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8 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORT LAND. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 11. 1920. 0. . JaCESOK rwoaoar ' eaJov be eowfMent b eneerfnl and do tsUMkmurM would baft thea do anto roe. 1 Ifabliehed wry week day end Sunday nV''f at Toe Jouiaal BuJldirx, Braadway aad IU tract, Portland, ureson. loured it tha Postofflea t Portland, dreton, lor tnuuDilMioD turoui h the maila a( etwod oUm BaatOH. . TXIEPHONES Main T1TV A""""6 All drptrtrnftiu reached by JUe numbera. rORKIGN ADVERTISING BEPftESENUkTI'VE 825 Fifth Arena,, New Tor; 900 Uallere Bolldlnt. Cbleaso. ' Dbwrtptkm bin by mail within tna United Stale: DAILY (afORjriMO OR AFTEBItOOJf) Oh year f 8.00 I On month SI'NDAI On,, jw. $2. (SO I On month 9 DAILT (ttOKHINO OH AFTEBNOON) AND MUMMY Om jmmt ST. 50 On month 9 -88 A lUlHintn, we are told, should fol low public opinion. Doubtln aa a coecb Biii follow bla lionet; baring (inn bold 'a (ha ratna and (aiding them. Hare. ARE THEY TO PERISH? pHY is there another Armen ian drive!" That is a question' many auk. And they often add: "We thought we were done with drives." And, In fact, that is a con clusion many had renched. But it is not the million and a half o massacred U. Armenia for whom help is now asked. They are dead. Nor Is It for the tens of thousand? who fought heroically on the side of the allies In the war. Most of them who were not slain are still soldiers to the French Legion or in some other allied force in the Near East. Help is wanted for 250.000 orphan refugees, many of whom do not know their own names and most of whom are slowly starving to death. And food and clothing and shelter Is also wanted for a million or more adult refugees, who, in July, 1918, were driven out of Armenia by an advanc ing Turkish army. It was not until July, 1918, that the Turks finally maaaged to reach Eri van, the Armenian capital. Through out the war they . ad been trying to get to Erlvan add on beyond to the' Baku oil fields. Germany wanted the oil, and German officers helped organize and lead the Turkish advance. With Russian soldiers as allies the Armenians held them back until Rus sia collapsed. After that the poorly munitioned, half armed. Inadequately fed remnant of an Armenian army, fighting with back to the wall con tinued to hold the Turks In check for a year, or until within four months of the time the armistice was signed. By their stubborn defense of the Baku oil fields the Armenians helped win the war. But there came a time when their power of resistance was gone. Turkish shells began to fall In Erivan. Then came the exodus the flight of a nation from the land it had occupied since the dawn of history and before. In ox carts, moving so closely to gether that the noses of the oxen touched the back of the cart just ahead, two columns, carrying those young or too weak to wa'.k, and with til such belongings as could be gath ered together in hasty flight, a "perish ing race was on wheels, fleeing for life before the invader. They fouaj escape from tielr pur suers in the distant mountains, but there entered the presence of another enemy, the cold winter weather of 1919, and without shelter and with but scant food, many perished. The ox carts were burned as fuel. The oxen were eaten. The few horses and sheep went the same way, and, finally, the dogs and 'cats. And last spring sword came to the survivors thattthe armistice was signed and that the allies had won. Then as returning refugees, half starved, clad in. rags, but full of hope and expectation of librtyjwon and prosperity to return, they began the weary tramp back to their bomes. But there were no homes. Thero wasn't even a spade with which to dig the grave for burial of their dead, murdered by starvation. There wasn't an agricultural Implement, a tool, a horse, a sheep, or a domestic animal. The land was as bare as though A were In the original wild state. There WAs nothing with which to plant a crop, nothing to afford means of sub sistence. What the Turks could not carry away they destroyed. They left the country devastated. It was a desert to whloh the starving refugees re turned. That was last summer. There can be no harvest until the coining - fall. It is on the food' supplied from America only that such of the Ar menians as are not dying are finding survival. Thousands have perished, many have gne insane, many have ," drowned themselves to get out of . their agony. i These are. a few of the reasons for " the present Armenian drive. Herbert Hoover say . that conditions in Ar menia present "the most desperate ' situation on the earth." Of course Congressman McArthur, If he wanted to take advantage of a technicality, could say' that , he sever'; delivered the speech printed in the congressional record entitled, "Anti-Strike Legislation apd the Public Welfare?' There ought to be some way out from under those ""leave to print" orations when they fail to strike the popular chord. THE WORLD'S TROUBLE F RANK VANDERLIP, for long America's foremost financier, says that this nation is suffering from "a craze for extravagance." Irving T. Bush says the world "has been trying to find a substitute for work." Bolh unite in the contention that the world's present ills can be cured by work and thrift, and by that alone. Mr. aiush says that American busi ness men have been "in a drunken delirium for the last couple of years," and he further contends that "a mod erate dose of hard times will readily; bring us to earth and do us good." Mr. Vanderllp contends that .what Europe needs Is not further ' cash credits but assistance with food and raw materials. He would loan Europe food and things with which to work, but nothing more until it had built its business back somewhere towards normal. From the pictures painted by the two financiers two types emerge, fa rflillar in our everyday life and ex perience. Europe Is the man who has no money but does have credit. He has been buying on time, trusting to the future to permit him to catch up with his paycheck. America is the man who has the money and the desire to spend it. His pockets well lined, he has been dawd ling at his work until nsw, with the output of his Industry insufficient for himself and his needy brother across the sea, he is bidding against himself for the necessaries of life, heedless of the price. Vanderllp, In effect, tells us to get back to the rugged system of barter and exchange. Europe needs food. We will let it have food. It needs raw materials to start Its mills and faitories going; we will let it have raw materials. Jut we will stop there. We will tell Europe to keep its own money to pay its own work men that which they may pay for the food we send. Its return to normal and prosperous conditions will then depend upon the 6peed with which its united industry can bring its enter prises baek to take their usual places in the commercial and industrial life of the world. He tells America that its own consumption is greater than its production, and for it to live for a while more within itself, and of itself, a course that will bring the return of normality to this country. It Is a remedy which calls for thrift, industry and patience. We may not fancy it, but we may have to try it. May we not now expect to hear the governor of Virginia, where they ratify neither prohibition nor suf frage amendments, remark to the governor of New Jersey, where they repudiate prohibition but ratify suf frage, "Hadn't we better have a drink end discuss ,the doctrine of states rights, by Gad. sah ?" WANTED A MILLION HOMES Rl 5PRESENTATIVE TINKHAM of New York estimates that the United States is short a millioa homes. Ordinarily the amount annually invested In workmen's homes would be a round billion dollars. Under war conditions, with materials sky high, the actual Investment has been only about 10 per crnt of this amount. The government found hous ing so Important to war Industries that it spent more than tUO.000,000 during the war period in providing shelters for workers. One wonders whence all the people have come who congest industrial communities. But eonjectur is set aside by the fact that they are hcre and that still, even in Portland, houses are. hard to get, hotels are crowded, apartments have long waiting lists, and building, though a problem of costs, is In tensely active. The New York congressman has Introduced a bill which proposes au thority for four activities: Investigation of housing and living conditions among industrialists. Publicity aimed at the elimination of slums, the Improvement of living conditions and reduction in the cost of homes. Aid of communities In making maxi mum use of existing housing facili ties. A clearing house of information on housing and living conditions. Tinkham believes that if people were well housed anarchy and radical ism would be defeated more asily. It is true that home life destroys the germs of pervert doctrines. The Walla Walla farmer who paid $3.50 a bushel for seed wheat hasn't got bo much to crow about Lots of fellows have paid more than that for wild oats and never told the reporters about it. either. LACK OF INFORMATION T HE city planning commission. wll not of necessity draw either con clusion or discouragement ,;from the straw vote on the zoning ordi nance which was conducted by the Chamber of Commerce among Its memberB. The balloting indicated but one thing that there is still an abysmal lack of local knowledge relative to zoning and that little effort to secure information is being made by Port land Business men. The Chamber of Commerce has about 3200 members. Only 335 of Jthis number took advantage of the onoor- tunlty to go on record for or against the zoning ordinance. Of the 335. 270 voted against zoning and 65 in favor of it. ... , In other words, only about 10 per cent of the members of the city representative business organization took the trouble to declare themselves on a question which is of concern to every individual citizen. "The vote merely, emphasizes what The Journal has saCl before and now repeats, that there ought to be a well considered and persistent campaign of education on the questions whloh pertain to the planning and preparation of Port land for its future. But it ought not to be misdirected educational effort such as produced the arguments for and against zoning which were printed in the Chamber of Commerce Bulletin. The differ ence between the abstractions and generalities submitted in parallel columns by the city planning com mission and the realty board was that one was affirmative, the other nega tive. The reader knew little more about zoning after he had read af firmation and negation than he did before. Yet theremust be a way of stating the provisions of trie zoning ordinance clearly and simply, defi-ilng without confusion just what use is proposed for each of the various zones or dis tricts. Why not give people informa tion instead of arguments and then see If the average public intelligence isn't equal to passing upon city planning proposals in accordance with their merits? A recent survey is said to show that abundance of money in the hands of city dwellers has led to unexampled extravagances In non essentials. But farmers have been putting their profits into improved farm machinery and Into govern ment or municipal securities. About the time the urbanites begin to rea lize that gew-gaws can neither be worn nor eaten, our old friend the farmer may be calmly dictating terme uid Baying, "Ion't look to me for sympathy." CLAW 'EM KLAUS F RANK KLAUS, who used to be middle-weight champion of some place or anolher, is planning to stage a scientific comeback. Not long ago he deserted his training quarters and took to his bed with the flu. But now he is out again with a brand new set qX interstitial glands which "a famous surgeon" borrowed from a reluctant monkey and fitted him with. Now Mr. Klaus Is going out and beat 'em up. He is to begin over in England, then mop up Belgium, and, finally, get back to take care of the boys at home. The fistic world will doubtless fwatch Mr. Klaus and his future enter prises with much Interest. The surgi cal operation, If it has the virtue claimed, ought to make him a lulu. Monkeys are four fisted fighters. Their footwork is a wonder' and de spair. They chatter when they fight. John L. SullJvan, than whom there has been none greater, used to have tfie habit, so the old timers say. He would smear his mug with gore, grit his teeth and make faces so malign antly terrible that his opponents would take the count rather than the consequences. 'But he did not have the monkey footwork or the four flsted fighting Instinct. Mr. Klaus ought to have 'em nailed to the mat. Back at Long Island the oyster men are raking pink and pea green oysters up. from the bottom of the Softnd. They ought to become quite a fad at the monkey dinners at New port. HINDENBURG FOR PRESIDENT G ERMANY is supposed to be plunged In chaos. It is natural that this should be so. For half a cejtury, and more, it has been a military government, shaped to suit the ambitions and desires of the mili tary overlords who have ruled it. Its people have been fashioned into cogs. smooth running in the military ma chine. That machine has been broken down, its master wheels torn off and cast aside. It is natural that the en gine should run wild with the accus tomed governor removed. But the power which drc . the old engine is still there. The kaiser, and his kind, overlooked it or despised it, as tha breed has always done. They believed - they .possessed the power when in fact all they did was to di rect and control it. Now, with direction and control gone, and the world hopes for good. the power is running, half controlled. In that condition it is natural that it should pull against itself. It is not astounding that Bolshevism1 and un rest should grip the people of jer- many. The disease is latent In our own country, where people have" al ways been free; where self govern ment has always prevailed. The malady will die out here. It will die out in Germany for the heart of mankind in the main is sound. Evil Influences may distort It but, those removed, it will grow back to health in God's good time. . Students of politics and economics who have gone from other countries Into Germany report that the people are struggling to build order and good government out of the disorder that exists. Sane jad constructive men of that nation are trying to teach its people the, way towards redemption and resurrection in the world's re gard. It will be a long fight and a hard one to recovery. .The cancer that afflicted the vitals of the nation has been cut out by the surgery of the allies. : It has gone, but the taint Is sun in the blood. If it Is' permitted further to poison the body of Ger many the body will die. If It can be finally eliminated or controlled the body .will live. Fortaat reason the movement to elect Von Hindenburg as the first president of Germany Is' ominous. Prussians and Prussianism will not bring Germany back into the family of the world. The people of Germany, self governing and democratic, can. The world will watch, anxiously, to see whether the cancer has yet, in fact, been controlled, UNCLE SAM VS. "MY .UNCLE" By Carl Smith. Washington Staff Cor respondent of The Journal. Washington, Feb. 11. Little loans on little bonds by Uncle Sam himself. on terms more favorable than many other "Uncles" are said' to Offer, are proposed by Senator King of Utah in a bill he-' has Introduced, which would confer authority on any postoffice where there is a postal savings bank to make the loans. He proposes that $45 shall be advanced on a $50 Liberty bond and $90 on a $100 bond,, with a limit of $180 to any one person in any 80-day period. The savings bank would retain the coupons maturing while the bonds were on pledge. Bonds would be returned to their owners at any time within six, months upon payment of the principal plus a fee of $1 for the snfc.ll bonds and $2 for the $100 variety. If not redeemed In six months. Uncle Sam would cash in on the bonds at market price, or retain them on deposit, as de sired. From Oklahoma, the state of Al Jen nings, the Daltons and other celebrities of the gun-and-mask variety. there came two bills in one day recently for the suppression of moving picture films of the exploits of "ex-convicts, des peradoes, bandits, train robbers, bank robbers or .outlaws." One was intro duced by Representative Hastings and the other by Representative Harreld. each containing drastic penalties for showing on the screen an of the acts that once formed such a prominent in dustry in Oklahoma. The escape or flight of the outlaw from the "alleged sceno" as the bills describe it, are not to be shown, so movie fans will be de nied even the thrills of the chase. The penalties provided for shipping such films, or depositing or receiving them, are thought sufficiently strong. They would be a fine of not more than $10, 000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both. Cloquet, Minn., Is looking up. Mrs. Peter Olson, the only woman speaker at the big Jackson day banquet in Washnlgton. was from there, and all who heard her agreed that she spoke splendidly. Right on the heels of that, event Representative Carrs of Minne sota introduced a bill to provide a pub lic building for Cloquet. Some see a connection between the two happenings. Cloquet. upon investigation, is found to be In the timber belt and showed 7000 population In 1910. Letters From the People imtiuoVto on only one aide of the paper, ihould not exceed i 300 words in lencth, and must be siened by the writer, whose mail addrena in full must accom pany ua conuiDUUon. Patented Paving Royalties Portland. Jan. 28. To the Editor of The Journal Since the adjournment of the special session some mild criticisms have been cast calculated to reflect on the members who voted against house bill No. 44, introduced by Mr. Hare, per taining to the payment of royalties on patented pavement. The bill contained an emergency clause to the effect "that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace and safety," etc. ; so I take it for grant ed, had the governor followed the rule set In other cases of similar kind, he would have used the veto, but aside from that, and aside from the fact that the legislature was convened for certain designated purposes, were the members who voted no, rightfully subject to cen sure, or were they acting for the best interest of the state T The Hare bill left no discretion with the attorney general ; he must litigate and must spend state money whether he wanted to or not, and though he knew he would lose in the courts. He could not do as he did in the Pacific Land and Cattle case. In which he made a settlement and saved the state 25,000 acres of land. He was not left pos sessed of the discretion provided for In chapter 17S, laws of 1919. wherein it is made his duty to investigate or defend any suit he may choose In which to test the -validity of the paving patents, and under which he has done much work in the way of preparation. Believing it to be my duty as a legis lator to learn his wishes before proceed ing to pass a .mandatory bill. I went to the attorney general and asked him to express to me his desires in the mat ter. I think I learned his desires before voting I believe he did not desire to be deprived of discretion. I know he felt it would not be good business or good sense to deprive the state of the power to drive the best bargain possi ble should he find the law against him. He did not wish to be placed in a posi tion by the legislature, and under it be compelled to lose to the state from $300, 000 to $400,000; whereas. If left, with free hand, and the state fully protected. as at present, as to the payment of royal ties, he could drive a good bargain the same as he did in tht"cattle case. So, knowing his wish, along with a major ity of the house, I voted no and left him a free hand with sufficient law to protect the public. The attorney general was very loath to be quoted for fear some might think he was using his Influence among the members for or against the Mil, so kept aloof, except when vigorously pressed for an expression as to his views as to the best course to pursue to best protect the state from loss. As the law now stands the attorney general can proceed, and it is his duty to proceed, to test the validity of the paving pat ents, or to defend anyone who may use bitulithlc as provided by the 1919 stat utes, and no royalties will be paid until a test case is had or settlement satis factory to the state is made : and a majority of the members thought it best, for the good of the state, to leave the law. as it is at least until the next regular session, this course being satis factory to the attorney general. Were they censurable In voting as they did? I think not D. C. LEWIS. On Anglo-American Relations Portland. Feb. 1. To the Editor of The Journal In the Sunday Journal I was pleased to once more make the ac quaintance of that high priest of Anglo Amerlcanlsm, Edward Price Bell of the Chicago Daily News, who seems to be all "het up" over the dire things which are going to happen to civilization if such a thing as an Anglo-American war de veloped over the Irish situation. As a good newspaper man and a man who is well Informed on general conditions Mr. Bell undoubtedly knoWs that the prospect of such a war and oyer such a cause is mo remote eve net to be consid ered .by even the moat rampant Tory alive today, and unfortunately there seem to be many- with ua yet. Mr. Bell also wants to knew what the American Legion ' la vein to do about 'this .menace to his super-cirl Illation. He does not have to go far for his answer. From London to Romagne cemetery Is but a abort trip and he can read his answer on every American -soldier's grave. The men of the American Le gion, and especially 'those of us who had the honor of fighting far our coun try on the glorious fields of France,, know what we went to France for. We have no desire to be. cheated of the blood of our bravest and best. The American soldier of the future will not need an alien League of Nations to show him where his "compelling moral obliga tions" should lead him. The Tank of. yesterday did not need one, and it is a safe bet that the Yank of tomorrow will measure up to the proud heritage of the A. E. F. I am sure the American Legion will always remain the center of the most progressive thought in the. nation. If we need a League of Nations as neces sary to the future peace of our coun try, they will indorse it, but I am sure every man in the legion will require that all nations participating in such a league must come with clear consciences and clean hands before they give their sanction to American participation. The American flag is clean and the Ameri can conscience is clear when it comes to dealing with out weaker brothers. We are big enough to - stand on our own feet sooner than sacrifice our principles to become parties to the present league. We have got along tolerably well in the past without European cooperation and good will and I think that if Europe does outlaw ua we will survive the shock. I woald like Mr. Bell's opinion of the outrage committed by the current Brit ish government on last Thursday, when scores of newly elected members of mu nicipal councils were arrested and jogged off to jail In England for no other reason than that they belong to the Republican party. T. J. O'CONNELL. An Anti-Vaecinathm Statement Portland, Feb. 5. To the Editor of The Journal-The state board of health has been urging employers of labor and school boards and others to enforce vac cination against smallpox with their em ployes and school children. This Is with out authority of law. There Is no com pulsory vaccination law In Oregon. There is a law that says school children In case of an epidemic must be vacci nated or stay out of school 21 days. TI1 same law has been declared spe cial -class legislation In California and set aside by the courts, which have de cided that unvacclnated children cannot be kept out of school. If any health officer or employer attempts to forcibly vaccinate- anyone, notify this league, which will help you secure your legal rights. THE HEALTH DEFENSE LEAGUE OF OREGON, By GeoTge Morris of 508 Davenport St, Portland, Or.. Acting President. An Appreciated Indorsement Portland. Feb. 4. To the Editor of The Journal Congratulations on the three excellent editorials In The Journal! of January 81 captioned. "Gag Rule," "Hamby's Warning," and "Gentlemen With Pull." All of the above have found a place in my scrap bf5ok, owing to their valu for future reference ; these edi torials alone are worth a full year's subscription to yaur Invaluable paper.r effectually cure "Gentlemen with a Pull." Briefly, eliminate from OUr pO- lltical life all secret societies. For many yeafs the writer has given this subject careful study and consideration. Each year finds secret societies more strongly entrenched. True democracy needs no star chamber. A. J. MARTIJI- Olden Oregon Tradition of White Man's First Ap pearance on Northwest Coast The first appearance of white men on the Oregon coast, according to the tra dition of the Clatsop Indians, was off the mouh of the Columbia river. Some of the accounts say a ship was sighted one afternoon by the Indians, while pick ing strawberries, and watched with su perstitious interest. During the night the vessel drifted ashore and in the morft Ing an Indian woman was startled by the appearance of a person in a peculiar garb and wearing a long beard. Two men had -built a fire in the driftwood of the heaeh and thev made slens to the woman for water. She ran to the village and 1 gave the alarm by exclaiming, "I have found people who are men and who yet are v bears." The ship was looted and burned to obtain its metal and the two men were made slaves, but in course of time given their liberty. One of the men. to whom was given the name Kon apee, was a skillful worker' in Inm and a maker of knives. Among other TltU cles found on the ship were strings of Chinese cash, which . were designated "Konapee's money" and treasured, for a long time. It is possible the vessel was a Spanish one traveling between Mexico and the Philippines. Curious Bits of Information For the Curious Gleaned From Curious Places David Garrlck. the famous actor, the vivacious. Intelligent and winning friend of so many of the great men of his day Sir Joshua Reynolds, the ponderous Dr. Johnson, and the inimitable blogra-1 pher Boswell was married to a Vien nese dancer, Eva Marie Vlolette. Those w.m tlia rinvta when England had a a,,,, klng but Eva Garrick's Oer- man Ism was, however, not of the arro gant and obstinate type, but of the harnlessly domestic and sentimental. "Little Davy" Garrlck died in 1779, his wife surviving him 43 years. In her old age Mrs. Garrlck was "a little bowed down old woman whoent about leaning on a gold-headed cane, dressed in deep widow's mourning and always talking of her dear Davy." Mrs. Gar rlck died when 99 years old, and was buried wrapped in her fine linen wed ding sheets. In the same grave with her husband, at the foot of ishakespeare s monument in the historic Westminster Abbey. Liberty Endangered From the Salem Capital Journal As a result of war conditions in America there is danger that the funda mental spirit of Individual liberty, the vital spark of democracy,, will be seri ously impaired in the supposed interest of public safety and with patriotic in tent. The dispatches contain many In stances of the violation of rights guar anteed under the constitutionby legis latures, by officials, by police, by mobs. Peaceful meetings are raided, persons jailed on suspicion, press censorship ex ercised and free speech banned under the,,guise of patriotism, but contrary to the American ideal of fair play. The situation recalls ' that ' existing 'in the early days of the republic, in the closing years of the eighteenth' century, when- the pernicious activities of foreign agents striving to foment ' discord and division in the new nation caused the passage of the alien and sedition act with its wholesale persecution of aliens and disloyalists. The passage of this act .however, wrecked the Federalist party, because tha American people revolted, not COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE 1 " 1 ' Bare a room for a Shrlner. Nothing the matter with the weather. And some candidates are running on a oulja platform, a The "unloaded gun" is still doing dead ly execution. . Great thing about this dry era is that a man can slip on his doorstep without having: the neighbors wink one at an other. a ' a Inasmuch as upheavals and eruptions seem to be quite the thing, old Mount Lassen has decided to get Into the game again. a a . , The or swbnmin' hole may be frozen over right now, but It won't take the water long to warm once the spring sun gets into action. a Though there are as yet no outward and visible signs of it. there's an under current Of Something tVist tmlim Ih. uascuaii Dug is getting ready to burst "" winter sneu in the near future. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town Dentists from a number of Oregon's live cities are Jn Portland this week to attend the manufacturers' clinic . being held at the Multnomah hotel under the auspices of the manufacturers of dental supplies and . apparatus. Washington towns are also heavily represented on the hotel registers of the city. At the Multnomah, headquarters of the clinic are : Dr. E. P. Mossman, La Grande ; F. W. Haynes, Roseburg ; J. C. Shield, Baker ; C. L. Marquardt and R. L. Prit land. Raymond. Wash. ; C. W. Barr. As toria ; II. E. Bumester. F. F. Montgom ery, North Bend. mm M. Vernon Parsons is going to be the' next secretary Of state If M. V. P. has anything to say about the matter. Par sons is starting ahead of the whole field In his campaign, too, and is in Portland to see what he can see as to th situation that is getting warmer as the primaries approach. Unconcerned, apparently, be cause there is a plentiful supply of can didates for the Job, Parsons is a guest at the Perkins hotel, registering from Eugene, the old home town. Mrs. W. B. Paine and daughter of Aberdeen. Wash., are stopping at the Multnomah whie in Portland on a shop ping trip. . Mrs. Paine is the wife of a prominent Aberdeen realty dealer, and except for the fact that Portland shows a little more style or, at least, a wider variety to choose fromthis beautiful city hasn't a thing on Aberdeen. a a Halfway, Baker county, offered Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Groves to Portland Tuesday as guests for a brief visit. Half way, in the center of the rteh Pine valley of Baker county. Isn't much as to slse, but it's a fine little town nevertheless, and with Its farming, mining and lum herlnar Industries holds promise of growth. The Groves are at we uregon. Pendleton sends quite a number of her citizens to Portland every day and al ways, on hotel registers, are names well known in and out of the Umatilla county Round-Up city. Tuesday saw "Mr. and Mrs. J. Sloan at the Multnomah. At the Perkins was Dean A. Shall, Pendleton stockman, and W. J. Clarke of the same center of population was at the Imperial. Ross F. Nelson and M. J. Butler, boast ing residence at Independence and Mon mouth, respectively. Joined forces for the trip to Portland, and while here for a brief stay are guests at the Imperial hotel. Nelson operates the moving pic ture show at Independence and Butler attends the toothaches of Oregon state normal school girls at Monmduth as the town's dentist. Incidentally, Nelson is Butler's youngest uncle. I rr. Elmer C. Gipe, Albany chtropractlo physician, is a guest at the Seward hotel. Albany folk find a restful haven at the Seward, for they can alight from the train at its door and, after climbing aboard at the same place for the re turn trip, alight almost In the heart of Albany. A trip to the city, therefore, entails the least-; possible number of superfluous steps. IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred How'many readers of The Journal.! even though they live in bungalow, know why that particular type of house is a bungalow? Because Southern CaffTrnfa specialises on nga!ow. Zar, v,Tfe think the term Js a Span ISHneTa survival of the old mission dawe ret our word "bungalow" from the Hindu word "bangla." which really eans Bengalese, but which refers to a Benalese thatched hut The British of fleers in India, being le inj the-way stations to secure lumber, fre auently built their houses of bamboo. The original form 4 bungalow consisted of a room with double wallso, bambcwith canvas partitions . storeroom and bedrrwm. and having a wide porch surrounding the bangla. We have modified the bungalow In this country until Its Bengalese ancestor, the one-storied, single-roomed, porch-surrounded bangla would not recognise it. American descendant. There is one city In the world, and it Is no mean city either, where the daily papers have never yet had oc casion to chronicle an automobile acci dent, where the taxpayers do not have to dig up to pay the salaries of traffic cons. ad where they are not planning to mcTeaae their streetcar fares. You can go tombed at night overlooking any oneof the main streets, and your slum ber will not be disturbed by the ring of hoofs, the rattle of wheels, the clang of car wheels or the honk of the auto mobile horn, for the very good reason that there are.no horses, streetcars nor autos on the streets. The gondola is the only means of transportaUon and the name of the eity is Venice. Sneaking of automobiles, did you know thatniore than S.000,000 of the 8.000.000 automobiles In use in the world are owned in the United States? From Junks to airplanes is a long step but it is a sup that China to about to against the punishment and deportation- of alien meddlers and traitors, the punishment of crime or the suppression of violence, but at the autocratic power conferred upoi federal officials and its use tor the ayonishmeat and suppression of opinion. ( , Laws .now proposed and pending as result of hysteria against radicalism and Bolshevism confer a similar auto cratic authority upon officials that may result In a similar punishment and sup pression of opinion laws perhaps Justl fied in war time, but out of tune with the ideals with which liberty baa en lightened the world. Z2 Uu rspubUo Is NEWS IN BRIEF SIDELIGHTS v The balmy weather enjoyed the past month is the cause of much comment, even among bur old-time residents, says the Gold Beach Reporter. Spring sign In Coquille, reported by the Sentinel : "A. J. Sherwood Is count Ins an n early mess of green peas. He reports that some he planted in his gar den January 24 are already up. Crane postofflce has been advanced from third to fourth class. It was es tablished in 191. According to the American, this office handled an ver, age of over 150.000 pounds of parcel post a month In 119. and as a separating of fice' supplies every postoffice In Harney county except two. a . a a "The automobile has worked wonders in many ways In this locality." says the Drewsey Pioneer Sun, "but there are several stockmen who- will never lose their love and admiration for.Jk good horse and dog. Among themAiere Is June Ingersol, who has a fine saddle horse, which is a single-footer. June has also a very bright bull terrier pup. No one seems to know positively whether U. S. Grant of Wheeler. Or., and U. S. Grant of Dallas, Or., are one and the same. At last reports from - Dallas, however, the Polk county Grant was still in the business of raising prize winning Angora goats and serving' as president of the National Association of Angora Goat Breeders. Ofttimea, too, his old cornet toots merrily on the mid night, air, Dallas folks contend. In any event, U. S. Grant of Wheeler, that booming little Tillamook dbunty city. Is registered at (he Portland hotel. Neither man denies that be was named for the Civil war general. mm H. S. Machison and George Gibson, who manage Libby, McNeil & Libby branch plants at Yakima, Wash., and The Dalles, respectively, are "stopping at the Multnomah while in Portland on firm business. The branch managers, always opUmistic In discussing their own wares and affairs, declare that business couldn't be better and get proper attention. m m m William Olson, lumberman from West- port, and William Vaughn, answering the official role as secretary of the Bay Park Lumber company at Bend, are stopping at the Multnomah while trans acting business in the city. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. McGlouflln, J. S. and Donald McGlouflln, all of Hoqulam. Wash., are guests at the Seward hotel. Mr. and Mrs. J, A. Nlchol and Alberta and Cecile Nlcol, whose home fireside glimmers at Port Arthur, Ont., are guests at the Portland hotel. Port Arthur, the Nichols will tell the Inquirer, Is a cracking good town in the Thunder Bay district of Ontario. L. E. Ireland. Hood River rult grower. Is a guest at the. Seward hotel. From the same apple cKy came O. C Cochran, who Is at the Perkins. A J. Lilburn, Roseburg merchant. Is r h Imperial. Down tn the Roseburg neck of the woods the Metschans, of the Imperial, are powerfully well known for their former Southern Oregon hotel op erations. a a a H.' A. Robb, who was county surveyor of Polk county before he answered the call to the colors and went to France with the Dallas company of the Oregon NatioWl Guard under the present adju tant general. Is visitmr in Portland and stopping at the Imperial. R. Robinson, Clatskanie cheese mak er, is an unalterable' believer in the efficacy of cheese as a remedy for all human Ills, including hunger. As a mat ter of fact, cheese In general has an astounding worth as food, but Clatska nie cheese is particularly good as a lager beer accompaniment, Robinson says. Robinson is at the Perkins. George B. BourhUL president of Bour hlll A Co., doing a mercanUle business at Moro, county seat of Sherman county. Is In Portland on business, stopping at the Multnomah. ; Lockley take, for the Chinese government has Just secured a loan of . $45,000,uoo for the purpose of building and operating air planes. a a China is changing her monetary sys tem so the dollar will be the standard of value, with subsidiary ullver and cop per coins. A mint ls to be installed at Shanghai. . All other mints will be under the control of the officials of the mint at Shanghai, to insure uniformity of coinage. a a ' Next time you happen to read a poem of Alice Cary just remember that she helped to give jobs to the thousands of club and society editors all over.tht United States. She was the first presi dent of Ihe Sorosls club, which was founded over 100 years ago. The stone that Vm builders rejected becomes the head of the corner. The waste products of manufacture fre quently are .found more valuable than the main product. Tungsten was a re fractory metal that was the bane of the gold miner. Six years ago it was worth but 40 cents a; pound. Today the man who finds tungsten ore has a much more valuable mine than If he had struck a gold mine. a ' a Great Britain carries on her pension lists, as reminders of the world war, 189,487 widows, 1,038.990 orphans and 332,500 dependent parents or other rela tives. : The next time you read the statistics of the volume of our Imports to Great Britain, particularly of our cotton ex ports. Just remember that the vast trade had a very humble beginning. Our original cotton export to England con sisted of one bale, which was sent In 1778 from Charleston, 8. C, to London. , When you look over the headlines of your daily paper and read of strikes, lockouts. Industrial unrest and increas ing wage demands, take comfort in the thought that It Is no new thing, for in the Register, published in 1768, you may read this statement : "This day the hatters struck and refused to work till their wages are raised." to survive, the spirit of toleration, of fair play, of free speech, free press and free opinion, the spirit of individual liberty, must be jealously safeguarded from the attacks of over-xealous pa triots. If it is not we may experience a popular reaction far mors., serious than that of 1800, .which destroyed a political party but preserved democracy. Up to the Doctor From Ufa. 'Doctor How can I do anything for you If you still persist In smoking? That's what I'm paying you to find out" The Oregon Country North wart Uappcntnca in Briaf Vom ft ta Buay baadar. . - , , OREGON NOTES Members of the Bend Methodist ehureh t?n nX?1?. ."..a Proposition to erect a new $40,000 building. -A nrw"paDfr ' not compelled to fur rh.LUi'!?.urce" ot 'nformatlon. accord ing to Attorney General Brown. Residents of Pine Grove district Hood Jluf cSu.nty' re calling for a census j T.hey d01 no enumerator has visited them. There are no birds wlntering'ln Dea chutes county this year. Old timers say the reason is that there are no rips Juniper berries on the trees, ij. Coos Bay mills have given notice thst yunimum wages have been advanced ..ra 4i P1 day 10 -80- Several mills are figuring on double shifts. i' The Portland Railway. Light & Power company s branch office at Salem cashed W check for $96.50 which proved, to be worthless. , wMon'y included In the 1920 budget of the Salem Commercial club will be used as working capital while receipts from duea will apply to overhead expense. J. R. Nlckelsen. Joint senator from Wasco and eHood River counties, will "e5 'A Republican nomination to suc ceed himself. Pavlner work hatn-jun r- Tw.va and Hood River on the Columbia river highway will be resumed a soon as weather permlta A Whirlwlnrl rr,n,V....l.lM MMaltvm will be carried on by the Albany cham ber of commerce In an effort to perfect llu inaiiuain a live organisation. Portland citizens have signed petition U President Wilson to pardon Dr. Maris f.uul, convicted under autnlnnaw at mil sentenced to three years' term in prison. ine Derry growers of the Canby sec Hon,vW,i' v,H't the berry farms nesr Hubbard February 17 accompanied by County Agent Hoott. The upper part of Mercy hospital at Roseburg has been destroyed by fire. The patients, between 76 and SO in num ber, were taken In by neighboring resi dents. Klghteen deaths from influenza out ot 865 cases are reported from Portland to state health office, Salem with 88 new cases reports two deaths and Oregon City with nine cases reports one death. Fifty-four representative Coos county farmers and their wives have formed the Coos county farm bureau. Ten com munities In the county wlU be organ ised at once. The city of Lebanon has bought a four acre tract of land in the southern part of the city on which will be established a city park and an automobile camping ground. Ed Dodson of Winlock. Wheeler oounty. was stabbed and seriously In jured by H. E. Dickinson of the Win lock schools in quarrel caused by whip ping of Dodson s 8-year-old daughter at school. C. W. Taylor has been appointed dep uty sheriff of Benton county to succeed himself. Kormnr Sheriff Gellatly in a sworn statement declares Taylor was In no way responsible for the shortage of Gellatly. 4 Following an Investigation by the state fire marshal's office of the woman's dormitory at the Eugene Bible Institute, the faculty has agreed to comply with the state laws and city ordinances by providing fire escapes. Living a dozen miles from a wagon road and with no taxable property In their district the homesteaders on upper Big creek tn northwestern Lane county are maintaining a public school and erecting a new schoolhuuse with their own resources. A sawmill which has been operating west of Lacomb is being moved by Clarence C. Cameron of Albany to Crab tree creek near Lakewood. A dam ia being built at the new dam site and It is expected to have the new plant In operation soon. AI O. Graff, director of the Hood River Apple Growers' association, just back from New York where he Investigated marketing conditions, strongly arraigns growers for their apathy and careless grading of fruit. Their product no longer commands a premium of 75 cents per box. WASHINGTON News has reached Vancouver of the death of U. B. Brumagln, veteran en gineer of the old ferry plying between Vancouver and Hayden .island. Seattle retail stores will close for a brief period during the funeral of Mrs. Frank McDermott. one of Seattle's pio neer business women. After having been tied up for weeks because of snow, mud and lea, the roads from Walla Walla toward Yak ima, Spokane and Pendleton are open. Game commissioners of Yakima county are willing to test the Buckley device for preventing fish from entering Irri gation ditches, and will pay the ex penses of the test. The People's Cooperative Telephone company, operating rural lines out of Centralla. has 631 phones In. Use. The total income tn 1919 was $12,769, and the total expense $12,508. Resolutions favoring preservation of standing timber adjoining established state highway systems have been adopted by the Centralla Chamber of Commerce. Centralla local Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen has appointed K. W. Thrall as Its representative on the labor jury at the Montesa.no murder trial. Three youths who confessed blowing up the Northern Pacific ticket office at South Bend have been sentenced to the state reformatory at Monroe from 1 to 16 years. At Taklma consent has been obtained from the federal authorities to allajar the distribution of liquor in small amounts from the cache In the federal court to persons afflicated with pneu monia and Influenza. IDAHO Spirited bidding at a state land lease auction at Idaho Falls forced the rental of one tract to the unprecedented figure of $19. Instructors at the state deaf and blind school at Gooding have been granted a f per cent salary bonus by the state board of education. County commissioners of the state have passed resolutions in favor of reclama tion of arid and cut over lamfs In Idaho by the federal government. The extra session of the legislature will convene Wednesday for the purpose of ratifying the federal suffrage amend ment. The session Will be brief. Owing to the Influenza epidemic, the celebration of Boy Scout anniversary V week has been postponed unUl tha week of February ZZ. , There will be no attempt to remove live elk from Jackson Hole to Idaho forests this year, declares Stats Gams Warden, Jones. Idaho orchardmen have been advised by W. H. Wicks,' director of the stats bureau of plant Industry, to begin a pruning campaign before spraying sea son begins. ' The state department of public works has rejected all bids for the proposed $100,000 Pickle Butte bridge across the Snake river between Caldwell and Nwnpa. That Latah county has actually lost 151$ in population since 1910 is Indi cated by the school census. In 1910 the population was 18.818. In 1919 It was 17,802. Attorney General Black has decided that the acts of Mayor Hoff of .Mont peller and his administration are not invalidated because of a violation of the state nepotism law in appointing relatives to office. The relatives have resigned. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: This here flggerln about presidential candidates is a amusement most equal to the plgs-ln-clover puzzle we uster worry over. There ain't been a presi dent 'lected ylt but what a whole lot of wise politicians has flggered plum of fa the map 'fore the convention and after ward. .; " . . . ,..