THE OREGON DAILY - JOURNAL. - PORT . LAND. ' 'WEDNESDAY, . JANUARYC 21; 1820.'
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A RAILROADER'S PLAN
0VERNMENT operation for
two years has convinced the
country that public owner
ship is Dot desirable and that
the railroads should""and can be op-
crated by their owners."
So declared Thomas DeWitt Cuyler,
1 chairman of the Association of Rail
-.way Executives, in an address at Buf
falo. Then he went on to say :
! Are the laws to be broad and strong
enough to maintain the roads, PROVIDE
i THE COST OF OPERATION, NECKS
t t 18ARY ADDITIONS AND BETTER-
f 'MENTS. A FAIR RETURN ON THE
lWAflTAJj 1IN V Ml tLU A Dim c-ra
i OF CREDIT IN THE FUTURE THAT
i'WILL PROVIDE FOR THE BETTER-
' fMENTS AND EXTENSIONS THAT
i WILL BE REQUIRED INCESSANTLY
TOR ALL TIME TO COME?
J - That Is to say, if the government
Jthrough legislation will provide the
roads with a "fair return on the in
vestment," and will "provide the cost
of operation and provide the roads
"with a system of credit that wtl1
iprovide for betterments and exten
sions," then the managers can sue
'oessfully operate the lines.
J vCertalnly almost anybody could
run a railroad with the government
; providing everything in advance.
"Why couldn't the managers operate
th lines if the public carefully sup
plies "cost of operation" and "a fair
return" and a "system of credits"?
Who couldn't run a railroad with the
government guaranteeing, in advance
the things to make the business pay?
But the objection to Mr. Cuyler's
proclamation is his cocksure state
ment that "government operation for
two years has convinced the country
that public ownership is not desir
able." There was no fair trial of
government operation. The line
were managed by the same men who
ran them under private ownership.
There was no attempt to convince
the country that goverrunent opera
tion was desirable. The circum
stances were such that the public
had to " be ignorrrl movement of
troopB arid war material had to be
given preference. And then, the men
, in control cared little as to whether
the public was satisfactorily served.
The higher tips among them preferred
that the public, would not be pleased
with government operation.
Yet, in the government operation,
there was this: The traffic of the
eoiptry was all moved; unde- private
control the roads collapsed before the
great task of moving that traffic.
Government operation may not be
the thing. That Is a very great prob
lem. There will be more sentiment
for government operation when the
roads go back to private operation
and rates are raised, as they will be,
to meet a lot of the requirements
which Mr. . Cuyler demands. Then
some people will say: Since the gov
ernment is to exercise guardianship
over the lines and see that the busi
ness pays", why not the government
operate them?
Tom Skeyhlll, the Australian poet,
haa the idea. It Is the English
language that we learn and the
American "slanguage" we apeak. At
that it is the most expressive in
the world, even if It does require
. more exclamantlon points than any
other.
OREGOVS SAFETY LAW
T WENT through the house with
.1 out a dissenting vote.. It was ap
proved by the senate unanimously
Yet the bill which empowers the
Oregon Industrial accident commis
sion to formulate safety rules for in
dustrlal plants constitutes one of the
broadest grants of authority ever
enacted In any state.
Representative Smith who Intro
duced it gave the measure unquali
fied support. He is outstandingly
identified with labor. President Ball
of the Oregon and Columbia basin
division of the National Safety coun
ell says that no bill was ever aimed
more, directly " at the benefit of in
dustry conducted in the interest of
the state. He Is an employe:.
: The new industrial safety law ex
tends its provisions beyond power to
form and enforce rules and regula
tions; It gives the"; Industrial acci
dent commission r almost the stand
lug ot a court. It permits the com
mission to sit upon any controversy
Involving the settlement of aocident
claims. Upon motion from either
side in the controversy the case must
be reheard by the commission. Then,
if desired, appeal may be taken to
the' circuit court. But in the action
before the court no evidence can
be introduced which was not pre
sented incident to the initial hear
ings. This provision is most signifi
cant.
One of the first rules which it is
purposed shall be formulated under
the safety law is one that involves
the adoption of (he boiler inspection
of tfie American Society of Civil En
gineers. This code is now operat
ing in California and many other
6tates. Boiler inspection codes have
in the past failed before the Oregon
legislature because of fault imputed
to them by either workers or em
ployers. Recommendations for installation
of safety devices In manufactories
will gain an authority not before pos
sible. The 6tate labor commissioner
believes this authority to be of great
importance.
The safety measure puts the
power of law back of a safety move
ment which has heretofore been
forced to depend upon moral suasion
and the enthusing Influence of civic
campaigns. It places carelessness and
indifference to safety . under legal
stigma. It will be a source of incal
culable benefit to industry.
General Pershing told Portland
that the moral victory of American
troops in the world war was nearly
if not fully as great as the military
victory. Uncle Barn's doughboys
showed that soldiers can live clean
as well as fight clean. Every il
literate who put on a uniform and
went to the front learned to read
and write as a part of his training.
One understands now the source
of the high idealism expressed in
the organization of the American
Legion.
BANKS ON JELLY FISH
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HO oan blame Senator Banks
for demanding that Governor
Olcott resign?
Didn't the governor prevent
the senator from getting a $500 legal
fee? Didn't the senator, like a true
humanitarian, almost work his head
off to get a pardon for a convict?
Didn't that convict have - $3000, and
didn't the senator have a right to
separate him from $500 of it as a
legal fee if the senator wanted to?
Isn't the laborer worthy of his hire?
Governors ought to mind their own
business. When It comes to pardon
ing a convict out of the penitentiary,
that is the convict's business and the
lawyer's business exclusively. They
know exactly what should be done,
and any governor who knows what a
governor is for. will, when the prin
cipals to a pardon are negotiating, go
away back and sit down.
As Senator Banks truthfully says,
any governor who deprives a lawyer,
good and true, of a $500 fee for get
ting a pardon is a "jelly fish." He Is
not only a "jelly fish" but a low
browed "jelly fish" without pedigree
or pride of ancestry.
And furthermore, as Senator Banks
Indicates in his letter on this page,
any governor who refuses Vj allow
legal fees to lawyers who appeal for
pardons is also a "jelly fish." He Is
not only a "jelly fish" he's a cuttle
fish, a crawfish, a red-headed salmon,
fish bait and a fish commission.
Thus, not only has this unregen-
erate Olcott shut Senator Banks out
of a $500 fee in one pardon case, but
he has closed the gates to every hope
of a fee in future pardons.
It's a dirty shame. Senator Banks
is. right Olcott is not only a "jelly
fish," but he is unconstitutional?
THiY ARE HUMBUG
R;
EPLYING to a reoent editorial in
The Journal an Ohio congress
man writes :
The charge that these speeches are
not made on the floor of congress Is true.
but t contend that it is better to give the
members this opportunity of expression
rather than take up the time of the
house to listen to the speeches. It simply
saves time, and It give the members
the opportunity to go on record and to
express themselves on pending legisla
tion.
Then the house is not a delibera
tive body. The speeches not delivered
in the house but inserted in the
congressional record, are mere bun
combe for the consumption of the
folks at home. Leave to print many
of these speeches is granted days
after the bill has been passed. As
the gentleman from Ohio says, it
saves the time of the house not to
have to listen to the voluminous ad
dresses, often prepared not by the
congressman but by a bright clerk.
It is a deliberate deception. It is
a heavy waste of public money. It is
a system of false pretense that ought
not to be practiced upon a people by
a great legislative body. By send
ing these never-delivered speeches
back home many of the folks are
given the impression that then- con
gressman is one of the pillars of
congress, that he Is cutting a wide
swath, and. of course, creating the
Impression that he ought to be kept
in congress.
That is mostly what the speeches
are for. They are fraud and humbug.
They are an expensive luxury. The
practice ought to be abolished.
MAKE YOUR WILL
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F THE several phases of National
Thrift week none is more im
portant than "Make You? Will"
day. Usually we ourselves
must suffer the consequences of un
thrift, but those who are most dear
to is must suffer the consequences if
we. fall to . make , a will. v . ,
It is the privilege of every person
of sound mind, no matter how little
or how much he owns, to give writ
ten directions for -the disposition' of
his property after death.
You' want your will to stand.
It is the most important personal
document you will ever, be called
upon to execute, for the way it is
written will determine how well your
wishes will be carried out..
It is the final disposition of your
life work.
Your will MUST be correctly drawn.
It must be precisely worded. It
must be properly witnessed, and not
by a beneficiary.
It must have no ambiguities. It
must be contest-proof.
Every conceivable, contingency
must be foreseen and provided for.
Lawsuits often heavily tax the as
sets of an estate. None but a lawyer
thoroughly versed in probate practice
should be intrusted with the writing
of your will.
But whom shall you name as ex
ecutor? Countless fortunes ac
cumulated by years of toil have been
wasted by inexperienced, inefficient.
ignorant administration.
You desire, if possible, when the
management of your estate passes to
other hands that it will increase
rather than decrease in value. Your
executor must be honest and temptation-proof,
and his business judgment
must be of the highest order.
Thrift week is a splendid enterprise.
The movement should have every
encouragement. The various phases
of thrift as presented in the week's
program merit full consideration and
very wide attention, because, as a
nation we are notoriously a spending
and wasting people.
Some one has said that the rea
son the customer of a doctor or
a dentist is known as a patient is
because he has to be. What we
can't understand is why the term
isn't extended to apply to the clients
of lawyers and the patrons of
plumbers.
A HAPPY SCENE
HEN Alexander Berkman, Emma
Goldman and the other de
ported radicals landed at a
Russian port they were cheered
by the soviet military.
That is fitness. Soviet Russia is
the true place for those who admire
the soviet system.
' "This is the greatest moment of my
life," exclaimed Miss Goldman as she
stepped on Russian soil. And the
Bolshevists from America greeted the
Bolshevists of Russia with fraternity
and enthusiasm, and the welcome of
Russians was as fervent as a reunion
of long separated brothers.
It was all ideal. It was a sort of
happy family. If a fatted calf had
been handy it would undoubtedly
have been killed and been served up
for merriment and feasting.
One would think that the radicals
left here in America would contem
plate that felicitous meeting with
hunger and longing. So many hearts
beating in unison, so many good and
true Soviets with such singleminded
ness, so many soviet souls bound to
gether in such warmth of undivided
and unadulterated impulse it is the
dream the radicals have had so long
and just over in Russia It's come
true to Emma and Alexander and the
other deported ones.
Why do not all our Reds go over
there and join in the good things?
This business of proselyting America
to sovietism is a thankless job, any
way. If the attempt should succeed
the Americans could not appreciate
what had beea done for them. And
it might not succeed and some of
those attempting it might be brought
under evil days.
Why -ot fly Into the outstretched
arms of Russian sovietism. welcom
ing its heroes home, and leave Amer
ica to the Americans?
It's a way to make everybody
happy.
A Shriner in his fez and velvet
pants would be a bizarre object be
reft of dignity and vivid presence
if forced to dispone his limbs upon
a park bench. Better see to it
that he and his wife have a room
in your own home and a good time
in your city when the Shriners" con
vention comes to Portland next
summer. If you are crowded, you'll
lose no credit if you follow the ex
ample of the Pendleton man who
lets Round-up visitors sleep in his
bed while he rests in the garage
BAYING AT THE MOON
R'
EAR ADMIRAL SIMS is quoted as
a believer in the possibility of
firing a rocket into the moon
The earth's satellite has lonjr
been a symbol of the unattainable
Even the upper air has never been
explored by man. The mystery of this
region may be solved and communi
cation established between the earth
and the moon by a multiple charge
high efficiency rochet now being
worked out by Professor Goddard of
Clark college.
An interesting speculation, says a
statement given out by the Srnithsoni
an Institution, Is on the question of
sending to tho surface of the dark part
of. the new moon a sufficient amount
of the most 'brilliant flash powder
which, being ignited on'lmpact, would
be plainly visible in a powerful tele
scope. This would be the only way
to prove that the rocket had reached
the moon, as the apparatus would
never come back. The outer limit of
the earth's atmosphere is estimated
to be 230 miles up. The highest level
ever reached with instruments is 19
miles, and this was done with a bai-
loon. v? To- send a rocket beyond, the
Influence of the. earth will require, It
is estimated, ail "initial miss" of
1274 pounds. -.. . .
, The nature of the upper air has for
a long time been a subject of much
speculation as to its chemical com
position,' density, temperature, etc.,
and even if Professor Goddard does
not succeed in throwing a rocket to
the moon he may be able to learn
something about the higher altitudes.
Oregon Country Spurned
by Osteocephalics
Farseeing Men for Years Labored
With Congress in Vain
Oregon City, the first capital of the
Oregon country, should erect a monu
ment to John Floyd of Virginia. He
was one of Oregon's first, ablest and
most brilliant champions. He was born
in Jefferson county, Virginia, In 1783,
was graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania, served as a surgeon with
Virginia troops in the war of 1812,- be
came a ongaaier general, served in
congress from 1817 to 1829, and was
governor of Virginia from 1880 to 1834.
For eight years John Floyd fought
against the ignorance, intolerance,
prejudice, ridicule and indifference of
congress concerning Oregon. but
though he made a hard, aggressive and
intelligent fight for the rights of the
settlers in the Oregon country, he did
not live to see his cause win.
In 1818 Great Britain and the United
States signed the "joint occupancy"
treaty, whereby it was "agreed that any
country that may be claimed by either
party on the northwest .coast of Amer
ica westward to the Stony mountains
shall, together with its harbors, bays,
creeks and the navigation of all rivers
within the same be free and open for
10 years to the vessels, citizens and
subjects of the two powers." The treaty
was renewed and reaffirmed in 1827.
Shortly after the signing of the Joint
occupancy treaty in 1818, the United
States bought Florida. This was in
1819.
The following year, on December 19.
1820, Floyd of Virginia brought up the
"Oregon question." He ran against a
stone wall of ridicule and opposition.
He finally succeeded In having a com
mittee of congressmen appointed to ob
tain information' about the American
settlements in the Oregon country. The
committee consisted of Floyd of Vir
ginia, Metcalf of Kentucky and Swear
ingen of Virginia. Early in January.
1821, they presented their report, to
gether with a bill authorizing the presi
dent to occupy Oregon territory, iex-
tinguish the Indian title and provide a
government. The bill failed to pass the
house. One year later, on January 18,
1822. he presented another bill of a
similar nature. This also languished
in committee and died.
On December 17, 1822, Floyd made an
eloquent speech in congress on the re
sources of Oregon and the opportunities
there for settlers. This was the first
speech ever made In congress on the
Oregon question. Baylies of Massachu
setts spoke of the value of its timber,
fish and furs. Tucker of Virginia op
posed any action, as he said the mouths
of the Columbia and Mississippi rivers
were over 4000 miles apart and that a
colony on the Columbia would be more
apt to trade with China than with their
kinsmen on the Atlantic seaboard.
Tracy of New York in his speech said
that Oregon was an Inhospitable wil
derness, that its coast was rugged and
its climate bleak and forbidding, that
the country was broken and rocky, the
entrance to the Columbia dangerous
and the climate west of- the Cascade
mountains damp and unhealthy, while
the Columbia east of- the Cascades was
one vast desert waste of sand and
gravel. Floyd's bill .was" amended to
change the name of the Oregon coun
try to the Columbia country. The vote
stood 61 for and 100 against Floyd's
bill.
Early in the next year Representative
Little of Maryland presented a petition
from 80 farmers and mechanics asking
that the Oregon bill be passed, as they
desired to. emigrate to Oregon. On
January 19, 1824, Floyd of Virginia
again presented a bill authorizing the
United states to occupy the Oregon
river and to establish a territorial
government for the Oregon country.
The bill remained in committee till the
end of the year. In the debate Floyd
gave a graphic description of the ad
vantages of the Oregon country.
finally, on December 23, 1824. after
four years of constant work for Ore
gon, Floyd of Virginia had the pleasure
of seeing the Oregon bill pass the house
by a vote of' 113 to 57. The bill was
brought up in the United States senate
in February, 1825. Senator Barbour of
Virginia took the floor in defense of the
settlements on the Oregon river. Dick-
erson or New Jersey opposed the bill.
He asked, with great sarcasm, how the
honorable senator from Oregon would
get to Washington. D. C. Would he
come overland on horseback, or around
Cape Horn? Or perhaps it was planned
to have him come by the Northwest
passage, through Bering strait. "This
passage is not yet discovered," he said.
'but it will be by the time Oregon be
comes a state." He said that under no
conceivable circumstances could Oregon
ever be of any value to the United
States, as It had no wood nor water,
that its land could not be cultivated.
and the only thing It could be used for
was as a pasture for the buffalo.
Senator Benton of Missouri closed the
debate, speaking In favor of creating
Oregon territory, "he senate turned the
Oregon bill down so hard that it stayed
dead for some years.
In 1828 Floyd of Virginia once more
took up the fight for the Oregon coun
try- He presented a petition from Hall
.T. Kelly which had over 3000 signa
tures asking that the Oregon bill be
passed. He presented the memorial ot
John M. Bradford with a large number
of prospective settlers from Louisiana
and also that of Albert Town of Ohio,
with a considerable number of Ohib set
tiers. The Oregon bill was defeated by
a vote of 99 to 75. Floyd went back to
private life, and the Oregon bill slum
bered until congress came within an
ace Of turning over our entire Interest
In the Oregon country for a share in
the privilege of catching codfish on the
Newfoundland banks.
Letters From the People
t CommunfeaHous arat to The Journal for
publication in this department ahouM be written
on only one tide of the paper, aheuld not exceed
S0O words in fanurth, and must be alined by tne
writer, wboM mail address in full must accom
pany the contribution.
A Statement by Mr. Banks
Portland, Jan. 19. To the Editor of
The Journal An article appeared in
The Sunday Journal of January 18, pur
porting to come from Salem, 'in 'which
it is intimated that personal differences
with the governor, growlre nut of -v
efforts as an attorney in seeking to ob
tain a pardon for a paioieu chv.c,
may be responsible for my criticism of
the governor during the special session
of the legislature,-and also for the res
olution introduced by four senators de
manding that Governor Olcott resign
and submit his candidacy to the voters
at the next election. I desire to assure
fa hltati ent!r1,y Bpon h,8 pUDi,c .ori
I since assuming the office of 'governor.
and not otherwise. - I challenge , hie
most earnest supporters, if ha has any,
to defend his course on the Important
matters which he -haa attempted to
solve, including the controversy relat
ing" to the flab., and game commission
and the matter of calling a special ses
sion of the legislature. In my Judg
ment his' Incompetency haa been fully
demonstrate by his official acta. More
over,, the resolution requesting the gov
ernor to resign and submit his candi
dacy to the people at the next general
election is based upon the sincere and
honest conviction that the framers of
the constitution never intended that the
secretary of state should bold the office
of governor beyond the time for which
he was elected secretary of state.
Since the article in question purports
to give some facts regarding my effort
to obtain a pardon for one Marshall S.
Sikes, alias Marshall a Irwin, I be
lieve I am entitled V correct some of
the statements made, ' and to add- some
facts which were not published. I
challenge ahyone to read the record of
this case in the governor's office and
say that the paroled man is not entitled
to a complete pardon. The trial Judge,
the district attorney who tried the case,
the warden of the penitentiary, the state
parole officer and everyone who had
' Knowledge oi tne Tacts ana circum
stances, recommended that Marshall S.
Sikes be unconditionally pardoned. The
governor himself,- after a complete in
vestigation, expressed his Intention of
exercising the pardoning power in this
instance. He changed his mind only
after he found that myself and asso
ciate were to be paid a fee for our
services in the matter, the amount of
which was fixed by our client himself.
The governor assigned as his reason
for denying the pardon that he was
afraid of adverse newspaper criticism
and that someone might think he would
receive a dtvlsion tf our fee a most
ridiculous statement. I replied that in
the 20 years I have practiced law no
one ever charged that any Judge be
fore whom I tried a case had ever re
ceived, a part of my fee. Instead of
granting a pardon, the governor altered
the terms of the. parole so as to deprive
us of the compensation we had earned,
and thereupon immediately insulted
every self-respecting lawyer in the state
by inaugurating a permanent policy of
prohibiting a lawyer from appearing in
pardon cases for a fee. The statutes
of this state require certain things to
be done before the .governor can exer
cise the pardonrag power. These re
quirements of the statute can best be
accomplished by those who are familiar
with the law. Such a policy, in my
judgment, will In many instances re
sult, as it did In this case, in a plain
miscarriage of Justice. The facts in re
lation to the application for a pardon in
the Instant case is a . matter of record
in the governor's office. I wish that
every citizen could read It. This young
man was convicted in Douglas county
of the crime of larceny in a -dwelling.
It appears he entered a cabin In a re
mote part of the county and appropri
ated a few articles of little value. He
was a 'stranger in this state and served
in the penitentiary for this offense al
together three years. I am Informed
that the district attorney who tried the
case acknowledged that a mistake was
made in sending this boy to the peni
tentiary - Instead of the county Jail.
After he was paroled his companions
were those ex-convicts . whom he had
met in the penitentiary. This class
were his only acquaintances. I am told
that he acquired the drug habit while
in the penitentiary. He desired a par
don so' he covld go to his relatives in
Illinois, and ithus be saved from his
evil companions. I investigated his
cause and I believed in him ; I be
lieved the state had wronged him ; I
gave him money with which. to eat. and
applied to the , governor for a pardon.
X did not court the governor's favor, al
though I had a right to expect fair
treatment for my client. I based my
claim for a pardon on simple Justice,
and on the record before the executive.
and so informed1, him. The record was
complete and perfect. The pardon was
denied and a conditional parole substi
tuted, because the governor did not have
the courage of Mis convictions. We did
not ask for possession of the boy's
money. We only requested that his
obligations be paid, and all of them
were paid except the lawyers who had
befriended him. I again repeat, that
what is needed in the governor's office
is more Gibraltar, less jellyfish ; more
executive, less clerk ; more courage and
less cowardice. The governor's course
In this matter was in line with ..the
spineless policy he has pursued since
he assumed the office of governor. He
should resign and become a candidate
In the general election as the framers
of the constitution intended, and as the
people of this state desire.
W. W. BANKS.
Indorses Mr. Jones' View
Prlneville, Jan. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal Doesn't Herbert Jones
know better than to express him
self in the way that he did in last
Wednesday's Journal? He Is liable to be
classed as an I. W. W. or some other
awful" thing. Still, I glory in his brave
ery in defying his opponents. What he
has written Is gospel truth. The United
States is supposed to be a free and
liberty loving people, but when one looks
at the carryings on of the last few
years, one sometimes wonders if It Is.
As for the saloon, I, like Herbert Jones.
hope It will never return as we had it.
but I do hope that common sense peo
ple will assert themselves and that those
who want it can have something at
their homes and not be criminals.
I fully believe that if we had less so
ciety and club activities and more good
old fashioned fathers and mothers who
would look after their children and
make homes for them, we would have
less of drunkenness, less of those who
use tobacco, less gambling and less of
crime in general.
r hope to see a star rise out of the
East as at Bethlehem and that common
sense will be restored and that .peace
shall again reign. ANOTHER JONES.
The Status of the Cow
From the Common weal thrr
Recently a section foreman, in mak
ing a report of a cow being struck by
a train, wired the following to his su
pervisor :
"The cow that got killed last night
was a bull and she hain't dead yet.
Please send me a keg of spikes."
Curious Bits of Information
For the? Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
There are two European monarchies
Koumania and Norway where heredi
tary titles of nobility have been abol
ished by law, yet the diet of republican
Bavaria haa decided to retain the old
titles of the country. France shows a
curios anomaly In this respect. Al
though hereditary titles were abolished
at the time of the first revolution by a
decree revived in 1871. yet the ministry
of justice issues certificates of nobility.
All members of the French diplomatic
service who use titles must obtain one
of these certificates and pay stiffly for
it.
The certificate sets out that the pedi
gree of the holder having been investi
gated, his claim to the title he bears
has been fully established.. and the seal
of the republic is affixed to this patent
of nobility.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says :
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
The city needs mors street lights.
How about the rose show this year?
,
Blood ties lair uv the, ac
cording tO disnatohea RIvn1 la V.I.
drink.
.I?!..Worl.d. A1manac, according to a
aWi,.it?,h n.Bwer ticklish questions."
And yet it isn't reailya joke book. -
Governor oimrt . ,
Lislative measures his o. k.. and tha
ouers fie gave the k. o
iW tni8!, that we r not premature
in commenting on the approach of spring
and home gardening weather
Surgeon General Blue says he has no
AltJ J? recurrence ' of the flu epi
demic. Nothing to be blue about, as it
were.
If the authorities stick to their an
nounced declaration not to grant driv
ers licenses to reckless drivers of au
tomobiles there are a number of per
sons In the city who will either reform
or give up their driving.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Help is what P. J. Wo r rail of Tilla
mook needs more than anything else.
Worrall presides over the destinies of
the Tillamook hotel, at the door of
which, thanks to a big road building
program, throngs of visitors are ex
pected this summer. The hotel is howl
ing for help to care for the rush. Wor
rall wouldn't trade Tillamook county's
new road system for a king's ransom,
he declares.
Yesterday was Tuesday, and that
might make possible a pun, since Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Monday of North Pow
der arrived in the big city a day late.
When they can't make hay while the
sun shines on their fine ranch the Mon
days are thinking up new ways to
spend their money mostly In Portland.
This trip they are at the Imperial.
"Now, up In Boise " W. L. Bear of
Boise. Idaho, gets the attention of R.
W. Childs at the Hotel Portland with
out another word. Up In Boise this year
they've been having fearful weather,
eo Bear says In apologizing for his pres
ence in Portland, where he is "loafing."
Bear has a big hand in running the af
fairs of the First National bank of
Boise. "But this winter has been very
unusual," he declares.
Mrs. T. W. Tandy, who helps her
husband ranch a la mode at Marsh
land. Columbia county, is enjoying the
early spring season in Portland as a
guest at the Imperial. Mrs. Tandy lost
her nephew, Ray Curtis of Russellvllle,
Multnomah county, when the tanker
Chanslor struck Cape Blanco reef, off
the Oregon coast, recently.
Heading a delegation of Grants Pass
folks who are sojourning at the Hotel
Oregon, the names of Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Saddler are very noticeable on the reg
ister. After the signature placed in the
bold Spencerian of C. A. himself, is the
slogan, "It's the climate."
,
In his home town, no less than in
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
(Hera to the atorj of a man whs haa mada
mora than good aj a rir of poultry, b
aittnins in a small but intellicent way and keeping-
always up to dat. Mr. Lockley alao array
fiturea to show Oregon's rank in poultry and
other product, and it cotnparatiT rank with
other poultry center.
Russell E. Butler haa been a member
of the Portland police force nine years.
He is very fond of chickens. No, that
isn't what I mean, at alL I don't mean
the chickens with tight skirts and drug
store complexions. I mean White Leg
horns, Barred Rocks and other kinds
that wear feathers. A day or so ago
in Oregon City he told me of his ex
perience in the chicken business.
"Three years ago In March," said Mr.
Butler, "I bought a five-acre place out
on the Oregon City car line, making ,a
first payment of $1260. I had exactly
$100 left and 25 White Leghorn chick
ens. Today I own nine acres, for which
I have, patd $4500. I have 1600 hens andi
100 roosters. AU of my -birds are pure
blood and all are trap nested. I took an
Inventory of my place on January 1.
Its value was $14,999.50. Since then I
have addefl over $1100 worth of equip
ment. I secured my foundation stock
from Tancred's nock, at Kent, Wash.
Last year I sold 15,000 baby chicks at
an average price of 20 cents. This year
I have accepted an order for 40.000
chicks at 25 cents apiece. I have nan
to turn down orders for over 100.000
chicks, as my present capacity is about
40,000. Last year I sold over iOO breed
ing cockerels at $7.50 each.
"It costs me one cent a day to feed
each chicken. I feed my chickens
sprouted oats for breakfast. In the
evening I let them scratch for grain in
straw litter. They have before them
all day dry mash in their hoppers, as
well as charcoal, ground -bone, grit, oys
ter shell and green feed, and I let them
drink all the buttermilk they want.
"I have increased my egg yield nearly
16 per cent by providing an abundance
of electric light Every chicken house
and runway Is equipped with lots of
light. My alarm clock is set for 6 a. m.
When the alarm goes off I reach out of
bed and throw the switch In. This
turns the lights or all over the place.
The minute the lights are on my chick
ens hop off their roosts and get busy
scratching in the straw. When it gets
last of that there old cuss. He'll keep
a-pokln' of his head outer the grave
and hollerin fer help ever little while
fer quite a spell. The Piute Injuns on
Bishop creek In Callforny uster drap
a big rock on the head of anybody they
wanted to stay dead. Rock Salt Joe. old
Piute he-devtl. cllm outer his grave In
the fall of "77 after they'd drapped the
rocta 'cordln' to custom and fit quite a
while 'fore they got him back to stay.
The Injun agent reported Joe died of
smallpox, but some of us that k no wed
how the funeral went off alius doubted
it.
Olden Oregon
Cascade Mountains Had Earlier
Borne Two Other Names.
The Cascade mountains were given
the name "Presidents' range" by Hall
J. Kelly about 1838. Later the name
"Cascades" came into vogue, probably
on account of the fact that their sum
mit on the route of traffic and travel
was marked by the Cascades of the
Columbia river. As far back as the
Astor expedition, the name Cascades
was applied to the mountain range. In
early maps the name appears as either
Cascade range or Presidents' range, or
both. Greenhow's history of Oregon
and California contains a map com
piled in 1838, which gives the name
"Far West mountains." Cascade range
appears In Wilkes' narrative of - Oregon,
in 184L '
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
' "It is surprising,- according to the
Medford Mall Tribune's Smudge Pot
man. "that more people don't own motor
cycles. The chances of breaking a neck
are. so much higher than in an auto.
Besides the chances of breaking the
other fellow's neck, one might add.
Virtually every school lad of The
rn. th nimnMa aavs. la included in
a recent sweeping edict. Pool halls and
tobacco dealers have been notified and
presented with fists of lads not eligible
to "shoot" pool or smoke. Approxi
mately 800 names appear on the prohi
bited lists.
Tn . m 9i.,M.irn mlumn the La-
Grande Observer reproduces from old
files this: "There is an organised gang
of sure-thing gamblers working tne
trains between Portland and La
Dnnit with the nhtect of fleecing
unsuspecting travelers whenever the op-1
portunlty offers. Some or tee trainmen
know who a part of the gang are, and
keep a close watch on them, but even
the conductors are not able to protect
the silly dupes who bite with the avidity
of a sucker only to find that they have
been robbed."
Portland. R. Spaulding of Baker has a
reputation. He is, in fact, the best lit
tle orator in all Baker county, and when
the local football team v. ants to intro
duce Itself to an admiring populace
8pauldlng is as redy to pronounce the
invocation as he is to promote, orator
lcally. the sale of stock show pavilion
bends. Spaulding is at the Imperial.
Right next door to Spaulding on the
Irr-perial register is Norman Elliott,
who spends most of his time within
shouting distance of Baker. Elliott la
one of those Baker citizens who is char
acterized by the town realty dealer as
always ready to tak a shot at any-1
thing good."
"The Million Dollar Kid" Is at the
Oregon today. Otherwise known as J. G.
Richardson, deputy state treasurer and
custodian of such funds, that .his mil
lion dollar nomenclature Is understand
able, the Salem Ite Is at the Oregon, at
his leisure afW a strenuous session at
the state house, where he represented
Marion county in the legislature.
"No harm will come to White Salmon
fruit crops as a result of the cold winter
weather, although the severity of the
season was a little more than usual." In
that optimistic view does C. T. Dewey,
orchardist of White Silmon. pass over
the trials of the winter and look for
ward to a crop of great bounty next
fall. Dewey Is spending a few days J"
Portland and Is a guest at the Oregon.
J. F. Gilpin of Astoria, where he is a
mainstay. In the composition of the Mc
Eachem Construction company, is at
the Oregon.
W. G. Vassal!, who enjoys a state of
bachelorhood more than any other man
In Dallas except Carey Hayter, is very
carefully and quietly doing business in
Portland. He sleeps and sometimes
eats at the Benson, where all that is
known about him is that he is a banker
in the Polk county metropolis.
daylight I turn off the lights and at
E o'clock in the afternoon I turn them
on Ull 6:30. Good care, plenty of the
right kind of food, absolute cleanliness,
lots of light, plenty of dean, pure water,
lots of charcoal and oyster shell and
constant attention are bound to bring
good results.
"There are lots of men here In Clacka
mas county making good money with
chickens. Elmer Grlbble of Canby, A.
Brownell, J. R. McRae and T. B. Mil
ler of Mllwaukie. B. C. Palmer and B.
F. Noyes of Molalla, Grant Dimmlck of
Oregon City, and B. Sullivan of High
land, are a few of the successful chicken
raisers I know of.
"Meet U. L. Upson of Grants Pass. He
is manager of the Poultry Producers as
eoclation, and he can think like I
chicken."
. "We have $50 members," said Mr. Un-
son. "owning about 400,000 birds. We
are planning to put ii a hatchety at
Oregon City, which will hatch a million
and a quarter chicks a year. At first
we will only hatch a few from 60,000
to 100,000 and gradually Increase our
output. Our Idea is to introduce pure
blood hens and contract to buy all the
eggs produced. We want to produce so
many eggs here in Oregon that we shall
be shipping a carload every other day
to New York city. It costs 12 cents a
dozen to lay them down there. Petaluma
ships a carload of eggs to New York
city every other day. Petaluma hens
average 120 eggs a year. Oregon hens
average over 180 eggs a year, which
gives us a great advantage. Western
Oregon and Western Washington, on
account of our mild climate and lack
of excessive heat In summer, and on ac
count of our superior strain of stock,
form ar Ideal poultry section.
"Do you realize that Oregon produced
$85,500,000 worth of poultry last year
which was 24 per cent of all the farm
products raised In Oregon? Now com
pare what our hens did with other lines.
We produced last year cattle to the value
of $30,000,000. hogs $24,500,000, dairy
cows $10,000,000, butter $8,000,000, cheese
$3,900,000. milk and cream $24,000,000.
wheat $37,000,000, hay $24,000,000. fruit
820.000,000. and so on down the line. So
you see that the mere hen is not so
very mere, after all."
Because the family, like the Individual members thereof. Is up-to-date.
The family aa a whole finds more of interest and benefit In The
Journal than any other paper.
4
The Journal's news Is freshest, most complete and most reliable. Its
editorials are the fairest the best written and treat upon the most time
ly subjects. Its features, such as women's pages, children s bedtime
stories, comic section and magazine section, are the best obtainable. Its
advertising columns are most carefully censored and carry no objec
tionable or questionable matter. The Journal's policy of "Oregon First"
makes it truly "The Home Paper of the Oregon Country." ,
Finally, The Journal is an afternoon, morning and Sunday paper,
reaching each class of readers at the most logical time, thereby render
ing the only complete service in the city.
THEREFORE '
The whole family reads The Journal and patronizes Journal adver
tisers. That's why The Journal has the largest daily average circula
tion in Portland and trading radius of any Portland paper.
"The Oregon Country
Northwwt Happening to Brtaf Farm (or Ua
Buay Baadat.
OREGON NOTES
Clackamas county authorities are
watching the highways for Overloaded
trucks.
An Industrial survey of Linn county
la to be made by the Albany Chamber
of Commerce.
Thieves entered the store of F N.
Hendricksen near Mplalla and stole ra
ors and pocket knives valued at $100.
More than 1300 applications (or real
estate licenses for 1820 have been re
ceived by the state insurance commis
sioner. Voting precincts in and near Albany
uocn rearranges so mat Doun-
daries will correspond with the city
B1II1ILB.
Following the release by the govern
ment of the railroads extensive improve
ments will be made bv the Southern Pa.
clfic at Roseburg.
The car shortage situation in the state
haa not been improved, according to a
communication sent by the public serv
ice commission to the railroad adminis
tration. District Forester Merrltt at Eugene
ays Indications are bright for a con
tinuation this year of the trail work
and that several Important projects will
be finished.
According to Captain George Wilbur
a conference of Oregon. Washington and
California men who are Interested in
Japanese exclusion will soon be held
at .Portland.
Bertha Ma pes. 2 hours old. has the
distinction of being the youngest per
son In Salem enumerated by census tak
ers connected with the drive conducted
for the Cherrlans.
The number of births at Enterprise
last year was nearly three times the
number of deaths. Nearly twice as many
males died as females and the number
of males born exceeded the females.
IDAHO
A large quantity of sealed Scotch
whiskey has been seised by customs of
ficers at East port. At present bootleg
prices the seizure was worth $300.
Idaho's public utility commission will
meet early In February with the Ore
gon commission to decide upon the applu
cation of the Idaho Powar company for
increased rates. The new rate demand
affects Malheur and Baker counties in
Oregon.
A. B. Hullt, who is in the Jackson
IJole country examining the elk and the
feeding situation, finds that newspa
per stories sent from that section rel
ative to the condition of the game are
incorrect. The elk are being well eared
for and have sufficient food.
WASHINGTON
Boxing and wrestling are to become
a part of the Yakima high school ath
letic program.
The Washington State Association .of
County Game Commissioners and War
dens will hold Its annual session at Spo
kane January 26.
Charged with wilful neglect to an
swer census questions. A. F. Hmtth of
Aberdeen is under arrest. Other ar
rests are expected.
Cowlitz county's new shingle mill has
begun cutting shingles. The mill is
equipped with five cutting machines and
has ample kiln capacity.
Yakima Pomona grange, which In No
vember last went on record as opposed
to the triple alliance, has reaffirmed
tts-attltude by a vote of 128 to .
Two black bears have appeared near
Stevenson. This is the earliest In the
season bears have been seen for years
and old timers say it Is an Indication of
an early spring.
The Utah-Idaho Sugar company has
three factories In Yakima valley and
would like to have 15.000 acres signed
up this season Last year the price was
$10 a ton at the dumps.
Thirteen alleged I. W. W. charged
with alleged criminal syndicalism have
pleaded not guilty. Their trial has been
set for January 29. The court has ap
pointed an attorney to defend them.
The city commission at Chehalis haa
decided not to press the matter of ask
ing the state public service commission
to review telephone rates until a case
now pending In the supreme court is de
cided. Deputy sheriffs who have been work
ing In cooperation with Indlap police
to apprehend Christopher "Tulee. the In
dian hoy who shot and killed his father,
are certain the boy Is being hid and
supported by Indian friends.
District Horticulturist Albert of Lewis
county says this section is the best berry
growing section hs has ever seen. Last
year he found It took three or four
Oregon loganberries to equal In site
one grown here. As to the profit, he
cited an Auburn man who netted $7200
from six acres of berries.
A decision of the supreme court hold
ing that railroads are not liable for
damage to fruit shipped In box cars
under option where the shipper takes
the responsibility for freezing, frost nd
overheating, puts an end to a long drawn
out contention and haa a far reaching
effect on the fruit Industry.
Farmers of the Yakima Indian res
ervatlon have discovered that the In
dlan appropriation bill carries a de
mand that they shall pay $10 an acre
during the next year as part or the re
payment to the government for expeti-
dltures in developing the Wapato unit
of the Yakima project.
GENERAL
An offensive and defensive alliance
has been concluded between Austria and
C'zecho-Slovakla.
Heavy storms and snowslldes have
blocked the White Pass A Yukon rail
way since January 6.
The Standard Oil company haa with
drawn distillate from the market. To
force the public to a greater onsomp
tton of gasoline Is charged, but this is
denied by the company.
A concentration of British war ves
sels in the Black sea Is Interpreted a
a movement to protect British Interests
in case they are threatened by the Bol
shevik advance to the Tcoast.
Next year will be the most critical
one tn the food supply of Europe, sines
the war began, predicts the parliamen
tary secretary to the British food min
istry, so far as supplies and prices of
butter and cheese are concerned. The
dairy product of Australia is much be
low the normal, owing to drouth. There
is no prospect, he adds, that the world'e
supply of sugar will be increased. Meat
products also will be short.
Why the
Whole Family
Reads
The Journal
y4
I don't reckon the celebration-of -the
funeral of Johnr Barieycorn'll . be ths
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