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THE OREGON - SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY ; MORNING, . MARCH, 7. 1823. 13 nun rnn rnnroT r rLHiuuiruiLoi Necessity' for State, County and Government Cooperation to Be n Shown Week of May 23-29 i..lt - ... - v., w "i.'"1' ! By rC. r8. ! ChaDraan " " - Cbalnaam romt PmtetlM Wfc CommlctM. ' '"rerun VBcmbar of CoaaufDa .problem . In 'which - every citizen Is just m vitally interested u In the railroad' service- of the nation or a 'Plentiful supply of cheap fueL In Other words, while not as strikingly , apparent, forests play an Important part In our everyday life. Untir recently people not encased In a business dealing1 yry Intimately with .the lumber Industry failed to., think of forest, perpetuation as a problem . re auiring- their-attention. Today a larse number can see - that . unless, we , keep : areas growing new crops we will at a .time not very, far distant face a short i ase of material, which will mean closing i many mill and necessarily hieto priced building material This Is reason enough for one to be interested, and a g-ood one ( why the federal government and states I should make proper provision for a fu 'ture crop of timber. - LIFTS TAX BCBDEN V (But it must be remembered, too, that in i Oregon are millions of acres , that If kept In timber will help share the burden of taxation, whereas If tn brush they will constitute more of a burden than otherwise. Good State policy de- t mends that every acre of our. land be put to its best use. To teach' this we 'maintain a State Agricultural college. ..Counties have -their agricultural agents i and the federal government a great de partment of agriculture. :N agricultural state can be truly prosperous unless its lands-are properly .used. and no forested state permanently prospers unless Its forest lands are kept In a state of productivenesa 1 To bring about desired results Is hot, 'however, as easy as it would seem at f trst glance. A forest crop takes. from 110 to ISO years to mature. Few private owners are attracted by such a -long time Investment and rightly so, when the risk of destruction by fire is con sidered. If a crop pest threatens to wipe out an agricultural crop the states 'and government take most drastia ac tion to eradicate-, the trouble, for It is known that farmers wont" try to raise ' a partloular kind of food required by the nation if their efforts are pretty avre to result In failure. The nation 'needs the food and it becomes good public policy to expend public funds to insure the farmer against loss if to grows this particular crop. ' ; E5C0CBACE PROJECT C' " The same thing is true of a forest rop. Until the states and government can give reasonable assurance that the young timber won't be destroyed by for 'est , fires, it cannot be expected that growing ef timber crops will. be attrac tive to land owners generally ' " . iV Those who iiave given , most .thought .to the subjecUave reallxed.-foCf a lang tune that the government ,Md states nave a very direct responsibility to' see ,.hat our supply of timber is maintained, WW the past io years vregon ras re-j ceiyea a email amount oi xeaerai am aimed at elimination or tne nre nazara, asd the state since 1911 has appropri ated some 928,000 annually for forest protection. When, however' It . is con-. aldered that Oregon has more" timber than any state in the union and that many states. are yearly expending five la ten times as much in forest protec tion as our own, it seems time' that the people of Oregon demanded greater state support for protection of this great resource. r . V Private owners the past season ex pended some 1200.000 for protection, and expect to bear their share Indefinitely. This to secure results must, however, be backed up by strong government and State support. ' During Forest Protection week. May 1-19, an effort, will be made to Impress oa cttlsens of Oregon the, need for greater direct state assistance and more vigorous enforcement of the -forest laws. .The movement was Initiated in tills state by the Portland Chamber of Com merce, who, through if Forest Protec tion week committee. Is trying to In terest every , civic organization in the proper celebration of Forest Protection 'week. . IIIIIIIIHIIIIIM TV Middlemen's Profits Range From i 15 to 50 Per Cent -... ' V t . t ?- That very fairly represents v one of the great advantages offered now" to buyers of highest (Siietttal Other 'advantages include dependability selec tions made personally in Persia, Turkey and tiyeh 10th and Largest . Oriental Rug a iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM imml The Dalles, to Fix: - Sita for "Station of Air Service Patrol '-"The Dalles, March .- LocaT citizens and the Wasco county court are en deavorlng to have an airplane field es tablished in or near this city and Tuea. day evening It is expected a definite sits will be selected when the : court and a group of local business men meet to consider the question. The DaHes has been named as a terminal point in the proposed air service forest P troi, now tinder consideration. Tlje Dalles lodge of Elks elected of - fleers as follows: H. E. Greene,, ex sited ruler"; H. -' I Kuck.- trustee: Francis V. Galloway, delegate to the grand lodge, . -r.-: ' Rains which have been general Over Wasco county the past few days and Snow in the southern- portion of the county have made roads muddy. On The Dalles-California highway In the vicinity of Tygh Ridge road Conditions are bad. but a few sunny and windy days will place them again In tlB-tqp shape. Between The Dalles and Dufur the highway is in excellent condition. 100 YEARS 100 LONG FOR -PEOPLE ll NONAGENARIAN THINKS Mrs. G. Randall, Aged 93, of , Baker, Head of 4 Generations, Sayi Time r Weighs Heavy. baker. March (.Mrs. William O. Randall doesn't believe that anyone ever lived to be 100 years old, for she, with her weight of 93 years and her toll and care in the rearing of four generations of descendants. Is now broken In body, although mentally alert and In spirit as young as ever. Mrs. Randall has twin great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild. She has been a resident of Baker county for IS years and was born in Nova Scotia, January 29, 1127. She now lives with her daughter, Mra Eunice Gilbert, former resident of W!ns vllle, but for the last two weeks In Baker. Mra Gilberts daughter, Mra Hattie Hoyt. lives In La Grande, and Is the mother of twin daughters. Myrtle and Mildred. Shirley Anne GUlls is the great-great grandchild. Mrs. Randall was the motber of 12 children, but of these Mra Gilbert is the only one living. Mrs.- Randall was married December 12, 1143, and her husband died July S, IMS. at Whatcom, Wash. She has IS grandchildren, six great grandchildren and the one great-great grandchild. Although nearly blind and no longer able to walk about as she would wish, Mrs.- Randall eats heartily and jests con stantly, at times bursting into song, or when asked, reciting poetry that she had learned during girlhood. Although her memory Is not clear as to dates, she remembers Incidents clearly and will tell of experiences of which school children read in: their histories. Mra Randall mn Vivs av4 health, but is so feeble that jwhen friends suggest that she may live tohe 100 h shakes her head skeptically and says' that she always doubts when ,he hears of jsjiyons passing the cen ftury mara. Farmers Organize in Southern Oregon to Improve Marketing Ashland, Or., March 6. In answer to an Invitation from Farm Adviser Tal bot of the Northern California Counties association, the stockmen of Jackson, Josephine and Klamath counties, Ore gon, will meet in Montague, Siskiyou county, March 13. The meeting is called for the organisation of an intercounty marketing association. The object Is to sell direct, from producer to packer on scheduled sale dates by the auction system, which has proved satisfactory in the sale of hogs in the San Joaquin valley. Montague Is centrally located and easy of access to the three South ern Oregon counties and the five North ern California counties Included in the plan. The California counties are Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity, Modoc and Lassen. v-nwiiiuy our own Duyers ot long experience ' in Oriental Rug'mer . chandisingp nd almost unlimited assortment because . of stocks unsurpassed anywhere iri .Ainer-, ica. in quality, designs, colors and sires. ' Ifyou are a prudent buyer, visit this Extraordinary Exhibit and Sale NOW. N Bros. Alder Dar in the Wett OOT. LOWDKX OAJT GOVERNOR FRANK O. LOWDEN By O. Oosld Lincoln (OaejrrfchV 1S20. by The Wuhinctoa Str) rpHB late Senator Nelson W. Aldrlch A "started something" when he said the executive departments of the federal government could be run for S3OO.0OO.00O less annually. Hs made the remark 10 years ago. Ever since, when a member of congress desired to lay emphasis on the need for economy and more busi nesslike management of the government, he -has referred to this historic remark of the Rhode Island senator. Sut no one has ever finished what Mr. Aldrlch started. In fact, the high cost ot- gov ernment has Increased - by leap and bounds In the last decade. STow comes Illinois, claiming to have a Moses to lead the government to this promised land of economy Governor Frank Orren Lowden. The Illinois Re publicans In large numbers are bent on putting him in the White House. They say that the governor, although the war was at an end and war prices prevailed. out the cost of government in Illinois to such an extent the first year he was chief executive of the state that $1,710.- 176 or unexpended appropriations re mained at the close of the year. Under his administration, also the tax rate was reduoed from 80 to 75 cents on the $100 taxable valuation. It is estimated that this has meant a saving to the tax payers of approximately $7,000,000. If Governor Lowden can do this " for one of the greatest states in the union," said Represen tatlve McKensie, who hails from the governor's own district, "why can't he do It for the United States?" fiECOBS FOB XC090MT ' This question was something of a poser to me, so I did not answer it I only know that no president we have had in recent years has been able to reduce the government's expenses. To Judge from the estimates submitted by the heads of the execuUve departments this year, ag gregating some $5,000,000,000, they at least show that economy is not on their program. How they must shudder when the Lowden shadow hangs over them! The story they tell of Governor Low- den's efforts at economy in state govern ment Is interesting, when he went into office, January S. 1917. he found 125 commissions, boards and bureaus In full operation. , He got a law through the legislature authorising the consolidation of these government agencies, and they were consolidated so that there are now nine major departments A great amount of duplication of work was elim inated, by the consolidations The new law also provided for the establishment of a budget system, and the presenta tion of a budget by the governor to the legislature. Through the operation of this budget system and the elimination of useless cogs In the governmental ma chinery It has been possible to reduce expenses and in turn to reduce the-tax burden in Illinois. 805 OF BLACKSMITH But to return to presidential possibil ity No. 6 V. O. Lrftwden. He was born 69 years ago In Sunrise, Minn. - This is a great year for the blacksmiths. It appears that at least two of the men mentioned for president are the sons of village blacksmiths Herbert Hoover and Governor Lowden. The la tier's father was Lorenzo Lowden. Three years prior to the birth of Frank Low den his . parents had migrated from Pennsylvania to Minnesota. . The lowden family's travels did hot Stop there, however, and when Frank was 7 year old he trudged behind his father's prairie schooner from Sunrise, Minn-, to Hardin county, Iowa, where a new cabin was erected. . Lorenso Low den went to farming and his son helped him. Working oo a frontier farm did not leave young Lowden. much time to study and' attend school, but he had Improved, his opportunities so well that when he was 16 years old he obtained appointment as teacher in a country school and held the' Job for five years. When he was 20 he had managed to save enough money to enter the Univer sity of Iowa. His money ran out. He was forced to get another school. While he was teaching he was studying so that he. was able to keep .up in bis courses at , the university, and eventually he was graduated at the head of his class. Lead ing his class seems to have "become a habit, for when he wtudled law at the Union .College -of law, now Northwest ern, he took the first prize for scholar shipbesides completing a two year course In one. He worked as a law clerk in Chicago at the nam time, earn ing $ a week. : He was graduated i In law in 1887, and that' same year he was examined for admission to the bar in the First Illinois district and passed ahead- of all who took the examination a the Same time. . , SUCCEEDS AJf-LAWTE 'Young Mr.. Lowden. esq., decided to remain In Chicago, and practice law. He worked hard nothing new for him. His rise In the profession was rapid. He did not give much, attention to trial cases, but specialised oa the business side. He became .known as an expert in, drafting articles of organisation for business concerns ' which would . avoid any Infringement of the law. He per Mxj DOUT 8EB JOWOB, fee ted the articles of organisation of the American Radiator, company, the National Biscuit company and other concerns. He showed himself, his friends say. a good business man as well as a good lawyer. He was recognised as one of Chicago's successful lawyers when he married Miss Florence Pullman, daughter if George M. Pullman of Pullman Car company fame. They were married In 189. Mra Lowden Is said to have inherited some nine or ten millions of dollars from her father. It is nearly 10 years now since Governor Lowden gave over the active practice of law and turned his attention to farming and looking after his busi ness interest. Mr.' Lowden became Interested in pol itics. He campaigned in 100 for Wll-t Ham McKlnley. running for president. President McKinley later offered him a high office in Washington, but Mr. Lowden refused, desiring to continue his legal practice. In 1S03 he was a candidate for the nomination for gov ernor of Illinois, but was defeated by Charles S. Deneen after a strenuous campaign and a convention lasting 81 days. Deneen was elected on the seventy-ninth ballot by a combination of the Yates and Deneen forces. His next political move was to run for congress from the Thirteenth Illinois district in 1906. He was elected and served two terms in Washington. ' From 1904 to 19U he served as Republican national committeeman for Illinois. He was elected governor in 1116 for a four year term. BACK TO" THE FARM Remembering his early training on an Iowa farm, Mr. Lowden determined to go "beck to the farm." In 1900 he pur chased a farm In the Rock River valley, near the town of Oregon, I1L There he built a handsome home, into which he moved his family. Many men of wealth have taken up farming as a pastime and The CCircle Our Special To Portland Families -and Visitors FLYING Completely Around the City Seeing More of ' PORTLAND And Its Surroundings 'Than Could Be Seen In a Week by Aiv Other Means of Travel t VIEW . Hillsboro Oregon City Greiham Troutdale Vancouver FROM THE AIR $20 O. W. L Aviation Field, Guild's Laks Oregon, Washington & Idaho i Airplane Co. teok Btnrmjto Office, Mela S7 Wholesale and Service 65 No. 23rd, near Washington St- " Manhall 142M540 V. they have sunk thousands of dollars in their farms. The case ot Governor Low den, however. Is somewhat different, and his friends say that he has operated his farm successfully and made it pay. He has 2000 acres In this Illinois farm, of which about 800 are' under cultivation. He raises much livestock and is a keen ! lunge or animals when It comes to buy ing and selling them. Besides hi J Ill inois farm. Governor Lowden has cotton plantations in -Texas and Arkansas which be. looks after. ' - On :a part of the Illinois tract, which Governor Lowden' named Slnnisslppl farm, Mrs. JLowden has erected two cot tages and to 4hera crippled boys and girls are taken each year from Chicago hospitals and tenements. Bo quietly was this work carried ion by Governor and Mrs. Lowden that many of the visitors to Stnnisstppt farm left there without ever hearing or . "Hilltop," the name given -to this haven, 'f- , V The Lowden have also undertaken to protect the game and the. game . birds on their farm, which Is a legally pro tected game preserve under the terms of a lease to the state of Illinois. - Ornith ologists travel each year to the farm to study the many species of birds found there. - ' , " A WAB GOflBKOB Besides being a school teacher, a farmer and a lawyer, Governor Lowden has the title of "colonel." He was elect ed in 1891 lieutenant colonel of the First regiment, Illinois National Guard. His friends declare that his record as a war governor the last three years has been notable.- Illinois, In : view of Its large forelgn-born-sPopulaUon, was considered a -hotbed" by the authorities at Wash ington. But the situation - was well handled, and thousands upon thousands of soldiers were turned out by the state to fight the kaiser, j Governor Lowden appointed a state council ot national de gense, that worked with great effect. In cidentally, it may be said that Governor Lowden has an eye for a man as well MMrtl efficient advisers 1 !S ?i .31 Z efficient advisers and assistants. I and assistants. Perhaps because he is a farmer Gov ernor Lowden took a particular interest In the good roads Question after he was inaugurated. He recommended that a $60,000,000 bond Issue be made by the state to build 4800 miles of roada His plan is to have both the principal and interest on the bonds paid out of fees re ceived from automobile licenses. This suggestion wis approved by the legisla ture, and by the people at -the 191 elec tion. Another measure he put through during his governorship places all pri vate banks under Stats supervision. During his eervkje in congress Gov ernor Lowden was not conspicuous, al though he did ' considerable work and made several speeches ot interest, par ticularly one advocating -publicity In con nection With the big Industries of the country. Governor Lowden makes a good speech. -He has a lucid way of setting forth a proposition. He has a reputation for keeping his head In times of excitement. Genial, approachable, he has a wide circle ot friends and ac quaintances. FOCB TIMES FATHER Governor; Lowden is vigorous .physi cally, standing about five feet eight inches, and broad in proportion. His hair is iron gray. His recreation is taken in the open, tramping or riding about his farm, or in his .library, where he Is a great reader and student. He is an apt classical scholar. As a boy he was fond of outdoor games, running, wrestling and swimming. He nearly lost his life at an early age when be dove Into 10 feet of water to keep' up with the older boys. Theodore Vbss- Jr., one of the big boys, pulled,, him out after he bad gone down a second time. This was back in Sunrise, Minn.: And the Old blacksmith shop, built by Lorenzo Low den still stands there, owned r by the Lowden children, though It is used only for storage purposes now. ' Governor and -Mrs. Lowden have four children a boy and three girls. The boy. Pullman Lowden,' served In the Prairie division in Europe during the war with Germany. The girls are Flor ence. Harriet and Frances Lowden. Senator Sherman of Illinois is sponsor for the statement that Governor Low den has a sense of humor as well as appreciation of business. The senator tells a story of an experience he had while traveling with Lowden during the campaign for the election of President McKinley in .1900. The campaign com mittee had made arrangements with the Flight Airplane Offer 1eld Broadway (I Now On Display New Retail Salesroom The hotel keepers is the smaller, towns ts ac commodate all the Republican speakers at $1 a night . Sherman and Lowden ar med at a small town in Southern HIV sols and were given a corof ortagle room. But when they returned to the hotel atfer addressing a Republican rally they found to . their; astonishment they had beea changed to a small room la the rear of the hoteL .- "What's the reason T" Lowden asked the landlady. , "Well said the landlady, "you' don't expect me to give tap the best rooms to your doQar-a-night politicians when there's traveling men coming along,. do your . ;,. . . "No. I dont," said Lowden. good hum oredly; "business first ' Come along; Sherman.' let's go to .bed." - . "The moot amusing part of the Inci dent, however," Senator . Sherman .told me, "Is that the traveling man repre sented the National Biscuit company, a child of Lowden', and he slept in a comfortable room, while Lowden and I occupied a hole In the wall, where' you' had to stick your head out of the wlnJ dow to turn: around. Lowden discovered the man's connections next day and said he must be a good -salesman if he had so much pull In the country communi ties, and that he was going to see the man had a raise In salary." SPOxsoBS stryr&AGC ' " ; The women in Illinois feel that they have a friend . In the' governor. When the resolution submitting the- suffrage amendment to the constitution to the states was passed by oengres Governor Lowden sent a message, to the Illinois legislature urging ratification, . And Il linois was the first stats to ratify. He ha made a fight In the legislature for an eight-hour workday for women. He recommended such a law In his In augural address. A bin fixing an eight hour limit on the work ot women in in dustry was pressed at the last session, but Itj was defeated. It is trite l to say that ths successful men ta self-mad. men. UnieB, fc rain himself in this . i .,. country, who Is going to do it for him? There is no hereditary, greatness hera iso we supporters or . coventor Lowden for president are pointing to him as another Instance of the successful Amer- Cheney Violin Resonator ' Suspended free from the cabinet walls so that it vibrates as tones past through it, the Cheney Violin Resonator adds rich quality to Cheney Tones. Further, it imparts to The Cheney that rare quality of the violin: "The Ldnqzk, You Plat It, Teh Svzmi ItGhows. OBxeoir SEALERS MITTS LEVnTGER, Baker . W. H. BONE Jl IT AMP, La Grsad ' FISHEE-BORDEH CO, Albany WARREW SHCPE FURNITCRE CO. 8EAES-SEKR DKtO CO. Lekajtoe JOHH PLA8KEB, Tillamook i ' . ' . . J-'" ts Modern Motor C H JT .yV" , -'- 108 North BroadwayNear. Glisaa Street lean who has gone from the farm to the governor's chairw They . Insist that as a practical farmer.' who rubbed shoulders with the farm laborer while A boy ; as a successful -lawyer; as a member of the national legislative body, and, finally, as an executive head of a big state, he "fills the bill" when It comes to Qualify ing for the biggest Job In the country To opponents of the candidacy of Governor-Lowden who hint that the Pull man millions might be a handicap in the race for president it Is pointed out by supporters of the governor that he has long si no divorced himself from the Pullman company and that he does not Own stock in that concern any longer. At one time he was a member of the board of directors of the Pullman com pany, but he gave ever that -office years ago. j , . Next SundayGovernor James M. Cox. " ' ' "V La Grande Elks Have Election' of Officers - - '- La Grande, March . -tin one of the most spirited elections ever held -by the La Grande lodge of Elks, officers were elected Thursday evening as follows : Charles .R.. Harding, exalted ruler: No lan Skiff, esteemed leading knight; 8. D. Crowe, esteemed loyal night; H. SC. DuBois, esteemed lecturing, knight; A. B. Cherry, secretary ; Charles Dunn, treasurer; Claud Mackay, tyler; C D. Bmahiser, trustee tor three years. Co lon R. FJberhard, exalted 1 fuler for the past year, was elected a delegate to the grand lodge, with H. T. Ritter as alternate.-- - Bank Deposits Increase Chehalls, Wash.. March; According to figures on the Chehalls bank state ment as per call of February 8, the de posits in the three banks have swelled to $4,269,895.38. the heaviest In ths history of the city. The gain in deposits since December II is S9,25.H. v The stst board of reclamation has ap proved the Salmon River Canal com pany' 1920 budget providing for main tenance charges of 85 cents per acre. For Culture in the Home Familiarity with the musical tnasterpieces of the world is essential to true culture. To be familiar with these masterpieces a reproduced by The Cheney is to know them intimately. For Cheney reproductions are marked by a fidelity to the original which is distinctive.1 All of the krveKness of tone and the rich quality imparted by the artist ase restored in their true beauty, unimpaired. It is the result of entirely original acoustic kr ventions, evolved and perfected in The Cheney and found in that instrument alone. ' CHENEY TALKING MACHINE COMPANY Gv i? Johnson Piano (Jo. Corvalli 14 SIXTH i Co o SWiFTRRM EMPLOYES TO BE OFFERED STOCK ON EASY PAYING PLAN Part Owner of packing Company Held to Be More Interested m ' In His Work. . Men and women who go to work for. Bwtft c Co. during the year hltO will have the opportunity of becoming more than mere employes, according to plana announced today by Louis T. Swift, president of the company. ' Ar certain portion of the stock ot the ' company has been set aside to be sold to new employes at par on a tims pay ment plan. "We believe that the man who, owns : hi home is a better ettlsen than the man who rents." said Mr. Swift, 'and on the- earn, principle, the man who ts a part owner of Swift s Co. will take a greater pride in the performance of the company. "Under this plan It is provided that after six months service the new em ploye may purchase stock on a guar an teed plan based on salary. The min imum, of course, would be one. share, and the maximum five . shares," The announcement is In line with ad vice to employes recently uttered by Louis F. Bwtft. president of Swift A Co., In his annual address to shareholders. - Mr. Swift urged employee to "get in debt" not for clothing or for luxuries, , but for some investment worth saving , for. Many employes who are share holders had told him, said Swift, that , "getting In debt" in this way had turned out to be the best thing that they ever did financially. . . - lay ems ST, SWMTLaSJD Retail Salesroom 108 North Broadway BroafJwty 1773 - i I V- 6
