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HOOVER
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THAI nerueri. nuu
allow himself to be a candidate
for high office, nor allow his
, friends to make an effort in his
"wntTBif nnip'sa there shall, come indis
putable evidence of such spontaneous
gfid universal popular demand that it
will overwhelm his present resolu
1sa rnt 4n pntpr nolitics." is the deo-
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"liratlon of Julius Barnes, director of
' tbe United States Wheat Corporation,
and a close friend of Mr. Hoover. Mr.
Harnes declared Mr. Hoover to be a
progressive Republican. Nor could
tpe Republican party ao a newer uiuie
than nominate Mr. Hoover. But It
vyill not do 60s
.Mr. Hoover is of the Wilson type
- : statesmen. As a result of Mr.
tration with its many progressive en-
sctraents, Mr. Hoover voted in 1916 for
lit reelection of the president. He
rflade speeches prior to the last elec-
tlO.li, supporting President Wilsons
'ajppeal for the election of a Demo
cratic congress.
Mr. Hoover is not regular enough
ti" suit Republican party managers.
. ltd la too progressive to suit the Pen
rose type, or the Lodge type, or the
'.andegee type. ' - . - :
There is not the slightest possibility
that Mr. Hoover will be credentialed
bV the next national Republican con-
vintlon for the presidency. Nor lis
; it likely that any man of progressive
tendencies will be nominated at that
convention. The powers of bourbon
isjn and their master minds are work
lar within the inner circles of that
party as they never worked before.
Nor is it likely that Mr. Hoover
could be nominated at a national Dem-
"ocratio convention. Just as there are
TkattMAAAM tltVil 4fiA DarmKl lon norlv
ikAaA am a UaVa Cmllha onrl TamAD
Rteds In the Democratic party. There
are bourbons In both. Just as Presi
dent Wilson once said when he de
clared that two thirds of them were
Mvtthin the Republican and one third
'.la the Democratic organization.
JThe masses are nearly all progres-
' sjte. It is a pity that they cannot
hjiye a leadership which would force
: the bourbons into an organization of
their own in opposition. It would be
great thing for America If the pure
t&ought of the plain people, freed
from anoient partisan prejudices,
cbold once be given free play in con
trolling the country.
JThe real heart of the nation is out
among the sane masses. All they
want is a square deal In government,
lo.that they differ from bourbonlsm
vvhlch wants, and has often had, spe
cial privilege, ir Hoover is correctly
ujiderstood, he is in accord with the
njass. His vote for Wilson in 1916 in
dicates it It is likely to be true, be
cause he rose out of the depths where
' he learned to know the cots where
poor; men lie and the chores that poor
men do.
. Slf the masses in either party could
Have free action unhindered by the
thimblerigging of politicians, both
vwuld choose a presidential candidate
of the Hoover type. More than half
tie Republican masses broke away in
' Alt in the effort to progressiveize the
; ; Qbuntry. They would do it again if
'tfiere were -a- leadership that could
ojfer hope of success.
' ; President Wilson has increased the
' nj-ogresBivlsm of his own party
v njasses. If there had been no war
and he had had opportunity to con
tinue rebuilding America on modern
- standards, most of the bourbons
,. v&ould have, been' driven out of the
Qemocratio party and a great many
Republican Progressives would have
-. been' recruited to that party.
-But the war interfered, other and
tremendous issues were thrust Into
Uie foreground, and bourbonism is
. t - amed and equipped with bands play-
- lag. fop- a new and desperate struggle
td control the nation.
General AVobd is their IdeaL They
wouldn't think .for one minute of
Ifoover, . .The only chance for a
- Hoover, would be aonovement of the
s masses-Jed , by a purpose to Adjourn
- partisanship 'ahdJoin -in-a .popular
, roavament to 'hart the nation bT-the
t$K ideals; which . President Wilson
- hss . visualized,;-: to-, the -world.
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Portland usln8S men, . ncarls . all
irr them automobile drivers, deeire
the enactment of th Measure licens
ing drivers. .Th Presidents, coun-
ciL representing practically all th
Important organizations, telegraphed
this wish to the legislature on Thurs
day. The Progressiva Business
Men's club elected a man to repre
sent it at Salem in securing the
passage of the bill. :t The Ad club
adopted a resolution asking for ac
tion in behalf of public safety. These
expressions result from deliberate
consideration and determined ap
proval of the pending bill. It is an
unselfish demand that reflects the
sentiment of Oregon.
RENDERING SERVICE
s.
il WETTER,'' Rockfalls, Iowa, has
9150,000 for cash investment In
three Oregon farms for three
members of his family. He de
sires land suitable for general farm
ing with modern buildings and ap
proved appointments.
George Meinhart, Delta, Utah, has
$10,000 for Investment in Southern
Oregon orchard lands, bearing prune
orchard preferred.
Edward" Shepherd, Lena, Nebraska,
has $10,000 for investment In a ranch
for dairying and stock raising. He
prefers Linn county near good schools
and churches.
These are queries In the latest news
letter of the Oregon State Chamber
of Commerce. There are more of
them.
There is service to Oregon in the
relations which the Chamber has
thus established. The state could re
ceive, no better population than men
who come with capital to buy farms
and enter into production. They are
not parasites. They do not prey upon
other people. They are not absorb
ers. Their enterprise is basic and
fundamental.
Their activity Involves land owner
ship, and land ownership means good
citizenship. The more working land
owners and home owners the stabler
the population and the safer the re
public. Here is a thought for the mem
ber of the Oregon legislature who
is doubtful in his attitude toward
the bill which proposes the licensing
of auto drivers: Suppose a Joe
Mielke, with a record of traffic ac
cidents and violations which should
forever deny him right again to sit
at the wheel of an automobile, had
run down and killed your little girl,
and that she, instead of Viola
Cummings. lay today underneath
the cold clods of a new made grave?
A PROGRAM
f
HERE has never been an oppor
tunity so inviting as at the pres
ent time io provide boat trans
portation on the Columbia river.
The railroads will not in the future
be permitted to repeat strangling
competition with water lines.
Shippers of grain, lumber and
merchandise appreciate more keenly
than ever before the advantages to
be gained from employment of the
great trade artery which nature has
created in the Northwest between the
Inland Empire and the seaboard.
This Is the accepted moment for
communities' of the upper and lower
Columbia to Join in resultful effort.
These are the steps that should be
taken :
Organization of steamboat lines,
possibly including the use of barges.
Organization of supplemental truck
lines operating In the producing dis
tricts. , Organization of community port
districts to finance the building of
public docks and to provide regula
tion which will forever prevent
monopoly.
. Improvement of feeder roads lead
ing from producing districts to tbe
river.
Participation In ownership of boat
and truck lines by communities, ship
pers and others on a basis best cal
culated to serve the general interest
by assuring dependable and econom
ical transportation service.
Safeguards to make certain that ad
ministration of all properties involved
in river transportation shall be effi
cient, experienced and conservative.
Prevention of exploitation by any
selfish interest.
This is a program that, If followed,
will operate as a development factor
of incalculable value to the Columbia
basin. , s
Once started, it can be carried
through successfully. The greatest
test of wisdom and opportunism will
bein an early beginning.
Chairman Willa of the fourth
federal reserve board says the people
have a "spending spell." He exer
cises the usual banker's conserva
tism. It might be more truly called
a "spending spasm."
PREPARE FOR UPKEEP
I
X THE development of a state high
way system the experience of other
slates should be profited by. This
experience teaches that the first
cost, that of construction, is a very
small item when compared with the
cost of maintenance, a continuing one
and ever mounting as new roads are
added.
In California, for texample, a large
mileage of new highway has been
built the past few years. To main
tain these highways, at present re
quires praetlcally all of the three
million dollar revenue from . motor
vehicle licenses. The California plan
of financing highway construction dif
fers from that of Oregon in that the
bond Issues are carried by direct tax
and i not indirectly by auto licenses.
It: may be assumed that road con-
Ktrtifttlrm In r.a if rrrm m a a K t .
i t . v . .4 .a m0 puva,au'
lUal as that of Oregon. Therefore, th
I period is not far away when our roads
win "begin to disintegrate and need
Iconatant repair. To , provide against
this day It hf not too early to begin
to accumulate the necessary funds. '
It would not seem to be prudent
to capitalize all of our revenues for
construction at this time by Issuing
bonds up to the full amount which
the motor license fees will capitalize,
A considerable margin should be left
for a maintenance fund. Another
consideration Is that In a year or two
the amortization of bonds already
issued- will begin. Besides paying
interest a certain portion of the prin
cipal must be wiped out each year.
It should be quite plain to all that
if no provision is made out of present
revenues for upkeep it will soon be
necessary to levy a heavy direct tax
for that purpose.
DOVT SQUABBLE
T
TIE state institutions of higher
education in Oregon seem about
to get into a squabble over appro
priations for their maintenance.
Both the state university and agri
cultural college are at their wits ends
in taking care of an extraordinary at
tendance of students, and both need
increased allowances from the public
purse.
As the money must come through
a vote of the people, the last thing
the institutions should do is to get
into a squabble. A squabble could
easily end in no appropriation for
either.
There Is an easy, Just and manifest
way for them to get together. The
enrollment of students at each insti
tution is a very good guide as to
what funds each may need for main
tenance. It Is a sound basis for the
public to take into consideration in
apportioning appropriations. The
legislature. In submitting a bill, can
find no better, rule to apply.
The need of the best and most edu
cation has been signalized by the war
and what has come after. The people
are ready to give whatever is neces
sary to maintain their university and
college, but they do not want to pa?
more than is necessary, or to provide
large sums on other than assurance
that it is to be expended on a sound
business basis. If either or both in-
titutions make demands on other
than a reasonable basis the request
will be turned down, and inadequate
upport for one or both result.
If both institutions approach the
subject on' an approximation of what
actual needs are, and those needs be
brought to an irreducible minimum,
they should be able to reach an agree
ment, and once agreed they can ko
to l.ic people with a very good chance
of having their joint request granted
The best and safest thing they can
do is to harmonize.
Have you a daughter, 7 years old
or thereabouts? If so, read the etory
of Viola Cummings as told in yes
terday's Journal. There was no re
dress for her death in the Portland
courts. ' Irresponsible drivers may
run down children, and go on their
way unscathed by the law to run
down other children, perhaps yours.
The widow Smith was killed by a
Winton Six and her three children
left destitute. Nobody was strafed
for that killing. The administration
of traffic laws is demoralized, and
the police are powerless to cope with
the madcap drivers. How can one
single legislator raise his voice
against a driver's license law by
which to bring irresponsible drivers
to their senses?
BUT IT'S IN OREGON
HE new Columbia River high
way in Washington rightfully
claims the honor of being one
of America's beauties," reads
an enlightening caption explaining
inree attractive photographs of Ore
gon's famous highway that occupy
a page in a recent number of Motor
Age.
Appreciation of the complimentary
reference to the highway should, per
naps, compel one to overlook the fact
that by a few simple words it has
been transferred from the Oregon
to the Washington shore.
This error recalls the recent pub
lication in another Eastern magazine
of a photograph of Multnomah Falls
as in Yosemite National park. Can
beUer examples be cited of the justf-
ficalion Of the. "See Ameriea -Firet"
Idea? '
When it comes to the geography
of the Pacific Northwest our Eastern
contemporaries apparently have a lot
to see and learn.
The Croix de Guerre wearer who
shot the crow that spoke to him
in German ought to send the bird.
properly labeled, to Holland for the
ex-kaiser to eat."
BETWEEN THE MILLSTONES
T
HE genius of cooperative market
ing is spreading from the West
throughout the United States.
California's raisin, orange and
lemon growers have proved that prof
its are assured and manipulation ad
verse to their interests is eliminated
by cooperative marketing.
Oregon, California and Washington
dairymen are setting an example in
the cooperative marketing of butter.
milk and milk products which Is being
ronowea oy many other states.
Oregon's fruitgrowers have recently
launched a cooperative marketing or
ganization from which the Initial
oenenis are aireaay great.
Now come the graingrowers of the
Northwest with an application of the
cooperative marketing idea, which is
Intended to- be of national scope and
with a purposed control over market
ing conditions which - can only be
disturbed on boards of trade by the
influence . of, competitive -foreign
growers. r . , ,.: -;-t . . :- Z . '
The - counterpart ..' of ' cooperative
marketing by producers is cooperative
buying by consumers. England has
carried cooperative buying so far, be
yond the experimental stage that the
lines of organization in that country
have reached into the fields of pro
duction. , Cooperative associations of
consumers are in action elsewhere
Local instances have been afforded
in buying plans of organized labor;
The producer of food staples realizes
that by agreement with others like
him he. is more certain of a price
based on cost of production plus a
profit. The consumer dawningly
understands that be, in concert with
his fellows, may enjoy the same buy
ing power as has long commanded
success for the great chains of inter
related stores.
Between cooperating producers end
consumers the middleman is likely
to become the grist between the
upper and nether millstones. He is
aptvto be reduced to appoint of com
pensation only for actual service he
renders. With ideal conduct of co
operative buying and marketing the
speculator and the profiteer face the
prospect of being lost in oblivion.
It will be well to watch the coopera
tive movement and to reflect upon
its potentialities.
The drivers' license bill, passed
unanimously by the senate at Salem
last night, was prepared and pre
sented to the legislature by the
Portland branch of the National
Safety Council, composed of promi
nent Portland citizens headed by
Bert C. Ball. The National Safety
Council is working in all the large
cities of America to reduce acci
dents. The license bill is modHrl
after laws in Massachusetts, New
York and -nany other states, and is
accounted the best means yet found
for controlling irresponsible drivers.
The action of the senate in passing
the bill without a dissenting vote
is splendid legislative efficiency.
A PEACE LEAGUE
IN INDUSTRY
By Carl Smith. Washington Staff
Correspondent of The Journal.
Washington. Jan. IS. Attention la hv-
ing drawn to the fact that the tentaUve
plan prepared by the national industrial
conrerence for the adjustment of in
dustrial disputes is not unlike the plan
of the League of Nations, which has
the same purpose in view in the field
of international relations. In each case
it is proposed to set uo the machinery
of peaceful settlement, ready for use
in any emergency. It is proposed that
each side to an industrial dispute shall
be invited to submit the matter for
settlement,' and if either side refuses, a
board of Inquiry is to be formed to In
quire into and report the facts for the
lntormatlo of the Dubllc This is sim
ilar to the plan in the League of Na
tions, requiring- member nations either
to submit disputes to arbitration or to
inquiry by the counolt ef the league.'
which wiB make public its findings of
fact. In the industrial plan and in the
League of Nations the decisions are to
be unanimous- only when they are unan
imous. Other points of similarity exist
in the two documents. One- plans to
retard and do away with strikes and
lockouts, without directly nrohibitine.
The other proposes to retard and pre
vent war between nations, without, ex
cept as to certain instances, prohibit
ing it. Examination, publicity, deliber
ation and conciliation are counted on
in each case to mean peace.
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The industrial conference reporting
this plan, not as a final draft of its
conclusions, but as an outline for dis
cussion and amendment, is the suc
cessor of the earlier conference that
failed, and is headed by William B.
Wilson, secretary of labor, with Her
bert Hoover as vice chairman, and
Martin H. Glynn, Oscar S. Straus,
George W. Wickersham, Julius Rosen
wald, Henry M. Robinson and Samuel
W. McCaU among its members.
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The commission also calls for im
provements in the industrial system
which wUi yield to the individual "a
larger satisfacUon with Ufe." The re
port continues:
"Not only must the theory that labor
is a commodity be abandoned, but the
concept of leadership must be subsU
tuted for that of mastership.
Human fellowship in industry must
either be an empty phrase or a living
fact"
Along the same line of thought. Dr.
Boyal Meeker, commissioner of labor
statistics of the department of labor,
addressing the American Economic as
sociation at Chicago on December 30,
said the plans of democracy in industry,
which are making advances here and
there in hundreds of plants in this
country, are yet unsatisfactory and in
the experimental stage. Few of the
plans, he said, offer the worker any
opportunity to use his latent intelli
gence and ability.
"The workers will not be satisfied
merely to express views," ' he said.
"They want the assurance that their
views .will be given more than a per
functory recognition. ' -
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He announced the conclusion that a
fair basts on which to fix the returns
of industry Involves the establishment
of a minimum wage which shall be
guaranteed to labor no matter whther
the business shows profit or loss, and
in addition to this the payment of a
bonus, which' will vary according to
the share the workers have in reducing
the costs of production and- increasing
the -value of the products of the busi
ness. This, he contended, would meet the
objections usually presented against
bonus schemes that the workers win or
lose Just as the manager is efficient or
Inefficient.
Before Oregon Had a
Governor
Synopsis of Remarkable Message of the
"Executive Committee."
M. M. McCarver was speaker of the
house of Oregon's first legislature, which
met at Oregon city mris44. ur. Joan
Long not being present. Peter Burnett
was made secretary. The first order of
business was listening to the message
of the executive committee P. O. Stew
art O. Russell and W. J. Bailey, The
message is dated "Willamette Falls,
June IS, 1144." It is a most interesting
document It opening paragraph reads :
"As a rising colony under no immediate
iexternai control or civil protection, we
have abundant reason for rendering up
oar. thanks to the Great Ruler of the
Universe for His - care and protection
over ua. - . . It becomes us to ac
knowledge our dependence on - Him as
ow protector1 and preserver and to ins-
plore a continuance of His care ana
watchfulness over s and wisdom to
direct us tn the duties devolving upon
The messare next renders thanks to
God for reducing the powerful Indian
tribes to a mere shadow of their former
Greatness. It says the way is full of
uncertainty, as the country is claimed
by two powerful nations, wmcn are
jealous of their respective rights and
privileges. It recites that tney are nere
by the encouragement, but without the
protection of the United States; ana tnat
as no law exists they must exercise
their rights to make their own laws for
mutual benefit and protection, since
"there appears little or no prospect of.
aid and we are left to our own
resources."
The committee made many recom
mendations, including the building of
wagon roads and the establishing of fer
ries across the Willamette river.
In closing their message they say: "It
is a duty which devolves on you, and on
us. to use as much discretion, vigilance
and caution in matutmg and adopting
measures for promoting the interests
of this sman colony as if we expected
our names and acts would be enrolled
in the pages of history or Inscribed on
tablets of stone when our day and gen
eration shall have passed away."
( Communication! sent to Tna Journal tot
publication in this department hould ba written
on only one aid of tba paper, iboold not exceed
200 word in length, and muat be aigned XJ the
writer, whoae mail addreaa in full muat accom
pany tha contribution.
Mrs. Smith Thinks Some Thoughts
Portland, Jan. 13. To the Editor of
The Journal What is to, be done after
all this investigating, anyway? Every
thing is being Investigated. When in
vestigation of Jiigh prices started we
paid 40 cents for a dosen eggs, while
we have paid 90 cents since then ; 2
cents a pound for spuds then, 4 and 5
cents now; and ao on with many, many
things.
Extravagance Is deplored among the
"lower" Or poorer classes, who are prob
ably only ambitious to fo'.low in the
steps of the "upper" classes; indeed,
ambition and education have been
preached for years to the "poor, ignorant
foreigner," so why should there be any
objection when the poor working-man
or his wife and children try to emulate
their American sisters, who easily hold
first place in the world for wasteful
ness and extravagance.
Think of it ! Shlpworkers buying the
best cuts of meat ! And children of Rus
sian parents wearing pleated dresses
and jewelry ! My, oh my ! Have they
not the same right as anyone? Say, a
"sassiety woman" or stenographer or
teacher? Look at some of the teachers
whom the children are prone to pattern
after. You will see pleats and ruffles
and beads and silks and chiffon and
high heels and hobbles and furs, and
goodness knows what, and still thoy
are "demanding" higher pay, as they
claim they do not get enough.
Or it may be these little girls men
tioned in connection with the investiga
tion have been reading your daily or
Sunday issue, where sometimes you find
pictures of graceful little girls in beau
tiful dresses, and you know it iei some
people's ambition to be the best dressed
girl or woman in their "set." Just as it
is some people's ambition to get their
name or picture in the paper, or own
a flivver, or be a speed maniac, or any
thing else extraordinary.
What wonderful things are ambition
and education, for then you get where
you don't need to wear old clothes "r
dirty your hands at menial tasks, but
it Is perfectly proper for you to wear
pleated dreases and jewelry ; indeed, the
finer the Xloth and costlier the jewelry
the more education or ambition you are
credited with. .
Now, why should such praiseworthy
efforts be decried? Social workers and
highbrows of aU descriptions have tried
for years to lift the ignorant masses
out of the murky waters of ignorance.
So why kick on such extravagance that
is really the fruit of their efforts? But
the trouble is now that these so-called
upper classes are about to be smothered
In their own pas. They never would be
considered in the same class with the
ignorant foreigner or the poorer work
ing people, but would come into a com
munity with their superior airs and
proper English and "good clothes ana
tell us that they have come to make us
better Americans '. What, do you think
of that? Nobody except an anarchist
would like to admit that he is a poor
American, or, more properly, not a good
American. Be he born in ttussia or
Sweden or Italy, or even in trermany.
we'll say he is often as good an Ameri
can as if he was born here. Take, for
instance. Lodge of Massachusetts.
MRS. JUti,N aaiin.
Capital Invited to Utilize Spruce
Woatlake. Jan. 12. Editor of The
Journal Freauently in your valuable
paper I have noticed an item in regara
tn ihA ahortsee of paper and there
doesn't seem any reasonable excuse ior
such a condition. Here at w esuajce,
for instance, there are thousands of
rords of snruce left in the woods mat
. n 1 . n nvlnt nanAr
ng waste from the mill, as it
as weu as
uses soruce entirely. conditions are
animation, for a nlant to
lUVlMt a f f
.niiniifaWiire nuln and paper here. We
have the water and timber and a very
short haul of the manufactured product
across the lake to the railroad,
I am not in tbe real estate business
or the promotion business, but if any
capital wants to invest in what I sin
cerely Believe to be a paying proposition
I shall be pleased to devote my time to
show what we have in the southwestern
corner of Lane county. ,
This is only one spruce plant out of
many that are wasting timber that
could be utilised for pulp purposes, and
last but not least it is all located in
the confines of the good old state of
Oregon. C. E. STEPHENSON.
General Booze's Victims
Newport, Jan. 12. To the Editor of
The Journal Like Comrade Simpson. I
am. in harmony with your editorials
showing the difference between the en
forcement of law in favor of the rich
and against the poor. He says : ."I have
no sympathy with the I. W. W., but the
worst criminals are corporations and
profiteers. For 50 years our courts and
lawmakers have been controlled by the
money power. No wonder we nave -1.
W. W. in abundance."- ,
With these statements I am in accord,
only I would say the chief of all these
criminals Is General Boose. To a great
extent he has commanded our courts
and lawmakers, and for nearly 60 years
he has also commanded our dominant
political parties, and through them our
government baa bowed and has protected
him in his crimes.
"No wonder we have I. W. W. in
abundance." Comrade Simpson and I
served and sacrificed in the Civil war
to save the life of this best government.
and we are proud of our loyalty. Col
onel Fox. after studying state records
and other sources, said there were 110.-
070 men actually killed during the Civil
war in the Union army. Allowing for
the like' mortality in the Confederate
army, it took the Civil war four years
to kill 300,000 men with arms, but Gen
eral Boose alone by Uncle Sam's pro
tection) ktiled more ' than 400.000 daring
the same, four years, and has kept up
that rate all these years, to say nothing
ot wrecked homes and manhood. - ;
But the tide has turned. This vD-
Letters From the People
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Welcome rain. ;
Now we feel at home again.
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Going up 1 The lumber prices.
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If we owned an automobile
we
womont onject to being licensed.
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The xoning measure at the state legis
lature seems to be in the danger sope.
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The dry spell bas been broken. But
it doesn't help the drinking man's
parched throat any if he gets his feet
wet
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Pranks are to ba expected at weddings
i some weooings, at least, but when
it comes to kidnaping the bride we'll say
that it's no joke.
The Portland Railway. Light "Power
company la uslnar n aw kind nf iin-rinH
transfer, but don't try to put anything
over on the conductor, at that, because
he'll get your number.
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Rome men are born lucky. Take, for
instance, the case of the railroad man
who fell under a train at Roseburg, and
.who was able to get up and walk away
after three cars had passed over him.
Report from the mta ta nf Wuhlnrtn,
is that drilling for oil Is soon to be
started in the Nasel district. The drill.
ers. we take it. Will be d-uided In thnir 1
explorations largely by ; the sense of
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
In this Installment Mr. Lockley conclude
aketcb of the antecedent, career and literary
achieremenU of Mra. Eva Emery Dye, the noted
Oregon author, who has in atory form chronicled
tba commonwealth 'a early epoch,
. '
"You enjoy writing about pioneers,
don't you?" said Eva Emery Dye of
Oregon City to me a few days ago. "I
must confess that I myself love to delve
into the records of the past Take my
own case, for example. I have taken a
great deal of pleasure in tracing my an
cestry through all its various ramifica
tions. My father, Cyrus Emery, was
born in Maine. His people came to
America from England in 1635. They
were Pilgrims not Puritans. They were
passengers on the sailing ! vessel James.
They settled near Boston,! later moving
to Newburg, now called i Newburyport.
Our old home is still standing there, and
is still owned and occupied: by an Emery.
Our name suffered a sea change, as so
many names have. Originally it was
D'Amory. The first progenitor of whom
I have any knowledge was Sir Gilbert
D Amory, a Norman, who, came to Eng
land in 1066. William the Conqueror, in
return for his servoes, gave him an
estate at Ramsey. You don't know how
much I was interested in your letter,
published in The Journal while you were
overseas and dated from ' Ramsey,
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"When I was 9 or 10 years old my
greatest pleasure was to hear my fa
ther's grandmother tell stories of the
Revolutionary war. I can Bee her yet, a
tiny, bright-eyed wisp of a woman, as
lively as a cricket She could tell stories
with a dramatic force ;and intensity
that held me breathless.1 Her maiden
name was Mary 6alter, ! and she was
born at Portsmouth. Her father. Cap
tain Titus Salter, captured a fort at the
mouth of the Piscataqua river. The
powder from this fort was used by the
Revolutionary soldiers at the battle of
Bunker Hill. Captain Titus Baiter was
given a sword and placed in command
lainous old criminal has been outlawed.
By a vote of more than 5 per cent of
the people, our federal constitution has
been amended, by which iwe may bury
the traffic below all possibility of resur
rection. All that now remanis is to place a
party in power that will administer the
government to coincide with the law. and
the whole thing is bottled up. But E. A.
Linscott tells us we can't do that He
says: "The man that runs for president
that advocates the abolition of the pro
hibition law will win." I ; wonder where
Mr. Linscott learned that
E. W. DURKEE.
Dissents From Mr. Wood's Views
Portland, Jan. 13. To the Editor of
The Journal A letter by F. B. Wood
appears in Monday's Journal in which
he passes compliments on to J. D. Rock
efeller Jr., whom he had previously
misquoted, and proceeds to lament the
heartles8neB8 of the rich in grinding
the poor, and mentions : "the obvious
fact that if a few fortunate men own
the bulk of the wealth of the land there
must be countless others who must suf
fer hardships," etc.. and goes on to
observe that they are "hoarding their
hundreds of millions that do no one
any good." ;
I wonder if Mr. Wood really thinks
the rich are animated by an inhuman
desire to wrong the weak in thus in
creasing their wealth. The wealth di
verted by the rich from immediate con
sumption is the fund that sustains pro-
duction later. Thro its use labor
!." --
this labor (other things remaining con-
stant) tend to raise the standard of liv
ing of the workers and so it Is not
only the rich who gain by the increase
of wealth but the condition of the whole
society is advanced.
Suppose the rich should suddenly be
come possessed with a mania for char
ity. In this case the year's gain of
wealth is given to the poor. The amount
of goods remains the same, but the
effective demand for them has in
creased. This more persistent demand
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
When Ma and me was younger'n now
by over 40 year and then some, we
started a little dairy on the Heeley river
down in Arlxony and sold butter at 50
cents a pound and aigs :at 75 cents a
dozen. We had come fronj Texas, where
we sold butter for 15 cents a pound and
aigs fer 7 cents a doxenjand Ma uster
ask the Lord to fergive her fer bein a
pirate and a robber and a holdup artist
fer takin' sich awful prices from the
miners that stood around In line waitin'
to fit our stuff. But now she takes
L&0 a roll fer her genuine homemade
butter and no oleomargarine w.orked
into it and never bats a eye or says a
prayer fer forgiveness. This shows how
sinful some old people can be. I haint
got the heart to ask 60 cents a dosen
fer. aigs. but she'd ask a dollar, if she
thought she could git it
A Journal Reader
Expresses Heirself
"I would like-to add few words of
praise for The Joumal.T writes irs. :
Tom Stallings of McMlrtnvllle. "Touj
have a good newspaper, i though there ;
are many good newspapers. But you j
seem to stand above the average. Tou j
always take a clear standi on important j
Issues. The people knowr wnat to ex
pect from you. There is no "beating
about the bush, so to speak, and your
editorials are straight to the point I
tike the way you stood !up for PreelV
dent Wilson against .sich men
Hiram Johnson and his kind. Tou are
surely helping to make Portland ; a
setter city." - - 1
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS'
The Eugene Guard, noting a news dis
patch that says Harvard university ob
servers have discovered a new star, sur
mises that they are gathering material
for the game against Oregon next year.
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Wheeler county court has levied a tax
of It mil la for aU purposes. This Is the
amount needed to satisfy each item of
ths budget as published by the court
Ko taxpayer appeared in opposition to
the budget.
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Joseph, like the other towns In Wal
lowa county, the Enterprise Reporter is
proud to state, needed no big brother
and sisters, as there were no destitute In
that town. Every child received some
thing for Christmas without outside
help.
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With tha korlnnlne rf the ne Tear.
practically every store in Bend, the
Prens says, was open for business at 8
in ha mnrnlnr. rettlllC Away
from the 9 o'clock opening hour of last
year. Aa yet the merchants organisa
tion has not been formed and no con
clusive agreement has been made with
the clerks union
Jacksonville is the same old town, ac
cording to this item in the Post: 'ap
tain C7 O. Applegate of Klamath Fails
Is visiting at the home or nis sister, Mrs.
W H Sara-pnt. in this cltV. Cantain Ap-
plegate is an old time resident of this
rnmmnnlfv. TIa roranrki that the gn
eral appearance of the town has not
i changed in &u years.
of the fort he had captured, as a reward
for his gallantry. My father's great
grandfather, Caleb Emery, served in the
Revolutionary war and later became
colonel or a regiment of militia.
"My mother was a Trafton. Her
grandfather also served in the Revolu
tionary war. One of his brothers was
an empire loyalist and fled to Nova
Scotia, while the other brother' took up
arms against the colonists and fought
for King George. He went back to Eng
land and was made Lord Trafton and
given office .in Ireland. My mother's
father, John Trafton, was colonel of a
regiment from Maine in the war of 1612.
"My husband, C. H. Dye, was admit
ted to the bar in 1889. We came to Ore
gon City the following year. I secured
a position as teacher, and I don't mind
telling you that the last dollar of our
carefully hoarded savings was gone be
fore I received my first check aa teach
er. Never before or since in our ex
perience was a check so welcome as was
that one. Mr. Dye had got a foothold
in the practice of the law before the
first year was up, so I resigned my posi
tion as teacher and went back to my
first love writing. I wrote 'McLough
Un and Old Oregon' and sent It to Har
per's. They wrote me if 1 would cut it
up into separate stories they would pub
lish them in Harper's Monthly and later
get them out in book form. I couldn't
bear to mutilate my book by cutttng it
up into stories, so I laid it away in a
bureau drawer. It stayed there six
years. I got it to show to a college
classmate who visited us. and he asked
if he could take It East with him. He
left it with McClures". They accepted It
and published it in May, 1900. My best
friends have been the editors. They
have given me such kindly reviews of
my four books, "McLoughlin and Old
Oregon.' The Conquest,' 'McDonald of
Old Oregon and 'Stories of Oregon.' that
more than E0.000 Copies have been sold."
will occasion a rise of price. What this
world clamors for Is goods, and their
volume can only be Increased by the
use of capital.
If Mr. Wood would desist from his
sighs and groans, and reflect upon the
facts ee ably set forth by economists,
and would consider them in relation to
the world's work, he might learn that
capital performs a necessary work.
Whether this work could be done with
out the aid of the individual capitalist
is a moral question of surprising diffi
culty and its consideration is outside
the province of political economy. I
suggest that Mr. Wood reflect upon the
following text from Adam Smith : "Par
simony and not industry is the imme
diate cause of the increase of capital."
And If he will consider this more than
divine sagacity inclosed therein he may
perhaps be able to form a Just opinion
of the facts of life.
TOM THOMPSON.
Tbe B. P. 0. E. and the Elk
Bandon. Jan. 13. To the Editor of
The Journal In The Journal of January
11 there is mention of the herds of elk
in different localities. Your suggestion
that the B. P. O. E. of Oregon do some
thing to protect the remaining elk of
this state is a good one. About eight
years ago the Arizona Elks Imported
from Wyoming 60 head of elk and
turned them loose in Northern Arizona.
One year ago the state game warden
reported that the herd had increased
from 60 to 300 bead. A herder is kept
with the elk all the time, or was when
I left there, last April.
JAMES F. COX.
Olden Oregon
Why Victor Trevitt Asked Burial on
Memaloose Island. '
A few miles below The Datles. ln the
Columbia river, is Memaloose Island. It
was on this island that the Indians de
posited their dead from time imme
morial. Only one white man was ever
buried on the island This wan Victor
Trevitt.' a pioneer of 1851, who provided
in his will that his remains should rest
there, giving as a reason that he ""had
met many crooked white men, but no
Indian had ever failed to keep a promise
when onoe made."
off -the wire not tomorrow today. . . ,ma- tnforma.
He insists upon having his 'buying Information, his selling informa
tion and all of his information tedey. . .
He can't afford to let the "other fellow" beat him to it .
Dad is human, like the rest of us. He doesn't relish getting out of
a nice warm bed in the morning any more than you or I. Consequently
he doesn't get up until he has to.
Then it's grab a bite to eat. swallow some coffee and off to work.
Once on the job Dad has no time at all for reading. He must bustle.
: SO
Dad reads The Journal because it reaches him in the evening at
home when he is comfortable and has lota of time to read. He reads
The Journal because it brings him all of the news of the days happen
ings, hot off the wire, within a few hours of the time it happened.
He ads it for Its market page, its financial page, its sporting page.
Its edit rials. Its news and its advertisement. ,
ALSO ' ' , . . ' -
... Dad reads The Journal "want" ads because ft pays him to do so.
The Oregon Country
MorUwest Hanpentaca tn Rriaf asrm fat the
' ' Bnajr Baaeaa
- OREGON .NOTES
The Oaco Orchard
thltV V,0011 d0 teher for
171 .,ts'uen.eJ m,ld profit of
171 the past month catching dofea
A MM,. w 1
:;,. ).. ": .J'"1 tor an spart-
l."lrcl. wwi let for an srrt-
1 it i. v iw . "wlu" lw cost n.000.
ThvislmeKompanv"
i io cost
i Security
eight-inch concm. p for SeVw'
to aPW..Wr ynAasbein given
to a Walla Walla firm for 139.668.
A contract A
n? 2?'? w week, .go In
liv S"oX"u''.';..DT lne. Chutes Val-
200 acres w if IL .nf ?learwl nd
this sprang " be planle 10 It"oes
and families.
Fruit growers from all over rv.Hr
county report that Tl.u the tecem
heavy snow rabbits In large nuinbera
aVuSd(heTenes:helr
roasrh,adrtlteihal 5eUer' Yank
loans nao bon made to stockhokWa
to the amount of $230,000. olOLKnolaer
The ninety-first birthday of B M
ofVinf0,oeo0f, 1110 t-knoVn 'n "ee
or linn county, was celebrated at hi.
home in Lebanon Wednesday Mr lr!
vine came to Oregon from Missouri in
The cost of trail work on the Import
Macduff rePrt of Koreat s"lrvsoV
dayeoIrfh rni"? Zm iU! ,"t Mon
n5r m.k i C?,,lt H"' Lumber road
two cirseIVhHne 8t"d'ns betweeS
two enrs when they came tocethnr
end.WorioPgs.,"Hl betW"Cn l&ni
WASHINGTON
Walla Walla hln-h I , .
, ",00" thro''8" athleiica"1 up
the first of the year. .
.C Kckmann, together with SB
stockholders from SeUn and Yakima
ofCSelah!mZinB thC Fim ''S
As a result of three raids by the
traband whiskey were seized end four
men and one woman are in Jail.
The construction of a grain elevator
to have a capacity of 1,000,000 bushels
has been started on the properly of the
Centennial Mill company at SpbkaneT
The Walla Walla Gardeners' associa
tion handled, last year more than J&00.
000 worth of produce, and returns to
powers were declared very satlsfao-
nM,r"-hM?rth'1 A', '"y. who lived
7Z h Moni or' who n,d resided in
the akima valley 40 years, died ln Ya
kima this week.
ind?imUKMTule(l' Vd 18- Yakima
Indian, is hiding In the hills of Vakltna
?.-liniyrafr "hooting his father, old
Chief David Tulee. following an alter
cation regarding some land.
IDAHO
Frank Thompson has prepared plans
for a $75,000 apartment house at Lewis
ton. Work has begun to place Boise Bar
racks Into condition for a military hos
pital. Tho $18,500 bond Issue for the Im
provemerit of Montpelicr carried by a
vote of 204 to 58.
Absolute want of fend is causing the
death of thousands of range horses ln
the Lemhi country.
Pleading guilty to drinking Intoxi
cants on a highway, Lester Stevens was
fined $200 at Twin Kails.
O. M. Abel, an aged rancher, was found
dead in his feed yard near Warren, hav-
iii utrcu (urea io ueain Dy a bull.
The Rupert cheese factory, started
?!.!y a few. wel,k aK0- now receiving
3000 pounds of milk dally to be made
into cheese.
Representatives of the state of Idaho
and the federal government met in
Boise this week and made definite ar
rangements for the exchange of approx
imately 200,000 acres of land In the
national forests.
William Jenkins, a barber of Oneida
county, committed suicide after he had
confessed to selling whiskey made of
wood alcohol. Nye Davis, a prosperous
rancher died after drinking whiskey
purchased of Jenkins.
GENERAL
The house has passed a bill confer
ring citizenship upon all Indians born
within the limit of the United States.
Chicago faces a deficit of more than
$7,000,000 for the coming year, accord
ing to a report submitted by the council
committee on finances.
Belgian sovereignty over the districts
of Kupen and Malrnedy. awarded to
Belgium by the treaty of peace with
Germany, was proclaimed Wednesday.
A bill providing nal distribution of
tribal proierty amon- Indians adjudged
competent to administer their share
has been passed by the house of rep
resentatives. Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
When Napoleon was a young cadet he
went on one occasion to witness the as
cent of a balloon in the Champs de Mara
He entered unpercelved the enclosure
which contained the balloon, which was
then very nearly full and about to as
cend, and requested the aeronaut to al
low him to enter the car. TRe request
however, was refused, the reason given
being that the feelings of tbe boy might
embarrass the aeronaut.
"Though I am young, I fear neither
the powers of earth nor of air," Bona
parte Is reported to have exclaimed.
On being requested to retire, the little
cadet, enraged at the refusal, drew his
sword and, slitting the balloon ln several
places, destroyed the apparatus which
had been constructed with such infinite
labor and Ingenuity.
Such was Napoleon's first and last
attempt to ascend in a balloon.
.. -uuui i o ranches
Why Dad Reads
The Journal
DAD is a busy man. These day the
H. C- of L. keeps Dad moving" to
- provide for Mother and the kiddies.
He must be on his toes every minute.
He must know about things w he a they
happen sometimes before.
He can't wait until tomorrow for to
day's stock' market closing prices. He
roust know them today.
Dad wants tbe latest sports dope hot