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a K ' - AK ISDETgNDEWT KEWgPAPEtt . tr C S. JACKSOS. ..,,... !; Whiuk.l ever da. afternoon iitd nofsuf It (Except Sunday Aft torooon), at Th Jowaal Building, Broadway V; M i ' Xamnui scran, Portland, Oregon. : , tntared at the Poetof fio at Portland, Oragoa. ' - (or tnrn.mlesloa through tha suite m aacond eleas matter. TELEPHONES Main 7 ITS, AaLomatio 9 1. All departments reached by thaaa warttn. ' T.ll aha .onarator what department Ton flit jfv KifttlGN AbVEKTlsLStl VENXAtiVl - Benjamin at Kantnor Co., BrarlSvrfrBulkihaI. " 225 Fifth wnm' Kt yrt; Q0., Malta BolMlng. Chicago. " - Subcr1ptto Urm by mall, or to any addreae In Ui United States or ataxic: ' ' - DAILY MOBNEQ B AITEK400X) On year- . . , . .S5.00 On swath. . . . :S .80 T j . SUNDAY A - l aar .12.00 I flu loots I 28, It DAILT tMORXINO OR AFTERNOON) ASD BCNDAT Ono 7M. ...17 50 On nionthV. .SB Patn, peace; when there la no 'peace. -nleremiab; 6-14. ONE DAY'S COUNT h ERE is the way the votes ran in the il o'clock count yesterday in The Journal's toll on the treaty : For compromise and Immediate rat- rificatlon, 2; for LodRe reservations ' 0;' for ratification otf the treaty as I Buomuveu to uie tjenaw; uj rrcoi 'dent A"llson. 735: arainst anv ratifl ' ...i hi. j 4- ik. i l rk... ii canon, u. ' There ia no wap to misunderstand vvjiere the tide of sentiment is. In 737 coupons counted, there was not tone for Lodge reservations, not one jh against ratiflqat'on, and but two for i compromise, au tne rest were ior '.ratification of 'he treaty substantially f as submitted by the president. - The eff orta In the senate to fool the t people have failed. The people un- fiderstand, , v; They know that they were "drawn t unwillingly Into a war that began as a European war. The whole power of the American government and a vast ' preponderance of Amerl- itcan sentiment were exerted to keep t us out of that war. , f'. But Europe dragged us into it,- just 1. as Europe will drag us into the next ; j. great war, if nothing is done to pre- ff. . XX ' IL I. tlf. - vnil ' war. . e wun luia war. no 1, ma v .tint win (hn nnvt mtia. Vp hplnp(T ilictate the trms of peace in this ; ne. VVe may not be 60 fortunate in t flhn nott ' t '. We prescribed a. league to enforce ' the terms of the treaty and to make ' 'peace permanent at the close of this .. war. Germany in alliance ivltb .. Rus v sla and Austria and ' nobody knows '.- what o'ther nations, may be in-posi- : p.tlon to dictate the terms fn ihq next :j U:- war. anil in uiose terms auiucraoy t ...Ml 1 1, .1 V. i; buu euujugunuu ui peupica, uuu u- i-nexation; ana au tne war Dreeding : Hi factors of the old order be terms " W laid down for U9 to sign. . . J . 1 J 1L k. . J. .11.. T W UU UVV tllU TTl UJ XX kill UUftll ;s fe a league to enforce permanent peace, H. ,jc who is going to furnish the soldier ,,and sailor boys in the next war? AVhat mothers and "fathers will give I If ctonc in i iTattlntT nn Vrr Kfana f ova.au v w aau a uiihiuq . v a a i 1'IUUO Land, or to be blown mto atoms by exploding shells, ' or to have their ij pyes blown out, or their limbs blown It" off, or to lie for hours and even . J. i a i a a f uaj in icj-waierea saeu noies, or to C fiave their lungs eaten out byiheUlsn it gases, or to pe maae maniacs Dy shell liese thoughts in men's and I roci fauuiis iit nut une bill git; cou- Tii nnn in- vpm.prnav'a cnunt w-hliA Tl's i ' r - - w xx j u va wv minv, ( ' 1 ' AmPrlrun PltlVVlU ahAUann1 Ir IIiaIm .. -7- Z L.ll.l. at a I a . aa v vaaav v. Hit. alLatj SUJJSbaLllLlall J 3 1; it: Jt stands. ; 1st IV LodflTim Is rinar) rxrnt in that n- t V allJ InailnlAlK.. U- .1 . . 1 . . .i- ie .aiicu nmiaai v iiiiniuiirr 1 1 1- rK mv : j W anarchists strut and fume their hour ? is .kwiv and nresenl.lv nu nnf nni v,: li: membered and unsung. ' : ' AfJter- getting ready for bed. a " traveling man. clad only in Dalam- t :i!s, concluded to pay a visit to a ! incuu ' ah Lilts itirwarn pn imnn Tha ' session lasted so long that when he r sought to return, to his own car, he - !f- found It had been cut nut nt ih '; 2 'train and leftjmiles behind. Wrapped ' j ln blankets, he got to the ho'tel next morning, there to wait for the ar rival of his car and clothes'. When y all the people on the train -lined up it xtA fefnaw ffnAi9hva kt. if - " " ' ' 1 - -. v.-V. kV XCLl 1.1k P- a 1ok. : v ;y . FORESTS AND HIGHWAYS 4.: r-- s i I UCH. things have happened as to deprive scenic highways of their beauty, by denuding the artimn- j'7 Ing land of its timber. In many IMnstanees the simple motive thai has 1 Controlled the owners Is that they waniea to reai.ze on their holdings. r1 S jtfost of them are responsive to ap ' r pi peal for the preservation of the -- I' country's wild charm. . But they have ; it pointed out the coincidence that their jf; land and the highway were in the i , 'I same locality and that they could not ? well sacrifice business to civic spirit "; IwJfA solution well calculated to be .satisfactory to all has been suggested by District Forester Owll of the V t United States forest service., . He ' ii 7: ..There is in Washington' and Oregon a ., , wast acreara JM i privately, owned' land. .y-.j-i:'rA suitable only for tlmbtf production and watershed protection, -which bas a' high recreational value. This land, it it is to M saved - to the ' general public, with naturihecenlc attractions, must be ac- qutred bjrxa . public . agency, ' r In nearly every instance it ia believed that owners of this -land would be wll ling and ' glad1 exchan- thejf hold ings witn the government ior umoer or land fat some other locality, 'very often- to the advantage of both the government and the) timber, owner. We . feel . that practically all '.private owners of timber -land will look with favor on land ex change legislation which will offer an opportunity for consolidating their hold ings, if tha matter is only brought to their attention. Pending such legisla tion, the "best probably, that Can be done is to request the owners temporar ily to withhold from sale and to alloy no cuttlag in certain localities along; the scenic highway. This - appears on the surface as a valuable factor in the forestry pol icy, tto one wants the timber own ers to .sustain losses, bat Mr. Cecil's plan might protect all interests and at the same time conserve beauty. In response to requests, more cou pons will be printed on this page to morrow for use of tnose who wish to vote on the treaty. Coupons should be filled out and hurried in In order that there may be the fullest ex pression of sentiment to put In the hands of the senate at the earliest moment. Many newspapers are testing: public sentiment and every where the expression is overwhelm ingly against the Lodge reserva tions. AIDING I. W. W.-ISM T HE farmers are going to fight the attempts to scuttle the farm loan system. During Farmers' week at 0. A. C. they adopted- resolu tions protesting against proposals in congress to make changes' in the system. Propaganda, has been spread throughout the country in a purpose to hamper the farm loan banks and interfere with their Operations. Lit erature binding fault with: the system is regularly sent The 'Journal. At tacks are made on loans here and there through the country. There is definite - and organized purpose to poison the public mind and. If pos sible, to overthrow the system. There are men , and institutions that want to do all the, money lending to farm ers. The farm toan banks have cut interest rates and made Inroads on business that groups of money lend ers have long regarded as their legit imate prey. These interests success fully resisted the formation of the farm loaq system for a generation They are fighting it now for the greediest and most selfish reasons. They are not good citizen. They are not . patriotic. Farm tenant ry was rapidly Increasing in the UnUed States. Farms by .the hun dred were going under the mortgage because interest rates were high, be ing at an average of more than 8 per Cent in the Northwest and at higher in some other parts of the country.v We are trying in America to resist radicalism. The best bulwark against radicalism is land ownership. Any thing that tends to decrease tenantry Strengthens Americanism. Men do not conspire against their own homes. Ljbw interest rates and long time loans are an aid to farmers in get ting out of debt and an agency for helping them retain ownership of their farms. The men who are trying to break down the farm loan system are doing a work that tends to make anarchists and radicals. They are mischievous in their pitrposes and If they should succeed would make many a recruit for I. W. W.-ism. There ought to be a law for deporting them. British youngr women coming to Canada work in homes style themselves "household workers" instead- of domestic servants. They get a better classification than that in America. Here the gil who gra dfously and generously consents to superintend the kitchen is" looked upon by milady as a lovely being. a sort of earthly angel of many priv ileges, few duties and large salary. FOREST DEVASTATION A' T THE present rate of consump tion forestry experts estimate that in about 50 years our saw log timber wilL have been ex hausted. This period will be greatly reduced if the indicated exportation of lumber fully develops. We are consuming nearly three times more wood than we are producing It Is obvious that steps should be taken to conserve a crop which requires 50 or more years to mature. Our lumbering practice is and has been to pay no regard to the sue ceeding crop. No provision is made for starting new forest growth, for the care of young timber and for fire protection. No effort is made to keep forest lands growing timber. Lands which have been at Work century after century producing forests axe transforr id into non-productive and blackened wastes. This is forest dev astation. It is altogether unnecessary, as it is practicable to harvest mature tim ber without destroying the future supply. This devastation is 'in pri vately owned forests, which , contain- iour-nrths of the Standing timber in the United States. . ' It is true that national and state Uforeats have been created with a vfew or conserving the timber; but it must oe considered that 4he timber, of; tbe national foresters largely inaccessible arid will not for many years be a rna terial factor m-the market?- As to state forests, they are too ; insignifi cant to be taken into consideration; . , Therefore it is the DfivatelY owned forest to; which Jhe world must look for Jts supply -of thiiben. , , If their Hadthl -,keen4reiuKm,;Hrt';of. ownere are -,sfr greedy- and short sighted that, they will do nothing towards their . perpetuation, It will have to bo done by the public : v Large arid accessible ' forest prod ucts fare as essential : to civilization as coal and iron. Lumbering should eontinue, but the devastation of for ests should be stopped. ' The problem of high prices has been solved at last. After six weeks of ponderous reflection the chair man of Jhe fair price commission of a Kansas county tells the people the best thing to do Is to quit buying. "What chance' have statesmen afid economists if they have never Had any of the advantages of Kansas? $200,000 .SAVED NSURANCE policy, holders in Port land were saved over f 200 ,000 dur ing the last fiscal year through a reduction in rates brought about by the fire prevention campaign, . The figures show but a part of what the policy holders were actually saved. The truth is that the fire -un derwriters had made a survey of Portland for the purpose of increas ing rates "at the time the fire preven tion campaign was launched. On ac count of the heavy fire losses then prevalent, Portland was known as one of the worst fire, cities In Amer ica, vand it was common report .that the advance in Insurance rates would go up about 25 per cent in the busi ness ilstrict. The increase in rates was never put into effect. The fire prevention cam paign soon showed that losses were to be cut The success was such that instead of an advance there was a cut in rates, and in trie cut alone the policy Holders saved over $200,000 last year. Exactly the same thing is involved in thV accident prevention" campaign. The property loss in .accidents is enoTmous. And in addition, there is the loss of life and limb, the hospital bills, the" surgical bills, the under takers' bills and all the other costly charge following in the trail of a ghastly carnival of accidents. By the same methods we can do in accident prevention what we did in fire prevention. We have already started '.he accident record down the toboggan and we can continue the process until Portland will become tbe safest city of its size in America. Hearing that the federal supreme court had upheld wartftne prohibi tion, a .Pennsylvania citizen who could not bear the thought of life in this vale of tears without booze, placed a revolver. to his .head, pulled the trigger and blew out his brains; that Is, something that resembled brains. . COURTESY AND THE CENSUS PORTLAND woman slammed her front door- in the face of a cen-, sus enumerator. A business man refused to give other information than his name. A Japanese insisted that he could give data about himself and family through the Japanese Association of Oregon. ', All three were wrong. Census tak ers should be met courteously. They represent the United States govern ment. The census supervisor is em powered by law. to make the count. He holds a big stick and can swing it if necessary. Those who withhold information may be prosecuted. Nor do the retentive individuals gain anything. Census information is privileged information. It cannot be used as evidence. IP cannot, for instance, be used as basis for tlepor tation proceedings. " Portland wants and is entitled to a full and- accurajte count in the 1920 census. The 19i0 census was dis turbed by reports that many residents of the city were overlooked. Popula tion Is an economic asset to the com munity.. It is commercially impor tant.' It has such value that the full power of Chamber of Commerce or ganization has been put cooperative lyback of the census enumerators. When the census taker appears, greet him, or her, courteously. Give the information dfsired fully and frankly. Uncle Sam , is counting his citizens. Help him. The Oregon Voter says the acci dent prevention campaign is not "educational." The Voter Is an ex pert on things "educational." It "educates" the cltlzen how to walk up to the big Interests and eat out of the trough. AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE A" N EXTRAORDINARY conference takes place at Spokane in the closing days of this week. The proposal is to organize farmers of the Northwest and pos-j sibly' the farmers of all wheat pro ducing districts of America into a huge organization for cooperative sale of their wheat. It is effort to eliminate the Chicago wheat pit. It. is an anomaly if not a tragedy that the premier foodstuff of the world should have its price fixed in a gigantic gambling game. On of the. biggest investments in America Is in wheat farming. The largest group' of people in the coun try is engaged In agricultural indus try. It is extraordinary that for so many years th-msrketjnp of t'hrv.-., put should fit; in the hands of gam blers who use every device knoVvt. ib human cunning to enrich themselves at tRe expense of those who grow the wheat and of those who consume the wheat. . v ' So . vital a. necessary of - life as wheat ought to be produced and mar keted; with, all k gambling. and specu ativa - processes eliminated.5 U . was deemed wise to do so during the war, when the government stepped inland took control. If the handling oi wheat without the9 aid of the Chicago Wheat pft " vy as a better way Jn war time, it lsa better way in peace timf. In any event, the farmers are plan ning ; a .cooperative system in which they and the Consumers will have something to say in making- the mar ket and in 'ivhich the profiteers who have long preyed as parasites upon an industry; In which they produce nothing, will be put out of business. It is a tremendous undertaking, but these are times of gigantic move ments and colossal achievements. . Race Feeling Arose Very Early in Oregon Deed of Fraud and Violence Occasioned Antl-Free-Negro Law. James D. Saules, a negro, came to Oregon in 1941 as a cook aboard the Peacock, wblch was wrecked at the mouth of the Columbia river. Lieuten ant Wilkes, who was In charge of the United States exploring expedition, chartered an American vessel from Dr. John McLoughlln, changed its name to the Oregon, and sailed for California without his . negro cook, who remained J in nmtng ua tne uregon naa ciearea for California. Saules drifted to Ore gon City In 'the early forties, where he foregathered with another negro named Wlnslow. Winslow hired an Indian named Cock'stock to clear a .tract of land, promising him a horse - In pay ment for the work. When the work was done Cocks tock asked -tor his- pay. Winslow had sold the horse to Saules and had nothing else with which to pay. and laughed at Cockstock's dis comfiture Cockstock left, vowing ven geance against both of the negroes. Saules got. nervous over' Cockstock's threats and, went to Dr. Elijah White, the Indian agent, about the matter. Meanwhile Cockstock had taken the horse, which had" been promised him, as he believed there was collusion between the two negroes to defraud him. Dr. White compelled him to return tbe horse. Cockstock renewed his threats of bodily harm against the negroes. Dr. White thought it might not.be healthy to cross the river to Wenaxka's village and arrest Cockstock, so he de cided to aet George do it," and of fered a reward of $100, to be paid to Whoever would arrest and deliver Cock stock to him. ' Cockstock heard that Dr. White wanted him, so on March 4, 1844, he rowed across the Willamette to Oregon City with a number bf other Indians. He had on his war paint The settlers thought discretion the better part of valor, and left him severely alone. He returned to Wenaxka's village, and a few hours later returned. As he started to come ashore from his canoe a number of white settlers tried to cap ture him, thinking the $100 reward would come in handy. In the scuffle that followed Cockstock was killed, and three of the white men were wounded, Mr. Rogers and George W. Le Breton dying from their wounds. This resulted in the formation of the Oregon Rangers, a volunteer company of mounted riflemen, the first military organisation to be formed in Oregon. T. D, Kaiser; was elected captain, J. L. Morrison first lieutenant, and R. J. Cason ensign. On April 3 they received their commissions Blgnel by Overton jonnson, secretary oi tne executive committee of th. provisional govern ment, and by the three commissioners, D: Hill. J. Gale and A. Beers, who4servtces one week after the United acted In the same capacity as the gov ernor does in these days. J The members of the Oregon Rangers were: Daniel Waldo, Lindsey Apple gate, John B. Kaiser, Weble Haux- hurst, Nineveh Ford, William J. Mar tin. William Delanev. John Edmunds. Charles P. Matt, Ira C. Hutchins, R. I-L Kkin, Peter Brain ard. Nathan Sutton. James R. Patterson. James Martin. John Anderson, Joel Furnham, J. M. Garrison. Joseph Holman, John Ford. Charles E. Pickett and W. H. Gray. More important than the formation of ; the Oregon Rangers was the legis lation enacted as a result of this en counter. It had an hnnnrlant K.,rln on the negro question and on their status in the Oregon country. Saules. who, by his complaint to Dr. White, the IndSh.n agent, had precipitated the trouble, had married a Clackamas squaw. Shortly after the death . of Cockstock and the, two white settlers Saules threatened to kill a white set tler. C..E. Pickett." and incited the In dians against him. Saules was ar rested, but as there was no jail to put him into he was fold to leave at once or he would be "dealt with." He went to Clatsop Plains, near Astoria, and secured a job at the Methodist mis sion. He worked for them till 1846, when the mission was suspended. He was again arrested, this time for mur dering his Indian wife. There was no difficulty In proving Jils wife was dead, but a trial would be a long and expen sive business. There was- no jail or prison to put him fn. and as his wife was a squaw, it was regarded as a more or less personal matter, and while some regret was expressed that she had not been the survivor and he the one that was - killed, they finally dis charged him with the admonition not to do it again. For years thereafter he operated a nondescript craft carrying fretght and passengers between Astoria and Cathlamet. Letters From the People . rCotnmtllllratJnnai an,- .tn t . . 1 If " to Jth.,Drtineiit ihuuld be written son i , J. "aoo'd not exceed wo leafth, and most be (ifoed by the writer, whom mail uUn. . nii !r pan, th. contribuUonJ ' maa; Why Above the Law? v Portland. Jan. z. To the Editor of The Journal Regarding the escape of Sorenson from a Jail sentence. Chief of Police Jenkins among other things says there is "something funny in the case " Traffic Captain Lewis, says, "It will have a pronounced effect upon other reckless drivers and make them think they too, can get by the court. Be having committed flagrant violations of the law." It will do more than this! The poor do not drive automobiles, but It will. confirm them in their belief that tbe law operates one. way for the rich and an other for the poor, to the disadvantage of the; latter. This breeds contempt for the law!, and makes anarchists. Sorenson Says six months in Jail would mean-death. (One examining) physician, says it would not hurt him). But; what ir he did die? - A woman died? and though a jury says it Was not by Soren- son's car. ber children were left desti tute. ' The other doctor said Sorenson may posettoly go insane. What of it? There is an asylum for the Insane, and he were better there than running amuck in the streets, with, -his ' death dealing machine. . . ' As for his weeping camouflage, croco dile team! - The cowardly kla who sees a licking--coming always howls before hand, i ;. ' ' "- : Would; a wobbly, without sv cent, have had ths consideration? l 1 '-, X Ua. tna seen sorenson a, iirat i- fense it would, be different but the more lenienuy net ra aeait wiin we more reckless he became. j i This - flagrant miscarriage - of justice means more BolsbevikL C B. PIE. Making Them ; .'.' v Portland, :A Jan. t To the Editor of The Journal How the ; disciples of Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman and the rank and file of the L W. W. must rejoice in the paroling of tbe millionaire laroberman. "Pete" Sorenson. 'How true -it is that, like Caesar's wife, the rich man Is above reproach. What Simple Simon is there who doubts that jails and prisons are built and main tained to hquse the poor, while the rich ar absolutely immune from punishment? Rejoice. O ye Reds and I. W. W. ! for well ye ajl i know that thousands have been' added to your sympathizers In Ore gon by the paroling of another rich law breaker. Who was the statesman that gave utterance .to tne rouowing tremble -for my country, knowing God to be a just God." One kind : of law enforcement for the poor and another kind for the rich ! How long, O Lord, how long? Believe me, there are breakers ahead for this nation, un less -justice and law are administered to all alike. 1 A. J. HARTIN. Opposes Capital Punishment Portland, Dec. 11. To the Editor of The Journal -Among the bills to come before the state legislature is the capital punishment, measure. A few years ago the voters abolished this law from the Oregon codes. Admitting that the peo ple --are tha supreme judges in this im portant matter and incidentally a step forward In the march of world events now come a few sentimental folks whose aim is to make the law-makers revoke the present law. It is contended by those persons because they were de feated at tbe election and because of recent crimes, that the laws are not stringent enough to deal with the of fenders. Particularly noticeable in the letters published in the Portland papers is that they bear mostly on a tat out road house and on Armistice day In Centralis, Wash. Many of these writers fail to sign their names. Too, modest, may be. It is safe to say "not one mojther'B sbn or daughter of these contributors Would at all care to have the -noose : applied to their own neck." At this season the Christian world ts sliding forth incantations of "Peace on Urt5, good will toward jnen." yet in tne bearts of these selfsame Christian brethren flows' out a keen dsslre to get their brother's blood- -?So far as the Portland ministers of the gospel are concerned, I have ob served only one with the courage of his convictions, to assail openly from thel pulpit . the proposed use of the rope. Shall this backward mqve be permitted to be steamrollered through . by ambi tions politicians with axes to 'grind, un der the cloak of 'patriotism? It is my prediction that if Christ were to come back to earth and pay his first visit to Oregon he would lose no time' in re primanding the makers and framers of this ancient and gruesome way of pun ishment. R. V. COVENTRY. A Plea for Employment Portland. Dec. 26, To tbe Editor of The Journal Still the cry, "Create a Job for a soldier," is henrd on every side, but I have heard no cine pleading for a job for the man who is trying to raise a family and might be out of work at this time. Perhaps the family man was laid off to give some returned service man a job. The returned servfee men are certainly entitled to every con sideration. However, mofet of them are single men who are able to jump out anywhere and do almost any kind of work. And.iif.you please, most of them were looking for Jobs when they en- liatAd nr were drafted. I offered mv States .had declared war and was In formed that should I be needed they would call upon me. I was never called, probably because of my age, 45, and the further fact that I was not fit physically. Yet I would gladly have gone. When war .was declared I had a small business in a small town near Portland which had made my family a comfort able living for some 6ix years, but when prices began to soar I was unable to advance my prices fast .enough to keep pace with the cost prices. Attracted by the big wages, I came to Portland to work In a shipyard. In six months the yard closed. Since then I have worked about four months. I have asked for work and been turned down so many times that I am now almost ashamed to ask for a job. f have even asked a oo-udIS of our city .athers for work. but was informed that all city work was under civil service. I am not able to do. hard work but there are thousands of jobs In this city held by huskies that I could handle as well. At several or the larger otrice buildings I have applied for an elevator job and in every instance was minrmea that they had about 50 men on the wait ing Mat. In most of these buildings the operators are husky young men, work ing for $65 and $79 per month. So it Is all overclerks holding down small jobs where some elderly man Bhould be, or could be. Further, I have found that an employer will not hire an old manLrevealing confessions of this 18-year-old or a cripple when he can get a husky at the same wage, even tnougn tne iormer could handle the work Just as well, and. in most cases be more dependable. I read an editorial in your paper a few days ago about the unemployable unemployed, which to my mind, was In error. I believe there are few cripples wh would not work If they had the op portunity. They are sen-itlve, and de spise sympathy, but If they were given a little encouragement and their serv ices' appreciated they would all be glad to work. . ' H. W. D. Soldiers -and Presidents ,f Portland,-. Dec 81. To the Editor of The Journal Tour article in answer to the Oregonlan and the Aberdeen World In last Sunday's Journal, under the title "Incompetent?" gives President Wilson his due praise for things he has done and argues the hope that he may in future do equaUy good work. But this brings me to speak or the past and the Republican methods in campaign times, though I don't think Ibis' should be necessary, when they are trying so hard just now to clear their Newberry of his purchase of his seat in the senate. Under the eld method as soon as ' a soldier proved himself to be a good soldier, politicians and seem ingly everybody else wanted to' ran him far president. Grant was a good sol Mmr. hut this was all. Just so at the present time. They tried General Per-J sbing. but he wouldn't, stand without' hitching, so they are after General Wood, who .at present looks to them as if .be would do, yi S. O. DAJ3LIN.Q. Senatorial Sabotage . I-ronf thas Salens Capital Journal Sabotage, the gentle act of loafing on the Job, throwing monkey wrenches in machinery and drawing pay without de liverinsr the goods, is roundly censored In tbe haHs of congress, yet congress presents the most glaring example of sabotage In the -nation. No. L W. W. ever practiced sabotage as successfully as congress, especially tbe senate, which for a year baa loafed on tbe job, refused to do the work of the nation, but drawn Its pay regularly.1, Vv if emnloves and working men . fol lowed the precedent . of congress thex- would be discharged, locked out and arrested for criminal syndicalism, j yet caemn expect the people ; K , repre- Russia.' . . COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE - What did you do? Get a new license or lock up. the car? Or neither? That's 08V ' v ' -., , a a There were fewer accidents In De cember than in November. Great is the power of publicity. - a a 'And along with the divorce, we may suggest, goes also -a large amount , of publicity for a certain opera singer. a By the war. the bombs of that "Bad Christmas" seem to have bad something me -matter with their time fuses. a a a Things that don't worry us t The su preme court has decided that one half pi one per cent of alcohol in a pear beer is intoxicating. a a a Perfectly good reason No. S082 for not 'going down and cleaning up Mexico." We should still have to go up against the United States senate after we bad bui Mexico aii -cleaned up." . It appears that the United States gov ernment, employs teachers who speak uuu tesa c.ng u sn to teacn it to tne Jflil pinos. This is all right, of course, be. cause the little Filipinos probably will sciii nave a cnance to learn faultless United States out of school hours. a, One of our best known colyumists re marks of the Declaration of Independ ence that it. has some jokes in it; f rlnstance, tMat about men being "cre ated free and equal." But the word "free" isn't in the immortal document. Old Tom Jefferson was a pretty good judge of Jokes himself. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town Representative A. A. Smith of Baker brought his grip to Portland with him when he left his home town and is all primed and ready for a long visit in the Willamette valley. He expects to spend most of the time at Salem, though the major portion of the current week wilL be spent in Portland trying to convince a court and jury that his client has the best both of the evidence and the argu ment In a case that it on the docket of the circuit court. i"I want to go home, as soon as I can," is the burden of Mr. Smith's re marks, but he says the last part of it In a hopeless sort of way as though he was not at all sure Just how soon that will be. In fact he is more- or less dubious about a short visit at Salem, arf he has visions of a lot of "doings" un there before the legislature finally concludes that it has had enough and gets ready to go home. "I have a hunch." he confides, "that the session -is going to be a 'bear,' so I packed my grip accordingly. It looks like there is going to be something do ing." he sighed. "I am sorry." he con cluded, "because, among other filings, I want to get back home." a E. e: Klrkpatrlck, mayor of Dallas, has come down to 'Portland from ais home town to spend some, money and have a good time, by proxy. Of course he is going to spend what is necessary and have as much fun as he may per sonally and individually while he Is here, but he expects to glean a sort of sad and reminiscent pleasure from talk ing to his old friend and playmate, Ralph E. Williams. Republjpan national committeeman, who has recently re turned from Washington and other inter esting places in the east. Mayor Klrkpatrlck had It all framed up, to go back to Washington with Mr. Williams and, as he has been mighty IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred (ln this article Mr. Iockle telU bow ba stumbles upon a secret a whole floe ot them in fart and bow be foes awa and learcs them. unrcTealed so far as be Is concerned. This he follows with some observations on; the inscrut ability of womankind, concluding with a Tersa offering of merit. ) "Your choice of any book in this rack for 10 cents." This sign caught my eye a day or so ago as I passed a second hand book store. I stopped and glanced idly at the titles on the backs of the dingy volumes. A small volume In faded red leather caught my eye. There was no title on its back. Did you ever no tice that you will pass an open door with scarcely a glance, but a closed door excites your interest and curi osity? This nameless waif was like a closed door. 1 wanted to see more of It. I wondereJ why it lid not announce on its back the character of its contents, t took it from the shelf and opened it. This sentance, on the first page, fur ther excited my curiosity : "I - am going to keep a record of all the boys I meet what they say and what they do. Who knows but that one of them will prove to be 'the one.' " The first entry was dated January 1, ice-7 Aa T turned thai naees of Ruth's . r(J I . ..no . . . " , diary and read the Intimate and self- srirl. as I read her comments on the ac tions and her analyses of the characters of her friends, I felt as if I was intrud ing on the privacy of some clean minded. Innocent young girl," and though Ruth's dark locks are silver now, though she may be a grandmother, I laid the journal down and went on my way wondering what turn of fortunes Wheel had caused so intimate a posses sion to be displayed In so public a manner. t a a How little we really know of what even our dearest friends are thinking. You look across the breakfast table at th nrpno countenance of your wife. and say to yourself, "Eight o'clock snd all's well. All's quiet along tne i-oio-mac" If you could look back of these inscrutable eyes into that active brain yon might get the shock of your life. Tr you ever really know what a woman thinking about? I am Inclined to agree with the sacred writer who says: iAnd the woman was arrayed In purple shevists. agitates, criticises, denounces. .plays politics and loafs. .-As the -Bolshevists make war on tha government, so has the senate made unrelenting- war -upon President Wilson andj the peace treaty neglecting - needed constructive and reconstructive .legisla tion, thus fomenting social unrest, ' Its sole object is to humiliate Iht president In the eyes of the people and to ham string the League of Nations under the pretense of' securing for America tbe benefits'without assuming 'the respon- siDiuues. - ., , , . .1 ,. lumbia. They reached Vancouver No Like the Bolshevists, the senate has . ... , . ' . , insulted other , nations, our late allies and proven friends, advocated Interfer ence In their internal affairs, and fa vored separate peace with Germany as the Soviets did at Brest-LUovsk tactics that npt only degrade the senate, but America. It has done Its best to destroy -'s. American readership tn the world by convincing it that we- are a parcel of petty provincial politicians In tent on personal and party advantage with a horizon,' too limited to 'view wdrld affairs. t t Nocturnal Habit . Fiwb U Boston Transcript , "WouJd you call a cat carnivorous. or omnivorous?" ; "All 1 know about eats Is that they NEWS IN BRIEF .SIDELIGHTS Rail extension boost In "the Salem Statesman: "The Lake Laotsn larmera ean keep a railroad busy. The Mount Angel line saouia oe eiwiw j Lake Xabish district to Salem." larVa were frozen to death during the recent cold weather. the Eugene Kegisier . " man hiking afield last Sunday counted the dead bodies of 17 of these btfds in xx anaoo. nf tknut SO feet sauare where i.they had probably, huddled together. . f ...... ritff.pAnt utners were seen iu j places.v ... -Ratkai-tlna- on how birds fared during the recent storm the Hlllsboro Argus says . 'The snows played havoc with the Mnnntiian nVi.Baant. and many have been found dead in the drifts now that the snow has melted. Many farmers fed these birds, as well as all. others of the feathered tribe. Farmers report that the Chinas in some localities came in and took pot luck wltn tne cnicwna. . a a a Kainni iin'rv from tha Dost-Christmas tajui of the Fossil JoUmal : "Charles Fox came up from his river ranch Mon day night for the first time slnee the storm. He reports a foot of snow still on at the river when he left. Half of his chickens froze stiff and dropped off the roost. He had to work hard to get the cattle down off the -hills to feed, one old cow across the river stubbornly In sisting on her right to stay over there and die If she wanted to. Charles, how ever, applied the usual methods.. He roped her, slid her across the river on the ice and forcibly fell her." busy running Dallas for some little time, believed he . would be able to connect with a lot snore entertainment if he traveled wltb, a confirmed globetrotter like the national committeeman than if he were to Journey back alone: At the last moment, however, he saw a lot of business, crying to be nursed along, so he stayed at home to harvest the shek els. Now he is in Portland .to Bpend a few days, and to make the trip second hand, as it were. After that he is going back to Dallas, give it the once over, afd. maybe, go over to Salem to see the big show when the special session gets to going good. 'V. O. Cozad of Burns has come down out of the highlands to spend a. few days on the winter range of the Willamette valley, looking at the green grass and everything. Mr. Cozad, who Is known to his familiars up in his home country as "Vic." used to be the district attor ney of his district. He also used o be a Democrat, and he Is yet ; one of those kinds that take their Democracy like bis fellow townsmen used to take their whiskey straight and without a chaser. He has still got the habit, still seaking of Democracy, of course, and he is confident that all of this talk about Republican landslides is bunk, manufac tured by professional politicians for the .sole purpose of making the vores grow in the spring' He contends that when those fellows hear from the cow coun ties there will be nothing to-it. After Mr. Cozad lnlshes transacting a batch of legal business, that being the only kind he is accustomed to transact, he is going back to Burns to take a look at the sunshine and the thermometer. He contends, incidentally, that the fel low who named that town must have finished his Job in the summertime and moved on before he spent Christmas there. Lockley and scarlet, a'nd decked with gold and precious stonqs, and upon her forehead was a name written Mystery." He surely knew what he was talking about The more you think you under; stand them the sooner you are going to find that their middle Initial is "M." and the "M" stands for Mystery. I enjoy studying the people I meet. Rarely do I meet a person that I do not go away knowing more than I did before I met them. Yet you can rarely Vll by a casual talk on a stage or train with a fallow passenger Just what manner of man he lo. Recently T was a fellow passenger fow several days with Captain Stanley Rich ardson of Berkeley. In the course of our talk I discovered that he possessed an intimate and thorough knowledge of "-millimeter guns, that he was a grad uate of Yale, that he spoke French and Hawaiian as fluently as. English and that he was a charming companion and a tjood story teller, but I had no idea that he was a writer and the author of a book of verse. Later, at Riverside, I had the good fortune to meet Ills mother. She gave me a copy of one of his poems that I like so avell that I shall pass It on. Here It is: Gray of evening above tbe hills, - Kehoing rruh of tbe sunset gun. , And tha plaintive cry of the bugle's song Calling the day's work done. The parade ground's shadow risepcm On. tha motionleae line of brown, ' The tow of rifles click to prewnt And the flag eomea rippling down. The flattering strip of bunting Tbe bugle' , evening call They thrill; but alone they are nothing. It's what lies back of them all Tbe pwer and pride of a nation, A nation's enduring might; Unchanged when tbe flag ia lowered. An th buglca aUtied for tha night. How We miss trin. the near gone sign Of the comrade that loved ao well Tbe Under voice, and the brave old smile Of a courage that never fell. But tteyond and back of th. things we saw And the patient voioe we heard. Wonderful, deep, lay the love itself, Too great for th spoken word. And we know, when the evening haa fallen, ' And tha bug In of life are still. Tfaat the love of a strong, true heart 9 HMD lives a it always will. ' . But shadows lengthen and vanish ; But always exiats the light ' ' When the sunset gun haa sounded. And the flag fluttered down for the night. Olden Oregon Catholic Missionaries jn the Northwest as Early as 1839. In the spring of 1839 the Hudson's Bay company advised the Archbishop of Que bec that it would take overland two mis sionaries to the Pacific coast and locate them north of the- Columbia - river. The two missionaries sent out were Fathers Blanchet and Demers. October 14 the priests- celebrated mass, the first time In Oregon, at the big bend of the Co- vember 24. The following year Father Demers returned to Belgium, leaving Father' Blanchet alone until the fall of the year, when two other priests arrived to johl him. j Unife Jeff Snow Says : . v , . ; "" i i . I see tbe rockpUe's started up agin out to Kelly Butte, No wonder millionaire speed maniacs gits tearful' when 1 they face slch a prospect, and gits let off to go to a sanaitarlum. Think of a' feller worth even a quarter of a million axully breakin' rock far six months! It'd nigh about make some of them Portland speed millionaires cut out any business with the bootleggers if they was to serve a term or two at slch 'a degradln' and uava- The Oregon Country North waat Happening ia Brtaf rons tor tbe Buht Header. OREGON NOTES In " Lane countv last vnr marrlara licenses numbered 34J. while 108 dlvor. actions were filed. Every incumbent of a countv offlo in T .an rnuntv oa,lll Ha, a r.,lM.t. succeed himself at the coming primaries. A bill will be presented at the coming special session of the legislature remov ing al school levies from application of the per cetit tax limitation. -Gossip about the statehouse In Salem (Hi,,t. .hat . V. . ... ...uavkwc, w.skk in,; au.i.cme vuuri will iJt hand down a decision on the governor- v ship mandamus case on Tuesday, Janu- ary 13. Federal officials in a government raid i at Marehfield Saturday night failed to I make a single arrest or find any In- criminating propaganda or radical lit erature. On the assumption that T. E. Lambert, who disappeared from Belltngliam, Wash., 28 years ago. is dead, steps have been taken to administer his estate at Stay ton. carl urea oonev. nr..ldwnt of Wil lamette university, will leave this week for Chicago, where he will Httend a meeting of the American Association of Collciaes. Ted Ward,-15 years old. who disap peared from his homo at Kalem last Tuesday, Iras been located at The Dalles, where he accompanied a man known as "Slim" Brown. ine unusual situation of a woman presiding over, a grange will prevail In Linn county this year. Miss Bertha J. Beck having been elected master of Cal lamette grange.4 The new mill of the Island Lumber company on Sauvl is , island has begun operations. The mill cost 1150.000, em- ' ploys 60 men and has a cutting capacity of 75,000 feet In eight hours. David E. Burrows of Ontario has filed - application with the state englneer coverlng appropriation of 'waste water, from the Malheur drainage district for the Irrigation of 155 acres of land. The St. Helens Cooperative Creamery association has purchased a tot on tlio waterTront and erected a concrete build ing at a .cost of $5000. The association Is composed of farmers and dairymen. It Is believed in Salem that practically every member of both houses will par ticipate tn the special session, while the usual number of lobbyists will help to swell the crowdj about the statehouse. Plans are being drawn for an addition 77 by 80 f.ot to the high school building at YoAcAlla. The .addition will contain a gymnasium, a room for domestic sci ence and rooms for vocational training. WASHINUTON Seattle jobbers have brought the po tato market uniformly to $100 a ton, with a few selling at $90 In small lots. Seattle's milk supply Is being Inves tigated by the federal government for L possible violations of the lever food control act. Two new bridges serous the Cliehalls "river near Doty are to be built at once -by N. t Sears, a Wlnlork contractor. The work in to cost $12,000. Final estimates of the raln, potato and hay crops In Washington Indicate a total ar.ca of 3,815.000 acres with a production valued at $161,0H8.0OO. Despite the dry law, tha arrests In Aberdeen the pant year show h large Increase over previous years. Tim city has profited in fines to the extent of $3.r..0OO. The Vancouver union of laundry work ers, which Ims been out on strike for several weeks, has- decided to concede the strike tis lost, according to an an nouncement lRsiu-d last Saturday. Levern, the 1 1-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. f Harding of Ortt ville, was rhsps fatally burned when her dress caught fire from the cook ing stove. .1. H. Wheeler, a neighbor, was alHo severel burned while attempt ing to save the girl. IDAHO Feed for stock Is exceedingly scarce In many sections of Idaho, $80 ton In the slack being not an uncommon price. Fire at Malad Saturday night de strpyed a garage with 45 automobiles stored in It. The loss Is estimated at $100,000. . The Oregon Short Line has handled, during 1919. approximately 2400 cars of Idaho sheep and 870 cars ot wool, all entirely within the state. 4A garage with BO automobiles was de stroyed, by fire at ttexburg Saturday night,-- Origin of the fire Is unknown. The Jog is estimated at $150,000. RevO. A. Taggart, for many years a Linn' j county. Oregon, minister and teacher; has accepted the pastorate of the Congregational church at Weiser. ' According to reports received by the Idaho crop reporting service, there were 337,000 acrea seeded to winter wheat last fall, which-is equaj. to the acreage seeded a year ago. William Harris, recently Installed chief of police of Idaho Falls, recently seised 50 canes of high grade liqour, valued at $14,000. on the ranch of Charles Moody, east of town. GENERAL Fornhe first time In 45 years, the sun failed tn shine In Yuma, Aria, Sunday. Rain fell 12 hours straight Premier Nlttl hs rrived in Paris from Rome to take part In conferences Intended to settle the Adriatic question. Mrs. Rena Paddock Townsend, wlfs of Senator Townsend of Michigan, died ' in Washington Sunday after a nervous breakdown. Premier Clemenceau again denied In Parts Sunday that he was a candidate for president, saying the presidency "was being forced upon him." From Budapest comes word that ths monarchical party has begun an active propaganda In favor of an English prince for the Hungarian throjie. TwVUUsh Terminal company of New York has completed plans for the erec tion of a $10,000,000 building on the Aldwych island site in the Strand at London. Death by lead poisoning confronts those who have imbibed the liquor brewed tn a still discovered at, Detroit,' Mich.. Sunday. Lead coll was used In stead of copper. Viscount Jelllcoe, ' admiral of ths British fleet of Jutland fame, arrived in Washington Sunday for a visit to the capital as the guest of the navy department. - ' ' - The Rhine has reached Its ' highest stage In many years and threatens to overflow the dyke about Bentnlck cas tle, the present home of former Em peror William. , A report troAt Moscow Is to ' the effect that Admiral Kolchak has noti fied the United States government that he will cede -part of Siberia to the Jap anese unless the sallies send further as- sixtance to the jWhite armies to safe guard Russia. It is revealed in Washington .that the plans; ot tj communists and communistic- labor parties, against whom the great raids by government agents are directed, are to gain control of all labor organisations a the means of fomenting' revolution. r Curioits Bits of Information For the Curious Gleaned From Curious pi, - vr - - -, It appears that the famous old globe trotter. Marco Polo, has the best claim old s vo mw uMunciwn oi neinj- ne xirst, oil scout. In the history of his travels rn the thirteenth century the old Venetian wrote: - ;- ; - ,.' . . j - . "Ort the conflnea toward nn,,!nn. there Is a fountain from which oil springs . In ;reat abundance, H .omuch that 100 shiploads might be taken from it at one ' time. This oil is not good ? j use as food, ' but it is good to burn end is also used to -' anoint animals that Lore tha manga,' People come from great distances to fetch; it." ir' v fi-.p - v. ,. ; , - , i ne neia mat Marco nio discovered -and wrote about 00 yeari ago wa;ths . forerunner of the famous Baku oil field