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A NEW YEAR'S RESOLVE
HERE; is one purpose, and one
Only, in the peace treaty a pur
pose to do all possible to prevent
. war.'
Everything else in the treaty is de-
- talj. It is machinery to carry out the
main idea.
x ;, Thei" Paris conference could not
issue an edict declaring there should
, be no more war and thereby end all
' war. It had to provide processes by
f which the main end could be carried
out. - I
The American colonists did not
yVmerely ordain that this should be a
republic, and stop at that. They
wrote a constitution and. adopted it.
It was opposed, Just as the league
pact ia opposed. There were Lodges
then at there are Lodges now. They
seized upon petty details in the plan
arid found fault with them. They
said- the constitution would destroy
the newly won liberty Just as the
Lodges now say the United States
surrenders her sovereignty ln the
peace treaty.
r The Lodges of (hen have been dis
credited by time. Their dire predic
tion! did not come true. What eis
is to be expected of the predictions
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I? Why should there not be an effort
$!im end wan If there is a plan to
do It, why not try it? If the plan In
Its petty details is not Just as each
j; -.of U8 would makejt, why not try it
! i anyway? If we should work a thou
j wnd years on 'a plan it could not be
; c made to suit everybody. j
. Of, course the men who made great
!' . .nrorcis out or the war do not want
.- wars ended. Many of them made huge
. fortunes. Shall we listen to their
counsel? We should rather listen to
the mothers and fathers whose ons
Von Flanders field or have conae
home on crutches.
v A Is there any sound reason why ve
should not try to end war? Is the
fact that the attempt has never been
; made a reason for not making it
jnow? ' , j
If, throughout all the past men had
' never tried to do anything because it
had never been done, there never
Would have been a steam engine,
never have been a locomotive, never
have; been a telegraph, never have
electfio car, never have been a cotton
;li;r ; gin, never have been an automobile,
never have been aBabcock test, never
have been a sewing machine, never j
i 'hftve beerk a 6teom.sh.ip, never have j
' ' been an airplane.
ttt Wihave gone forward in everything
else-fwe have made no progress in
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.. vuiimeV " war, we siaiia
P ; exactly where the tribesmen and: the
; . barbarians stood thousands -of years
agoil We have done nothing tojend
li r ' massacre, devastation and hutcitery
jfjy i by,wholesale. We have merely in-
f'lr ; i,cn4C" vugmery ana implements; lor
; maklag the slaughter more frightful.
K T4ay Is the beginning of a hew
it ..' ' W a ' Has! 400A . . . n .
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jjjH " Christian civilization and the Lodges
It;' I and Polndexters and Knoies are in
i! .: ! the American senate fighting to kill
!;;,(! l a plart for abolishing war.. They were
Ijp i - openly against It before the plan Was
f;i i f; formed." They are seizing upon petty
;jf;j ' details to conruse their countrymen
; I Ji.tn thl main purpose.
A MUy, to combat them is to fill
I;!?1 - . out sj coupon and vote in The Jour-
;MFg freaty, poll as American soldiers
and sailors fought .on land and sea
for permanent peace and world lib
erty.! .-
Chs. allies and Germany are to
ratify the peace treaty on January
S, while the United States, thanks
to the senate, stands to one side as
"a byatander waiting to be shouldered
out of the path of international re
lations by the advancing procession.
HAPPY MvW" YEAR
I
T IS the kindly wish of. travelers
on tha friendly road. at vU the
generous hope that whatever may
be' the error or unoleaeaninpaa nt
the- l-month:past'aH faces will be
turned forward tnd all 'walk'.: con
fidently the highway to the future. -
'.The shortcomings of the' year mav
fade into obllvron with the year Itself
and may leave but the value of ex
perience to try anew.,
The accomplishment and the good
deeds , of the year need not be nur
tured. They will live of their own
vitality, the profitable associations
and the staunch friends of the year
will be cherished, for they are the
legacy which - the past leaves to the
future. .. ' ...
The company of -comrades in the
tasks of the day has Lb many instances
been lessened by the loss of endeared
companions. But they will abide in
memory ana such memories are food
to thought like the grain from har
vested fields. - - .
Happy New Year I ;
Why not Hat among New Tear
resolutions an active resolve to re
duce the number of unemployed
returned soldiers listed at Liberty
temple jfrom 1000 to 0?
OUR INDUSTRIAL NEW YEAR
If
OW comes Portland into this New
Year of 1920 making ships and
talking machines, sphagnum moss
bandages and pipeless furnaces,
razors and germless furniture.
If optimism is properly born of
achievement, 1919 may be credited
with laying the stable and permanent
foundation of the city's iridustry. ,
The old year offers to the new a
completed investment of $130,331,000
in 1025 industries that employ 37,000
workers.
One new plant will manufacture
houses, the lumber cut at the mill
ready to be Joined together without
further trouble. The third largest
furniture factory in the world pro
duces everything from the kitchen
cabinet to the hand-carved bed. Back
on the mountain slopes stand the
forests containing the almost incal
culable amount of 560 billion board
feet to supply indefinitely the needs
of lumber -nwmuracture and that in
1919 exported from the Port of Port
land 66,141,151 feet to foreign and
58,274,000 feet to Pacific coast ports.
Out of the plateaus and valleys of
the Columbia basin a river of golden
grain flows beside the river of water
to an industrial center and port which
exported in 1919 2,669,633 barrels of
flour valued at 527,590,000. During
1920 Portland will complete a publ4c
bulk grain elevator with a capacity
of 1,000,000 bushels and a water termi
nal that will cost in the neighborhood
of 15,060,000, and approach the com
pletion of an authorized investment of
$10,500,OOOMn water terminal facilities.
As great distributing auxiliaries to
the community's expanding industrial
plant, Oriental ship service has been
established, lines are being extended
to world ports, the movement for
home owned ship lines is gaining
definiteness and organization to gain
for Portland the merited rank of a
world port is growing steadily
stronger. r
v Little by little local' industry is
ministering to local, state, national
and even international needs in arti
cles of use, wearand nutrition. We
assuage thirst with our fruit juices.
We clothe thousands in warmth and
comfort- with the woven wools from
the backs of growing flocks on a
thousand hills. We feed great hosts
with our meats," cereals and processed
vegetables. We send to many coun
tries the best of all food fishes and
our fru'ts grow in fame and de
mand across wide areas.
The brawny arm of Portland's in
dustry is bared to the tasks of the
New Year. To calls from everywhere
the confident answer returns, "We
do it."
What better way to start off the
new year than, through the treaty
poll n The Journal, to fill out a
coupon and thereby throw your
vote in favor of making this year
the time in which the peace of the
world and the end of war be vouch
safed by American ratification of
the peao treaty?
IX 1919 AXD 1920
R
OAD building was the principal
public work in Oregon during the
year just closed. Although it
was conducted on a scale which a
few years ago would have been
thought impossible, the growing de
mand for better roads was not in the
slightest degree satisfied Much of
the work contracted was not com
pleted, and it will be well along this
year when outstanding contracts arc
executed..
During the past year contracts
were let aggregating in estimated cost j
$21,000,000. They covered 1522 miles!
approximately and were thus divided :
Pavement, 381 miles; rock and gravel
surface. 316 miles, grading 825 miles.
Of this mileage approximately .540
miles were completed, embracing 163
miles of pavement, 43 per cent; 107
miles of rock and gravel surface, 34
per cent: and 270 miles of grading,
33 per cent. Roughly speaking, the cost
of pavement averaged $22,000 per mile,
rock and gravel surfacing 110,000
per mile, grading $20,000 per mile.
These figures are not based on actual
calculation but are only liberal ap
proximations.
While 'most of the work has' been
concentrated on thf two main high
ways almost every section of the state
has been allotted some,.
With the character, of the work
there is apparently general satisfac
tion. Construction Is costing a great
deal more than was figured on when
Ihe state embarked M Its program
but ., this 8 is explained by the rising
prices of .labor and material and the
f aet ihat : the -roads arc being built
on a more costly standard to satisfy
the rapidly growing traffic . -'-Comparison
of - costs rof, highway
construction .in other, states are
favorable to Oregon. There Is a grow
ing sentiment,' however; that If the
traffic of the next ew years Is to
be fully served: the present standard
must be enlarged. Already there, is
criticism that the pavement Is too
narrow where there is a considerable
local traffic and that the foundation
is not substantial -enough to with
stand the constant pounding of
heavily laden trucks.
So far as new work to be under
taken this year is concerned it is
predicted that It will be more in the
direction of grading and macadam
surface than in paving. This course
would seem to be the proper One
in view of the fact that available funds
are fast diminishing and the legal
limit of state Indebtedness drawing
near. There are still long stretches
In the program mapped out by the
legislature In 1917 to be graded before
the system becomes usable.
It is to be counted as self evident
that if profiteering, speculative
forces In America shoot the price
of wheat and flour skaward imme
diately upon the release of govern
ment control, the will but hasten
the day when the lid of public regu
lation will be permanently clamped
down tight upon profiteer and spec
ulator not only In wheat and flour
but other national necessities. '
ONE NEW YEAR PLAN
I
N THE program for the new year
is a plan to cut the number of
traffic accidents.
It is a constructive purpose. It
is proposal to substitute order for
disorder.
The Journal's investigations have
shown that traffic Is aimless and hap
hazard. Boys are driving who never
saw the inside of a boek of regula
tions. Pedestrians are at large who
seem not to know that there is such
a thing as an automobile. Drivers are
at the wheel who have not the slight
est conception of the destructive
power of a swiftly moving car.
All this and much more has been
brought to light. Ninety-nine per
cent of the people of Portland want
La change. In the whole history of
Portland, no demand so united has
gone up for things to be made dif
ferent.; It can be done. Concentrated and
concerted action will do it. We can
wipe out half, if not more than haif,
of these accidents. If on this day
a day that begins a new year all
the people will highly resolve to
cooperate in the campaign for reduc
ing accidents, and if all will follow up
the resolve with definite and con
tinuous purpose to help in the cause,
Portlai '. will be made a model city
in the highly important matter of
street traffic.
Portland did it in the pure milk
campaign. Portland did it in the fire
prevention campaign. There is not
one reason in the world why Port
land cannot do it in the accident pre
vention movement.
And it will be well worth-while.
Tragedies will be averted. Killings
will be fewer. Wouldn't the saving of
one life be worth all the time and
trouble of making Portland safe?
Will not the reputation Portland
will! gain as a model traffic city be
worth while?
What better resolve for the new
year than to join the great club for
making Portland 6afe?
A NEW YEAR GREETING
H
ERE is a hearty good wish Jor
every Journal reader. May each
be happy and prosperous
throughout the new year. Mav
every heart be lightened and every.)
hope meet a glad fruition. I
May families separated be reunited
and may the sunshine of peace shine
over every fireside. May: the ties of
friendship everywhere grow stronger
and the thoughts of all; be less on.
hate and more on good Will. j
May lives more and mre conform j
to that eternal rule "whatsoever ye 1
would that men should :do to you, I
do ye '.even so to them." j
We were cemented into a unified I
nation but yesterday. A; great com- j
mon cause bound us! together with i
bonds of steel. Therej was no ninety j
and .nine, with one out on the hills
away. All were in the giieat national
fold, all for one and one for all.
We accomplished 'great things in
(hose days of stress, There seemed
then -no barrier we could not push
aside, no difficulty that we could not
overcome. If there was money to
raise for a good caiise we raised it.
If mass action was required to
achieve, Ihe mass was always quickly
and overwhelmingly available.,
We built ships as they were never
built before. We supplied men for
the conflict with prodigal hand. We
bought Liberty bonds beyond our
quota.
Why not be in the new yeaj as
we were when the clouds hung low
and the days were gray? There would
be a reward for us s.11 in the concert
of purpose and the harmony of
thought. , It is better to think of a
neighbor as a brother than as a
stranger. A smile Is a far better
community asset than a sheer.
It isn't difficult to cultivate good
will. Conscience is never satisfied
with. hate. It pleads and thirsts for
kindly intention and gentle words, and
makes it easy Id practice as well as to
acknowledge the golden rule.
These are -tempestuous times. But
with universal patience and cordiality
and generous Judgment we can do
much to relieve .and settle them.
America ias never failed to solve even
the worst problem, and she never
wilt"
".To every homes that. The" Journal
enters . and , to every mind to which
It may be - an appeal the paper and
its big family of ' workers send a
message, of faith ard hope and cheer.
May the-new year be to all a year
of Increasing gladness and glorious
good Iuckl , ,
Oregon Pioneers Devised Their
- Own Currency System
The Phrase "A Pocket Full of Rocks'
No Slang in Those Day
The early settlers of Oregon did hot
lack for initiative. In IMS money u
very scarce In Oregon. The settlers de
posited their wheat or furs with Erma
tmger, Abernethy or Pettygrove, and re
ceived credit on their books, which credit
was taken out in trade. ' It a man hired
a carpenter, at the end of the week or
at the completion of the contract be
would write him an order on the store
where he had credit. This order might
pass through a dosen 'hands before . be
ing presented for merchandise. Sup
pose the order was on Abernethy's store
and called for 45 worth of merchandise.
The owner of the order would buy, say.
$3.85 worth of goods. Iir Ilea of change.
which was very scarce, Abernethy would
give him a small flint chip on which was
glued a tag reading, "Good for 15 cents
Abernethy." and four slightly larger
chips or small flat stones, the label on
each of which read "Good for 25 cents."
The man went contentedly away, with
his pocket full of rocks.' and passed
them out as change, just as though
they were actual coins. Here and there
among the pioneers you will still find,
kept as a souvenir of those long gone
days, . a specimen of this Abernethy
change, a flat bit of flint, usually about
an Inch and a half long by an Inch wide
and a quarter of an Inch thick. On the
yellowed paper pasted on the face of the
rock you will find in tthe right hand
corner the date, usually 1844. Under
this is the written inscription, "Aber
nethy change," with the amount 10, 15,
25 or 35 cents written Jelow.
Five years later, in 1849, these home
made coins were succeeded by the Bea
ver money 5 and 10-dollar gold pieces
coined in Oregon City, of pure gold.
Prior to the establishing at Oregon City
of the "Beaver money" mint, anything
that was raised or anything that could
be exported was legal tender. On August
19, 1845, the legislature of the Oregon
provisional government passed "An Act
to Regulate the Currency," which read
as follows: "Be It enacted by the house
of representatives of Oregon Territory;
That cash, on the following articles, at
their current value, shall be a lawful
tender in payment of all demands in this
territory, where no special contract has
been made between the parties, viz:
Available orders, wheat, hides, tallow,
beef, pork, butter, lard, peas, lumber or
other articles of export of this territory ;
Provided, the same be delivered at su$h
points on navigable streams, or such
other places as may be established as
depots for such articles.
Letters From the People
(Cotnmunicetiom sent to The Journal for
publication this deprtmot fhould be written
on only one n!e of the paper, should not exceed
(00 wor.1i in length, nd miut be timed by tat
writer, wboM mail addresi in full mtut accom
pany , tba contribution.
"To Prevent Other Such Wrecks
United States Lighthouse Tender Man
zartita, Astoria. Dec. 20. To the Editor
of The Journal The wreck of the
Chanslor has brought grief o me, with
many others who were shipmates of
Francis Jackson on the United States
shipping board's steamer Point Judith
in 1918. I was third assistant engineer
on this trip, and I shall never forget our
first watch at sea. Francis came? to
me, stripped down to B. V. D.'s and thin
overalls, besmeared from head to foot
with cylinder oil, and with great drops
of perspiration trickling from his fore-
BALLOT ON PEACE TREATY
Vote on choice. Indicate preference by X mar in square.
I favor compromise on reservations and immediate ratification of
peace treaty and League of Nations covenant;
I favor ratification with Lodge reservations.
I favor ratification of the peace treaty and League of Nations
covenant substantially as presented to the senate by President
Wilson.
I am opposed to ratification in any form.
Or. 2
Or 3.
Or, 4
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I favor compromise on reservations and Immediate ratification of
peace treaty and League of Nations covenant:
I favor ratification with Lodge reservations.
I favor ratification ef the peace treaty and League of Nations
covenant substantially as presented to the senate hi- President
Wilson.
I am opposed to ratification' in any form.
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I favor compromise on reservations and immediate ratificaUon of
peace treaty and League of Nations covenant ;
I favor ratification with Lodge reservations.
I favor ratification of the peace treaty and League of Nationa
covenant aubatantially as presented to the senate hv preBident
Wilson.
I am opposed to ratification in any form.
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BALLOT ON
Tofs one choice. Indicate preference by X aaark in aajoare.
I favor compromise on reservations and immediate ratification of
peace treaty and League of Nations covenant;
I favor ratification with Ledge reservations. ,
Or, 2
Or 3.
I favor ratification of the peace treaty andi League of Nations
covenant substantially as presented to the senate hv President
Wilson.
Or. 4
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I am opposed te ratification
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'rill ia and mail to The Joamal.
LiatHatloB
bead, after trying to tool a hot pltn
rod with a swabbing brush, and sdl
"Third, it cant be done : beside. I m
all In and X feel like a bird without
home and no place to sleep.':- couia ;
see' that the rolling of the ship was
bothering htm a little, but M was worn
ever it and proved to be one of the most
trusted oilers I have been ioipnw;
with. , " V . -
I cannot helD but state here" that II i
there, had been a lightship at this dan
gerous point where Mr. Jackson and the
rest of his poor shipmates lost tneir
lives, this awful disaster would never
have happened. This is saying nothing
against the lighthouse service, of which
I am an employe, but rather than uus x
must sav that the lichthouse depart
ment I am speaking of the Seventeenth
district particularly is doing ail wiuun
its power to aid navigation, ana n
seems to me that it is up to congress
to aid the lighthouse department In
lighting the way around this dangerous
reef.
There is a gaslight buoy at Cape
Blanco, making this same reef of rocks
where the Chanslor struck, and it has
been attended to by 4 the tenders within
the past two months, and we know from
experience that these lights win not mow
out. no matter how bard the gale. They
are inspected at least once in every six
months, although they will burn for two
years without attention..
This place Is one of the most danger
ous reefs, on the coast, and in a driving
gale, with the seas running mountain
high, accompanied with sheets of rain
thick as fog. this light is not a very
great protection, but with a lightship
there would be strong lights high enough
to be seen for several miles, men with
lifeboats, and fog whistles as well as
Wireless. Besides, this Seventeenth ais
trlct is a very large one, reaching from
the California coast to and including the
sound north of Seattle, with navigable
rivers and bays in between ; so you can
see that the Inspector Is a mighty busy
man directing his tenders to the right
places at the right times, and a light
ship at this point would relieve him and
all the navigators along the coast of a
great amount of worry.
H. W,, WHEELER.
Soldiers Complain of Duty Payments
Coblens, Germany, Dec 2. To the
Editor of The Journal I am sending a
clipping, with which 1 make an appeal
to the people of America. Is it right
for a poor doughboy up here on the
Rhine, 6000 miles from nowhere, to have
to pay customs duty on our little Christ
mas presents we send home? We make
only our $33 a month. If we buy any
thing that is fit to send the folks it takes
half our pay and then another half to
send it home.
Now, do you think the American "gov
ernment is giving us a square deal, after
we enlist our services and then-, get
such treatment?
Signed by two lonesome doughboys
on the j Rhne. We are from Oregtin,
too, from Ashland and Portland respec
tively, in order as signed.
PVT. JESSE R. CARPENTER.
PVT. EDDIE A. HAFER.
I The clipping accompanying this letter itates
that the duty payable is baled on tha wholesale
value of the article, which ia considered a two
thirds of its retail value, and it lifts a variety of
articles on which the duty rat ranees from IS
to 60 per cent of the wholesale price.
University Salaries
From the New York Evening Pot
The new scale of University finances
Is illustrated by Columbia's statement
that her salary increases will cost $300,
000 a year. Secretary Stokes at Tale
estimated' a few months ago that a gen
eral 20 per cent increase there would
cost 165,O00 a year, which would de
mand an endowment of over $3,000,000.
Columbia's total Income, apart from
gifts, in 1917 was about $3,060,000, or
only 10 times the added salary expendi
ture. Great as the new Item seems, it
Is none too great, and other universities
must nerve themselves to meet with
similar courage the demand that the
faculty be treated in a way to maintain
its quality.
of ballot to qualified raters is requested.
PEACE TREATY
ef ballot to Qualiflsd voters Is requested.
PEACE TREATY
of ballot to qualified voters Is requested.
PEACE TREATY
in any form.
v..
el ballot to ualified voters to requested.
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
The same to ou.
Now taxes are goln up.
Is your car wearing its new license?
Be careful
how you date today's
letters.
So many of thesi deportees' names end
in "off." And that's what they are, all
right. i
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Am Eastern Daoer has been forced to
print on wrapping paper. Wouldn't you
like a peep at what's in it?
-. . a .
Old Doc Cook says he is going to the
North Pole by the air route. But cold
air, this time, Poo cold air !
. a
. If a certain distinguished general
makes the presidential race, jokes about
the nigger in the Wood pile will be in
order.
"Fish Experts Called Into Conference."
Headline. -Now well know what to
expect of the stories that come out of
uie conference.
Some day we are going to a meat mar
ket and ask the price of chuck steak.
After that we'll. probably think turkey
me cneapest meat there is.
The m American Red Cross sergeants
who -went on strike in Paris and were
ordered sent home are probably well
sausiiea wna tneir sentence.
t
It is said General Wood must resism
his army commission if he really has
any idea of becoming a presidential can
didate. How he must envy General
Hancock, who held on tto his commis
sion all through an arduous campaign-
though frequently admonished by the
opposition -to resign and was right glad
to have it to fall back upon when all
was over.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About To'Svn
Herbert Gordon, who has risen to the
proud distinction of having a business
block named after him, thus doing away
with the necessity and expense of re
quiring his heirs, executors and assigns
to erect a marble slab to his memory
on some future and unfortunate date, is
just at the present time troubled with
mental indecision. Those who have had
the ailment say it is something like dys
pepsia, in that you know what you would
like to do, but you don't know what
will happen if you do 1L Mr. Gordon,
who is now a member of the Multno
mah delegation to the house, has a deslre
to return to the 1921 session as a mem
ber. He is, also, not so sure but what
he would like to set into the smaller
circle of the senate, fcut the thing that
he has not just decided is whether the
chance of nomination is as certain In the
senatorial contest as it would be in that
for the house. As it is, he is playing
mental checkers with himself, and will
very probably have it all figured out
by the time he returns from the special
session.
Seymour Jones, speaker of the house,
and W. T. Vinton, president of the sen
ate, are about ready to offer a substan
tial reward for the scientist who will
slip them a sure cure for loquacity.
Preferably, they would like to have it
come in such form that it could be
slipped to the chef of the Hotel Marion
at Salem and by him into the coffee
of the legislators, or to "some person
to the affiant unknown" to be slipped
into a bottle bound for the same desti
nation. Anyway, what they are looking-
for is something' that will bring
about "deeds and not words" when the
special session ' is convened and gets
settled down to businens.
Both of the presiding officers promise
"to drive thlng-a" from the time they
bang- their 'gtrvels down on the morning
of January 12, until the state house Jani
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
Here is recorded the episode of Lisa, the
singing mule, ones the propertr of William
Walsh, once "trooper." now a Portland caterer,
as related to Mr. Lockley bjr Mr. Walsh. He
also tells of some of the tricks of the circus
trad and how ther are worked.
Last summer I noticed a new boy at
the "Y" cafeteria clearing away the
dishes. William Walsh, the manager,
introduced him to me. When he had
gone Mr. Walsh (said :
"He is only 16. His mother is a
widow. She is a waitress at La Grande,
He ran. away with the circus. I picked
him up here. He was ragged and dirty.
A circus is a fine thing for a 15-year-old
boy to see on its annual visit, but
it is a poor place for a boy to be with
24 hours a day. It isn't the school you
or I want our boys to attend. They
are bound to pick up a lot of things
that will pull them down instead of
building them up. I have wired to his
mother and she is sending the money lor
her boy to go back 'on the cushions In
stead of 'on the rods' as I used to travel.
"YeSi I used to be a 'trooper' in the
old days. Today a circus is a legiti
mate business. It wasn't always so.
When I was a youngster t was with a
'kit show' for a while. 'Kit show' is
circus argot for a eldeshow. Bobby
Kane and 'Bubbles' Robinson owned this
show. "Bubbles' was one of the best show
promoters I ever saw. He could make
you think black Was white without half
trying. One of the "kit show' men I
worked for. was reputed to be the beet
'short change' artist on the road. He
Invented the 'ditty box' trick. The ticket
wagon always has a high counter. You
have to reach up for your ticket- The
ticket seller gives you your ticket and
counts your change before you to show
you it is correct, then lays it on the
counter and shows it to you. You have
seen . him count It. so you grab It and
hurry in. for all you are thinking of is
irpttine a cood seat, if you stoo and
i recount your change yon are apt to find
' it 10 or 20 cents short. If you protest
j the pnxious crowd behind you becomes
impatient and the ticket 'seller says,
Dont block the line, iou saw me count
1 your change. Hurry on in and give the
' others a chance.' The counter has a
' slit in it big enough for the dimes to
j drop through into the ditty box. In a
j good season the ticket seller cleaned up
! from $5000 to $10,000 with hie ditty box.
! Nobody wants to call a policeman or
tn look small by making a fuss over
a dime or so. If a man Is drunk or
i looks, like an easy mark and wants to
Curious Bits of Information
-J For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
! Interesting experiences - have shown
! that bees distinguish colors. The colors
i acquire significance for the Insects when
they have learned mat certain, ones are
associated with certain nutritive advan
tages. The bees are not "reflex ma
chines" they are not compelled by any
organic chronotropism to prefer certain
"colors to others. They accumulate ex
perience and remember that certain col
ors are associated with certain nutritive
benefits. They learn to save time by
following certain color hints, but It is
not inconsistent with this that they are
eager visitors of flowers without any J
color ai , wwfc tv . .
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NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
Between iron kettle and a lag day,
the Salvation army at 1 Grand
brought in during the holidays 1107.75
for winter relief work. .
A very fine registered Ehorthorn Dur
ham cow was received toy iruman
DnMr, DiMunt. hiii farmer, as a
Christmas present, the Eugene Register
states. The present was jrm a inonu
in the East. j
I. If. McOee, a dry goods merchant
of Ashland, the Tidings eaya, gave each
of his clerks who had been with him a
year a handsome Christmas; gift in the
shape of a bonus, amounting to approxi
mately a month's salary.
"While a week ago the dountry was
in the grip of the moat severe storm
in its history, today," says the Prine
vllle Journal, in its Issue of Christmas
day, "the snow Is practically all gone
In the low lands- and signs of spring
are evident." , ,
Opportunity beckons at Banks. Hera
Is the Herald's list : "A garage and vul
canising shop, a Jewelry store. -photo
gallery, a dentist, cheese factory, can
nery and dryer, grain elevator, box fac
tory, 6, iO and 15-cent store. Banks Is
busy and the new railroad will be com
pleted before next fall, making three
roads.. Get in now."
T.riin. m,t t h ' wn rid -en tiers, the
nnM Rih Renorter says : "It is re
ported that severalof our clt I sens were
diction and spent the most of the fatal
day, December 17, on their knees, it : w
a fact that some of the residents down
on the flat moved up town to get out
of the reach of the tidal wave. e as
tronomers who predicted such dire hap
penings should be Placed In the same
class with the doctors who forecast a
return of the flu epidemic
tor stops the big clocks and Ben Sheldon
in the house and Arthur Orton in the
senate move to . adjourn sine die. But
experience has taught them, as it has
other presiding officers, fnat it is -pretty
hard to drive things along under the
adverse Influence of a perpetual gale
of words. Ho, It anybody knows a sure
cure, or even a partial specific, for logo
mania they will win the undying grati
tude of both Speaker Jones and Presi
dent Vtnton if they will whisper It to
them, either individually or collectively.
E. F. Carieton, assistant state super
intendent of schools. Is a firm believer
in the power of the press agent. He
has an Idea that any proposition in
which the public is Interested, financially
or otherwise, has a better chance of
"getting by" if it is adequately and
clearly 'explained to the public than if
it Is not. So, when the state teachers
met in Portland he went out and rounded
up a press agent for the convention and
saw to it that the real news of the
gathering was put up in newspaper style
and shoved right up under the official
noses of the city editors. Now that the
big meeting is ail over he 1b tickled at
the wise hunch that led him to do what
he did. 1 A
Being an educator engaged In the busi
ness of advancing the cause of educa
tion. Professor Carieton is convinced that
that-cause will be mufch better sup
ported by the general public if the
general public is educated to the needs
of the cause of education. He believes
that if the public is shown that the
schools need, more money, or that the
teachers need more salary, the public,
will march right up to the polls or to!
the tax . window as the case may be,
and cdrae through without whimper.
Anyway; be was willing to try his
theory once, and. having tried it in an
experimental way, is now ready to pro
ceed to the main demonstration.
Lockley
show off by 'flashing a roll' or shoving
up a big bill a ten or a twenty the
ticket seller gives him his change in
currency, counting it Before him. It
counts right but the easy mark doesn't
notice that the ticket seller has doubled
a five dollar bill and counted both ends.
He may afterwards find he is $5 short
but he can't prove that he hasn't lost it
or that a 'dip' hasn't touched him for It.
"The gang that travels with a
'crooked' show makes all sorts of side
money. If you looked at the circus
lemonade you would be willing to swear
there were slices of lemon In It. There
are, all right, but they are 'phony'
lemons, made of wax or paraffin. After
the show Is over the' 'Juice Jammers'
wrap up the phony slices of "lemon in
cotton till they are needed .again. Acetic
acid, saccharine, coloring matter and
water properly mixed will cost half a
cent for a glass that sells for a nickel to
a dime.
"The season of 1913 found me in Denver
waiting for the ftefls-Floto circus to take
the road. Hay Healey, Joe Miller and
I had put in our spare time for weeks
teaching my mule Lisa to sing. We
finally taught Mm to bray when the
music struck up, and we also taught
him solo braying. I landed a Job with
the Sells-Floto people on the strength of
Liza. They billed my mule as 'Liza, the
Only Singing Mule in the World.' A
few weeks before the circus was due to
start on the road all three of us were
tonebroke. I hocked my mule for S5
to 'Dutch Shults,' a saloon keeper. Lisa
had to eat, and Shults put up- such a
holler about buying hay for Liza that
I touched a fellow trooper for a five
spot to get Liza out of pawn. That
season Sells-Floto and Buffalo Bill's
Wild West show went oot together. The
; price of admission was only a quarter.
i we aid a tana ornce Business. i.iza.
! my mule, and I got 1S a week. We
j showed In Portland that season, and,
' by the way, that was rry first visit to
j Portland. Next season I landed a white
i couar jop ai . a week as announcer
of the main attractions tn the 'big top.'
I couldn't stand so much prosperity, and
a year later In San Francisco I sold
Liza, the singing mule, to Al G. Barnes
for $25 so I could resume my favorite
Indoor sport eating. I met Al 'Barnes
two years ago at Venice. Cal. He said
Lisa was a -knockout,' and he could get
r $1000 spot cash for him any time he
wanted to dispose of him."
Olden Oregon
It Didn't Cost Much to F.un the State
Oovernment in 1S48.
While speculating about the length of
the coming special session of the legis
lature and Its cost, it Is Interesting to
know that at the opening of the ses
sion of 1848 the committee on procuring
a meeting place begged leave to report
'that they have examined several houses
and have decided in favor of the one
owned by O. W. Rice, whicbv together
with the wood for tha session, may be
had for $5 a day In scrip." v
Differ fit Other Ways
'- from the DefereK "ew
Whiskers are not always the sign that
he Is a Bolshevist- There's Santa Clatis.
, i The Oregon Country :,
Northwest lMppmina te Brief' form forth
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- i . OREGON NOTES - !
t J. O. Jervis netted $200 from H walnut 1
trees on his ranch near Hood River.
m0" -SHwton's very oldest residents.
Mrs. Eleanor Baker, died tn that city a ,
few days ago at the age of 91 years. .
.AfIiVi nfreen granted for a barht
S?J2 dmVw,th 2S.00O capital a M.
the ni'w Dlnk " "er ana manager f ;
Curry county has suffered great losses
in sheep herds through the activities of
Jld v attemJ't will be made to
Company K. O. N. O., at Independence J
has just received a hir.mnt lzi t
equipment. Included In the lot are rain-
ttsnsssi ,u,pment-
Plans and specifications for the pro-?
S?Tm2k c"h. ,htch?ry to be erected on
ihi,..I?hSan,Um r,ver hv heen sub
mitted to Governor Olcott by R. 12. Clan,
ton. master fish warden. ,
Lane county has TiSOO in its budget for
Improving the military road bStween
f Rldon ranch, and this
amount will be matched by the forest re
serve, with work to begin next spring.
WASHINGTON
A course In home nursing la being
f?v"JatheJair,s' Training school at
Marir2uCd'um,er the direcUqn of
Miss Edith K. Farrar.
Washington state is planning to sendV
large delegation to the Northwest Milk
. .Jr",. 1nvenllon which will be held
In the Multnomah hotel February 3, 4
and a. ,
Claude Wrlpht and It. J. Darrah. twrjl
Chehalls youths arrested for stealing an
automobile, have been given a maximum
sentence of five years in the Monroe re
formatory. I I
While cleaning his gunln preparation '
for a hunting trip, Dr. B. O. Love of-Se-attle
shot and killed himself Tuesdav,
-.,r0X? w?" weI1 known in many cities
of the Northwest. ,
Word is received from John J. Hewitt,
treasurer of the Wllkeson Coal company
that fighting had broken out between
union and non-unlAn miners at the com-f
pany's mine at Wllkeson. T
...Tf!8 nortlcuKural Inspector at Walla
Walla reports that the buds of peach,
apricot and sweet cherry trees have prac
tically all been killed, and' there will be
no crop next year. Prunes escaped dam-
IDAHO V
The State Horticultural society is to
meet In Payette t January 9 and 10.
More than I2LO00 has been subscribed
pr6te for th maintenance of tha
i. M. C. A. for the next three year
period.
The building fttntJ for the new Baptist
church at 1'ocalello has reached the sum
of f 35,100, Lena than (5000 remains to
be raised to complete the oal of $40,000.
General E. P. Durrail, Civil War vet
eran, has been appointed to succeed E. O.
Burnett as adjutant of the Idaho sol
dlers home. Mr. Burnett held the post
for 18 years.
At Idaho Falls Saturday night two
men were arrested ana lodged in Jail
and 60 cases of, contraband whiskey in
their possession Was seized and placed in i
safe keeping.
Most of the bands of sheep reported ;
stranded on the desert last week have .
been rescued, according to V. H. Smith of j
Pocatello, who was the first to get bis '
sheep out of the storm.
Commissioner J. K. White of the state
department $f public welfare announces
a statewide campaign to urge Idaho cities
and towns to enact local health ordi
nances baaed upon state statutes.
As the culmination. of a long standing
feud, C. A. Feamster was shot and mor
tally wounded by John Johnson at Hur
ley. Feamster was under a peace bond
for having threatened the Ufe of John
son two weeks ago.
GENERAL
In spite of protests by the British am
bassador, nine additional communints "
were executed at Budapest Monday.
Japanese troops now Wing sent Into
Siberia are believed at the state de
partment to be largely diiplacsme it
troops.
Police of San Diego were notified
Tuesday night that the safe of, the de
stroyer Upshur, now in that port, htd
been robbed of $3000.
neariy an me ttntftern newspapers
have Increased the price of their Sunday
editions to 10 cents because of the short
age of news print paper.
Electrification of all railroad termin
als in Canada within a short time U r
predicted by D. B. Hanna, general m in-
ager of the Canadian government ml-,
ways. ' ;
The war department has ordered Llu'i-tenant-General
Hunter Liggett to r-.ir- f
ganize the western department on the J
basis of an army corps ready for ! t niie
In the field. .
Official statistics made public at Ber
lin this week placed the number of ier
mans killed in battle at 1,600)000. These
figures do not Include those who died tn
prison camps.
WJlllam R. King, vice president and
director of the Standard Oil company,
died suddenly Tuesday on the platform '
of a subway station in New York. He
was 67 years old.
A shortage of 1.000.000 cattle In 1919
will cause high prices for beef for at ;
east the next seven years, according to
M. F. Horlno, statlHtlclan for the Union
stockyards at Chicago.
Disappointed at what they term the
failure of the government to reduce
the cost of living, the railroad brother
hoods are considering a plan to under
take the work themselves.
An investigating committee- in New
York announces that more than 6000
Finnish radicals In this country are or- ,
ganized in a revolutionary movement in
league with Russian "Reds."
The insistence of the nubile for cloth
made from fine wools is a large factor
in the present high prices for clothing,
according to William M. Wood, president
of the American Woolen company.
' For forging checks, committing thefts
and getting drunk. Donald Hammond. L
son of William Hammond, dean Of Cor- ;!
nell university, was sentenced at New f
im w rcrii ears in uie state prison
Uncle Jeff Snow Says :
Doc Althurster Is a-tryln to git the
Corners to raise a fund to send him lob
byln' to the special legislature Up to
Salem to see If he can't git to the' com
mittee on the hangln' amendment and
have it add on the death penalty to any
feller sellln' wood alcohol as a beverage
In whole or in part. Tightwad Hender- '
son offered to put up $10 to start with
if Doc would Include in his lobbyUT the
same -penalty beln' worked on any boot
legger that sold cold tea under false pre
tenses, voc is accusea of navin ' per
petrated slch a fraud, but swear ft was
worketl throuirh bv a smart A lack fmm
goat.
Artisan; Value The Journal's
Fraternal Department
Publishing a picture of Alfred D.
Crldge, .The Journal's fraternal edi
tor, tha Silver Anniversary Souvenir
booklet of the United Artisans, Just
off the press, says : "The Oregon
Journal has proved itself to. be a
friend of the fraternal orders and
of the United Artisans. Before it
entered the field with a special frater
nal page In ev$y Sunday edition and
"Fraternal Notes" in nearly every
daily edition through the week, the
daily press of this city gave but scant
courtesy to the activities of thf fra
ternal orders with over 40,000 mem
bers in Portland alone.
"The representative, of The Journal
in this work Is Alfred D. Crldge, a
member of Oregon and of Fram as
semblies, and a booster ail the time
for the enUre order, regardless of
difficulties." . i ;
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