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10 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND; FRipAY. FEBRUARY 27 1920. , AX INDEPgSDE3tT WEW8PATCB a . JACKSON Pnbllabet Be aim. b confident, be cheerful end aj mvo thr yon wonid her them do nnto y . I t-ubllebed rT week (lay and Bonday mornn. at Tba Journal Building. Broadwsjr sod Xua faill rtrtrt. Portland. Oreron. .tutored at the Poetoffkce at Portland. Oro, lor traiumiaiSoa thrones the aaaile aa eecoad attar. TKLEPUONE8 Main 7178, automatic 60-il. all dryaruncnte reached by then nnjabara. rOKEHJN ADVEKTWINO BEPRESENTATITB Brnj.mil. K...oor Co . Hnw'L1B'-f: t2 Fifth Aranus, Kr Jorkj Bulldln. Chieato. BUBSCBIPTIOS BATES BT CAHRIER. OTTT AND COUNTRY DAILY AND SUNDAY Om w .16Ooa month I DAILY . SUNDAY o Om weea t .lOjOne week 00 One month 45 BT IUIL ALL RATES PATABI.B IN ADVANCK DAILY AND SUNDAY On, 7,ax tS.OOIThree month tzi is months .10d montb day I 8!;DA,T (Without Sunday) I Kml ft On. year ffl.OOfOrw year $J Six month 3.i!5H.x month. 1" Three month ... 1.75ITUre montha 1 One month oU WEEKLY I WEFKT.Y AND (Erary Wednesday) I SUNDAY One year ll.OOtona year $3.60 tlx month 60 Tbeae ratea apply only In the Wnt. Kate to Eastern polnta fnrntohed on appneav Bon. slake remittance bj Money Order, Expresa Ontn, or Draft; 11 your Poetnffice Money Order Utile. 1 or 2 -rent aUmpe UI be accented. Make all remittance payabla to The i i .i a It l frith books aa with men: A erj mall number play a treat part; the rent are confounded with the multitude. Voltaire. SOLDIERS AT MOXTESANO YESTEUbAY, the sheriff of the county was quoted as having said that there was no reason for federal troops to be brought to Monttsano. He was not even con sulted on the question. The, Judge who Is trying the case, said yesterday from the bench that he had not been informed that troops had been sum moned until told that they were on the Way from Camp Lewis. Today ho stated that he had re ceived evidence from the prosecutors and the sheriff's office "which seemed to Justify the presence of troops." The Aberdeen World, a well known newspaper which is strongly con demnatory of radical activities, says there was no reason, for calling for troops. The news reports are that the Jurors yesterday morning were marched past .the tents where they had a full view ,of the contingent of soldiers brought to Montesano on account of the trial. The effect must have been to give them Impressions to obviously con nect tho presence of the soldiers with .the case and to suggest to them that "more trouble was imminent and threatened. Ttie soldiers were sent for by the attorneys for the prosecution. They do not make public their expia tions of why they made the request ,'If they had information of threatened resort to force by the radicals, they should have communicated the facts to the sheriff. He is the arm of the court. He Is responsible and under oath and under bonds to preserve the peace. He is the official to have made , ' request for troops if troops were needed. There is enough in the case gainst the murderers of the Armls tlce day victims at Centralia. The pre sentation of the facts In which four ;young men were Bhot down in cold blood after deliberation and prelimi nary planning Is sufficient Indictment, without resort to heroics and displays 'of soldiery. t It It 6hall turn out that trie call for 'the soldiers was to make a setting -lth which to prejudice the jury, it vlll constitute an insult to the trial 'court and to the American judiciary. Ttie last place in the world to ar t'ray tno military Is about a court Hhotise or a legislative hall. Huerta ".did that In Mexico. That was the ;resort of kings in limes when human ; liberty was dead. They used flimsy pretexts on which to summon mili tary force. The less we think of the military as a means of controlling affairs in ithis country, the longer the republic "will endure. There were minute men ;at Lexington and Concord. They have .been on hand In every emergency since, and are able to function still. T Thirty-four changes of residence iln SO years is the record of a fam- illy for the present living" at Dalton, 'Georgia. It is said the family moved twice without having time to milk ,"the cow, and at one time the chick - ,ens were so well trained that they ? walked up and crossed their feet to b tied. A letter mailed In 191 has Jm.H caught up with this ubtmiltous .family. ; CARRYING THE TIDINGS iA NEW YORK judge, a Boston civic leader and a Buffalo manufac turer are but three of many who offer tribute to the vivid charm !of Frank Branch Riley's lectures on ,tbe majestic scenery of the "Interna--ttbnal Pacifio Northwest." The expressions occur in a ramph Jlet of comments aroused by Mr. Rl I ley's . numerous expeditions to the JEasV The reiterated sentiment of nearly 50 pages is one of gratitude for 1 the- Etereopticon and verbal eommu- nleatlon of views that one having thoj heard of them,, ever afterward yearns to see. There is nothing In the pamphlet to indicate whether puhlio or private funds paid for its publication and dis tribution, but it does contain the ir refutable testimony of Individuals and newspapers that Mr. Riley Is doing a lasting work of good for the Pa cifio Northwest. TO CURB SKULDL'GGEBY A DIVIDED session of the legislature was suggested by Senator Pierce at yesterday's Press club lun cheon, as a corrective of hidden Jokers, secret manipulation and thimblerigging by crooked legislative members. There would be, under the plan, a 35 to 40 days session during which all bills would be brought to the point where they would be ready for final passage. At that initial session every bill that could run the gauntlet would go through the house in which it originates, would be sent to the other house, be referred to commit tee, and, with such changes, if any, as both houses would agree to, would go on the calendar in the originating house. There it would be left and the legislative body take temporary adjournment. Then there would be a 30 or GO day period of adjournment, during which there would be ample .time for everybody In the 6tate to make full examination of all bills. There would be full opportunity for wide publicity. There would bo dlsucsslon by the newspapers and the people, and in that discussion hidden jokers or bad provisions would come to light. After this Interim of adjournment, the legislature would again convene for a five or 10 days session. The sole business of the closing session would be the passage of bills as framed and finished at the prelim inary session. There could be no amendment of any bill except by unanimous consent, qr possibly by a four fifths vote of both houses. No new legislation could be introduced. The object of the plan is to give all the people a chance to know what the legislation is before it is finally passed. Thus, the "midnight resolu tion" went through the legislature at 3 o'clock In the morning, a few minutes before final adjournment of the 1915 sessions and it was not until two or three months after, that what was In the Infamous measure was known to the public or even to mem bers except the limited few who ma nipulated its passage. At the late special session the no torious "straight vote" skulduggery was purposely held back until the closing hours In order that It might be rammed through when members were too wearied and worn with their labors to think straight or offer seri ous opposition. Indeed crooked work in the legis lature is always- done In secret to be discovered afterward, and it is the melancholy experience th,at there are always enough crooked men in a legislature to fool or force the more numerous honest members into the passage of crooked legislation. 5Iost of those who heard Senator Piprce explain the plan at yesterday's luncheon expressed themselves as heartily in favor of it. OIR SWEET TOOTH HayiMj heen classed witn tne profiteers In their unresponsive ness to the public's censorious t 'iMiiiHaiuis uiut uifir iiusiiisn consumes over much sugar and hustles the price upward, the candy makers of the country have at last emerged through their National Con fectioners' association with a " 'tain't so" propaganda. Some of their statements areather reasonable. For Instance, this: The craving for "Bomethlnfr sweet" is nature's call for carbohydrates which supply fuel for the human engine and which Is most acceptably supplied in the form of candy. And this, which Is more ponderous: Authoritative statistical Information shows. that our total sugar consumption for the year 1918 was about 4,000.000 tons. Of this amount, 70 per cent, or approximately 2.800.000 tons, was con sumed in the households and only 30 per cent, approximately 1.200,000 tons, was used for all manufacturing purposes, including: canned fruits and vegetables, bakery products, condensed milk, Ice cream, soft drinks, and candy manufac turers used only 8 per cent. Or in other words, what the candy makers use would supply each per son in the United States a teaspoon- ful a day. And if closed up by sugar shortage 300,000 employes would be thrown out of jobs and an invest ment of $200,000,000 in manufacturing plants would be harmed. All of this is persuasive argument. But this is a better one. Let every American who wants to get along without his candy vote "aye." Silence. The "noes" have it. WOMEN AND RAILROADS THOLGH railroads will return to private owners on March 1 there Is no bign that the women who were caned into ra lroad service during the period of government con trol will return to their homes. Paul ine Goldmark, manager of the women's service section of the division of labor of the railroad administration, reports that women will progress farther in lines of railroad work. A railroad official is quoted as say ing, "If women have a desire to ad vance and get a well-rounded back ground, as a young man must do in order to secure promotion, they can do any class of work." Another official is convinced that a young woman given the same op portunity as a young man can climb from the bottom to the top of the ladder of railroad success as quickly as he. This is rather unusual testimony-in view of the fact that women are be lieved to be functionally deflcjenl in the mechanics of figuring and under the physical necessity of enjoying at least one month's vacation a year. On October I, 1918, more women were employed by railroads than at any time before or since. The num ber subsequently has decreased 20 per cent, but even now, upon the -ve of the resumption of private operation, two and c half times as many women are In railroad employment as there were Joefore the war. At the peak of women's employment there were 101,785 engaged in various railroad activities, and this number had dropped to 81,803 at the latest count. One of the notable effects of the general employment of women by the railroads has been a widespread im provement in working conditions. But only three tenths of 1 per cent of them received over f 135 a month. HELPING A CAUSE MILTON J. ANDERSON, a union labor man, declared in an ad dress at the Portland Press club luncheon yesterday that the unit of production has Increased 100 per cent in the Standifer shipyard since December 1, and that it was done through the instrumentality of union labor. In general, union labor has the most expert workmen. It Is within the possibilities of the organization, by concerted purpose, to lift the unit of production. Whenever, as is said to have been done at the Standifer yard, union workers prove that they make a specialty of efficiency, prove that i the largest unit of production is to be achieved through unionism, their cause will gain tremendous impetus. With thaL once fully demonstrated, employers Vlll seek union workers. But whether true or false, many employers are now charging that unionism tends to lower the unit of production. They claim that it Is the policy to adjust the unit of pro duction 'o that yielded by the slow est and most inefficient man. They charge that it is their experience that with the growth of unionism produc tion per man is actually falling off and that unionism makes this lower production a policy in order that more men will be required and that there may be employment for a larger num ber of men in doing the world's work. Whatever the facts this is funda mental : That the world Is seeking efflcipncy. In every line of work, whether in the big industries, in the shops r on the farms, men are wanted who will make the best show ing, whether it be at hammering Iron, managing a'farm or reducing the cost of production In a great industrial es tablishment. Schwab rose to headship from a grocer's clerk and delivery boy. A former newsboy Is now governor of the mighty state of New York. Hoover was an orphan farm lad. Mc- Adoo was a poverty stricken village boy. They rose because the world calls for efficients. It Is the Inexor able rule and no force can change it efficient men are sought and inef- ficients are not sought. In such a status the densest mind must realize that the showing by the Standifer union men is the true pro cess, and that, applied universally, it would give tremendous impetus to the union worker's cause. SICKER LISTS ONh of the most valuable assets of a "get rich quick concern" is what is known as the "sucker list." This list Is made up of the names of people who It Is thought will be attracted by the glittering promises of big profits. It is gath ered by various agencies and con tains the names of those who have been known to have fallen for "good investments In the past as well as those who are an unknown quantity. Taking this list, which is nolitelv called a customer list, as a basis, the promoter begins his operations by mailing to each person thereon his attractive literature. A great many throw. the literature into the waste basket but if the broker succeeds in getting a nibble from a Bmall percentage his profits are assured. It can be readily seen that to the promoter these lists are a very valu able asset. Whether it has a property interest or not is soon to be de termined in New York, where the creditors of a fugitive broker propose to sell his customer list of 25,000 names at public auction to satisfy their claims. It consists of the names of lawyers, doctors, teachers, business men, widows and orphans who were the recipients of the broker's litera ture, and who sent him 8750,000 for investments, which money he put into his own pocket or squandered in luxurious living. Whether the court will allow this list to pass into another wildcat pro moter's hands remains to be seen. If everybody would take the time and trouble to investigate and consult a business friend or banker, sucker lists would be worthless. "The Happy Days" From tha Salt Lake Tribune A reporter for the Louisville Courier Journal took pause to evolve a scheme whereby he and his family might have a Thanksgiving dinner. . The family con sists of five. Ha went from place to place and from market to market and when he cast up his figures he found that his dinner would cost him $15.16; and. as ha had planned it the dinner wasn't to be such an elaborate one. either. While making his way about among the produce venders, this reporter chanced to come upon some old ledtrers of Ijoulsvllle merchants- who. are stUl tn business. From these ha cleaned the unsatisfying Information that, 40 years ago, the dinner which would now cost him $ 13.8s could be placed upon the table for 80 cents. Two score years ago wild turkeys were to be had at 25 cents each, nuts 20 cents the bushel not the pound and butter at 10 cents the pound. Fruits and vegetables were correspondingly cheap. "Them was the happy days." Successful Chicken Man's Figures Prove That Business Pays. J. A. Hanson of Corvallis Shdws What Can Be Done In a Few Years on Few Acres Do chickens pay? Chickens will pay If The 'chicken raiser takes up the busi ness as a business enterprise and not as a side issue that In times of stress must give way to more Important work. A score of chicken raisers in the vicinity of Corvallis will show you their books and prove they make chickens pay. If you want to- buy scrub stock because it is cheap, to skimp on feed, to allow poultry houses to become dirty and ver min infested, to loaf on the Job, then you had better not take up chicken rais ing to make money, for it will not pay. Benton county, the State of Oregon and the whole West owe a debt of gratitude to one of Oregon's most useful citlsens. Professor0 James Dryden of the Oregon Agricultural college, for putting chicken raising on the map by teaching the value of heredity and for his work in showing the results of scientific methods when applied to the chicken and egg Industry. While he didn't Invent the sanitary package In which the hen de livers her goods, he did point the way to Increasing the size of the package and the frequency of its. delivery. A few days ago a Journal reporter at the J. A. Hanson chicken ranch near Corvallis secured, some most interesting statistics. Mr. Hanson started his chicken ranch with a capital of ' exactly $1000. Four and one half j years later his books show assets ' valued at $19,300. He has proved that j a commercial egg farm can be made a , success. Analysing this sum, the result ; of ii years' work, shows the value of j his Incubators, brooders, automobile, I etc.. Is $3150. His chickens and other stock are valued at $4230, while Liberty ; bonds and cash in bank amount to : $o020; other assets $400. Gross "income from his ranch during the 4V4 years was $40,265.46. His feed bill amounted to $11,823.61. This Included oats, wheat, corn, soy beans, buttermilk, grit, ground bone, oyster shell and other feeds for the chickens, and bran, hay and grain for three cows and a team of horses used on hi 30 acre ranch. His expense for labor was $3440.38 ; other miscel laneous operating expenses $4078.33 ; total outlay $19,340.32. This meanj that during the 4V years his chickens earned an income of $20,925.14, besidrs which the ranch furnished all the fried spring chicken, chicken pie. roast chicken, eggs, milk, butter, fruit and vegetables the family could use. J' The biggest item In the income came from the marketing of eijgs for eating purposes, this amount being $24,9Fi5 43. Eggs sold for hatching brought $3582.95. From the sale of day-old chicks he re alized $397a.83. The sale of blooded pullets and breeding males brought $3464.56, while broilers and hens sold to the butcher shop and elsewhere realized $2139.94. The sale of cream, fruit and other farm products made up the rest of the $40,265.46 Income. Mr. Hanson tries to approximate na ture as nearly as possible In the care of his flock, allowing them to range during the day In the kale and wheat fields and during the summer to roost In roofless houses or in the trees, as he believes this system gives virility and strength to the chickens. You will see all over Benton county flocks of White Leghorns that are making money for their owners. Such men as Charley Armstrong, Frank Groves, D. W. T. Johnson. Mr. Butler at Seavey's hop yard, Mr. Brown (formerly of the Cour ier). Mr. Coon and a large number of chicken raisers in the vicinity of Al pine have proved that there is profit in poultry. Letters From the People (Communication tent to The Journal for publication in this department abould be written na only earn aid of the paper, ahouid not exceed SOO words in length, and must be ilgned by tha writer, whoee mail addrca in full nuat accom pany the contribution. J Calls Lawrence an Enemy Portland. Feb. 21. To the Kditor of The Journal I write to register my protest against the articles by David Lawrence that recently appeared in your usually fair paper. If they had appeared in the morning paper of our city, which Invariably hastens to give the very worst possible version to every word and act of the president. It would have been only what we might expect, but in a paper calling itself Democratic or Independent, it was "the most un klndest cut of all." Nothing I have read pictures the president of tha United States in so small and mean and cheap a light It is not the first thing from the same pen against which I have pro tested. These days" of great trial and humiliation, such as all great prophetic spirits pass through betimes, and through which our president Is now passing, are the days that reveal who are the true friends and who are foes. J. 1L IRVINE. Believes .Mexico the Motive Aberdeen, Wash., Feb. 20. To the Editor of the Journal I do not know how you are Impressed by the treat ment our Illustrious president the only president who ever put forth a decided effort for the common people at large, the wide, world over has been accorded by certain senators and members of the cabinet but their merciless acts have caused a vivid mind picture to my imag ination of a Hon being worried Into weakness by a pack of hounds baying continuously around him, whose masters are out hunting for pelts and war with Mexico. I am convinced that the treaty would have been signed long ago with out cutting the heart (Article X) out of It If the Instrument did not stand, tn an indirect way. against war with Mexico, which I know is a cher'shed hope of a few wealthy and powerful men who have great financial Interests there. But thus It Is. and may be for "an hundred years" avarice with a strangle hold on the throat of reform. P. F. HALFERTY. . The Union . ReeorJ Portland. Feb. 22. To the Editor of The Journal I can't see why the Union Record should be the most widely circu lated paper tn Portland. Ia it because there are more I. W. W. In Portland than anything else? No loyal American could read that Record without Its making his blood boil. There is nothing in it but Slurs and Insinuations on our law and government Is there no law to suppress tne publication of such a paper? We don't care so much about those who don't Want tO b imtrlMei Kilt tVi. cruel part ia that such literature has poisonea me minds of eo many who were real American citizens. Why have the Americans of Portland and other cities Closed their ears while the greatest trag edy that aver h&DDened In thla rannlrv waa going, on right before their eyes? T visti f aj An - v..vi: .z Ihera In. Portland last summer nw' X wondered that that speaker was not knocked off his perch with a rock. I am a laboring man myself. I talk with laboring men. and I know it Is time for Americans to wake up while they dare assert their rights. If these traitors had power the result would be too horrible to think of. A. COCHRAN. Rainfall Records in Portland Portland, Feb. 19. To the Editor of Tho Journal I contend w had 150 days' consecutive rain in Portland be tween 1891 and 1897. Am I right or wrong? E. J. H. (According to Mather bureau record, yaa are wrong. The kngat period of rainfall tinea tha weather bureau hr opened. In 1871. to the preaent day waa 40 dayi. in February and March. 1872. The longest period between 1891-1897 waa in November and December, 1897, when SO inches rain fell. Answers Portland. Feb. 23. To the Editor of The Journal Please publish In The Journal what year Sunday will next come on February 29. 1 a'.so would ap preciate a sketch of the life of Fanny Crosby. MRS. LYDIA "BABCOCK. (Sunday, February 29, will next eccnr in 1948. Vanny Croaby (Mr. France Jans Van Alstyne) . noted aa a writer of popular hymn, was born in the itate of New York, March 24, 1820. When ix year old she became blind through application of hot poultice to her eye during an lllneaa. At 15 ahe entered a aebool for the blind. In which ahe wag afterward a teacher of grammar and rhetoric and Roman and American historr. She wa the author of more than 0000 hymn. Her pubuahed work are four Tolume of poems and an autohigTtphy, "Memories of iughty a'eara." She died February 12. 1913.J Overcrowding and Flu Portland, Feb. 22 To the Editor of The Journal WMle attending one of the shows here In Portland a few nights ago the ever existing feature of overcrowd ing was particularly In evidence, and to the extent that every seat n the house was occupied and all ether space was filled to suffocation with waiting men and women. This glaring menace to the clty"s health is defiantly repeated each night by many show houses, and I am curious to know how they get away with it, and if we are to wait until the dead wagon becomes over busy before measures are taken to spur officials to their duty. In times past overcrowded theatres have been charnel houses, when fire or fright animated the helpless patrons : and yet, in spite of the flu and In the face of frightful disaster possibilities in case of fire or panic w-e' continue spinelessly to permit this trifling with precious lives and why?. PATSY JOHNSTONE. Protests Tax Increase Portland. Feb. 24. To the Editor of The Journal Having Just received my tax statement, showing that I have to pay about $70 in taxes for a small house, bought by Installment, not yet paid for In full, costing me, with Interest, prin cipal paid, repairing, painting, street improvement, etc, about $32 a month to live In, when I could have rented such a house for less than $20 a month, it is plain there Is something rotten somewhere. It Is a painful sight to see the taxpayers calling at the court house for their statements and, like sheep led to slaughter, pay unjust taxes. Don't they know they could and should organize and cut the taxes to one third of what now Is paid? This would be more than plenty to pay all necessary expenses. We sent our sons to war and bought Liberty and Victory bonds, but now we are confronted with worse ene mies In our own country in the form of unjust taxes and high coat of living in general. This will bring disaster to our nation If the taxeaters and prof iteers are not curbed. TAXPAYER. Elucidation Desired Portland, Feb. 19. To the Editor of The Journal I received this morning through the mail a card on which ap peared in typewritten form the follow ing : Leonard Wood Republican Club of Oregon, 602 Corbett Building, Portland, Or.. Feb. 19th, 1920. Don't Miss It. Second banquet at Benson hotel. Crystal room, next Satur day evening, 6 :30 o'clock, February 21st Speakers, music, wonderful dinner, all for $1.25. The "Spice of Life." the "Ginger Man and the "Pep Shooter" will all be there, our "Ring Master" has the most wonder ful whip ever used In this size arena. Blame no one except yourself if you miss the best "Stunt Show" ever pulled off since Heck was a pup. C. H. WESTON. President Ladles especially invited. Please explain to me what it means. Is It a circus announcement, something funny, or is It somebody running for the office of presWent of the United States? Your explanauon will be very much ap preciated. J. A. WILSON. The Journal die not knrw, and most refer tha inuuirer to Mr. Waaton ' Curious Bits of Information For the Curious Gleaned From Curious Places In England, in the days when beer was cheaper than it Is now. It some times served to mix mortar, which was supposed to enhance the durability of the buildings where it was used. More over, mortar could be made with beer during frosty weather, when water could not be used. William Andrews, the anti quarian, says In his "Famous Frosts." that "a tradition still lingers in Derby shire respecting the famous Bess of Hard wick to the effect that a fortune teller told her that her death would not happen so long as she continued build ing. She caused to be erected several noble structures, including Hardwlck and Chstsworth. Her death occurred In 1607, during a very severe frost when the workmen could not continue their labors, although they mixed their mortar with hot ale." Olden Oregon Wagon Route Through Cascades Was Object of Early Quest. One of the problems of the first set tlement In Oregon wa9 to find a wagon road across the Cascade mountains be tween Eastern Oregon and the Willam ette valley in order to avoid the perils and hardships of the trip down the Co lumbia and the trail around Mount Hood. In 1845 Dr. Elijah White was given a fund of $2000 by the settlers for the pur pose of finding a good pa3s across the mountains for coming immigrants. On July 12 he set out with a party of eight men on an expedition along the foothills of the Cascades to the southern end of tha Willamette valley. No pass waa found. Aa the party returned along the west side of the valley they found the gap through the Coast range Uy Ta qulna bay. WWte, reporting his partial success, suggested "bringing ship navi gation with all the products of the ocean within two days drtv with ox teams of the center of the valley." Uncle Jeff Snow Says: Down in Texas when aigs sold fer I cents a dozen they told us the hens laid too many of 'em ; and now, when the blamed bens turns out algs at SO cents a dozen they tell us to speed 'em up that they don't lay enough. Ma's in favor of brlngln' down the price of most ever'thing but butter 'n algs. and she might 'low them to fall some if It'd help bring down the price of feed and calico. I tell her all profiteers is thataway, klckin' "bout the high prices of what thay hain't cot to sell. . , COMMENT AND NEWS IN BklEF SMALL CHANGE SIDELIGHTS .I.t.I2oki! ?. though. Or 'gon has already put the "ex" in Polndexter. yon know enough to be a post master In Portland or do you want to Whllo the paper shortage is so acute we suggest that the Congressional Record be suspended and that motion picture press agents be suppressed. n the Harvard professors says "ere Is too much money in this coun- tryi. VLe re. ""J let them search us If they think we hava more than we need. It, very nice of the weather man to forecast probable light rain or snow, ,?i?gh- 'i the thermometer flirting wi W 3,3 degrees we know very well which it will be. if either. "Father, come, hurry !' "What's the matter, mother?1' Something's wrong with Eddie. I arked him to study Tiis history lesson and he went at it without a murmur." A lumber operator says he plans to build a large sawmill near Vancouver, though such improvement Is contingent upon his getting clear title to the land and the presidential election, so we take It to mean that the man doesn't really know whether he's going to build or not. MORE OR LESS PERSONAL Random Observations About Town Master builders from Northwestern cities, gathered here for their annual convention, are adding to the problems local hotels are finding in housing guestB of the automobile show and conventions. One visitor, denied a room at the Pert land hotel Wednesday night, accepted the alternative of going roomless or sleeping upon a cot in the hotel assem bly hall. Needless to say, the cot and assembly hall were chosen. Among the builders who are at the Multnomah, con vention headquarters, are the following, all from Tacoma: Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Sutterfield, Mr. and Mrs. John Chalm ers, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Erickson, E. A. Knoell, C. W. Bird, John Belhn, M. J. Westerfleld and R. R. Ketner. Other cities are represented proportionately at the Multnomah and other hotels as well. Called to San Francisco to discuss changes In the Southern Pacific sys tem's personnel In Portland,. John M. Scott general passenger agent and H. A. Hlnshaw, general freight agent, of the Southern Pacific lines In Oregon, departed for the South Wednesday night They were accompanied by C. M. An drews, recentlyfappolnted district freight agent at Seatt. and H. C. Morse, new district freight and passenger agent at Eugene. What changes are contem plated or msy be effected were not sub ject for conversation prior to the San Francisco meeting. It was said, but that a number of changes may be expected Is the opinion of those observing the transformation f the railroad systems prior to their promised return to their owners by the government on March 1. . W. C. ValenHne. A. E. Abbott and w. A. Luddlngton. residents of Myrtle Creek, Or., found accommodations at the Port land hotel In spite of the crowds, and among other attractions are finding the automobile show a thing of much Inter est. MyrUe Creek Is decidedly on the map of Douglas county, and Is one of the most prominent bidders for the pro posed new prune packing plant to be In stalled In a Douglas county town In ad dition to the one contemplated at Rose burg. Myrtle Creek is the center of a thriving area of prune orchards, and with prunes at the top of the list of ac ceptable and popular small fruits the town Is due for a1 very progressive ca reer. The proposed prune plant would be Installed by the new Oregon Growers association. Speaking of prunes, Polk county re fuses to play second fiddle to any spot on earth, even Including the famous' Santa Clara valley of California, whose prunes are said to have given way, from the standpoint of quality, before the Oregon variety. One of the leading prune growers, of Polk county Is R. L. Chapman, county coroner and the county's only undertaker. With Mrs. Chapman and their daughter, the coroner-prune grower is at the Multnomah while here to visit the auto show. Mr. and -Mrs. P. E. Baldwin and Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hawiey of Omaha. ieb., compose a party of tourists stopping IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred r w J - rt ma. 1 If C.OT' amor Ben W. Olcotf political career, air. Lockley reealaftulate hi dietinsuiabed ubjeet record u an ariator. Shortly after Ben W. Olcott returned from Alaska, tn the late fall of 1906, Gov ernor George E. Chamberlain appointed him as the 'State's representative in the case of the Title Guarantee & Trust company failure, as State Treasurer Steel had deposited approximately $200,000 of the state's school funds with that insti tution. When tie state's claim was sat isfied, W. C. Bristol, who represented the American Surety company, asked Ol cott to stay on the job, representing him In the settlement When the Surety com pany had adjusted the matter. R. S. Howard, representing the Ladd ft Tllton bank, employed Olcott to help wind up the receivership of the company. When lu affairs had been cleaned up. Olcatt started In business, for himself as pub lic accountant experUng the books of various counties, as well as business firms. In 1910 he took up a homestead near Bend. In Crook county, where he spent the next year. On April 17. 1911. Governor West appointed him secretary of state to fill the unexpired term of Frank W. Benson. He was elected to that position in 1912 and again In 1916, at which election he carried every county In the state except Polk. On the death of Governor Withycombe. March 3, 1919, he became governor. Now, having got all these statistics and miscellaneous facta out of my sys tem, and having told them as briefly and as colorlessly as possible. In com pliance with my promise to Governor Ol cott I can get myself Into high and fol low the governor's tralL As a matter of fact one would have to ret into high, give her all the Juice she's rot, and step A Dog Story from the Canyon City Eagle Franklin Jenson la mining on Canyon mountain. His partner and pal is a brindle brown, ordinary, every day com mon dog. He has a hard time to keep the dog out of the tunnel after a round of shots are fired. When the first shot goes off the dog would rush into the tunnel If not watched. A few days ago he rot by and when the first shot went oft he rushed Into the tunnel. Jenson missed the dog. But when the second shot went off out of the tunnel came the dog on the dead run. and with all hi. hair sticking out In the opposite direction from which a dor usually wears It. He called to the dog, but in vain. The dog rushed down the hill, stopped at the cabin, for an instant and then struck a long leap and kept agoing. It IIS inrce miien to .uu no .rumi phoned down the lino to inquire about j- -r Hlxon company and labor by tho local carpenters union, a; ami w"r i. be erected at Bend or use of the city firemen. R. C. Reece of Prairie City, the Can yon City Eagle says, la arranging to do some mining Just at the outsklrt; of Canyon. He wlllr drift "on the old Sloan placer ground ihat runs In under the road." I e : The Enterprise Eleictrlc company has filed on 60 feet of water at the head of Wallowa lake, according to reports from Salem, and will build a power plant to develop 1 000 j horsepower at the head of the lake, f An apple cutting jn full bloom was on show in the First National bank at Hood River last wefk. the News says, and caused considerable comment An Inscription attached stated, "No frost damage in this orchard. Chris Deth- man. . . , "We haven't had snow enough here this winter." says the Ooquille Sentinel of last Friday, "to whiten the ground. The few scattering i flakes that were seen this morning are, however, a re minder that the stuff which has been pilarl up in the streeta of New York, blocking traffic for a week or two early this month, is not entirely foreign to this coast." at the Perkins hotel while In the city. Omaha climate. Just; now, is rather a far cry from the suony spring weather of Oregon, and the change Is dol'sht ful at this season, visitors testify. t Walter M. Pierre, erstwhile candidate for several public offices including that of governor, is at ihe Imperial, from whence his visit to the automobile show was not a difficulty Joucjiey. Pierce's chief interest aside ?from much politi cal activity, is wheat, which is pro duced in Union county In great abund ance and quality. Apother visitor fram Union county, at the imperial, is George I. Clark of Union. The Oregon Is host to W. R. Galleton. It W. McCrary and R. H. Onborne of La! Grande, and from Elcrin. thriving city In the same county. comes E.- C. Gettfiigs to, enjoy the Oregon's hospitality.' The .Multnomah houses Mr. and Mr. W. E. Moore of Imbler. Union county. Mr. Moore Is a stock raiser with many friends. Pat Crowe, for many years a prom inent resident of Hsppner, reports the sale of his Interests there and hereafter will be a resident of P-ortland. Crowe has Joined forces wlth the Associated Engineering corporation of Portland and will make himself a , party to the busi ness advances of ,;that organization. While getting located properly Crowe is a guest at the Multnomah. Portland hotel registers will reveal the truth of the statement that 'Henry Wadsworth was not the only Longfellow. John H. Longfellow appended his name to the Oregon hotel register Thursday and next door at the Benson Is W. E. Longfellow, life-saving expert for the American Red Cross, who is lns Port land demonstrating his skill at his call ing. John H. claims residence at Seat tle, while W. E. haiH from Washington. D. C. Both, therefore, are residents of Washington, though their homes are separated by the width of the con tinent Among the doctors whose titles pre cede their signatures' at the hotels today are Dr.' E. T. Pater ,.of Astoria and Dr. A. E. Wrlghtman of Sllverton. Both plead guiltyx to being attracted to Port land by trV automobile show. Dr. George A. Chapman, Colfax, Wash., den tist, is another Muttnomah guest. He is accompanied by W. B. Hargrove of Colfax. Mldvale, Utah, which has not always gone by that name on the map of that famous state, has a' representative citi zen in Portland today in the person of J. A. Alcone. whd Is stopping at the Portland hotel. Mldvale. between Bing ham and Salt Lake City, was formerly known to fame as Bingham Junction and under both names has had an Im portance that remains unquesUoned by reason of the fact that ft Is a trading center for a rich agricultural country and also a clearing house for the small trade of smellers aiial mines in the sur rounding country. Lockley on the accelerator, to keep In sight of the governor, particularly during mid June, last year. When a man goes from ths state capitol to Portland In 40 min utes, and then travels from Portland to Albany In 71 minutes, from Albany to Cottage Grove In 66 minutes, on to Rose burg in 45 minutes, thence to C-rants Pass In 92 minutes, and la at Ashland S7 minutes later, he is certainly going some. That Is exactly what Governor Olcott did last June, for I copied the figures from the official record made by Lieutenant Colonel H. L. -Watson, J. M. A.. A. S. A., who in a JN 4 No. 45281 flew, with Governor Olcott as a passen ger, from Portland to Mather field In California in 10 hours and 45 minutes actual flying time. The official log shows the exact alti tude at the various points en route. For example, between Ashland and Redding the height at which they flew varied from 6400 to 8400 feet In addition to doing straight cross country flying with Colonel Watson, Governor Olcott decided to get all the thrills there were, so he went up with Lieutenant James S. KruU, who put his machine through, its paces and did acrobatics and stunt work, such as looping the loop, nose diving, tall spinning, banking and all the other spec tacular stunts performed by an expert aviator. e I would like to see some of the men who think Governor Olcott la a "Jelly fish" up In the air with him. or mushing along In an arctic storm, driving a dog team on a 1000-mlle hike, eating frozen salmon Uhat had been taken along for dog feed. If those and other similar stunts are the ordinary routine of a Jellyfish, then we need more jellyfish of that type. the dog he received the reply that It had Just passed the house on the dead run. The dog came clear to Canyon on the run and never stopped until be got to the drug store, where It waa found that the blast had Injured one foot took a little hide from his face and Jammed htm up considerably. That night be hunted up his old friend Cy Roddick, who took him In and doctored him up. After a- day or two he went back but he kept out of the tunnel, and always makes a bir fuu when his partner, Mr. Jenson, goes In. The Pareel Post From tha Cinelanati Enquirer. "Any mail fer me today V asked Si Meddergrass as he came Into the Hick ville postofflce. "Betchal" replied the postmaster. There's a cream separator, a buggy top, a tractor radiator, and a wagon tongue." The Oregon, Country NorthVaat Happening to Brief Cola for tha Bnay Reader. OREGON M-tw1 JnKln. one of the earliest set- 115 ? Euene' dead in that city, aged 70 years. J,Vork has begun on Monmouth's grav ity water system, which will be ready for use by June 15. toT.'ri1i9l?.t,.5eS0f0.r Clatoop county JilB !l'.i,S'712 68' th J'8t in the his tory of the county. oi"'"" "f Lane county are exer- -- - ...-....- mini iwau W. A. West, United S.t. Tni.n a Kent, rennrta w .-. ;. matn Indian reservation from Influ enza. ,iW- f'ounsell, a well known Milwau Kie resident. hs announced his candi dacy for commissioner of Clackamas county. ( An apartment houe Is the latest nro- nosed Improvement for Ontario, L. "ruure r,n0tinK the building off tha Douglas county holds the record no far fnr th, I j ... . - the county. 1100 dogs bearing the county About 12.000 tons of cargo consigned to the Orient lies at the port terminals in Astoria without tonnage available to carry it annv 1th dozens of calls for men to work on fHrms at good wsges, there Is no ex cuse for Idlenehs In Salem, according to City Recorder Race. F. A TieRden for 10 years superin tendent of the Marshfleld schools, has resigned and win return to Michigan to engage Jn fanning. . P,a,il. YPa-. Junior from Wenatchee. took f rst place In Willamette university ?ir.? tor,,., ,r'0't wh an oration en titled Americanization." A week's extension school, featuring oatrying crops, domestic science and do mestic arts, has been arranged by the Lincoln county farm burenu. Shipments of apples from Hood River during the past week have been heavy. no,r 'han 350 cars of fruit having rolledo points of distribution. WASHINGTON Seventy-six lives have been the death toll from influenza during February in Spokane. T.T,l,,,1m Nrt,ii"Ti. nged 76. is dead at Walla Walla. He hud been a resident of that city for 40 years. Sales of timber and farm lands In : .a5lV'CKA(in lurlt February have add- cu e.ui.tuj lo me school funds. Two new granges have been organ ized In Nez Perce county by Mtlo Uoughner, slate grange organizer. j. Fi". a.! Walla did several hun dred dollars' damage to the A. K. Dice building in North Second strest. Joslah Benfleld, aged 72. and two members of his family died the same day at Wenatchee rom Influenza. For the first time since It was placed in operation, the Tacoma municipal aio'!i.:a Bhowed Profit for January of M'"?- Walter King of Puyallup ws painfully burned when her skirts Ig nited while standing In front of a heat ing stove. .Applications for entry on alleged oil and gas lands In the Hanford district have been presented at the Yakima land office in large numbers. James Carter has been found guilty at Fort Angeles of criminal syndical ism. This mukes the second conviction In that county for that offense. Men employed by the Utah - Idaho r!?ar cmpany have leased more than 600 acres of land In Yakima county for the purpose of raising sugar beets. The public service commission has "led a report permitting the Tacoma Gas & Fuel company to Increase the gaa rates approximately 25 per cent. Dr. Jesse Ed Kington, for many years city health officer of Hood River, has tendered his resignation and Dr. A. R. Anderson has been appointed to succeed him. ' Dr. R. J. Donohue. chief of the divi sion of dairy and livestock in the state department of agriculture, has resinned to become manager fur the Carnation Farms company. Work has commenced on a huge fruit storage warehouse at Walla Walla which when completed will store 600,000 boxes of apples and other fruits. It will cost $100,000. IDAHO A post of the American Legion haa been organized at Ash ton. The state convention of ths American' Legion will be held at Twin Falls, April 7, 1 and 9. The Boise-Payette Lumber company's mill at barber has reopened for the spring season. For the first time In tha history of Twin Falls county there Is not a pris oner In the county Juil. Headquarters of the Idaho branch of the Leonard Wood league have been established at Sandpoint. The first woman's post of the Amer ican legion In the state of Idaho has Just been organized at Boise. Abstract and title men of the stale met at Boise, this week and organized the Idaho Association of Title Men. The Idaho State Automobile associa tion, with a capital of 110", 000, haa bewn organized, with headquarters at Nampa, Stockholders of the Fern Quicksilver Mining company have voted to in crease the capital stock fuOO.OGO. It was originally $1,000,000. . Joe Lemhard, a citizen of Nampa, at tempted suicide by shooting himself. He refuses to give a cause for the act and stUl threatens to kill himself. The Pacific Telephone ft Telegrapfe company has recently made an Invest ment of over $20,000 In Improving the service to Lewlston subscribers. Two burglars who had broken Into her hoyse at Boise were put to flight by two shots fired from a run In the hands of 'Mrs. Eugene N. Brasle. Sandy Williams, aged 36, was shot and instantly killed at F:ubl by James Estes, a sheepherder, following an al tercation over a game of chance. The Journal Has L'ver Shown Faith in Ship Traffic by Its Works. Once the organisation of local steamship lines was m matter of exhortation. Now it la a matter of fact Once the securing of outside steamship lines waa not more sub stantial than a plea. Now .the lines are extending service to the ports of the Columbia, with assurance that more business will be offered than they have cargo capacity for. The rapid development of actuali ties and plans related to steamship service Is a proper subject of con gratulation to the porta of the Co lumbia It Is to The Journal a most satisfactory spectacle. For almost the period of its publication this newspaper haa been clear In its declaration that it la of little avail to supply port terminal facilities without ships. It haa dona mora than beseech support of ahtp opera tion. At one time Tha Journal of fered to subscribe $5000 to an Ori ental Un tf locally organized, it offered to Invest $1000 in an Alaska steamship line and was a substantial contributor to tha experiment In Alaska eervlce which was under taken. It held ready another $1000 for tha aid of a Portland-Atlantic coast service. Thasa amounts were extended and unlimited news and editorial apaca given because of a belief that enterprise and Initiative practically applied cao and will build on tha Columbia and at Port land. Astoria and Vancouver, ports handling a great proportion of the commerce of the Pacific coast. And great porta will build great industries and great cities.