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CAM Ol FLAGKD
ONCE .more the voters of the .stale
are to he compelled to record
their verdict upon the thrice re
pudiated lieutenant governorship
amendment; this time through the
submission to Ihcm of the proposed i
Bank-Mose,r amendment for their ap
provai or rejection ai me special elec
tion In May.
'.' .The two Multnomah county sena
tors, experts at political camouflage,.
have MPrrlsed flttincr strategy in pre
senting the old question under a new
cloak, for it is even more vicious
than any of its predecessors. It. If
adopted, would embroil all succep'd-
lng legislatures In perpetual political
'squabbles, bret'd contention, foster
dissension and open wide the door
to political chicanery ar.d the invidi
ous Influences of Invisible govern
; ment.
.. Three times now the people of
Oregon have said they do not want
' a lieutenant governor. In 1912 they
said so by a negative majority of
11.0R2 votes. In itli they reiterated
their verdict with a negative majority
r of 01,764. In 19IH, at the special-election
In June, they again repudiated
the Idea by a negative majority of
- I4.i3.
; On all of those occasions the issue
. presented to them whs clear cut and
plain. They were asked to pass on
one Issue alone, whether Ihey desired
to elect a lieutenant governor, to bp rve
as president of Ihe senate when the
senate might be In session, and to
succeed, to the governorship should
the regularly elected executive be
nnabbto administer that office for!
afjy cause. Each time they said no, j
clearly and unmistakably. j
Undoubtedly the majority nf the i
;' electorate would prefer to fill an
existing vacancy in the executive of
flee by their own direct selection and
bi fl-o r,rrn.l,.nll Tl, n.nm
court, construing the constitution as it
stands, has. said, however, that this i
authorlty does not exist, hut that Ihe 1
secretary of state, succeeding to the
governorship in event or the death
or Other constitutional inability of the
Incumbent, holds for the full trni of
-. the outgone official, with all the
power and authority of that official.
Including the right to resign 89 sec
retary of slate and appoint a suc
. cessor.
Senators Moser and Banks, crafty
as they are, have attempted to touch
the popular chord by providing In
their proposed amendment that, when
a vacancy occurs in the executive of
fice. If shall be filled at the next suc
ceeding general election. Had they
stopped there, leaving the succession
In the secretary of state as at present,
It would not have been so bad. But
they went further, disregarding the
- .:' fact that the constitution is now made
definite and certain by judicial con
struction, to provide that the presi
dent of the state senate, and after him
, the speaker of the house of repre
sentatives, shall succeed to the gov
ernorship in case of vacancy there.
- It Is 1 a vicious plan, full of poten-
- tlal' trouble and political strife. The
people were asked, thrice, to author
ize the election of a lieutenant gov
ernor to act as president of the senate,
. and possibly as governor. They re-fused
each time. Now they are to
be jasked to authorize the election of
. tny one of 30 senators, or of GO rep-
- - resentatives, not by their own votes
directly but by the indirect votes of
' th members of the assembly, to sit
. , as president of the senate and'speaker
of the house, and, possibly, as gov-
. ernor.
It Is more thandoubtfiil if the
voters of Oregon will ever consent
. , that any senator, or representative,
who possesses the power of manipu
lation and combination sufficient to
- place him at the head of the respec--,tlve
branches of-the state assembly
shall, , by that circumstance alone,
stand as the' potential governor of the
'state. .
. Senator iVIoser. for ' instance, was
- president of the . senate. Yet the
.voters of his owii party with a voice
J;i bo ' compelling that even he could
. . clearly .understand It, said they did
not want Mm, In the .executive, chair,
' Sena tor. Banks desires to be. presl
dent of the senate, a hope which may
have 'bred the thought written Into
his amendment. The people of Ore
gon have had no opportunity to weigh
him as gubernatorial Umber. The
results might be both interesting and
illuminating were they to be given
that opportunity.
But. those incidents aside, we shall
see what we shall see when the voters
speak In May.' The Journal does not
believe that thdy ever will consent
to deliver their control of the execu
tive office, even in contemplation of
uncertain an.l remote possibility, Into
the hands of the legislature, "and of
those secret and i Invidious ptitSide
forces vhich would." if the stake were
alluring enough, continually struggle
to command it.
c;. A. TomlinHon, director of in
land waterway traffic for the rail-
roaa aaminiinrBiinn, says inai
government has $20,000,000 worth I
nf harirpn loft from its war exnert- !
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ments In river transportation. He i
in also quoted as asserting that in 1
the future, as during the war. Joint
and through rates lnter-relating
water and rail transportation, will
be continued. How about securing
the allocation of .a few of the barges
for wheat transportation on the Co
lumbia and getting such Joint rates
with feeder rail lines as will move
the greatest possible volume of grain
cheaply and expeditiously through
the Columbia river gateway?
EXPLAINABLE
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N WHAT theory can the O-W. R.
A N. or the North Bank support
the Puget Sound contention in
the rate heuring?
Would any business organization
other than a railroad company sup
port, a policy harmful to itself?
Thus traffic sent over the O-W. R. &
! N. to the Sound Is turned over to the
! Northern Pacific at North Yakima.
Tlw O-W. R. & N. has the longest
haul, but it divides the transportation
charge on a 50-50 basis. If the busi
ness were hauled to , Portland, the
O-W. II. A N. would get all the freight
money. Hauled via North Yakima to
Puget Sound, half the freight money
has to be given by the O-W. H. A N.
to the Northern Pacific.
Yet, here is the O-W. R. A N. advo
cating the same rate to Puget Sound
that it gets over its own line to Port
land. Mow can It afford to advocate
a policy on which half its freight
money must go to a rival liner is;
It not a suicidal business? On what
possible theory can the O-W. R. A
N. defend its course?.
Kxactly the same situation is in
volved when the O-W. R. A N. con
tends for the sarne rate to Astoria as
to Portland and Vancouver, which it
does in supporting the Puget Sound
contention.
Thus when traffic is routed over
its line lo Astoria, the O-W. n. A N.
must turn the business over to the
S., P. A S. at Portland. It must di
vide up the freight money with the
S., P. A S., and the estimate is that
the share of the S.. P. A S. for the
service from Portland to Astoria is
not less than II per ton. In addition,
hoth at North Yakima and Portland,
j O-W. R. A N. cars must go off on
another line, and the O-W. R. A N. be
out of the use of Ihem at a time when
i car shortages are notorious.
! And why should the North Hank
1 support the Pugel Sound contention,
I and oppose the Columbia rteer con
tention? It has no line to Pugot
?lO Until
There can be no satisfactory expla -
ilr
ive u ,hp specie of both the O-W.
si v.nn. .1 r . .1 i '
i n- N- and North Bank supporting
j a ratP s,turc that must be inimical
, ' bolh lines and to ,hfl,r s,ock-
Back o" the extraordinary course of
both roads is there among the higher-
ups in the ow nership of the two lines
a mutuality of interest and a gentle
man's agreement that, in some in
scrutable w..y, profits them to build
up Puget Sound by discriminating
against the Columbia river?
Is it any wonder that Columbia
river ports feel keenly the attitude of
the O-W. R. & N. and the North
Bank?
When the numerous hundreds of
thousands of visitors for whom Port
land Is preparing arrive In the city.
it Is said that each of them will
be given opportunity to buy a silver-
mounted Jack rabbit foot for good
uck. The purchases may by stretch
of graveyard superstition bring good
uck to the purchasers, and success
ful sales will unquestionably mean
good luck to the vendors, but such
a wholesale order certainly suggests
mighty bad luck for the rabbits.
THE LOOP ROAD
c
OI NTY COMMISSIONER HOLMAN
wisely urges that before June 1
construction be complete on-the
roads that link Portland with
Beaverton via Jefferson street, and
with Oregon City along the west side
of the Willamette.
His prediction will be fully realized
that Portland in June, incident to the
Shrine convention and the Rose Fes
tival, will entertain more visitors than
at any previous time. Many of them
will keenly desire to see the country
adjacent to the city by means of the
system, of loop roads contemplated In
cooperation with the state highway
commission. It will be of undoubted
advantage to have the loop roads
completed and open without the Irri
tation and delays incident to con
struction. 1
The commercial advantages of hast
ening the Work on the, roads that pen
etrate the productive areas near Port
land jyvlll also be sufficient to warrant
an aggressive and punctual program.
: As Mr. ; Holmao further ; observes,
Multnomah county- does not receive
In road construction within the county
a 'dollar of direct benefit from its
one third contribution to the princi
pal and interest yjf the 118,000.000 in
highway bonds which have been auth
orized. But Multnomah county and
Portland properly anticipate Import
ant advantage from facilitated trade
interchange and from broadened tour
ist opportunity.
All England has been, interested
in the case of a beautiful girl, who
as a- cashier, embezzled 1110,000.
and after a trial that lasted 35 min
utes, was sent to jail for a year.
America too, may be interested in
a criminal trial that required but
35 minutes, which quibbles, delays
and appeals in this country would
have dragged out to 35 weeks or 35
months. The girl, besides being a
cashier, conducted a Jewelry store
in a fashionable shopping center
in Manchester and was engaged to
marry a titled army officer. He says
. .
he will be ready to irvarry her when
her sentence ends. She attributes
her downfall to desire to move in
fashionable circles.
THE GARNERS AND OTHERS
w
HAT devotion to an idea there
is sometimes in men!
In the belief that there is a
monkey language, Richard L.
Garner, an American naturalist, spent
years of hfs life studying the subject,
going 'even to the extent of confining
himself in a cage where he could bet
ter note the sounds with which com
munication between the animals
seemed to take place. In this and
other work he lived 30 years in the
French Congo and other part of Africa
T, IKa An.l hii con I tVio world intr.
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wonderment with the announcement I
that he had discovered the meaning
or a number of the monkey sounds,
and that, he had found one monkey
with which he was able to communi
cate. The best value in the Incident is the
realization of how men are exploring
every field in the endeavor to aid to
the world's stock of knowledge. There
is no hidden thing which men are
not trying to find. Their minds are
as restless as the ever-shifting tides
of the ocean. Here is an Antarctic
explorer who is to devote five years
to a study of the southern antipodes,
including an airplane journey to the
South Pole.
In every branch of science, in the
fields of agriculture, mechanics and
every other line in which there is pos
sibility to increase knowledge or origi
nate new things, inquiring, investi
gating, exploring men are delving.
We are in a wonderful world in
which the wonderful is everywhere
and all the time sought and solved.
Poor old John Barleycorn there
Is none so low as to do him honor.
Charles' E. Hughes declined an offer
of $150,000 to represent the liquor
trust In an effort to find holes In
the prohibition law. William H.
Taft was handed a blank check and
told to fill it out with his own flg-
i ures for a similar service. He de-
! clined.
Finally Elihu Root under-
took the job. and the public may
draw Us own conclusions as to the
fee he is to receive.
TOO MIT.H A LA
T
UK Portland owner of a family
hotel who resides elsewhere be
cause he frankly desires his
children to grow up in a real
home and to learn the high ideals of
inome. nas an unconscious sympa-
thizer in Thomas H. Brlggs. who for
1 .
20 years has been chef at Rector's.
Briggs came to visit in Seattle a
friend by the fine, old name of O'Mal
ley, and O'Malley. anxious to do the
honors jroperly. took him to a cara
vansary where the dishes of the menu
j were disguised by such terms as "a
la Itallenne." "a la Francaise," "en
casserole" and "au gratin." The New
Yorker was laggard in appreciation.
Finally he burst forth.: "Say, I
thought I'd get a square meal out here
Instead of this 'a la' stuff that I know
all' too much about!" Then O'Malley
took his guest home to a welcome
Celtic dinner of uncamouflaged corn
beef and cabbage and Briggs was as
happy as Jiggs.
"What's the matter with Indiana?
That state has a married man who
Is boss of his own house. In her
suit for divorce, the wife says he
not only compelled her to do the
housework, but' to provide her own
food, clothing and other necessities
from a salary of $6 a week which
he paid her for working In his
butcher shop. After 26 years of it,
she has, with full conviction that he
would always run their house, struck
for a new job.
Thirty-six purebred brood sows
were sold at an average of $1554
each at & Wisconsin sale recently.
The average price for 26 others was
$1199, and one two-year-old went
to Iowa for $4000. In sales like
these hogs la hogs.
FRANCIS ALONZO BAILEY
T
he Oregon commonwealth was
given its moral. Intelligent and
sturdy character by men like Dr
Francis Alonzo Bailey, who, at
80, passed away at Hillsboro Friday,
The state is known the country
.over as one that led the nation in
good works during the late war. It
has equally wide celebrity as a com
monwealth abreast" of; modern move
ment It is justly accorded first place
in sanity in its industrial life and in
the poise with which its people face
issues and emergencies.
There had to be a foundation for
the character that has been formed
here, and la the Or; Bailers and other
men- of strong moral force and high
personal - qualities that nnderstrue
ture was afforded. Political honors
did not tempt him. The vanities and
baubles of life were no lure to him.
To beal his people, to radiate to
them the gospel of true living and
to be in performance the exemplar of
what he preached, was the self-cho6en
mission of Dr. Bailey.
' The impress left by men of his kind
upon communities and state will be
very long In passing.
I :
Chickens a Clackamas
County Resource
Successful Raiser Tells How He
- Got Business Going
"I've got Ancenas," said a man in
Oregon Citj-'a few days ago. The Jour
nal reporter didn't know whether it
was some sort of new fangled disease
or not. It sounded contagious, so he.
edged away from him and, not wanting
to expose his ignorance, made the per
fectly safe and nonconimital remark.
"Tell me about It."
"Well, some prefer White leghorns.
end some like Rhode Island Heds." he
said, "but when it comes to laying eggs
I have always had mighty good results
with Anconaa."
Do you remember the man who, com
ing home from his day's work, found a
note from his wife, reading, "I have
gone over to Cousin Kate's to have my
kimono cut out"? He was panic strick
en and frantically phoned to the family
doctor to Bee if the operation was suc
cessful. Well, The Journal reporter can sym
pathize with him, for he came within
an ace of asking his Oregon City chicken
fancier what the symptoms of Anconas
were.
One of the well known chicken men of
Oregon City is B. Sullivan, who has a
ranch at Highland. He said, "Yes, I
lived In Portland for a while. I had
farmed for 30 years, so I decided I could
retire and take life easy. I went to
Portland, where I stayed a year. I
shudder yet when I think' of It. I never
put in such a long, hard, unhappy year.
Vc neej of 8rettmK up at day,lKht, for
there was no work to do. no stock to
car for, no water to pump, no wood
to get, no day of rest to look forward
to for I was resting seven days a
week. All 1 did was to walk the streets
till I nearly wore my feet out.
"Finally I decided If resting was going
to be such a desperately hard, unhappy
job. I would gro back to work, so I went j
back to my Clackamas county quarter
section and worked sq hard I had no
time to be restless and unhappy. Did
I have plenty to occupy my time? I
did that I bought 1000 day-old chicks.
This was In. 1916. Sure, you have to
live with the little rascals if you want
to raise them up in the way they should
go. I lost 83 out of my first 1000. which
was altogether too heavy a loss.
"Next year I hatched 5000. I did fine
with them till they were upwards of a
month old. when I lost 1400 Inside of
three days, and 600 more during the
next week. I called an expert out to
see what was the matter. I had been
buying buttermilk for them. I brought
out a fresh barrel of buttermilk one
day and fed It to them, and they began
dying so fast I couldn't keep them
picked up and out of the way. The bar
rel was a whiskey barrel. I noticed it
smelled pretty strong of liquor, but
liquor never hurt me. though I have
punished a good bit of it in my day, so
I took no thought that it might harm
my little chicks. They must have all
been prohibitionists, for they couldn't
stand the wee bit of booze In the barrel.
The milk seemed to be poison to them.
Feeding damaged wheat Is another easy
and quick way to kill little chickens.
"Am I for good roads? Say, If I had
my way I would turn out every county
judge and county official that didn't
believe in and work for good roads.
High taxes, you say? Ray, the roads
out my way are so bad that I have lost
more money in broken eggs, hauling
mem to Oregon lty, man I pay in taxes.
No. sir; I would rather pay a higher
tax and secure good roads, and you
will see me Vote accordingly."
Letters From the People
I CY.mmunirttjon wnt to Th Journal for
publication in thi drpartmpnt should be written
on only fine Hide t.f the paper, should not exceed
800 word in length, and must be signed bj the
writer, whose mail addreaa in full must accom
pany the contribution. )
A Statement by Mr. Moser
Portland, Jan. 24. To the Editor of
The Journal Since you have seen fit
to attack senate bill 53, which, among
other things, provides that an elector
may vote a straight party ticket by
making one cross, and to refer to It as
"Gus Moser's "straight-vote' skuldug
gery."! trust you will consent to pub
lish the following reply to the criticisms :
In the first place, the bill was Intro
duced by the senate committee on ju
diciary and not by me personally, but!
as chairman of the judiciary committee
it became my duty, under the rules of
the senate, to explain the provisions of
the bill and advocate its passage. This
1 did cheerfully and willingly, because
1 firmly and conscientiously believe in
the provisions of the bill. I have no
apology to make for my efforts In Its
behalf and I am satisfied the future will
vindicate my position.
Anyone reading your assaults uoon
this bill, without knowing Its contents,
would be led to believe that the bill de
prived the voters of their right to vote
as independents or for a sollt ticket. Of
couse you know that the bill makes
provision for voting three ways as fol
lows :
First An elector may vote his or her
straight party ticket by making a cross
In the circle at the head of the party
column, and if there are 100 officers to
be elected the elector may vote for these
100 officers by making one cross instead
of 100. It makes It easier for the elector
ana ror the judges and clerks of elec
tion. Second If the elector desires to vote
nearly his or her straight party ticket
dui aiso desires to vote for one or more
of some opposing party candidates, such
elector may make a cross in the circle
at the head of the party ticket which he
or she desires to vote and then draw a
line through the names of the candi
dates of such party for whom the elector
aoes not wish to vote and make a cross
elsewhere for the candidates for whom
me ejector does desire to vote.
In other words, if there are 100 of-,
flees to fill and the elector desires to
vote for 95 candidates of one party
and five Independents or candidates of
some other party, such elector, by mak
ing a cross at the head of one party
and five crosses at different places else
where, or a total of six crosses, may vote
for 100 candidates. This again makes
it easier for the elector to vote and
easier for the judges and clerks of elec
tion 10 count.
Third The elector still has the privi
lege of voting precisely as we vote now,
by making a cross before the name Of
each candidate for whom the elector de-1
sires to vote and ignoring entirelv th.
making of any cross in any party circle
i ibb ueaa 01 tne ballot.
I am sure that any elector who tindee.
stands this bill and the privileges to be
enjoyea tnereunder, can have no reason
able objection to it. For Insta
deaire ;to vote the straight democratic
ticket, you may do so by a slight 'effort
In the making of one mark and )f I desire
to vote the straight - fclepublicaj ticket
I may do likewise. But if each of us
prefers to go over the entire ballot, as
under the preeent system, and vote only
for our - particular choice, we may take
15 minutes or half an hour's time to do
so and enjoy all the privileges afforded
by that form of Australian bajlot which
you aeem to think Is sacred. As a
matter of fact. Senate bill 53 embodies
the modern Australian ballot in use, in
many states of the union.
It Is In use in the state of Washing
ton immediately adjoining us. It has
been In use in Wisconsin since 1891 and
although Wisconsin is generally .Repub
lican by about 1-00,000 majority. Demo
oratic officials have frequently been
elected since this form of ballot has
been In Use, It twice elected George
Peck, a Democrat, as Its governor, under
this system of voting. Wisconsin is my
native state, and I am familiar with
the workings of the law there.
It has been In use in Minnesota for
many years, and although Minnesota is
strongly Republican and most of Ms of
ficials have been Republican, it twice
elected John A. Johnson, a Temocrat, as
governor, by a large majority, and has
elected Democratic officials since." In
cluding one governor. I might go on in
definitely and enumerate many of the
Middle and F.astern states having the
Australian form of ballot, as modern
ized, with the additional advantage
which would have been afforded the elec
tors of this state if the governor hartt
permitted senate bill hi to become law
OUS C. MOSER.
A Teacher's Reply to a Critic
Summerville, Jan. 21. To the Editor
of The Journal In a recent letter In
The Journal, E. S. Piper has made state
ments to which we as a class of pro
fessional people (I am a teacher) must
take exception. First, I wish to quote
him as saying, "Teachers work, or
rather, put in, say, six hours a day, five
days in the week." 1 wonder if Mr.
"Piper's own words do not seem rather
more far-readhing when he sees them
quoted than he had thought they would.
If not, may I ask Mr. Piper to step into
the schoolroom and assume the duties
and responsibilities of a school teacher
for one week? No one who has ever
taught school will fail to realize that
a teacher has more to do than simply
to "put in" six hours a day "five days
In the week." Of the ragpicker's life,
hours and salary I know nothing, so
will venture no comment ; but I do know
something of manual labor. I was not
born to luxury and the white collar.
as air. j-iper seems to think is a part
of the requisites of the school teacher. ,
I have gone from the harvest field j ize the continental transportation syB
(they. in Eastern Oregon, are no Joke) tern of the world and, just by doing the
Into the school room to "put In" my six thing right, would like to start In on
hours of time and have come home at : America. Tigerman's proposal Is to
night far more weary than after "buck- erect an overhead er hanging railway
ing" wheat sacks all day under an ; from New York to San Francisco, using
Eastern Oregon sun. Furthermore, "six the equipment of which he is the in
hours a day. five days in the week" does j ventor. Clear track between the two
not complete the teacher's hours. What cities would permit one to make the
of lessons and assignments to be pre- transcontinental journey in 22 hours,
pared for the next day? What of the j "New York lo San Francisco in 22
countless papers to be studied and cor- j hours." is his slogan. Tigerman Is from
rected, and after school hours? Then . Kansas City, Mo., and is here, it is
the monthly examinations, the reports I said, to seek public tnterest In his Idea.
ana me school entertainments that fill
the nights and days, not the five school
days alone, of the teacher, often keep
ing him or her up until Monday haa
given way to Tuesday, and then some.
How many ragpickers pick their rags
by the light of a lamp?
True, there Is a great Inequality in
wages; probably there always wyi be;
but can that reconcile us to the fact
that while the ragpickers picked their
rags at $33 a week we were spending
more than half that amount each week
trying to get ready to earn nearly two
thirds as much as they? Is the rag
picker not a member of the class of
"the meek and lowly" by choice? In
this day and age the person can be in
life just what he wills to be.
I admjt that the working man will
eat more than the professional man. but
ask any housewife which is easier and.
cheaper to cook for, the man whose
annetite will cater tr hr i,i ''a -1,r io-ney In a narratlre of wrtlcD
appetite w 111 cater to her cooking or 1 th, prwnt jt tn f)p,nin, installment. Gold
the man to whose appetite her cooking j hunting- in Alaska and Siberia form In large part
must cater. I will not, however, admitj the subject matter of the sketch.)
that the average laborer has to pay j
more for clothes than the school teacher, j E. H. Collis, who has made Portland
Few if any callings in life are harder I his home for 30 years or more. Is seere-
on clothing than that of the school : tary of the Alaska society of Portland.
teacher. Why is it that cleaners and j "When I was a boy back In Ohio," said
pressers say, "We clean and press your Mr. Collis, "I ran across a book on
suits for $1.00. except school teachers' 1 Oregon by the Rev. Gustavus Hines. a
and motorcycle riders' to them it is ! Methodist missionary. Right then and
$2"? True, at first thought, the work . there I started an Oregon fund. During
does not appear hard on clothes, but 'the time I was 18 to 19 I ran a 60-acre
consider the kind of clothes we must ' farm. Wh potatoes at 25 cents a
wear. What teacher will go before his ; bushel, eggs 10 cents a dozen and butter
pupils in tacay. cheap and unbecoming
clothing and try to teach habits of self-
respect, cleanliness and right living?
The teacher who does is only working
from the school room to the better paid
position of the ragpicker.
Seriously, however, thank God, we
are trying to put duty and service on
at least an equal footing with the dollar.
A. C. INGRAM.
-On Radicals and Agitators
Portland. Jan. 20.-
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Bcniur oil Having expressed tne WnOle-
.nir,Ml New V,r ,
orQ i rr.K t , iiu " '"?!
appeared in The Journal. The words
justice" and "democracy" were also ab-
sent as in all the other r,iini
called statesmen, but he didn't call at-
tention to the constitution being under-
mined and the spirit of Americanism
needinir to he revived nrt that ,itv.,t
piling up sins on the radicals, as Is now
the custom in some circles. I don't know
what party he Is supposed to serve, but
hope he will not be jailed as a "radi
cal" for what he said.
It is a criminal perversion of speech
to use the word "radical" synonymously
with anarchist. The crowning hope of
civilization is In radicalism surely not
In reactionism.
The plutocrats should also be a bit
discreet in their use of the word "agi
tator." Who does as much agitating as
they do themselves, daily? Many terms
are slippery, but the words "justice"
and "democracy" are very, very shy, as
well as slippery. Watch ye, therefore !
CHRIS.
A Fervent Indorsement
Portland, Jan. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal Your action In taking the
recent poll of votes on the League of
Nations cannot be too highly commend
ed. I hear on all sides expressions of
deep satisfaction from the common peo
ple. Were every newspaper In this coun
try to follow your lead In this matter
It must surely be shown that the great
heart of this nation beats true to its
noble and Immortal president, Woodrow
Wilson.
Who can doubt that future recorders
of American history must, in the light
of impending events, characterize this
action of the senate as the greatest
blunder ever committed by a legislative;
bod !
I cmrratulate you uoon the signal sue-!
cess of your effort to show to the senate
how the citizenry of the Oregon country
deprecate its action.
M. ASHLEY ANDERSON.
Why He Voted Wilson's W ay
Gresham, Jan. 20. To the' Editor of
The Journal I am desirous of: making
a brief statement of my reasons for
voting Woodrow Wilson's way In the
League of Nations, and that Is because
I am convinced that It is the only form
that can be passed immediately and be
acceptable to our allies, i have formerly
been a Republican. I voted for Harri
son in 1888 and .1892, but W. J. Bryan
converted me to democracy. I liked
bis slogiAi of equal rights to all and
special privileges to none. In preference
to that of my discarded, party of equal
rights to none and special privileges to
soma, namely, r the predatory interest.
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Welcome, ram.
Fixed, up your income tax statement
yet?
It's a bad liver that doesn't show
signs of improvement when its owner's
salary is raised.
Butter, according to market quota
tions, is up a cents this morning. Dop't
spread.it on too thick. ,
The ten million dollar road bill will
become a law. which ought to make it
easier going for Oregonians.
Wonder if the circumstance?- that
golf Hnk.'ihran'vnanehSn ThTnT
soort amonc large num
Ders 01 urea Dusines men 7 .
Hood River teachers are studying the
problem of the high cost of living, and
if they can arrive at some satisfactory
solution of the problem and impart the
knowledge to their pupils, the old folks
at home nrobablv will he anvions to
learn a few things about It from their
'j'fvnng. I
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
To attend the annual meeting of the
North Pacific Fair association today
and Tuesday, a number of those partic
ularly Interested arrived In Portland
Sunday and this morning. Meetings of
the association will be held at the Hotel
Portland. Aside from the task of set
ting dates, the prime object of the gath
ering is the arrangement of a race track
schedule that will give all fairs In the
Northwest, Including Canada, a race
card that will thrill the sports of the
two countries. The schedule of races
arranged at the annual meeting will
take the best horses in the Northwest
to tracks at state, county and com
munity fairs next fall. Among the
horsemen at the Portland hotel today
are: (J. R. Walker of Chehalis, presi
dent of the Southwest Washington Fair
association : Ed S. Orr and J. T. Burns.
Chehalis ; R. R. Summerville, Centralla,
and A. E. White, Olympia.
, w. H. Tigerman, a guest at the Mult
nomah hotel, would like to revolution
Not satisfied with the domination of
the newspaper field in La Orande. and
still not utterly content with a big finger
In the same pie at Baker, Bruce Dennis
Is In Portland in connection with the
oil industry. Into which he is entering
with the oldtime enthusiasm. Dennis
Is president of an oil company which
has a powerful hold on valuable prop
erties In Kansas.
Ms. C. It. Cheney of San Francisco
has joined her husband at the Hotel
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
tAdrenture of a man who haa undergone more
tlian tJie orrlmarjr ranee of riciwitudea are re-
2.. cents ror a two-pound roll. It was
pretty hard to save much money.
e
"Whn I was 19 I quit the farm and
went to Cincinnati. where I landed a job
as bookkeeper in a hardware store. The
wages were low. but eventually I had
$165 in my Oregon fund. Just as I was
ready to go West I took typhoid and
before I was able to go to -..-ork again
my savings were all gone. But within
lu'n Vdarl f liarl as va1 f 1 4 ft mtt T a a
able to buv an emigrant ticket to Or.-
! cr,r a nd VinA mnn,v lof, tr Uat fill T
1 ...V. T . -1. r-
juw- rn. iu wwir mi i. ill
:hert F.iilrnir A Co wholesule h.nl-r.
,ii.r-
dealers.
. "
; in 1SB l went to r.urope as a man l-
facturers' agent My headquarters was
": -nan. DUt 1 traveiea mrougnout
i England. Scotland, Ireland. France and
! Belgium. Lumber. Lake Chelan grapes.
kipperei salmon and a score of other
products would sell well througout Eu
rope ni at prices' which would bring
a' good profit to our Importers. For
examole, when I was In London kippered
or smoked salmon sold at 5 shillings 6
pence a pound.
"In the spring of 1900 I went to Alas
ka aboard the George W. Elder, which,
with the Nome City, sailed from Port
land. We were 19 days on the way to
Nome. Within the next six months I
had more adventures and experiences
than I had had in the 35 years preceding.
The first thing I did when I reached
Nome was to hire a Yukon rowboat to
take us to Cripple river, 15 miles dis
tant It took us 14 hours to go tne i
miles. The seams opened till our boat
seemed more like a sieve than a boat.
We discovered none of our party knew
anything about rowing and that We
had no sail. Well, we rowed the 16 miles
Bryan's other slogan, "Let the people
rule," sounded to me like a democratic
form of government Instead of a govern
f ho few bv the few and for
the few. I believe tne American pwu
are entitled to have a senate uiat win
expedite the business of this great na-j
tion in the same way mat a careiui.
prudent man would attend to his private
business, instead of quibbling over
technicalities for the purpose of defeat-
what American PfoP'
Justly entitled to. namely, the immedi-
ate ratification of the treaty and the
i la6"ue
But it is simply, on the part
of the reactionaries, another sample of
political trickery. J. .
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Down tn Arlxony. along "bout the time
the Southern Pacific reached Fort
Yumy. the Injuns there uster draw their
gov'ment rations in the mornln', eat em
all up right away, and then lay around
In the warm, red mud of the Colorado
river all day.. The tribe Increased as
fast as the rations,, and a leetle bit
faster, and the Injua agent would of
had 10,000 of 'em before long. Some
white men tried to paint up and ring In
on the . ration business, but I reckon
Uncle Sam's credit collapsed or sume
thin'. and the free rations played out
and Injuns went to work, ' W
NEWS IN BRIEF
SIDELIGHTS
"The usual reports of much damage
having been heard from the Milton fruit
district, we confidently look for it to
come to bat with Its usual abundant
crop." nonchalantly remarks the unper
turbed Weston Leader.
Aa evidence of Albany's public library's
growth It may be stated that 12,8.6 vol
umes were taken out by readers in
and that the salary of the librarian, Mrs.
Viola Price Franklin, has Just been
raised to $1000 a year. The library was
first organised in 1901,
"The January Issue of Motor Age." says
the Hood River News, "contains three
. nl.Mirw or -Trie new . .OtUIIlum rv.-i
Highway in Washington,' Now we know
Frank Branch "0 the truth when
somewhere near the Fhilipplnea.
"An example of how scarce houses for
rent are. Is Illustrated."- says the I
Urande Observer, "by an advertisement,
which appeared in last evening's paper
of a house for rent. The owner this
mornina called the office snd asked to
have the ad taken out. as she had had
14 applications Inst evening and three
early this morning.
Oregon, where he arrived some days
ago from the Bay City. Mrs. Cheney
reached Portland on Sunday.
R- W. Harvey and Mrs. Harvey are
at the Imperial from their home at
Bend and join in the declaration that
they positively did not come here to
enjoy the delights of the rain.
It. R. Summerville has called "time"
ot. his job as county commissioner in
Lwis county, Washington, and Is In
Portland for a few days to transact
business. Snmm.r.lll. k.u. frm rw
. ., ... ,, V V, ;
11 ,. ..u. ico.uj' urueveB 1.10 w n.n
on the map ldng before the I. W. W.
broke loose there In November.
At the Portland In A. K. White, who
writes his first initial so much like an
"H" that he is forced to correct the
clerk at every hotel he visits. White
has a string of fast horses In his stabies
near Olympia. where he is in the lumber
business, and because several of them
are famous Oregou animals he expects
a big success on the track next fall.
One of White's best animals is Cavalier
Gale, an Oregon horse, ills stables also
house some of the Hal B strain.
From Carlton. Or., Mr. and Mrs. W.
B Dennis arrived at the Benson on
Sunday.
For long distance travel between two
comparatively nearby points Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Metchan are awarded the
prize. They registered at brother Phil's
Imperial hotel Sunday from Klamath
Falls after a circuitous Journey from
the Klamath county seat To reach
Portland from Klamath Falls without
traveling by stagecoach, visitors are
forced to route themselves south through
Weed, Cal.. and . thence north to Port
land. Frank and Mrsr Frank are spend
ing the day with Phil and Mrs. Phil.
-
Orarft W. Shaffner of The Dalles
slushed through the rain to the Oregon
hotel Sunday and is there comfortable,
out of reach of the patter.
Lock ley
In 14 hours, In a choppy sea. but we
were all In when we got there. We
packed 75 pound packs 10 miles to our
claim. The mosquitoes were so voracious
it almost seemed they would eat us up.
"We stayed on Cripple river 10 days,
and proving It no good I struck out Vor
Buster creek. 45 miles away. When we
made our clean-up we found we had
made less than $1 a day and the price
of a meal was $2.50 to $5. so we threw
that ip. From there I went to Dexter
creek. I went In with another man and
we hired a ere
w nf 10 or a doxen mln-
m 110 a dav A. th-
m m a day. At the end
after paying off our men
ers. paying them
of the season, a
ana settling all our bills, we had $16
left. We split It even, getting $8 apiece
for our season's work. It almost seemed
that my route to fame and fortune was
not by-way of the gold pan and sluice
box.
"I went to Nome, where I heard of a
rich strike in the Bluestone district,
back of Port flarenfe. not far from
Cape York,cdlrectly across from Siberia.
With a party of five other men I went
""" .o Bering.
And.
' 3 1,1 " -
going from Bering to
e bay In a collapsible
. ooa, scross tn
ltN,M i amr mtgniy near reaCn-
M" n-y Jones' locker In place of Nook.
! I
decided to cast my lot with the few
lite men at Nook, as I believed It
whl
would be the outfitting place for the
Bluestone district. Nook was an Es
kimo village. Its principal Industry
was trading with the Eskimos of Siberia,
who came over In their omiaks to trade
furs and reindeer pelts. The white men
there said Nook was no name for a
city, so they christened It Teller, after
Senator Teller of Colorado.
"I started a store there. My system
of securing goods was unique. Teller
was called the "City of Hopeful Men."
but In reality It was also the city of
hopeless men. I would seek out the men
who had cold feet and" buy their out
fits at 25 to 60 cents on the dollar. They
were glad to get rid of their outfits at
any price. Then I would hunt up men
who were outfitting to go into the
Kongarock district and sell flour and
beans and bacon, gold pans, gum boots
ar.d quicksilver, at Seattle prices, and
at that make 100 per 6ent profit
"Late in November I came outsider to
Seattle on board the Robert Dollar to
secure stock for a store, which I de
cided to open at Teller."
Just to Show the Senators
Dayton, Jan. 22. To the Editor of
The Journal If it were not for holding
the t'nited States and the world out of
j balance. I would like to see the senate
ject tne treaty again and have It
submitted to the American people In the
form of a referendum, and prove to the
world what a set of hounds we have In
our, senate. W. E. G.
Olden Oregon
How Russia Got Tttle to Former
American Possessions.
In 1728 Vitus Behring. a Dane in the
employ of the Russian government,
sailed aiong the northeast coast of Asia,
passing through the strait which separates-
Asia from America and which
now bears that explorer's name. In 1741
Behring was again sent out by the Rus
sian government He reached the islands
on the American side of the Pacific
as . far north as 60 degrees. He also
discovered the Aleutian Islands. The
expedition wintered at Behring s island,
where Behring died.. In 1781-3 a group
ot Russian fur traders explored the
(.,.. frnm ihe Ttrn w.
ern part Of Alaska to Prince William's
sound. A Russian establishment was
founded at Cook's river la 17M.
The Oregon Country
Nonnwert HptWntiig in Prist Form for tb
Bunjr Keillor.
ORKQON "
The music teachers of Corvallls ere
forming an offcanUation for mutual
,F'" J'1" -th""s ' of inf4.enr.a
!.Tt. ?ri d Bt B"ms. A call has been
sent outfor nurses.
An unusually large number of small,
pox caaes have developed In Wsohulea
county this winter. In Bend alone thera
are ..0 cases. No deaths have resulted.
N. Swanson. a farmer near Koneburg
sustained a broken leg when the chain
of a stump puller broke under ten
sion. Hfs leg was fractured Just above
the ankle.
Fr"k VVIlson. a anted in Indiana on
the charge of jmber.lement, is undrr
arrest at Kusene Wiimn 4mii. ..
Is the man wanted but that he is guiltv
or no crime.
The Thimble Re ladies of the Orace
Presbyterian church of MtMnn recently
held a social, at which the l,adie Aid of
the hr-ewater Kedrrated church were
the gncHts of honor.
,iJ.!ich ,,',me', 'he 17-yenr-old Marsh
field vouth who won great praise for a
story of how he knocked out a robber la
a fallen idol. He lias confessed that
he made up the story to make a hero
of hlnself
I-loyd E. Hllleary of Albany haa pe
titioned the county court for letters of
administration upon the estate of his
mother. Mrs. Irene I Hllleary, widow
. W' Hillery. past grand master
of the Oregon Orange. '
Apples have been moving out of Hood
River eastward at a rapid rate since
transportation has become normal. TotHl
shipments reach approximately 1S00 cars,
of which 1050 belonged to the associa
tion. The Medford ordinance to raise JUner
and pool room fees has been killed. It
has been decided to withdraw a pro
test to the state engineer and allow
certain residents near the city reser
voir to obtain overflow water.
On normal years Hopd River growers
for the most part haVe finished their
packing hy December 1. This season
1 esumaiea inat Ji.ii.ws) boxes or
apples were unpacked January 1. A
proximately ;u.(ini noxen still remain
unpacked in growers hands.
C. W. Taylor, deputy sheriff of Benton
county, was stricken with psralysls on
the streets of 1 'orvnllls, . snd csrrled
home unconscious, lie ssys he Is feel
ing all rlfeht and expects to return to
worV this week whether the doctors find
out what Is the matter with him or not.
Iewls Williams, an overseas man, has
arrived at his home In Lebanon after
having been severely wounded In bat
tle a year and a half ago. He Is par
alyzed and one of his eyes Is seriously
Injured. He was also unused and lay
out three days before being cared for.
He also saw service on the Mexican
border.
WASHINGTON
The Columbia River Ferrymen's asso
ciation, which wbh organised at Wen
stchee last October, will meot at Spo
kane January 28.
Seven Japanese resident of Yakima
were the last persons to he counled
In the census Ht I h h t place. All could
read .ind write Kngllsn.
SI bids opened nt Washington State
college for the erection of the David 8.
Troy dairy building were rejected be
cause they exceeded the estimates.
Unless circumstances prevent. Sena
tor Polndexter will swing through Wash
ington next month on his campaign
for the Republican nomination for presi
dent. The body of Mrs. Anna Monster of
Seattle has been found frozen In a
small pond at Rlack River Junction. She
had been missing from horne several
days.
Tlie eomhlncd convention of the Milk
Dealers' association and the Taclflc
Northwestern AssoclHtlon of Milk snd
Dairy Inspectors will be held in Port
land February 3-fi.
Superintendent Mitchell of the Fpnksne
poultry show Is moving 1000 coop- from
the Spokane Interstate fair grounds to
the building at Second and Stevens
streets, where the show will .be staged.
C. T. Nellson. an 1. W. W. recently
convicted of syndicalism at Prosser,
whi'e assisting the sheriff in the repair
of a Jail window lost an eye while driv
ing a nail. The nail flew- back and
struck him In the eye.
Threats of Kaslern oil men to raise
the prl -e of gasoline at Seattle because
of floods In Mexico are allayed hy the
representative of the Standard Oil com
pany, who says thst the local market
Is not effected by Mexico.
The Associated Industries nf Tacoma
"ss proposed s hoard of 'onclllstlonj Tnr
. industrial disputes It Is to be mads
of members each from em-
pOV,r. uhor unions snd the public. th
latter iO be appomtea ny urn num ii.su
Legion,
A movement has been Inaugurated at
Spoaane bvthe Retail Clothiers' asso
ciation, calling upon every dealer to
buy the minimum of merchandise for
the fall trade, with the object of re
stricting buyjng In order to bring down
the cost of clothing.
Apple box manufacturers of North
Central Washington have announced
that the price of boxes Oils year will be
between 2r and BO cents apiece. Many
,tu ...ilia ..ill nnl make boxes, as
thpy can Bt more for their lumber for
other purposes.
Cll Slno-h a nat Ve Of the PtinJSB,
! India, will ret his American cltlxenshlp
! if fighting will do him any good. Sin
j has been a resident of the United Bta
Singh
tea
for 18
pepers
years, He receiveo nis nrni
In California. His application
is
.. , k.... vi aiinerior court and Is
beinr? contested on the ground that he
Is not a white man.
Frank Hastings and Ellas Msttson
hav been convicted by s -Thurston
cou ty grand Jury on the charge of
criminal syndicalism. Hastings was
sentenced to from two to 10 years In
the penitentiary, and Mattson. who Is
18 -years old, was sent to the Monroe
reformatory to serve from two to 10
years.
IDAHO
Organisation of the Idaho Stat Musle
Teachers' association has been perfected.
An 'ce gorge near the mouth of the
OwvhCe river formed a reservoir which
drowned 2000 sheep belonging to Sam
P'Thn,to1"al amount of public mortey
used in support of Maho p'1?
the last biennlum was $1.I6.I9I. Of this
amount $1,140,146 came from state and
cout:ty taxes.
Owing to an epidemic of Influenza
Poise physicians have recommended the
closing of places of amusement and
churches and the establishment of an
emergency hospital.
Mrs Sylvia Nelligan has been awarded
$1000 Vs mages arninst the city of Po
catello for the death of her husband
when a car tn which he was riding ran
Into a house which was being moved.
Idaho potato growers and the state
public utilities commission have won
their case against proposed potato rate
increase and effected thereby a sav-
Ir.g Of 160,UUU.
Curious Bit? of Information
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Placet
In the village oi -
shire, . It was long the custom to cele
brate any national event -by the baking
of aa enormous Yorkshire, pie for the
villagers and those coming from all the
countryside around. In 1788 the first
pie was baked to celebrate the return
to health of King George III; the sec
ond was made at the conclusion of
peace between England and France In
mi r. the last and largest of all was
I baked tn the year 1887 for the Victoria
Jubilee.
This; enormous pie weighed two tons
and cost about $1200. The contents con-
slated of (00 pounds ot, oeef. a whole
calf, and a whole sheep, 850 pounds of
potatoes and (00 pounds of flour. .Three
thousand . persons partook of ltt . .