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THE OREGON -.- DAILY JOURNAL, . VOTXAMD, SATURDAY. JAKUAK j '. 3, 1S20.
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TiII the operator what department yon want.
FOREKJIf ADVERTISING BEPBESEMTATIYE
W . Benjamin Kantaor Co., Bronwki Bnlldint.
S2S mfth aeennet. New XaAl Malls
BuUdJnf, (nnaeso.
sJubecriptioe terms hr nail, to u addres 1
.mi
Making up i the amount by' subscrip
tion was the community's Idea of the
way to deny, defeat and escape the
reproach of a brpken promise.; Only
12 of the number addressed refused
help. Nearly S00 have responded to a
simple request dropped in the mail.
Many of the others want further in
formation and will be supplied. But
the fact Is that by quick action by
the public spirited majority an in
dustry to which Puget Sound ! was
holding out every possible inducement
has been secured for Portland. It
has a big payroll and largepower to
manufacture the tlmber-wfhe 1 Ore
gon country. This city has already
alted MLatea or Mexico
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Oo fu 20P -f" it la an Incident that fire the fervor
DAILY mobmino T-msiwi " , Y7 , , y
vertlslng campaign of the company.
One year,
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The answer of the railroad ad
ministration functionary to the
pleading of "Western lumbermen for
cars was that the "critical situation
in Pacific Northwest lumber mills is
realized and ; every effort will be
made to give relief." About as com
forting, such a generality is, as the
emotion of the skinflint who rose at
the climax of a fervent appeal for
rthe needy and proposed, "Let us give
three cheers for the poor." Lumber
operators who are closing their mills
because of inability to deliver crowd
lng orders want cars, not sympathy.
MOUNTING TAXES
To ma nags nan on ought to bar
sharp mind In -olTct sheath.
Ueorc e Eliot.
BORENSEN AND BEFORE
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distinct classes. Primarily.. It desires
industrialists of farm, shop and mine
who will increase its productive popu
lation. Secondarily, it wants as great
a number as possible to learn about
ita I unrivaled scenic resources. ' No
one' is better qualified than iMr. Riley
to assume this Utter task- He talks
delightfully. He males an exceptional
leisure time appeal to those who have
money enough to travel for; pleasure.
Indirectly, he may. win for; the state
investors and captains of industry
who come to see scenery and remain
to cultivate opportunity. !
It is to.be doubted, however, if
"horny handed sons of toil" ever com
pose Mr. Riley's audiences, and if,
in the event they were present, he
could talk, with the Intimacy of cal
lous to callous, of farming and manu
facturing. Let Mr. Riley go on with his lec
ture tours. But let the responsibility
for agricultural and industrial settle
ment rest closer to the soil.
The census bureau, so it seems,
has classified married women with
perfectly good husbands and large
flocks of children to watch over and
care for, as persons having no oc
cupation. There must be a spinster
in charge of the classification, de
partment of that bureau.
SEVEN TO SIX
1IE taxpayers of Multnomah county
have been: assessed over 112,000
000 this year to sustain state,
county and municipal government
. -!.! n..4 tin.,. lniT Hrv I nnrl TMlbliA ar-h c fin 0VMV StAnA
aNBSBllri CjrCUlfc juuq wvuw".... v.. J w.
I -moralized the adminlstmtion of I on the tax roll in his name the tax
I traffic laws in Portland. payer will' pay 836.80. This Is $6
, rrnnu havo onnutjintlv nullified more than he nairi last vear.
A 111- J VW vua.. w. , -
the efforts of the municipal court to The increasing cost of living and
punish offenders and reduce accidents. legislation is reflected in the 1920 levy,
With a single exception the circuit which is In excess of that of last
courts have in every case of appeal, year seme two million dollars. Of
dismissed or suspended Jail sentences this increase over half a million dol-
imposed In the municipal court. The ars- goes to the cost of state admin
exception , was by an outside judge istration which has been materially
brought to Portland to Help clear advanced this year by' reason of the
congested dockets. I market road and soldiers and sailors'
The circuit courts have not only educational act.
dismissed or suspended every jau sui- In mo Multnomah county's con-
tence except one out tney nave re- trDUtlon to the cost of state govern
peatedly reduced nnes. ine eueci ment was $1,05194. n 1920 it will
to lessen respeot ior me municipal De i.586.101.
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court, to encourage offenders m me ot the ojooi. 20a. which it is esti-
belief that the penalties imposed by mated wlI1 be required for state j.
the municipal couri are iar irom falr8j Muitn0mah will contribute over
final and to stimulate vioiaiors one third.
traffic laws to inc conclusion uidt mile th amount of monev to be
In the Circuit court they can get I raised bv Multnomah ronntv tHiMv-
relief from punishment inflicted by er8 na8 been increased 82,270,554 over
the court below. that 0f ia8t veas. there has onlv been
The circuit courts, within two n lncpeasft nf 8 191 non in rmmm
years, have dismissed or suspended valuation, indicating that prooerty
23 Jail senteTices. 'mey nave ais- vaiue8 are going up n nr0n0rUon
missed or suspended every jau sen- to other tnlngs..
tence arnrmea Dy an omsiae jUUc. So long ag new values are created
What else can tne public unaersiana thft tftX hllPrPn is not so nAroiiv feu
.from this record than that it is ine It ougnt t0 be evident by mis tlme
,determmauon or me circuu courw lhat the day of low taxe8 ,8 far ahead
tnt i8.li sentences en an noi ,ue mi- i rr, . , ,i
m - - - W I won ui Buvwumcub is wuovauuj
posed for violations of traffic lawsY moummg. New aws are belng
Journal manes ooia la say i" enacted which add to thn Rnfln. of
ine oircu,n courts wav ua is uui administration
saUBiaciory to ine peopie oi r-un- lt would -eem that ,n . pnh
'.land. The people of Portland are lem ls not to hol(f Uxes to , t
a . . a i i ..a . jIiaI I
trying .o onng oruer um ui lueir where efficiency is Impaired but to
aisoraerea irainc siiuanon. f ou- ... thnt fnU V(,,I1P ,a nBivctl1
cally every club, society, association wnat Jg contributed and that every
ana organization m uie cuy uas guuu taxDaver nav his lust nronortion.
on recora witn a. aeniana ior nirecuj
made safe. Accidents increased neariy The department of Justice, con-
300 per cent within tne past two years, cerned. so a Chlcako dlsoatch in
People have learned tnat lines are in- forms us, because of the extensive
effective. Fines are laughed at by dealings by American speculators in
wealthy drivers. Some of them must German marks, wants to know
be sent to jail or be debarred In some whether the Investors are really get
way irom arivius ior penuu or me, Mlng tne marks or are engaged in
cannot be made to ODey ine laws. "bucket shODDine" transactions How
To date, as evidenced by the fla- Llse could they handle German
grant sorensen -case, tne circuit marks at their present price except
courts are standing squareiy in tneun a bucket?
way of reducing accidents insofar as
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one of the worst groups of offenders
Is concerned. Their dismissals and
suspensions of jail sentences are un
dermlning in large part the efforts
of those immediately charged with
and responsible for the administrt'
tion of the traffic laws.
FIFTY-FIVE YEARS
F
IFTY-five years is a long span of
time.
. A New Year's advertisement in
The Journal carried the day's
They are greetings from a firm that has been
HE Pacific coast has met the At
lantic coast in the great Ameri
can game of football and the out
come ls an honorable defeat
by the narrowest possible margin.
A few years ago there would have
been a different story. The East
doubtless expected a different story
now. The organization, the money,
the traditions and the history have
all been on the Atlantic coast- Even
the Middle West has been little con
sidered by the fans and gladiators of
New England, New Jersey and Penn
sylvania. Pacific coast teams have
accordingly been ranked as small fry
There must be a new classification
now. Tne seven to six score at Pasa
dena are statistics of a game that
makes the standard of the Pacific
coast balance equally with that of
the best in the nation. In near years
to come the larger figures In the
score are very likely to shine from
the standards of the athletes from the
sundown states.
Aside from the unlimited money
resources back or Eastern rootnau
there should be no advantage with
Atlantic coast teams. Money, drawn
from enormous attendance at games
and through fees from very large
student bodies, is a strong factor in
football. It ouys equipment, nires
many coaches and trainers and pro-
ides full resource for the highest
perfection of the game.
But there is a militant race, ment
ally and physically, out in the broad.
free West. Strong men and women.
ull of courage, ready for adventure,
and willing - to cope with whatever
might come, have been pushing west
ward from the beginning. They
crossed the Atlantic. Their descend
ants out their way through pines.
mountain and plain, in the face of
urklng perils. They laughed at the
storm and ignored hostile Indians.
They raised up a hardy civilization
in the wilds and manned communi
ties everywhere with a pioneer stock
physically and mentally equipped for
any emergency.
The weak remained behind. They
stayed in the populous centers, while
the strong went out into the wilder
ness to subjugate and subdue. It Is
out of that militant stock which dared
privation and sought unknown lands
to conquer that the gladiators of the
Far West are recruited.
Some near day the standards of the
East will be lowered to them on the
gridiron field.
weakening the power of the city gov- doing business In Portland for that
yernment in controlling the traffic period. For nearly four decades of
situation. They 'are using their great that time, two men, still associated
power as courts to hamper' one de-I together, have been guiding the desti-
partment of the city government of n'es of the big establishment.
Portland in performing Jts functions-! It has been a period of growth so
The great lengths to which the cir- constant that the story of Its oroir-
cuit courts have gone in remitting ress is almost the story of Portland
and suspending jau sentences have me retrospect and the history in
caused thousands of people in Port- volved In such an institution added to
. land to feel outraged at what has the Impressiveness of the New Year's
greeting sent out to its big clientele
through the medium of the advertise
ment in The Journal
The business of the community is
a test of its stability and the genius
of its men. On this test, the reat
estanisnment of Woodard, Clarke A
taken, place.
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Portland should worry! Old H.
C I Is getting one swat after
another. Eggs are 20 cents a dozen
less than a short time, ago. The
market . page seriously speaks of
a
"weakness shown in butter," and Co. has a just claim to recognition as
the amelt are running in the Cow- one of the substantial business units
lit. By the way. can hunger find of this great city,
a finer dish than those same Co-
lumbia river smelt, carefuly cleaned. I The outlook for the outlawed dis
dipped in milk and fried to a golden tilleryman doesn't seem so pessimis
brown. In cracker crumbs? tic after alL Peoria diaUliri an
nounce that by the end of the year
their grinding caoacitv will h
-TTIT rtvl olnno- .ft. I repro com
V ' ""v " ' : for kickless drinks
more attention uiau uc is entitled
to. Perhaps the ninety and nine
citizens ' whose public spirit is
productive should : receive ' in praise
much! of the energy commonly be
stowed in criticism upon the hapless
Individual whose brain cavity is so
'a "' a. a'k a , a a a . -
THE NINETY AND NINE
T
SCENERY AND SOIL
'OST of the recommendations of
the State Chamber of Commerce
are good. Its resolutions take
an advanced position relative to
limited that be is reluctant and In- road building, the opening of Klamath
eincieni in community .tasss. a reservation, the general Industrial
Chamber - of Commerce committee's and agricultural development of the
experfeno is m point It sent to state and an Oregon publicity cam
wo business men an appeal ror con-1 paign.
tribution In keeping Portland's prom-1 But is there not dannr- that s
- ise to--he Aladdin company. Payment proximity of its recommendations, In
iw ui we uc uwupicu i ucnau oi a legislative appropriation
. by tne company's , western pint was j ror state publicity and the employ
, the ' subject The port commission ment of Frank Branch Riley as a lee-
round y had Bo legal powers to aid Lturer will be confusing, and. perhaps
m attracting new . industries by '. per- j self defeating? . - . v
forming soch services without charge. I The state wishes to attract two very
Story Jof a Notable Tragedy
' : of the Pioneer Period i
Together With Certain Family His
tory Interwoven Therewith.
Dr. FnilmJi wblta wu one of those who
responded to the cmll In ISIS to ao to
the foreign mission field in tar-off Ore
gon. In those aaya uregon ws wir
sidered la the same liM aa jnin w
Africa a foreign mission field. Tr.
White came out with the "Great Rein
forcement" aboard the Lausanne in
1840. Returning to the Atlantic seaooara,
he came back to Oregon In 1842 as leader
of the first wagon train of settlers for
the Willamette valley.
When Dr. White resigned from the
mission work and returned to the Atlan
tic seaboard on the Lausanne In the
summer of 1840, the Rev. David Leslie,
who had sided with him against Jason
Lee, was not given an appointment.
This cut off his salary. His wife, whose
maiden name was Mary A. Kinney, oieo
in 184L He found himself with a family
of six rirls on his hands and no job, so
on September 1. 1842, he and his family
took passage on Captain John II. Couch's
brig Chenamas for the Sandwich islands.
Just as lt was about to sail Cornelius
Rogers came aboard and proposed to
Satlra Leslie, 15 years old, eldest of the
six daughters of Mr. Leslie. ,They were
married at once, aboard the Chenamas.
The three older of the five remaining
girls continued the Journey to the Sand
wich islands with their father, while
the two little girls stayed with Satlra,
their newly married sister.
About six months later, on February
4, 1843, W. W. Raymond started from
the mission at Salem with supplies for
his mission at Clatsop. With him in
the large canoe, in addition to his crew
of eight Indians, were Cornelius Rogers
with his bride and her youngest sister.
Aurelia ; Dr. White, who had come back
to Oregon as Indian agent, and Na
thaniel Crocker, a recent arrival from
New York state. At the rapids above
the falls at Oregon City the Indian crew
had their passengers go ashore, while
the canoe was allowed to go through
the rapids, controlled from the shore by
a rope held by the Indian crew. When
the, boat had gone through the rapids.
four of the Indian crew, Dr. White,
Mr. Crocker, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers and
Mrs. Rogers' sister, little Aurelia Les
lie, got into the boat to go down to the
regular landing. W, W. Raymond and
the rest of the crew of Indian paddlers
stayed on shore to let the boat down
slowly with the rope.. As It was pulled
up to the log on which the passengers
were to disembark, Dr. White was the
first to get out. The backward push,
he gave the canoe as he stepped up
ward and outward toward the log
threw the bow of the canoe into the
strong current The four men who
were holding the rope were pulled into
the current and the rope torn from
their hands. A moment later the canoe
made the plunge over the falls. Five
of the white passengers and two of the
Indian crew were drowned. Of the
seven persons drowned but two bodies
were recovered, those of Rogers and
Crocker.
Cornelius Rogers had been selected to
build the Methodist church at Oregon
City, the first church building to be
erected west of the Rocky mountains,
and his tragic death not only threw a
gloom over the city by the falls, but de
layed the building of the church until
some other capable and trustworthy per
son could be selected in his place.
rich as weU as the poor, and have taken
a, big interest in trying to prevent . so
many accidents caused by reckless auto.
drivers. I . wish to ask your opinion as
to the' outcome of Mela 'Peter Sorensens
case? What encouragement has a pa
trolman to act in stopping a lawbreaker
whan, be does not know if It contains
a rich man who rUl be paroled by the
Judge (and likely try to "get" the officer
making the arrest), or a poor man who
will be sent to jail for an example. '
IS 1t to he wondered at that we have
social unrest and Bolshevtkt, I- W.iV.
etci and lax enforcement of laws, when
the results are as in this casef Does
anyone doubt for a minute, if It had been
a poor man or a man of moderate
means, what would have been the re
sults? .
The writer of this is a straight Ameri
can, and loyal, but such a lax way of
doing business, allowing political and
other pressure to offset Judgments, is
what causes unrest Treat aU alike.
AMERICANISM.
COMMENT AND : NEWS IN BRIEF,
Letters From the People
t Cotntannlcationj cent to The Journal for
publication In tbii department should be written
on only one dde of the paper, ibould not exceed
BOO worda in length, and must be signed by tpa
writer, wbose mail addresa in full must accom
pany Ua contribution.
The Sorensen Case
'' Oak Grove, 7an. 1. To the Editor of
The Journal Knowing you are advocat
ing the enforcement of laws against the
A Correction by John D. Rockefeller Jr.
New York. Deo. 16. To the Editor of
The Journal In your issue of October
15 there was an article entitled "Young
John D." containing a letter signed oy
F. B. Wood of Athena, Or., in which
reference is made to an interview I am
aUeged to have given. I first saw this
matter referred to in the publication.
The Appeal to Reason, published In
Glrard, Kan., and I wrote a letter to
the editor of that paper, as follows:
"In your issue of October 11 there is
an artictle which begins, 'John D.
Rockefeller Jr.. upon being interviewed
by an Appeal correspondents said. "I
think that Kate O'Hare should stay In
Jail. The claim that she did not make
the disloyal remarks charged against
her ls immaterial and irrelevant.
Nobody has a right to agitate
against the present system, then htde
themselves behind a law-abiding rec
ord. - Mrs. O'Hare is exactly
where she belongs." '
"It may be of interest to you to know
that I was never interviewed by an Ap
peal correspondent that I never made
any comment whatever concerning
Mrs. O'Hare, that I knew nothing
whatever about her case and have
never given expression to any such
utterances as those attributed to me in
4he article referred to.
"Feeling sure that by publishing this
letter you will want to correct the
erroneous Impression given In your pre
vious publication, and appreciating in
advance your courtesy In so doing. I
am," etc.
I would greatly appreciate It if you
would bring this partictular letter to
the attention of those who may have
read the letter published In your issue
referred to above.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER JR.
' SMALL CHANGE ' ",
Money talkal all right It says "Honk,
honk!"
Good morning. Have you. filed in
South Dakota already yet?
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Nothing to celebrate nowi is there,
until Lincoln's birthday.
In the newspaper game today there's
plenty of news to print but little news
print.
i
This is leap year, which we hope
doesn't mean that h. c 1. will continue to
go up by leaps and bounds.
Considering the price of eggs wonder
how much a mug of egg-nog would have
i naa u oeen on sale during the holl
days.
We venture to say that a number of
the "may runs" of today will be among
the "also rans" after the ballots have
ueen coumeo.
e read that a man shot himself to
PUnlSh his uncl. Thf m-nlrl
be a real case of "this hurts me more
man ii aoes you.
uIfMthJ,B i0'"" keeps up much longer we
snail find it a shorter and mnm -
veniemt process to keep by us a list of
.riiucncan citizens wno are not candl-
umca ior ine presidency.
- SIDELIGHTS ;
Knv, in : etiarri of the mall
routee." cordially testifies the Gold Beach
Reporter, -are giving w
greatly improved mail service over for
mer years, though traveling has been
tough at times."
H. J. Warren, a Moro restaurateur,
while remodeling a building into which
he was to mova his business, 'found
several hundred pounds of wild honey
stored by busy bees over the celling of
the front room," according to the Ob
server. -
A rebuilt truck that will pull a plow
rood and deep at a merry clip over his
fields has been turned out In spare mo
ments by M. Aekerman, a Linn -county
farmer, who thtnkahis little old home
brewed tractor has got lota of the fac
tory models beaten.
For soma years this particular quar
ter-column has been at intervals 'light
ened'' by the dusky countenance of Sonny
Auarin h iniiv wnll known colored
youth who seems to be one of Medford's
popular cltlsens. Here is tne latest, irum
the Med ford Sun's Smudge Pot: "Santa
Claus brought Sonny Austin two pairs of
pants, and a lot of toys, and candy. Sonny
run Im rlv anil Kantv had to leave
hia a-tfta in thai tmnbosrd. Sonny got a
good look at him. He ls a tall, dark
man."
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Protests General Wood's Utterance
Portland, Dec 19. To the Editor of
The Journal I. notice with Interest
General Wood Is quoted as saying in a
recent speech as to radicals: "I believe
we should place them all on shins of
stone with sails of lead, and that their
first stopping place should- be hell." If
he is correctly quoted, his sentiment Is
a fitting tribute to the military spirit
and the mind concept of the cave man.
It should be an Illuminating Inspiration
and a slogan for all those who bear
and, I trust, imbibe the Christ spirit
of the Man of Galilee, and pave the way
for the general to the pinnacle of fame
as the chief executive and guiding star
of our boasted Christian nation.
If the general would read history to
ahy purpose, he would learn that Jesus,
with all others who have blazed the trail
and pointed the way for humanity's up
lift since the dawn of our so-called civ
ilization, daring to protest existing con
ditions, have been radicals and have
aroused the exterminating spirit of the
time-serving mlnlQns of Nero and
Herod. But the spirit of freedom and
sense of right and justice will not be si
lenced by any such spirit of repression
and tyranny as enunciated by General
Wood. D. L. McLEOD.
United States Senator George E. 1
Chamberlain has a lot of friends around
and about who contend that New Year's
flay is a very lucky day for Oregon.
Then, on the other hand, there are some
persons in the state who are firm in the i
belief that it certainly ls not a lucky
day for them. Sixty-six years ago Sen
ator Chamberlain was escorted down to
Natchez, Miss., by a friendly stork and
immediately began his political career
by winning the friendship of the woman's
vote of that district. In due time be
came to Oregon, where he continued hte
political experiments by demonstrating
the theorem that split ballots are not
only possible but occasionally highly
probable. And so It has crown un In
the minds of many that because New
Year's day gave Senator Chamberlain to
Oregon, it is. perforce, a lucky day.
Those who are insistent in the opposite
opinion are those who have tried to Jlp
him out of his election certificates in
the days gone by. either as candidates
or as the friends of candidates. The
senator holds to the opinion that it Is
a lucky day for him. and, so far as is
known, has not entered into any open
arguments with his friends about their
contention.
John E. Kelly, according to the gossip
of his friends, does not intend to permit
A. A. Muck to remain as one of the offi
cial pilots of Multnomah county any
longer than the next election. If a plur
ality of the voters of the county will
come to his aid and assistance. Kelly,
according to his friends aaain. would
nice to oe elected county commissioner
nimsen, wmcn accounts for his not
wanting Mr. Muck to hold onto the Job.
Mr. Kelly's friends are Intimating, more
or less broadly, that he is going to get
into the race for county commissioner
with both feet when the time comes and
BALLOT ON PEACE TREATY
i
Or, 3
Or ,
Or, 4
Vata one cholea. Indicate preference by X mark in aquare.
I favor compromise on reservations and immediate ratification at
peace treaty and League of Nations covenant ;
I favor ratification with Lodge reservationa
I favor ratification of the peace treaty and League of Nations
covenant substantially as presented to the senate bv President
Wilson. .
I am opposed to ratification in any form.
Name
Address
Pill la and mail ts The Journal. limitation of ballot to auaUfled roten to reqntited.
The thieves who stole the four
gallons of alcohol out of the com- i
pass bowl of the battleship Nebraska !
on Christmas eve, probably were
prohibitionists who believed that no
compass could steer a straight
course with that much spirits
aboard.
A TEAPOT TEMPEST .
A'
LL this talk about a "fish and
game legislature" is like creat
ing a storm by throwing dust in
the air.
The duty of the special legislative !
session In regard to fish-and game
matters is simple. There need be no
confusion. There need be no pro
tracted wrangling. There need be
no entrance of ulterior purpose.
The governor has clearly outlined
the desirable policy. It is, first of
all, to take, and keep, fish and game
administration out of politics. Poli
ties is "the nigger in the woodpile"
of the fish and game controversy today.
Divide commercial and game Inter
ests by the creation of two commis
sions. Keep them apart. Don't let
them trade one interest against the
other to gain legislative preferment.
If an employe of either new commis
sion gets to playing politics, hanging
around legislative sessions and lobby
ing, fire him. Measure the value of
these executives not by the personal
machines they build up, not by their
usefulness as errand boys for politi
cians, but by ttia results ; they get
and can show In propagation and
protection of fish and game.
If the legislature fails to end the
controversy by reorganizing fish and
game administration, the governor has
a weapon ready and he has announced
that he will use it. He will appoint
a new commission and order a new
deal. - . ' . ' r' -
BALLOT ON PEACE TREATY
1
' LI
"
Or. 4
Veto en choice. Indicate preference by X mark In iqaare.
I favor compromise on reservations and Immediate ratification ef
peace treaty and League of Nations covenant;
I favor ratification with Lodge reservations.
I favor ratification of the peace treaty and League ef Nations
covenant ' substantially as presented to the senate hv President
Wilson.
I am opposed to ratification in any form.
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limitation ef batlot to qnaUfled voter to reelected.
The Oregon Country j
North wee EUppeainc tn Brief -rem tot the
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show Commissioner Muck, and all com
ers, for that matter, some speed so far as
running for office is concerned.
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There are six members ef the house
or representatives who are not absolutely
sure that the coming sessidn of the
legislature is going to be a pleasant ex
perience for them. . In fact, every time
they take a look at the list of special
committees on the house calendar of the
last session they feel a whole flock of
cold chills chasing each other up and
down their official spines.
During the closing days of the last
session the house had a temporary spasm
of reform and directed Speaker Seymour
Jones to appoint a "committee on legis
lation consisting of seven members, and
to charge it with the duty of determin
lng whether bills introduced were of suf
ficient importance to be given consid
eration by the whole house. Speaker
Jones appointed Representatives Child.
Brovnell, Hare, Lofgren, Richardson and
Schuebel as the members of the commit- 1
tee, referred a bunch of eleventh hour I
measures to them, and told them to get
busy. They got busy and they got Into
trouble right off the bat. They were
Immediately swamped - by the proud
fathers of Infant bills, each of whom
was confident, and Insistent, that his
particular legislative child was the most
Important bit of prospective legislation
before the session. Now there Is much
talk of the appointment of a "cloture
eommlttee," charged with the unpleasant
task of strangling undesired legisla
tion tn its Infancy. There- Is also talk
of giving the old committee on legislation
that Job tn the house. The mere sug
gestion makes the six lawmakers shiver
like house cats in the snow. They are
unanimously "ferninst" the plan, unless
It be Chris Schuebel, who loves excitement.
OREGON NOTES '
Eugene bulldlne? ntrmlta In' Mia tnari '
a gain of 400 per cent , over the 1918
record. .
Damage done to Umatilla count v '
roads by the recent floods and washouts
Is estimated mt $25,000.
ft. N. Stanfteld shlnneri font- nmrlna,m
of sheep to the Chicago market last
Tuesday over the City of Prinevllli railroads
MOTS than 800 annllntlnn, fnr v
estate licenses have been received at
the office of the state Insurance commissioner.
The bond issue nrbvidinar tsn oon tnr
water works and $20,000 for a city hall
carried at Rainier Wednesday by a vote
of 135 to 32.
Fall Wheat in the Weston vlclnltv la
looking excellent and has not been dam
aged by the frost, according to reports
from that section.
According to announcement Just made,
the Methodist church at Roseburg will
beirln the erection of a. lis oon c'hnr. ii
edifice early In the spring.
Damaged trestles, due to high water,
are responsible for the uncertain train
service between The Dalles and Friend,
on the Ureal Southern railroad.
Out of the 1066 homesteads filed in
the Sluslaw reservation, only 131 are
occupied by the original owners, 634
having been deserted and 29S changing
handa
William Malone. son of Samuel Ms
lone of Cove, has arrived home after 30
months In the service, with a a-rej,t v.
Vlety of souvenirs, besides .hjs five serv
ice on i pea.
The. Salem Salesmen's league, organ
ised at Salem recently, has received the
Indorsement of the local commercial
club and will become affiliated with that
organization.
Ed L. Wood, brother of Clark Wood
of the Weston Leader, has returned to
Weston from China, where he served
four years with the Fifteenth United
States Infantry.
The Oregon Jersey Cattle club ' baa
gone on record as favoring a special
representative of the American Jersey
Cattle club with permanent headquar
ters on the coast.
While playing battle with a gun
thought unloaded. Glen Fisher. 1-year-old
son of Henry- Fisher of Leon a, was
shot and perhaps fatally wounded by
the 12-year-old son of William Currier.
Out of a total of 820 votes received in
a campaign being conducted by a Salrm
newspaper, 318 were favorable to rati
fication of the peace treaty In some form,
while only two ballots were cast' against
ramicauon.
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IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
Here la a brief sketch presented by Mr. Ixtek
ley of a pioneer who remembers when the Sound
metropolis wu to small that lt dropped ererj
thing and unanimously turned out -to nun te
bunt him out of the woods when be was a lest
child. Thla piooeer ende hia discourse with a
plea for such a sood roads system (or the West
as will bring swarms of tourists hither.
John B. Jordan, one of California's
well known hotel men. was born In Se
attle. "I am a Westerner, all right,"
said Mr. Jordan, "but I was not born in
California. I was born In Seattle, In
1867. My father, who hailed from
Maine, came west In 1849. From Cali
fornia .he went north to the Caribou
and about 1S63 or 1864 he settled in Se
attle, pick Atkins was the first mayor
of Seattle. My father was the first
marshal. The next year they changed
Jobs and my father became mayor while
Dick Atkins was marshal. I have the
peculiar distinction of being the only
person to have been given a reception
by every citizen in Seattle. When I
was 4 years old, Betty Horton, daugh
ter of Dexter Horton. took me out walk
ing. My mother was sick. I 'decided
to pick some wild currants and take
home to her. I wandered away from
Betty Horton and became lost. She at
once went to the village of Seattle and
notified my parents.' The church bell
was rung, which was a signal that
something was wrong. Everyone turned
out, and parties were at once organized
to search In all directions for me. The
only person left In town was Charlie
Burnett He volunteered to stay and
ring the church bell to summon the
searctMu-s back if I was found. I wan
dered for hours and finally reached the
shores of Green lake, six miles from my
home, Charlie Moore and Tom Mercer
finally found me. I remember they made
me throw away my wild currant blos
soms that I had gathered for my
mother.
"If you are an old-timer you will re
member Tom Mercer. He It was who
brought the school teachers from the
East to be wives for the bachelors of
Seattle. Many of these women that were
brought out by Tom Mercer became the
wives of men who later were the lead
ing citizens of Seattle. My father
owned a 'good sized tract of land where
the Boston block In Seattle Is now lo
cated. 114 sold tt because he believed
Seattle was too hilly a place and too
far from Portland ever to make much
of a city. Having seen what Seattle
has done and having seen a score of
other villages become cities, I realize
the wonderful future there Is for the
West, and the sooner we get together
on a constructive program for the up
building of the West and for the im
provement of its roads, so that tourists
can come here, the sooner we shall
bring about the result for which we sre
all working."
BALLOT ON PEACE TREATY
Or. a
Or S.
. Vote one choice. Indicate preference by X mark in square.
I favor compromise on reservations and immediate ratification of
peace treaty and League of Nations covenant;
I faver ratification with Lodge reservationa
I favor ratification of the peace treaty and League of Nations
covenant substantially as presented to the senate h-- President
Wilson.
Or. 4
I am opposed to ratlfl nation in any form.
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larnlUtion at ballot to e.oa lifted raters to requested.
BALLOT ON PEACE TREATY
Or, S
Tote en choice- Indicate preference by X mark m aquare.
I favor compromise on reservations and Immediate ratification of
nd
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I favor ratification with Lodge reservationa
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I J peace treaty and League of Nations covenant ;
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I J covenant substantially as presented to the senate bv President
Wilson.
Or,
I am opposed te ratification tn any form.
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Common Sense or Hard Times?
From the T acorn a News-Tribune
Every evil bears within Itself the seeds
of Us own cure. It Is so, undoubtedly,
with the economic evils now afflicting
this country. The United States is Suf
fering from speculation, extravagant
spending, wasteful consumption and sub
normal production. These might be
summed up in two prevalent vices, grow
ing out of the war recklessness and
laziness. Along with them, and largely
as a result of them, are high pricea
The natural remedy Is hard times. The
nation is' headed today straight for that
goal. The evils mentioned lead naturally
to hard times; and hard times In turn
will cure them. But do the American
people want to fall back on so drastic
a remedy? There ls nothing Inevitable
about it. Common sense, hard work and
a spirit of conciliation In industry and
politics could check the ruinous progress
toward disaster, and set the country soon
on the road to solid, lasting prosperity.
.When people themselves have power to
change the current of events, why leave
the restoration to the slow, merciless
operation of punitive natural laws?
Who Will Be the Nullifier?
From the Philadelphia Press
There are all sorts of stories going
that the Lever act should not be In
forced against labor, though the Lever
act makes 'no exception of that kind.
Olden Oregon
Barter System Left Little for Money
to Do In Early '40a
Money was the cheapest thing in the
early forties. S. M. Gllmore, who ar
rived tn 1843, writing to a friend tn
Missouri, said : "There is very little
money In this country, though it is of
very little use, when a man can get
anything he wants without It Mer
chants here will sell their goods cheaper
for produce and labor than for cash,
because they make a profit on com
modities, while there is no profit In
cash. la fact, business la done here
altogether by exchanging commodities.
We can purchase anything from the
Hudson' Bay company cheaper 1 by
promising wheat next year than for
caan tn nana. wnesi was worm at a
Tbushel, oats 40 cents, potatoes 40 cents.
oeex cent a iwuhu. v ,,
It Is also stated that Attorney General
Gregory made a similar promise. Is
there anyone in this country big enough
to say that any class shall be excepted
from the penalties of a law duly passed,
intended for the public good, and made
applicable to everybody? Such a thing
has never been suspected la a govern
ment where all are equal.
The Man Who Defeated the Treaty
From the Peektklll News
There ls no doubt about Senator Lodge
being a tolerant, fair and open-minded
man, where the president and the League
of Nations are concerned at least. Just as
his apologists claim. Witness his state
ment to Rev. D. D. Irvine, commissioner
of the Society for American and British
Friendship, as follows: "Doctor, ifyou
have anything to say against the presi
dent or against the League of Nations,
we want to hear you. But if you have
anything to say for the president or for
the League of Nations, we haven't time
to listen to you." And Senator Lodge
ls the man who, by virtue of political
circumstances, decided the fate of the
league covenant when It was before one
legislative branch of the government of
the United States, and there defeated
the treaty.
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
butter 10' centa
were paid Ji-60 a
I from J2 to $3.
Common laborers
day and mechanics
In Tibet the Tartars have what Is
possibly the oldest burglar alarm In
the world. It was invented at a precau
tion against the robbing of tombs. When
a royal personage died In Tibet, he was
buried with all his Jewels and precious
robes. To add a still higher tribute,
the most beautiful young women of his
court ere suffocated and embalmed
upon the day of the funeral. This con
so red their beauty and they were
placed in a standing position around the
tomb of their master, each holding some
trinket used by' the royal personage in
bis lifetime.
To protect these treasures from van
dais the Tibetans erected an arch of
sharply pointed arrows, and whoever
passed under this trod on a- release that
discharged the arrows in Quick succes
sion. This, invention, hidden around the
temples and tombs of. the rich Tartars
was doubly, efficient, as ' it protected
property as well . a executed Justice
without unnecessary trial by Jury.
WASHINGTON
More than II. 100.000 will be available
for road construction In Spokane coun
ty during 1920.
A five-mile dam project on Snake
river near Pasco is planned to Irrigate
about 1G0.000 acres.
A fully-equipped still wan found
Thtirnday at the residence of Ham Shaw
In Kennewick by Sheriff U C. Kolph.
Work on drawing up the plans for tha
Vancouver ' municipal dock has been
started by City Engineer Arthur flhurn
way. permits totaling $1,115,000 for new
buildings were iHsued In Yakima dur
ing 1&19, as compared with 3O5,000 In
I'Jls. .
As the result of a fire in two ware
houses at Monitor, 110.000 boxes ot
apples were destroyed, with a loss esti
mated at 1500,000.
An unknown thief rifled thei lobby of
the hotel at Rainier, took $500 in cash
and $31,650 in bonds and paper, and es
caped without being seen. (
There remains In the Fasco city
treasury from last year's budget
$1100, which the city council has or
dered expended for new fire hose.
Four hundred and thirty-four build
ing permits were Issued at Vancouver
last year and the approximate value of
the completed buildings Is $370,421.
Work has begun on new fish hatch
ery at Chinook which -win have a ca
pacity of 4,000,000 salmon eggs annually,
nearly twice the capacity of the' old
plant.
Mrs. II. Glenn, former postmistress at
South Bend, has been sentenced to 10
days in jail and a fine of 92431 on a
charge of embessllng United States
funds.
At a drive for new members In Walla
Walla this week 294 new ex-service men
were added to the local post of the
American Legion, bringing the total
membership up to 539.
Records of the federal employment of
fice and the veterans' welfare commis
sion at Yakima show that a total of
11.417 Jobs were filled through the two
offices during the year Just closed.
Mrs. Charles A. BarUeson of Spokane
has been named chairman in Eastern
Washington for the $4,000,000 fund 'cam-pale-n
to be beeun Januarv 17 In be
half of Smith college ot Northampton,
in ass.
L. W. Lleurance, a returned soldier,
and his wife, Anns, were apprehended
at Seattle a few nights ago while at
tempting to crack the saf e of the Inter-
lake Fuel tc Transfer company. Mrs.
Lleurance says her husband was unable
to get a Job and they attempted the
robbery to keep away starvation.
GENERAL
Twenty automobile accident, with one
fatality, and 17 oars stolen Is the New
Year's day record -for San Francisco.
The Loa Angeles Times on New Tear's
day distributed a bonus totalling approx- t
imately 160,000 to nearly too employes. i
Food, clothing and medical supplies
for the newly-formed Baltlo republics -were
shipped Friday by the Methodist
Episcopal board of foreign missions.
Secretary Alexander of the department
of commerce estimates that the trad
balance of the United States for the
year 1919 will be approximately $4,000,
000,000. The Stockton, Cal.. ticket office of th
Southern Pacific was held up by a lone -'
masked robber Thursday night and the '
agent forced to surrender funds amount
lng to $275.
President Carransa has asked tha
Mexican chamber of deputies for 50,
000,000 with which the government could '
purchase lands held by foreigners along '
the Mexican frontiers. 'f-
The U. S. army transport Pensacola
left Han Francisco Thursday with a deck
cargo of cattle, hogs and chickens for
the Guam island experiment station of
the United States department of agri
culture. Thousands of radicals from all parts of
the country are planning a descent on
the White House lawn on Lincoln's $)lrth '
day to appeal to President . Wilson toe ,
the release of "political" prisoners from
federal prisons.
Howard Elliott of the Northern Pa-.
elfic, at St. Paul Thursday, declared
that $a000,000.000 must be spent by th
railroads of the United States within
the next few years to provide first class '
passenger and freight facilities.
The bodies of George B. Sinclair, ths
noted inventor, and bis wife, Margaret, r,
were found Thursday on the floor of tha
breakfast room In the spacious home at ' -Los
Angelea They had died from inhal
ing poisonous fumes from a gas heater. '
J (Jricle Jeff Snow Says : . k V
Them deported anarchists on their
ark, we are told, was to have plum pud '
din' fer Christmas. ) The present Unci
Sam give 'em of a free passage to their' ,
own Soviets had orter make) 'em grateful i
but I reckon they're. about the ongrate
fulest bunch of humans that aver mads !
a trip to Europe.
Wants Classified to Bring",
"Bob" Home
Mra C, H. Francis, 454 Rodney
.avenue, has great faith In Journal
classified ' columns and that's why
she' advertising for- the return of
"Bob," her pet cat.. 12 years old., a
beauty prise winner and companion.
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