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J Grief for thlnfs part that cannot be rem
edied and aches for things to come that
' oannot be prevented, may eaaily hurt, and
can nerer benefit me. Bishop Hall.
WHICH TESTIMONY?
"I
WAS in France from May,
1918, to March, 1919, and my
brother wlio was with me,
was killed. I favor a remedy
that will 6ettle disputes other than
hv war "
V On the day that Senator Heed of
juissoun nenounceu trie peace ircaij
before the Portland Chamber of Com
.merce, the above words in a note ac
companying a. vote for the treaty
camo to The Journal from a Port
land service man. The fighter lost
' his brother in the war. He knows
what war Is. He was-where big sheila
burst an?! iron and steel ploughed
fthelr way through ranks of living,
breathing men. He knows tha. a gas
attack is a literal hell on earth.
w The same mail brought a letter
from a Medford father who had three
sons In the war, one of whom paid
the supreme sacrifice. "I don't like
the. Idea of a few junker politicians
causing that sacrifice to have been
must t ...In II .,.., tl.ii. IV. Clnn,
juauu ill rani, pn.i tins muni, oiin.c
"he gave a boy to win the vjar, since
. he passed through the period ot
anxiety and tht;n received the agon
izing Intelligence that one of his pre
cious three had fallen, this father's
testimony Is highly competent.
Those who count their dead In the
: . lata war arc not t.hirslinir for the
next war. They and those who feel
for them ure voting for the treaty.
The treaty ma;, not be all they de
Sire, but it is the best that could be
had, and it is effort to save the young
men from another Argonnc or an
other Chateau-Thierry.
VI am for a remedy that will settle
-disputes other than by war," says the
returned service man, who lost his
brother n Prance. "I arn against the
. treaty, against th ; league and am
ready for the next war," is the atti
tude of :enator Heed.
Which testimony is the best that
of the fighter who was there and
saw the bloody tragedy, or the sen
ator who sat in a swivel chair, and
. voted most of the time in congress
'for, measures to please his pro-German
constituency?
' A black snake, B feet 2 inches
long;, approached the baby carriage
In which an infant clept on a lawn
m uaivua, (vail. A lit? HILclJll a pet,
a cat, attacked the snake and a
battle royal ensued in which the
carriage vas overturned and the
( Child thrown out. Hearing the
. noise the child's mother rushed out
to be terrified at the sight of the
two, savagely whirling bodies of the
fighters close by the child. The
fangs of the cat were finally sunk
Into the snake's head, and the battle
ended.
OREGON BOOKS FOR OREGON
IT IS claimed that not an Oregon
made tet-book is required In our
public schools.
M 1 . .
, wnen me paeinc coast series
Was In use in the schools of Oregon
one of the readers was edited by
Samuel h. Simpson, a native Ore-
gonlan. The book contained much
" valuable literature appertaining to
this state. The pupils were required
to memorize the "Beautiful Willam-
, ctte " selections from Colonel Baker's
"Orations" and other poetry and
i prose.
, -There was much in the book that
, lauded our environment, and much
of , it was taken into our lives. It
-was a beautiful beginning; for there
was; something so abiding in those
lilies which we memorized that, like,
the line3 of Burns, they refuse to
leave us.
But In the course of a few years
the book was supplanted by an East
ern publication, and f :om then to now
there has probably not been an Ore
gon Or . 'Ven a Pacific coast book
7 adopted in the public schools of this
state. . .
At . that lime printing establish
ments and book binderies in the state
were' probably inadequate. It was
natural, therefore, that our school
books should be made elsewhere.
Conditions are wholly different now.
Our public schools are supplied with
, college and university graduates com
, petent to "prepare suitable text-boofei.
Our great printing houses and bind-
j
erles are equal to the task, and the
people have adopted the slogan. "Oregon-made
Goods for Oregon."
Shall the schools be the exception
to this slogan, or shall the slogan be
taught and practiced in our schools.
There is Oregon literature and
sketches of Oregon life and history
that an Oregon series of readers, for
instance, would ingratiate into the
lives of Oregon school 'pupils. They
would add to the common stock of
knowledge of the commonwealth.
They would make impressions on
the receptive mind of youth that
would make for the good of the state.
More Is needed from the clubs
and societies and associations than
their good will, If the accident-prevention
campaign is to get results.
The Journal Is printing columns and
columns of matter showing causes
of accidents, showing the faults of
pedestrians, showing the blunders
and excesses of drivers, showing
how the courts conflict with each
other, showing the peril of faulty
brakes, showing every phase of the
traffic situation, all of it educa
tional in character, but of little
value unless the Information sup
plied be made use of. The clubs
and dealers and garage men and
housewives and all others can help
the traffic . '.ice and the other
authorities cut the number of ac
cidents to the bone. It was done
In fire prevention and it can be done
with accidents.
WHY NOT?
DRUGGISTS nre licensed. Barbers
arc licensed. Lawyers are li
censed. Dentists are licensed.
They are licensed as a protec
tion of the public against incompe
tents. An irresponsible dentist, for
instance, may spoil a tooth, or an un
licensed lawyer be Ignorant of the
law, or an tincredentialed druggist
sell Lydia Pinkhamli pink pills for
the wrong ailment, or an unlicensed
barber slash a tiny wart off his
patron's chin.
But in Oregon the automobile driver
is not restricted. He can drive drunk
or drive sober. He can kill a woman
or slay a man, and after he gets
through with the police he can mount
his machine and drive gaily off on
another fatal excursion. If crazy he
can hire a high power car and speed
madly through a crowded Intersec
tion. His power to destroy Is unlimited.
Of late, he has been killing somebody
every 10 days in Portland.
If a barber must be licensed why
shouldn't an automobile driver be
licensed?
One of the last public utterances
by Dr. Bernard Daly, the "grand
old man" of Lake county, was made
at Klamath Falls upon the occa
sion of the visit there by the Port
land trade extension excursion.
Referring to proposed railroad ex
tension and irrigation affecting Lake
county he said: "For irrigation and
for the railroad for the develop
ment of our great and little known
district wt are ready to spend our
every dollar and to borrow to the
limit of our credit." It was such
spirit that made Dr. Daly a tower
of strength to his community and
that caused others to share this
belief.
RIGHTS OF UNEMPLOYED
AS MIGHT have been expected the
Wall Street Journal frowns In
ponderous wrath at the quota
tion credited to David Lloyd
George by James Henry Thomas,
British labor leader, that it is the
state's duty to find work or "to pro
vide subsistence" for the unem
ployed. But Avhat after all is there
so revolutionary ahout the proposal.
The state now provides subsistence
for the unemployable unemployed.
County farms serve little other pur
pose than to supply a peaceful haven
for the derelicts of life. It is true
that similar provision is not made for
the emergencies of the independent
m spirit, nor do they want such aid.
But the man who wants to work
ought to have work. Idle, he is
dead weight and may become a Henri
beat. Employed he is an economic
asset and a better citizen.
The employable among Americana
have enough initiative under ordi
nary circumstances to find nr mat.
opportunity for employment. If rein-
ditlons are so abnormal that thost
who want work can't get it, wouldn't
it be more humane and more mnnm.
ically accurate for the state to se?
that they have subsistence?
Some of the clvi organizations
that titla workaday citlsens with
unremunerative but arduous offices
are installing newly elected presi
dents and directors. To these,
three observations may be valuable:
No civic club possesses civic effici
ency unless it takes on definite and
carefully pre-considered duties, and
finishes what it starts. Factional
ism cuts at the roots and saps the
strength o- any organization. The
only compensation adequate for
public service well performed is the
inner sense of duty done.
A NEW SOUL
HERE is a case of the new spirit
of democracy.
Employes of the Chicago Au
tomobile club were guests of
honor at a party and dinner given
New Year's eve by the club members
in recognition of their faithful ser
vice during the year. Waiters, por
ters, bus boys, bell beys and other
employes found a prominent contrac
tor as the door man. The advertis
ing manager of a large steel corpora
tion was their elevator bojvand their
hats and coats were checked by the
vice president of the club.
Playing their role faithfully, the
employes gave 5 cent tips to the big
ones who were temporarily serving
them. The. , also mace the bell boys
carry suit cases filled with bricks
to the top floor, for which service,
nickel tips were tendered.
Such instances, along with the di
vision of profits of concerns as ex
ampled in innumerable ' bonuses,
mounting to millions, awarded all
over the counlry, are a new spirit
that, after all, may be pledge of a
real soul of democracy.
A dinner was given to poor men's
horses by the Horse Aid society in
New York on New Year's day. Four
hundred horses, owned by poor men
who were able to afford not more
than one equine, were fed heavily
on a dinner of oats, bran and . al
falfa mixed, topped off with a third
of a bale of hay for each. Even at
this distance one can almost hear
the grind of their molars as tha
equines eagerly munched their deli
cacies. PORTLAND TRADE
THE Port of Portland commission
has executed the duty given it by
the public in the employment of
a traffic director. It has secured
a rrian who will be expected to attend
vigorously to the community phases
of trade extension. It has joined with
the commission of public doc' in en
listing the "services of a port en
gineer and in the preliminary form
ulation jf a plan for a harbor plant
that will serve all the needs of ship
ping. The people have gone a long way
toward making Portland a greater
world port. Equal progressiveness is
up to Portland's business men. The
destiny of the port is actually in their
hands. They are the ultimate factors
of business getting and traffic dis
tribution. J. Fred Larson gives im
portant counsel when he advises our
business interests to transact their
business direct with foreign ports
rather than through San Francisco
and Puget sound. Neither does his
suggestion. la,ck force because of new
ness. Some, years ago a "port loyalty roll
call" was proposed. Business men
were to be recorded in respect to
their several degrees of willingness to
use th.e port. "Stand up and be
counted" was the exhortation It was
disclosed through the federal cus
toms house that a startlingly small
number of importers of goods for
Portland and its trade area were
clearing through this port, or even
having shipments that came to other
ports sent here in bond. At the time
the excuses were two.
"We lack shipping.
"We lack forwarding agencies."
Ships are coming back. Attractive
opportunities are offering for home
ownership and control of ship, lines.
Competent forwarding agencies have
been and are being established. The
port's staple shipments, lumber, ce
reals, fish, meats and fruits, are in
such keen demand that even the
abnormal exchange situation and un
certain foreign credits are not in
superable. Local industries are pro
viding a growing market for raw
products that constitute return car
goes.
Portland needs only as an additional
guarantee of surprising port success
that business men do business direct
through Portland.
The totals in The Journal's poll
on the treaty were read In the
United States senate yesterday by
Senator Chamberlain. , Those who
are sending In coupons are having
their votes counted at Washington.
Hurry in your coupons and help se
cure ratification of the treaty, the
return of the world to normal and
ultimately the reduction in the high
cost of living.
BERNARD DALY
CENTRAL OREGON loses one of its
foremost men in the passing of
Judge Bernard Daly.
ior naa mat region a strong
er friend. His endeavors for trans
portation that would bind Lake and
Klamath counties more closely to the
rest of Oregon never ceased. His pro
tests against an arrangement that
taxed Central Oregon but otherwise
left that district neglected :.nd for
saken, an annex in fact of California.
were constant and powerful.
His vision was more than local. It
comprehended the broad state in all
its fullness and potentialities. It
grasped the meaning of the nation
as was superbly exampled in his-aggressive
leadership in Libertv loan.
Red Cross and other great drives dur
ing the war period. Lakeview and
Lake county in that time were al
ways among the first and often many
times far above the limit in subscrib
ing their quotas. In the sympathetic
response of the people and the en
thusiasm with which Dr. Daly stood
up for America and American arms
in action, the state had a superb ex
ample of unadulterated loyalty.
Dr. Daly never ceased educating
himself; Originally graduated for
the medical profession, he studied
law at a time' in his career when
most men have laid aside thoughts
of further education, was admitted to
the bar and became a circuit jude
He was a fine type of far western
manhood.
Now it appears that as an "abso
lutely original game" auto poker
has appeared in a Kansas village
and the constable, by heck! just
naturally pulled a couple of the
perpetrators and fined em $10
apiece - so , the w pernicious game
wouldn't spread lta infection. Aa
a matter of simple Justice, the Kan
aana should be exonerated from the
charge of originality. Auto poker
started somewhere out West. It
consists of betting on what will be
the license tag numbers if passing
machines. Portland passed it on
toward the East about a year ago.
Probably it will appear in New York
one of these days as an absolutely
new diversion for chance takers.
Slavery Question Vexed Ore
gon Same as Other States
Legislation Enacted to Bar Free as
Well as .Enslaved Negroes.
For many years prior to the Civil
war the question of slavery and the color
line constantly cropped ' up in Oregon's
legislation. The matter was brought
to an issue at Oregon City when Wins
low, a negro, refused to pay an Indian
named Cockstock for work be had done.
The dispute Jed to the death of Cockstock
and of two white men. Dr. McLoughltn.
knowing the Indian character, prevented
further trouble from the kinsmen of the
slain Indian by giving his widow a num
ber of Hudson Bay blankets. James D.
Saules, also colored, who had precipi
tated the quarrel, was soon In hot
water again and was "strongly advised"
to leave the Willamette valley. With
his Indian wife he went to Clatsop
plains, where a few years later he was
arrested for killing his wife, "but was
soon released. Wlnslow also moved to
the mouth of the Columbia, where he.
with another negro, named Vanderpool,
was later arrested and banished' from
Oregon Territory after a hotly fought
legal contest.
The legislative committee of the Ore
gon provisional government in 1841 so
amended the marriage law as to make
males 16 years old and females 12 years
old competent to enter into the mar
riage relation. They also passed a
strict prohibition act. As a result, of the
trouble between Cockstock and the two
negroes, in which the whole community
was endangered through the possibility
of the Indians going on the warpath,
they passed an act relative to slavery.
free negroes and mulattoes. Having,
adopted the ordinance of 1787. Oregon
was as a consequence "free territory."
Dr. Elijah White's petition to the sec
retary of war to prevent the immigra
tion of negroes to the Oregon country
not being received with favor, the legis
lative committee In 1844 passed an act
to rid the Oregon country of all negroes,
whether free or held in servitude. The
act read as follows:
"Be it enacted, by the legislative com
mittee of Oregon :
"Section 1. That slavery and involun
tary servitude be forever prohibited in
Oregon.
"Section 2. That in all cases where
slaves shall have been, or shall hereafter
be. brought into Oregon the owners of
such slaves shall have the term of three
years from the introduction of such
slaves to remove them out of the country-
"Section 3. That if such owners of
slaves shall neglect or refuse to remove
such slaves from the country within the
time specified In the preceding section,
such slaves shall be free.
"Section 4. That when any free negro
or mulatto shall have come to Oregon,
he or she. If of the age of 18 or upwards,
shall remove from the country within
the term of two years for males and
three years for females from the pas
sage of this act.
"Section 5. That if such free negro
or mulatto be under the age aforesaid
the time specified In the preceding sec
tion shall begin to run when he or she
shall arrive at such age.
"Section 6. That if any such free
negro or mulatto shall fail to quit the
country as required by this act. he or
she may be arrested upon a warrant
issued by a justice of the peace and If
adjudged guilty shall receive upon his
or her bare back not less than 20 nor
more than 39 stripes, to be Inflicted by
the constable of the proper county."
The following section provided that if
the negro or mulatto failed to quit the
country within six months of being
whipped he or she should be rearrested
and receive the same punishment every
six months till they decided to leave.
Later the section requiring negroes to
be whipped was amended and it was
provided that upon conviction of being
in the cor.ntry illegally they should be
turned over to any person who would
see that they were expelled from the
country in the shortest time, the person
to secure payment for his trouble by
BALLOT ON PEACE TREATY
Tote obs eheioe. Indicate preference by Z nark tn square.
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I favor compromise on reservations and Immediate ratification of
I J peace treaty and League of
peace treaty and League
I favor ratification with
Or. 1
Or I.
Or. 4
f "1 I favor ratification of the
L J S
covenant substantially as presented to the sennte hv President
Wilson.
1 am opposed to ratification in any form.
Name
Address 7
gill la aae mail to Taa Journal. Limttatioa
BALLOT ON PEACE TREATY
Vote oas rholee Indicate preference by Z aurk ia aqnare.
I favor compromise on reservations and Immediate ratification of
peace treaty and League of Nations covenant :
I favor ratification with Lodge reservations.
'
Or. 2
Or I.
I favor ratification of tha peace treaty and League
covenant substantially as presented to the senate by
Wilson.
1 am opposed to ratification tn any form.
Or. 4
Name
Address
fill is and mail te Taa Journal. Umrtatloe
BALLOT ON PEACE TREATY
InLcat
Vote one choice Indicate preference by X snarl na aoaara.
l I" 1 I favor compromise on reservations and Immediate ratification ef
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peace treaty and League of
Or, I r 1 I favor ratification with
1
Or S, r "I I favor ratification ef the peace treaty and Lear
L J covenant substantially as presented to the sennf
Wilson.
Or.
Nam
1 am opposed to ratification
I Address
rm te sad saafl tevTae JovnaX.LlsmttattoB
having control ot the person and se tr
ices of the negro meanwhile.
Thla question of tlte legality of the act
was tried at Oregon City at the first
term jf court held in Clackamas county,
by Chief Justice Thomas Nelson in
1851. Judge Nelson held that the law
excluding blacks from Oregon was con
stitutional, and as a consequence the
two negroes Wlnslow and Vanderpool
over whom the suit to test the law was
brought, were expelled from Oregon.
Letters From the People
Communications sent to Tha Journal for
publication In thli department thuuld be wrKUn
on onlj one aide of the paper, ahould not exceed
SOO words in length, and moat be aisned by the
writer, vboae mail address in full most accom
pany the contribution, j
Can't Understand V. S. Senate
Portland, Dec 22. To the Editor of
The Journal In a letter from Nathan
Medofsky, connected with the consular
service in Berne, Switzerland, is re
flected the sentiment which in Europe
holds this country as regards the peace
treaty. Following Is an excerpt:
"The people abroad stand aghast at
the spirit of some of the American
statesmen in opposing President Wilson
so desperately and refusing to sanction
the entry of the United States into the
League of Nations. They simply can
not understand at this end of the globe.
I hope that the members of the oppo
sition party will Boon come to their
senses and give peace and liberty to
the world. Just when America took the
lead and was directing the world, a
petty partisan spirit shows it head. As
viewed from this side of the water, this
certainly is an ugly manifestation. It
strips America of the power and dig
nity which are Justly due her."
Nathan Medofsky is a Portland resi
dent, having lived here since 1902. Israel
Medofsky has been rabbi and cantor in
Portland synagogues since that time till
1914, when the family left for the Holy
Land. Upon their landing in Jaffa,
Palestine, it was but a short time when
Messrs. Morris and Nathan Medofsky
became connected with consular services
In Jaffa and Jerusalem. When the
United States strained relations with
Turkey they were sent for service to
the American legation In Berne. Switzer
land. Both were on duty in Berne until
the peace conference opcrjed in Paris,
and Morris Medofsky was summoned on
special secretariat work at the confer
ence. On account of his excellent work
in Paris, where he still is, he is urged
to accept a position with the first am
bassadorial office in Berlin, which he
is reluctant to do on account of his de
sire to come back to Portland. Nathan
is still in Berne, but expects to be back
in Portland within a few months.
BEN MEDOFSKY.
Denounces All Pro-German ism
Corvalli Dec. 31. To the Editor of
The Journal I read your Interesting
editorial last night entitled "The Case
of Berger." You ask some important
questions. May I venture an answer to
some of them?
You ask, "Is the case against Berger
much, if any, worse than that against
Newberry of Michigan, under indictment
for his alleged purchase of his seat In
the senate?" Assuming that Berger's
case is no worse, it seems to me. does
not entitle Berger to his seat, for, if
guilty, Newberry has no business in the
senate. But is not Berger under sen
tence for disloyalty? If guilty, as proved
by the lower courts, his place is behind
bars, instead of in the congress of a
nation that he evidently wanted to see
conquered by the unspeakable Hun.
You speak of La Follette and of
pro-German sentiment in Wisconsin
being responsible for his pro-German
work in the senate. 1 am one
of the millions of Americans who be
lieve the senate brought enough dis
grace upon itself and the nation by seat
ing La Follette, without adding to It by
seating Berger. I believe every man
who was known to favor the German
government or who aided It by word or
act in the slightest degree during those
trying years of war. should forever be
debarred from holding office in the coun
try they were willing to turn over to the
world's most greedy despot. I would go
farther, and deprive every such one of
the voting privilege. If they do not like
It, let them, or compel them, to go back
to their beloved despotism.
The right of free speech is another
matter. Let every crank voice his pet
theories so long as he advocates legiti
mate "improvements" in the govern
mental system by lawful means, but the
man or woman who tries to overturn
this government by violence or to turn
it over to the tender mercies of a for
eign foe is an enemy, and if there is no
law or precedent for disfranchising them,
by the Eternal I'd make one. If I were
in the congress of the United States
4 J. A. GILKEY.
of Nations covenan
Lodge reservations.
Nations covenant ;
peace treaty and League of Nations
of ballot to q&aUflrd Toten la requested.
it Nations
President
ef ballot to oaalifled voters la raqeeates.
Nations covenant;
Lodge reservations
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in any form.
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ef seTtot te eiined voteii aj' mMtad.
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Glad the censors can't delete our kisses.
It goes almost without saying that
there's some Hunnish business among
the Reds.
There may be spirits In the, world as
some scientists claim, .but they're get
ting scarce. (
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Wetre with the government In its ef
forts to wring the tears out of the
profiteers.
Scientists are out looking for a new
planet, but Just the same we'll bet their
wives think that's only an alibi.
It doesn't thrill us very much to
know that there is going to be a spe
cial session of the state legislature.
Local 'Tteds" will face the grand
jury, though we don't see really how
they can have the face to face any de
cent person.
The three-mile limit is accurately de
fined as that line beyond which there
ceases to be water, water everywhere
but not a drop" to drink.
Women have always been told that
they are more charming and beautiful
than men, and have admitted it. This is
the year that, in addition, they will be
told that they excel men in intelli
gence, fair mindedness and knowledge
of public questions, and they will doubt
less admit that, too.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
E. I. Ballagh of St Helens was in Port
land Sunday en route to Salem, to at
tend the fish and game conference called
to meet Monday by the governor. Now
he is in Portland en route to St. Hel
ens to pack his grip and make ready
to go up to Salem next Monday to help
settle the quarrel one way or the other.
Mr. Ballagh is a member of the fish and
game committee of the house and dur
ing the 1919 session used to serve kip
pered salmon, and other things like that,
to his colleagues when the weather was
too bad or their stomachs were too timid
to start an offensive against the capital
city food palaces. Some of those who
fed from his bounty sometimes wondered
whether he had any malice aforethought
in stuffing them with salt fish all dur
ing the day w hen they were compelled to
live In a dry town during 11 the nights,
but. without 'ooking too closely at the
molars of the gift horse, it may be
stated without fear of successful con
tradiction that all of the members of
the house, and thf.se of the third house
whose jobs may survive, will hope that
Mr. Ball a eh will have a few slabs of
salmon with him when he shows up at
Salem next Monday morning.
e
Julius Caesar Black, which does not
tell his name, for good and sufficient
reason, as does hereafter appear.- but
does designate his complexion, is a
polishing, if not a polished, gentleman.
Men Who meet him in the rough, de
part shining examples of what even
Blight association with him will ac
complish. But Julius Caesar Black Is
a sadder, if not a darker, man.
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
f This article possesses a consoling- interest aa
eridenre of the gratitude of Belgiani toward
An. erica and Americans, as manifested in their
care of the craves of Uie soldiers from over
seas who fell in battle on Belgian soil.
J. B. Rimmonds of 241 East Eightieth
street, Portland, was with the Ninety
first division in France and Belgium.
"While a member of the 316th sanitary
train, I served under Major Swensen,
whose office is in The Journal building,
as well as under Major Iewis, also of
Portland, and Lieutenant Colonel Berry,"
said Mr. Simmonds. "Here is a letter
I have Just received from the school
master at Waereghem, in Flanders, Bel
glum, that may Interest you. We were
stationed there for a while and 1 made
many friends among the civilians. 1
sent him an album of views of Portland
and vicinity and, as you see, he Is
greatly interested in Oregon."
The schoolmaster's letter is tn English
and is beautifully written. It reads as
follows :
"My Very Dear Sir : This week
I received the illustrated book of
Portland and vicinity. It Is very beau
tiful. Portland arid Oregon must be the
most beautiful and wonderful part of
the United States. My schoolboys, when ;
I told them I had get such a book of a
friend dwelling at the Pacific coast, said j
me. 'Sire, please show us these photo- ;
graph.' They all exclaimed at seeing
the vieuws, 'How wonderful must the
new world be !' j
"I am indeed thankful for such a sou
venir. Since you leaved this country '
Waereghem is in part rebullded. After
the bombardment our children in our
classes were about one half destroyed,
and for three months I was without '
giving classes. ,
... i
"The American registered service men j
i came here. I became on good terms
: with the lieutenant, for whom X became
i interpreter. I accompanied him many
Trotzky Not Wood
From the Salem Capital Journal
Proof that Colonel C. E. S. Wood,
Oregon's erstwhile millionaire anarchist,
who mysteriously disappeared from his
familiar haunts after the passage of the :
espionage act, is not tn Russia leading
the hosts of; Bolsheviki disguised as
Trotzky. as many had supposed, is of
fered by tiie publication in a Portland
newspaper of a letter dated at San ;
Francisco, in which the colonel, true to
his old form, assails the president and
sustains the senate in the peace treaty i
fight, ;
There are many points of similarity ;
between Trotzky and the colonel, which I
probably accounts for the rumor that ,
Wood w-as Trotzky : Both have the im- :
passioned style of soap-box oratory. '
identical lofty ideals and a common '
philosophy, similar military ability and
close personal resemblance. Cut the
colonel's Santa Claus whiskers and we ;
have Trotzky. Grow them on Trotzky j
and we have the colonel. i
Of course the colonel opposes the j
peace treaty and League of Nations, i
t Olden Oregon
Solomon Smith. Pioneer Schoolmaster,
Had an Interesting History
Solomon Smith, who came to Oregon
I in 1822, taught school for two years at
; Vancouver. His salary was $80 a year.
' nine months constituting a year. In
1834 he married' a native woman of the
Clatsop tribe and after a brief sojourn
; In the Willamette valley settled on the
; Clatsop plains. In 1841 Smith planted
f a garden. He then went to Chehalem
! for two work horses. These he drove
; by land to St. Helens, w here he made a
' o'.atform over two canoes and trans
j ported the horses to Clatsop, 1P0 miles.
! They were, the flrst-.horseseOB Lhe Clat
, sop plains. -
NEWS IN BRIEF j
SIDELIGHTS-
Banks will vote on the question of in
corporation. January 16. Those favoring
incorporation are out after waterworks
and other municipal improvements.
. . .
Mayor Gardner of Baker Is making
every effort to expedite natatortum
building plans so that an early comple
tion of the project may be made, the
Democrat says.
Ballots taken on the treaty subject
in various parts of the country." de
clares the Pendleton East Oregonian.
"give results very similar to those ob
tained in Umatilla county. It is high
time Mr. Lodge was seeking a com
promise agreeable to the treaty sup
porters." sea
Portland's recent fog had its counter
part, or a little more so. at Ashland.
The Tidings of December SO said : "Ash;
land has been treated to a 'silver thaw
for ths past two or three days. The
entire vallev was shrouded In a hanK
of 'fog. while a white frost covered all
the foliage. This morning, however, the
fog had rolled away and the sun shone
brightly "
New Year's sentiment in the Canyon
City Eagle : "The Eagle w IbIios Its read
ers a very happy New Year. The New
Year dawned without a cloud In the sky,
and with ideal winter weather both over
head and under foot. We trust that as
a newspaper our principal business for
the new vear will be to publish the news
of the prosperity, peace and happiness
of the people of Grant county. We tsh
one and all a very happy New ear.
"Ah sholy am off'n dat stuff," he
mourned, two or three mornings after
the bright new year had been born.
"Take hit fum me, boss. Ah sholy am
off'n hit foh keeps," he insisted, glanc
ing up with sad and haggard eyes at his
habitual customer whose shoes his
brushes were caressing.
"What stuff are you 'off'n, ' Julius?"
the customer asked In the Interlocutor's
best manner.
"Foh why Ah is?" Julius asked, tak
ing his own way to tell his own trou
bles. "When hit come New Yeah's, Ah
dun need a little pleasuah foh de 'caslon,
so Ah absawh a shot of bay rum off'n
de shelf ovah dah, and a little hyah
tonic, and. believe me. boss, hit am a
mighty officious potation on a empty
stummlck."
"No wonder you are off'n It." the
customer said, sympathetically.
"Ah is not off'n dat stuff." Julius
Caesar answered, sadly. "Mah boss
done lock hit up. It am de shoe polish
Ah's done quit on."
"Shoe polish !" the customer ex
claimed in wonder. "You didn't drink
that stuff?"
"Ah sholy done dat perrarkly thing,
boss, but Ah aln' gwlne do hit no mo',"
Julius confided. "Hit hab got a mighty
fragrant odah, but. man, man. It hab got
a dahk brown wallop in de mawnln'."
"How much did you drink?" the cus
tomer asked. Incredulously.
"Only one bottle, boss," Julius an
swered remlniscently, "but, believe me,
hit sholy had some, powah. Hit dun
make me Jine dat White Klbbon band,
and Ah sholy is refawmed, Ai is."
Lockley
weeks to check the bodies buried in
Flanders. All the bodies from remote
and scattered places were taken out
and put together in one cemetery two
miles from the public square here. I
send you herewith the photograph of
the American burial ground. Perhaps
some of your dead citizens of Portland
are resting into this cemetery. There
are buried here 680 American soldiers.
Among t-hem are 22 officers, one being
a colonel. One other cemetery of Amer
icans is situated at Poperenghe. near the
Kemmelmount. in the vicinity of Ypres.
where are buried 200 American deads.
"You are the only American In the
West to possess this photograph. The
day after All Saints day a funeral serv
ice has been celebrated In our church
in remembrance of the American souls.
All the authorities and most of the In
habitants were present thereat. There
after we went to the American ceme
tery to depoBit the wreath. The people
of Waereghem have them here always
as a remembrance of your noble Amer
ican soldiers, for, as you know. It was
the Ninety-first division which drove
the Germans from Waereghem to Aude
narde on the Scheldt. About three miles
from here fought the Thirty-seventh
division. Most of the men of the Ninety
first division came from your Pacific
coast, those of the Thirty-seventh from
Ohio. It is a great pity to see the
graves of all these young men, fallen
in chasing away our barbarous foes.
.
"Ail things are yet very costly here
a pair of shoes from 90 to 100 francs
an overcoat from 200 to 2.r0 francs, near
ly everything cost three and sometimes
four times as much as before the war
"Please present my respect to David
M. Alruty, 6R0 Flanders street, Portland
He was a gentleman. Later on I shali
send my photograph to you. This mo
ment I don't got none. My wife and
children present you their best wishes"
Every anarchist does. The anarchist
doesn t want peace on earth any more
than he wants law and order and na-
tUuRwy,uth C0,0nel ,U8'n the senate
which has practiced sabotage, created
unrest and made a field for anarchists.
All of us feel sorry for the colonel
he will soon be lonely, for his associates
are being deported by the shipload for
the land of their dreams. His old pals,
ijoldman anti Berkman. sailed on the
ark and others are following. Too bad
he. does not go with thern--he would be
most useful in Russia. But there Is a
?H iomfort-he will always have
the United States senate' to fali back
upon.
Kaslly Satisfied
Krom th Chri in Srirnrt Monitor
Thirty or 40 years ago. says Gas
Logic, visitors to New York used to
climb to the top of the Trinity church
tower to see the city which lay at their
feet.
Uncle Jeff Snow Savs:
Ezry Milhaven tuck the side -fore the
Corners Patriotic club 'tother night that
when a bunch of jedges lets a million
aire git off from a jail sentence they're
Bolsheviks theirsehes and had orter be
deported 'thout Jury trial same as the
rest of that there Bolshevik bunch. But
Todd and Link Peters held up that if
we started to export, deport and shove
off jedges fer favorin' millionaires with
nervous dispositions and good lawyers,
we'd bust up the entire system of Judas
prudence and the constitution of the
United ' States : and furthermt-re, that
anybody that d deport Jedges fer makfn'
merciful and humane decisions had orter
be classified as Bolsheviks theirselves.
And as the Peters boys is taktn' a cor
responding course in law, they'd orter
know.
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happenings in Brief Torn for the
Boar Header.
OREGON NOTES
N. W. Mum ford of Free water shipped
four carloads of Winesap apples to Cop
enhagen, Denmark, last week.
The Silverton Lumber company started
Its planers Monday night for . the night
shift. This adds about 20 men to their
present crew.
Jackson county is now one rsf the five
counties In the state enjoying a county
library system. The books wijir be sent
out from Medford.
Death Is announced at Heverton of
Mrs. Kliza H. Neff Garrison, one of the
older pioneers of Oregon and a native
of Virginia, aged 90 years.
The Silverton Falls Timber company
resumed logging operations Monday and
will start their zno.OOO-foot capacity mill
shortly after the camiw open.
The state highway commission has be
gun readvertising for bids on the pro
posed Youngs Ray bridge at Astoria,
and these wilt be opened In Portland
Februaty 5.
B. W. Mucy has been reelected to the
office of city attorney of Salem, defeat
ing Ronald Glover, who for ill yenrs
wa private secretary lo Congressman
W. C. Hawley.
Charles Mornhinweg, who whs with the
army of occupation on the Rhine, has
Just returned to his home in Halsey
bringing a collection of photos taken
from hilltops and clouds.
Rodell Stewart. 17-Vei.r-old son of Mrs
Morence Stewart, utio ran away from
home two -years to Join the navy
and from whom no word had srnce been
received, returned to llalscy Monday.
W. I. Ttittle, a trapper, brought Into
Oregon City a cougar measuring nine
feet long and tipping the scales nt lit
pounds. Tuttle received a boiintyTf
from the state and 10 from the'eountj
Clay P. Constance, from Multnonirt.
county, and Sam LeNeve. from Coos
county, patients at the state hospital for
the Insane, escaped from that Institution
Sunday night and have not been appre
hended. The insurance department is searching
for a man giving his name as J. E. How
ard alias J. E. powers, who Is meged
to be swindling people by representing
nirnself to be an agent of reputable. In
suriincu companies.
WASH I TON N TES
Lewis Davis, a pioneer fanner of
Waverly. has sold his f.0 acre farm to
Henry Meyer for 14. 000.
" estimated that the recent storms
did fully 130,000 damage to I he roads
and bridges In Walla Walla county.
During the last year new buildings
tT?o r;Tc,ed " Yakima at a cost of
i..i-H,ii5, three times as much as any
previous year.
Mrs. Emma Parker Is dead at Spokane
as the result of burns received when
she attempted to start a fire In a cook
stove with coal oil
Bens Brothers of Toppenish this week
sold 1000 tons of potatoes In the ware
house to the Pacific Fruit A Produce
company for $65 a ton.
Contracts for grading !I4 miles of the
?".raJ ,ah'nKton highway at a cohI
or If.ft.7fi7 were let by the state high
way commission Monday.
Charged with unprofessional and dls
oyal conduct, A. H. Wlltsle, a Rltzvllle
lawyer, has been barred from practice
by the state supreme eourt.
'"tal of 24.415 bags of sugar were
loaded -on cars during December from
the Toppenish and Sunnyslde factories
of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company.
Yakima county's annunl crop report
shown that during the past year 33 62S
carloads of produce, valued at $42 727.
4&&. were shipped out of the valley.
An immense female cougar has been
terrorizing residents of Chehalis vallev
for the past two weeks. Dogs placed
IV k" ,t.r,ail have boen kilIed or carried
off bodily.
When a naturalized citizen desires to
vote In Washington hereafter, under
the provastons of the new law. he win
be required to present his naturaliza
tion papers.
James Hhea. ex-assistant cashier at
the Seattle National Hank of Com-
m"v'''1'i "enen to two years at
McNeils Island Monday when he pleaded
lank ,0 emb'Izll"K 1."00 from the
At Seattle Monday Stanley D (
wella was shot and killed' hv Mrs
(.eorge Banker!, who then shr.i h.i. ,,
Treuella was an admirer of M s r.uuk
ert and had caused the M-paratio i of
Banker! and his wife.
IDAHO
During the year 1919 permits en- is
at $803 16 "eW bulldlnKH
The Crescent Mercantile com pa uy
with a capitalization of $50,000, has fled
articles of incorporation at TV In Falls.
irWdoh.? V,Hi(i vn Predatory animals
Id e'l.'i!;1 "B thc amount
ed to $b4,oo. and the furs have a com
mercial value of $413,889.
5,Imi"''! IrYliH" agency probity Hl
Spalding has been sold to Victor .Sperm
ley for 120.000. The holding, embrace
300 acres and a number of buildings.
The Inland Auto Thresher aV Machin
ery company of Post Falls has purchased
nCwr-' n"1 f ,ne "rown-lwls company
1?1f.nAH"lv.H"1 "Pects to produce
1000 machines by 1921.
The secretary of state reports 403
corporations throughout the state an de
linquent for the fiscal year I91-lfi20
Domestic corporations forfeit their
Cri1,V1 anl toreln corporations for
state to do bU8ine within the
GICNERAI.
Texas and Oklahoma crude oil com
panies have Increased the price of crude
oil to .! a barrel.
.VlS "upreme council at Paris has tent
atrveay set January 10 for the ratifica
tion of the treaty of Versailles.
Fully two-thirds of the estimated 850..
000 steel workers who obeyed the order
of the national steel strike committee
September 2'i last have returned to work.
In addition to proposed legislation per
mitting foreigners to own land In Japan,
it is said the Japanese government con
templates the removal of certain other
anti-alien restrictions.
Stockmen of the Pacific coast at a
meeting in San Francisco Monday formed
in.- itCTiern rair association to create
and maintain a livestock show circuit
for the entire Pacific coast.
A docree allowing the state of Califor
nia an Inheritance tax of approximately
$i,0)!i.00u from the estale of Henry Miller.
the late ciltle baron, .was signed by
Judge Dunne In San Francisco Monday.
Republican women from 14 states,
meeting at Chicago Monday, demanded
equal representation with the men on the
national committee and urged a fair rep
resentation of women delegates at the"
national convention in June.
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
G leaded From Curious Pit
There is a hideous reptile, known as
the flashing frog, which angles for Its
game as-expertly and with as great suc
cess as the most adroit fly fisher. He is
a clumsy, awkward swimmer, but nature
has compensated him for his unwleldi
ness by furnishing him with an equiva
lent for a nod and line, with a bait al
ways ready for use. Two ; elongated
tentacles spring from his- noise, hich
taper away like actual fishing rods To
the end of them is attached, by a slende.
filament, which serves the purpose of a
line, a bait In the form of a shiny bit of
membrane. ' The liooks are set in the
mouth of the fisherman below, and In
order to Induce the fish to venture with
in reach of them the angler stirs up
the mud in the bottom with his fins
and tall. This attracts the fish and con
ceals him from their observation. He
then plies his rd : the glittering bait
glows in the water tike a living Insect.
Ths dazed fish are taken In great num
bers, perfectly circumvented by Um trick
oi the cralty angler. ,