Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1920)
6 THE OREGON. DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY FEBRUARY 2, 1820. ft n H if- 33 all INDBPESDENT NEWSPAPER ta I. JACKSON ; . .PaMlslwr (Be calm, b confident, bs cheerful and do note Mxn m yon would n wemoo uw yon. i Fabllshed eeery day, afternoon and morning (Eieept Sunday AfUrnooo), at The Journal Bulldina. H roadway and Tambiil Street. ' Portland, Orcsoa. Entered f the Pnatnfflae at Portland. Oraaoa, (or trtwmtssion torouib tha nail ccoad matter. TELEPHONED Main TITS, Aatomatic SSO-61. I Ail aeperunenta reeenea y umm om"" ' Tell Ow operator what department TOO wsnt. 1 . FOHEIGH ADVERTISING HEPBJESEWTATIVE . Benjamin Kantnor Co.. Brunswick BuiMlna. , 925 Fifth aeenne. New Xork; BOO Mailers . ( BoudJn. ChicMo. Subscription term by mall, or to any addtem is the United State or Mexico: DAJLE (MORNING OB AiTEBNOON ) On year. .... .15.00 I On month .BO SUN DAT -' On rear. . . .12.50 I On month t .25 (.DAILY (ItOBNLVG OR AFTEHNOON) AND SUNDAY J Ono year. ..... 17. BO One month I .65 t war in 19 months, and the same kind of spirit now would soon carry these United States back to normal and awaken thousands from their present present economic dance of death. They were a family of 11, all but one In Montenegro, when the great war broke over the world. The father and .four sons were killed In battle. The four 'daughters were carried off by the Germans and never heard from. The remaining son was an American sharpshooter in France. He was captured by the Germans but,, escaped. After being wounded and shell shocked, he re turned to Denver and worked In a coal mine. The mother is on her way to Join the son, but doesn't yet know that, by a mine explosion, even tie has been taken from her. THE POSTMASTERS!.!! Whrra Tain glory rrigna folly is prime minister. THE PEOPLE'S REVOLT lltS THB J0l;nNAL's fading edl j I torlal in Wednesday's Issue, it il repudiates the party and Presi dent Wilson, cuts itself loose from the sinking hulk and Joins the i! embryo Hoover-fur-presidcnt party," !says the Portland Telegram. The Journal never belonged to any party. Its article contained not one word repudiating President Wilson. ! The president is not congress. i HATEVER may be the merits or the demerits of the controversy which has swirled about the Portland postmastership for so long, now that it has been brought to a conclusion the public will be given an opportunity to judge the fairness and the effectiveness of the new plan by which postmasters of the first class are riow chosen. No office requires a higher degree of business balance and executive tact for its successful and efficient administration than the postmaster ship of a large city. That quality must reside somewhere in the organ ization or the conduct of the office will fall below par. The postmaster of Portland must possess courtesy and forbearance in his contact with the public. He must knowihow to handle men without friction or con tention. He must know how to e.volve system and smooth running order out of all the potential elements of chaos-twice confounded. It used to be that postmasters were choserf because of political service or i for political 'reward measured more by in controversy, according to. the judg ment and vote, of congress. What could be plainer or more definite and certain T The reserva tion stated that America would con tinue to do as it had always done; that it would reserve the rights and the independence of action it has al ways Insisted upon and exercised; that it would judge its obligations to the world at' all times and in each case, and move forward, or stand mute, as that judgment dictated. Why, then, was the Taft reserva tion not acceptable to Senator Lodge T Does he insist that the power of con trol over its own course of action ex ercised by the Unfted States 'govern ment since tse adoption of our con stitution, has not been, and is not now, sufficiently absolute? If he does not, what is his objection? The Taft reservation did nothing kss than to reaffirm the retention of absolute authority to take part in international affairs, or to refrain, in the hands of congress. What more could be done? What does Senator Lodge want? No treaty and no peace? An exchange notes that, after a grift by John D. of another $8,000, 000, the price of gasoline and kero sene advanced 1 cent per gallon. The oil trust giveth and the oil trnst taketh "away. Blessed be the name of the oil trust. the other, for a colored barber at a' guaranteed wage of (25 to $40 a week. They say the purchasing power of the dollar is low. ow about Wains? Oregon City's Interesting Past ' and Promising Future Picturesque) Noted Incidents in Careers of Pioneers Narrated. THE WRONG IDEA T probable vots than by the consider ation r.t htl. ... Ti . l ,. .... ... . . 1""" "I vn-uir;i Liu- ctuuUIIJLee WIHIIM i u was me inaci on in uie c os ng . ., . . , . , c Jin unto in frii'A liln-Ki ..In...-. inj:..i.j i f months of the Democratic congress W "asB " : .. .-1 . V. .. 1 . a .. . IV' . i iu ui; imiiiw-iipicy oi inc present HE Oregon system needs no "re generation and purification." It is regenerated and pure as it is. What faults we suffer in govern ment, in tlys slate, are not those of our systembut those of its adminis trators. Are not the gentlemen who gath ered in convention at Salem attempt ing to create superfluous and futile machinery? If governmental conditions are out of kilter In Oregon there is no state Ability was ! in tne Union where the people pos- the thought of ! ses more instant and more potent Republican congress that The Jour nal condemned, and it condemns both I again. In spite of Its record of more big legislation in its first five years than had been passed in any generation be fore, the Democratic congress after the armistice was signed, did noth- King, ui ine itepuDiican congress, rcarled into extraordinary session to -enact post-war reconstruction legis lation. Floor Leader Mondell, a Hepiib l lican. said that" it. filled up its time with everlasting debate, and with un ;: ending quarrels about the peace .treaty. He summed up its entire ac complishments as confined to the : following: jj, Bui Wing a bridge over the Minnesota Ij' river. i; Granting citizenship to Indians who T ;j had fought in the late war. . Requiring that undelivered mail matter !: be returtfed to the .Benders. ,. Granting the cancellation stamp privl 1 lege to the Rooevelt Memorial associa tion. )!. And authorizing the Protestant Bpis i copal church of the dlocene of Washing ton to give the same rights to women (to vote and hold office as is now enjoyed by men. Only hide-bound partisan newspa , pers fail to condemn such statesman ship. With the country full of unrest, i;with the high cost of living pressing j;down upon millions of the near sub fmerged, with industrialism more bit J ter in its controversies than at any j time in American history, and with j.many new and unfamiliar problems -projected by the war clamoring for r solution, ia congress called into ex traordinary session to find solution, ("dawdled and played polities. Its rec-i-ord is bankrupt. It is example of an ji utter co Ll apse of the legislative branch ;.in a time of crisis. There is a country-wide revolt ;;agalnst this incompetency. In the ( Splendid ante-war legislation secured ' through the leadership of Wilson, the country has seen the value of a real statesman in the presidency. That is 'why, with Wilson supposedly not a (candidate, so many thousands are i turning to Hoover. v Hoover is or man's statflre. He is ;of the Wilson type. He seconded the ; appeal of the president for a congress Jthat would support Wilson. He knew J the value to the world and America j,of the Wilson leadership and urged i that it be given a chance to function. !l The drift to Hoover has a cause. ilThat cause is the bankruptcy of con egress. ; (j i5csj . ior instance, jockeying 'now with the railroad problem be- cause it fears the wrath of the people. Ht intends to increase freight rates jbut fears to do so before election. 'jThe majority there has no thought ;and no concern beyond sparring for position in the coming campaign. J; So many people in America were ,neer before looking for real states men. The air is thick with the ex pressions of those who are sick and 'Hired of partisan thimblerigging in Jthe midst of national crises. Their jthought Is that there must be a great Reader to hold the country to a middle 'course! in these days of unrest on the A.one hand and dangerous old guardism .on this! other. The'-) drift is towards Hoover be ,c$mse In every position to which Pres ident AVilson assigned-him in the war, She" towered as an administrator. He " knows the world and the world knows 'him. Mankind universal has confi dence In him. , y 1$ is the habit of intelligent peo 'jPleSfVifttlme , of, great stress andjun 'der emergency conditions to ? think Jjmoretof; country an1 less of party, ;to hoid:rnore to men md less to po iitlcal labels- It was that spirit that Enabled America to win a' five years. President Wilson has sought to change this condition by his execu- power to apply'the just and necessary remedies. There is no other state where public officials are more di rectly and immediately under the con trol of those who elect them to of fice, nor where officials listen more tive order requiring that postmasters I constant,y to the voice of public de shall he splfetrH fnr irwlitMlini I Sire. . t,.J..vv,,,VA lv;i uiuinuuai iavuvi than for political merit- Outside the law or the test of civil service he has yet attempted to bring them within its scope. They must be qualified, must have business and executive ex perience and must meet with the ascertained and aggregated approval of those with whom they must deal and whom they must serve before they can pass the test and win the appointment. That, at least, is the theory of the present order. Portland heretofore has not had the opportunity to see the theory work in practice. That opportunity has now aome, and the results will be watched with more than usual interest. If the svstem works according to the theory of its inception then Portland, and the country generally, is to be congratu lated over the abandonment of an outworn plan which has as often brought public grief as public good. Four girls at Washington, r. C, planned to have a turkey dinner in their own apartment recently. A live bird was bought but neither wished to kill it. They hit upon chloroform, and by the combined efforts of the four, be was first knocked out and then dry picked and laid away in the clothes press. Next day the door to the press was opened, and to the consternation of all. out walked Mr. Turkey, gay as a peacock, but minus feathers. Screams brought the Janitor and the janitor brought the axe. In spite of their troubles, the girls dined on turkey as per schedule. 0 WHY, SENATOR LODGE? vrc n.nnA .u, muir euuns to reach an agreement upon the peace treaty have collapsed in the senate. This time, as heretofore. Senator Loda-e i i .. r "as oeen the caue of the impasse This time, as heretofore, the. rwppvi. tion proposed to article 10 has been the particular rock upon which th lumpromise committee struck, and siuck. it fs difficult to understand wny tnis should be so. Former President Taft had drafted a reservation clause and It had been acceptable to the Democratic mpm bers of the committee. It has met uie approval of Republican members of the committee, but when it wa laid before Senator Lodge he turned thumbs down. .In substance, the Taft reservation provided, first that The United States declines to assume any binding obligation to preserve the territorial integrity or political tndj! ihl . . y olner country under the mim' nS f artlcle 10- or t0 "P'y stttT , 7 r naval forc of th United fir ll any articla of tr4ty ror any purpose. Then came a proviso which said that congress, "which under the con stitution, has the sole power In the premises" should consider .each case as it came to determine and decide whether that particular case "should move the United States in the interest or world p2ace and justice to take action therein." If language means anything to Sen ator Lodge the Taft reservation must have said that the power and author u declare war. or abstain from such declaration, vested, under the constitution, in congress, and there S1 i. must have meant tht the United States, speaking through its congress, wauld stand master of Its own destiny to stanj aloor from, or to move to the assistance of, any na tion or swop, of nations embroiled It is very doubtful if the people are tired of too much politics, in the true sense of the term. Rather, they are sick of too many politicians, in the current definition of that term. There are too many self-servers and too few public servants; too many who strive for and hold public office who depart from their duty to the public to turn their attention and their efforts to small and petty uses, forgetful of the promises they made and the obligations they assumed with their election. The remedy is not to build new ma chinery with which to clear the po litical field of its vagrant weeds, but to dig up -the weeds and cast them aside. With them out of the way the harvest would be clean. Strong, upright, men and women of broad vision, and who stand for and would fight for good government and sane reform, can go unhampered to the voters of the state under its present machinery. Without the ap proval of the people they can not prevail, whether we have two parties or a dozen. If those who aspire to political re form would give more careful atten tion to the election of big men and women to office; if they would in sist upon the efficient and the well balanced; if they would insist that their servants serve rather than at tempt to usurp the role of master and bend the electorate to their serv ice; if they would decree that hold ing public office should be an ideal and not a game: then they would have no need for new nartipa nr added political machinery. More ma chinery would be surplusage, inef fective and built only to rust and. sooner or later, fall apart. "An eminent medical authority" of Paris propounds the theory that the higher the skirts and the lower the. corsages the less danger there is of death by pneumonia. He makes no comment concerning their effect on the eyesight. One of the most interesting and pic turesque, characters that ever lived in Oregon City was Morton Matthew McCarver. General McCarver was a native of Kentucky but when a young man "moved to the frontier, settling in Iowa. He settled on the right bank of the Mississippi river ' on the site of a former fur trading post. General Mc Carver saw in the natural amphitheatre formed by the limestone bluffs on the river's bank an ideal site for a city, so he laid out the city of Burlington. The first house to be buUt there was in 1833, In 1834 he laid out the townsite. In 1837 the town was incorporated and it was thecapital of Iowa from 1837 to 1840. In the fall of 1842 Peter Burnett, an other noted resident of Oregon City, moved to Weston, in Platte county, Missouri. That winter he happened to get hold of a congressional report con taining Senator Appleton's description of Oregon. He became greatly inter ested and upon learning that Senator Linn had introduced a bill in congress to give a donation land claim of 640 acres to each settler and an additional 160 acres" for each child he decided to go to Oregon. He had six children, which meant that the family would be entitled to 1600 acres of land. His wife's health was bad, he was heavily in debt and he thought the trip to Oregon might improve his wife's health and enable him to pay his debts. He traveled throughout . the surrounding counties making speeches and asking the settlers to organize a wagon company to go to Oregon. One of the men to respond was Gen eral M.. M. McCarver. While crossing the plains In 1843 General McCarver interested Peter Burnett in the plan -of founding a city at the head of navi- cially the profiteer, Is using the cloak of patriotism for his purposes, but by far the most dangerous are those who screen their revenge and get applause ror tneir dastardly deeds in the name of patriotism. Thoroughly disgusted, we read again the constitution and Decla ration of Independence. so that we may regain our bearings. The patriot does not need to shout to the world that he is a patriot. Actions speak louder than word a Our farmer is our best patriot He is not all talk and fight He works. He is Bane. All his business is of a useful kind. He is modest, not the least bit afflicted with poweritia. May his number never grow lees! MRS. K. BOWER Criticises the Cummins Rill Portland. Jan. 24. To the "Editor of The Journal I note with pleasure some of your remarks in omositinn to th Cummins bill, but I cannot understand why you have not made this opposition more severe. The Cummins bill pro vides for a validation of at least 18.000. -000 in watered securities. I realize that this is disputed, but ' a close study of the bill will convince any person that such is the intent of Us originators. Also the Cummins bill is practically Identical with a plan of railroad con trol which was formulated in 1918 by the executives of the railroads. I have compared the bill and the plan and no important differences can be found. We may conclude from this that this bill is not the product of Senator Cummins but is the product of the railway ex ecutives, who desire a return to their own salaries, and they are being prodded to their act by the railroad bankers. This validation means at least $480,000, 000 each and every year will be taken from the pockets of the common people of America. Further than that the Cummins bill necessitates a 25 per cent increase in rates and in the New Kng land states the railway executives have already called for a 39 per cent in crease. This means adding to the cost of living over the present at leist 75 ner cent. There is no occasion for this, and Walker E. Hines has repeatedly said that under the present system of con trol no Increase in rates will be neces sary. This fact is also vouched for by Woolley of the interstate commerce com mission. The Cummins bill n Ixn rim- COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE Be glad. Good Oregon weather. Here's hoping the "flu" "has flew." Wholl report the first rose of sum mer? Are you 'preparing to take a llttla Shrlner -into your home next June? Of course this being leap year, it will be the girls who will send the Valen tine this month. ' Don't put off until tomorrow what you should do today. Fix up your in come tax statement now. ' Now they're talking about putting a third tax on dogs in this state. "Man's best friend" apparently rs doomed to be the "under dog." One of the jurors tentatively chosen for the I. W. W. trial at Montesano is named Steptoe. Opposing attorneys are Just about decided that he can be de pended upon to do his duty, no matter whose toes he may step on. SIDELIGHTS The "own your own home" sentiment is growing in Baker, and will mate rialise with full force as soon as spring cornea, the Democrat asserts. Coming to Crane by motor in order to shop "is one of the most cherished Harney county methods of spending an afternoon," according to the Ameri can, The Lane county fair is to begin on September 22, . and although no crops have yet been planted. It is none too early, the Eugene Register admonishes, to begin to get ready or it Baseball fans at Sriray, according to the FobsII Journal's correspondent there, are buying a' two acre tract Just back of the new school building, which they expect to improve with a good fence, grandstand and bleachers. . "One by one. district irrigation nroi- evia in naser county,: says tne Demo crat, "are maturinr. and the rood re sults to follow will give an Impetus to tne larger schemes and put our people on their mettle to see : that government aid is forthcoming " The Oregon Country Northwest lUpHrnii in Brief Torm for th. Busjr Kettler. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About town gatlon on the Willamette river. Gen- vides that the government will immedi eral McCarver not having i i a fumiiv ' atplv nuv th. ,- ; i . ., . i j ., . , . eral McCarver not having his family with him hurried on and reached Fort Vancouver some time ahead of Peter Burnett. He selected a site five or six miles above the mouth of the Willam ette, not far from the upper end of Sauvies island, as the logical site for a city. As soon as Peter Burnett reached Fort Vancouver he was joined by General McCarver and together they went to their proposed ' townsite. They laid out the proposed city, naming it Linnton for Dr. Linn, the United States senator from Missouri. By the middle of January they had their cabins built and the Burnett family installed. From the latter part of January to May 1, 1844, General McCarver and Peter H Burnett worked at cutting down the timber and grubbing out the stumps in the building of a roadway from Tualatin Plains to Linnton so the farmers could bring their wheat to Linnton to be shipped. ately pay the railroads the indebtedness aue rrom the government to the rail roads but that the railroads nhall have 10 years in which to pay their return indebtedness, or their counterclaim. Tbip indebtedness is estimated to be $1,000, 000. and the offset on either side was almost equal, so that this provision is equal to a gift of $1,000,000 to the rail road bankers. Also the bill guarantees the roads the present earnings for four months after their return to pri vate owners. With 'thts guarantees, no matter how inefficient, no matter what labor disturbances are caused, the" rail road bankers would reap their profits. It is time for the American people to awake to the serious situation. BERYL A. GREEN. For the Good of the Public Oregon City. Jan. 27. To the Editor of The Journal Never has there been such a feeling of altruism. The . . 1 . ... - I ! . - . , inc centers reiuseo to Duy lots or ! miy 01 suirermg curing the war h Praising the scenic attractions of the Silverton district in the Snoqualmie na tional forest. Ranger R. M. Filloon is at the Portland office of the forest service, discussing with the proper offi cials recreational projects for the com ing season. "The scenery .of the Sno qualmie is practically undeveloped," Filloon declares, "but it is easily ac cessible and possesses remarkable possi bilities for summer homes, camulnar grounds and trails. The region Is reached by a six-mile road up the south fork of the Stillaguamish river and is almost entirely surrounded by mountains whose peaks, not more than 7000 feet high, are perpetually covered with snow. Some of the trails are in good shape, but most of them shift for themselves. Among the attractions is Pilchuk peak, on wh4se summit a woman lookout is employed each sum mer. And women lookouts are success ful at that job. too." William Sproule. president of the Southern Pacific railway system, with hl official party and local S. P. offi cials, left Portland early Saturday morn ing for an inspection trip over the west side tracks and the S. P. was a member of The Journal copv desk staff until about a yetr ago. when he transferred his energies to Albany. W. N. Turner and Mrs. Turner, to gether with Alice M. Turner of Eugene, were week-end guests at the Seward hotel. ; J. S. Ruddick. dairy and cold storage commissioner of Canada, with head quarters at Ottawa, the seat of Cana dian government, is a guest at the Port land. Mrs. William Cnrkgy is the only woman member of tlfe party of lrinh folk who are In the ty to diH. uss the several situations whfcli have resullod in Ireland from the fainn Fein move ment and the demand for Irish home rule. Mrs. Corkey iR;the wife of the Rev. William Corkey" pastor of the Townsend Street Pretebvtertan ehnr.h at Belfast. Ireland, and is an opposed tlr' lo l',-'v"e I'fe, ueRjiiie th OREGON NOTES Aibanv" (fVe CSC8 of nnuetiia at to ' VH cases. qUarantlne ,8 maintained itilllrf i00 lod?8 at Sheridan hat In- CaJnbT"V.?J7,J "lun has lnva.id -&no. The hlRh school and the aram mar school have been closed l,1?' eP'lmic of influensa at Bur... sroundTn college C'Ub a' lhe re" Agricultural reportl"! u?'!linK v;"lI,,'u'" ,,av' h" the ni W aPI'O'ntment bureau of enxaVenre CUWt' "f "'nIIPox and u.flu- cnate allpupil" '""ura 0r"er VM' ,.T "llde " Uuf Willamette Valley miles fiom Oregon tv. .Ktixeri bv L heavy rainfall, has ben" cleared a Klamath Kails rang M f,ro 4.Vear brother by dragging him to safety, An appeal Ir. th.- I S. supreme "court fcfr.'r" l,Tfft,,,',i y K- J- Kraslrr of twn in (l"Kir ","rc to serve from two to 20 years on the charge of forg- tthile physicians have reported dins n1!'.1" ih,("i K'VPr' ,h msease tld form K'lloyerK hHve been employes0 riprt a" tat"'8 nmo"K ,ho,r The mlllmen's union of Klamath Kails has reiterated Its demand for an In crease of wages to meet living costs. The state conciliation hoard will be ked to investigate. New officers of I'rowfoot Orange No. 414. which has its hall two mllex south kHH 1 ...Liebsnon. have been installed by t.. Miller, past master of Linn county Pomona Grange. (.overnor Oleott hax made requisition on the governor of Michigan for ih return to this state of Fred Williams, who is u anted at Oregon Clly on the charge of forgery. Harry L Hnwn. county Judge of Lane county, who Iihn served in county office the past 2(1 yeurn. announces HiHt l. U'lll lift! It null vw. 1 ..... j . , ... " ' '-"t-milllHllon IU1I will re. to the Sinn Fein and to home rule as Is her husband. Both are here with the Rev. Louis Crooks and the Rev. O. Wesley Magulre of Belfast, lo siMk I publicallv aealnat thu line tO COOS, I'nrkBV haroolf onru.... .w ' Rov- Thi ... : r ."-' " " imp iet:iure .... m reiurn ; piairorm occasionally, but not at the to Eugene on Sunday and from there . meetings addressed by the men She proceed to San Francisco. Carl Gray, j is held in reserve for appearance before president of the Union Pacific system. ! women's clubs and (10,-. W WHO OWNS AMERICA? HEN asked for Information about changes In the Portland post offJce, J. C. Koons, first assistant postmaster general, is rennrtorl to have said: It is the policy of the department never tc discuss these matters. , Why not discuss them? Except technically,- the country j not at war. The matters in question are not military secrets. Discussion of them would give aid and comfort to no enemy. They are not matters so vital and delicate that public discussion would imperii international relations. Thev are not matters of state in which pub licity would be incomDatibl with the public interest: ... The postoffice department Is not a secret service bureau. The dismissal of a postmas'.er and assistant post master, in this case at least, does not involve information to aid in the escape of criminals. The Portland postoffice is not the first assistant postmaster general's postoffic. It Is the people's postof fice and late action concerning it is the people's business. Why shouldn't the people be al lowed to know not that it matters much except in the principle? Who owns the United States? settle in Linnton, preferring to go to the little settlement by the falls of the wiuamette, so Oeneral McCarver and Peter Burnett gave up their dream of founding the metropolis of Oregon and took up claims on Tualatin Plains. The first election for the officials of the provisional government was held on me secona Tuesday of June, 1844, and Peter H. Burnett, General M. M. Mc Carver. with David Hill and Matthew Gllmore, were elected from the Tualatin district, while A. L. Lovejoy was chosen to represent Oregon City and the Clack amas district, and Daniel Waldo, T. D. Kaiser and Robert Newell represented the Champoeg district. Upon the meeting of the legislature on June 18 at Felix Hathaway's house at Oregon City General McCarver was chosen speaker of the house and Peter H. Burnett secretary of the legislature. At the election held on April 8. 1845 General McCarver was again elected to the legislature of the provisional gov ernment and was .again chosen to serve as speaker. General McCarver and Peter Burnett were among the firat to go to the gold fields when the discovery of gold in California was announced. General McCarver was one of the 48 men elected to the California constitu tional convention, which met in Coiton Hall at Monterey on September 1. 1849, to form a state constitution, for Cali fornia was never a territory but be came a state, the thirty-first to be ad mitted to the Union. General McCarver was jocularly known as "the gentleman frnm rw though he represented the Sacramento ! district, because he DrotwiM' th. 1 ests of Oregon so well and also because he upset the plans of W. M. Gwin. who oesireu to enlarge the boundaries of 10 inciuae what is now Ne vada. Utah and Oregon, so that several slave states could be formed from the southern part. Semple. Hastings, Mc DoUgal. McCarver. Brown. Price and others combined to defeat Gwin's slav ery plans and succeeded in having Cali fornia come In as a free state Peter U. Burnett had been appointed c3Mr J?dEre- He n"unc his candidacy for governor. The electior was held November 13. 1849. Burnett received 6718 votes. Sherwood aRS Sutter 2201 a-d Geary iJrT p3 Burnett of Oregon became the first governor of the ,tate of California. in.eraLMcCarver died OI April 17 nilV" tt? hw c,tr had founded his house being the first built on the site of the city of Tacoma. Letters From the People Of two advertisements In a Kan sas newspaper,- one calls for a high school teacher at $75 a month and Connnunicstictuj sent tn Th i.i . writer, .h. ii u' Pn th. contribution. ) ""' oeo- "Back to Sanity" Salem, Jan. 23. To th p-hi . . Journal Is the world going crazy? This o wnai peopie are asking every day Yes, it is going crime crazy, and unless the sane ones bestir themwiv.. will be a terrible sequel to some of the things going on today emotional in- "Uli7, duel of "feasance, the subtle influence to undermine democ racy and enthrone autocracy. "Parade pelf and plunder' seems the keynote of public and private Ufa Th. political parties accuse each other of every crime In the calendar from the stealing of nations to the buying of seats In the high places. &nd aJnnsr oAtvta the Bolshevist declaring they both are telling the truth, and that he is right. Aren't they all casting lob for Christ's garment, which was without seam' Some are -put into jail because they are not religious and some because they are. I have noticed the pftst 30 years a great Increase of crime. The most dan gerous is that which wears the livery of angels, using might to down righL Every evil under the sun Is preparing to mask under patriotism, to the more effective concealing of its real aims. Life and liberty have become a byword. No one Is settled, livery one is waiting to see when sanity returns to earth again. t I love my country and home and hon or the Hag. and I would forever banish the false ideals so suddenly springing up everywhere. Every scoundrel, espe. taught us sympathy for each other. The me Boieiy lor seir is a disintegration TheW. C. T. U. of Oregon City has opened a rest room near the end of the suspension bridge a great convenience for residents on both sides of the river. Though in operation less than a month, its kindly ministrations have been so greatly appreciated that the business men have cordially cooperated in pro viding means for its maintenance, and urged a permanent location nt th of the new bridge with room built under me approacn at the river side. Before the structure is begun plana should be perrectea, that no waste be incurred in uunuuig. me large traffic over the oriage on tne Pacific highway would find this convenience for ladies and i;imuren an incomparable boon. Onlv " "m me oouinern Pacific depot, many people coming from Portland have an hour, more or ftss. to wait for train and would gladly avail themselves of its comfort. Even heathen peoples pro- viue sneuer wnere travelers may stop on their journey. Surely our Christian civ ilization should not only provide shelter but add some necessaries of life to the wanderers who enter our gates. Oregon City possesses many attrac tionspicturesque bluffs and parks busy joauuiacruring plants, and the historic Willamette, producing power for many of this city's industries. Eastern people are amazed at the wealth of beauty which we take as a matter of course and wonder at our lack of appreciation The new bridge, costing $300,000, will be an inducement for thousands to ride up nummeiie, ana a permanent, attrac tive, free rest room is an imperative necessity. The W. C. T T7 to seize any opportunity to advance the welfare of mankind, has already opened. ..iusuive piace m this ideal location ana will unite with the Portland union ... iui uicnng lis oenertts. MARY L.fDRIGGS. Comment on Thinos in the New Portland. Jan. 27. To the Editor of The Journal I have read your New ior. news report or the sleet storm which covered everything with ice I notice also that Eastern people do not call such freezing rains "silver thaws" o au many cnumps ao in Oregon when a freezing rain breaks down timber and telegraph wires. I also notice that a Chicago man con cedes that "Portland can teach his town lessons." Quite a "let down" for a tough place "like Chicago: hiif n.rh.n. the Chicago man had read of Gus Moser's recent escapaae in the state senate on straight party ticket skulduggery. Why are Multnomah COUntv voters such chumps as to send political parasites io me legislature? Either this county must combine its votes to send political ly clean men to the legislature, or else every other county legislator In the fi3 oiiuuiu cumoine 10 sit down on every measure Multnomah asks for un til she gets ready to send to Salem clean delegations. Think it over. f h. K. See The Journal's Want Ads Portland, Jan. 28. To the Editor of The Journal Please tell me through' The Journal where I should write for information in regard to collecting small amounts. FRANK CASSIDY. Curious Bits of Information For the Curious Gleaned From Curious Place and his party of officials; have com pleted their inspection of the O-W. lines north of Portland and arrived back in Portland -Saturday night. Professor Ralph Philip Boas, recently elected - successor to Norman F. Cole man as head of the English depart ment at Reed college, arrived in Port land Friday with Mrs. Boas and their two children. They have taken up their residence In the Reed dormitory prepar atory to the professor's assumption of his new duties today. Coleman's work as head' of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and. Lumbermen began today also. Pro fessor Boas cornea to Portland from Springfield, Mass.. where he has been instrucUng in the Junior college and doing war work for the Americanization boarti of Massachusetts. Ralph Cronlse. editor and one of the publishers of the Albany Dally Demo crat, was in Portland Saturday night conducting a still hunt for a news writer who can satisfy the literarv de sires of the Linn county seat Cronise Hague. Holland wnicn request a speaker. It Is said by those who have heard; Mrs. Corkey that she Is an excellent speaker. Mrs. Corkey and the other visitors are at the Benson. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Hamilton of Buxton. Or., are registered at the Mult nomah hotel. Hamilton is engineer In charge of the work 0f the Utah Con struction company at (Buxton. i Wanda Rosenstock ,ind Mona Elce of Corvallis were week-ed guests in Port land, where they found shelter at the Benson hotel. ;' 3 Henry Oerlick, operating a sizeable sawmill property at Lebanon, home of Oregon's prize strawberries, found sur cease from active labor in Portland over the week-end. I!Ie was a guest at the Multnomah. j: r G. LaMar Tripp, lumber operator, who makes periodic trips through the North west, is at the Benson hotel from The IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred Look ley Concludinf his sketch ctt Colonel Pinter. Mr. Iockley quotes him in relsuon to his far mer experiences while in serrice in the Armj ui uccTupmion in i.frmiry, sna refsrdinc his present duties u inspector of educational and recreational work at the army posts ot tne Western department. I There are about 30 camps and army posts in the Western department at which educational and recreational work is being carried on. Colonel W. E. Fln zer of Portland is inspector for the Western division. A few evenings ago Colonel Finzer told me how it happened that he got Into this work. "I was sent Into Germany In advance of the army of occupation on a special assignment," said Colonel Finzer. "Upon returning to Paris I found orders to re- Arabic dictionaries of 500 years ago, which are still the great authority for students in that language, more than surpass the ponderous dictionaries of aurope, even tne famous many volumed etymological index of Larousse. the monumental work of all modern tongues. The Arabic dictionary most used y scholars familiar with no other lan guage,, which was made in the time of the great Caliph Haroun al Raachid. Is in 20 quarto volumes and weighs close to 100 pounds. There is a 50 pound. 10 volume abridgment o fit., presumably for use at home. Arabic- dictionaries are of so large a size because each of the words that have been familiar In th dally Ufe of the nomad Arabs for centuries has an enormous number f synonyms. The camel, for example, was the sole means of transportation across the thirsty des erts, and is characterized In 122 differ. ent waya.- . . . assigned to G. 3. the operation depart ment of the division's headquarters. Reporting there, I was instructed -to organize an educational center for the Second division. There were S0.000 pros pective students In our division, so I prepared and sent out a circular to every man in the division in which I listed the studies we would take up. in both the academic and the 'vocational departments. Each man in the division was required to fill out the blank and turn it In. On this blank they were re quired to tell Just what schooling they naa already had, ir any. and to specify the subjects they wished to take up. In looking over the returned blanks I found scores and hundreds of college gradu ates. From these college men I selected 60 instructors for the academic depart ment and 40 instructors for the voca tional work. Some of my instructors were commissioned officers, and some non-coms, but the larger number were privates. I ran across a first lieuten ant wbo had been a school superinten dent, so I made him my assistant I gave a dinner and reception to my 100 instructors and told them we could make our division -the model of the whole army if they would take pride In putting the job across in a creditable manner. I gave my instructors the best billets I -could secure and relieved them of drill and other military duties, so the job of instructor was a most desir able one. My men made good, and we soon had 4000 students in our army school. We continued the school work till early in June, 1919, when on account of the rather threatening situation in uermany our division moved forward to be ready for whatever might occur. I was made officer of civil affairs at Neuwied, having jurisdiction of a dis trict, embracing about 500' square miles. The transgressions by the. civilian popu laUon of all military regulations came up to our department for adjustment. Smuggling, selling American goods to civilians, stealing, fighting arid similar offenses kept us busy, 1 selected an officer who in civil life was an attorney, to serve as superior court officer. We held court daily and 'punished offenders by a Jail sentence or by a fine. "Our boys were supposed not" to fra ternize with the German civilian popu lation, but such an Ijrder could not be enforced, for, while American boys will fight with desperat valor in battle, when the fighting Is -over they are such a friendly lot that jthey made friends wnn me cats and dogs and kids whei nrevu leme rt it,. 1.. nun riiiniiMiamic meeting of Har ney county landowners ban been held at Burns t.. perfect an organization for rnguMijii pitrpones. The hlate department of weighla "Mini measures ban instituted an "lioneKt measure" campaign which' will he car ried on throughout lhe stnte, especially in the iurger cities. Returns have been received, at Mood River from the sale of 380 boxes of UAnJou pears in Kngland. which show a net price to growers of 3.6Xfor fancies and 12. Hi for ' " grade. Census enumerators Tn Marnev coun ty have covered the district with diffi culty. First there was one foot of snow and the chinonk which followed made the ground ho soft It was ilmusl Im poHsible to get around. A Jury in the circuit court in Klamath county disregarded the Instructions of the Judge in awarding C. K. Jay a Judg ment of fu damages for the loss of a team loaned to P. N. Grlzes. The Judge Instructed that If a verdict was found for the plaintiff It nhould be In the full amount sued for, $200 WASHINGTON Some gambling boards and prizes con fiscated by the sheriff were sold at he halls for $H. Winlock has elected delegates (o at tend the county good roads meeting to bt held nt rhchalls February 7 Only 79 unemployed ex-service men are recorded at the Spokane office of the veterans' welfare commission: The Selnrt fruit growers, numbering about 2r.0. have their own packing plant, capable of handling 250 cars. According to word received at (n tralla. .1. I.. Keys, a former resident, has been killed Ht Castonla, N. C in an automobile collision. An old paper drive has been marled by Vancouver school children to asHlnt in overcoming the paper shortage and provide student fund. E. B. King, illustrious potentate, of th Tacoma temple of Khriners, has been preserved with a Jeweled fez valued ut 1 1 500 by members of the order. Six Chehnlls men whose automobile was wrecked have enriched lhe cltv treasury to the extent of $100 in fines following their conviction of disorderly conduct. Ernest Hopkins, aged 9, im been ar rested in Grant county on the charge of attempting to poison his parents by put ting strychnine in the water used for cooking purposes. The Lewis county trades and labor council has passed resolutions ennsur- 1. 1 k nupenor Jiinge Wilson for reversing .1 . ... . . " HIM Liiey were DUieted. and befnre Inn. th hi. .u' . . ,s hmi.irlv.. ho,. I.... r.-r. I r" 'i"ei"ioii or a .nnngt turn to Xeuweid, Germany, as I had beenJ wav to i mnther'. silw i th V. lo he ii T w w ""n, ,n ca"w i j ' . . "1 ""J io mothers heart is through hpr 1 or ne ' ' W. W. members now on child. Soon the Gefjnan women were ! trl'- rubbing goose grease on the doughboys' At the annual meeting of the Winlock necks If they had cjolds. darning their cooperative creamery, reports showed socks, menaing their blouses and looking after their comfort ak though they were tneir own boys. "The commanding officer of this dis trict was withdrawn, and I was left in complete charge. It ' was like being the governor of a state. -ifor mothers would come to me to plea for pardons for their boys or husbands, and all sorts of problems had to! be met and set tled. ; "Early last August, a representative of the Rhineland commission came to take over the work, so I jwent to Brest, and oii August 14 started for the good old U. S. A. I was aligned to the war plans division of tiii general staff at Washington, D. C, in the educatlorfal and recreational branch, being appoint ed inspector for the Western department, which includes Oregon, Washington, Idaho. Utah. Montana and California, At many of the military posts In this department the soldier can study the construction and operation of gas en gines, automobile Construction and re pairs, painting, carpentry, bricklaying, blacksmith! ng and dozens of other trades. Excellent wrk is being done at Fort Stevens, at th mouth of the Co lumbia. that the company had the mom m-..r. nXear !'" -Hre,r- during the year 225,098 pounds of butter were made or an average of 18.768 pounds a month lial 6" pr0(luct lno creamery received IDAHO "The four big a rimy schools In the Central West are CHmp Dodge, Iowa ; Camp Funston, Kansas ; Camp Travis, Texas, and Camp Taylor, Kentucky. I have Just been ordered to investigate the work, at Camp Travj and to give them constructive critlcisn on 'their methods. 'TFes, my Job keeps ?jne on the go pretty constantly, but as msy home Is here in Portland, I try to -' arrange my trips so as to stop over here as often as possible.- 1. Germany By Charles Sorley. I This sonset was written bj a ZO-year-oid EntlUh soldier wbo was killed la Francs - la 113: Too are blind Uk as. Toar hurt no sua desicmed. , And, bo man claimed the conquest of roar tend. Bat sTopers botb throajb fields of thought con fined We stumble and we do mat understand. Ton only saw your future bifly planned. And we, the (aperitif paths of our own mind, And in catch ether's dearest ways we stand And nisa and hate. And the blind fiaht the blind. When it' fa peer, then we mi view stain With new -won eyes each other's troer form ; And wonder. Grown more losinc-kind and warn Well cmsp farm tnusds and Isuzh nt the old pain Wbea u ii pesos. Bat uftul peace, the storm. tbs darknes and Urn thunder an J nta. Olden Oregon Early Belief in At lain tic-Pacific Strait at 60 Degffea North. The early explore and geographers of. the Pacific oceaiji bad an Idea that there was a strait that opened on the) Northwest coast, abot 60 degrees north, and emptied Into the North Atlantic. To this strait was givij the name Anian. After his irruptionj j into the Pacific. Drake . made a search for the fabled strait, hoping to gelt, back into the At lantic and thus evjade the Spanish In the Southern sea. Ht failed to find it. Ii was not till the memorable voyage of Captain Cook, 'who explored the Northwest coast, that it was fully es tablished that the! " strait of Anian" a myth. j jj 5 1 ' - .if ' t Work on the first oil well-Jn Idaho has been started near Burley, being driven 30 feet the first day. Snow on the Cascade summit ""near Ashton Is now over four feet deep and well packed, according to trap pern The board of trustees of Nampa school district are planning to erect a ' now grane snooi oy issuing bonds. An application from the Wood River Power company to extend Its services to" Lincoln county has been tabled by the state public utilities commission. Confronted by the fact that Twin Falls Is bonded to within $89,000 of Km legal limit the city council has decided to establish a park rather than a new library, building. The udden thaw coupled with a rain has made Meridian roads almost impass able for automobiles. Two cars became stalled on Pine street and had to be pulled out by horses. T"nu?1nza Js reported to be raging at Caldwell and Nampa. but few fatalities JlaVJ Ti1,""1- Offices, stores and pub lic buildings are short-handed and hos pitals are filled. University of Idaho graduates and rormer students have been asked to co- KTt 'T CK IO acnool "-",, which will be launched in rkutheatern"t IflunA tTaKftiawtr 9 The heads of project commute cS&i Washington county recently met with me state seed commissioner and adopted a program which will be pursued for the Improvement of the seed and the soils of the county. GENERAL Ex-service men may reinstate their w , """"nee at any time be fore July 1, under a new ruling. Secretary of the Treasury Class hs dtsannroved the Western bonding ni for obtaining a fund of $250,000,000 fof reclamation purposes. The American relief nmii i. has not! fed the state department that wiuuswwius) oi iooo packages sent by per- -sons In America to starving riat,mm and friends In South Central and East ern Europe have been rotting In plies in Danzig since last summer with no nrwiiwi vi reacmng ineir aestinatlon. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: The way they're a-stlckln' a man now fer dog licenses he might as well keep -a airplane. Some bald heads' can't b cured, but they can be klvered with a : lurpee-wig : arrangement mat looks as . natchul as a set of false teeth. !