the shoes outright,' or. he can 'ex
change a 106, pound ahoat for sv fair
ly good pair 'of brogana. Tea, or be
can simply sell th cowhide and go
barefooted. T ' "
. f FRANCIS C .JACKSON
I-RANCIS fc. JACKSON XeU at . his
I post , of duty on the Ill-fated
tanker. -'-' . v: 1 '1. -. ' ."
As econd engineer, it was bis
shift in the-engine room deep below
the decks, when the vessel struck.
Men at such work are, by the rules
of the sea . and their own choice, al
ways the last to abandon their posts.
They stay by their engines on which
the hope of. the vessel may depend,
until all chance Is gone, often until
it Is too late for their, own hope of
safety. 'Nothing but the most miracu
lous of miracles could bring him
back, and bring back the other Port
land young men who went down to
the seajn the, doomed tanker. .'
It was love of the sea that carried
Francis Jackson Into the , wreck at
Cape Blanco. He found that love dur
ing the war. . He tried vainly to enter
various departments of the: military
service, but failed to pass the rigid
physical tests, i He applied to the Red
Cross for a chance to go to France as
t machine - driver. Acceptance, was
long deferred, and, determined to serve
tils country in some capacity, ho
turned his skill as an expert engineer
to account and was accepted as an as
sistant engineer : in the government
ship Point Judith which was wrecked
In the harbor at Honolulu. Leaving
th Point Judith with the rest of the
crew, he returned to the United States,
and while the war lasted and for. a
considerable period after the armis
tice was signed, went in various ves
sels as an assistant engineer plying
from Portland to many ports, Includ
ing New York. .; . I
It was; the lure of the ocean that
led him to jdrop other, duties and
resapnd to. "the request : of s the en
gineer of the Chanslor to go as second
engineer In the place of the regular
officer, who laid off for the trip..
.Other duties were calling to him, but
a genius in mechanism and machinery,
a lover of the deep blue ocean, he
laid all else aside and went with the
Chanslor to. her last struggle on the
Blanco reefs.
There Is scarcely a, shred of hope
that the sea will give him back to
those who listen In hopelessness, for
his. footstep. In modesty and gentle
ness, he wended his way unobtrusive
ly through 32 years of life. Few
yeung men at hts age had a broader
or more available information. From
early youth he was passionately fond
of books and he pursued them con
stantly until Impairment ofvj8ion
forced him o be - more moderate In
his reading. Feviiubjects s" were
mentioned in his presence, on wbich
he could not supply Information, of ten
of the most technical nature. He was
walking encyclopedia on motors, en
gines and almost every variety of
machinery. Implement or device.
With the great newspaper : institu
tion created by his father, there was
an inviting field. But his tastes and
his talents were in another direction.
With the steel in the blood that is
the essence of ; strong, character, he
followed his bent, even though it led
among the perils of the deep and to
a finis with the waves as a winding-!
sheet" To a friend who inquired be
fore he went aboard the Chanslor
on, her last voyage, he said that he
found his greatest contentment, and
peace in the roll of the ocean and the
roar of machinery.
Unattracted by the ambitions usual
o other men, unallured by the vani
ties and furbelows of life, he fell, as
he walked, In the quiet, unassuming
and gentle ways by which men are
most adorned.
tLelr marria9 were accuser.:! U ju:.J:r C-s rrc;c-t a;; :rt:crjr..it,ti3
offer their dolls to Venus. 143 representatives in the lower house
Among ' tne Arabs at the time of of congress. Pennsylvania has 83.
Mahomet dolls were the cherished J Under the new apportionment the
treasure : of children and It is re- J former would be given 51 and the lat
corded that Ayesha, the 9 year,oldter 42. s.:" ' '- -
wife- of the prophet. Induced him to J ' The , time - must come : some 4day
Join her in playing with her dolls. , 1 when the membership of the , house
The Eskimo girl has ner aous ana i wm te umited, If not reduced, were
they have been dug up from prehis- business efficiency to be considered,
torio Peruvian graves. jCortes Is said a thing often talked about but seldom
to have found: Montezuma and his practiced in politics.' It would be re-
court - playing - with - elaborate dolls. Iduced rather- than increased. Every
The first dolls were made w cakea one knows who has bad any experi-
Ixlay without . arms or . legs. Later jence with the course of, deliberative
came dolls carved In stone and Bone I assemblages, or . those supposed to be
with - arms and legs. : Next was the i such, that the - workability, of the
wooden doll which was followed by 1 body decreases almost in direct, ratio
the wax and - bisque oou. v ror tne to the increase In membership, espe-
strenuous child of modern days , we dally, after, "a certain total has been
have dolls of mori unbreakable na reached. - - ,
ture. There ' "was : the doll - which ; This has ' been, demonstrated time
squeaked and : the doll whose eyes and again In our own legislature, as
would move. There was the rag doll I well as In the legislatures of other
and the magnificent creation of laces I states. At Salem, the house, with but
and silks. -. ', - - 60 - members, ; is ; always lagging : be-
Tbe derivation of the word doll' Is bind the senate. It is always filled
obscure. A commonly; accepted view with pratory-and inaction, unless Its
Is that It comes from the name Doro- dally businesses directed and con
thy. l lt Is also connected with the trolled by .whips, "floftr leaders,"
term Idol. Another derivation IS from J "steam rollers and all of the other
the Norse "Daul meaning ;W0manfH generally unfortunate and all' .too
Whatever ' may be the psychology I often vlclous.machlnery of politicians
of the doll, whether a manifestation land politics. ' . ''-..
of the maternal Instinct or not, It I The biennial picture drawn before
will continue to be an Important fig-1 the publlo at Salem, Is the continuous
ure In the world of childhood as long performance at ' Washington. Con
as the tide of human affection ebbs gressmen, when they talk personally
and flows. Forever It will be said, "I and confidentially," admit It, and de
once had a: sweet- little doll,' dears, plore It . They are pawns, ' they say,
the prettiest doll In the. world." - In the hands -of steering committees,
czarlike rules, majority anof minority
another durlr-S hl3 lr.carceratica ia
the penitentiary. Upon hi3 release he
returned to it, threatened to make
trouble for the man who had settled
upon.It and was returned to the peni
tentiary, not because . he had com
mitted ' a fresh offense,', but beoauso
It 7 was ' feared ' that ' he . might do so.
All of which Is Illuminative, In view
of the reiterated assertions made that
life time prisoners, released from the
state prison by, pardon, have all po
often returned to lives of crime and
violence and have thus become men
aces to the publlo peace and safety.
THE DREAMER
ANDTHE DOER:
Man Must Be Both If He Is to
Jtoundly Fill His Career -
THE SHEPHERDS IN JUDEA
By Mary Austin
a:
. -Any farmer too busy to go to town
to buy a pair of shoes," can write
to the dealer and. . send 'a - cowhide
and 1 5 or $10 in cash : and get the
Once a by-word as a , state In I ieaders and all the rest of the bun-
which survival was difficult because I combe and claptrap which has grown
of crop failures, pests and like ills, J up about the sessions as a matter of
Kansas ' has become one ; of the course and as a corollary to the sys-
wealthiest states In the Union. De- tern.
scribing why the change came about, I Under the new Apportionment Oref
an Illinois man says: "Only those igon would have four congressmen In
with steel In their blood and souls stead of .hree, a condition that would
stayed and fought out the early day hrlng a new elective job and a bunch
hardships; the rest went back to of appointive patronage to some one
their wife's folks.". -1 to. add to the already overburdening
weight of congressional expense
USE THE COLUMBIA against which the taxpayers every
where' are chafing and loaning.
RE the; communities that border What the nation needs is " more
the Columbia river thinking? Do I statesmen In office at Washington and
they yet perceive the advantage fewer politicians; more men of broad
steamer transportation? lacoldents of the ballot .box; more Of
Do Vancouver, Hood River, White j& national board of business: directors
Salmon, The Dalles, Rufus, Umatilla, selected 'for their ability to do' busi-
Kennewlck, Pasco and Lewlston rea- ( ness, and less of a national debating
ize what it would mean to them to (society chosen too frequently because
Join in use of the Columbia? lof overdomlnant lung power and per-
Have Portland and Astoria, the Islstent logomachy rather than the
larger ports of the Columbia,' grasped ability to do things or get things
he water transportation opportunity done,
that is opening before them?
The time has come to employ the Here Is the story of man In
Columbia. The time has come to nutshell: By ox team, three miles
harness the great river of .the West an hour, horse .travel six miles an
The time has come to realize upon hour,- automobile 20 miles an hour.
ts unmeasured powers to aid the passenger train 30 miles an hour.
growth of cities, to extend the devel- J airship "0 miles an hour, airplane
opment of the. land and to make thejioo miles an hour.
Oregon country the most fruitfully
attractive of all spots where men and
women may live stalwartly. and suc
cessfully, . . - ,
Is it not apparent that In the future
railroads - will not he, permitted to
stifle water transportation by unholy
The champion landlord hsft been
aiscoverea at Akron, Ohio. Not a
penny of advance tn rents has- been
made , by him on the six dwellings
which he leases. to as many tenants.
The rental on each Is $30 a month.
Just as it was six years ago, though
similar properties in the neighbor
hood are now rented at $80 to $76
per month. Is he not a specimen so
rare as to be a challenge, to vaude
vine managers t
A STORY OF DOLLS
r
HE Amerfcan toy Is a product of
the world war. In prewar days
preference was given to foreign
made . toys, German. Swiss and
French. American factories are" now
making , more toys each year than
were formerly imported In an equal
penoa.
A characteristle of the American
made, toy Is that it Is better ' made
ana in other ways superior. Instead
of ; the old breakable wax and-bisque
type imported from abroad, the Amer
ican .doll,, for Instance, is of the un
breakable kind. The tendency is to-
waras a higher standard of toys.
xoy maxing is one of the oldest In
dustrles of the: world.- Recorded his
tory does, not go baok to the time
wnen children did not play with dolls.
nex nave been at the hearthstones
ana eraaies of ? all peoples.- ' They
were common in the time of Mam
in tne British museum are dolls which
were found In the tombs of Egyptian
children. ,
,This was doubUess in' aecordanr
with the ancient custom of interring
iw me Doay. personal belongings In
the belief that in the spirit world
the deceased should have-them for
use. v , -
Creek" children had their dolls made
of wax. Roman ghrls at toe time of
LIFE PRISONERS
n dlmh when I 11 down.", aavs the I
mystle poet Henry Vaughan. . Tbe feeling i
he expresaed ''was akin to that of the
Chinese poet when "he said 1 "VLy band
can nigh the stars inclose ; X dare not
raise my voice to speak;: for fear of start
ling God's repose." ; Across the centuries
the thinker of China and the seer of Eng
land clasped bands. - Each felt tbe Immi
nence and - the Immanence of heaven.
Each realized that the still, small Voice,
speaking out of Infinity to the secret
places of the soul, does not compete with
the shouting- of great guns or the stri
dent turmoil of men -doing the world's
work, i The whisper of the Holy Ghost
comes to the ear that listens for it In the
Quiet places. Tet these quiet places may
be made If we are determined even in
the midst of noise and confusion ; and In
a . crowd a man may find solitude and la
the public arena an unlnvaded privacy. :
-. you may lie In a Hammock and learn
all sorts of things:: lessons are blown
about by every vagrant wind and may.be
read, large lettered, on the passing cloud.
Tonder mountain Jiaaita. sermon and this
great tree Its allegory, and out of the' lips
of the rose or the daisy or the clover
breathes a parable, r All nature is an
outspread picture book with a text en
thralling, if we . turn the eye that sees,
the ear that hears. ,' .
..'....".v.. Sf . r a. .
"Is all the world's, work done in the
seething market placet Men and women
must withdraw themselves In their, minds.
if they cannot In their bodies, that they
may plan further activities. That is the
use of a vacation, to get at arm's length
f rom tbe work we do and we see it in it
right . relation to tbe entire ordered
scheme of the universe. We learn how
little our own ego counts if it only means
Strut and parade for ourselves Mid how
much it. signifies .If It stands for conse
crated service,
"There'.U be no lying on asphodel mead
ows devoring sugar-plums in the here
after, eaid a sturdy, busy workman the
other day. He did not want a heaven
such as John Hay visualised in his poem,
with angels "loaf Ing round the Throne."
There Is not much value set on a man
who is endlessly eloquent without doing
any work to bring down from dream'
land bis' Utopian scheme. There are a
great many people who would like to be
'endowed to talk" who . seek a rostrum
could fill the pulpit better than the
minister could feed the newspapers with
much better subject matter than they
print But so much of their discourse is
what Hamlet ' read "words, words.'
Their talk went on with a mighty suspi
ratlon, and not a word of it was memor
able. One word from a man of action is
worth a volume from these windy fel
lows. The man of action has done the
thing he talks about He did notread
It in a book or hear it from a man who
heard it from another.
T
N VIEW of the circumstance that
the electorate of Oregon Js to be
asked, either by the special session
or through. the initiative, to recon-
competitlon? The strength of public aider the problem of capital punish
sentiment is the best assurance that ment as. a, deterrent of first degree
when rail lines return from govern-1 murder, It Is at least Interesting, to
ment;' administration government Bu- noie " "aeatn .nouse" at smg
pervision will still be exercised and s,n6 Prison in New York Is "crowded
that practical recognition of the es- to capacity" with convicted murder-
sentlal place of each will be ' com- crs- According to a current news
pelled for the trio of transportation article coming from Sing Sing, the
rivers, roads and railways. murderous population of that insti-
Thls is a matter that affects everv wuon nas grown so great that "it
Columbia basin Interest There should has become , necessary - to ;use an
be no more delay in river line; organ- emergency room" to hold It, while "26
ization, In the creation of river ports, I men ; 8X6 awaiting electrocution, six
the building of oubllclv controlled of -whom will face the chair on the
docks and in the Imnrovement of week of January 5."
feeder roads. i n is aiso mteresung to note wnat
If by Buch -effort a reduction of a to records of the Oregon state peni-
cent a bushel only could be obtained tenuary.an.ow m mis connection, for
m the carrying 'charges on wheat 1118 pur008e of information If for no
thousands of busy neODle would live LOKier reason.
n the towns where hundreds now re- ""-or vaoi murderers were.nangea
side. The cultivation of land would ,n 0reon at the county Jail of the
be given tremendous Impetus. The county in which they were tried and
further - channel i improvement of the convicieo. tmce mat time 36 mur-
Columbla and plans for power devel-lowers, nave neen convicted and sen.
opment would be positively aided. encea to De nangea at;tne poniten
Industry' would benefit luary. Of that .numher,. 23 r were
Selfish InteresU should not be al- nangea, tne remaining,i3 having had
lowed to profit at community ex- meH sentences commuted W Ufe lm
Dense in maklna- the' nnlnmhis svaiu i prlsonment" oy the! then governors.
able. The steamboat ltn should he uce loo. years .prior to the
howned so far a nnRRih! bv th te when the penitentiary was moved
I r r I w a -M a - a . . a. . - . 'm m
pie whose welfare is Involved. Dock irora roi:Wana w ,w presen locauon
construction should be of publlo sa- Salem, there have been 237 men
ture so that no monopoly could ever lnd WOmett convicted ,of murder. In
be obtained. The public use of .a tta second degree and sentenced to
fhlghway Is no longer contested. Why "?e imprisonment ,; In - addition to
not view the me of i rlw lii tt. " u own lenwnow w uie
same light? .--v:---'vvvvv I unprisonment ior roooery or rape.
There onrtrio be . ennru.iv- making a total, with the 13 commuted
business-like organization along : the death , to life imprisonmentof
Columbia to make the great river use- rif ." ; eui
fill fnr nnhltrt Ttnf1t ' -- - . , rcoui"US,
vi uu wiai, iu nave escapea, zo
Tou shall not say you are useless be
cause you are sidetracked and must rest
Many a shut-in who is compelled to wait
and suffer and be patient active in tbe
mind above the body's infirmity sends
out a radiant influence far and wide that
is Itself one continuing golden deed, a
marvel of fortitude and an Inspiriting ex
ample. - . . -
WHY MAKE IT WORSE?
Roundinr a bank, in the rAi.Hto&ve died, 12 have . become -Insane
Range mountains In Calif rnia. two I have been transferred to the asy-
hunters suddenlv pamk fao tn ho I um, mree . were rewirneo to me
with a have bear, a TnntHii Af t.tr. sheriff of the County, from which
ina- to his heia bruin rrabbt fb neT came. upon oroer or tne court
light car and shoved It "off tbVnar. hlcn -OInmIted.,.r'theIltC;m' ;-'eom-
row : grade. If another, party of miuea ""P""5 ine recora.is snent as
huntershad not appeared at that w Mot 6ne-4he , tWrd ; man
iarti(-ui mAm.iir sentenced .to the penitentilry after
bear, he might have pwned the 118 creation-and 158 hve been par-
fliwer. i .- - " luoaeu :oy, ne governors. xnis ac
counts ror 211, or the total of 262
sentenced for life service, either- di
rectly by. the . court or , through ex-
THIN J a short- time the four-1 ecuUve commutation.'5 The remaTnder,
leenth decennial .census of . the 1 51, are still In prison.; v - c y.
United States will be takeml'Thls is what the record shows. . It
.Within .a short time thereafter, also .shows that i out of the i total "of
relative at least, the congressional ap- 158 who were pardoned by the gov-
portionment will be readjusted to in-1 ernors after service of various lengths,
crease the membership of the house) hut two have been returned to the
of representatives from 435. a it how 1 penitentiary. One , of these, was "eon
stands, to something like 604 mem- i vlcted of bootlegging In Idaho and
bers, an Increase of 69. , . jwas returned to serve tthe remainder
The house is already too . large, far I of' his ' life : term . because . of - having
too large for efficient and .speedy Jviolated the; terms and coddltlons of
legislation. . The proposed increase Ds conditional . pardon. ' The other
will simply make matters worse and! had filed on a" homestead prior to his
they are now bad enough. New: York, i conviction. ,? Ilia ; claim was taken by
OH, the Shepherds In Judea, , " .
They are pacing to and fro, . -
, . ;;v ' ; Tor.the air grows chill at twilight , .: . , r" -
. - ? . Si And the weanling lambs are slow; -:J , .
Leave,' O limbs, the drlpplnir sedges, quit the bramble and tbe brier,'
" Leave the fields of barley stubble,- for we light the wtchlnj-flrej
.Twinkling fires across the twilight, and a bitter watch to keep, .'
Lest the prowlers come a-thleving where the flocks unguarded sleep.
i. . Oh. the Shepherds in Judea, t-t - . -. -
- T,1 j They are sin gin j soft and low '
" V :'Soog the blessed 'angels taught them
1 - o - AH the centilries ago! 1
, There was never roof to hide them, there were never walls to blndt ;
Stark they lie beneath the star-beams, whom the blessed angels find, s
With the huddled flocks upstarting, wondering if they hear aright.
..While the Kings come riding, riding, solemn shadows In the night
. I "'Oh, the Shepherds in Judea, - "
' '" ; v :i They are thinking as they go,
U ' Of the light that broke their watchlnc
On the hillside In the snow! ;
Scattered snow along the hillside, white as springtime fleeces are,
With the whiter wings above them and the. glory-streaming star -Guiding-star
across the housetops; never fear the Shepherds felt
Till they found the Babe in manger where the kindly cattle knelt '
Oh. the Shepherds in Judeal-i-
j -- Do you think the Shepherds know :
" How the whole routfd earth Is brightened '
, ' v -In the ruddy ; Christmas glow?..
How the sighs are lost in laughter, and the laughter brings the tears,
As the thoughts of men go seeking back across the darkling years
Till they find the wayside stable that the star-led Wise Men found,
- With the Shepherds, mute, adoring, and the glory shining round!
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
. OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Iiockley
The Platting of Oregon's First
Townsite
Dr. McLoughlin Laid .Out Oregon
City on His Land Claim in 1842.
' tin thla artfcW Mr. Ixddcr. pnwnlBe "tar-,
t&er ih career " of lat Hon. pionaer state !
drirar, reeeonta DaT' atorr of a yoomg atrucar
fron VirsiBla, wha aooa cot w beina a tender
foot but who. what HtU tlma ho ni one,
bowed UoMolf mitm sole to atana np for hit
IKBU.J
-"The first time X struck Pendleton
was on September 15,' 1874," said Dave
Horn of Pendleton. "I was taking a
string of stock from Umatilla to Cayuse
for-Joe Keener, the division superin
tendent. : I drove stage on this line from
the fall of 1874-until the spring of 1878.
The schedule from. Umatilla to Baker
then called Baker City was 24 hours.
I will never forget the 10 miles ef sand
I had to go through Just outside of Uma
tilla. It was sure hard pulling. , -
"Stone was agent at Umatilla Chen. He
was a sort of frensled financier. Ha
was holding three Jobs ? down. He got
2 a day for taking care of the stage
company's .business; the Oregon Steam
Navigation company, paid hhn $5 a day
for taking care of the passengers on their
boats, and the Walls Fargo company
paid him 3 a day for taking, care of
their business. . .
,.:'. '
"Coming, east through Umatilla our
first stop, was the Twelve Mile house.
Now it Is called ; Stanfleld. The, next
stoo was New Wells. Now It Is called
Stage Gulch. We hit Pendleton about
1 o'clock a. m. '
-Lot Iilvermore was stage agent Wells
Fararo a rent. Dostmaster and storekeeper.
There were only- two stores In Pendle
ton then, the one that lt Kept ana
the one that was run by Bill Swltiler. -
;: "Along about 1S7 1 ; became stage
agent at Umatilla. One day in 1880 a;
tan young telle w with a face that! Was
a cross between that of Abraham' tan
coin and the devil, came in on- tbe boat
He wore a cardigan Jacket. He was
tall and slim and about as green .look
ing as anyone I had ever seen, ana ne
aetl lint as areen as he . looked. . I
was busy making out way bills and get
ting ready-for the-stage to - starv ia
came up to the-counter and said, "What
m van eolna to charge me to go to
Pendleton r I : toia mm ui vuo nn
The first booster of Oregon City's
commercial possibilities of whom there
is any record was Dr. Samuel Parker,
who nailed from Ithaca, N.'T. On the
afternoon. of November 24, 1835, while
eight Indians were carrying his canoe
along: the trail.. by the river's edge
around the falls of the Willamette, he
paused beside the tails to admire their
beauty. He kept a daily Journal of his
travels, and here is how be describes
the Impression the falls made upon his
mind : - ".-..
"The rising mist in the rays of the
sun . formed a beautiful rainbow. The
grass about the falls, irrigated by the
mist was fresh and green. The oppor
tunities here f or waterpower are ejual
to any that can be named. There can
not be a better situation for a factory
village, than on tbe east side of the
river. - A dry, widespread level extends
some distance and the shores form sat
ural wharves for shippmr. The Whole
country around, particularly, the east
side. Is pleasant and fertue. can the
period be far distant when there will be
Jiere a busy population V, s !-1 f
r our ecore years ana four nave puani
since Xr Parker saw the river which.
as he said, had so long "poured Its wa
ters constantly down these falls without
having facilitated the labor of man."
If he could but pay a visit to the falls of
the Willamette today, he would see that
his vision has been filled. If four' score
years and four have seen such changes.
then what has "a similar period in the
future in store for Orearoa City? . ..
The first building to be erected en the
present site of Oregon City was the log
storehouse put up in 1829 by Dr. John
McLoughlin, chief factor of the Hndsons
Bay company, who took up a claim there
In 1829. The first home to ne cunt was
that of the Rev. Alvln F. Waller, la the
summer of 1840. Dr. McLoughlin gave
Mr.' Waller permission to establish his
home and gave' him the nand-hewea
timbers to be used in building his house.
Shortly after Mr. Waller bad nettled
on Dr. McLoughlln's claim word was
brought to Dr. McLoughlin that efforts
were to be made by the missionaries to
oust him from his claim. - Dr. McLough
lin scouted the idea, for he naa aone m
i favnn for . Jason Lee. Mr.
Waller and the other members of the
mission party He wrote a letter, now
Aver, to Mr. Waller, calling his atten.
tlnn to the fact that he had taken up
the site It years previously. In bis let
ter he said: "This is not to -prevent
your building the store. ' My object In
writing is merely to establish my claim.'
Mr. Waller out uo the buUding on Dr.
McLoughlln's . land, and the following
year, 1841. Felix Hathaway, an employe
of the Methodist mission, started t to
build a house on the Island that was a
tn.rt of McLouahlm's claim. -
Dr. McLoughlin went to see Waller
about it and gordera were given by Wal
ler to Hathaway to discontinue work on
the building on the island.:; waller toia
McLoughlin he had no Intention of dis
mitlnr the title to tbe claim at the falls.
as he had already taken xtp a sauare
mile adjoining McLoughlln's . on the
north, on the Clackamas river. - Jason
Lee assured McLoughlin that there was
no thought of trying to deprive him ef
his claim. '"-.
In 1842 Dr. McLoughlin had the claim
mrveved and laid off In lots. Ha called
his townsite "Oregon City.". The first
purchaser of a lot was Stephen H. L.
fare was 4 from Umatilla to Pendle
ton. He counted out the money, and I
asked, "What's your namer He said.
-uy name is sam jacKson. and I'm on
my way from Virginia to Pendleton.'
He waited at the counter after he had
paid his fare, so l told him X would
book him. and to wait outside until
the stage started.
- "A lot of professional Joshers eot to
talking with him and saw how Innocent
he was, so they thought they would
have some , fun with the tenderfoot
one r tn em said, Let'a see your
ticket The tenderfoot said; 1 dldnt
get any ticket. He told me he would
book me. The professional Josher said,
'Evidently you don't know Dave Horn.
He is trying to beat you out of your
money. What have you to show for your
sT it I were you I would go tn and
demand a ticket' He came Into the
office and said. Tou never, gave me any
ticket. I want it' I explained to him
that he didn't need a ticket; that I had
put his name on the way bill, which
showed be had paid bis way to Pendle
ton. I showed him the way bUL Hi
seemed satisfied. He went out doors and
told the crowd around the door that
Dave Horn had said it was all rurht.
They laughed, and said, "Don't let him
take you for a tenderfoot 'When you
get out two or three miles and tbe driver
asks you for a ticket and you can'
produce any he will put yon off the
stage and you will have to hoof It back.'
He came back into the office with blood
In his eye, and said, 'Tou dont want to
try any funny business with me. X want
my ticket. X don't intend to be put off
the stage.' It made me sore, I said.
Where Is your baggageT He showed
me an old fashioned tin trunk,. I looked j
at it and said, Tou will have to . pay oO
cents more on that - That's excess bag
gage. Just about then the stage drove
up and I persuaded hhn that the crowd
around the door was Just having fun
with him. The next thing X heard was
that the tenderfoot from Vlrigtnla had
la.ndd a lob as stare event at Pendle
ton for John'HalleyT who operated the
Utah, Oregon and . Idaho Stage com
pany." r.v.'v'"f : ':
The Oregon Country
Nortfewaat Bappmlata la Brief form for tits
Meek, brother of Joe Meek, one of Ore
gon'e most famous, best loved and most
interesting characters. .-.
Letters From the People1
ess employe who may serve him that the
boys are looking tor Jobs 7 No! "La
guerre est fine." READER.
rr.u.l. Mic i b - Tha loamal fot
pobUoatioB in taia depacbSBt abooU be-writua
on onlr ooa M of the paper, ahould not oxowd
800 wools ia length, ant Moat bo aimed by to
writer, whoaa mall address la full moat aocoav
panj tae obwiouhob.j
: Arralons Orthodoxy
Albany. Deo. IT--To the Editor of The
Journal ''Think, not that I am come to
send peace on earth : i came no w
send peace, bukv a. nword. -For l am
come to set a man at variance against
his father, and the daughter against her
mother, and the oaugnier-in-uwr
her mother-in-law. And a man's foes
shall be they of his own household.':
(Matthew 10 :24-8.)
'-a Mmn that believes there Is a su
preme, overruling, intelligent, i creative
being, who created the universe, and
also believes in a conscious, individual
existence after death, is a religious per
son. A person who believes that Jesus
Christ was the only begotten son oi ww.
bora f a virgin, and died to save man
kind from sin. Is a cnrisuara Araom
all the races and tribes of men there
never, has been found a. person who
doubted the existence of a God and In
dividual existence of-men after death,
Mnt in rrhriatian land a and such men
r usually very rood men. . The in
spiration of our Holy Bible Is doubted
by many In all Christian lands, more
especially in our land. Tbe orthodox
intirfa.tlon of the Bible has caused
this skepticism. Nowhere Is social un
rest so acute as to Christian landa The
Kitinn tn tha Introduction of the
Christian religion In those countries dom
inated by the religion or voniucius n
others, was that it made the people dis
contented with their lot. The working
masses, living In poverty and suffering
while the Idle rich reveled In luxury,
were still satisfied and contented. "CaH
no man your master," said the master
of masters. Such teaching set the down
trodden to thinking. Priestcraft In all
religions has always joined hands with
the ruling and wealthy classes In sun
porting laws and customs that deprived
lahnr of its lust share of what it pro
duced, and . the Christian ministry has
been no exception to the rule. Educa
tion of tha masses has arovsea me worx
ing people of the United States to de
mand the full product of their, labor.
Tbe Idle rich and most of the clergy
are raising a huge cry against , this
Christian unrest - Many men and a few
women have broken away from spiritual
serfdom and are demanding .their di
vine riant to free access to tne laaa.
The single tax will do this and will give
us social rest, peace and Christian so
cial progresa ' '.. ..'
WILLIAM 1L OLMSTED.
- When Pershing Come
Portland, Dec 17.- To the . Editor " of
The Journal -I wonder ir waen uensrai
Pershing visits Portland he will be es
corted to one of our prominent up town
hotels and be given a room from which
be can aa-aia review nis Bocae conquer'
ors as ther-pass to and from the Liberty
Temple. Will he learn from the Japan-1
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
This extry legislature Governor Ol-
cott has wished onto us so sudden can
save our hlgh-browed and wealthy re
formers a heap of money. It costs to
hire signature chasers to nishative peti
tions, and it's a heap of trouble be
sides. The legislature can pass 'em up
to the people fer nothln. .
t '-...' OREGON NOTES
, omooine. tnaw began Astoria has I
lost 1.600.000 railona r,fJrr- -V 'i
suit .of-broken, malna..-,-,;. ! -i
.. vobcu driven ; to famine point by
S?Ji,wther' raiding the ranches? f
The ShrwVd TfdAnhnna mm-nnm t- .
filed apDlibatlon with the mihltn uiim
commission for an increase In rates. n i
. Loee to -the people of Salem from f
bursted water - nlna rlurlno- , tK- 1... - i
freese amounted to more than llO.vOO,. ' -
The i St Helens' Lumber company's V
Plant, closed for anma tlma nn -.Mn- -..
of weather conditions, reopened Friday.
; aaarion county wui spend 839.500 for '
10 trucks of thre and ant half tnn- A.. .' !
r-sclty to be used in road construction - j
Pine - Grove rrtnr. In VTnnA
county has adopted a resolution in sup- "'
port of a county appropriation of Sl50a
tor a visiting nurse.
houses ln Roseburg- a number of bual-.
m men nave promoiea a company to
bul.d homos for rent and sale.
On account of the A YOAMaf Vis sinrtw Im
the. forests of Columbia county. It Is ,
not thought the logging camps will be
able to resume operations for some time.
Fred Ford. aJlaa William Vino- I.
held by the San Francisco police on a
charse of forging $600 in checks on the
ir state a savings bank of Klamath
raws.,'-: .
Mrs. Anna Mortimer was attankad nn
the streets of Pendleton Thursday night -by
an unknown man who struck her !V
three times . on the head with a flat
board. . . .
Timothy har. Which sold in Union : -
county as lata as J 910 at 4.5Q a ton -
delivered. Is now selling at $25 a ton '
In the stack, and Is hard to get at that '' .
price., , f
The University of Oregon has enu.
faged the services of Mrs. Clara IJnnV
'itch, wife of the late George Fitch,
noted author and humorist, as chief
clerk in the registrar's office.
' WASHINGTON - J
" The Utah-Idaho Sugar company has V
paid 1339,000 to beet growers of Yakima
valley. . . 5
More than Sl.000,000 will be spent at -Walla
Walla next year on county and :
municipal improvements. , -
The smallpox outbreak at Spokane re- M
mains unchanged, 12S cases being re
ported to the health authorities.
Instead ef the usual dally scale of 39.
plumbers of Tacoma charged SIS a day
during the past week's cold weather
crisis, v1 : - i
Carl J. Cook of Spokane has been ap
pointed a member of the state humans' -.
bureau, to succeed C E. Muckler of
Tacoma
' While out hunting with his father, Ora ,
Hamilton, youngest son of J. K. Hamil
ton, fell into a lake near Anacortes and "
was drowned.
Organisation of a division of naval
reserves has been effected at Tacoma.
The reserves will take the place of the ,
naval militia.
According to the bureau of crop estl-
mates, the Washington apple crop this '
year will yield the growers approx :
lmatsly f3l.l40.000.
A burglar entered the Northern Pa- ?
clfic station at Selah Friday night and
stole scores ef Christmas packages i
awaiting shipment by expresa - . s
With the shipment of 420 horses from
Camp Lewis to Camp Kearney, Cal4 -Friday,
the remount depot at the for
mer camp was discontinued.
Hay Is now In such demand, with the -price
continually rising, that one grower ,
near Yakima, L. O. Janeck, has turned ;
down an offer of 325 a ton for 2000 tons.
Mile. Obelehne Matllard, , aged SO, a
French ' teacher In Tacoma died this
week, leaving an estate of 320.000 to the
French government for the benefit of
invalid and disabled soldiera
Charles Redlgan of Republic, while
attempting to board a train at Danville, ,
SUPPea on uie ICO ana iou onwmn mm ,
coachea the wheels passing over his ,
legs, severing one and crushing the .
other.. . .v -
The mayor of Tacoma has notified the
Tacoma Railway A Power company that :
the city will neither submtt to the rle
of street car fares to 10 cents nor be i
forced into buying th company's trac
tion property. - - -
."i . GENERAL -
President WUson's industrial commis
sion has recessed until January 12.
The senate military committee has or
dered favorable 'reports upon a large
number of army nominations, including -those
of seven generals.
During an armed clanh Friday nlsrht '
between American soldiers and Mex- ,?
lean smugglers near EI Paso, ions
American soldier and a Mexican civilian -were
killed.
H. L. Carnahan' of Los Angeles will '
handle -Hiram W. Johnson's campaign;
for the presidency tn the states of Ore-
on. Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, v
tontana and Arisona. , , .
" William B. Thompson.: a director of
the Federal Reserve bank of New York,
has resigned to become chairman of the -ways
and means committee of the Re
publican national committee.
; YOUR NEWSPAPER
fpHB newspaper In it editorial department has three officea to per-
A form: To print news, to strive to guide publlo opinion In a proper
direction and to furnish entertainment
Consider The Journal from these three standpoint. '
' -.C kews 1
Its news facilities enable It to more than meet the first obligation.
A competent local staff and correspondents In 268 cities and towns
in the Oregon country cover the homo field thoroughly. , , '
' The full leased wire reports of the United Press, International News
Service and Universal Service Inform Journal readers of event of newt
Importance the vrorld over, i " ;, ,: 1
The foreign news service of tie Chicago Daily New specializes on
foreign fields. .
'7 ' The Journal Is the only Portland newspaper to maintain an exclusive
correspondent In Washington. , . .
- Its Washington service is augmented by the daily David Lawrence
dispatch, which Interprets tho big event la the day's nsws at th
national capital. .5 , .'y - . . "
' ' The Journal takes pride tn Its departmental news, reporting in con
cise, yet comprehensive, manner events of not In the fields of markets,
finance, marine, real estate, building, sports, drama, photoplay, musio,
society, clubs, fraternal, labor, etc. - , , . .
V its Country life pages abound In material for ths Information and
Interest of the farmer. - , "
COMMENT ...
In editorial comment, Tbe Journal consistently takes the lead in dis
cussing men and measures from the standpoint of the oommon food,
and from' Its many achievements of the past, takes heart tor continued
achievement In the years to come. ,-. v- , v, -' L. k ' - .
. ' ' TJZATUKE9 i , r . . ''V' ,
i-. A variety of well selected features provides ample entertalnmnt In
the week day editions there are George McManus Inimitable comic strip,
"Bringing Up Father"; The Stroller a column of quaint comment about
homefolk, written by a member of The Journal staff: Fay King's patter,
illustrated by herself; anTlllustrated fashion chat and a bedtime story
for boys and girls. Tha Sunday Journal 'contains even a, wider variety
of features, among them being a comio section.' illustrated in color,
featuring the premiers of Funland, including "Bringing Up Father,"
"The Shenanigan Kids," "Little Jimmy.! aW It's eight-page Ulus
trated magazine Includes a front.' page In color,, generally dedicated
to some striking ' scene In the Oregon put of doors, ' a; fiction page,
a page for the housekeeper an illustrated fashion page in color and
miscellaneous articles In the wake of the news. ' Ring; Lardner's weekly
letter U a fun-feature of Journal quality. The Illustrated Boys' and Oirls'
page finds favor with the little folks. And there are many others. - -:
- It Is not to be supposed that every feature will appeal to every
reader; but this selection Is made on the basis of the maximum percent
age of reader interest " . "- r '. " " '' - J .
- And every edition, week day and Sunday, J arranged In a manner
to suit the reader's convenience. . ' -. . r . .'